Wow, what a weekend! It was full of punches and round-house kicks and it was definitely a bloody sight. I went for the International Muay Thai Superfights last Saturday (JULY 5) at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam and it was a blast!

The International Muay Thai Superfights came to Malaysia bringing along a group of fighters from all around the globe. The highlight of this event was the Malaysian Super 4 Contender Asia 2 Qualifier. Four Malaysian fighters fought each other with knees and elbow just to be the next Malaysian fighter in next addition of Contender Asia.

It was quite a surprise and exciting when YODSAENKLAI, the winner of Contender Asia, went onto the ring to give a short…very short speech. Now, he’s The Man that beat 15 other tough fighters from around the world to be the CHAMPION of Contender Asia.

The line-up for the event was rather interesting. 8 fighters battled out in the World Inter-Continental Grand Prix and 4 others battled out in the Malaysian SUPER 4 to be the next fighter to represent Malaysia in next addition of Contender Asia.

WORLD INTER-CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

MATCH ONE: ABBAS ‘HARDMAN’ AHMADI vs ZIDOV ‘AKUMA’ DOMINIK
Iranian Abbas ‘Hardman’ Ahmadi fought against Zidov ‘Akuma’ Dominik from Switzerland. Both are skillful fighters but the Iranian was a much more agressive than Zidov.

Although Zidov did not make it easy for Abbas, the Iranian was hailed as champion by total count of points from the judges.

MATCH TWO: OLIVIA JACKSON vs TIANA ‘TIGER’ CAVERLY
Match two was for the ladies. Olivia Jackson from South Africa took on Aussie Tiana ‘Tiger’ Caverly and it was packed with hard-hitting actions.

Tiana, who worked in the army and the police force gave the part-time model, Olivia Jackson a fight to remember. Tiana was given a TKO after the referee called off the match.

MATCH THREE: KIM KAHN ZAKI ‘ZIG ZACH’ vs LEONARDO ‘AMENDOIM’ MONTEIRO
Before the match, when I was outside the venue, I overheard many people talking about this fighter who came from Brazil. I did not know who he was and I still do not know who he is now. But Leonardo Monteiro is one tough cookie  to beat. He only started Muay Thai 5 years ago and he’s been giving everyone else a tough time ever since.  Leonardo fought Kim Khan Zaki of Singapore. Nicknamed ‘Zig Zach’, he was one of the fighter from Contender Asia.

It was an exciting match, a lot of spinning elbows and backhand punches. Leonardo defeated Zach on a TKO after the referee called off the match because Zach’s right shoulder popped out of its socket twice during the match.

MATCH FOUR: SEAN WRIGHT vs SIRICHAI ‘SINGHA’ SIRI
This match was the most exciting match of all. Scottish fighter Sean Wright took on a Thai fighter Sirichai ‘Singha’ Siri for the WMC title. Sean, who is also a fighter from Contender Asia proved to be the tougher guy as he took on Sirichai to a bloody end.

The referee too gave Sean the advantage of a TKO at the very last minute of the very last round as Sirichai was bleeding profusely despite his attempt to continue fighting.

MALAYSIAN SUPER 4 CONTENDER ASIA QUALIFIER

MATCH ONE: BERNARD ‘HEADHUNTER’ RADIN vs TENGKU SHARIZAL
The Malaysian SUPER 4 fights started off with the match between Bernard ‘Headhunter’ Radin versus Tengku Sharizal from Polis Di-Raja Malaysia. Bernard is a veteran in the martial art arena and proved himself to be more dominating against Tengku Sharizal, who got sweeped off the ground again and again by Bernard.

However, the undefeated Tengku Sharizal did not give up easily and put on a great fight to bring the match to a tie. The extra round saw Bernard struggling against the younger and more fitter Tengku Sharizal. Tengku Sharizal still remains undefeated after that match.

MATCH TWO: HASHIM RAMLI vs KHOO ‘RED DRAGON’ MENG YANG
19 year old Hashim Ramli was the youngest fighter that night and he fought against the Red Dragon, who is also veteran with 21 wins under his belt. Khoo ‘the Red Dragon’ Meng Yang did not take it slow and immediately put Hashim lying down on the floor with a powerful punch in the first round.

That however, was not good enough. Hashim managed to keep himself on his feet till the end of 3rd round, which ends up in a tie. The extra round saw Hashim Ramli winning the match to proceed to the final match against Tengku Sharizal. Honestly, I strongly feel this match was rigged. The Red Dragon was kicking Hashim’s ass but somehow it ended up as a tie. It was impossible. Sigh.

