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Last week on Friday (The day after the A-League franchise Sydney FC had signed a 37 year old Italian Football Superstar, Alessandro Del Piero for a contract worth 2 years which cost about $5,000,000 + Del Piero confirmed to debut for his new club when they hit New Zealand to take on the Wellington Phoenix in the season opener of the A-League), where me & Dad did go to Trafalgar Square to look at both EB Games & The Warehouse (Motto: Where everyone get's a bargain) + had Macca's for breakfast for the 3rd time (Had hunger buster menu & had hotcakes when we got home because I have not tried these McDonald's hotcakes for like several years ago), then Nan & Pops picked me up to go to the Brick House 1st when I had chicken curry and dessert was chocolate cheesecake (The cheesecake is my personal fav dessert) before heading to UCOL to catch up for a cooking class (Gina Wagstaffe was here along with the Chinese students) and we were making custard tarts (Which tasted like it wasn't bad) then 1 day later, went to the Astral Chaos: Cooks Gardens (The CG) for another Heartland Rugby Championship game which the current Meads Cup champions Wanganui won 42 - 3 (+ We got the bonus point) against the reigning Lochore Cup champions Poverty Bay with tries scored by Vaan Rauhina (Who got 2), Andrew Retallick, Asalemo 'Ace' Malo & newcomer Saul Chase with Mark Davis got all the conversions but the match was like at the 25th minute that downpour had came through the playing field (Making it difficult to play such as handling the ball would cause a handling error like that), and after our victory in the Heartland Championship, we went home to wait for the All Blacks to play Argentina but a few hours later it was on before the national anthems was played and the traditional All Blacks Maori haka was performed and after that, the matched kicked off minutes before Cruden struck the AB's 1st with a penalty, putting them 3 points to nothing until when the big veteran Argentine prop of Rodrigo Roncero scored the 1st try of the match but the conversion was hit between the posts until Argentina was penalised allowing Aaron Cruden to hit back the lead (6 - 5) before halftime, and after halftime, both teams are eager to prepare for the 2nd half, nek minute, there was a blackout (Or should I say, power outage), causing the Cake Tin to switch the floodlights off because it was failed before it was fully restored 15 minutes ago and the lights are indeed back to full strength before play resumes with the 2nd half when Ma'a Nonu gets the All Blacks up to speed, support from Kieran Read but absolutely smashed/pummeled from JM (Juan Martin) Hernandez on Conrad Smith brings an abrupt end to the manouver so let's see how the match unfolds:

51st minute: Cruden edges the All Blacks further ahead with the first points of the second half after in the 49th minute that los Pumas was penalised at the breakdown and Cruden did have the chance to give his side some more breathing room.

58th minute: New Zealand have the penalty after a quick tap from Aaron Smith when the ball is spun wide before the ball is deliberately knocked down by Julio Farias surely stopping a try when Farias is shown yellow by the referee of that game, Romain Poite of France (Poite also recieved a yellow card to that Irish player, Rob Kearney when Ireland suffered a 60 - 0 heavy defeat against the AB's in June way back) so Aaron Cruden went for the 3 pointer but uh-oh! He missed after Cruden manages to hit both posts with the penalty kick before it bounces back into play but frantic passage of play.

67th minute: The All Blacks score the 1st try of the 2nd half when Conrad Smith and Nonu combine to create the opening for Julian Savea to score in the corner but Cruden's wide with the conversion attempt.

72nd minute: Another try was scored by NZ after a set play from the scrum and Cory Jane is the beneficiary out wide, but in the 73rd minute, Cruden has managed to nail the extras

74th minute: There is a new All Black prop when Charlie Faumuina became the 1,116th All Black by replacing Owen Franks for the remainder of the match when New Zealand cruised to victory with a score of 21 - 5 moments before Australia tasted it's 1st victory of the new Rugby Championship beating South Africa in a tight game 26 - 19 with prop Ben Alexander scoring the match winner in the 68th minute and of course, center Berrick Barnes successfully adding the conversion to add 2 extra points on offer.

