Why Malaysia will never win Thomas Cup

Malaysia’s success in winning the Thomas Cup 22 years ago against Indonesia has not faded from the minds of the public.

Fast forward to 22 years later, finally we have some reason to cheer upon our national badminton team, for breaking through to the Thomas Cup final of the year 2014.

For those of you who doesn't know what Thomas Cup is all about, it is the "UEFA Champions League" title in the world of badminton.

(One is using foot-BALL while another one using shuttle-COCK)

I was on my couch watching the finals unfold together with my wife and my youngest brother.

I must admit that I am lucky not to have a faint heart as the fight between Japan and Malaysia was indeed a very close one.

As predicted, our Dato' Lee managed to clinch the first point for Malaysia. Followed by the Goh-Tan double pairs.

All Malaysian needed was another point for them to bring back the much coveted trophy.

Guess what? When the last Single player, Daren Liew came up in the title decider match, somehow I knew that Malaysia will never win this one.

Not because Daren is not as good.

Not because he did not posses the fighting spirit.

Based on my analysis and findings, this is the main reason that why Malaysia will never win the Thomas cup.

If you asked me why, remember this?

So, u think Daren Liew stupid one ar?

 

The Tattoo

The original meaning of the word "tattoo" actually came from the Polynesian noun tatau, meaning "puncture, mark made on skin."

Note that at the time of writing, I am not a really big fan on tattoo, nor did I have the intensive knowledge or background on the culture of tattoo itself. By all means, it is just my own personal view.

So, from my point of view.

Tattoo can make you looked like a "man".

 

Or make you looked like a total retard.

 

 

To be honest I would love to have one on myself. But coming from a rather conservative family, it is not a good idea to provoke my mum and get her go mentally insane.

 

But I did once before, just to test my mums reaction.

 

A Henna Tattoo/Fake Tattoo when I was in Boracay island.

That's when I get to realized that it is not my mum's cup of tea.

That is exactly the first time I felt my life was threatened by my own parent, when my mum  told me "I am going to cut off you limbs".

So I guess I wouldn't take the chance.

Last week a friend of mine who is a big fan of tattooing mentioned that he is going to get a Liverpool FC "YNWA-You'll Never Walk Alone" tattoo on his chest.

He has done a few before, so it was not his first time. But as the beginner, I tagged along with him just for the sake of curiosity.

 

 

To be honest, before the session, he looked like this.

 

 

"The Rock"

 

Once the session started, he looked like this.

 





 

"The-Real-Rock"

 

During the session, it took him more than 1 hour to decide on the font type of the slogan and the exact location of the tattoo.

 

Then only I realized that in order to do a tattoo on your body, it is going to be a life-long commitment.

 

It is not something drawn by crayon or pencil, non of the eraser in the world can make it goes away if you have any regrets in the future.

 

 

 

After a gruelling couple of hours...

 

End of the day, the tattoo looked like this.



 

And his face, maybe would have look like this anyway. (I left earlier before the session ended)

 

 

With all the blood drained from his face.



This friend of mine have the idea of tattooing the Liverpool logo if they won the premiership this year.

But the goal from Dwight Gayle in the 88th minutes maybe also means that he need to postpone his plan.

Or maybe a different kind of Liverpool tattoo.

The Liver-bird (Angry version).

 



 

Party, Shop and Walk @ Shanghai

During my stay in Shanghai, I vowed not to miss the party scene. No matter how tired I was, I am not going to miss it.



 

 

 

As for introduction, in Shanghai there were two "main" area for night life.

 

"Xin Tian Di" (新天地) - As what we would called the Bukit Bintang area in KL (Which is newer) and another one at "Hengshan Road" (衡山路), is a street in the former French Concession of Shanghai.

 

We decided to go "French" that night, to a club called "Phebe" in HengShan Road.

 

 

 

Well, I have been to nightclubs once in a while, apart from the fact that your missus are not around to keep an eye on you, everything else is almost pretty SOP.

 

The girls in the pub will company you with a certain fee (RMB600 for the whole night). Some of them I heard even provided the escort service too.

 

I ended up that night on a high note - puking onto a tree, outside the club.

 

At least in Malaysia, I would hold it up until I reach home or the toilets.

 

Not in Shanghai. Not with the Chinese people.

 

Woken up from the hangover after party last night, I saw this.

 

She prepared to leave.

 

I bet the first thing that goes to your mind is "You lucky bast**rd"

When I first send this photo to my friends on the messenger group, this is what I got.

1. "How much?"
2. "You are the Hero."
3. "I Like!! Nice figure man!"
4. "You sure it is not a guy?"

Well, welcome to the "Trick Art museum".

This place is not far from The Bund. (外滩, Wai-Tan).

To get to this place, you may take the LRT and stopped by the station of "Nan Jing East Road" (南京東路站). From there on, it is not that difficult to find it as it is one of the most popular place to visit in Shanghai.

You can view the iconic Oriental Pearl TV tower across the river.

 

 

And also cover some visit to the tunnel of The bund. Where they will take you across the river channel to the other side.  Right below the tv station.

Unlike my trip to Hong Kong, this time I have no photographer with me as I am all alone.

Back to the Trick Art museum.

Lets sing "I want to be a billionaire...so freaking bad...".

 

 

Cough*, my girlfriend.

 

That explained everything. Imagined my wife face when I texted her this photo right after my night out partying.

 

 

For a moment she thought I was sending the photo to my friends but ended up in her hand.

 

I have to literally show her all the pictures in the trick art museum to convince her it is a fake photo!

 

Sometimes, little pranks does work for relationship.

 

As I walked along the museum, all of a sudden, someone greeted me.

Of all the people.

Of all the places.

PSY.

He just popped up from the floor and say "hi" to me.

I bet the best response would be just stand over his head and start dancing away.

After the trick art museum, next door would be the "Ripley's believe it or not" exhibition.

With all the things that we do not even know if it is true.

 

 

Woman with the largest breast in the world.

 

That is why I will never be impressed by breast size of a woman, so stop wearing "push -ups" and giving us all the false hopes.

 

 

Man with the largest mouth in the world.

To fit in a can of Coca-Cola.

Fattest woman in the world.

For some reason, I felt so glad that I am married to my wife now.

Well, it is good to know that sometimes, an insult can be turned into achievement.

And you can be proud of your weaknesses/shortcomings at times too.

The optical illusion section.

 

The floating water tap and globe.

My advice is, if you have a whole day to spent, you may want to come to this area.

A good area to spend a day with your kids/parents/friends, and after all the visit, you may want to do some shopping.

And yes, here is the heaven for shopaholics.

 

 

In this area, beware of the pick pockets.

 

And not to forget that there are a lot of "pimps" around this area who would approached you and recommend their "girls" for a sex services.

 

 

 

 

That pretty much sums up my whole journey to Shanghai.

 

In fact, if not due to the time limitation, i would have visited more places and posted more photos to share with all of you.

 

Maybe during my next trip, which could be in the month of May, to visit her again.

 

Wipe your saliva off, c'mon.