Weekly EPL Preview

In the spirit of opening up the MiB Blog, a friend of mine has so graciously agreed to give us a preview of the upcoming matches in the EPL. Hopefully this will be a weekly thing as we are all  aware of the MiB penchant for leaving things half-way done. 

Many of you do not know him, but he has been described as the next Shebby Singh by almost 2 out of a 1000 people which leaves me to think that we definitely have something special here. He was even voted by The Sun* as the top investigative reporter of 2008 after breaking the story about a certain Villan seen at a strip-club on the day he was rested for a game. (Rumors that he himself was getting a lap-dance from 3 girls at the same time are unconfirmed at this time and date.) 

 

With all the inside scoop about transfers, under-the-table dealings, sex scandals and rumors all the way from England, i give you, the bane of truth, the devious lord of lies, (and almost the 6th member of the Spice Girls).... Mr. Happy Ending! 

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Hi,

First of all I’d like to thank my good friend PBM for giving me this opportunity. I was told that there are many punters within MIB and that they have been looking for some guidance. Especially after some great bets on, the league cup game between Villa and QPR and the recent Liverpool and Fulham game just to name a few. 

Right I have been brought on to help turn loss to profit. Every week I’ll be doing a preview of massage centers and of the EPL games with my predictions and of course the “Life Savings Bet”. 

PBM will let you know more about me for I’d rather get along with this weekends’ games.

First up Villa vs Fulham. Villa sit pretty up in 4^th position after 14 games and that’s a sight you rarely see. It just shows how far they’ve come under O’Neil. Against Man U they were at times on the verge of getting raped but they held onto their pants with their fingernails. Villa are strong at home and frankly Liverpool made Fulham look good last week. Both squads are virtually at full strength (excluding long term absentees). I expect Villa to take this game 2-0.

Next to Middlesbrough vs Newcastle. Boro are coming into this game after their home lost to Bolton. Riggot is still out for this game but Mido is back. Boro were really poor last week and were all over the place and their strikers are misfiring as well. I expect this to continue this weekend. Newcastle are likely to be without Duff and Ameobi but Taylor is back along with ex-Boro player Viduka. Having drawn with Chelsea by parking the bus in front of goal. I expect Newcastle to try and take the game to Boro this time round. Although this game points to a draw, I expect Newcastle to nick this by the odd goal. Viduka to be the difference.

Next on to the clash of the newly promoted teams Stoke vs Hull. Stoke have top scorer Fuller back for this game and are on a high after beating WBA recently. However Kitson is out for this. Hull come into this game with 2 draws. This game is probably the 1 game which says draw from the get go. For those courageous enough you could try a small bet on Stoke whom I feel could get something from this game.

Next up Sunderland vs Bolton. Sunderland come into this came with horrendous results recently. However having seen their recent lost to West Ham (1 nil), I think they were unlucky to lose that game especially with the players at their disposal. Craig Gordon has been out for a long while and this could be the reason for their recent slump. He’s back in training but this game is probably too soon. Bolton are with a full squad with no major problems. I expect Sunderland to get a win from this game. 2-1, Cisse on the scoreboard.

Last but not least for the Saturday fixtures is Wigan vs WBA. Striker Zaki is still out. After a bad October, Wigan are having a good November with only 1 loss against Arsenal. Emmerson Boyce and Mario Melchiot are back. WBA are at full strength with no notable absentees. I feel Wigan are going to be too strong for WBA. 2-0 Wigan. 

Right, now for the “Life Savings Bet”. I have a tough choice between Villa and Sunderland. Ok my verdict is put the house on Villa and whatever is left (handphone, car,  laptop, mp3 player etc) on Sunderland.

Yours Happily Satisfied,

Happy Ending!

*The MiB Blog Management warns you that this work is merely the work of one deranged mind and to place your bets at your own risk. We are not liable to anything and any unhappiness can be detailed in emails and sent to Mr. HappyEnding's email address. 

Have you ever wondered what some of our MiB Players dream of in the dark, black night....

Dear MiB,

It has come to my attention that some foolish personnel have actually decided to make me the webmaster of the famous MiB FC blog. There is nothing in my pathetic excuse of a vocabulary that can tell you how shocked, angry, overjoyed, disgusted, proud and disgruntled I am at this turn of events.

I can only hope, with both fingers, toes and legs crossed, that I will be able to live up to the immense expectations of all the wonderful, kind, humble, shallow and lame MiB players, in and out, of Singapore.

So let me first say on behalf of us all, screw you thank you to Harpreet Singh for creating this blog and starting us down this path. We have/ have not appreciated what you done for us and your services will never be forgotten and we will…

But why am I wasting time about him? Let us move into what kind of changes we will be expecting in the near future.

