Monday, June 28, 2010

Teaching Lions How to Cry


Ball possesion? It’s England. Famous player? It’s England. Number of fans? It’s England, Experienced Team Player? It’s England. But The winner? It’s GERMANY!
Lately, i’ve been reviewing England progress, and the history of recent head-to-head against Germany. I found out that Germany ALWAYS won the match. But still, i feel worried. England has all great player on their side: Lampard, Terry, Gerrard, Rooney, both Coles. My Men weren’t as experienced as them. They all played Bundesliga, no specific player has such great record in league. But you know what, My Men work in TEAM.
I knew that England full of popular player, but it seems that they’re not coordinate really well. Rooney runs here, Gerrard works there. Etc. Defend is awful and apart. Strike individually and emotionally.
Look at ALL MY MEN IN WHITES, they’re not that popular, they’re not that experienced, lack of caps. But the teamwork ignore those obstacles, and made em as strong team.
Look at how all goals produced, it was a result of cooperation. I, myself, admiring the teamwork of my youngest men: Oezil (22) and Mueller (20) at the 3rd goal. If it was England in that position, with Rooney and Lampard arround, Rooney will shoot the goal himself, ignores Lampard, and that will be no goal.
There are number of attack to us, but we had Lahm and Friedrich to prevent that. Plus, if the attack emerged, we had Nauer. My men really are worked as TEAM.
And look now, the result of teamwork is : 4-2 (i’m still counting on Lampard’s, i admit that). It’s a high class football.
All My Men, i look forward on the next match against Argentina/Mexico! Keep up the great teamwork. Unite we stand, divide we fall!
PS. Wishing there’s clear FIFA broadcasting at LIBURENG (my KKN location)

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Mesut Ozil Score, Australia Revenge on Our Behalf


I sat, i played some game, i online, i typed. All to keep my eyes open, so i won't miss the match tonight. This is it, the critical phase of My All Men: Germany. If they’re win, they compete the next stages. If they draw, they must hardly pray of Serbia and Australia draw too. If they lose, then it’s over for them.

I put so much effort to watch the match. Praying, wearing new jersey i bought, and a Germany bracelet Ummi brought (it is effort, you know, hehehe).

About 4 hours waiting, here comes Der Panzer. But wait, they all wearing blacks? They weren’t my men in whites. Hey, what was that mean? I have a weird feeling about this.

And yet, it is another nerve wrecking match, it just like watching some horror movie. The field seems too quiet without Klose, but we had great and young players on our side (one of them, i put it on my propic on Facebook).

The match stays draw at the first half, then it means Ghana and Germany wil qualify for 16 stages. I keep on track with the other match, which is the match between Australia and Serbia. It stays draw too.

It is the exact one hour i watch the game when finally Germany scores goal! And guess what, it comes from MESUT OZIL! The moslem in the house! It is a luxury goal, with a total accuracy. I shout out loud: “Guten Murgen, ich bin klug, du bist dumm! Bitte langsem fahren*!” (it’s the only German Language i knew. Kkk )

Keep the defend, My Men in Black!

I check the other MatchCast at Fifa.com, the shock comes from Australia when they score a goal! What on earth happened to the Serbs? The one that brought us down last match? Then my conclusion were right, they just won by the luck.

Everything goes so well, according as what i want it to be: Ozil scores, and Australia defeat Serbs (on my and Germany behalfs).

Great game. One gorgeus goal, enough to guarantee our place on 16 stage.

Raidah Intizar @ 4.44 AM
*) Selamat pagi! Saya pintar, kamu bodoh. Tolong nyetir hati-hati

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Si Rob, (Alias Si Robek Kirikanan)


Ummi pulang. Kalau biasanya dia membawa t-shirt dan gantungan kunci, kali ini Ummi membawa oleh-oleh yang tidak biasa: sepasang sneaker belel.
Sneaker itu warnanya coklat dengan line merah. Sudah terlihat tua. Robek dan berbulu. Talinya bahkan hampir putus. Kata Ummi lagi cuci gudang, cuma sepuluh euro. Begitu Ummi lihat sneaker itu di suatu toko khusus sepatu, langsung teringat saya.
Saya memperhatikannya lagi.
Sneaker ini benar-benar belel. Mana ada sneaker baru bulukan begini?
"Iya, ini baru. Kan tambah bulukan, tambah keren katamu."
Masih ada barcodenya. Memang baru. Tapi sebenarnya Ummi tidak perlu khawatir, saya tahu, sejak sneaker itu keluar dari koper Ummi, saya sudah menyukainya. Sangat.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

