Settling down

Last weekend I brought my family to Melbourne, it was a tiring journey with two kids on 8 hours flight and enduring long queue at Immigration and Customs at Tullamarine Airport. We arrived at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport around 9am and passed through final hurdle of Customs around 11am.

We have a lot of baggage, 7 hand carried assorted size bags; 2 extra large luggage bags, 3 boxes and 2 MacLaren strollers. Alhamdulillah we passed through customs without any items being seized, we declared everything except for chicken currypuffs that has been sniffed by the trained dog.

Well, bidding farewell at LCCT Airport was hard to my wife and especially my mother in laws and sister as they are attached to my kids. Tears has been shed :p and memory remains.....alas we just stay here for couple of years only.

at LCCT airport

Kids are settling very well here. Sarah enjoy her new bath tub and Suri is active as normal. But yesterday both of them down with flu and coughing...hopefully not that bad...maybe cold weather has effect on them.

one of the room in our new house

This weekend, I'm planning to bring them to Melbourne Park for a walk and ease the tensions for being at home for a whole week.

Appleby Drop Point D2

My first knife for year 2012 and it is a custom made! Scored this one from a knife forums from another maker at a good price. This knife is a Appleby Drop Point D2 from Bob Appleby. The steel type is D2 with 4 inch blade and had knurled spine.

The handle is made from maroon micarta and it is polished to the 3D effect, tappered tang with white and black liners. The handle has two brass bolts and one brass hole liners. It comes with thick leather sheath in black color. Im not sure this one is heat treated by Paul Bos or not because the one that I saw in Bob's website saying that the heat treatment is from Paul Bos.

Overall length is 8 1/2 inches, overall Im happy with quality even though I did not order this piece directly from the maker with my one customization but it still a great utility knife, easy to handle and the weight is just nice for me :)

Living in Melbourne

Its been a while since my last post and a lot of things happened in between. I started 2012 with a new job and it require me to move to Australia. I took the chance and hopefully it will open a new path for me and my family.

Melbourne is an exciting place to live and based on 2011 survey, Melbourne is the most livable city in the world. So far i'm still looking for a house to rent and there's a lot of things to do before I can settle down and bring my family to Melbourne.

Tram at St Kilda Bicycle for rent

Manix2 Moonglow

Got this beauty from jsburly.com last two weeks after waiting for almost a month before Jon (EDCF and jsburly.com owner) shipped the knife to me.

The knife is actually made by Spyderco for EDC Forum after a poll made by forum members and they want something special, so they comeout with new scales that glow in the dark rather than normal G10 or carbon fiber scales that associated to Manix2.

I am really impressed with the scales, it really glows and it glows for a quite sometimes. You can see the knives in the dark without a problem. As far as i know, the first batch of this knife already sold out and I am consider lucky to have it. At E-bay CPFmarket they selling this knife for USD200 or more!

Cardiff Blues Rugby Jersey

I am not a Magners League rugby follower, but when it come to rugby shirts and jersey I am quiet crazy for Canterburry made jersey due to the clubs emblems, sponsors and the toughness of the material they use.

This time, I ordered Cardiff Blues 2010/2011 Home Pro S/S jersey from http://www.lovell-rugby.co.uk/. They're having a huge sale right now and without second thought I ordered one and within 10 days, the parcel came to my doorstep.

Next item will be London Wasp jersey and South Africa off-field polo shirt, all below MYR100.

Badminton Session

Just want to share a few pics during my weekly badminton session in Kelana Jaya with my colleagues. I try to play once a week for my fitness and to release tension. I found out that this session is an enjoyable time for me once a week to release sweat and shouting and smashing my friends.

Our weekly session started on 7pm to 9pm normally on Thursday depend on court availability. We booked two courts from MBPJ for the whole month and since working in Kelana Jaya, we normally played in Dewan MBPJ SS7/28 near Giant Kelana Jaya.

Surefire M6-CB

Just got this Surefire M6-CB from fellow Bright Side Forums. All I can say this beast is up to his reputation.

Here's the specification from Surefire website:

Output / Runtime
MN20 Lamp	250	.0	lumens / 60 minutes
MN21 Lamp	500	.0	lumens / 20 minutes
Length	7	.90	inches
Bezel Diameter	2	.50	inches
Weight w/Batteries	15	.9	ounces
Batteries	6		123A

The setup also come with Lumens Factory incan bulb HO-M6R producing 700lumens and FiveMega 3X17670 battery holder.