First of all, I will not be posting on the blog. After seeing how the last webmaster was barraged with requests and insults encouragements, I have decided to leave the posting to a dear, dear friend of mine. I trust that all of you will give him the same encouragement you give to each other on the field when someone screws up. Without further ado, let me introduce you to PBM a.k.a. Plastic Bag Man.

*Cue Music*

But I'm a creep.
I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here.

*End Music*

Hallo Everybody!

I am Plastic Bag Man a.k.a. PBM. I am eleven-inches thick have a mental age of 15 years old and have absolutely no social skills. I like NTUC plastic bags as well as garbage bags. I have very sensitive feelings and a very low supply of self-esteem. I love lame jokes and arguing about what to do everyday. I love manipulating people and doing childish things.

Now that you know all the important parts of me, let’s get down to business.

Mr. mrj, being too cowardly to post on the blog himself, has created a gmail account mibfc98@gmail.com to be used for official MiB posts. What will happen is that from now on, anything that you wish to post onto the website should be sent to this email address and they will be immediately posted onto the blog. There was a call to let everyone edit the blog as they like but that would have been complete and utter pandemonium.

So as an insult and also as a last line of moderation, the unworthy Plastic Bag Man will be your moderator. As long as there are no posts insulting family or girlfriends, it will be up on the blog. The blog will be as transparent as a clear plastic bag without any sticky white stains.

So it’s now up to each and every one of you to contribute to make this blog a better place for you and for me and the entire human race.

Anyway, anything will be accepted, like:

1. Lame jokes from the Senthils of MiB.
2. The emo postings of m.r.j.
3. The manipulations of Silent I.
4. The personal attacks by PP.

I will be waiting for your posts and if I do not receive them, do not blame me for posting emo stuff on the blog to fill up spaces.

Things to be discussed:

1. Ads on the website.
2. Pictures of plastic bags MiB outings. We might become like some girly website.
3. Reviews of EPL games by our own MiB personnel.
4. And anything else?

Videos will also be accepted especially those that you have created yourselves as well. R21 videos will be posted up immediately and receive a special plastic bag from the moderator.

And just to make sure everyone knows; of course everything I post is either lame or emo! What the hell were you expecting?! KMFBA!!!

I finish off my first post with this quote of the day taken from our personnel in Australia.

“All the Senthils I know are shallow and indecent fellows.”

How profound, chandipandi. And so very true.

How to Charge an iPod using electrolytes and an onion

How cool is this?! No "exciting" movie or food reviews this time..

For those in the working world..

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PRESENTING YOUR NEW BLOG EDITOR!!!

MRRRRRRRRRRRRRR M.R.J

So hot even she wants a piece of him.

PS: Please wait patiently while he gets a gmail account.

Ok it's time for me to speak up..

First up, thank you to everyone who has posted something along the way in this blog's existence. If not for your continued support and help, my posts would be a total waste of time, but thanks to you guys, I think the MiB blog has done pretty reasonably so far.

I must say also that I value your opinions, whether it's positive or negative. Your opinion is yours, and no one has the right to take that away from you. But if you're willing to give your opinion, you should also be ready to take others', and in this instance mine. So I'm not gonna mince my words, but I hope you guys take it as constructive feedback.

First of all, I created this blog back in March 2008 for a few reasons. I felt that with web 2.0 being such a worldwide phenomenon, it was time for MiB to also be updated and viewed on the WWW. Lest you forget, this blog is not for MiB agents alone, but I have received lots of feedback from others who happen to stumble upon our site, and more often than not, I receive kudos instead of being labelled a "boring nutcase" or "being in denial".

The blog was set up so that we could share things about what was happening in our lives, what we did from week to week, photos, videos, stories, but all concerning the MiB circle of friends, WaGs and family. It so happened that I started the blog, so naturally most of the posts came from my direction, and if some of you think that I could be doing a better job, I apologize and am the first to admit I am not the most "happening" blogger in the world. I also manage my school life, my family life, a girlfriend and then this blog also. I have always tried to make it fun by having the "lookalikes", the "player profile", gatherings and stuff. The only reason why I include food and movie reviews is because a) these are MiB activities, and b) we talk about it, whether on or off the blog, and c) the way we look at things is different from how 22.5 or 33 million other people look at it.

