Indianapolis Colts hammered Chicago Bears by 29 – 17 and win their second SuperBowl after the latest in 1970. Tony Dungy is the first African-American Head Coach to win the Superbowl.

Peyton Manning finally proved himself by winning the most prestigious Vince Lombardi Trophy at SuperBowl XLI today @ Dolphin Stadium, Miami. The trophy which never been gained by him – which consider as the best Quarterback in NFL for all-time – until this very day (*). He also earned the SuperBowl MVP with his 1 TD, 247 yards and only 1 interception, so deserve to take home a Cadillac LXR limited edition car.

SuperBowl XLI started with shocking kickoff return by Devin Hester which result for the first touchdown for Bears. Early lead by Bears didn’t put Manning on the hardspot, which situation quite familiar with their game with Patriots on the AFC Championship. Peyton Manning struggled hard to comeback yard-by-yard and finally throw TD pass to Reggie Wayne. The game can be describe as “offensive struggling” for both team, where turnover was quite popular. Rex Grossman, even after his magnificent season, was forced 2 times fumble and 2 interceptions. With Bob Sanders (Colts) and Bryan Urlacher (Bears) on defensive squad, the defense created few key-fumbles and interceptions. The winning moment for Indianapolis was when Hayden get an interception and return it for TD.

The game pretty much took place under heavy rain – might be the cause for missing field goal by Adam Vinatieri – but in good spirit. ESPN broadcasted Superbowl XLI from the beginning, included the Halftime Show by the American music prodigy Prince. What might be seem interesting was that the game was being broadcasted live to Baghdad and watched by hundred of military personnel in Iraq. Nice.

Reference of Superbowl XLI click below:

• Box score
• Game Summary

Inside stuff:

• Both Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears primarily use the same type of defense, which called Tampa 2 (better known as Cover 2 ). This because the defense play was developed by Tony Dungy (Colts Coach) and Lovie Smith (Bears Coach). Tony once a coach for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Lovie Smith (also in Tampa) was playing defensive as linebacker

• Peyton Manning has a strong heritage on football. Archie Manning, Peyton’s father was a famous QB for New Orleans Saints. Peyton’s younger brother, Eli Manning currently a starter QB for New York Giants.

[6.21 AM Malaysian Time]

A BIG QUESTION before the first snap at Dolphin Stadium, Miami, FLorida.

“Will this man chocked up again in SUperbowl XLI? which every moment in Superbowl is a clutch moment”

Reference: Peyton Manning only scored 2 TD and have 6 INT so far in this season play-off

Pertandingan Go-kart yang pernah gw singgung disini akhirnya dimulai hari ini. Dengan berbekal kemampuan dan pengalaman seadanya (itupun kalau ngetest track 2 hari sebelumnya, tanpa pernah sekalipun menyentuh yg namanya gokart, disebut sebagai pengalaman hehe), tanpa malu team Padang88 melaju dengan pe-de di track gokart.

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*kedengaran lagu Franz Ferdinand dari hp gw jam steng 9 pagi ini*

Gerry: hallo *masi ngelindur..*
Tutur: oii ger, bangun…mandi, jam 9 kita jalan ke Extreme Park
Gerry: oooo ya…ya seep
Tutur: jgn tidur lg yah…
Gerry: ok bozz

*matiin telp, lanjut tidooorrr…”

jam 9…..

tok..tok.tokk!! duk..duk…duakkk!!

Gerry: (ngen***, sapa sih?) *ngelindur mode masih on*

gw berdiri dan buka pintu…..trus ngeliat si Tutur dah rapi…
selama 1-2 detik gw mikir..”ngapain dia kemari pagi2 gini?”

*bangun mode langsung on*

Gerry: Wadduuhhhhh!!!! Njing, ketiduran…!!!
Tutur: Walahhh…oiii, gw duluan yah, nanti nyusul aja loe ke Extreme Park
Gerry: okay2…ntar gw nyusul *bergaya panik*

Rencana mau mandi, tp begitu liat kasur kok jadi pengen tidur lagi ya? Tarok badan bentar kayanya gpp nih..
sampaiii….
jam 9.45 hp gw bunyi lg…dan kali ini gw langsung sadar

Gerry: oiii, napa? *suara dibikin keras supaya dikira dah bangun en dah mandi*
Tutur: dimana loe?
Gerry: masih di kondo…
Tutur: dah mandi?
Gerry: udah….
Tutur: cepat datang, jam 10 mau mulai *kedengaran dari sebaliknya si bob teriak2 ga jelas*
Gerry: ok bozz

Sekali ini langsung sambar handuk, mandi, gosok gigi, cukur kumis dikit dan tancap gas hehe alhasil telat 20 menit….lho? kok track gokartnya sepi? gw kirain dah selesai balap nya hehe rupanya blom mulai.
lega……..

