The EPL season for 2006/07 just ended with my beloved team Manchester United winning the league title. Also united lost in the FA cup final to Chelsea and could not stop AC Milan from whipping them at San Siro, this year surely is one of the best season for the Red Devils.
So all now are focusing on how all team will strengthen their squad next year. Man Utd made a fast move on Owen Hargreaves. Even though the reportedly 17million pound move still not yet been finalized, it seems impossible for the deal to be broke down.
With Paul Scholes having a good season this year, Micheal Carrick also had a good season, Darren Flecther seems decent, Chris Eagle trying to push for the first team spot, it seems that adding Hargreaves in the team will create more competition to the 2 center midfield slot. But united do not have any player with the same type of Hargreaves. He is a midfield dynamo, a decent passer and also can read the game well.
His important roll for united next year is to be a holding center midfielder , winning the ball from opponent. Kinda have a similar role as Gennaro Gattusso of AC Milan and Claude Makalele of Chelsea or Momo Sissokko of Liverpool. Many people doubt that Hargreaves will make big impact next year. Some say he is overrated as well. Playing a great world cup tournament do not make you a big player until you proved yourself week in and week out in the league game. But you can’t deny that a player who can play as a right back and also a midfield and playing regularly at a club like Bayern Munich is not good enough. Throughout the years, I think that Hargreaves has improved. He is no longer a no nonsense player with a flying tackle all over the pitch. He has more good vision of the game now. Control the ball nicely, passing is also decent, could dribble as well and also very good at tackling. This is the element which are lacking at united now, a player who can tackle well. Carrick done great this year, but adding Hargreaves to the team will only make united with more flavor at the center midfield. Through times people will see that united indeed has spend a well 17million pound on Owen Hargreaves.
Wednesday 30 May 2007
Winning the title and the factors
Another season ended in the English Premier League, with my favorite team Manchester United clinched their 16th league title, only 2 short from all time winner Liverpool FC with 18 league titles.
I must say even though the Red Devils won the title, it seems to me that actually there are contribution factors that helps united won the league. I am not saying the united not done well enough this year, I just think that if all the contribution factors do not exist, the ending of this year league results might be slightly different.
First, it can be said that actually besides Man Utd and Chelsea, other teams do not performed well this year. Liverpool had problem with consistency in the domestic league and Arsenal seems lost without their captain Thiery Henry which missed most of the league games through long term injury. Other teams seems just like trying to push for a place in the UEFA cup next year, or some just fighting to survive in the premiere league. With all these problem had their difficulties, Man Utd can steadily maintained their lead.
Secondly, Chelsea factors. Chelsea was unfortunate this year. They lost their magnificent goalkeeper Petr Cech during season start through head injury. They also lost their second goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini through injury as well. So they only have Huelerio to guard their goal post. This guys, well not that he is not good, but he is nowhere near Cech caliber. Chelsea also had problems at their center of defence, lack of back up. When John Terry and Ricardo Calvahlio got injured, Chelsea need to use Micheal Essien to cover that area. Essien is a good all rounder player, but lets face the fact that he is not a natural center half. This is where Jose Mourinho felt selling Robert Huth and Willy Gallas was in fact was a mistake. With all these inconsistency in the back line, Chelsea had difficulties during the starting point of the league, which it turns to be a favors for the Red Devils.
But anyway, Man Utd do play well this year. Christiano Ronaldo had a good season, Wayne Rooney also had a good season. Scholes and Giggsy also seems to find their old touch. Edwin Van Der Sar play superbly all season. Patrice Evra was a revolution at he left back. Darren Flecther seems maturing to be the potential midfielder that many had predicted he to be one day and last but not least, the fierce less, the wonderful header , the fast and furious Nemanja Vidic. He is my Man Utd player of the year, despite all the attention are turning to the magnificent Christiano Ronaldo.
We hope that Man Utd will be champion again for next year. Man Utd For Life!
