Fariz Blog — Nothin’ but simplicity..

Not an alcoholic, neither a workaholic. Not only a Nidjiholic, but I’m also a Kartoloholic! Yes, that’s a term mentioned by Galih, a friend of mine, right after watching Kartolo CS (Kartolo and Friends) last Saturday night, live at Engineering Faculty, University of Brawijaya, to define a person "addicted" to watch or listen to Kartolo’s play, just like each of us . Only one word can describe how their performance was: HILARIOUS!! 
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The biggest football event of the year, Euro 2008, is entering the semi-final phase, where the best four fight each other due to their campaign to be the next champions of Europe. However, I ain’t gonna talk about the competition anyway.. While watching those entertaining matches on TV, I found that some Euro 2008 personalities’ faces resemble some celebrities in entertainment world..

Here they are, the list of them.. And you may also add the others!!

Victor Piturca (Romanian Coach) and Alan Rickman (actor - Harry Potter, Love Actually):

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Surpisingly, Van Oranje was defeated by The Russian Red Bears. Quite sad, but not any more after The Italians –I hate them so much– got kicked out by Spain. For Van Oranje, see you again in World Cup 2010 in South Africa! 

I’m very excited since Portugal didn’t make it to the semifinal of Euro 2008..  Thanks to German squad who fought very well last night.. Salute to the Germans, we may meet in the final!!

Finally, after being tired of waiting ’til the end of the season, I found my favorite team declared as the champions of Lega Calcio! I don’t give a damn about any negative comments. These are our years! Hopefully they can win the final match of Coppa Italia too, so they can be double winners this year.. Forza Inter!

I’ve paid my dues
Time after time
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
and I’ve had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I’ve come through
And I need to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions - my friends
And we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

I’ve taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You’ve brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it’s been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise
and I consider it a challenge before all human race
That I’ll never lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions - my friends
And we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world

We are the champions - my friends
And we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions..

Source: www.sing365.com
Picture taken from www.inter.it

Tags: legacalcio, serie a, inter, internazionale, champions, scudetto, queen

What a resenting-usual match. That was what I thought as a Barça fan about the first half of last night match, FC Barcelona versus Manchester United FC, at Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona. I only saw a usual behavior of Barcelona team. They looked suppressing their opponents almost all the time, but without any good finishing at all . They acted like they had been superior by one or two goals ahead United and no longer need to score at the game. In fact, they had to maximize the opportunity of playing at their home ground at first leg. And I don’t think the Catalan team could win the second leg easily, regarding United’s fantastic records of home matches.

Nevertheless, The Red Devils played quite well . As the visitors, they applied Alex Ferguson’s tactics remarkably. They waited on Barcelona’s attacks patiently, thickened the defense wall as the adversaries dominated the ball possession, and then gave fast dangerous shocking counter attacks through Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, and the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. They seemed to be downhearted after Ronaldo failed to score from the penalty kick given by the referee due to Gabriel Milito’s handball, but they amazingly came up moments after, and then gave a strong resistance.

Arsenal stormed into the Quarter-Finals of the Champions League after a magnificent victory at Milan on Tuesday evening. It was a huge night for Arsène Wenger’s side. They were up against not only the holders but Europe’s most successful side in recent years and, at home, their bright campaign had been stuttering of late. But they responded with a performance of determination, poise and patience. It was capped five minutes from time by a goal from. Along with Mathieu Flamini, the Spaniard had dominated the famous names in the Milan midfield. Perhaps it was a new-found respect that meant they afford him a little too much space to let fly from fully 30 yards.

As the ball bounced into the net, the Arsenal fans erupted. Fabregas slid on his knees towards the dug-out then ran off kissing the badge on this shirt. [ Click here to read more.. ]

I rode my old bike again this morning. I left at 6:20, after watching a quite entertaining football match on TV, Real Zaragoza versus FC Barcelona. Thank God Barcelona won the game, so I got no more disappointment after watching Arsenal beaten in FA Cup last night. The weather was so cold when I left home, but unlike last mornings, it didn’t rain. I brought my breakfast in my "The Killers" bag and enough money to buy newspaper and mineral water. I planned to have my breakfast at the countryside, far from the city’s polluted air. Hmmm.. [ Click here to read more.. ]

Last Friday, me and my classmates had to give a short speech of given topics, in order to complete the current level of our English course. Thanks to Veeani for the assistance . Here was my speech, more or less:

Assalaamu ‘alaikum wa rohmatullaah wa barokaatuh.

Good evening. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to honorable Mr. Johny. In this occasion I would like to extend my topic, it is about The Impact of Technology.

Everyday we cannot live without technology. We wake up in the morning, we take a bath, we have breakfast, we do our daily activities, all are affected by something called technology. [ Click here to read more.. ]

If you like comedies, especially "black comedies" like You Kill Me, or "European comedies" like Taxi, I think you’re gonna love this movie. Get prepared for having a stiff stomach because of laughter!  But beware, you better don’t watch this movie along with underage children, ‘cause there are a lot of explicit violence. Disturbing scenes like in Final Destination also often appear, so I don’t think it would be suitable for you to watch this movie while having your meals, especially if you can’t stand watching them without having stomachache.

This movie tells you a story about a police officer in London who has wonderful achievements. Funny things happened after he was transferred to a village named Sanford, which had the lowest criminal rate in England. How does the officer deal with many strange customs he’d never seen in London? Just watch the movie.

Recommended!

Picture taken from twilightt.wordpress.com

Tags: movie, review, hot, fuzz, hot fuzz, police, cop, officer, europe, england, comedy, violence