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Sedikit informasi, Yeo Hiap Seng, perusahaan makanan dan minuman Singapura mengadakan acara Isotea Triple PLay di Extreme Park tanggal 16-17 September 2006. Triple Play maksudnya ada 3 kategori pertandingan yaitu: Futsal, Gokart dan Paintball (mirip Airsoft-gun..). Dan apakah itu Isotea? Menurut Green Apple, Isotea itu adalah produk baru Yeo Hap Seng, perpaduan antara minuman isotonik + green tea. Kayanya produk yg satu ini lagi promosi habis-habisan, yg menurut gw perlu karna rasanya….absolute CRAP!!! Gw pernah minum 100Plus (minuman isotonik) dan pernah juga minum green tea, tp perpaduan keduanya dalam Isotea? Saran gw, kalo masih sayang ma perut dan ga mau memusnahkan simbiosis dalam lambung, lebih baik jangan minum…TRUST ME!!

Gokart Competition: Padang88 Rules!!

Jam 10. 30 pertandingan gokart (satu2 nya event yang kami ikuti..) dimulai dan diputuskan memakai nama Padang88 sebagai nama tim. Katanya sih namanya diambil dari tim motor (terkenal) di Padang, don’t ask..i have no idea.

Secara keseluruhan ada 14 tim yang ikut pertandingan gokart, dan dibagi 2 babak (masing-masing 7 tim) :

• Babak 1 (siang) ===>> kami (Padang88) di babak ini
• Babak 2 (malam)

Tiap babak diambil 4 babak untuk maju ke final round hari Minggu. Jadi besok hari Minggu, total 8 tim yang akan saling tabrak.

Pada awalnya kami pesimis dengan kemampuan sendiri, karna tampang lawan kaya professional semua. Ada yang bawa helm sendiri, bawa sarung tangan sendiri…sedangkan kami cuma modal (……….), gw pun ga tau modal apa. Setelah beberapa free session, kepercayaan diri mulai tumbuh, apalagi tim Padang88 dijambangi oleh Tutur (capt tim) yang notabene juara drag race motor di Padang (hehe yg penting mental balap nya ada….). Berikut susunan line-up setelah free practice dan timing (berdasarkan urutan main..):
1. Tutur (capt)
2. Bob
3. Bob (2x main, soalnya kami kekurangan 1 pemain yg harusnya 8 orang..)
4. gw
5. Fergus
6. Adi
7. Vincent
8. Frans

Keterangan:
Karna dalam babak ini ada 7 tim dengan masing 8 pemain, tiap race ada 7 pembalap dari masing2 tim dan karna setiap anggota tim pasti main 1x, jadi ada 8 race semuanya (ket: ga mungkin ketemu sama teman dari tim sendiri). Tiap race akan dipilih juara 1,2 dan 3. Pemenang 1 dapat 5 poin, pemenang 2 dapat 3 poin dan pemenang 3 dapat 1 poin. Juara babak akan ditentukan dari akumulasi poin dari semua pembalap tim tersebut.

Race pertama
Pertandingan pertama dijalankan oleh Tutur. Race pertama ini dikategorikan sebagai pertandingan paling brutal dari keseluruhan race. Mungkin karna semua mau menang, hampir semua pemain lupa kalo mereka ini maen gokart dan bukan main bom-bom car. Bayangkan aja gokart 150 cc ditabrak-tabrakin, jelas aja pertandingan jadi sedikit kacau. Pada race ini jg panitia menentukan bahwa untuk seterusnya, para pemain yg mo maen “bom-bom car” akan didiskualifikasi. Tutur, sebagai korban paling parah dari semua insiden (nabrak ban pembatas track, sampai tangan luka2) akhirnya keluar jadi juara 1.

Race 2-7
Mulai ketauan kalau Padang88 punya pesaing ketat, team Green Lightning (ini ceritanya sedikit kaya komik…hehe). Sampai race 7, Green Lightning menempel ketat dalam perhitungan poin keseluruhan dan bahkan melewati. Sekarang poin Padang88: 15 point dan Green Lightning: 18 poin.

