Of Movies and Soccer

So I wanted to watch Harry Potter last Sunday. Unfortunately, the cinemas were swamped and most of the tickets were already sold out by the time I arrived. At the same time, Transformers and Die Hard 4.0 were sold out as well. So my friend and I decided to watch something else since we were already there. We decided to watch Dead Silence. The funny thing was that everyone else had the same mind since they couldn't buy tickets for the movie that they actually wanted to watch. Fortunately for us, we actually got tickets and it was good seats.

The movie was a great watch. Its a horror movie and the interesting part that caught my attention was that it was from the writers of the movie Saw. Saw, despite being disturbing, was a very good movie. It had an awesome twist and at the same time there was a moral message in there, behind the gore and sick tortures. Now, its not as sick as Hostel, nothing can top Hostel (Except for Hostel 2 of course). Anyway back to Dead Silence, I found the storyline and theme quite original. For people who have watched Saw, there are some easter eggs in the movie, like seeing the Saw doll in Dead Silence. So I quite enjoyed the movie.

Finally! We all knew it in our hearts but this past week, the whole world has known that Malaysian soccer is in a very sorry state! Suffering a 5-1 thrashing to China, only to be topped by getting 5-0 to Uzbekistan in the recent Asia Cup, we can only hope that we don't give that many goals for the last match for Malaysia against Iran. Since Iran drew with China, I am expecting Iran to have a goal bonanza. So what's wrong with our soccer scene? Simple, we have placed too much importance in the academic aspect of our schools. The sports scene from school is pretty sad. There is no quirks in being great in sports from schools. Without that kind of pull, are we surprised that our talent base in Malaysia is kinda stale? Unfortunately, this problem cannot be rectified in the frame of 5 to 10 years. It will be a long arduous process. If we start now, we'd only be seeing the results in a 20 years time. So for now, Malaysian soccer is dead. The ironic thing is that next month will be Malaysia's Independence.