Yours Truly: My 24th blog of the year 2024

Well, we're a month away until the Olympics in Paris, France that I'm always looking forward to, but security has being heightened/upped for that occasion to safeguard the athletes, officials, coaches & the athlete's families from any possible terrorist activity & cyberattacks as well as due to of course, political tensions surrounding the Israeli invasion of Hamas as well as that terrible event that I still cannot post it on my blogs not only it is objectionable & sensitive to the country who started it which is still going since February 24th in 2022, but the Euros in Germany at Euro 2024 is underway with the host nation who is set to square off against Scotland in the tournament opener in Muenchen at the Muenchen Arena which was opened in either 2005 or 2006 in time for the Football World Cup which was held in that country.

And the America's Cup (Which is back after 3 years since Emirates Team New Zealand's 2nd successful defence of the Auld Mug against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli at the City of Sails in Auckland, New Zealand in the most recent America's Cup in 2021 (And Alinghi wasn't there at the time when NZ retained the holy grail of world sailing for only the second time just like in 2000 (The first time New Zealand successfully defended the cup) in which the syndicate was known as FAST 2000) in Barcelona, Spain is due to get underway first with the Louis Vuitton Cup (Formerly Prada Cup before LV took over the sponsorship rights again to the AC challenger series) in September with 5 challengers such as France, Italy, Switzerland (Who are the favourites according to the bookmakers in which they haven't won since 2007 & last held it in 2010 when they were defeated against Oracle who held on to it until 2017 against ETNZ in Bermuda), UK & the United States (Well, if American Magic win it, the next edition of the America's Cup will be held in Pensacola, Florida, United States) all vying to dethrone our own Emirates Team New Zealand to become the new holders of the Auld Mug, just like Alinghi did in 2003 where they conquered them in Auckland against Team New Zealand (Who later became Emirates Team New Zealand who are our current holders of the Auld Mug since 2017 in which we won in Bermuda against the all-Aussie crew of Oracle Team USA) with the Swiss becoming the 4th different nation to claim the America's Cup after the US, Australia & New Zealand.

And it's been 19 years since Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out in cinemas world wide which is the last movie of the prequel trilogy (But the 1st movie of the prequels of The Phantom Menace is celebrating their 25th anniversary so I'll be seeing the film in November on Blu-ray on my PS5 console), so I will be watching that movie on the 4th of May which is Star Wars day which is the unofficial day for Star Wars observers/fans out there a day (And it's just 3 years away until the beloved Star Wars franchise celebrates it's 50th anniversary of the film's release which is in 2027 (A year after the new Star Wars: New Jedi Order movie comes out) before Cinco de Mayo which is a yearly celebration held to celebrate Mexico's win of the 2nd French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza.

And finally Pops told me on the 3rd of May that one commented about the late great New Zealander of Jonah Lomu being one of the all-time greats in the sport of rugby throughout the mid 90's to early 2000's period, but too bad he passed away in 2015 due to health problems that he's always had to deal with which haunted him throughout his life & he shares similarities to the late American boxer Muhammad Ali (Who passed away in 2016), but no rugby players from any country as of today could emulate Lomu & his performances on the rugby field that he used to have (But now they have Frenchman Antoine Dupont who is now the best rugby player in the world during the modern era, but it's a shame that his country of France were unable to become world champions in rugby due to a defeat against the reigning champs South Africa in the quarterfinal of the Rugby World Cup last year by a single point in which the French fell short on that occasion).

So that is my 548th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 24th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

P.S. And a big shoutout to Pops wishing him all the best for his big 77 so best wishes to Pops for his 77th birthday.

Room To Breathe/It Feels So Good: My 23rd blog of the year 2024

Well, news just in as an Ohio man who allegedly shot an Uber driver in the aftermath of both being targeted by a scam back in the United States, but now he faces a murder, assault & kidnapping charge after intending to shoot & kill an Uber driver he believed was scamming on him as Uber are assisting investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed as Deputies in Clark County have arrested an elderly man accused of killing an Uber driver while both being targeted by a "Scam call" (And how would Brock do that you know? Because he could be jailed for up to 15 years to life &/or being given a fine of $15,000 for what he did on Loletha Hall for killing her & taking Hall hostage like that, I mean that is terrible, but horrific), unlike that the United States is trying or attempting to successfully enforce a crack down on the social media platform Tiktok because it is being owned by a Chinese company in response to China (Who has Douyin which is mainland China's version of Tiktok) already clamping down on American social media platforms such as Facebook, X & Instagram, but I label China's ban on dissent as stupid, mainly because I criticize them about that country since that deadly but tragic protests & massacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing that took place in 1989.

