It all began in the 34th America's Cup of 2013 as the Louis Vuitton Cup champions Team New Zealand (Sponsored by Emirates Airlines and 'Deano' Barker being the skipper) challenged the defenders (Won in 2010 by beating Alinghi 2 - 0), Oracle Team USA (The skipper is Australian Jimmy Spithill but Oracle had to start their America's Cup defence campaign after they were found cheating during the warmup event last year because they had 2 points taken off, recieving a $250,000 fine and banning all 3 team members meaning that Oracle Team USA would have to win 11 races to defend the Auld Mug compared to ETNZ's 9).
On the 1st day of the 2013 America's Cup, ETNZ had taken both victories against Oracle, bringing them up 2 - 0.
Then the following day saw ETNZ notched up another in race 3 but in the 4th (The score is 3 - 0), Oracle were dominant but since their 1st victory, they never have been awarded points due to the penalty being imposed by a jury.
2 days later, ETNZ did however fight back by claiming victory in race 5 (They are now, 4 - 0) before Oracle Team USA forced to use a postponement card meaning that another race scheduled has been cancelled until day four opened when Oracle announced that UK sailor Ben Ainslie has called up to replace American John Kostecki (The guy who has raced on San Fransisco Bay for decades has been omitted) according to their change of plan (Like plan B) but the plan did not resolve as both victories being recorded by Team New Zealand by closing the day in a dominant fashion of 6 - 0, 2 3rds of a chance to claim the Cup.
But it did not go well for ETNZ in day 5 as they were on ther brink of disaster (They were leading from the start until this had happened) as they almost got capsized because of the hydraulic power beginning to fade as Oracle Team USA hand over the victory thus ending the penalty imposed by the International Jury but in the next race, all things did not go well, again as Team New Zealand were leading from the start, but the race committee announced that it was going to be abandoned due to the wind exceeding the allowable maximum.
Oracle Team USA showed no mercy by winning the start, extending the lead at every mark, including for the 1st time ever, a notable gain against the Kiwi boat on the upwind leg & now, Recording back to back victories for the 1st time, allowed Oracle to finally get on the board with the score at 6 - 1 (That was Oracle's 1st full point of the America's cup defence campaign), before Oracle's hopes of another victory in race 10 did not equally match as ETNZ gain revenge over the Americans by 16 seconds (They were close at the start & during the race as Team New Zealand took the lead by 3, & increased it to 11 at mark 2. Oracle once again showed that they are competitive during the upwind beat, and the lead changed about 3 times), but it was widely regarded as the most entertaining America's Cup races of all time but ETNZ skipper Dean Barker had to say at a press conference as he said “If you did not enjoy today’s racing you should probably watch another sport like rugby or stuff”.
But on day 7, High winds have postponed racing when both teams eager to race by heading out to the start line but the start time for race 11 was pushed back several times due to the wind limit, and with the wind continuing to increase, the Race Committee made it is going to be official.
It was day 8 as Team New Zealand led all the way to win race number 11 by 15 seconds on their way of claiming 1 more shot to get the Auld Mug, to New Zealand, but during the pre start, Deano moved past in front of James Spithill and then delayed both boats crossing the start line until well after the gun had gone, but Oracle powered up on the upwind beat, but Team New Zealand covered well, and both the boats rounded opposite marks 17 seconds apart, but at the last mark, Barker kept Aotearoa between Oracle and the mark, and the rounding was well below the usual speed. Team New Zealand were managed to outperform Oracle almost dead in the water to sprint through the finish line, taking the score now to 8 - 1 (Which is only 1 victory away from lifting the America's Cup once, and for all), The second race of the day suffered a 15 minute wind delay postponement according to the committee, right as both boats head their way to the the start. Barker had nailed a time on the distance sprint to the line to jump out to a lead on the way to the reach the 1st mark until race control immediately told both boats by calling off race 12 due to the higher risk amount of wind ruining Dean Barker and his ETNZ crew of lifting the trophy until tomorrow morning hopefully (New Zealand time).
+ The news I have missed when my grandparents went across the USA & Canada:
Wanganui Heartland Rugby Championship team suffer 1st loss of the season, going down 17 - 16 by King Country (Yeah, it was a shocker as King Country gained momentum as well as scoring an upset victory to last season's runner up).
British & Irish Lions rugby side make history (It was 2 months ago), beating the Wallabies in the final test (The 2nd test in Melbourne went to the Wallabies favour) over in Sydney, Australia to end a 16 year drought and claim the Tom Richards Trophy (The last time the Lions won a test series was in 1997 against South Africa), so it is hail to Warren Gatland, baby.
The Super Rugby season between went down to the wire as the Chiefs have gone back 2 back, defeating the Brumbies in the final from last month at a sell-out crowd in the 'Tron' just like last year (With the Southern hospitality boy Robbie Robinson providing the balls of steel moment by getting a try (Before Cruden converted as well as the Chiefs had been awarded the penalty in which they kicked to give them a five-point advantage before the Chiefs yet again, won the Super Rugby title just like last year as when they 1st won and) after co-Captain Liam Messam also scored a brilliant try from the scrum before being awarded his player of the game honours).
And also, I went along with Corinna Condon to the Wanganui Premier club rugby final between Ruapehu & Pirates the day after Jansen's 10th birthday, but before the match started, I really do not know that which team I was backing so I decided that Ruapehu will win that game since I was born in the Ruapehu region but in the end, the mighty Rua won the match by 3 points (The score was 16 - 13) by going back 2 back like the Chiefs Super Rugby team but the Balls of Steel moment went to Zyon Hekenui taking a penalty shot at goal from long range when the score is tied at 13 all before Hekenui managed to land that long range penalty shot to spare and take the lead (Well, this is more like a Stephen Donald esque penalty when he did that for his beloved All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup 2011 final) before winning that game and successfully defend the Wanganui premier club rugby championship.