I never meant for the MiB blog to be MY blog. I know some posts got more stick than some others, so please let me clarify. Popeye's chicken was always something we guys wanted to try. Once again, when I say "we", I mean me, riz, prak, vana, sat etc. Maybe roobz, zal and harish did not share the same level of excitement about american fried chicken, but that is totally fair and valid. On the day I actually went to try this place, prak and riz were supposed to go along with me, but they had other commitments and so since I was already at City Hall, I went there myself, had a dinner, and posted on the blog how I found the food. Wrong? I don't think so. Boring? Perhaps. Could I post it? I definitely think so.

With the James Bond movie review, I watched it with my family and wanted to alert the usual movie lovers, again the likes of prak, riz, sat, vana, puvan about how I felt about the show, before they went out and watched it. Would they watch it if I said it sucks, maybe, maybe not. Would MiB talk about it if we didn't have a blog, yes definitely so, either over mee goreng, BK or board games.

"You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.” - Abraham Lincoln.

Similarly, you can please all people some of the time, you can please some people all the time, but I cannot please everyone all the time with what I write or say. Most MiB agents have nothing but praise for the blog, while some of us don't agree with some of my views, but fair enough. But what I don't like is personal criticism aimed in my direction. Yes true I am the editor of the blog so I set myself up to be shot, but don't label me something I am not, because you don't sit on any high throne yourself.

I would like to think the blog has done reasonably well so far. We've had some good laughs, some pretty heated discussions, but most of all, nothing MiB would do outside this blog. If you have good ideas for MiB and this blog, sure send it my way and share it with everyone. But I apologize if they don't get implemented either because I am not a full-time MiB agent or because not everyone agrees with it (look at quote above again).

Each and everyone of us is entitled to do what we deem to be fun. Perhaps 25 year olds like us should be clubbing and drinking ourselves silly every Friday night, but we don't and I don't see that as bad, boring or being in denial. Maybe in 2 or 3 years time we might move on to that, but that's not to say we haven't done that before, case in point MiB chalets and overseas trips, those who were there will know what I am talking about.

So finally, what I am trying to say is keep your opinions coming but remember to post them with some thought for the person you aim to tell your ideas to. If you have great ideas, keep them coming in, and like Zal mentioned, go out there and make your own movies guys. Not to say we haven't done that, with our Rotaract Cup win and Sat's parallel parking phenomenon. But I guess we all have our own lives to live and own difficulties to carry too, so I don't want to ask for too much at this stage.

I hope you guys like having a place where you can log on to everytime you visit the Internet because that was the aim from the very start. People like Anan, Dinesh, Chan, Anthony and anyone else who goes overseas will never be "apart" totally with this blog around, whether it's boring mind games we were playing or popeye's chicken.

There's still a long way to go. Much improvements to be done on my part and yours. But with that, I would like to welcome your new editor to the website, mr MRJ himself, as votes for Dinesh were obviously rigged. If there is no violent objection by 2359 on Wednesday 19th November 2008, MRJ will be given the password to start blogging.

That's all folks!=)

Updates..

A few of the gang met up yesterday in view of Rizvi's big day off the following day. Harvey, Riz, Prak, Bert and Uma met up at City Hall and proceeded to Suntec City to look at spectacles. Riz tried 648 pairs only to find what he was looking for, then tell the lady "Err.. thanks i come back another day."

We then managed to persuade Sat and Puvan to come out and meet us as we went for supper at first to Shah Alam near Boat Quay for the nasi goreng mutton (not $6 this time), and then to Balestier food court that was open 24hrs. It boasts to have the "best prata in town" and it costs only 60 cents. From what Puvan said, it was not bad and at this day and age where nothing costs below $1 (maybe except the newspaper but that's rubbish anyway), I think the prata there is a pretty good deal.

Special metion to Sat who drove the gang around and dropped us home. We owe u one good dinner!

And by the way, I was thinking of watching the s league match I smsed u guys about. SAFFC need to win this match to win the title and they're up against Home United, their arch rivals. Kick off is at 730pm at Jalan Besar Stadium and its FREE. We can go and see what the standard of singapore football is like and worst to worst, laugh at them. Furthermore, Riz will be washing his eyes and there's no harm in the rest of us taking a look too.

We can go for dinner after that and hang out somewhere near Little India, I heard that there are a lot of nice pubs and restaurants around the area. Kevin's friend's uncle owns Black Sheep Cafe so we can try that and hopefully get a good discount too. So let me know!

For tournament..

http://footballrepublic.com.sg/

Sat u should check this out. Maybe you can register MiB and then let everyone know of our tournament too, that way we can definitely raise more awareness. The rest of you can go have a look too!

So maybe its time to

1. fix the date
   
2. confirm the venue
   
3. get the funds going. (SK time to be loanshark)

Reliving Our Childhoods..