SOLD: Surefire G2L-BK

Up for sale a Surefire G2L Nitrolon (LED) with Z44 black anodized aluminium head and user-replaceable P60L LED drop-in rated 80lumens

Included will be: - All papers the light came with - 2x SF123A cells This light retails for MYR259 in Malaysia. Asking for RM180 not included Poslaju if you opted for that option. COD can be done at Kelana Jaya LRT station during weekdays and Shah Alam area during weekends.

EDITED: G2L sold to Metalmania for MYR170, thanks bro!

Fresh Start

It's been a year that I left this blog and it's been inactive until now. From now on, i'll be writing whatever that come into my mind, stay tuned.

It's time for a Holiday!

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Selamat Hari Raya

Raihan & Hujan - Salam Aidilfitri Ayahanda Dan Bonda Lirik

Terkenang di ketika itu
Ku dimanja dan disayang selalu
Apa saja kemahuan diri
Akan cuba dipenuhi

Walau hidup dalam kesukaran
Kau kan cuba untuk membahagiakan
Demi anak-anak yang tersayang
Kau berdua kan berkorban

Tetapi baru kusedari
Tidak mungkin kan terbalas budi
Pengorbananmu tiada ternilai
Hanya Tuhan kan membalasnya

Salam… Aidilfitri
Ayah bonda yang dicintai
Maafkanlah anakmu ini
Kerna belum cukup berbakti

Pabila menjelang lebaran
Baju baru kan disediakan
Walau mungkin kami tak mengerti
Keperitan saat itu

Namun wajahmu terus bercahaya
Oh sucinya kasih sayang itu
Di bibirmu kan menguntum senyum
Andainya anak-anakmu bahagia

Salam… Aidilfitri
Ayah bonda yang dicintai
Maafkanlah anakmu ini
Kerna belum cukup berbakti

Selamat Hari Raya.....Maaf Zahir Batin and Happy Holiday to all...!

~murshidism~

Argentina Crash Again

Its fuller reaches underneath the hammer!

Paraguay secured their place at the 2010 World Cup with a well-deserved 1-0 win over Diego Maradona's hapless Argentina, who lost Juan Sebastian Veron to a red card.

Gunners closing in on Kalou capture

Arsene Wenger is closing in on Chelsea's Salomon Kalou, according to reports.

Arsenal are said to have offered £6m for the midfielder but the Blues are holding out for a figure closer to £8m.

Wenger has a £30m transfer kitty to spend after the high profile departures of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure, who both went to Manchester City.

Arsenal's only signing so far this summer remains Thomas Vermaelen, who they bought from Ajax for £10m.

Kalou is set to be offered the chance to double his weekly wage at the Emirates, with a five-year deal worth £60,000 a week being rumoured.

Kalou was quoted in Ferbuary as saying he would like to play under Wenger. He said: "He is a very great coach and I know that every single player in the world dreams of playing for him.

"I have a lot of respect for him, he is one of the best coaches in the world. Arsenal are achieving huge things and watching them play is beautiful."

Chelsea may be willing to let Kalou leave if they can tie up a deal for Andrea Pirlo. The AC Milan skipper has been the subject of a recent £14m bid from the Stamford Bridge club.

Meanwhile, Marouane Chamakh has reportedly flown to London in an attempt to push though his move to Arsenal from Bordeaux.

The 25-year-old said on Monday he was "disgusted" by the French club's approach to the deal.

"Fed up" Mascherano reiterates Barcelona desire

Javier Mascherano could be the latest midfielder to leave Liverpool for La Liga after the player's brother said he wanted a move to Barcelona.

After Xabi Alonso reportedly handed in a transfer request in his bid to claim a move to Real Madrid, Mascherano's brother now claims the Argentine is keen on a move to their biggest rivals.

Sebastian Mascherano told Spain's COM Radio: 'If Barcelona really come with a very good cash offer, I believe Javier may leave Liverpool as it would be the best for him and his family.

'But I think that if there is no good offer, they will not let him go."

Mascherano's agent Walter Tamer said last week the 25-year-old is 'tired of life' in England with Pep Guardiola's side his preferred destination.

Now the Liverpool star's brother has claimed Mascherano is keen to link up with fellow countryman Lionel Messi.

'I am sure Messi and Javier have spoken,' he said. 'Leo is one of the people who have been pushing the most for Javier to play at Barca.'