And something terrible has happened in Australia as both the mother & daughter have been stabbed by Joel Cauchi who was shot by a female police inspector who had sleepless nights (And she has lauded for saving "Much, much lives" with her act of bravery) to end the traumatic stabbing rampage that left 6 people murdered & at least 11 others wounded at Bondi Westfield in Sydney in which the mass murderer had diagonsed with a mental illness such as schrizophenia at 17 & had been living in his car before killing 6 people with a knife.

And another terrible thing as occurred as Israel is invading Iran by carrying out a military strike early yesterday in a potentially dangerous escalation of a fast-widening Middle East conflict that Iranian officials have so far sought to play down as Israel hasn't commented & Iran hasn't identified the source of attack (And I mean this could trigger World War 3 if it keeps going because there is 2 but now 3 wars such as the terrible event unfolded that they had along with Israel's war on Hamas & now the Israeli's invading Iran that could potentially set up a wider conflict), but things have gone from bad to worse as college campuses & universities in the United States have been marred by widespread anti-war protests regarding to Israel's invasion of Hamas with hundreds of arrests being made but some have been asked to leave (In which they've been given 48 hours to do so) or else an arrest will be made if they don't comply with the clampdown on free speech about the war in Gaza, fearing for their safety of their Jewish students attending a college or university throughout America as well as trespassing therefore breaching a loophole regarding to illegal occupation where students have been given a cease & desist order not only there is heightened law enforcement prescence out there as they had to send a report to police about disorderly behaviour being spread by the protestors themselves as well as multiple incidents filed related to anti-semitism (And literally, That's un-damn called for! That ain't necessary!), but there's cops everywhere, left, right & center, & I mean that war over there in Gaza is always terrible (And there has been an update as 34,000 lives have been taken away when Gaza had still turned into hell since that horrendous war that began on the 7th of October which is like the new February 24th that in 2022 in which that terrible event began that I still can't post it due to the objectionable but sensitive nature about them that I always not mentioning to avoid the confusion of being offended to the people of that country who started it (And is it fine for me to display a message that reads viva Ukraine on my blogs as well as viva Palestine? I'm not quite sure about it regarding to free speech, but I've being doing that since 2022 (And last year) led by that senseless lunatic, but there are calls for silence & censorship to end that nosense.

And finally that the Maiakawanakaulani 'Maia' Roos led Blues women have won their first Super Rugby Aupiki title against the Kennedy Simon led Chiefs Manawa after being 18 - 6 down to overturn a 12 point deficit in front of an Eden Park faithful that turned out to witness history (And both sides first met in 2021 where the Chiefs went on to win on that occasion a year before winning the Super Rugby Aupiki title in 2022, then the combined South Island side of Matatu who became champs last year & now the Blues women have done it now this year with the Black Ferns squad expected to be announced in the coming days).

So that is my 547th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 23rd of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

P.S. And a shout out to my close mate of Carole Webb for wishing her a 72nd birthday on the 17th of June so best wishes.

What You Waiting For?: My 22nd blog of the year 2024

Well, there was a Rugby World Cup related story that the last time that a side went on to win the tournament other than the All Blacks & the Springboks was England way back in 2003 when I told Pops about it before South Africa took over in 2007 when they first won the tournament in France (With Scotland & Wales providing the co-hosting rights) followed by New Zealand in 2011 at our home World Cup & 2015 in England with some matches being played in Wales, then it was the Boks turn to dominate the last 2 Rugby World Cups in both 2019 in Japan & last year at the most recent one in France (In which our AB's side were gonna do it, but the experienced South African side clinged on by just a single point when they edged us in that controversial final which was fuelled by cards, incidents regarding to foul play & the bad TMO decision which let the AB's down especially our discipline to defend rugby's holy grail in which they achieved immortality for the 4th time last year to add to their triumphs in 1995, 2007 & 2019 as they became the most successful rugby playing nation in the world at the Rugby World Cup) which was immortalized already when they released Chasing The Sun 2 like in March on South African TV to follow up their 2019 success when they made the first Chasing The Sun doco.