And finally in this Report, the All Blacks kickstarted their Rugby Championship campaign with a victory against the Wallabies at ANZ Stadium (Well that was for the Bledisloe but the score was 47 - 29 + The balls of steel moment went to Ben Smith getting a hat-trick as well as Aaron Cruden getting a try by charging down a kick before captain Richie McCaw (World Rugby cult figure and the victim of New Zealand born Wallaby Quade Cooper since the people of NZ (AKA Kiwis) strongly dislike him since 2011) returned to the international test rugby arena, with a try), before both teams headed to Wellington (There was an earthquake there at the capital when it happened) when the AB's proved too strong by absolutely roadkilling them again (The final score was 27 - 16) at Westpac Stadium (Although it wasn't damaged during the earthquake) in order to retain the Bledisloe (+ The debut of new All Black Tom Taylor, son of 1987 RWC winning player Warwick following the 1st five-eighth injury curse that had been happened (With Daniel Carter, Cruden & Beauden Barrett, are all injured) and of course, Tony Woodcock being the 4th AB to reach 100 test caps) as well as playing Argentina in Hamilton (AKA the 'Tron') with a victory (+ Francis Saili's test debut as an All Black and the end result: 28 - 13, but bad news for McCaw as his knee got injured meaning that he is out of rugby from 4 to 6 weeks) and then a week later, The All Blacks 100% record at the Rugby Championship was on the line when they took on South Africa (Who had 3 out of 3 wins beating teams such as Argentina twice & the Wallabies) at Eden Park (The hallowed rugby ground where the AB's have never lost since '94 as well as The Kapa o Pango haka was performed (The guy who reacted the haka was Jannie du Plessis and Jannie was like ''The Haka? THE HAKA?! Oh my this is gonna be fun'') after both country's respective national anthems have been played) when SA hooker Bismarck du Plessis (Jannie's brother) ran into Dan Carter in a big tackle, injuring his ACL, ruling him out of action for 6 weeks but referee Romain Poite blew the whistle before making a decision whether there was any suspected foul play but replays show the tackle was legitimate and after that, the ref thinks he is wrong that the tackle was illegal so a yellow card was shown to Du Plessis as he was off to the bin for 10 when the All Blacks were leading then but in the 2nd half, Bismarck du Plessis (The guy who got the try after spending 10 minutes in the sin bin) yet again committed a foul by copping the elbow to the throat on Messam so Poite had no choice but to send Du Plessis off with another yellow and a red card keeping him out of the match when South Africa reduced to 14 men but they lost (The 1st player to be sent off at Eden Park since Sam Warburton of Wales against France during the RWC 2011 semifinal but the judicial officer found that the red-card was later overturned by the IRB because the red card had been revoked from Du Plessis' record although Poite admitted he made an error in carding Du Plessis and when the IRB later admitted that Poite made an decision that looked stupid) as the All Blacks win the game (29 - 15) by making it 4 victories from 4 in the 2013 Rugby Championship (8 from 8 overall) while Bismarck Du Plessis, was cleared of any foul play for his challenge on Carter, as a result.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
22nd Birthday Experience AKA The All Blacks Stories 2: Clash of the French Flair Titans
It was on June 7th, 2013 (The start of the Ultimate Birthday Weekend), My Birthday, that I now pronounce that I am now officially, a 22 year old, because I had a great time during my birthday (I did get some birthday presents like T-shirts from Aunty Tania & Chocolates from Dad's female comrade Raewyn) that I had an Ice Cream cake for dessert before heading over to EB Games to get my ultimate birthday present, a Playstation 3 game called Grid 2 (Sequel to the 1st one since I am still officially a long time petrol head expert veteran (But the next game that I'm getting is All Blacks Rugby Challenge 2 (Sequel to the 2011 one that I have got (But I do not play this game anymore) but the 2nd game not only contains both the All Blacks & Wallabies, but the British & Irish Lions Team tour down under) since I wanted to save up on my money not only because I still have $40 left but now I have none since I finally got the Rugby Challenge 2 game which is the updated version of the original), although the game contains Indycar Racing (Although Scott Dixon is a true New Zealand Indycar legend winning both Indycar series champions (2003 & 08) & the Indianapolis/Indy 500 once back in 2008) as well as Touring car, Super touring & GT3 vehicles that I like the most) and after that, we went to McDonalds/Maccas to pick up our stuff to take home for dinner (Well, we had a greatest dinner ever on Dad's 44th having Indian takeaways like Butter Chicken, Rice & Naan Bread).
