Sunday, July 11, 2010

Paul the Octopus Vs Mani the parrot



Singapore - Paul the octopus has become a media phenomenon after his perfect predictions on the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. However he has strong competition from another physic animal: Mani the Parakeet, from Singapore.

Paul, from Oberhausen, is facing a serious challenge from Mani the Parakeet, from Singapore, who is also in the sport’s guessing business. His owner claims that Mani has correctly predicted all the teams going into quarter-final games of the World Cup and agreed with Paul on Spain's semi-final victory over Germany.

The competition is becoming hotter now that Paul the Octopus is picking Spain as the winner and Mani the Parakeet has chosen Holland as the new World Cup Champion. Although Paul is known worldwide for his accurate predictions, Mani the Parakeet may have some advantage for clairvoyance powers since he belongs to a roadside astrologer Muniyappa, of Indian origin. The Parakeet’s predictions have already helped Muniyappa to increase traffic to his small business in Singapore's Little India.

The astrologer confesses that he used to see about 10 customers on an average day, but now, aided by Mani's psychic skills he is reading the future to the same number of customers in just one hour. There is no doubt that the definite outcome of the game will be decided by the efforts and skills of the soccer players from Spain and Holland on the pitch of Soccer City in Johannesburg on Sunday. However, it will be very interesting to find out which of the two animal competitors, Paul or Mani, is the one possessing the better psychic competence.

Source from:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/294434

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Do you believe in astrology? Why do you think people are obsessed in knowing about world cup winner? Is there a motive behind this?

18 comments:

  1. Many say that astrology has a strong connection with science. However I don't believe that the stars or science can predict our future. The future is bright for those who put in their utmost effort. This applies to the world cup participants as well. The team that shows determination, who has the talent and skills are going to win the world cup. It may either be Holland or Spain. Hence, astrology has got no links in the world cup winner's prediction. People should not be deceived by astrology.

    Moreover, people are eager to know about the world cup winner even before the match because they want to win their soccer bets. People are dependant on these animals (octopus and parrot) and are trying their luck to win in the soccer betting.

    In my personal opinion, I think that we should not be wasting too much time trying our luck. We should instead believe in ourselves and work hard towards our goals!

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  2. Alvin Ng(33) 2E3 said..

    I believe in Astrology.Many people believe in Astrology because of many reasons.Some choose to believe in it so that they would have motivation when doing somthing.Some chooses to believe in Astrology so that they would gain confidence in doing somthing that they do not really have the confidence in.This would also apply to the World Cup Player.Although they have great skills and also put their best into playing the Match,there may be a possiblity that they would lose even if they are a pro in playing soccer due to Luck in Astrology.

    Many people are obessed in knowing about the World Cup Winnder is because they want to earn money in betting on which of the team would win.They have the confidence to bet on the winning team is also because they believe in Astrology.

    The movtive of behind it is because they want to try their luck in earning money through betting.In my own opinion,most of the people who bet would usually believe in Astrology.

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  3. @alvin: great comments! keep it going!:)

    //Some chooses to believe in Astrology so that they would gain confidence in doing somthing that they do not really have the confidence in//

    I do agree that astrology has these kind of benefits. However, it is a worrying concern that people are over-dependent on astrology. Anyway great comments by you, alvin. let's see what the other friends of 2e3 have to say!!:)

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  4. Douglas(20)2E3 said..

    I dont believe in Astrology because it makes people lose their confidence level.i think that paul the octopus and mani the Parakeet are just very lucky.Soccer is team sports and World cup to some players is the highest level of football,Soccer is won by a team that works together as a team and not just relying on a single star player.The world cup is a tournament millions of people are watching and many would want to impress.As players gets closer and closer to the final, they will be more and more nervous and to some people Astrology may help them to relieve stress but Astrology can also do the opposite.

    People are obsessed with the final score of the final because they may have betted on their team winning.

    The motive behind this is that many people wanted to earn money the easy way.In my opinion,if people wants something they should strive for it.

