AC Milan got off to a quick start, with Maldini scoring within the first 50 seconds. Things went downhill for Liverpool from there, and the score was a humiliating 3-0 to Milan at the end of the first half, and two players suffered injuries. Drastic changes, Rafa!

the mood at halftime...

Drastic changes were made, and just 9 minutes into the second half it began to turn around... Goals by Gerrard, Smicer and Alonso in 6 short minutes of madness!!!! AC Milan 3, Liverpool 3! Who would have thought it?

A worthy captain heads in the goal that triggers the amazing comeback...

30 minutes of extra time. Players were running on empty, but Liverpool hung on for dear life... The oft-criticized Dudek made a super last ditch double save off Shevchenko (European Player of the Year 2004) dubbed 'the real hand of God'. You should have seen it.

The much dreaded Penalties. Dudek the hero again. His Grobbelaar-inspired "starfish with jelly legs" impersonation saved the day, and Liverpool beat AC milan 3-2 on penalties. What a comeback!!!! You too could learn to "Du the Dudek". =P

the final save that won the game... (nice thighs...hee)

and so a miracle happened...the world was painted red.

..and we all lived happily ever after.

The heartstopping drama was well worth it... (damn stressful to watch the game ok!!)

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.....

A Food Odyssey 2005
Daryl visited Boston for three weeks, and we finally got to spend some quality time together. Of course we did little else but indulge in something that excites us both greatly....EATING loh. =P BU's spring break coincided with his visit, but instead of doing something like snowboarding or going on a road trip, we decided on cooking as our main form of activity. Yeah, there's nothing like a good meal to get that adrenaline (or is it just saliva?) flowing. We cooked at least one meal a day, and big meals they were. We had 3 friends over for dinner one night, and planned an eight-course meal, just because there were so many things we wanted to cook! In the end we settled for just six courses (but of course the other two courses we cooked for ourselves the next day). I'm not sure how much weight I put on...I can see myself getting rounder and unfortunately, i think it's the same for D. He's now back in Singapore (more food!), and his relatives have been telling him that he's gotten fatter, but of course following up with 'oh, that's a good thing'. One day I should put up some before and after pics of us...one from a few years ago when we were fitter and healthier, and one after our most recent binge fest. But we had an awesome time and I suppose being apart for 80% of each year, that's would be the most important thing...

Here's one of our homecooked meals with Chicken Watercress Soup, Grilled Sambal Stingray, erm..some sort of Sambal Tumis with Eggs and Stingray dish, and Salted Fish Fried Rice! My only table is really small, not even 1m x 1m, so maybe that's the limiting factor to the number of dishes we make. Hehe =)

Fried carrot cake (Chye Tau Kweh) singapore style. Sometimes when i'm really craving for hawker food, this is a quick and easy dish to fry up.

D actually baked me a surprise cake for my 24th birthday! Okay, it's really a butter cake covered with frosting (sinful...), and I like butter cake and I like surprises and I like D, so as you can guess I was REALLY happy. And if you know D, baking is not something usually associated with him, and it made it all the more special. I must add, not just because i'm awfully biased, that the cake was pretty damn good. Oh, and warm cake is better than cold cake. So guys, next time it's your girl's birthday, bake her a cake right before she gets home. Make her day. Help her feel better about getting older. =)

thanks for doing all the dishes too D! =)

Mm..will post more pics once I upload the next batch from the camera...i think 75% of those pics are of food. Yum!

snow day
What was touted as the "Blizzard of '05" hit us two nights ago, dumping more than 2 feet of snow in Boston... Luckily I was safely tucked away in the warm oven i call home. Kash and I went out into the streets at night. It was fun to say the least. Jumping into untouched piles of light, fluffy snow, making snow angels, snow-fighting was great. Not something i experienced alot while growing up in tropical singapore! Unfortunately, i don't have digital pics of the actual snow storm to post. The next morning, my poor car was buried up to its windows. It's the first one in line on the left side of the pic.

Here's a close-up! I sure had a great time digging this out of all that snow the next day. *grimace* There were several people out on the streets, sliding/sledding down the hill next to my apartment on rubber tubes and cardboard boxes. i suppose some good things do come out of having such heavy snow.... school today was cancelled! =)