1 day later on Saturday, Me & Poppa went to Spriggens for the club rugby game between Pirates & Marist but Pirates won the game 39 - 30 (Although Marist were leading 20 - 8 at halftime before Pirates had even started the comeback trail) with Pirates captain Lasa Ulukuta getting the hat-trick by scoring 3 tries (I still know that I always have sushi & nut bar there), then several hours later when we arrived at Uncle Bryan's, we watched the All Blacks 1st test match of the year (With Kieran Read now taking over the Captaincy duties from the great Richie McCaw who is spending on his final month of his 6 month sabbatical + Englishman Wayne Barnes was the ref for that game) by taking on the Les Bleus of France (Although they had a Les Miserables season in the 6 Nations Championship) at Eden Park in a rematch of the 2011 Rugby World Cup final, but the match started (After both countries play their respective national anthems then the AB's always start the traditional Maori Haka before the game) when Wesley Fofana scored the 1st try of the game with Maxime Machenaud added the extras giving France the lead 7 - 0 until Cruden stepped to the mark by taking the penalty (But the score was now 7 - 3 at the time) then the moment of truth when little halfback Aaron Smith scored the AB's 1st try of 2013 (The All Blacks now lead 8 - 7 before Cruden landed a successful conversion which brings the score up to 10) before Machenaud added the 3 points (It was 10 apiece) after the AB's got penalised for being offside and charging down the French kick before another moment of truth when Sam Cane crossed over (Which brings the score to 15) thanks to the urgent assistance of Ma'a Nonu before Cruden able to convert the try which brings them back in the lead by 17 - 10 before halftime but after the 2nd half got underway, things got a bit awkward when New Zealand find themselves penalised for not able to release the French player before Camille Lopez (On test debut for Les Bleus) stepped right up to take the successful penalty shot (17 - 13, AB's lead) but several minutes later, Louis Picamoles got pinged as NZ award the penalty before Cruden able to land the 3 (All Blacks still have the lead 20 - 13) as well as Rene Ranger coming on from the bench immediately replacing Israel Dagg (With Ben Smith switching positions to fullback) before the All Blacks had their greatest attack plan by turning the ball over before Ma'a Nonu ran with the ball, passing it to Rene Ranger, running a few yards moments before Yoann Huget got wasted (BOOMFA!! Welcome back to the AB's party eh?) but Grant Nisbett thinks it was Fofana the try-scorer but wrong answer mon ami, it was Huget got smashed so rest in pieces dude by getting re-aRangered but France got pinged for ruck offence before Cruden nailed the big easy 3 pointer (23 - 13 the score) before Ben Afeaki gets his 1st All Black start, replacing Wyatt Crockett but the All Blacks start the year with a big bang theory by taking an victoire su'pair in the 1st rugby test over France with the final score of 23 points to 13 (I watched it again on Sunday in order to analyze my point of view status for the next game).
1 WEEK LATER
It was the similar situation at the club rugby where 3rd placed Pirates took on 4th placed Taihape as Pirates took the lead with that try scored by Clive Stowers then Pirates built on their clear lead at half time, accumulated despite playing a man down due to a yellow card in the opening stanza but captain Lasa Ulukuta scored a double, instead of a hat-trick from last week but skyrockets clear in the season's MVP points standings, ahead of Border's mercurial fullback Fraser Middleton.
NEK MINNIT (ACTUALLY, A FEW HOURS LATER)
And by the way, it also a similar situation when we decided to head back to Uncle Bryan's for the 2nd test between the same teams at a different venue (Which is AMI Stadium Addington, located in Christchurch)
Now then, the match began when 3 minutes later (This was the 500th test match ever for the New Zealand All Blacks in their 110th year back in 1903 when the 1st test match for the New Zealand rugby team was played under the All Black name as well as Kieran Read's 50th test game but only his 3rd game as captain), Julian Savea juggled over for the 1st try of the game (That score was 5 - 0) despite the Irish referee Alain Rolland made clear indication for both the knock on by Sam Cane and offside but the TMO said that there was no clear indication by telling Rolland to award the try and after that, Aaron Cruden had a successful conversion (Although Cruden had missed several kicks last week but he only missed one during the match) but several minutes later, from the counter, the All Blacks launch down field over 80 metres with Kieran Read swatted aside tacklers in a 50-metre run upfield + The French get penalised at the breakdown and Cruden extends the lead to 10 points before halftime so let's see how the match unfolds in the 2nd test where the All Blacks attempt to defend the Dave Gallaher Trophy crown:
40TH MINUTE: 2nd half start, Maxime Medard off the field replaced by Brice Dulin for France
48TH MINUTE: WOW! Excellent try from Ben Smith, Aaron Cruden measuring the successful conversion in the 49th minute after frustration resulted in a dropped goal attempt that was charged down. New Zealand surged with second five-eighth Ma'a Nonu leading the way before wing Julian Savea charged onto the ball at full speed to break the defence and feed Ben Smith for the try.
54TH MINUTE: Cruden takes successful penalty after France were caught penalized (20 - 0).
10 MINUTES LATER: France again being caught penalized so Cruden was able to take another penalty (23 - 0)
68TH MINUTE: What a moment, Jeremy Thrush on for his All Black debut replacing Sam Whitelock (Who thought he wasn't even playing due to a broken finger but decided to play despite receiving an injury during a Super Rugby game) but received internal bleeding to his big head after incorrectly entering a maul.
75TH MINUTE: Beauden Barrett on for try scorer Ben Smith.
NEK MINNIT: AND another perfect try scored none other than Barrett (28 - 0) after the French ended with the All Blacks running turnover ball from their own goal line. A long range pass from Cruden, almost impossibly, found replacement wing Rene Ranger, who bumped off a defender then linked with Conrad Smith, who kicked ahead and the ball bounced for Cruden; the fly-half flicked a backhander to replacement Beauden Barrett, who raced in for the try before Aaron Cruden able to land the extras to make it 30 - 0.
80TH MINUTE: End of 2nd half as the game is over, the All Blacks, have done it, beating France by 30 points but for the 1st time ever, the 30 - 0 scoreline that France had failed to score points against New Zealand, and yeah, the greatest game of all that I have ever seen in my life compared to the AB's victories against Ireland 60 - 0 & Australia 22 - 0 last year.
So that was the story about my 22nd birthday experience as well as the 2nd installment of the All Blacks stories series (The 1st one was Theory of a Wallaby Roadkill & now, Clash of the French Flair Titans).
P.S. (SPOILER ALERT GENTLEMEN!!! DON'T YOU WORRY!!) Hey, but wait, there is more, I haven't finished that 3rd & final part of the All Blacks Stories 2 about the All Blacks getting a clean sweep in the French tour test series:
BEFORE THE START OF THE MATCH: Both teams play their national anthems before the All Blacks unleash the Kapa O Pango haka to the French, and it's...KICK OFF!! And Remi Tales gets the match underway before Dan Carter's kick had been charged down and France firmly on attack deep in NZ 22 but excellent start from France chasing through a chip kick from Tales but...Called offside but Fritz and Fofana have been called because it was that wrong decision.
