Come 1 February 2007, Nike will launch the Mercurial Vapor IV soccer boots which will weigh just 185g. Now that’s lighter than $6 worth of Famous Amos cookies. But this pair of boots will fetch a handsome price of S$850. And that’s probably the price of cookies made of gold.

A typical pair of soccer boots costs $70. If you get a high-grade, technology-laden one, it will burn $100-odd in your pocket. But the Mercurial Vapor IV is simply untouchable, at least for me.

The high price is not even inclusive of GST prices and taxes plus I certainly do hope no taxis were taken during the shipping process to the local distributors.

Why the high price? ’cause it’s made of carbon fibre - lighter than steel, yet possessing amazing strength. Mind you carbon fibre most commonly found in high-end cars but now they are being used in soccer boots. Apparently these boots can make you go zoom, zoom, zoom.

 

But of course don’t expect a slow-runner like me to go zoom, zoom, zoom when I put on the Mercurial Vapor IV. It’s only meant to boost your speed. Perhaps it’ll help me get my seat faster than the aunties in the MRT trains. Heh

Btw do you really believe the clip? A man faster than a machine? Seems highly unlikely to me. The works of camera tricks. Hah!

The second unexpected thing to happen last Sunday… is really not that unexpected lah. And as I look into my crystal ball, I can predict that most of you will go “Cheyyy!!” after you get to know what actually happened.

So you wanna know?

Really?

Okay lor…

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I shall leave it to you to decide which one is the beauty - the goal or the celebration.

If the goalie cracks you up, the one who was switching the frames between the spectators and goalie cracked me up even more.

To think that the can do so LIVE…Hahahaha!

Did Kaka really deserve the Balloon D’Or award?

He garnered a total of 444 votes from reputed journalists all over the world. His next competitor - Cristiano Ronaldo - only manage 277 votes while Lionel Messi had 255 to his name.

Pretty weird numbers we have there, huh?

Being a Man U fan, I wanted Ronaldo to clinch it but I must admit there is a unspoken bias towards the EPL-now-BPL players. Even Thierry Henry at his prime couldn’t nick it. Which makes me wonder how Michael Owen could hold it back in 2001.

Choosing the winner is purely subjective.

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UPDATE

Steve McClaren sacked as England coach.

So what now England? Get a Jose Mourinho or a Harry Redknapp? Whichever way, it is a good time for English football to take a step back and see what is really wrong with them. Let’s start with the ego, shall we?

I think breaking my taboo works eh? Hehehe. In case you didn’t know, the next biggest news other than the ongoing ASEAN summit, is that England didn’t qualify for Euro 2008!

C’mon people, let me hear those hurrah!!!

Today, I’m not going to flame England. I’m going to let their deflated ego rest on the ground. If they succumb to depression, they can always rely on their £80,000 per week salary to put the smile back onto their faces. A holiday to Austria or Switzerland in 2008 would be nice. Alright, enough about them.

Now kids, let’s play the pointing-finger game!

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