FINAL MATCH: TENGKU SHARIZAL vs HASHIM RAMLI
The final match to determine who will be the fighter from Malaysia in Contender Asia 2. It was Tengku Sharizal against Hashim Ramli. This match however did not last very long, Tengku Sharizal, who won against Bernard earlier, brought Hashim tumbling down like a giant.

Hashim, who was already badly beaten by the Red Dragon earlier just couldn’t take it anymore and accepted the defeat. Tengku Sharizal remains undefeated and will be the next fighter to represent Malaysia in the next round of Contender Asia.

It’s 9am and everyone is back in office half-dead after staying up the whole night watching the Uefa Euro 2008 final match between Spain and Germany on TV.

As usual, just like for the past 3 weeks, we talked about Euro 2008…

A normal conversation over coffee. Obviously, I’m chatting with a couple of Liverpool supporter:

Me: Wow, Spain finally won! Thanks to the goal from Torres.

Tan: Of course, Torres is playing for Liverpool! Spain didn’t actually win the cup, Liverpool did! Hahaha

Me: Haha, Is that so? Oh puh-lease, Torres do not represent Liverpool.

Tan: Oh yes, ask Jeans and he’ll tell you the same, that Liverpool won, not Spain!

Feeling ridiculed, I moved on to another topic. Later I bumped into another colleague, he’s not a Liverpool supporter:

Me: Dude, did you watch the match?
Zack: Well, of course!

Me: Haha, you know what Tan said to me just now? He said that Spain did not win the cup, Liverpool did. Because it was Torres who scored the winning goal.

Zack: Yeah right, well if that’s how he sees it, then you better tell him that that’s the only way Liverpool will ever win anything.

BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

Congratulation Spain for being the EURO 2008 CHAMPIONS!

Photo from UEFA.COM

Well no, I’m not talking about any government ministries. I’m talking about the Ministry of Sound (MOS).

I remember those days when we go as far as to Singapore just to get to the nearest MOS. Well, not anymore, The MINISTRY OF SOUND will be here in Malaysia and we’ll be partying all night through at Sunway Lagoon Resort.

EUPHORIA by Ministry of Sound will be happening in Sunway Lagoon Resort on the 2nd of July. Time to dig out the phone book and call up my old time party kakis!

Stop screwing around with Mother nature or else we’ll seriously get f*cked in return, I mean it!

The weather for the past 2 years have been really really disturbing. The raining cycle now comes irregularly and weird storms are happening everywhere.

In December 2004, the Indian Ocean earthquake triggered off a tsunami that killed hundreds of thousand. Then came the devastating cyclone Nargis in Burma that killed more than 10,000 lives.

3 weeks ago, we were all shock when the Sichuan province of China got hit by a 8.3 Mw earthquake which killed more than 60,000 lives and sadly, the number keeps increasing.

In Malaysia, we’ve been experiencing some weird storms happening all over Malaysia. Heavy storms and flash floods are getting worse as time passes by. Hail storm was never a common sight but it looks like its becoming a common phenomenon here in Malaysia. I personally witnessed a formation of a small twister over the clear blue skies of Putra Heights. “Now what is going on?”, you may ask. Well, that’s because WE screwed up Mother Nature!

What have we done? Are we trying to kill ourselves? What can we do now? Is it too late to do anything to save the world, to save mother nature?

What I know for sure is I won’t be sleeping much tonight. Gonna think of what I can do to make this world a better place and I suggest you do the same too.

EURO 2008 is just around the corner so I’m beginning to catch the fever.

I was never a big fan of football even when Manchester United won the trebles back in 1998-99 season. I was only beginning to like football when Brazil won the World Cup.

I love sports and I’m quite an active guy despite my size. The fact that I’m a ‘Kaki Bangku‘ didn’t stop me from engaging in other sports such as Basketball and Volleyball, which I played a lot during school days. I still play basketball socially twice a week with a group of working adults.

I do have my own reasons why I love these sports. Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls was the reason why I love basketball. My 3rd brother Edmond was the reason why I played volleyball back in school days. We continued the tradition of being the district school champions.

As for football, it was none other than the 2 R’s, RONALDINHO and Cristiano RONALDO even though I believe a lot others can be a better examples.

Well, it doesn’t matter to me. I like watching them in action. Playing football as a team and winning a game is important, everyone knows that. But watching these 2 individuals PLAYING FOOTBALL with style, it’s something to remember. Yes, there are plenty more better players out there who can kick a football and score goals, but where’s the fun to it?

They reminds me of legendary players like Pele with his bicycle kick, Maradona with his winning dribbling skills and perhaps David Beckham with his ‘banana’ kick.

It’s as entertaining to watch Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo on the field and I have my reasons why. Watch this clip and you may agree with me.