1 day later on Saturday, Me & Poppa went to Spriggens for the club rugby game between Pirates & Marist but Pirates won the game 39 - 30 (Although Marist were leading 20 - 8 at halftime before Pirates had even started the comeback trail) with Pirates captain Lasa Ulukuta getting the hat-trick by scoring 3 tries (I still know that I always have sushi & nut bar there), then several hours later when we arrived at Uncle Bryan's, we watched the All Blacks 1st test match of the year (With Kieran Read now taking over the Captaincy duties from the great Richie McCaw who is spending on his final month of his 6 month sabbatical + Englishman Wayne Barnes was the ref for that game) by taking on the Les Bleus of France (Although they had a Les Miserables season in the 6 Nations Championship) at Eden Park in a rematch of the 2011 Rugby World Cup final, but the match started (After both countries play their respective national anthems then the AB's always start the traditional Maori Haka before the game) when Wesley Fofana scored the 1st try of the game with Maxime Machenaud added the extras giving France the lead 7 - 0 until Cruden stepped to the mark by taking the penalty (But the score was now 7 - 3 at the time) then the moment of truth when little halfback Aaron Smith scored the AB's 1st try of 2013 (The All Blacks now lead 8 - 7 before Cruden landed a successful conversion which brings the score up to 10) before Machenaud added the 3 points (It was 10 apiece) after the AB's got penalised for being offside and charging down the French kick before another moment of truth when Sam Cane crossed over (Which brings the score to 15) thanks to the urgent assistance of Ma'a Nonu before Cruden able to convert the try which brings them back in the lead by 17 - 10 before halftime but after the 2nd half got underway, things got a bit awkward when New Zealand find themselves penalised for not able to release the French player before Camille Lopez (On test debut for Les Bleus) stepped right up to take the successful penalty shot (17 - 13, AB's lead) but several minutes later, Louis Picamoles got pinged as NZ award the penalty before Cruden able to land the 3 (All Blacks still have the lead 20 - 13) as well as Rene Ranger coming on from the bench immediately replacing Israel Dagg (With Ben Smith switching positions to fullback) before the All Blacks had their greatest attack plan by turning the ball over before Ma'a Nonu ran with the ball, passing it to Rene Ranger, running a few yards moments before Yoann Huget got wasted (BOOMFA!! Welcome back to the AB's party eh?) but Grant Nisbett thinks it was Fofana the try-scorer but wrong answer mon ami, it was Huget got smashed so rest in pieces dude by getting re-aRangered but France got pinged for ruck offence before Cruden nailed the big easy 3 pointer (23 - 13 the score) before Ben Afeaki gets his 1st All Black start, replacing Wyatt Crockett but the All Blacks start the year with a big bang theory by taking an victoire su'pair in the 1st rugby test over France with the final score of 23 points to 13 (I watched it again on Sunday in order to analyze my point of view status for the next game).
1 WEEK LATER
It was the similar situation at the club rugby where 3rd placed Pirates took on 4th placed Taihape as Pirates took the lead with that try scored by Clive Stowers then Pirates built on their clear lead at half time, accumulated despite playing a man down due to a yellow card in the opening stanza but captain Lasa Ulukuta scored a double, instead of a hat-trick from last week but skyrockets clear in the season's MVP points standings, ahead of Border's mercurial fullback Fraser Middleton.
NEK MINNIT (ACTUALLY, A FEW HOURS LATER)
And by the way, it also a similar situation when we decided to head back to Uncle Bryan's for the 2nd test between the same teams at a different venue (Which is AMI Stadium Addington, located in Christchurch)
Now then, the match began when 3 minutes later (This was the 500th test match ever for the New Zealand All Blacks in their 110th year back in 1903 when the 1st test match for the New Zealand rugby team was played under the All Black name as well as Kieran Read's 50th test game but only his 3rd game as captain), Julian Savea juggled over for the 1st try of the game (That score was 5 - 0) despite the Irish referee Alain Rolland made clear indication for both the knock on by Sam Cane and offside but the TMO said that there was no clear indication by telling Rolland to award the try and after that, Aaron Cruden had a successful conversion (Although Cruden had missed several kicks last week but he only missed one during the match) but several minutes later, from the counter, the All Blacks launch down field over 80 metres with Kieran Read swatted aside tacklers in a 50-metre run upfield + The French get penalised at the breakdown and Cruden extends the lead to 10 points before halftime so let's see how the match unfolds in the 2nd test where the All Blacks attempt to defend the Dave Gallaher Trophy crown:
40TH MINUTE: 2nd half start, Maxime Medard off the field replaced by Brice Dulin for France
48TH MINUTE: WOW! Excellent try from Ben Smith, Aaron Cruden measuring the successful conversion in the 49th minute after frustration resulted in a dropped goal attempt that was charged down. New Zealand surged with second five-eighth Ma'a Nonu leading the way before wing Julian Savea charged onto the ball at full speed to break the defence and feed Ben Smith for the try.
54TH MINUTE: Cruden takes successful penalty after France were caught penalized (20 - 0).
10 MINUTES LATER: France again being caught penalized so Cruden was able to take another penalty (23 - 0)
68TH MINUTE: What a moment, Jeremy Thrush on for his All Black debut replacing Sam Whitelock (Who thought he wasn't even playing due to a broken finger but decided to play despite receiving an injury during a Super Rugby game) but received internal bleeding to his big head after incorrectly entering a maul.
75TH MINUTE: Beauden Barrett on for try scorer Ben Smith.
