JUk’s

It was a bright evening
and a
perfect day to play. I was just finished doing asar player and from my
room I can see a bunch of players throwing a disk to each other. Acap,
among the
member of anti-Frisbee club, told me it was a Frisbee game. He also
described the game by telling that in order for you to
get a score you have to bring the disk to the opponent line and touch
it to the
ground. He added that you are not allowed to hold the disk while
running.
Instead, you have to move the disk by passing it to another teammate.

Soon, Tom came and together with
Acap will resume their duty as the commentators for that evening’s game. By
this time I already had gone from the room as I don’t want to ‘disturb’ them
while they were ‘on air’.

After that, I went upstairs to
see how the other guys are doing. As I expected, the members of room 306 and 308
were having their pillows under their heads. Some were dreaming while the other wers
texting. Sometimes, ‘extra’ members will come and treat themselves inside the
rooms. Usually, I come to these rooms looking for today’s newspapers. I also wonder
whether room 308 is a place where ‘jin bertendang’ because this place will always
be filled with white smoke whenever I come in.

As I flipped to the last page of
the newspaper I heard noise of a ball bumping on the ground. Following the
noise is Karim’s voice, shouting extremely loud that almost everyone on earth
could hear it, calling for a football game. This is the moment that we’ve been waiting
for every evening and one of karim’s greatest contributions to us. Without
wasting any moment everyone will start pulling their socks and putting their boot
in as a gesture of heeding Karim’s warcry. In minutes, an army of ALM 6 boys
will march to the court to resume their daily battle of honour…

                                                                                       To be continued…

Setelah beberapa kekalahan demi kekalahan yang mengaibkan serta menjatuhkan martabat bola sepak negara, akhirnya Tengku Abdullah melepaskan juga jawatannya selaku Timb. Presiden FAM. Pelepasan jawatannya rata-ratanya dirasakan bijak oleh kebanyakan orang kerana kegagalan beliau untuk membawa pembaharuan dalam mutu permainan negara walaupun sudah menduduki kerusi tersebut selama hampir satu setengah dekad. Walaupun saya bukanlah penganalisis sehebat Haji Hasbullah Awang, namun sebagai salah seorang saksi dari ribuan penonton yang menyaksikan aksi lesu skuad negara melawan China tempohari, apa yang dapat saya katakan ialah skuad negara perlukan satu pembaharuan secara menyeluruh.

          Syabas, langkah Tengku merupakan salah satu perubahan yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh peminat sukan. Apa taknya, ia merupakan satu kelaziman yang dilakukan oleh setiap CEO mana-mana syarikat jika mereka gagal mencapai objektif ataupun gol syarikat mereka. Jika di negara luar, kita dapat melihat bagaimana kekalahan demi kekalahan yang mengaibkan sesebuah pasukan kelab ataupun kebangsaan diiringi dengan peletakan jawatan jurulatihnya kerana mereka merasakan itulah tindakan yang terbaik dan bermaruah kerana ia membuka jalan bagi pihak lain yang lebih berpotensi dan berkaliber untuk mengambil-alih dan mencuba strategi baru. Hasilnya, lihat sahaja prestasi pasukan Vietnam. Walaupun penuh bermasalah dan berkali-kali menukar tampuk pengurusan, di Piala Asia  mereka telah mempersembahkan satu permainan yang hebat dan mutunya setanding dengan pasukan-pasukan ‘heavyweight’ asia yang lain.

          Namun begitu, saya yakin, keputusan ini bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah bagi Tengku. Walaupun perletakan jawatannya bakal memberikan satu impak yang signifikan dari sudut positif, keputusan beliau juga dilihat sebagai satu ancaman bagi penghuni-penghuni tetap kerusi eksekutif FAM yang lainnya. Hal ini kerana, secara tradisinya jika ketua sesebuah organisasi melepaskan jawatannya atas sebab kegagalan mencapai satu matlamat, anak-anak buahnya juga dilihat wajar melepaskan jawatan masing-masing. Inilah yang dinamakan ‘esprit de corp’ dan merupakan satu rukun yang penting dalam mana-mana organisasi sukan sekalipun. Tetapi, persoalannya adakah sanggup mereka menjauhkan diri dari kerusi kuasa empuk yang telah mereka duduki sekian lama dan juga memutuskan ‘kabel’ yang tererat jalin dengan Tengku sejak dahulu lagi?

          Kesimpulannya, rakyat Malaysia khususnya peminat bola sepak dahagakan satu pembaharuan dalam sukan bola sepak. Mereka semua sudah bosan dipertontonkan gaya permainan yang lembik dan kaku apabila bermain di padang. Walaupun kekurangan dari segi fizikal, sekurang-kurangnya persembahkankanlah daya saing yang kental dan bukannya menghadiahkan sahaja muka untuk diganyang oleh pihak lawan. Diharap dengan peletakan jawatan Tengku ini ia dapat dijadikan satu semboyan yang  menandakan satu perubahan dalam era bola sepak negara. Moga-moga selepas ini, walaupun mengambil sedikit masa, muka-muka baru yang akan menerajui pengurusan bola sepak negara dapat merealisasikan impian peminat sukan ini iaitu melihat pemain-pemain kita di semua peringkat mempersembahkan satu corak permainan yang kemas, bermutu dan disertai dengan semangat juang yang tinggi.

Cubit sikit: Tahniah, Tengku! Jasamu tetap di kenang jua. Anak-anak buahnya bila lagi?

Have you ever eaten cheese? I
guess you might have. But, how about Danish blue cheese, Roquefort, Camembert,
Labneh. Have you try any of these types of cheese? Erm…if you have an
opportunity to try these types cheese you better take the opportunity. Although
I never taste them but I like cheese.

I don’t know how but strangely I can
feel that my appetite for cheese seems to grow stronger and stronger since I decided
to overcame that slant taste of cheddar cheese 10 years ago. At that time, I would
shut my nose when I tried or forced to chew a bit of cheese but now, I even can
finish the whole slice of cheesedale within a second.

Additionally, I also think that
Mr. Wallace (the hero in Wallace n Gromit) has given some influence to my
interest in cheese. It is enticing when every time I see Mr. Wallace slice his
creamy, white, delicious cheese and put it on his bread for breakfast. Seeing
the wrap that covers his cheese I can see that he loves to stick with one type
of cheese which is Wensleydale cheese. Upon checking on the internet I found
that Wensleydale is one of the famous cheeses in Britain. Hurm… I hope I could get a
chance to have the cheese melts in my mouth one day and savor its taste.

This morning I just get an opportunity to follow my
mum and accompany her for shopping. After helping her finding some items I went
to the frozen department to see if I can get the types of cheese that I want.
Unfortunately, the choice is limited. I could only found Danish Blue cheese on
the fridge. Without any hesitation, I pick a box and return to counter to pay.
Before I went out from the supermarket, I went to a bakery to get some
pastries. I’m planning to eat them tomorrow with the cheese that I’ve bought
for breakfast and with burger for lunch. I hope this cheese won’t disappoints me…hehe.