Should Alonso be allowed to leave, Rafael Benitez will surely battle hard to keep Mascherano at the club.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic seals Barcelona move

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed a five-year deal with Barcelona and claimed that it was fuelled by being "fed up" with Milan and Italian football in general.

The Swede has a fracture in his left hand, but still passed his medical.
The Sweden striker has joined the European champions - with an astronomical buy-out clause of €250m in his contract - after he passed a medical in Spain, though scans did reveal a fracture in his left hand, and wasted no time in launching a parting shot towards his soon-to-be former club.

"When did I start thinking about moving somewhere else? In December, before Christmas,'' he is reported as saying on Tuttomercatoweb.it. "The more I saw Barcelona play, the more I wanted to leave.

"Moreover, I was fed up of Italy, of Milan, of your football: you play badly, there's too much stress. In short, I needed something else. Did Inter pay me more than any other footballer? No comment.''

A statement on Barcelona's website revealed they had paid Inter Milan €46m euros for the Swedish striker, with Samuel Eto'o and Alexander Hleb also joining the Italian champions in the 'swap' deal.

Barca confirmed that Eto'o is valued at €20m in the deal, while Inter will have the chance to buy Hleb for an initial €10m euros once his season-long loan spell is concluded.

Ibrahimovic, who will inherit Eto'o's number nine shirt at Barca and becomes the Catalan giants' third signing of the summer after Brazilian duo Maxwell and Keirrison, said Barcelona was an offer too good to turn down.

''It's a very big thing for me,'' he said. ''There comes a time when you want to develop more and my desire to come to Barcelona was too big to stay at Inter.''

And he revealed that Inter president Massimo Moratti had given him permission to leave several months ago should an offer from Barca arrive.

''Moratti helped me in every way, he did everything for me and my family,'' he said. ''I said to Moratti a few months ago: 'Nobody can get me, only one club can get me and that's Barcelona', and he told me: 'if you want it like that you will get it like that'.

''So all my respect, because it is not easy to sell player that means so much to the team,'' he said.

And the 27-year-old hopes to emulate Eto'o who was a prolific scorer during his time at the Spanish champions.

''I'm not coming here to be Samuel Eto'o, I'm somebody else, somebody new, but I will try to achieve as much as Eto'o, or even more,'' he added.

Barca president Joan Laporta hailed the Swede's arrival.

''He is not a conformist, he is ambitious, a winner, an authentic man with strong feelings and he wanted to come to Barcelona,'' he said. ''(Coach) Pep (Guardiola) said that Zlatan was the ideal player for us, so we are really happy to have him here.''

The former Juventus, Ajax and Inter striker will travel with the team to the United States, but will miss the friendly with Manchester City on August 19.

But Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain announced that he is set to return for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Athletic Bilbao four days later.

Begiristain added that he believed Ibrahimovic was the complete striker. ''He has great technical quality, can adapt perfectly to how we play and can hold the ball up - he is a complete player,'' he said.

Manchester City in talks with Adebayor

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Manchester City are reportedly in talks with Arsenal over the signing of Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

The striker has been linked with a move away from the Emirates all summer with AC Milan and Chelsea at the head of the queue; however, now that City have ended their interest in Samuel Eto'o, it appears the tall Gunners forward is on their list.

Negotiations are said to be at a 'significant level' and a fee of around £20m is believed to be enough to tempt the club into a sale.

Indeed, Sky Sports reports that talks have begun, with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger previously stating that he would not have a problem selling the player to a Premier League rival.

Last month Wenger said of Adebayor's chances of staying at the Emirates Stadium: "If he doesn't want to stay, he will leave. But I think that he will be still at Arsenal this season."

Adebayor has scored 62 goals in 142 appearances for the Gunners following his arrival from AS Monaco in January 2006 and reports have suggested the club could turn to Bordeaux forward Marouane Chamakh as his replacement.

Barca confirms Villa bid

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has confirmed the club have lodged a bid of over €40million with Valencia for striker David Villa.

A host of top clubs have been chasing Villa this summer, with Barca understood to have been locked in talks with Los Che for the past few weeks.

Real Madrid have already pulled out of the race to sign the 27-year-old forward, saying the price was too high.

Chelsea and Manchester United are both still interested, but Villa's preference is a move to either Real or Barca.

He recently called for a resolution to the situation, with the La Liga season fast approaching.

Now Laporta has confirmed Barcelona want to take him to the Camp Nou. He said: "He's (Villa) a player we're interested in, and we made a good bid for him, closer to €40 million than €50million."