I must say even though the Red Devils won the title, it seems to me that actually there are contribution factors that helps united won the league. I am not saying the united not done well enough this year, I just think that if all the contribution factors do not exist, the ending of this year league results might be slightly different.
First, it can be said that actually besides Man Utd and Chelsea, other teams do not performed well this year. Liverpool had problem with consistency in the domestic league and Arsenal seems lost without their captain Thiery Henry which missed most of the league games through long term injury. Other teams seems just like trying to push for a place in the UEFA cup next year, or some just fighting to survive in the premiere league. With all these problem had their difficulties, Man Utd can steadily maintained their lead.
Secondly, Chelsea factors. Chelsea was unfortunate this year. They lost their magnificent goalkeeper Petr Cech during season start through head injury. They also lost their second goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini through injury as well. So they only have Huelerio to guard their goal post. This guys, well not that he is not good, but he is nowhere near Cech caliber. Chelsea also had problems at their center of defence, lack of back up. When John Terry and Ricardo Calvahlio got injured, Chelsea need to use Micheal Essien to cover that area. Essien is a good all rounder player, but lets face the fact that he is not a natural center half. This is where Jose Mourinho felt selling Robert Huth and Willy Gallas was in fact was a mistake. With all these inconsistency in the back line, Chelsea had difficulties during the starting point of the league, which it turns to be a favors for the Red Devils.
But anyway, Man Utd do play well this year. Christiano Ronaldo had a good season, Wayne Rooney also had a good season. Scholes and Giggsy also seems to find their old touch. Edwin Van Der Sar play superbly all season. Patrice Evra was a revolution at he left back. Darren Flecther seems maturing to be the potential midfielder that many had predicted he to be one day and last but not least, the fierce less, the wonderful header , the fast and furious Nemanja Vidic. He is my Man Utd player of the year, despite all the attention are turning to the magnificent Christiano Ronaldo.
We hope that Man Utd will be champion again for next year. Man Utd For Life!
My car for sale!!!!!
Since I will be leaving Malaysia for about 4 years from this September, I am considering selling my car. Okay..for those who is interested,you can call me...
Kinda sad you know...when thinking about selling my beloved car..
but like old saying...."..if you love me..set me free..."
sure there will be someone out there who will appreciate this car like I do...
Sayonara CF4....till we meet again....
Sunday 27 May 2007
Manchester United FC blog's marathon !
Hi all!Hehe..I might be talking to myself actually...cause I dunno if there is anybody actually reading this blog besides my luvly wife..but somehow my friend Azida did found this blog...so maybe I am not talking to myself after all...so spread the news dude to all
man-kind ...ops,sorry for the masculinity choice of words...spread it to all human-kind okay!
Since after completing my courses at USM, I didn't do any reading about my pre-research study.
But I am in a mood for football talking...planet soccer...football chat...call it what ever you want.
Let's talk about a very specific club...Manchester United Football Club....well even though I am proudly a Malay guy with no such bloodline/connection with any source of the Manchurian football club...but I start supporting MU FC way back since my early ages...as far as I can remember...I knew MU FC first before I knew about football game itself.
Well you see...back in 1986..my eldest brother was studying in UK..so the first time he came back to Malaysia for holiday, he bought me one football kit...a children football jersey of the great MU FC...at that moment I didn't really care about football. But after getting that jersey...it changed my life forever..since than football is my game and MU is my team....
People might think.."hey..this dude is a typical malay guy...cheering up for MU FC...because starting from the mid 90's MU started to be the best club in UK"..well I tell to all who think like that..I am not that kind of guy...I start to support MU way before they are call the champion...
You see..in the mid 80's...it was Liverpool FC who dominated English football...MU is more to a moderate...mid-table in the league kinda club...so I like to think myself as a pure MU FC fan...
I supported them not because they are a champion..not because there used to be a dude name Beckham played for the club...it is just purely FATE...me, myself and mu..hehehe....
So..I would like to take this opportunity to congratulated MU FC for becoming the EPL champion for this year...champion again dude!