NEK MINNIT: AND another perfect try scored none other than Barrett (28 - 0) after the French ended with the All Blacks running turnover ball from their own goal line. A long range pass from Cruden, almost impossibly, found replacement wing Rene Ranger, who bumped off a defender then linked with Conrad Smith, who kicked ahead and the ball bounced for Cruden; the fly-half flicked a backhander to replacement Beauden Barrett, who raced in for the try before Aaron Cruden able to land the extras to make it 30 - 0.
80TH MINUTE: End of 2nd half as the game is over, the All Blacks, have done it, beating France by 30 points but for the 1st time ever, the 30 - 0 scoreline that France had failed to score points against New Zealand, and yeah, the greatest game of all that I have ever seen in my life compared to the AB's victories against Ireland 60 - 0 & Australia 22 - 0 last year.
So that was the story about my 22nd birthday experience as well as the 2nd installment of the All Blacks stories series (The 1st one was Theory of a Wallaby Roadkill & now, Clash of the French Flair Titans).
P.S. (SPOILER ALERT GENTLEMEN!!! DON'T YOU WORRY!!) Hey, but wait, there is more, I haven't finished that 3rd & final part of the All Blacks Stories 2 about the All Blacks getting a clean sweep in the French tour test series:
BEFORE THE START OF THE MATCH: Both teams play their national anthems before the All Blacks unleash the Kapa O Pango haka to the French, and it's...KICK OFF!! And Remi Tales gets the match underway before Dan Carter's kick had been charged down and France firmly on attack deep in NZ 22 but excellent start from France chasing through a chip kick from Tales but...Called offside but Fritz and Fofana have been called because it was that wrong decision.
SUBSTITUTION: Yoann Huget off after contact in early France attack. Replaced by Mathieu Bastareaud, Meanwhile France have edged out New Zealand, To say the least, Huget will no longer have Rene Ranger nightmares but ex All Black turned rugby commentator Justin Marshall says that there is plenty of brutality early in this game but great half-break by Bastareaud, He is a monster of a player, slips nice pace to winger and France firmly on attack through phases before when Grant Nisbett had something to say like plenty of spirit in the French team.
8TH MINUTE: Right in the pocket of Florian Fritz with a drop goal success puts France into the early lead 3 - 0 but Huget's back on field, well sorry, The sub noted earlier was in fact a blood bin, so the man with the busted nose may still be Rearrangered, but super break from France through Marc Andreu, barnstorming defence from All Blacks defuses danger as well as Ben Smith lighting in chasing the clearing kick there, but thoughts France bombed the chances meanwhile stand-in skipper Kieran Read and Conrad Smith made huge tackles and now NZ on the hard attack in France 22 but uh-oh, something is wrong for Les Bleus, Yoann Maestri penalised for a lineout offence, chance for the All Blacks to level ledger.
15TH MINUTE: Hard angle for Dan Carter is no worry over the black dot, New Zealand draw level @ 3 - 3, but at the restart, Israel Dagg clears to NZ 10 metre line, France got the better of that game of forceback as France midfield looking good. Remi Tales makes good break but Ma'a Nonu makes the most desperate of ankle tap tackles but it's a penalty when Owen Franks got penalised by Nigel Owens on NZ tighthead before Jean-Marc Doussain drags the penalty shot attempt very badly. Great counter attack to NZ after France miss the touchline. Dagg and Ben Smith but Smith is electric meanwhile France should have chased kick harder but France get pinged for it before Dan Carter's penalty attempt fails from 38 metres right of posts but hits the right post (Score remains at 3 - 3), Are you kidding me like Stuart Hogg in disguise? Although the All Blacks penalised again in the scrum. France win the hit and Wyatt Crockett folds, so that is 3 scrums & 3 penalties before Doussain slices to left of uprights with a wobbly kick, Fofana knocks it on, Remi Tales very good for France, 4th scrum & penalty, this time went to Thomas Domingo but it's 2 - 2 in scrum penalties before Dan Carter clears to France 22, NZ win lineout and play phases east west on 22.
20 MINUTES LATER: WOW! Wonderful try to Ben SMITH!! (The score is now 8 points to 3) He was in the corner with a sliding dive thanks to both Carter & Dagg combine with lovely passes to put winger in space & Ben Smith wonderfully well to beat both French defenders Tales and Brice Dulin but Carter misses conversion by pushing the kick past left post from right touchline before NZ got pinged by awarding the penalty to France as Jean-Marc Doussain shot attempt successful from in front off the post (Score now: 8 to 6), and a Fantastic break from NZ through Ma'a Nonu but is it a try or no try for Conrad Smith? TMO, but awww no way! it is a no try. Conrad Smith loses the ball forward in the act of going over the line. Scrum five meters to France but Scrum again because there is no sign of a penalty, But a reset. Oh dear! And France kick the ball into touch on the siren as the All Blacks still lead 8 - 6 so let's see how the match unfolds from my point of view:
Second half under way from Dan Carter. Where does HT go?
Justin Marshall suggests in commentary that All Blacks are running better angles.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Tony Woodcock on for Wyatt Crockett. Tawera Kerr-Barlow on for Piri Weepu
PENALTY: Sam Cane pinged for high tackle.
PENALTY KICK: Jean-Marc Doussain successful - again off the post. New Zealand 8-9 France (45 minutes)
New Zealand now lead 11 - 9 after a penalty from Dan Carter.
PENALTY KICK: Woeful miss from Dan Carter. Pulled badly from the midlle of the field. Hit the ground first. New Zealand 11 - 9 France (45 minutes) Calls for Aaron Cruden?
PENALTY: France penalised for going off their feet in the ruck although Ranger, Dagg and Ben Smith combining well.
PENALTY KICK: Dan Carter from just over 22 on right flank New Zealand 14 - 9 France (49 minutes).
SUBSTITUTIONS: Maxime Machenaud on for Jean-Marc Doussain. Sebastien Vahaamahina on for Alexandre Flanquart.