Race 8
Race penentuan ada di tangan Frans. Sebenarnya Frans saat itu baru aja selesai maen futsal dan kelihatan kelelahan. Rupanya muka boleh lelah, semangat Frans tetap menyala-nyala…dari start sampai finish, Frans terus berusaha konsisten menjaga posisi 1. Masalahnya cuma 1: pembalap Green Lightning tepat berada di belakang Frans. Kalau posisi tetap seperti itu samapi finish, poin tim Padang88: 20 poin dan Green Lightning: 21 poin. Memang kecelakaan itu datang kapan aja, tiba2 pembalap Green Lightning yg tepat di belakang Frans melintir tepat di tikungan dan menabrak pembatas trak. Mobil Green Lightning stuck di pembatas dan langsung disusul oleh pembalap2 lain, kontan dari urutan 2 langsung terjun ke urutan terakhir. What a luck!! Soalnya kejadiannya cuma 2 atau 3 lap sebelum finish. Frans urutan pertama dan Padang88 juara grup.

Meskipun juara grup atau tidak ga jadi masalah buat babak final nanti, hehe tunggu dulu…gengsinya itu luar biasa. Kami kumpulan amatir yg baru pegang gokart 1 minggu terakhir dan tiba-tiba menang, gmana ga seneng?

Besok babak final, hope for the best!

Kesimpulan pertandingan:
1. Tutur ==> 5 poin ( 1st place )
2. Bob ==> 0 poin ( 4th place )
3. Bob ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
4. gw ==> 1 poin ( 3rd place )
5. Fergus ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
6. Adi ==> 0 poin ( 5th place )
7. VIncent ==> 3 poin ( 2nd place )
8. Frans ==> 5 poin ( 1st place )

Total poin: 20 poin

Keterangan gambar: (berdiri dari kiri) Bob, Vincent dan Tutur (jongkok dari kanan) Fergus, gw dan Adi

Apa ya hubungannya antara Nike Air Uptempo dan ember? Ga ada kok. Dua barang tadi gw beli hari ini, sebagai penutup belanja awal semester hehe. Memang kalo awal semester ada beberapa barang yang wajib dibeli. Sabun mandi, shampo, sikat gigi, rokok, buku pelajaran dan peralatan tulis itu wajib hukumnya tiap semester. Mau nya sih semangat baru dan tenaga baru, tapi tetap aja gw ga yakin ada efeknya. Yang namanya Gerry tetap aja sama kapan aja dimana aja huahaha [iklan apa ya...?]

Tadi jam 2 gw pergi ke Summit Plaza dengan 1 tujuan, mau beli sepatu basket. Bob bilang kalo mo beli sepatu basket asli yang murah cuma di Summit. Biasanya sih gw beli sepatu basket cuma di Chinatown Petaling Street, memang sih kalo mo cari barang murah di Malaysia cuma disana. Terakhir gw beli disana setahun lalu, sepatu T-Mac 4…namanya beli barang “abal-abal” di Chinatown, jadi cepat rusak. Jadi gw pikir ga ada salahnya gw beli barang asli sekali-sekali, mumpung murah.

Jadilah kami [gw,bob,laura ma tutur] naek taksi ke Summit Plaza. Sampai sana, langsung nyari ATM [walau agak lama nyarinya...byk yg rusak] langsung menuju counter And1 di lantai atas. Untung bawa Bob yang jadi tour guide, jadi cari tempatnya ga pake lama hehe. Sampai disana gw bingung juga, soalnya sepatu yang ada cuma Nike ma And1. Kirain tempatnya besar gitu dan banyak pilihan. Nyatanya ngga, padahal gw jg mau liat2 sepatu Adidas. Ya udah, terpaksa pilih dari sepatu Nike yang ada, sepatu And1 pada norak semua. Dah mo milih…ehhh si Laura malah nunjuk2 sepatu Lebron Zoom III warna emas, padahal gw dari pertama dah ngelirik-lirik Nike Air Uptempo warna hitam putih. Dasar gw orangnya mang gampang ragu2, jadi nya mo coba juga. Ya udah, daripada nyesel gw coba dua-dua nya. Akhirnya gw ikutin kata hati gw buat ngambil yang Nike Uptempo hehe, walau sebenarnya selera nya si Laura ini bagus jg. Dilihat dari harga Uptempo yang lebih murah RM 100 dari Lebron III dan ankle protector Lebron III yg ketinggian menurut gw, kayanya Uptempo jadi pilihan. Bob yang juga tadinya mau beli sepatu akhirnya malah ga jadi beli, katanya sih pilihan kurang banyak. Tapi gw tetap keluar toko sambil senyum…sepatu baru nihh, bozzz..

