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… today’s lesson teaches you how NOT to bet football. Let’s see what’s the moral of the day of the ICQ chatlog below: (I’m WaTeRfIsH in the chat, by the way):

Vip3r (11:57 AM) :
yo auyong…
wats da time for 2nite’s match MU vs Liverpool?
MU home rite..?
betting on tis match??

WaTeRf|sH® (12:01 PM) :
9.45
at Anfield

Vip3r (12:03 PM) :
9.45 malaysian time?
gottta watch tis….
im betting on tis wan…..hahaha

WaTeRf|sH® (12:04 PM) :
how much u betting? where u buying?

Vip3r (12:06 PM) :
haha
betting for dinner oli..=P
another wan betting 10 dollars for each ball
i take MU
giving away 1 ball each…
heheh….

WaTeRf|sH® (12:06 PM) :
haha… u damn sohai

Vip3r (12:08 PM) :
wat??
no money mar..=P
bet for fun
giv then 1 ball oso enuff lor….
hoping for a 3-1 beat…..heheheh
but i still don noe da starting lineup yet
mayb wanna change da bet after i check whose going 2play 1st 2nite…..heheh

WaTeRf|sH® (12:08 PM) :
can gimme also? I bet with you breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper and the next morning’s breakfast…

Vip3r (12:09 PM) :
wah lan leh…..
fuck…too much dat wan……im sure 2 b broke…..=P
dowan……
i check da starting lineup 1st
u noe whose playing and whose not playing is tis match?
i mean for starting and subs….

…
Right, first of all, at least know WHAT time is the match (I know of some e-diots who lose matches due to the time they dunno, match already start 1/2 way or finish, only they bet… teehee)… secondly, at least know lar where the hell on earth the players are battling it out… I wanted to tell him that they’re playing in Wembley… LOL…

Third of all, MAKE DAMN SURE YOU KNOW THE BLARDY ASIAN HANDICAP ODDS if you’re gonna bet! Hehe… according to ActiveOdds.com, it’s a level match, no handicap, although if you’re betting on Man Utd, you’ll win less on the payout odds.

Sheesh… this guy really makes me laugh I tell you, taking Man Utd and giving 1 goal, summore hoping to win at 3-1… ROTFLMAO!

Tears can come out and stomach can cramp man from laughing too hard!

*NOTE: This posting is not trying to teach you how to bet on football (whether legally or illegally) and should be treated just as a friendly reminder not to make a f00l out of yourself should you decide to bet on anything.

… yeap, looked thru my bookshelf and found these 2 books I’m sure I won’t need now… dunno why I bought them in the first place… they’re both in brand new conditions and don’t think I’ve read both entire books anyway.

1. Professional VB.NET
Paperback: 942 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.00 x 8.75 x 7.25
Publisher: Wrox Press Inc; 1st edition (August 2001)
ASIN: 1861004974
By: A whole bunch of authors

2. Special Edition Using MS Access 2002
Paperback: 1488 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.30 x 9.14 x 7.48
Publisher: Que; 1st edition (June 21, 2001)
ISBN: 078972510X
By: Roger Jennings
(includes CD)

Well… both books are really brand new like and I’ll sell it at 1/2 price or best offer. First book, the VB.NET one I bought for RM 210.55, so I guess I’ll sell it at RM 100. The Access 2002 book I bought at RM 131.50, I’ll sell at RM 65. Excluding shipping and handling, unless it’s in the Klang Valley… I’ll personally send to you.

If you need to see the condition of the book, let me know, and I’ll snap a few KodakTM moments of them. Contact me if you’re interested.

… look here first… no no no, I’m not selling the cars, just wanna help Sera out a bit with her current job as a salesperson at a Perodua car dealer…

She offered me some moolah for every deal made, but I told her no need ler, I’d help her plug a bit on my blog, so here I am…

If you’re looking into buying a Perodua car (eh, the new Kelisa looks cool! ), do let me know here or by e-mail: auyongtc@theuseless.com and I’ll get her to contact you.

It feels nice helping someone, especially in the month of Ramadhan

… that I digged from my hard drive was just posted into my Photo Gallery.

This time, it’s the first KVPUG Wine & Dine dinner event… can’t remember which date liao, perhaps mid of 2001. Well, KVPUG, or Klang Valley Palm User Group was the user group I was in back then when I started out using Palm PDA (with a Palm Vx… w00t! ) - I was the Review Editor back then…

Anyway, we had this Wine & Dine dinner thingy and the first one was held in Chilli Bombay restaurant at Sri Hartamas, KL… this restaurant is now closed or moved or whatever.. no longer at the location liao…

The food was good, and mixing Indian food with wine was rather, an experiment. But it went down well… except it’s better to go down with a lassi (a yoghurt fruit drink) instead.

Anyway, just enjoy the pix - HERE
Captions are provided in the gallery

… I’m impressed… really… they’re the new generation of software making industry… yeap, they’ve perfected the skills of software development, that they can predict their products requiring patches and critical updates in the future…

Dunno what I mean? See here… Overview of the Office 2003 Critical Update: November 11, 2003.

It’s a critical update patch for Office 2003 applications (specifically PowerPoint and Word) for some problems they’ve found. See the date? Hehe… it’s only Nov 6, 2003 today… gosh… Microsoft, you’re good!

… while Real Madrid was shooting blanks in the UEFA Champions’ League Mathday 4…

Man United thrashed Glasgow Rangers 3-0 at Old Trafford with Diego Forlan scoring first on the 6th minute, followed by 2 goals by Ruud van Nistelrooy, one in each half of the game. However, Real Madrid were held to a goalless draw at Partizan’s homeground.

In the match-that-I-couldn’t-care-less, Chelsea scored 4 goals against the homeside Lazio… bla bla bla…

Okay, footie aside… was playing pool with CheeV and Sam earlier… had a great time, hustled both of them… teehee
Now that we’re regulars at Club 7, the staff provide us with the Saluc’s Belgian Super Aramith Pro… pool balls - these are the balls used for tournaments like those you see on ESPN… it’s really great… feels much better, shots are more predictable, even it shines and looks better than those el-cheapo pool balls in the club… no more playing with el-cheapo balls for me…

Oh yeah CheeV, it cost around USD 90 for the set of balls

… where Man Utd thrashed Pompey 3-0 at Old Trafford… 3 brilliant goals by the Reds… especially the curling freekick by Christiano Ronaldo and a turning effort by skipper Roy Keane…

Elsewhere:
Everton 0 - 1 Chelsea
Leeds 1 - 4 ARSEnal
Boro 2 - 0 Wolves
Magpies 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Soton 0 - 2 Man City
Spurs 0 - 1 Bolton

On the F1 front, Team West McLaren Mercedes have just announced that the 2004 racer will be launched and tested next month… November 25th to be exact, at the Valencia circuit… the 2004 car will be called MP4-19, in which was based on the development of the non-raced MP4-18 that was developed for the 2003 season but didn’t made an appearance…

And of late, the rumor surrounding the Woking team is that JV has contacted McLaren for a role in the team… perhaps a testing role? Very much so, since the team already announced that Kimi and DC will be the drivers for next season and with the rumor that Alex Wurz is bound to leave for a drive with Jaguar team… the contact by JV has been confirmed by the people at the Woking team, but there were no formal or serious discussion about it yet…

There you have it, the quick update…
Move along now…

… at the carpark area below my apartment… it really rained cats and dogs.. and the wind… can make the rain go horizontal! I managed to capture a small video clip of the wind blow… if you wanna see, ask for it in ICQ…

Click the Continue reading link below to see the pix of the flood…
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