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Why I Deserve to Meet Wayne Rooney in Person

The answer is simple, I've been a huge fan of the club he plays for for the longest of time, when some friends switch clubs cause the club they were supporting wasn't winning anything to some friends totally don't want to support any clubs at all, I stood strong in my believe in Manchester United. When I first hear of →


World Cup Finals: Spain vs Holland Highlights

If you've missed that match and want to catch the highlights of the match, here's it for you. Spain was crowned the World Cup 2010 Champions, the 1st time they have won this prestigious tournament and effectively claim the top spot in the FIFA ranking as the no. 1 team in the world.


Of Badminton and of Pasar Malam

It's been quite a long while since I last played Badminton, so long so that i have yet to get used to the new point system that is employed at the court. It has been a fun outing of sort being dragged out of the house by a bunch of friends I made in the Salsa Social Scene. Good friends →


Letter to Spouse for FIFA 2010

This is a very important letter. Click on the letter to view it in the larger format. Thank You once again for your cooperation.


Champions League LIVE: Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 2nd Leg

Bayern Munich take a 2-1 lead to Old Trafford to face Manchester United and are also boosted by the return of Arjen Robben. Will Wayne Rooney make a surprise return in this leg? It's all LIVE! Right here on mikeyip.com. Do check back 10minutes prior to the match kick-off at 1945 BST for the LIVE Feed. If the stream were to →


Photos from the Malaysian F1 GP 2010

The Malaysian GP for the 2010 season is up and it's going to be a very wet affair from what we could see from the qualifier. With a handful of upsets with Button and both the Ferrari drivers couldn't manage a good time in Q1. The race will look to be an exciting one with the teams looking at ways →


RMAF’s MiG-29N Air Display @ Malaysia GP 2010

Congratulations to the winners of the signed Nico Rosberg caps. The Race Weekend is here and what better way to start off the weekend postings with photos from the Malaysian GP right? F1 was in town, it was crazy, I didn't go for any of them compared to last year but one place I definitely went to was the Sepang →


WIN Limited Edition Autographed Caps by Nico Rosberg at mikeyip.com

He's the teammate to the famous Michael Schumacher driving for team Mercedes GP Petronas F1 team, the son of the 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, he's also the man I get to meet and have a chat with some time back. In conjunction with the Malaysia GP, mikeyip.com is proud to do this little contest for readers of this blog →


LIVE STREAMING: MANCHESTER UNITED VS LIVERPOOL

Please click Refresh if the stream does not load as it'll try to support the number of users viewing the game. Do click on the respective sponsors in support. Glory Glory Man Utd. For Blackburn and Chelsea fans, you can stay tuned to this stream to catch the Blackburn vs Chelsea match after this game.


Wayne Rooney vs Wayne Rooney

A video to share ahead of the Manchester United vs Liverpool match tonight. Will try to post up a Live Streaming channel of the match here for fans who doesn't have access to watch the match-up on TV. Ryan Giggs returns to the Manchester United squad for the Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Old Trafford. Nemanja Vidic will be →


Manchester United vs AC Milan Highlights

For those of you who missed the 2nd leg of the Champions League where Man Utd via Wayne Rooney demolished AC Milan. Here's the highlights of that game. Watch until the end for David Beckham's interview about the match and his prediction for Man Utd's progress in the Champion's League. It was an awesome display by Wayne Rooney and Park Ji →


Formula 1 2010 Season is just days away!

F1 fans rejoice! The Formula 1 2010 season is just days away with the first race at Bahrain. Even before the start of the season, there has been a lot of controversial news happening in the paddock as the teams gets ready to race around in circles to the cheers of their multitude of fans. Malaysia is sending in it's very →


Carling Cup Final: Aston Villa vs Manchester United Live Stream

For all you fans who can't catch the game on TV. Here's the stream of the match. Your Browser not supports IFRAMES.Refresh when streams goes down.


These Children taught me the true meaning of Never Give Up

About 2 weekends back, I had the chance to observe and interact with a group of children with intellectual disabilities. These children were basically born with Down's syndrome but to me, these kids truly are quite special. Yes, unlike normal children, they take a longer time to comprehend things, even things as simple as opening the door. But having worked →


Eric Cantona’s fav. moment

The following clip was taken from Ken Loach's film 'Looking for Eric'. This particular clip shows Steve Evets, the depressive postman who conjures up his hero, Eric Cantona, to help him turn his life around, asks Cantona about his favorite moment. Yup, his favorite moment was a pass and not the goals he has scored. 'It wasn't a goal. It →


The Work Experience @ Vientiane, Laos

I know I don't write much about my line of work/business and I prefer to keep it that way, after all, this site is about myself, not what I do to earn my keeps. But once in awhile, I do come across some stuff that I'd love to share even if it's about my work. For those that knew me, they'd →


SEA Games 2009 Mixed Doubles Tennis Finals

Went to watch the SEA Games 2009 Mixed Doubles Tennis Finals between Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sanchai Ratiwatana and Thailand's Varatchaya Wongteanchai, Sonchat ratiwatana. It's a game where brothers battle against each other with their respective partners with Tamarine and Sanchai coming out on top (winning the Gold) at the end of the day. I won't bore you with a game by →


Firing Range @ SEA Games 2009

This was shot at the Shooting range where the Finals of the Air Pistol was being held, as I don't understand what is going on, I could just only stand there and wonder aloud why there isn't any loud bangs when they fire. One thing that I feel is lost in the art of shooting in the modern era of the →


Who’ll be sexier in an Air Stewardess Uniform?

Who do you think? Tony Fernandes or Richard Branson? In what is possibly Formula 1's most outrageous news story of the year, AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes, whose Tune Group finances the Lotus team, has accepted a challenge laid down by Virgin's Sir Richard Branson - whichever man is beaten by his rival F1 team next season will dress as a stewardess →


Twitter SEA Games Updates

With not much time to update my blog, I shall do it the cheater's way, by copy and pasting all the updates I've done via Twitter. 11:42 PM Dec 5th : 1st thing that we see checking in at the airport. http://flic.kr/p/7kPqDL 11:46 PM Dec 5th : Leaving in the plane. http://flic.kr/p/7kQ2Uj 12:00 AM Dec 6th : Toys from SQ for Gabriel n →


The 25th Laos SEA Games Opening Ceremony

It's the 25th SEA Games and it's held at Vientiane, Laos. Even though the games had started some time back, the Opening Ceremony was only held last night (9th Dec). The opening ceremony started at 5pm local Lao time with songs and music but officially started at 6pm with the two MCs counting down with the crowd in the National stadium. Immediately →


Day 1 in Vientiane

Officially the first day at the International Broadcast Center. It's all busy busy busy setting up the station ready for our first broadcast from the venue. Here's where I'm working from, about 30min drive from the hotel I'm staying in but near to the stadiums. Changed some money to spend, I'm a freaking millionaire there but the million doesn't last long as before →


Onward to Vientiane!

The Opening ceremony's about 24 hours away. If you're seeing this page, that can only mean one thing. I've gone to Laos and for the next 2 weeks. I'm going to be there cheering the Malaysian team on, irregardless of how many medals they are bringing back. An estimate of 300 to 400-member Malaysian contingent is already there getting themselves used →


FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2009

Was at the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup recently, must say that I have no idea who is who in the swimming world but I'm not there to try and know the people there. Just snap some photos and sharing here. There's a lot more photos after the jump. Feel free to comment on them. More on my flickr.