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  5. @douglas

    well said!! people should strive for what they want and shouldn't be relying on other factors for their ambition to be fulfilled.

    good going, douglas!! :))

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  6. Sometimes , fortune tellers are proved t be right . And in this case , Paul was right , wasn't he ? Some people might say it's just luck . I'm not really a scientific person but if there are researchers that proved the existence of astrology , I would say I might believe it . However , in my perspective, th reason of all these commotion about Paul & Mani is because people are obsessed in finding out the ultimate winner of the World Cup . I think that's only mainly because of the excitement and adrenaline rush it gives the spectators during the whole show . I'm not a soccer fan though , so I don't really know why they love it so much . And I wouldn't say there is a motive behind , unless for those people who place bets on their fav soccer team, so they are so engaged in finding out the winner .

    -ReginePek(8) , 2e3 .

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  7. Cheryl Phoa(09)2E3 said..

    Astrology could predict an individual, group or nation destiny . I don't believe in Astrology as it can affect one's confident level. World cup which ended two days ago has bought billion people of joy and sadness. Spain has won the victory which was perfectly predicted by Paul, the octopus from Oberhausen but not Mani,the parakeet from our country.

    Many people believe in Astrology as it give them more confident to know the winning team therefore they will believe in these two animals to try their luck on the bet.

    In my opinion, I believe the winning team has being practicing very hard to achieve their goals and not through luck as hard work paid in the end.

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  8. @regine& cheryl

    awesome views by both you girls! it's a pleasure to read your opinions! keep it going, girls:))

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  9. I b'live in astrology only sometimes.Some people could be obessed in knowing the world cup winner as there is a possibiltiy they were betting their money on the soccer teams.Another possibility could be that those people are major soccer fans and are supporting their fave soccer teams.Paul and Mani might just be pure luck.Whilst when people hear of them,they just think they(octopus and parrot) are true psychics.
    I think sometimes astrology can spur soccer fans on.Likewise, it can also be quite deceiving too.

    In my opinion,it is safer to do our best rather than to try our luck.

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  11. I don't believe in astrology as i feel that it's just a luck. I think that Paul was just lucky to choose Spain for winning. It won't be always right therefore i think that it's LUCK. Well, people believe in astrology maybe it'll give them more confident and mayb they does't want to lose their bets. However, they're just trying their luck after all. In my opinion, i believe that both teams tried their best to to practice and achieve their goals but not through luck and decisions.

    -KimberlyToh (12) 2E3

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  12. @anonymous & Kimberly,

    good to see your opinions!

    @kimberly: yes i do agree with you that LUCK played a major role in paul's instant rise to FAME!

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  13. Siwen(7)2e3 : i believe in astrology as i think its interesting and amusing:) sometimes the answer of it will appear to be interesting. though astrology is just something to do with our luck,we're somehow able to have a little hints about the future that they predict on. people are obsessed with knowing about world cup winner because they does not want to wait till the end and see the result. they wanted to kw the result through astrology so if they believe and bet on it,they will somehow win,bt those who dont,did not bet they'll not win.

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  14. Tze Liang (27) 2E3 Said:

    I do believe in astrology as i think is amusing as they would have a choice which would bring them luck. As other people tends to believe in astrology, people would always count on the prediction that it predict on.

    I think that many people are obsessed as they wanted to get more money so they would tend bet on world cup. People would follow the astrology to bet on the team that is perdicted to win. If they win, they would believe more is the astrology.

    I personally think that they wanted to earn the money that people pay to see what the astrology predict. We should not rely on astrology too much and should use our own effort to earn money and not betting on world cup.

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  15. Haslam Yau(22) 2E3,
    i do not believe in astrology as i think it is just their luck. i believe in fate more than i believe in luck and astrology.
    i also think that people who predict future have weired behaviours
    i think they have no right to predict the future as fate is in god's hands!

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  16. Astrology ? its useless unless i find it useful . and anyway , soccer betting is not good as it promotes gambling .
    Soccer us fun ^_^


























    Dion ! DominatION !

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  17. I don't believe in Astrology, even though some prediction was right,but I think it's just coincidence. I think that Astrology is created for humans to read or be interested in.
    I think that people who are interested in knowing the World Cup result might be betting on one another to see who will win. Or some people are anxious to know the results.

    -Belinda, 2E3

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  18. I do not believe in Astrology,even if the prediction was correct. As i think that it is just pure luck.
    Like what Miss Gaya said people are eager to know about the world cup winner even before the match because they want to win their soccer bets.So they would try their luck to bet on that country.

    Dennis Chea(18) 2E3

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