You and The Wrinkle

I thought about this,
and i started to laugh myself
There's two things that looking for me right now
The first is you,
Someday you'll find me
love me
treasure me
the second is wrinkle
Someday it'll find me either
catch me
and stay by my side
thus,
when the day comes
the one stays with me
is the wrinkles
and about you,
i never dare to assure
to the death.
Let's say: i will never know.

Friday, June 18, 2010

All My Men in Whites


There’s a man in the bright green field of Port Elizabeth today, he was wearing black shirt with a lime-yellow line. He runs here and there, holding a same-lime-color whistle in his right hand. Do you recognize him? His name is Alberto Undiano. He’s a referee for the World Cup Match tonight and i hate him so much that if i recall his face, i’d like to hit something. HE's totally contribute on Germany-not-a-100%-performance.

All my men in whites has to suffer the bitter of defeat. I understand how shocked they were after Klose sent off the match (due to this, Klose will not appear on the match againts Ghana). Podolski has to work alone (he seems lost without his duo, Klose), and many matters followed behind. But still, they endure it, and tried their best. Podolski has a total 7 chances to shot, but failed anyway. And it’s about time i realise, sometime (mostly) football is all about LUCK.

Perhaps someone need 20% of skill and talent, but 80% rest is always about the LUCK(remembering 7 shots Podolski has, with 1 PENALTY chance)

And here i am, totally stunned by the result of the game. But i need to gain consciousness that GAME is WIN or LOSE. Althought Germany never fails or LOSE in every match they through (Germany have no lost a game in the GROUP STAGES since 1986. FIFA.com), this will be a match to remember. But no worries, Germany still has good points to step forward.

All my men in whites, i’ll keep wishing for your luck in the next head-to-head. No matter what happened to you, even if you not pass the group stages, it’s all fine by me. I will support you today, tomorrow, the next FIFA 2014, 2018, and so on. Because i commit an allegiance for only GERMANY.

Raidah Intizar
@ JUNE 18th 21:45

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Ummi Pergi...

Saya kangen sama Ummi. Kangen berat. Ummi cuma pergi sepuluh hari tapi rasanya sudah setahunan Ummi tidak ada di rumah. Membereskan sana-sini. Mengomel tentang ini-itu.

Memang baru kali ini beliau pergi lama sekali (10 hari itu masuk kategori lamaaaa sekali). Kecuali umroh dan haji. Tapi saya senang Ummi akhirnya bersedia liburan sama Aba. Meskipun Ummi wanita karir, liburan baginya selalu berarti 'rumah'. Di hari Ahad, Ummi akan melakukan pembersihan massal, dan itu selalu berarti 'libur' baginya.

Di satu sisi saya senang Ummi liburan, di sisi yang lain saya sangat kehilangan beliau. Apalagi setelah saya meletakkan diri saya dalam sepatu Ummi (Tidak secara harfiah). Saya menjadi 'Ummi' lima hari terakhir ini. Pukul lima pagi membangunkan semua anak-anak di rumah, menyeret mereka sholat subuh. Lalu saya harus mencuci pakaian, membuat sarapan di waktu yang sama. Memaksa mereka mandi secepatnya, serta memandikan si bungsu yang kadang masih tidur saat saya keramasi. Melepas mereka sekolah (kalau bukan saya sendiri yang mengantar mereka). Lalu saya ke kantor Ummi, ke bank, membeli keperluan rumah. Pulang petang dilanjut beres-beres lagi. Memastikan anak-anak sholat maghrib jamaah dan mengaji bersama. Kemudian meminta mereka makan malam, main game PC secukupnya, dan tidur tepat waktu.

Rutinitas Ummi selalu seperti itu, dan saya baru merasakan empati yang sangat dalam terhadap Ummi. Karena sungguh, semua itu benar-benar melelahkan. 10 hari mungkin tak sebanding dengan bertahun-tahun rutinitas Ummi. Semoga Ummi melalui hari yang menyenangkan di tempat liburannya nun jauh di sana.