And I just heard that I saw a photo on Pops phone of my cousin & honorary sister of Paige (Who is in her early 30's now as of today because she is no longer in her 20's, but it's been 8 years since I last saw her at her mother Cathey's place in Petone (That's Cathey Middelplaats's hometown along with Paige & Norah who both live their to be close with Paige's mother & Norah's grandmother Cathey) in Wellington in 2016 along with Cathey, Cathey's wife John & Cathey's sons as well as Paige's brothers of Nico & Luca (Well, one of her brothers is a diabetic already), but I first met her back in 1999 along with Cathey when I was a young kid at the time when I was with Dad at the late Nan & Pops place back then), Paige's husband Jarrod & their daughter Norah having a holiday as well as a honeymoon in Japan there when I told Dad about it at the Cobb on the 15th of April.

And onto a motor racing related story that there was Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais (The 2002 F3000 champion who is currently competing in IMSA) winning 4 Champ Car World Series championships to his name for the famed Newman/Haas/Lanigan racing team from 2004 to 2007 (That was the year that he made the jump in Formula 1 where he spent 2 years with Scuderia Toro Rosso (He was the last graduate crossing over from American Open Wheel Racing by winning the championship of course, to Formula One (First it was Michael Andretti in 1993 (That's 2 years after Michael won his only Indycar championship) in which the man known as 'Mikey Mike' had his ill-fated season before heading back to Indycars in 1994 along with Jacques Villeneuve (Son of the late great Gilles who was the world champion in F1 back in 1997 with Williams, 2 years after winning the Indycar title in 1995), Alex Zanardi (An Italian who was rookie of the year in 1996, then secured back to back championships in 1997 & 1998 with Chip Ganassi Racing before making an unsuccessful return to Formula One in 1999 with Williams, 2 years before having lost both his legs in a serious crash in Germany in 2001 during a CART Champ Car event in Germany), Juan Pablo Montoya (The man who dominated both the championship in 1999 (The year before his Indy 500 win in 2000, then he joined Williams where he made his F1 debut in 2001 until he left in 2004 to join McLaren in 2005 until his departure in 2006 to go to NASCAR) as well as claiming rookie of the year) & Cristiano da Matta (The 2002 champion in which he made his F1 debut in 2003 with Toyota until he left in 2004 to return to compete in Champ Cars) before being replaced by young Spanish driver at the time of Jaime Alguersuari in 2009), but there were others apart from Bourdais that have won championships with for N/H/L (They won 8 championships to their name & they were one shy of the record of most CART Champ Car team championship wins set by Team Penske who won it 9 times) such as Britain's Nigel Mansell (1993), Brazil's Cristiano da Matta (2002), & the 2 Andretti's of Mario (The Indy 500 winner from 1969) & his son Michael (Both of them are Italian Americans, but Mario was a champion in 1984 (Which was 6 years after winning his first & only F1 world championship crown), then it was Michael in 1991) according to the late great famous American Hollywood movie star & racing team owner of Paul Newman back in 2006 during an appearance with Bourdais at the Dave Letterman show (Before Letterman was replaced by Stephen Colbert as a late night talk show host since 2015) that I constantly remember watching on YouTube in the 2000s.

And finally that Dad is heading to Australia on a holiday for a week starting from the 16th of April until the 23rd with his wife Raewyn to attend the NRL rugby league match between the St George-Illawarra Dragons & the team that Dad always supports of the New Zealand Warriors (Who had a draw against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Go Media Stadium Mount Smart in Auckland) in Wollongong at WIN Stadium in which he'll be there in due course (And Pops isn't into league that much not only it is always stop start but rugby union always have rucks & mauls to contend with so that's why he is a massive rugby follower).

