Barcelona : King of Europe 2009

Tak percuma, Barcelona disebut sebagai tim terbaik tahun ini.. Sukses dengan gelar Liga Champion Eropa dan Liga Premier Spanyol musim lalu, Barcelona telah mengoleksi double winner di awal musim ini. Gelar Piala super Spanyol yang didapatkan Barcelona setelah mengalahkan Athletic Bilbao kini telah bertambah dengan gelar Piala Super Eropa setelah dini hari tadi ( tadi malam waktu setempat ) mengalahkan juara piala UEFA yang terakhir, Shakhtar Donetsk asal Ukraina.

Dengan skuad yang hampir sama dengan musim lalu, dan dengan absennya parter playmaker Xavi, Andres Iniesta, anak Asuh Pep Guardiola sukses mengalahkan permainan ulet tim Ukraina lewat gol tunggal Pedro Rodriguez di extra time. Setelah 90 menit, Puyol dkk dibuat frustasi dengan kedisiplinan Donetsk akhirnya gol yang ditunggu tercipta lewat kreasi sang Messiah, Lionel Messi yang memberikan umpan cantik pada Pedro (yang masuk menggantikan Zlatan Ibrahimovic).

Tampak Xavi agak kesulitan untuk berkreasi di lapangan tengah menyusul belum fit-nya Andres Iniesta yang dipersiapkan untuk bermain di laga perdana Liga Premier Spanyol minggu depan. Ditambah lagi dengan dominasi pemain Donetsk yang sangat rapat di lini tengah membuat Barcelona seperti tanpa peluang. Determinasi anak asuh Mirceu Lucescu patut diacungi jempol.

Mirceu Lucescu yang pernah melatih Pep Guardiola (pelatih Barcelona) di Brescia cukup mengerti jalan pikiran mantan anak asuhnya sehingga Lucescu berhasil menahan gempuran Barcelona yang di lakukan Messi, Henry dan Ibrahimovic. Berkali-kali peluang tercipta namun sangat susah menembus gawang Pyatov yang memang bermain luar biasa.

Hingga akhirnya keputusan pep Guardiola untuk memasukkan 2 pemain muda Barcelona, Pedro dan Bojan Krcic sangat membantu serangan Barcelona. Baru masuk, Bojan sudah mampu menembus lini belakang Donetsk yang dikawal bintang senior, Darijo Srna. Dan Pedro Rodriguez akhirnya memastikan kemenangan Barcelona lewat gol tunggalnya dimenit 115.

CHATMONCHY : LAST LOVE LETTER

nyaah.. nyoba-nyoba bikin review dah.. Yup.. this is the first time for me to write a review. And i pick Last Love Letter single by Chatmonchy which i loved this nowadays..

release date : 2009.02.04

1. Last Love Letter

2. Katamichi Kippu

3. Goodluck my sister

1. Last Love Letter

track #1 dibuka dengan permainan bass yang sangat powerful. Di awal lagu, permainan gitar Eriko tidak terlalu menonjol. Justru permainan Bass Akiko yang mendominasi hampir semua bagian lagu ini. Ditambah dengan ketukan drum Kumiko yang sangat atraktif membuat lagu ini terdengar sangat bertenaga. Walaupun lagu ini sekilas terdengar powerful, namun dari vokal Eriko lagu ini menjadi seperti lagu Ballad.. seperti lagu Ballad yang dibungkus dalam irama pop rock yang sangat kental..

rank : ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫  [4/5]

2. Katamichi Kippu

Tidak seperti track #1 yang didominasi oleh suara Bass Akiko.. Intro Katamichi Kiipu didominasi oleh petikan gitar Eriko.. Sama seperti Last Love Letter, lagu ini terdengar sedikit Ballad meskipun secara keseluruhan, betotan Bass Akiko memberikan warna tersendiri..

Rank : ♫♫♫♪ [3½/5]

3. Good Luck my sister

kalau di track #1, suara bass Akiko mengisi intro, dan di track #2 suara gitar Eriko yang mengawali.. di track #3 ini gebukan drum Kumimo mengalawi lagu Good Luck my sister. Track ini merupakan track yang paling ‘cherful’ dibanding 2 track lain yang cenderung ke arah ballad. Dan variasi gebukan drum kumiko benar-benar mendominasi track ini..