SUBSTITUTION: Keven Mealamu on for the Naki man Andrew Hore.
ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION (HMM, NOT ANOTHER DISEMBOWELMENT): Mathieu Bastareaud on for Florian Fritz. He made an impact as blood-bin replacement earlier for Yoann Huget.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Dimitri Szarzewski, Eddy Ben Arous, Luc Ducalcon on for Thomas Domingo, Benjamin Kayser, Nicolas Mas. It is a new front row to and fro.
New Zealand make gains on right flanks, Rene Ranger again. A massive loss he is going to be, Ranger looking dangerous every damn time he runs with a ball in hand but Bastareaud might be the mother of all the biggest centres they have ever seen.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Steven Luatua on All Black debut, replacing Victor Vito while Camille Lopez on for Remi Tales.
PENALTY: Uh-oh! What have we got there, a referee has pulled the game up to check alleged an headbutt by saying whether there is Yellow or more, and it is a YELLOW CARD!!!: Maestri was the culprit as France is down to 14 men.
PENALTY KICK: Daniel Carter lands the subsequent points. New Zealand 17 - 9 (72 minutes) Just hoping for debutant Charles Piutau now as he comes on replacing Ranger (He is off to France playing for Montpellier) & fellow newcomer Matt Todd, on for Sam Cane but France is responding to a change of players as South African born Antonie Claassen, replaced by Bernard le Roux (Also from SA), as New Zeland hard on attack through phases on France 22.
SUBSTITUTION: Oh what a night for Beauden Barrett as he comes on for Ma'a Nonu, biggest cheer of the night for a Local boy, Huh?
TRY TIME ALL BLACKS!! (22 - 9): Slick move set through the backs all the way to Ben Smith as he Kicks ahead and Barrett grabs ball and slides over, Beauden Barrett has some icing on the pain cake night in front of home crowd as Dan Carter converts (BALLS OF STEEL, BABY! You are the best).
AND IT IS (WAIT FOR IT, STOP)...FULL TIME! (AB'S WIN, 24 - 9): The All Blacks take victory and the test series clean sweep after the siren had sounded but failed to reach expectations that seemed likely early (Compared to the 2nd test), but New Zealand happy to have swept France, but that's a wrap ladies & gentleman, good to have our company, goodbye from us (Oh wait? Nek minnit, The British & Irish Lions have drawn 1st blood against the Wallabies by 2 points in the 3 match Lions Tour test series at Brisbane (The final score was 23 - 21 which featured former league & Aussie rules player Israel Folau on debut for the Walllabies scoring 2 tries as well as recieving the man of the match award) after Kurtley Beale attempted to steal the victory but he missed the kick after slipping over during the last kick of the match (OH MAN! OMG!! Now that Beale has indeed got the BALLS OF FAIL! LOL) + some casualties from Australia as Wallaby newcomer Christian Leali'fano got knocked out as well as Berrick Barnes & Pat McCabe (Although McCabe is out of the season due to an injury that he cannot play until next year) have succumbed to their injuries being struck but Australia have to regroup to level the test series in Melbourne).
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Rules Of The Game Of Thrones II: 1 Year On
Ohhh man! It is 1 year and 8 days on since my 1st ever blog so I will be doing today as part of my 1 year anniversary special.
The report began on the day after ANZAC when Jans & I went to Nan & Pops until Monday while Dad went tramping and we had dinner at out new home (Well I had roast on my starter course then pasta X pesto for the main course followed by the final course which is apple pie & ice cream).
It was on Saturday that we had excellent breakfast & lunch (We had 3 scrabble challenges to play and the team of me and Nan were winners before losing to Poppa & Jans in a rematch and finally gained revenge in the final challenge) before going to the rugby at Spriggens Park because I had a Sushi there when Kaierau defeated Pirates and after that, Poppa & I went home to prepare for something like dinner which I cannot remember now until the following day (Watched Super Rugby when the reigning champion Chiefs defeated the Sharks in a rematch of the final last year), both brekkie & lunch are the same ol' same ol' but the big moment now is the dinner we had, the golden delicious curry and it looks awesome, then had to leave here on Monday when Dad arrived.
And then...Nek Minnit on Thursday, we finally had the opportunity to go to Wellington (We did have a picnic before outside of Otaki), and when we arrived on the way to John & Lim's (And we were on the lifts, I told them that wasn't the Harlem Shake), both weren't there and I just witnessed former Wellington Phoenix FC owner Terry Serepisos twice before we just had burgers for dinner and the following day, we went to have breakfast there at The Grand which is superb before walking down Lambton Quay were Pops bought me a new jacket from Farmers before going to Westpac Stadium for the Better Home & Living show (I had lunch there) before heading back to the apartment for afternoon tea before going to the Green Parrot for dinner so I had a mixed grill but unfortunately, I did not eat it all because I was full now so we went back to the apartments to see both the Blues & Chiefs play but both teams had to win the match despite nearly getting hammered by their opponents like the Stormers & Rebels, and then the next morning when John & Lim apparently left to go to Nelson, we did have brekkie before going on a bus to look for some shops, then we headed back to the apartment by watching more sport on TV before going to Prefab for lunch where I had a delicious pizza (One of my favourite foods apart from pasta, sushi & stir-fry) while Nan & Pops had a Berlin Breakfast and after that, we went straight back to the apartment for a while watching more sport like the V8 Supercars before going to the Lone Star Restaurant for dinner were we had the starter then I had a pasta for dinner as well watching the Highlanders play the Sharks and both teams played well not only because it was a close encounter but the Highlanders ended up winning, giving them their 1st win of the season as well as ending their losing streak.
Then we spent our final days in Welly by heading to the market after we had breakfast where I had a leftover mixed grill (Taken from the Green Parrot) for brekkie, then we went to New World to get our lunch stuff like Sushi, Pasta & Tiramisu I had before we left the Capital to head back home to Wanganui.