As for that..the next couple of my post or more ,will be related to MU FC...
The football season is closed...yet my hunger for football is still not over...oh my god!
Friday 11 May 2007
Palm oil as a biofuel source : A disaster?
We are now in an era where our fossil fuel is getting lesser and lesser.A solution...biofuel...where we can recreated it through usage of biomass source or from vegetable of plant source.
As our country Malaysia,also have a part in contributing in these field through our palm oil source as one of a biofuel source alternative.
Palm oil was hailed as one of the biofuel source which could be a solution in creating an environment friendly biofuel energy.But not the story is different, we heard many complaints and research results(mainly came from the western country's researchers) that by using palm oil as one of the biofuel source,we are actually threatening the forest and environment ecology.
They said that we might threaten orang utan habitats and ecology system.Whereas if in Indonesia,the Sumatera tiger existent also might be in jeopardy.
Well I am not a researcher,well not yet at least.Neither nor a animal habitat expert as well. But I think...I think...those animal do not actually live in a palm tree estate.How come they think by using palm oil as a biofuel source we actually threatening those animal existent?
They should actually come to Malaysia or Indonesia to see the orang utan and the sumatera tiger by themselves.
If they are suggesting that we are bulldozing the forest to plant more palm tree...well that point I don't know.The government surely will wisely plan this kind of thing to ensure those animal will not be in danger.
What I can say is all this kind of negative point only suggesting that those critics were more kind of a jealousy point of view.This is because other western country also are producing biofuel source from other kind of vegetables or plant.For example in US and Brazil,they are using soybeans as a biofuel source.Whereas in France and Italy ,they are using sunflower oil.
I think Malaysia and Indonesia scientist and researchers must do more and more research deeply into palm oil potential as a biofuel source.Lets try convincing the world that we have a solution for the energy crisis matter.We can be a nation of energy and power in the future by monopolising this palm oil business.
Lets take this opportunity to progress our economy growth.Let others bit their teeth's when we show the world that palm oil do not only have potential,it also has a future.
I am surely to look more into this matter when I complete my PhD as I believe with palm oil development,Malaysia could be a better country.
As our country Malaysia,also have a part in contributing in these field through our palm oil source as one of a biofuel source alternative.
Palm oil was hailed as one of the biofuel source which could be a solution in creating an environment friendly biofuel energy.But not the story is different, we heard many complaints and research results(mainly came from the western country's researchers) that by using palm oil as one of the biofuel source,we are actually threatening the forest and environment ecology.
They said that we might threaten orang utan habitats and ecology system.Whereas if in Indonesia,the Sumatera tiger existent also might be in jeopardy.
Well I am not a researcher,well not yet at least.Neither nor a animal habitat expert as well. But I think...I think...those animal do not actually live in a palm tree estate.How come they think by using palm oil as a biofuel source we actually threatening those animal existent?
They should actually come to Malaysia or Indonesia to see the orang utan and the sumatera tiger by themselves.
If they are suggesting that we are bulldozing the forest to plant more palm tree...well that point I don't know.The government surely will wisely plan this kind of thing to ensure those animal will not be in danger.
What I can say is all this kind of negative point only suggesting that those critics were more kind of a jealousy point of view.This is because other western country also are producing biofuel source from other kind of vegetables or plant.For example in US and Brazil,they are using soybeans as a biofuel source.Whereas in France and Italy ,they are using sunflower oil.
I think Malaysia and Indonesia scientist and researchers must do more and more research deeply into palm oil potential as a biofuel source.Lets try convincing the world that we have a solution for the energy crisis matter.We can be a nation of energy and power in the future by monopolising this palm oil business.
Lets take this opportunity to progress our economy growth.Let others bit their teeth's when we show the world that palm oil do not only have potential,it also has a future.
I am surely to look more into this matter when I complete my PhD as I believe with palm oil development,Malaysia could be a better country.