A few of the guys met up on Friday at Puvan's place to chill out. Harvey, Riz, SK, Vana, Prak, Bert and Puvan AND SAT (happy VANA?) met up at Suriya Restaurant along Upper Serangoon Road for dinner before heading back to Puvan's place to play old-school games like snakes and ladders, ludo and pick up sticks. As lame as it sounds, it was actually quite nice to play these games that our junior generations might never have heard of. For the record, Puvan won at Ludo, SK reached the 100 mark of snakes and ladders in less than 5 moves and there was plenty of argument over pick up sticks, no surprise there.

The food at suriya was not too bad but just a word of caution, if you ever order the nasi goreng mutton there, please please please check the price before the mama starts cooking. A few of us paid SIX, yes $6 for a packet of nasi goreng mutton. Apparently the mutton pieces that were used were more expensive because the mama knew the goat, or he prepared it with love or some other similar absurd reason. It was pretty good to taste but $6 is ridiculous! Mamas also dont give chance nowadays la, maybe some of them used to work for Lehman Brothers or something..

After getting sick of the old school games, we decided to play some unorthodox ones like "7-up", "big bully", "answering in questions", "007" etc. It was fun to see people focussing at 2am in the morning, with Sat as competitive as ever. The night finally ended with MiB spooking Riz with all the ghost-stories before heading home on the first bus.

All in all a fun night but $6, sigh..

Updates..

1. I went to watch James Bond's latest instalment Quantum of Solace. I'm a big Bond fan and I was left disappointed with the movie. There's lots of bang, boom, cars, boats, planes but too little Bond-esque kinda thing. Its not too charming and the girls were so-so. There's surprisingly no bedroom scene also, which almost never happens for a Bond movie.
   
   The plot is a little complicated but makes sense in the end. The action is good no doubt about it. But I preferred the stunts in Casino Royale. Acting is good and Daniel Craig does make a good secret agent. But at times I feel he is Superman and Rajnikanth rolled into one, he can escape all the bullets but one shot from him is an instant kill. At times he is also Neo as he can twist metal objects.
   
   The locations where the movie was shot were splendid though. Makes Redang and Phuket look like the drain near my house.
   
   Go watch it if you're a big Bond fan, but don't pay more than $6 for it.
   
   Movie Rating: 3 out of 5.
   
   
2. Puvan has invited us to his place on Saturday, November 15, for Deepavali dinner. WaGs are invited. Please let him know ASAP if you are coming. I do not know the exact address but it is near Serangoon MRT.
   
   
3. MiB Tournament is now in planning stage. Please contribute your ideas, time and alcohol where necessary.
   
   
4. Congratulations to Hamilton, Obama, Biden, Ferrari, Stoke, Spurs for a good week. And apparently Dinesh too for er er... something.
   
   
5. SK has posted some info about MiB accounts. Please settle yours accordingly. People who owe more than $30 please feel a bit guilty and try to settle your debts, because you make the rest of us who pay on time look stupid.
   
   
6. SK has also posted some link about a Nike sale in Tampines. I dono if that wil happen because a) MiB goes to the East Side only once a year. b) if we let Riz loose in Tampines then be prepared to give interviews if the police knock on your door.
   

That's all for now folks. The weekend's here.

Halloween at Mind's

MiB and WaGs met up at Mind's cafe on the night of halloween to play scary board games. People in attendance were Harvey and Bryna, Philbert and Uma, Sat and Dhash, Prak and Puvan, Riz and Hantu. We had our usual games and dinner there and resorted to old games like Taboo to entertain us. Interesting to note, in the game of hands that test how well you and your partner can interpret the cards and react to them (basically it also shows how well you and your partner can think and act), Puvan and Prak finished winners, leaving the 3 other couples looking embarrassed. For the record, Sat and Dhash were last, but made up for it by winning the vampire memory game.

To spare us the embrrassment of remembering Halloween 2008 as the year we played board games only, we then proceeded to take a walk along Clarke Quay to check out the night scene. We wanted to go to Gotham, but the sight of too many wasted people nearby made us change our minds. Instead, we went to Cafe Iguana to enjoy the cheap margheritas and also hit the dance floor. Special mention to Pirakash, who burnt the dance floor with his silky moves and left some girls wishing they hadn't brought their dates along.

People started to leave and so did we, but Sat, Prak, Bert and Uma decided to hang out a little while longer and play Poker.

All in all a fun night, with special thanks to the ladies who managed to come. Some notable absentees were Vana and Noorin, SK and Bindhoo, Roobz and Prabha and Suba. Maybe next time then!