Perhaps the MU team goalmouth should made twice as big as M’sian side’s goal mouth…. same concept as NEP …… to narrow the difference/gap..

And this goes all the up to Cabinet level? The international community must be laughing at our tin-pot cabinet who got nothing better to do than to discuss a friendly football mis-match.

MU did the right thing by cancelling the match. They respect rules and agreements. Our government does the opposite. We should not be shamed by the foolishness of our leaders.

Soccer has no boundaries. Any race, any religion, any person can choose to have this interest in soccer.

Inviting Man U to come over is like saying ” let us forget the burdensome issues for say 2 hours “. You happy. Me happy. After the match is over, then we talk. It is a psychological warfare. Probably feeling pleased with watching Man U’s action, you give way more easily.

As for the unquestioning culture among the students, it is more because of the fear of being shamed, embarrassed and being suppressed. If there is one popular traditional word, it is the word of ” malu “. Why can’t people have solid objective reasons instead ? ” Malu ” is subjective.

In the Western world, students are allowed and encouraged to speak up. In the Asian culture, this would mean impoliteness. The second the student wishes to express something, the second the parent or the teacher or the adult guardian would look at him her with those angry eyes. So the student learns through the years to just keep quiet and to be ” humble “. The junior worker who has his her way of doing things is stopped so often by the senior worker and through the years also, he she learns to obey instructions, never questions and the reward will be a promotion, a good confidential report and a happy life.

He is fiddling all right - even in his sleep. Don’t fiddle too much or you may go blind!