Wednesday 9 May 2007
Biofuel : An Introduction
Biofuel is an energy source that comes from waste, vegetable or plant. It is one of an alternative solution for currently used petroleum. Biofuel shows its potential as a future solution for current energy resource crisis because it can be reproduced. Though the cost of producing biofuel is efficient enough or not is still in debate among scholars and academician but it is surely seen as on of the best alternative to us.
We see biofuel created from palm oil, corn or other plant. Somehow it actually resembles an image of a “Green Product” because it came from such sources. However research do show that combustion from biofuel actually emit higher NOx quantity when comparing with the combustion of petroleum. These phenomena cannot be taken lightly as when we are trying to find solution to our energy resource crisis, we are creating another issue for our environment to handle with. Do we need this kind of problem? Surely the answer is no. We cannot sacrifice mother earth in order to satisfy human greediness of energy sources. But as we know, petroleum is frighteningly decreasing and eventually will totally be none for us to dig in the near future. As for this, it looks most likely that alternatives are needed and biofuel could give us that. What we need to do is we need to eliminate the weakness of biofuel before we widely commercialized its usage world widely.
To find the solution for its weakness,a thorough researches are needed.But first a literature review need to be done so we can see it as a large picture.
Do not also forget that any solution found will be evaluated thoroughly.We need to see from the RETURN OF INVESTMENT point of view as well.
But as I said,thorough literature review are needed here before any research design is prepared.
We see biofuel created from palm oil, corn or other plant. Somehow it actually resembles an image of a “Green Product” because it came from such sources. However research do show that combustion from biofuel actually emit higher NOx quantity when comparing with the combustion of petroleum. These phenomena cannot be taken lightly as when we are trying to find solution to our energy resource crisis, we are creating another issue for our environment to handle with. Do we need this kind of problem? Surely the answer is no. We cannot sacrifice mother earth in order to satisfy human greediness of energy sources. But as we know, petroleum is frighteningly decreasing and eventually will totally be none for us to dig in the near future. As for this, it looks most likely that alternatives are needed and biofuel could give us that. What we need to do is we need to eliminate the weakness of biofuel before we widely commercialized its usage world widely.
To find the solution for its weakness,a thorough researches are needed.But first a literature review need to be done so we can see it as a large picture.
Do not also forget that any solution found will be evaluated thoroughly.We need to see from the RETURN OF INVESTMENT point of view as well.
But as I said,thorough literature review are needed here before any research design is prepared.
Tuesday 8 May 2007
Research oh research
I am planning to pursue my study next September at Newcastle University,UK.Well hello the geordies!People call newcsatle people the geordie...why...don't ask me...have no idea bout it.I heard that the geordies are very friendly.
So I will do MSc in Mechanical Engineering.The first 9 months will probably full with classes, assignments and exams.The next 3 months is where I need to complete a research and a dissertation.
As currently I am at University Science Malaysia attending Research Methodology Course, I already started to think about the research that I will be doing in this near future.I will probably focusing my research broadly at first(during MSc) and will probably make it more specific during my PhD.(upon completing my MSc successfully)
Gosh...the air condition of this CC is conducing me to sleep..hehe.OK back to the research thing, I heard that during PhD,people usually take about 1 and a half year to only making a research proposal.I remember during my undergraduate days(aaa....quite a fond memories),I took about a week or something to come out with the proposal...so....wow.....imagine how I feel when I heard that it took that much of time to complete a research proposal for PhD.
Lecturer here also reminded all the course attendees that doing PhD is not a fun thing or something that is enjoyable.I do believes so.How much do lo like to research for fun?If it is a science camp or 2 hours a week lab classes...maybe we could find it fun(although I think most of people hates lab class...me...its a mix feeling)The lecturer also said many sacrifice are needed,and your love ones need to understand your situation.....well that point I don't worry too much as I believe my loves one do understand my choice.Luv you honey!!
But as I already set my mind...choosing lecturer as my destined profession....I will face them all...one by one...day by day....with Allah willing and blessing and supports from my love ones,I do believe I can do it.