Rank : ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫  [4/5]

First Awakening

Gyaaaaabo…..

it’s a long hiatus… i haven’t update this blog for a few times. just a day to Sunday. It’s time to traveling outside my homeland.. Yey, Semarang I’m coming. i can’t wait to meet some friends. it’s time to Semarang Ayufreak’s Gathering..

I feel so shocked.. after seeing on all facebook status tell about bombing in Jakarta on Friday morning. Jeez.. they’re so cruel for killing many innocents. Totally 12 victims lose their life (i seen on tv news program aired saturday morning) and over 50 people are injured.

Hope all the victims rest in peace n the injured will get well soon.

well, i am surely off line for about 2 days. So.. see ya on Monday night

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it was a second time i lost my lovely family. the first was a years ago, my grandfather passed away. I have a time to attended the funeral. It’s so painfull to seen my mother’s tears. she cried away n fainted. And yesterday, it’s my uncle’s turn. He closed his eyes forever. jeez.. destiny, never choose the time and the name. He is my father ’s older brother. Yaah.. my father dried his tears. Glad, i did’nt see him cry.

So Long uncle… have a nice journey.. rest in peace..

Juve Win, Milan Down n Inter Draw

Juventus bangkit dari kekalahan di Liga Champion dengan meraih kemenangan penting. 1 Gol dari Claudio Marchisio cukup untuk mengurangi jarak dengan Inter. Tendangan Jarak Jauh Marchisio membentur Manuele Blasi ( juventus former ) dan membelokkan arah bola sehingga Navarro mati langkah.

AC Milan kembali memperpanjang rekor buruknya setelah kegagalan mereka di UEFA. Milan kali ini dipermalukan oleh Sampdoria 2 – 1. Kekalahan ini membuat Milan semakin menjauh dari Inter. Agaknya Berluconi harus menyiapkan revolusi besar-besaran musim depan.

Roma memainkan partai yang luar biasa. Di babak pertama, Roma sudah unggul 2 gol berkat Daniele de Rosi dan John Arne Riise (Liverpool former). Tapi Balotelli memperkecil kekalahan 1 gol di awal babak kedua. Roma berhasil memperpanjang jarak lewat gol gelandang Matteo Brighi. Namun lagi-lagi Inter berhasil memperkecil lewat gol penalti kontroversial Balotelli. Balotelli memasuki kotak penalti Roma diantara 2 defender roma dan menjatuhkan diri. Dari Replay pun tampak jelas tak ada gangguan kearah kaki Balotelli, Tapi Balotelli terjatuh (menjatuhkan diri) untuk mendapatkan penalti. Akhirnya inter mendapat moment dan Crespo menjadi penyelamat Inter

FEVER oh FEVER

Oh My… rainy everyday..
the wind blows so hard and make me cold.
n now.. i got a fever.. since yesterday.
Oh My… my bones seem cracking everywhere.

n again… i stop blogging for a few weeks. Well, maybe i need a few weeks ahead to recover.

BLINK 182 REUNITE ??

“Its hard to wake up”

“when the shades have been pulled shot”

“this house is haunted it so pathetic”

“its make no sense at all” ….

It is the song i liked the much. Stay together for the kids. Yeah….they’re back. After they claimed their break 4 year ago. It’s a good news for all blinker in this whole world. I’m a blinker, so i just can wait their next album after 4 years break. I hope it is real, not just a rumour.

i red in a newspaper yesterday about their reunited. I’m so excited, but still unbelieve this news. So i browsed to the net and found the same news. WOw… their come back after 4 years hiatus will be great. But it still doubted about their new album. But no matter what,  they will stay together for the blinker.

Gerard Out : Liverpool Imbalance about 3 weeks ahead

This would be a bad news for the liverpudlian. The reds have to burried their dream  for FA title this season. Everton, dramatically stopped Liverpool with a single goal from a young man substitute.

Another bad news is the injury of the captain. Steven Gerrard have to out the field in earlier minute. He got hamstring injured. He probably out of liverpool for 3 weeks. Which mean, Liverpool will be face real madrid without gerrard on champions league match.

