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What a day.....

Today, 16 may 2006, a day that will...........



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£1,000,000 World Cup Insurance

A football fan has taken out a £1m insurance policy against the trauma of England being knocked out of the World Cup early.

Paul Hucker paid £100 plus £5 insurance tax for the World Cup All Risks Insurance, through britishinsurance.com, reports Sky News.

If England are knocked out in the first round of the competition, the insurer will turn to five sports commentators to see if their exit is premature.

Mr Hucker will then have to provide medical evidence showing that he has suffered severe mental trauma as a result if he is to get his seven-figure payout.

The only thing the policy does not cover is England failing to progress through the tournament as a direct result of players being out due to metatarsal injuries.

Mr Hucker said he had taken out the policy following years of disappointment when England failed to progress to the final stages of a competition, and the agony of watching them lose on penalties.

He said: "The pressure of this World Cup is not just on the players and the managers. I think a lot of supporters are under a lot of pressure and suffer because of England's performance.
"I find when it goes to penalty shoot-outs it gets very difficult and I wanted to insure myself against psychological trauma."

The 34-year-old, from Ipswich, said England were always the "nearly men" and he had suffered trauma after England had been knocked out of every major competition following hype, despite being used to disappointment as a Newcastle United fan.

He added that despite the prospect of a £1m payout he would still be cheering on England in the World Cup.

He said: "I feel very patriotic and very optimistic. To have psychological trauma and depression is something I don't want."

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The Kuns BBQ

The Kuns!!!

Last Friday, the Kuns* had their BBQ over at Mr. Tan’s place. Honestly it was not a day for BBQ.

It was raining non stop the whole evening, just after the sun took cover, the rain did too. Min Min, Sang Dong and I met at Journg East, from there we made our way to Paya Labar MRT station. Upon arrival at PYL MRT, the rain showed us it hardest. And to make it worst there was not a single available taxi around. We reached there at 6:30, but only got into a taxi at 7:45pm. I was so frustrating, and pissed us off terribly. The wait made us hungrier too. Sang Dong could not take it so she started to eat the marshmallows and cherry tomatoes that were for the BBQ. When we did get a taxi, it was such a relief.

Upon arrival at Yew Meng’s place we tucked in to the food, we were SO hungry. We were also introduced to 2 of Gabriel’s friends from Germany. It was a cool atmosphere. The barbequing, the chat, and the food. At 9, Chris, Sang Dong and Min Min wanted to watch a tele program on channel 8, so they left the rest to watch it. We then played card tricks with Yew Meng’s wife. She is a really nice lady. She was also very proud of her corn that she had made, honestly I enjoyed the corn.

Close to 10, we packed up and clear the BBQ pit area and moved over to the house. There we were showed around the house and took photos too. Mrs Tan packed some of the food into little packets for each of us to take home. It was really cute.

I enjoyed myself greatly….hope we can have another BBQ with the Kuns* again.


*Kuns refer to those who went on the Kunming Trip in March.

Here are some snap shots to enjoy.....

Where did she get the teddy bear from?

Yew Meng, his daugther, and 2 Germans

Cheeseeeeee......

Trying to act cute(Chris)

So this is a Singaporean BBQ (german)