omg!!!

This is fantastic news for Australian Football Fans.

I nearly creamed my pants with such news!

"It’s official. Every A-League team will appear in EA Sports’ new FIFA 08 game.

au.fourfourtwo.com can today end speculation and confirm the new FIFA 08 game will indeed feature all eight A-League teams in the series' new version.

The A-League is one of three new leagues confirmed for FIFA 08 and will debut alongside the Irish Eircom League and the Czech Gambrinus League, taking the game's total number of leagues to 30."

FIFA08 will be heaven. Cannot wait to take the big clubs around the world with my little club Melbourne Victory.

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/59393,aleague-will-be-in-fifa-08.aspx

one of those good days

August 1, 2007. Started on a fabulous note. I have no idea why or what happened. Although the phone call the night before is the main source for this good vibe.

The morning was all smiles, pleasant and was ready for the day.

Mid-morning - bang, bad mood. Too busy. Frustrated. Annoyed. Moody. Don't want to deal with people. More work. More things to worry about. Things falling apart.

Pretty much that continued for the whole afternoon. On the train home, and thought stuff it lets bring on my "angry" game for that nights indoor match (Wu had brought on his angry game too).

Horizon one.

Arrived late, and missed the first couple of minutes.

Came on as a substitute and ran like a mofo. Challenged every ball. Was doing some decent passes. Holding the ball quite well. By half time, I was knackered. Rested up for a good 6-8 minutes. Came back on and tried my best. Was a good solid run, but nothing like my first half performance. We won, 9-3. Go angry game.

Some key highlights from the match:

• Jesse's one-on-one with the keeper. Goes right, goes left, goes right, goes left and bang. Brilliant.
• Barry's left foot is a blinder.
• Bryan's midfield work. A true play maker.
• Wu, Jesse and Barry cleaning up my passes/stray shots. Especially the cross to Wu and he banged it home like a true mofo.
• Vince, was super in goals as he did save some good shots when our defence was out of place.
• Scott's photography shots. Awaiting the results - should be good.
• Ting, playing injured, is a true warrior. Just like those Spartans.
• My flukey goal. That's the second fluke-type goal from me.

The good vibes started to come back. I was on a high and it felt good. Bye-bye bad mood.

It is tradition for the Zebra Tonsils to chow down one too many dumplings and last night was no different. Just more of it. 7 plates between 5 guys. That's roughly 80 pieces of three to four bites required to consume each dumpling.

That was horizon one.

Check out horizon two.

A call from Amy, all the way from Auckland, NZ. Too awesome. We talked as if nothing hasn't changed. The last time we caught up was in November 2004. Talking about love, life and everything in between. Reflecting upon our year and looking ahead to a bright future. Two hours later, its 2am her time and midnight for mine. I had to force myself to say cheerio lass.

That was horizon two.

Now for horizon three.

An email from the university brought fantastic news. All good.

Fell asleep with a sheepish grin. =)