It getting worst cause Torres also doubt in action. After scoring 2 goal against chelsea, Torres still have a problem with hamstring injury after his cameback a week ago. Rafa will be in dillema because he has only Torres in forward. Keane had already been sold back to spurs. While Torres still in a doubt, Rafa only have Babel and Kuyt. 2 dutchman will be play against portsmouth this week.

COPA ITALY : Juve goes to Semi Final

Yatta…..at last a win after two defeat. Although it’s a winning by penalti shoot out. Juventus beat Napoli 4 – 3 after a goalless result in regular time. David Trezeguet make his second apperance from the bench. Well it’s a great progress to gain his peak performance after a long injury.

Lazio will be the next opponent for juventus in the semi final.

Juventus Manninger (GK), Grygera, Legrottaglie, Mellberg, De Ceglie ( Molinaro 23 ), Giovinco, Sissoko, Poulsen, Marchionni, Iaquinta ( Trezeguet 59 ), Del Piero

Subs : Chimenti (GK), Molinaro, Ariaudo, Camoranesi, Thiago, Amauri, Trezeguet

YC : Legrottaglie, Molinaro, Mellberg, Sissoko

Napoli :

Navarro (GK), Santacroce, Cannavaro, Contini, Montervino ( Bogliacino 75 ), Aronica ( Vitale 91 ), Blasi, Gargano, Hamsik, Lavezzi, Zalayeta (Denis 100 )

Subs : Maggio, Bogliacino, Pazienza, Russotto, Vitale, Denis, Sepe

YC : Montervino, Santacroce, Contini, Pazienza

BAMBOO BLADE

Bamboo blade is a manga about kendo. Kendo is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or Kenjutsu ( wikipedia ). It’s telling about Kojirou, a teacher in a high-school who teach kendo. Kojirou has a senior (senpai) who also teach kendo in another school. One time, they meet in a dinner and they agree to have a duel match between their pupils. Kojirou approve it cause he have a problem about money. The bet is Kojirou may eat everyday in his senpai’s restourant (actually belong to his father) if he win the tournament.

The story is pretty fun cause a lot of humor. i have already read 27 chapter from 54 chapter (not finnished yet). Kojirou already have 4 pupils, and he lack one more pupils. It will be interesting to know how the stupid teacher like Kojirou gathering the 5th pupils.

Title : Bamboo Blade

Manga : chapter 57 – ongoing

Character :

Kojirou (石田 虎侍 Ishida Toraji) : a kendo sensei who only thing about himself. He make a bet with his senpai to have a kendo match 5 vs 5. When he win the match, he may eat sushi freely for a year.

Kirino ( 千葉 紀梨乃 Chiba Kirino ) : the senior of the club. She is the only pupils left before the others joined. She is also the captain of the club (2nd year)

Saya ( 桑原 鞘子 Kuwahara Sayako ) : a girl who often changing her interests and goals. Join the club since first year but out in a period. In the 2nd year, she joins again (2nd year)

Tamaki ( 川添 珠姫 Kawazoe Tamaki ) : a quiet girl, but become invicible when she have a shinai in her hand. She is a tokusatsu lovers and want to be like the character on the DVD she watched. A main character of this manga (1st year)

Miya ( Miyazaki Miyako ) : a girl joined the club because of her boyfriend, Eiga. She is a nice girl, but inside she possesses a very dark and sadistic personality, but hides it in order to be together with Eiga. When Miya shows her more sadistic side, she is surrounded by a black aura and acts in a rather eerie and cruel manner, but she instantly switches back to her friendly façade when others are approaching or calling her name (1st year)

Yūji Nakata ( 中田 勇次 Nakata Yūji ) : Tamaki’s friend since middle-high school. Love kendo because he saved by tamaki from bullying. A kind, nice person and admire Tamaki since middle-school (1st year)

Eiga (栄花 段十朗 Eiga Danjūrō ) : one of two boys members who joined the club by accident. Actually he want to join the pingpong club, but there is no pingpong club.. so he join kendo club cause kirino say that pingpong racket is the same as shinai (1st year)

Satori ( 東 聡莉 Azuma Satori ) : the last person to join the Kendo Club. She is very talented in kendo. In fact, Satori is the second strongest in the club, with Tamaki being the strongest. However, she is very bad with her studies despite her diligence, which is why she decided to quit kendo after middle school–in order to concentrate on her studies.