Laporta also confirmed Barca would attempt to sign Franck Ribery, should Bayern Munich decide to sell: "He's (Ribery) a player we are interested in at a logical price. But Bayern don't want to sell. Although if they are interested in selling, we are interested (in buying). We need small adjustments; a left back, a central defender, a midfielder and a forward."

The Samuel Eto'o situation is no closer to being resolved, Laporta said. The Cameroon striker has been offered a two-year contract extension but has yet to respond, while Manchester City have put in an offer for him.

"I have called him a couple of times but he hasn't answered his mobile," Laporta said. "I don't know if he has changed the number or whether he's lost it, but I would like to speak to him."

The Barca president also said there is no way Lionel Messi will be leaving the club: "I love him a lot! He wouldn't leave Barcelona for any price. We are not selling, he has a clause of €150million, but more than that there his commitment to the club."

Laporta confirmed manager Pep Guardiola only has one-year left on his contract, but insisted both parties were content: "He's got a contract until the end of the season and he likes this situation."

Melo heads to Juve as Marchionni agrees Viola deal

Juventus winger Marco Marchionni has agreed to join Fiorentina in a move that will allow highly-rated Brazilian Felipe Melo to head in the opposite direction in a cash plus player deal.


Juventus will hand over Marchionni and €21m to La Viola to secure the services of defensive midfielder Melo on a five-year contract.

Melo, who was also a target for Premier League club Arsenal, had an impressive season for Fiorentina and was a key figure in Brazil's triumph at the Confederations Cup in South Africa.

The 26-year-old will link up with compatriots Amauri and Diego - a €24.5m summer signing for Werder Bremen - in Turin.

The swap deal was originally expected to be completed on Wednesday, but transfer talks stalled over Marchionni's salary demands.

But on Thursday the Italy international's agent Bruno Carpeggiani said: "The situation has been unlocked, the player has accepted the offer from Fiorentina and is married to the Viola project.

"Official confirmation? We can say that it will arrive in a matter of hours."

Marchionni, 28, added: "Florence was always my first choice."

Newcastle confirm multiple £100m buyout bids

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has received at least two offers of £100m for the club.

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Managing director Derek Llambias confirmed on Monday that several bids at the sportswear magnate's asking price have been tabled as hopes of a quick sale grow.

He said: "There have been more than two bids at £100m.

"At the moment, we are in the hands of lawyers and it is all ongoing.

"We are giving interested parties all the help that they need."

The identities of the bidders remain a closely-guarded secret with all having signed non-disclosure agreements before being granted access to the club's books.

Llambias is understood to have shown a Malaysian consortium lead by Ananda Krishna around St James' Park and the club's training ground last week, while the Singapore-based Profitable Group and former chairman Freddy Shepherd are known to have held discussions with Seymour Pierce, the investment bank handling the sale.

However, amid suggestions that there have been offers at lower prices - the Malaysians were said to have bid £80m, but agreed to take on an overdraft of up to £40m - Llambias is adamant that £100m remains the figure prospective buyers need to meet.

The Magpies were put up for sale days after Ashley and Llambias held talks with Alan Shearer over the manager's job, and that vacancy is still to be filled.

Shearer is keen to take on the role, but it is caretaker boss Chris Hughton who is currently putting the players through their paces at a pre-season training camp in Ireland as talks behind the scenes continue.

Whoever does buy the club, time is fast running out before the start of the new Championship season on August 8 with the squad yet to be re-shaped and an annual wage bill which has been reduced to around £62m in the wake of recent departures, still way in excess of what a side outside of the Premier League can afford.

Barca star Busquets would welcome Mascherano

Links between Barcelona and Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano continue to strengthen after Barca midfielder Sergi Busquets insisted he would welcome the addition of Javier Mascherano to the treble-winners squad this summer, even though it could spell bad news for his own hopes of securing a starting berth.

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As one of the players whose position could be most threatened by the arrival of Mascherano, 20-year-old Busquets chose not to complain and instead of speaking of his excitement at linking up the Argentine midfielder.

Busquets said in El Mundo Deportivo: "No, the more players that come the better, and they will be welcomed.

"He is a magnificent player and hopefully he can be added.

"The most important thing is that the signings will add to the squad," said Busquets, who believes he has slightly different attributes to Mascherano anyway.

"He is also a defensive player, but perhaps he moves around a lot more conducting play and I maintain my position more and play the ball quicker."