1 WEEK LATER...
Me & Pops went to that game at Spriggens Park (We did not go last week because we were in Wellington) when Pirates defeated Utiku Old Boys 24 - 22 + I also had a Sushi & nut bar there.
NEK MINNIT, ANOTHER WEEK LATER...(HMM, NOT ANOTHER DISEMBOWELMENT, HAIL TO THE KING BABY! 'CAUSE I GOT BALLS OF STEEL!!)
So it is the same as last week (On Friday I had a Chinese Takeaway (My personal favourite food) but I was full so I had to put it in the fridge (Well, I did finish my leftover on Sunday) and then I had Jansen's leftover by accident) but with different teams as Marton (In Otago colours) took on Marist (In the green & white strip) before Marist led 5 - 3 at halftime, only for Marton to take the lead and win the game by just 22 points (The final score was definitely a pure 27 points to 5).
2 days later, Me, Nan & Poppa went to the Gonville Library where I met Kelly for the 1st time ever (Oh, and yeah, She is the one who liked my blog that much but she has got distinctive tattoos on her wrists that I just witnessed) where I read more books & had morning tea there and I did enjoy that experience not because I had a lot of fun there.
So, this 1 year anniversary must be over now but my next blog will be my 22nd Birthday Special, but I don't need anyone else...'cause I have UROBOROS!! But in less than 5 minutes, we will reach the optimal ALTITUDE for missile deployment. Uroboros will be released into the ATMOSPHERE ensuring COMPLETE...GLOBAL...SATURATION!
The report began on the day after ANZAC when Jans & I went to Nan & Pops until Monday while Dad went tramping and we had dinner at out new home (Well I had roast on my starter course then pasta X pesto for the main course followed by the final course which is apple pie & ice cream).
It was on Saturday that we had excellent breakfast & lunch (We had 3 scrabble challenges to play and the team of me and Nan were winners before losing to Poppa & Jans in a rematch and finally gained revenge in the final challenge) before going to the rugby at Spriggens Park because I had a Sushi there when Kaierau defeated Pirates and after that, Poppa & I went home to prepare for something like dinner which I cannot remember now until the following day (Watched Super Rugby when the reigning champion Chiefs defeated the Sharks in a rematch of the final last year), both brekkie & lunch are the same ol' same ol' but the big moment now is the dinner we had, the golden delicious curry and it looks awesome, then had to leave here on Monday when Dad arrived.
And then...Nek Minnit on Thursday, we finally had the opportunity to go to Wellington (We did have a picnic before outside of Otaki), and when we arrived on the way to John & Lim's (And we were on the lifts, I told them that wasn't the Harlem Shake), both weren't there and I just witnessed former Wellington Phoenix FC owner Terry Serepisos twice before we just had burgers for dinner and the following day, we went to have breakfast there at The Grand which is superb before walking down Lambton Quay were Pops bought me a new jacket from Farmers before going to Westpac Stadium for the Better Home & Living show (I had lunch there) before heading back to the apartment for afternoon tea before going to the Green Parrot for dinner so I had a mixed grill but unfortunately, I did not eat it all because I was full now so we went back to the apartments to see both the Blues & Chiefs play but both teams had to win the match despite nearly getting hammered by their opponents like the Stormers & Rebels, and then the next morning when John & Lim apparently left to go to Nelson, we did have brekkie before going on a bus to look for some shops, then we headed back to the apartment by watching more sport on TV before going to Prefab for lunch where I had a delicious pizza (One of my favourite foods apart from pasta, sushi & stir-fry) while Nan & Pops had a Berlin Breakfast and after that, we went straight back to the apartment for a while watching more sport like the V8 Supercars before going to the Lone Star Restaurant for dinner were we had the starter then I had a pasta for dinner as well watching the Highlanders play the Sharks and both teams played well not only because it was a close encounter but the Highlanders ended up winning, giving them their 1st win of the season as well as ending their losing streak.
Then we spent our final days in Welly by heading to the market after we had breakfast where I had a leftover mixed grill (Taken from the Green Parrot) for brekkie, then we went to New World to get our lunch stuff like Sushi, Pasta & Tiramisu I had before we left the Capital to head back home to Wanganui.
1 WEEK LATER...
Me & Pops went to that game at Spriggens Park (We did not go last week because we were in Wellington) when Pirates defeated Utiku Old Boys 24 - 22 + I also had a Sushi & nut bar there.
NEK MINNIT, ANOTHER WEEK LATER...(HMM, NOT ANOTHER DISEMBOWELMENT, HAIL TO THE KING BABY! 'CAUSE I GOT BALLS OF STEEL!!)
So it is the same as last week (On Friday I had a Chinese Takeaway (My personal favourite food) but I was full so I had to put it in the fridge (Well, I did finish my leftover on Sunday) and then I had Jansen's leftover by accident) but with different teams as Marton (In Otago colours) took on Marist (In the green & white strip) before Marist led 5 - 3 at halftime, only for Marton to take the lead and win the game by just 22 points (The final score was definitely a pure 27 points to 5).
2 days later, Me, Nan & Poppa went to the Gonville Library where I met Kelly for the 1st time ever (Oh, and yeah, She is the one who liked my blog that much but she has got distinctive tattoos on her wrists that I just witnessed) where I read more books & had morning tea there and I did enjoy that experience not because I had a lot of fun there.
So, this 1 year anniversary must be over now but my next blog will be my 22nd Birthday Special, but I don't need anyone else...'cause I have UROBOROS!! But in less than 5 minutes, we will reach the optimal ALTITUDE for missile deployment. Uroboros will be released into the ATMOSPHERE ensuring COMPLETE...GLOBAL...SATURATION!