So BRING IN ON!!!....
So I will do MSc in Mechanical Engineering.The first 9 months will probably full with classes, assignments and exams.The next 3 months is where I need to complete a research and a dissertation.
As currently I am at University Science Malaysia attending Research Methodology Course, I already started to think about the research that I will be doing in this near future.I will probably focusing my research broadly at first(during MSc) and will probably make it more specific during my PhD.(upon completing my MSc successfully)
Gosh...the air condition of this CC is conducing me to sleep..hehe.OK back to the research thing, I heard that during PhD,people usually take about 1 and a half year to only making a research proposal.I remember during my undergraduate days(aaa....quite a fond memories),I took about a week or something to come out with the proposal...so....wow.....imagine how I feel when I heard that it took that much of time to complete a research proposal for PhD.
Lecturer here also reminded all the course attendees that doing PhD is not a fun thing or something that is enjoyable.I do believes so.How much do lo like to research for fun?If it is a science camp or 2 hours a week lab classes...maybe we could find it fun(although I think most of people hates lab class...me...its a mix feeling)The lecturer also said many sacrifice are needed,and your love ones need to understand your situation.....well that point I don't worry too much as I believe my loves one do understand my choice.Luv you honey!!
But as I already set my mind...choosing lecturer as my destined profession....I will face them all...one by one...day by day....with Allah willing and blessing and supports from my love ones,I do believe I can do it.
So BRING IN ON!!!....
Sunday 6 May 2007
TheBookShop Opening Day
Its 10:05 PM...I am still at Starbucks at Queensbay Mall,Penang...and with courtesy of Starbucks hot spot free Internet access , I am writing these words on my so-called blog...well I am not a blog writer after all...but currently I am attending courses at USM Penang and one of the facilitator did well convincing me that writing blogs does improve one writing ability.So please mind the grammar,the spelling,the nonsense and other wierd and troubling stuff that you might and will discover in my blog because this is the space for me to actually burst all my thoughts without any filter in my head....but I'll try to mind my language though....
So...what are today Special at TheBookShop?Well...if some of you wondering why my blog is called that way...it is because apparrently creating blog does need blog title to start with....
Hey!....is this what we call democracy?So what if I don't want my blog to have title....Well if you think about the word....democracy actually came from greek word ...demo + cratos ...hmm.....so much for democracy in blogging huh!Well enuff about these nonesense.
Well back to why name blog is call The Book Shop.It is actually because the starbucks that I in right now actually is inside a book shop,THE BORDERS.Come to think of it,now I am practically inside a book shop.So thats how the name came out from.
Well guys...I'm off to the 24hours Mamak Stall(if I can fine any nearby..)...EPL game Chelsea vs Arsenal kick-off probably just around the clock.....hope the Gunners will beat the hell of Chelsea...so my Man Utd will be Chanpions again!!!!hahaha......
By the way...I dedicated this blog to my wife Ain..and our princess Fareehah...sleep well my Queen and Princess........Good Nite!
Raja Shariman
So...what are today Special at TheBookShop?Well...if some of you wondering why my blog is called that way...it is because apparrently creating blog does need blog title to start with....
Hey!....is this what we call democracy?So what if I don't want my blog to have title....Well if you think about the word....democracy actually came from greek word ...demo + cratos ...hmm.....so much for democracy in blogging huh!Well enuff about these nonesense.
Well back to why name blog is call The Book Shop.It is actually because the starbucks that I in right now actually is inside a book shop,THE BORDERS.Come to think of it,now I am practically inside a book shop.So thats how the name came out from.
Well guys...I'm off to the 24hours Mamak Stall(if I can fine any nearby..)...EPL game Chelsea vs Arsenal kick-off probably just around the clock.....hope the Gunners will beat the hell of Chelsea...so my Man Utd will be Chanpions again!!!!hahaha......
By the way...I dedicated this blog to my wife Ain..and our princess Fareehah...sleep well my Queen and Princess........Good Nite!
Raja Shariman
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