Dari sana kami ke Hagh^&%*$ apa gitu ga jelas, kaya Starbucks gitu. Kebetulan juga seberangan ma Starbucks. Kata pelaan cafe nya, laen kali kalo mo nyebut nama ni cafe, bilang aja Cafe Swiss. Memang sih ada bendera Switzerland di logonya, tapi tetap aja susah nyebut nama nya. Minum, trus lanjut ke Pyramid soalnya malam nanti mo nonton movie American Haunting. Sampai disana gw mampir ke Giant Supermarket beli ember. Bukan ember air yang besar itu, tapi gw beli yang kecil. Buat tempat sabun, shampo, cukur, foam ma sikat gigi dan odol. Soalnya housemate brengsek gw ini suka pakai sabun ma shampo gw trus ga bilang-bilang, tau-tau dah abis.

Pulang ke kamar lagi-lagi gw lemes liat keadaan kamar yang masih dalam tahap pembersihan. Males banget liat kamar yang kaya kapal pecah gini. But still, home sweet homw. Wlau dah ga mirip lagi ma “home”, kata Tutur sih lebih mirip “warehouse”. Makasi banyak bro….

Inggris menang dengan gol yg lahir dari kaki pemain Inggris sendiri. Was a spectacular game. Gw udah tegang sekali karna Inggris terbentur terus dengan defense Trinidad. Kalau ada yang meremehkan Trinidad-Tobago, ohoho think again my friend. Dwight Yorke memang pantas jadi salah satu penyerang yag paling ditakuti di Inggris saat masih di Manchester United. Kalau bek Inggris bukan Rio Ferdianand atau John Terry, ga tau gw gimana skor akhirnya.

Gol tercipta menit 83 dan 89 kalau ga salah. Peter Crouch dan Steven Gerard jadi pahlawan. Man of the match? Kalau disuruh pilih, gw pilih David Beckham. Crossing-crossing nya berbahaya sekali sejak awal pertandingan. Kalau kepala Crouch dan Owen itu botak, udah banyak mungkin golnya. Gol pertama Crouch datang dari umpan crossing Beckham, dihajar sama kepala Crouch. Bek Trinidad yang entah namanya kasihan sekali karna dipanjat Crouch. 1-0 baby..trus beberapa menit kemudian Steven Gerard. Kalau yang familiar sama Kapten Liverpool ini, pasti tau kebiasaan gol Gerard. Gol ke dua datang dari tendangan tipical Gerard dari luar kotak penalti, keras dan terarah. Kiper Trinidad, Shaka Hislop yang maen bagus pertandingan sebelumnya hehe jadi bulan-bulanan tendangan Gerard. Kasihan..but for England, anything goes. Hajar…..!!!

Gw lagi buru-buru mo nyiapin koper karna dalam 2 jam sudah harus pergi ke airport KLIA, jadi ga bisa panjang-panjang bikin postingnya. Tul..tull gw pulang, pulaaaanggg!! Akhirnya…flaying home and good bye Malaysia, truly bullshit.

Mom and Dad, I am home. And honey…I am your for the whole months hehehe.

overweight ga ya?

berita terakhir tentang Inggris di detik.com: Inggris maju ke 16 besar

I remember the first time I watched football was in Junior High School at 1998. The Final between Brazil and France was when I lost my virginity of football. With 3 – o winning France, I started to like this game and wondering why haven’t I consider this sport as my favourite game to watch? I never watched or even played football before…I remember once when my dad asked me to accompany him watching AC Milan in 1993 and show it to me which one was Marco Van Basten. But I could never seen the beauty, at least after World Cup 1998.

Once I started to like football, I am unstoppable til now. Before World Cup 1998, I used to watch and play basketball as my main sport. I can mentioned all of the starting lineups on NBA Final for 5 consecutive years. Basketball which I always love is now accompanied by football. if I enjoy more when I play basketball, I will enjoy football more when I sit and watch. I learned football history faster than I learned basketball history. In High School, people were even crazier bout football, lot easier homework for me.