So that is my 546th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 22nd of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

Pull Me Through/My Way: My 21st blog of the year 2024

Well, in rugby news such as Sam Whitelock has just announced his retirement from all forms of rugby after the European rugby season ending his quest of answering an S.O.S. call from All Blacks Scott Robertson to become the new All Black captain so happy retirement to him therefor wishing him all the best throughout his career which included 7 Super Rugby titles & both Rugby World Cups in 2011 & 2015 that he had, but continuing on the rugby related news as we head into the sevens kind of stuff that how appropriate that New Zealand has claimed both the women's & men's titles respectively at the final ever Hong Kong sevens event in Hong Kong, China after their wins against the United States in the women's cup final for the Black Ferns Sevens to catch up to our rivals Australia, then France in the men's cup final for the All Blacks Sevens to claim our first win of the SVNS season of 2023-24 since Toulouse last year (And both the Black Ferns sevens (Who went on to still become champions of the women's championship after our victory against traditional Trans-Tasman rivals Australia in the women's Cup final billed as winner takes all, but the men's league championship went to Argentina for the very first time after their win against South Africa by 14 points to 10 after being 10 - 0 down at the break in the fifth-place play-off match with the Argentinian success in sevens rugby had been inspired by their football team's win at the most recent Football World Cup in 2022 led by the incomparable Lionel Messi who currently plys his trade at American soccer club currently competing in Major League Soccer, Inter Miami owned by Englishman David Beckham) & All Black sevens teams are able to repeat the dose at Singapore).

