so-called EXCLUSIVE world cup telecasts!!!

Football lovers/non-ASTRO subscribers, i know exactly how ya'll feelin'...and how much we rely on RTM for World Cup...

Okay, this is wad happened to me (which i believe happen to most of us); slept as early as 10 pm, set the alarm at 1.30, (hope to watch my favorite team playing), woke up, tuned the channel into TV1, wait up till 2.30 in the morning, and wad actually appeared on the screen was an old stupid lame malay drama...pathetic rite? and this happened like 2-3 times!!!

Alrighty, worry no more. I hope this will help. The following is the full list of the exact dates, times and channels for RTM's 24 'live' and 11 'delayed' telecasts of World Cup 2010, in chronological order.

1. Opening match of hosts South Africa vs Mexico ('live', June 11, 9pm, TV1)
2. Argentina vs Nigeria ('live', June 12, 9.30pm, TV1)
3. England vs USA ('live', June 13, 2am, TV1)
4. Germany vs Australia ('live', June 14, 2am, TV1)
5. Brazil vs North Korea ('delayed', June 16, 4.30am, TV1)
6. Honduras vs Chile ('live', June 16, 7pm,TV2)
7. France vs Mexico ('delayed', June 18, 4.30am, TV1)
8. England vs Algeria ('delayed', June 19, 3am, TV1)
9. Ghana vs Australia ('live', June 19, 9.30pm,TV1)
10. Holland vs Japan ('delayed', June 19, midnight, TV1)
11. Slovakia vs Paraguay ('live', June 20, 7pm, TV2)
12. Italy vs New Zealand ('live', June 20, 9.30pm, TV1)
13. Brazil vs Ivory Coast ('live', June 21, 2am, TV1)
14. Portugal vs North Korea ('live', June 21, 7pm, TV2)
15. Nigeria vs South Korea ('live', June 23, 2am, TV1)
16. USA vs Algeria ('live', June 23, 9.30pm, TV1)
17. Ghana vs Germany ('delayed', June 24, 4.30am, TV1)
18. Cameroon vs Holland ('live', June 25, 2am, TV1)
19. Chile vs Spain ('live', June 26, 2am, TV1)
20. Group A winner vs Group B runner-up ('live', June 26, 9.30pm, TV1)
21. Group C winner vs Group D runner-up ('delayed', June 27, 4.30am, TV1)
22. Group D winner vs Group C runner-up ('delayed', June 27, midnight, TV1)
23. Group B winner vs Group A runner-up ('live', June 28, 2am, TV1)
24. Group E winner vs Group F runner-up ('live', June 28, 9.30pm, TV1)
25. Group G winner vs Group H runner-up ('delayed', June 29, 4.30am, TV1)
26. Group F winner vs Group E runner-up ('delayed', June 29, midnight, TV1)
27. Group H winner vs Group G runner-up ('live', June 30, 2am, TV1)
28. Quarter-Final ('delayed', July 2, midnight, TV1)
29. Quarter-Final ('live', July 3, 2am, TV1)
30. Quarter-Final ('live', July 3, 9.30pm, TV2)
31. Quarter-Final ('delayed', July 4, 4.30am, TV1)
32. Semi-Final ('live', July 7, 2am, TV1)
33. Semi-Final ('live', July 8, 2am, TV1)
34. 3rd Placing ('live', July 11, 2am, TV1)
35. Final ('live', July 12, 1.30am, TV1)


p/s: 4 of these 35 matches are over TV2

Jalur Gemilang in Africa

Seeing Malaysian flag waving in Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg during Korea - Argentina match last thursday really make me proud! haha... yeah, sounds so funny i know, but hey, though we couldnt make it to the World Cup, but at least our beloved jalur gemilang is there. im so like 550% sure its Malaysia flag and not the USA (since our flag has a yellow crescent)...hahaaa. and thanks to our friends for bringing along the flag to Africa...LOL!



p/s: Argentina 4-1 Korea...it was a great game!!!

its V for VUVUZELA!

Its world cup fever and everyone is talking about footballs; anywhere and everywhere; football lovers or non football lovers; men or women. Football spectators all around the world predicted this year's world cup wont be as great as the previous one but they proved themselves wrong! its been a week now since the 1st ball was kicked and hey, we really can feel it, the heat, the madness, the loudness, etc. and yes, speaking about loudness, i believe what actually makes the 2010 edition of world cup special and different is non other than Mr. Vuvuzela. Its actually a tradition for the local people to blow thier vuvus (yeah, sounds so wrong, i know) during the match...the longer it takes for their favorite team to score the louder and crazier they'll get. kinda distracting + irritating at first (especially for the players and the commentators) and some even came out with the idea of banning it from the stadium, but seems like everyone is adapting themselves to the tradition now since we can see, i mean HEAR the sound of vuvuzelas almost at every single matches...LOL! wads 2010 FIFA world cup without Vuvuzela right? im so looking forward for the rest of the matches...

World, meet VUVUZELA...LOL!

p/s: me myself personally love vuvuzela and will get myself one, one day....

Malacca

Went to Malacca last week and i have to say i love the place so much. the monuments, the historical places, etc...well if ya know wad i mean. and i love this pic as well. credit to the photographer for the nice composition, angle, etc. LOL! he's an amateur though...thanks bro!

(click to enlarge)

p/s: will be back to Malacca soon...LOL

Fungal inhibition test

We did the test couple weeks ago. well, as you could see the growth of the fungus (R. solani) is inhibited along the circle...dats the point where the samples are dropped...kinda successful actually (i think) cause the plasmid (dat inhibit the growth) is successfully inserted into the vector...haha

Internship

Its been a while now since my last post...kinda busy, as always with college and stuff...LOL!!! im please to inform that im currently doing my internship at MARDI, Selangor...well, MARDI stands for Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute...haha, where i work with a bunch of people, who dedicates their lives to research and science...it's really fun to get to know them, and work with them + learn from them...another one month to go and i really want to learn as much as i could and try more new thing each days...

Biotechnology Research Centre, MARDI

p/s: miss my home so much!!!