champions league final

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we are witnessing a fantastic comeback from liverpool tonite from 3 down to go into extra time that cisse just kicked off. i guess willpower will take you further than skills alone...they were outclassed in the 1st half but with the milan players suddenly deciding to forget how to kick a ball early in the 2nd half, the liverpudlians took advantage. i can imagine the mamak stalls and astro kitted homes are abuzz with shouting and swearing....but the manager must realise he needs to take out those useless spanish players on the pitch...
started the 1st week at the new office in rijswijk, have been good enough to cycle to work for a second straight day...got lost on the first day, as expected, and enjoyed a scenic route along the vliet before deciding to turn back. weather getting warmer now, and you do work up a sweat, and of course appetite when you get home! we are scheming our way for the weekend, in law duties, most likely an outing to luxembourg for couple of days. so far it has been in holland, and with the pm visit last week.
had another round of poffertjes and recommended it on adly's website..hope i get a free foodster guide ;-)

chocolatey

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swiss hot chocolate, chocolate cake..its a treat this weekend...for forgetting his camcorder, the result is an informal formal sit down dinner malaysian style at chez foz's with some friends on sunday night in amsterdam. the sambal belacan from bintulu was a fine accompaniment to the roast chicken and nasi goreng kerabu...
all this capped a good long weekend courtesy of a twist of a pagan cum christian celebration..the whitsun holiday. it started with a discovery of the zoetermeer golf course, a la rotterbergen, nice greens, undulating fairways and challenging sunday pin positions. the chilly start delayed getting into the groove, warming up only into the second nine, having to supplement with jogging on the spot...
shops were generally close :), though amsterdam was pretty much open for business...got ready for the in laws who arrived safely today, badminton on sunday and checked out this sushi joint in leiden...not bad, though the waiter said he will try to do the miso soup with tofu coz normally the dutch prefer chicken with the soup...go figure...

Mountain air

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the mountain air and the sight of tall natural creations was a nice fresh change for us last week in interlaken in switzerland..took advantage of the long weekend to get away and stopped over at frankfurt. we stayed at this cheap hotel - the 'friendly hotel'. must say it lived up to that name, the guy at the reception was certainly friendly. frankfurt is nice with the contrast of old and new...it is also a city that smells of money! lots of nice expensive cars and shops and you can tell people could afford them. the interlaken hotel didnt disappoint, except that they completely fooled us with their address...but they made up for it, we had a room with a fantastic view of the jungfraujoch, one of the tallest mountains in the alps. it also has the highest train station in europe at 3575m. the journey up took 2hrs, but we were let down by the weather...couldnt see jack with the rain and strong winds :(
the altitude sickness got me worried, the mrs and i couldnt breathe after climbing some simple stairs...
interlaken town was very nice, it had a quiet village feel but with enough spoils of a town, though we also found out that this is a popular place for indian tourists...
also stopped over at bern, the capital and also luzern by the lake. beautiful cities. very clean.
also managed to find the bally factoryoutlet...well, nuff said, pokai now....it was no surprise that we bumped into some melayus there as well, though a bit sombong lah...
the trip was too short....maybe a revisit who knows...

Happy Brithday Beatrix...

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we were walking along badhuisweg yesterday when the queen and her entourage drove past us in her coach waving at the crowd ligning the road. we were decked out in our oranges, and i even had my rambut orangefied! some dude had a spray can and decided my hair didnt match my shirt. i stopped by to take a piccy of number 55 badhuisweg, where we were 15 yrs ago! time flies..picked up my 'new' bike on the way home, look forward to rides to the office. its a ladies' bike, something you need if you want to look after your crown jewels, know what'i mean...:)
it has been a nasi lemak weekend for my wife, surviving 3 straight days of this delight. we had the warmest day so far this year, shame the golf was yesterday, but a round of golf is always worth it regardless of the weather. had brunch at niks place, in between the in-laws this week. we are getting our minds over to the alps, before we physically arrive, insya'allah....it will be a bit of frankfurt on the way down, and few days of fresh mountain air in interlaken....hope the weather cooperates for us to enjoy the views from jungfrau and schilthorn...tune in next week to find out what actually happens...