And in the wrestling department as WOW! The story is complete as 'The American Nightmare' of Cody Rhodes (Son of the late 'American Dream' of Dusty Rhodes who got a standing ovation from the crowd following his win against Reigns to claim the title which was the happiest of all endings, but the biggest cheers of the night apart from Rhodes belong to both John Cena & the Undertaker who both made their returns to the WWE) has finally at last, breaking the stranglehold of Roman Reigns (Who was gutted along with his cousin & mentor of the Rock & the rest of his Bloodline stablemates after losing to him therefore ending his tumultous but turbulent reign as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion in which he was always been invincible & it was the one would seemingly never end in terms of wrestling dynasties, 4 years after claiming victory against the late Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman to become champion at Payback in 2020 which marked the start of the lengthy but prolonged championship reign until his defeat against Rhodes (Who had a pivotal moment of ending The Big Dog's championship reign during that great event) at WM XL which marked the beginning of the end for the utter dominance of 'The Head of the Table') to become the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion in a Bloodline Rules match billed as 'The American Nightmare completes the story' which was set following the Rock & his cousin as well as his protégé Roman Reigns's victory against Rhodes & Seth Rollins (Who appeared in his Shield persona, moments after losing the belt against Drew McIntyre before CM Punk (Who was unable to wrestle at Wrestlemania XL due to a broken arm that he sustained after being attacked by Scotsman Drew McIntyre before the event took place, but was there as a spectator who watched on) intervened by assaulting McIntyre, then all this happened as Damian Priest (The former United States champion who was once known as Senyor Money in the Bank) initiated his Money in the Bank cash in in which he became the new champion in which the WWE universe were shocked about the result, much to the delight of his Judgment Day stablemates of Mexican American 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio, Irishmen Finn Balor & JD McDonagh & the WWE Women's World Champion at the time of Australian Rhea Ripley who defeated Irishwoman Becky Lynch to successfully defend her championship at the same event a year after beating Charlotte Flair to become the new WWE Women's World Championship compared to the most recent women's Royal Rumble winner Bayley overcoming the challenge against Iyo Sky as she dispatched her former Damage Ctrl stablemate to claim the WWE Women's Championship) in a tag team match during night 1 of the Showcase of the Immortals, at Wrestlemania XL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in one of by far, the most incredible but greatest endings of all time at the Grandest Stage of Them All (There was appearances from Jey Uso who took the beating out of his twin brother Jimmy Uso from the Bloodline (Including Jimmy's reaction when Jey's entrance music theme being played that he was instructed by his Bloodline stablemate of Roman Reigns to go get him before Jey nailed him with a superkick then he used his trademark finisher of the Spear which was inspired by his relative Roman Reigns onto the ledge), then the now recently movie star of John Cena appeared as he took both Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa (Who had a priceless reaction when 'My Time Is Now', AKA the John Cena entrance music theme, was played when Sikoa had his task of wiping Cena (Who was dispatched by coming there to eliminate both Sikoa & Reigns as he is thrusted into the battle of Philadelphia by assisting 'The American Nightmare' from the jaws of defeat as both his friend & ally during Cody Vs Roman II: Decider in Philly) out once & for all, at all costs) out of the equation to level things up although he had to even the playing field odds with his finisher, the Attitude Adjustment, & then all of a sudden, the Rock appeared as he is summoned by getting ready to take out John Cena (The one that the Rock who had caused a bit of ruckus to Cena in the past) who proceeded to attack him to save the Bloodline's blushes, but Cena (Who reacted when the Rock's entrance theme played as Cena was like that he was getting ready to face the music, although Cena's fanatics on social media be like "Uh oh, I think we got company Mr HLR! I repeat, we got company!") got clobbered with the Rock Bottom by 'The Final Boss', then it's Rollins who appeared as he tries to take out both Reigns & the Rock with his steel chair but he gets nailed by Roman Reigns's signature Superman Punch, then the Undertaker (Who was fighting on Cody's side whose eyes are like when the man known as 'The Deadman' was preparing to go into battle, even though the Rock's fans on social media be like "Look out Rock, right behind you!") mysteriously appears out of nowhere as he chokeslammed the hell out of the Rock (In which The Undertaker's fans on social media be like "Thank you Taker, god bless you all") before Reigns wishing to choose either Rollins or Rhodes to hit them with a steel chair but he chose Rollins, then he tried to finish off Rhodes with his trademark finisher of the Spear before Cody counters/reverses it with not one, not two but three Cross-Rhodes (AKA the Cross-Rhodes Trinity, but there was exactly no question where the undisputed WWE Universal Championship would be heading? Unless there was a catastrophic setback unlike last year during Cody Vs Roman: Decider in Hollywood, & it wasn't Roman indeed, but comments made on social media that had long since established Cody as the WWE universe wanted to see successfully challenging for the title & if he'd won, there will indeed be a new name on the undisputed WWE Universal crown with the Rhodes name now historically etched in WWE history) before pinning him to make history in which the crowd had gone berserk, ballistic, crazy (Or should I say insane) but nuts as the WWE fans were stoked about the result which was a resounding success compared to last year as Rhodes pulled off a moment inspired by Sami Zayn who overcame the challenge of Gunther (Who was the longest serving Intercontinental Champion, surpassing the Honky Tonk Man compared to Roman Reigns who was indeed the longest serving Undisputed WWE Universal Champion for 1,316 days) to become the new Intercontinental champion + there was Awesome Truth consisting of both the Miz & R-Truth has taken out the Raw Tag Team Championship as well as Logan Paul who defeated both 'The Legend Killer' Randy Orton & Kevin 'KO' Owens to remain the WWE United States Champion & the former United States champion Austin Theory teaming up with Australian Grayson Waller to form A-Town Down Under had claimed the Smackdown Tag Team Championship) since the 'Heist of the Century' when Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to defeat both Brock Lesnar & Reigns at WM 31 in 2015 therefore bouncing back from defeat against Randy Orton earlier, as well as Becky 'The Man' Lynch's glorious win against Charlotte Flair & former MMA star Ronda Rousey to claim both the Raw & Smackdown women's titles at Wrestlemania 35 in 2019 billed as 'Two Belts, One Title' in the historic first ever women's main event at Wrestlemania (And there was a bit of controversy as Lynch reversed Rousey's Piper's Pit submission hold where she rolled her up with a leverage pin, but Rowdy's shoulders went up (Although the ref didn't see it) & if it was a near fall, the championship bout would've continued), then 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin selling his soul to the devil as he was aligned with Mr McMahon by finishing off the Rock as Austin struck Rock by hitting him with a steel chair that the Chairman at the time gave it to his old nemesis 16 times to claim the WWE Championship back in 2001 in a no holds barred match billed as 'Stone Cold's alignment with Mr McMahon' at Wrestlemania X-Seven which was during the great Attitude era that they had, & the late great Ultimate Warrior who upstaged Hulk Hogan by outsmarting him via pinfall to still become the the WWE Intercontinental Champion & therefore at that moment, became the new WWE Champion at Wrestlemania VI in a champion against champion match billed as 'The Ultimate Challenge' when both Hogan & Warrior were the biggest stars in the WWE at the time during the Golden Era of wrestling when the 80's period was done with the Ultmate Warrior taking the lead as the main superstar from Hulk Hogan when the 1990's decade recieved the warmest of welcomes in fine style + there was joy & jubilation throughout the Rhodes camp as there were friends, family, observers & critics who are part of Cody's bandwagon throughout Wrestlemania XL & joined in the post championship match celebrations such as Owens, Zayn, Orton, Rollins, Punk, Cena, Jey, 'The Mega Star' LA Knight, veteran WWE official Charles Robinson, then Brandi (Cody's wife), Cody's mother, Cody's father in law as well as a few of Cody's nephews & nieces & finally Cody's biggest influencer that he had throughout his wrestling career, Triple H (The current chief content officer at WWE as well as a legend & hall of famer when he was part of the D-Generation X tag team stable (And it's been 2 years since his retirement from pro wrestling due to a heart condition which ended his wrestling career in 2022 (In which he opened Wrestlemania 38 with a bang by addressing the WWE universe of welcoming to the Showcase of the Immortals with a one-liner inspired by his father in law, Mr McMahon of saying "Welcome! To Wrestlemania!"), 3 years after his last but most recent wrestling match to date against Batista at WM 35 in a career threatening match in 2019).

