Quarter-Finals

Here we go!
Germany (2 - 2, 4 - 3* Argentina
*that means 2 - 2 after 90 minutes, 4 - 3 on penalty kicks
Italy (2 - 1) Ukraine
England (1 - 0) Portugal
Brazil (2 - 1) France

Had a really good round in the sweet 16, went 7 - 1 with 3 correct scores. But decided to go with some exra time/tie predictions for the rounds that are coming up. As Albert said, most of my predictions for the round of 16 were the favourites, so nothing to brag about, but the 3 correct scores was pretty nice.
Anyways, more sports stuff coming up.

Knockout Round

My sincerely apologies to my dedicated readers who anxiously await new predictions each day (haha..yeah right), been busy lately and this just haven't been at the top of my priority list (sports not as one of Wesley's priority? lol). Anyways, for the past few match days, I've been hovering around the .500 mark also, with a couple of correct scores (ex. France 2 - 0 Togo, ).

Now is the time for the sweet 16 (stolen from the NCAA =D). The most intriguing matchup looks to be the Portugal vs. Holland match on Sunday, with Spain vs. France next Thursday not far behind. So here are my predictions for the 8 matches.

Germany 3 - 1 Sweden
Argentina 2 - 1 Mexico
England 2 - 0 Ecuador
Portugal 1 - 0 Holland
Italy 3 - 1 Australia
Ukraine 1 - 0 Switzerland
Brazil 3 - 0 Ghana
Spain 2 - 1 France

Next world cup update will be next Friday after the completion of the sweet 16.

The Sports world
But thats not all for sports. A HUGE week coming up in the world of sports. NHL draft tomorrow morning, and Wednesday the NBA draft will take place. Also, a huge trade was just annouced seeing T. Bertuzzi going to Florida along with A. Auld and another player for R. Luongo. Also rumours are floating around that C. Pronger wants out of Edmonton. More thoughts on these and more this weekend, along with another rant about the Leafs management, or should I say mis-management of the Leafs.
In the mean time, I'm extremely excited for this weekend.

TTOW!

Match Day 11

My bad for missing today's games. Cut to the chase. Surprise draw between Japan and Croatia, I was expecting another blow-up sort of match from Japan. I expected a Brazil win, but their performance is still not up to par yet. And another somewhat surprising draw between France and S. Korea. France is once again could be eliminated in the group stage after two draws.

Predictions for match day 11:
Togo (0 - 1) Switzerland

Saudi Arabia (0 - 2) Ukraine

Span (3 - 0) Tunisia

Thoughts

You know the feeling you get after you did something, and then when you reflect, you wonder what could've been if you did it differently, or simply not did it at all. Wondering if things would've be the same. Maybe you ponder whether making the decision to act now would cause the same effect now if you were going to act a few months/years down the road.

Is it regret? Not totally. In a way, it is because of how things turned out, losing something that I cherished, something that I would probably do anything to have back. I guess I didn't expect things to turn out the way they did, but at the same time, risks and rewards. I guess in this instance, the risk was big, but the reward could've been bigger, who knows (well, God knows...) At the same time, losing what I had, in a way, taken for granted, really put things into perspective. While it will probably never be the same, I can only pray and hope that one day down the road, maybe things will somehow right itself. I keep reminding myself, can't lose what I never had, but at the same time, if I let you go, will dreams come true? Maybe tomorrow, when you tell me you love me, maybe the puzzle of my heart will be solved. Am I being a fool again, but it seems loneliness knows me by name, while world of our own seems so far away. One day, hopefully, if its written in the stars, you'll find out why do I love you, and never having to feel I'm missing loving you again.

While its been rough, extremely tough at times, maybe its just the way I need to be taught, learning that its not on my timing and in my will, but rather in His timing. It is not about writing my own story, but giving Him the pen and paper for Him to mold me. I pray that I will continue to seek to know Him more and to be more like Him.

Match Day 9

Match Day 8:

Argentina (2 - 0) Serbia & M (6 - 0) =) WOW

Holland (2 - 0) Ivory Coast (2 - 1) =)

Mexico (2 - 0) Angola (0 - 0) =(

If anyone tell me they knew Argentina was going to win 6 - 0...get in touch with me.

Match Day 9 predictions:

Portugal (2 - 0) Iran

Czech Republic (3 - 0) Ghana

Italy (1 - 0) USA