Stress!!!!

Stressed is actually desserts spelled backwards,,, How fucking ironic is that, since its the complete opposite of one another rite.... Desserts taste good(although they are bloody sweet at times), stress is never good. Stress fucking makes you unhappy,emotional and freaking angry. That is what stress does, and the fucking worst time to have stress is during your exams.I can not sleep very well at night. During the day, I try not to think of the exams and its results. More interestingly, I always try not to think of the results and just enjoy what I am doing. However, I still fucking have stress!!!!!

During exams its not a choice, but stress itself makes way to you. It doesn't matter how good or how smart you are, stress never leaves one alone. Why am i saying this, I'm fucking bloody having 3 fucking papers starting from tomorrow. God help me, and stress can you please let me just take my rest????

Hockey World Cup Part 3

so the hockey world cup is finally over. What a final it was, Australia vs Germany, the fans and hockey favourites couldn't ask for a better final. The Germans played incredibly well and came within a whisker from taking the victory but in the end the best team won and the German's finally lost against a very determine Australian side. I must say that i was pretty impressed by the Germans, coming into the world cup with only 3 players from their previous world cup winning squad and qualifying for the final that itself was a big achievement.

Australia finally ended their losing streak to the Germans, beaten in the final in 2002 and 2006, they were definitely out for revenge on the day. With players like Jamie dwyer in the team you couldn't really doubt the end result. 2 world cup trophies now for the Australians, and their coach is absolutely amazing, captaining the side when they won their first in 1986 and coaching his team out for their second trophy, salutes to Rick Charlesworth and his amazing work

The Asian teams were a big let down, Pakistan finishing last!!!!First time for them and i bet its not gonna end soon if there is no drastic changes taking place....India finishing 8th, another disappointing result as they were actually beaten by Argentina in the playoff for the 7th spot. Koreans finish in 6th place and qualifying for the champions trophy, not really bad for them.

so the world cup is over and Australia deserve their win, i wish Malaysia was in it, but we somehow failed to qualify for the 2nd time running. The malaysian hockey fans can only wait and see what changes the MHF is gona take, there is already one in place, they hired a very good foreign coach and hopefully he can get better results out of the players.

Hockey World Cup Part 2

So the group stages of hockey world cup is finally over. None of the 3 Asian teams in the tournament made it to the semi-finals. The Indians and the Pakistanis were a huge let down, even the energetic and enthusiastic Koreans didn't make this time around... A disappointing end to a tournament that started of so brightly for the Indians and Koreans, and a further disappointment for hockey in Asia. The Koreans are generally a very consistent team but this time around they lost to a lower ranking team in New Zealand, I'm not in anyway saying that the Black Sticks are bad, no they are not, but the Koreans are so much more better in every single aspect of the game.

This inconsistency is a huge burden for all 3 teams, Pakistanis won against the Spaniards and lost all its other matches, India won against the Pakistanis and lost its following 3 matches, the Koreans beat the dutch and a stupid lost to NZ cost them a place in the semi-finals.

Nevertheless though, there were some brilliant performance in some matches, the Pakistanis played really well against their more fancied opponents, the Australians. They were actually leading the match 1-0 but eventually lost 2-1. The Pakistanis abandon their usual Asian style of play and adopted a more cautious counter attacking game which was really good. This actually shows that some Asian teams have the capability to adopt the European playing style and the same time they can be successful in it.

The Indians on the other hand scored some fantastic goals in their match against the South Africans, and if it wasn't for the stupid video referral thingy, they could have actually won the match. The 2ND and 3rd goal that the Indians scored were a brilliant master-piece of quick interchange of passes and mesmerising stick work from the forwards. Even the disallowed goal was equally brilliant and i would have placed my bet on it to be included as one of the best goals of the tournaments.

The semi finals is going to be a really interesting affair, with England make it thru for the first time in 24 years. The Germans, Dutch and Australians are the usual candidates, but the english have played so well so far that I'm actually falling in love with the style of hockey that they play. So although im not going to place my money on them, i certainly think that the have the capability to lift the trophy for the first time.

Hockey World Cup 2010

For most hockey fans out there, we are all very delighted that the hockey world cup is going on right now. The better part of this is that the tournament is being held in India, a nation known for producing one of the best hockey players around the world. What a chance it is to bring back the glory days of asian hockey. Although the asian hockey skills are remarkable and impressive but they are not as effective as compared to the tactical game of the europeans.

For years now the most successful hockey nations around the world has adapted to the quick european style of play, playing short passes and looking for room to make the killer pass. This play is both effective and efficient, it is simple the ball travels faster than the player. The asians though, they play the most attractive hockey but they fail to deliver when it matters most. Now coming back to the hockey world cup, India for example started off brilliantly by beating their arch rivals Pakistan 4-1. Both teams played the same style of hockey which was greatly influenced by some wonderful skills and hard hitting of the ball.

The 2nd match though brought the indians down to earth again, see the same kind of hockey which is played with so much of skill is not suitable against the Australians. They were beatean quite easily 5-2. The australians waited for the indians to make mistakes which they did quite a lot and took advantage of this by playing some killer passes straight into the D. By hitting the ball hard into the D of the opponnents the indians are actually allowing the australians to trap the ball better and take advantage of the superior speed and tactical play to launch quick counter attacks, in the end it was a brilliant tactic and again it showed us that the asian hockey game is no longer as effective as once it was.

It is going to be very difficult for both India and Pakistan to make it to the semi-finals and they should adapt both their skills and maneuverability better and have a good tactical game. The malaysian's should also learn something out of it since they fail to qualify for the world cup.