And in motor racing related news such as regining 3 time world champion Max Verstappen (Who bounced back after getting a DNF in Australia after 3 laps in which his championship lead had been drastically reduced going into the Japanese Grand Prix) returns to winning ways in Japan after having a pole to win moment with his constructor he races for of Red Bull securing a 1 - 2 finish with Verstappen back on the top step ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez then Verstappen's closest challenger Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari rounded out the podium in which the Grand Prix was marred by a red flag in the opening lap in which Alex Albon (Williams) & Daniel Ricciardo (RB) were involved in a wreck as chaos ensured after both taking each other out as they suffer DNFs, while continuing on to a different story in the Supercars Championship such as defending series champ Brodie Kostecki returning to the fold after missing both races in Bathurst & Melbourne as he is tipped to replace Todd Hazelwood (Who filled in for Kostecki for the 1st 2 rounds of the season in both Bathurst & Melbourne, but former Erebus Motorsport turned Triple Eight Race Engineering (The most successful team in terms of the Supercars Championship during recent times) driver Will Brown (The bloke who took over Shane van Gisbergen's race seat since SVG left the Supercars Championship last year to compete in NASCAR) is now surprisingly the points leader going into the next event in Taupo, New Zealand in a circuit owned by TQ of Scotsman Tony Quinn, while behind Brown in terms of points is his teammate Broc Feeney also in Triple Eight) going into the New Zealand round (Which returns after a 1 year absence with Pukekohe last hosting it in 2022, but Kostecki has chosen to race car 1 as he follows in the footsteps of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Jamie Whincup, Josef Newgarden & Simon Pagenaud compared to Valentino Rossi, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Shane van Gisbergen, Scott McLaughlin, Ott Tanak, Alex Palou, Will Power & Kalle Rovanpera chosen to keep their permanent number for their title defences instead of running car 1 which is usually reserved for the champion) of the Supercars Championship held in Taupo for the first time at the former A1GP venue of Taupo International Motorsport Park (Formerly Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park) with 5 Kiwis competing in their home patch such as former Toyota Racing Series champion Matt Payne, one half of the most recent Bathurst 1000 winner & Payne's teammate at Grove Racing Richie Stanaway, BJR's Andre Heimgartner, former Porsche Carrera Cup competitor as well as factory Porsche driver Jaxon Evans & Walkinshaw Andretti United's young Kiwi charger Ryan Wood.

And finally that my dear half-brother Jansen (Who I saw him on the 7th of April, but I haven't seen him for 2 years because the last time I saw him was in 2022) finally getting Pops old truck that he know longer uses but Jans got home safe as his truck was dirty so he cleaned it according to the picture that I saw on Dad's phone at The Cobb on the 8th of April, but he has back pain whilst trying to lift a fridge & he hasn't been at work lately.

So that is my 545th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 21st of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.

P.S. And my 33rd birthday is just around the corner in 5 days time on the 7th of June (For which I feel like a young kid during Christmas time) which is 2 days after Dad's & 3 days before Aunty Tan's so wish me luck (And my birthday on June 7th is my fave time of the year along with Christmas day on the 25th of December (And a shout out to both Dad who had his 55th & Aunty Tan who had her 56th so best wishes to all of them).