Preparing breakfast for the family

Maisarah was helping Jo preparing the breakfast by arranging the cutlery on the table. I could not help but smiling when I saw one of the food on offer was a pop candy!

Liga Alumni 2011 Division One Fourth League Match: BAT 0 SMACH 4

After the last match victory against AlumTek, we are facing our toughest opponent yet in the league, SMACH. We held against their penetrating attacks quite well in the first half but our opponent took advantage of confusions over a free kick and scored their first goal. It was a blow to our players' morale and when the second half started we were unable to continue with our earlier momentum and SMACH started to pile pressures upon us by scoring one goal after another. It was a match to forget but we knew that by the end of the season, team's position will be decided by the head to head results and that is what we are going to focus right now, by beating our lower ranked opponents such as SJAA and STAROBA when we meet them later.

Match stats:

Goalkeeper: Fairuz. Defenders: Epul, Sahlan, Madun, Pak Lah. Midfielders: Fariz, Kerambit, Mujahid, Shidi. Ayie. Striker: Wan. Subs: Abe, Jose, Ale, Paan, Fazli, Kamarul, Kalai.

Ice Skating at the Sunway Pyramid

Maisarah has been asking us to bring her to the ice skating rink for many weeks and today we are able to fulfill her wish. Jo decided to be our official photographer for this momentous occasion; the first time the kids experience ice skating. Although she kept clinging to the side board, Maisarah never got tired and insisting that we continue skating even when I was sweating heavily and started to hurt my feet. On the other hand, Ilyas was skating by himself as if he had known skating all his life. Even when Maisarah and I took our needed rest, Ilyas continued with his skating. When we finished our session, Maisarah asked if we could buy her own skating shoes. Maybe some day, dear.

1Malaysia International Tourism Night Floral Parade 2011

The Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival was held every year at the Putrajaya Waterfront and this year we decided to go there and enjoy the spectacle of floats parade as well as the fireworks. There is a restaurant near the Millennium Tower and while waiting for the dinner to come, we took pictures of the floats and enjoy the fireworks. Unfortunately, Maisarah was too sleepy to wait for the fireworks which started promptly at 10 o'clock.

Liga Alumni 2011 Division One Third League Match: BAT 3 AlumTek 2

After two straight losses, we really need a win to boost the moral of the players as well as keeping our hope alive of remaining in the first division. We started brightly when Mujahid scored the first goal but AlumTek responded almost swiftly with their equaliser. However, we managed to lead one more time through a briliant goal by Wan when he coolly sidestepped the goalkeeper to score his first competitive goal for BAT.

In the second half, AlumTek substituted their goalkeeper but even that won't stop Mujahid from scoring an audacious goal from a long range to double our lead. The opponent did eventually got another goal through their speedy winger but we are not going to be denied our first win in the league. In the end, we emerged victorious but it was not an easy one as three of our players had to be substituted during the match because of multiple kind of injuries. 

Match Stat:

Goalkeeper: Shaz. Defenders: Ale, Sahlan, Madun, Epul. Midfielder: Mujahid, Kerambit, Ayie, Shidi, Fariz. Striker: Wan. Subs: Jose, Taufeq, Abe, Kudin, Kalai, Ayie Askar, Kamarul, Farhan, Pak Lah.

Goals: Mujahid 2x, Wan. Assist: Shidi, Kerambit, Fariz. Yellow Cards: Ayie, Shidi

Congratulations Afiq & Maisarah

Friendly Match: BAT 4 St John Alumni 0

After two consecutive defeats in the Liga Alumni, we had this friendly match to boost the players morale and their fitness. We knew our opponent are not at the same level with us but I took this opportunity to try out new players and strategies. We won well today and I hope our players will be motivated enough for the next Liga Alumni match versus AlumTek next week.

Match stats:

Goalkeeper: Iskandar. Defenders: Kamarul, Ciput, Ayie Askar, Epul. Midfielders: Wan, Amir, Pak Lah, Ayie, Kerambit. Striker: Fazli. Subs: Kudin, Jose, Ale, Rizal, Abe

Goals: Fazli, Wan, Amir, Jose

Assists: Wan, Kerambit, Fazli, Ale