And on Monday, went back here to the Citadel of San Raphael (15A Kells Avenue) for dinner/dessert as part of Nan's birthday celebrations (for dinner was roast lamb with roast kumara wedges and plum tabbouleh & for dessert was hot lava cakes with chocolate eclair ice-cream as well as chocolate cheescakes that Dad bought and we did have an apero before dinner is served (I had cucumber dip with peanuts, crackers & creaming soda for drinks) as well as watching the news that Mitch Evans (Labelled the new 'Scott Dixon' and mentor of Australian F1 race car driver Mark Webber) has won the GP3 Series title (And after winning the GP3 title, Evans will next year compete in GP2).

1 Day later on the 11th anniversary of September 11th, 2011, The All Whites played against the Solomon Islands (Which has got Benjamin Totori who was already signed on with the A-League franchise, the Wellington Phoenix after being impressed by the Phoenix/All Whites coach, Ricki Herbert) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup OFC Qualifier 3rd round and we did beat them by 6 goals to 1 at North Harbour Stadium (The goalscorers were: Shane Smeltz, Kosta Barbarouses, Chris Killen, Tony Lochhead, Chris Wood & Marco Rojas).

Yesterday, Me & my father went back to Trafalgar Square once again since last Friday & bought a new game for the PS3 (Playstation 3) but the game was never released until today (Well, Dad now has got the game and I cannot wait for this until I get back) before having McDonald's for lunch and we wen't home and had steak schintzel, eggs & onions for dinner last night.

And now today, I have got to finish my 11th blog for today after going swimming, did the vaccuming outside (Watered the vegetable plants), reading listeners and having lunch (Leftover chow mein with canned tomatoes & toast) & afternoon tea (Chai tea & the last of the ginger crunch) before dinner time (We are having Caesar salad and dessert is custard tarts, rhubarb & cream).

P.S. (BREAKING NEWS REPORT): Piri Weepu confirmed to start (Along with Andrew Hore (For Mealamu), Sam Whitelock (Retallick) & Liam Messam (Vito) with Tamati Ellison in the reserves/bench) as once again the 1st choice half-back after Aaron Smith reportedly broke the team's rules & regulations thus ending the All Black half-back debacle (The debacle began after the events of the AB's RWC 2011 victory when Piri Weepu was seriously overweight at Christmas time before the start of the new Super Rugby season, and when he discovered that he was unfit due to being plagued his weight problems, his All Black chances had gone up in smoke due to his poor form (The Blues had recorded losses) when Steve Hansen, the coach, had decided to pick newcomer Aaron Smith as the new 1st choice All Black half-back, displacing Weepu to 2nd choice but after the All Blacks - Pumas game, A reversal had been made with Smith broke a team-imposed curfew, allowing Weepu to start for the upcoming Rugby Championship match against the Springboks (With new lock, Eben Etzebeth suspended for a head-butt on Wallaby lock, Nathan Sharpe (Now filling in as Wallabies skipper following injuries to Will Genia (Who was the stand-in skipper for the injured David Pocock, but was now recently injured in a match after damaging his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) & Pocock (Injured when we beat them in Sydney) for James Horwill (Ruled out due to a season ending injury) & once again, becoming the 1st choice half-back for the 1st time since the Rugby World Cup when Weepu 1st became 1st choice half-back following Dan Carter's famous groin injury which ruled him out of the tournament + It will be next week when Valerie Adams (Originally a silver medalist in the women's shot put when Nadzeya Ostapchuk got the gold but got DQ'ed for a positive test which was a drug testing failure which caused Ostapchuk to be stripped of her gold medal by ending her Olympics campaign in disgrace) will recieve her gold medal next week in Auckland presented by His Excellency, The NZ Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae (Those will be attending at the ceremony are fellow Olympic gold medalists Mahe Drysdale, Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, Jo Aleh & Olivia Powrie).