First Team:
After several weeks I decided to pick my favourite teams. Easy pick, since my father is a big fan of AC Milan, I thought family tradition must be passed through. Upon that time, AC Milan was a former Seri A Champion, which I put too much hope on them to be maintain their legacy once more. Comin short, It didn’t happened really well. Another thoughts came and say that I need a back up team, if the other is not working out.

Second Team:
Manchester United was my next choice. Gained several triumphs with their young squad, I can’t pick a better team for me. I loved how they played back then. Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Japp Stam, Peter Schemichel, Dwight Yorke are some of the names which can’t be forget ny Manchester United Fans. I bet no one will ever forget The Battle of Nou Camp, when Manchester United won then treble after defeating Bayern Munich [26 May 2006].

I’ve talked about my preference in World Cup on the last post. So, I won’t bother to tell that again haha. I imagined how football will evolve through time. I wanna know what kind of stadium will they build, what kind of shoes and balls will they invent? What kind of rules will they comin up with? It’s interesting to keep it up with it, as long in the future there will no possibility that I will watching football but have human on the field, which all had been computerised or even robotised. People say [translate directly from Bahasa Indonesia]:

The ball is round, you will never know

World Cup here, World Cup there, World Cup everywhere. And I am here everyday, wondering if I should watch or stay on my book for the coming exam on Tuesday. Anyway I just went to Bob’s, brought my lecture’s notes along with me. Like there will be Micro quiz at the halftime break [host by Adam Smith..haha]

Actually, there was a point to bring something that will be a distraction from the screen. Since the last 2 days match that I was watched are boring like hell. England – Paraguay: 1 – 0 and Serbia Montenegro – Netherlands : 0 – 1. What was that? I thought World Cup this year will be promising when I watched how Germany slaughtered Costa Rica 4 – 2 [not really a slaughter… quite surprised also bout Germany though]. I hope there will be no match for the coming match; I am expecting a battle here. Yes, a battle…not just 22 peoples that want to fulfill the country’s order to show up on the field. I am also expectin some shockers, like what Senegal did in World Cup 2002 in Japan. French ended up with not qualified for the next round, not even a single goal scored. Honestly, I was pretty amused.

I wanted to post something at the first day the World Cup started. I am overjoyed, but restricted by my internet connection here. Because for football lover, World Cup is like a ritual, when people will take a break or laying over a bit to watch the greatest sport event in the entire mankind civilization. It won’t be a surprise if the world will have slow economic activity for the next 1 month or NOT. I just realize, economic activity don’t just work from making profit or making loss, but also making luck. Once I read an article that World Cup 2002 had some billions of dollars money circulation, most of them comes from bet house like William Hill. Some people win, some people lose. Me? I like to enjoy my friend’s face, who pretty much will place a bet on that particular match. Priceless. [Erwin, this one for you Bro..]

For now and then, I would like to make a statement. With my football passion as a witness, I am announcing that for this year World Cup, I will take a shot with England and just England. Not like World Cup 2002 which I stood for both Italy and England. Honestly, it doesn’t make any sense to support Italy this year. Let’s compare these two teams:

England: (click here for England squad)
Fact and Comment:
- Starving with the title since 1966
- Full talent and experience, such as Steven Gerard, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Paul Robinson, Michael Owen and the Wonderkid Wayne Rooney
- David Beckham leadership as a captain has been proved (remember Euro 2004 vs Greece..)
- Deep squad. Wayne Bridge, Sol Campbell, David James and Stuart Downing could be ready anytime
- Lack of quality striker could be a problem. Michael Owen can’t work alone, since Rooney still in doubtful condition
- England’s coach, Sven Goran Erikkson has nothing to lose. He will be fired anyway, even if he won this WC.
- Premier League is one of the most respective league in the world. Guarantee of quality

Italy: (click here for the Italian squad)
- Controversy in Italian League may affect team morale.
- Lack of striker (They even have to bring Filippo Inzaghi along with the team..)
- Lack of winning character
- Catenaccio has no point, if there is no striker to score the lead.
- Expect too much from Fransesco Totti
- Not promising in friendly match
- History, as three time winners could be a whip
- Have the best defense in the world
- Marcello Lippi is a great coach with some triumph and legacy.

NB: This comment may contain some errors and bias.

Basically, I don’t like how Italy play this day. I prefer an attacking team with ability to put defense as well, like England does. How about Brazil? hmmm…Brazil is the best team probably, but I hate them for dominating the tournament. France and Germany? Germany as the host have their own advantage and France….not even a chance.

to be continued……….