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Crouching Tiger Uppercut, Hidden Dragon Ball
Well, it has been about 11 months since I started blogging but I did get some easter treatment for 2013 when the Wanganui club rugby era began on Thursday, March 28th when we decided to go to the rugby to watch the Hurricanes B Team play the second string Fiji Warriors squad at the new look Spriggens Park, but in the end, the Canes B side (Among those were playing are Ardie Savea & Jack Lam + Kaipati Gaulalofa got yellow carded before Ratunaisa Vatuiranuku got sent off following an alleged stomping incident on the ground) ended up winning the match by 38 - 20 and that match we went to was excellent (Although we went to Noodle Canteen to order a Chinese takeaway dinner before we went home) and by the way, I did have some easter eggs as well as hot cross buns as part of my easter treatment experience that I enjoyed.
1 week later, went to another game which is the club rugby game between Pirates & Border which is the Grand Hotel Challenge Shield (I did not really know the name when Pops & I were there) but Border came out as winners, beating the shield holders Pirates by just a single point as well as taking home the Challenge Shield (Yeah and during the match, ex-Samoan rugby international scrum-half Denning Tyrell got yellow carded for a high tackle on Border lock Sam Madams).
But how about the embarrassing news that we have learned today because it is like that whole thing has gone to hell, and aside from that, there is something new, something we have never encountered before that the Nurburging track had to close down due to some bad stuff like a gigantic graffiti referencing some balls of steel (And yeah, like genitalia or stuff) and I was like ''Oh my god, I cannot believe this is happening, oh man!'' + And another embarrassing moment was the former British Prime Minster, the ''Iron Lady'' Baroness Margaret Thatcher (Not that Cher) had died from a strike (actually it's stroke) on Monday, aged about 87 not only because of ''That error which was quickly corrected.'' The 'i' and 'o' are located next to each other on the keyboard, making 'strike' and 'stroke' a relatively easy mistake to make'' and I was also like ''Aww no way, not again...how can this be!!''
And finally on this blog report, how about the old face of Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods on his way back to the top of the World Golf Rankings for the 1st time since 2009, taking over from Northern Irish kid sensation, Rory McIlroy after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational over in Orlando, Florida (It was on the 21st - 25th March).
So, that is it for today but next month on the 2nd of May Day 2013, I will be doing something interesting about 1 year on, but all will be revealed next month.
1 week later, went to another game which is the club rugby game between Pirates & Border which is the Grand Hotel Challenge Shield (I did not really know the name when Pops & I were there) but Border came out as winners, beating the shield holders Pirates by just a single point as well as taking home the Challenge Shield (Yeah and during the match, ex-Samoan rugby international scrum-half Denning Tyrell got yellow carded for a high tackle on Border lock Sam Madams).
But how about the embarrassing news that we have learned today because it is like that whole thing has gone to hell, and aside from that, there is something new, something we have never encountered before that the Nurburging track had to close down due to some bad stuff like a gigantic graffiti referencing some balls of steel (And yeah, like genitalia or stuff) and I was like ''Oh my god, I cannot believe this is happening, oh man!'' + And another embarrassing moment was the former British Prime Minster, the ''Iron Lady'' Baroness Margaret Thatcher (Not that Cher) had died from a strike (actually it's stroke) on Monday, aged about 87 not only because of ''That error which was quickly corrected.'' The 'i' and 'o' are located next to each other on the keyboard, making 'strike' and 'stroke' a relatively easy mistake to make'' and I was also like ''Aww no way, not again...how can this be!!''
And finally on this blog report, how about the old face of Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods on his way back to the top of the World Golf Rankings for the 1st time since 2009, taking over from Northern Irish kid sensation, Rory McIlroy after winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational over in Orlando, Florida (It was on the 21st - 25th March).
So, that is it for today but next month on the 2nd of May Day 2013, I will be doing something interesting about 1 year on, but all will be revealed next month.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Harlem Shake: New Year, New Blog
Well, it has been an incredible 2012 but now comes 2013 as we begin the new year with a big bang theory, by moving in to 31 Kings Avenue (The NEW Violet Systems Lab) on the 3rd of January after spending just 5 & a half years living at 43 Rimu Street (I started calling that place the Violet Systems laboratory research facility before leaving that place for a new home) beginning from the 30th of June, 2007.
Then a month later, we went to Raetihi for Hera Ruby's 21st birthday because we stayed over at Ohakune because I did enjoy that 21st at the cossie club by having a excellent but great food & drink and I did watch the rugby there when the Brumbies beat the Reds (Who went on to beat the Tahs (Round 2) & Hurricanes in round 3 when Conrad Smith (Canes Captain), was the victim who got pushed by a NZ born Australian ref, Steve Walsh (As seen from the referee cam) then a week later I watched the Blues (Now coached none other than Sir John 'JK' Kirwan) win by beating the Hurricanes by watching it here on Prime a week after her 21st and then another week later (The Blues also beat the Crusaders at Eden Park), I watched the Dave Rennie coached defending Super Rugby champion Chiefs (Who beat the Highlanders when the Blues won) play against the Cheetahs so I did not watch the 1st half due to their poor/woeful performances but they did improve better in the 2nd half before effectively winning the match.
And what about Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen (AKA SVG or The Giz) performing well for his new team Tekno Autosports by driving a Holden (No longer driving a Ford except in the V8 Supertourers in his rookie season) to victory in Race 2 after claiming 2 pole positions in both days (He retired in Race 1 because Craig Lowndes won but meanwhile, the 19 year old talented V8 Supercar driver Scott McLaughlin (The inaugural V8 Supertourer Champion) was the best of the New Zealanders in 6th on his full time debut since already made his official V8 debut at Sandown and competed at Australia's greatest race, the Bathurst 1000 until Mclaughlin stepped up as a emergency replacement (After winning the second-tier V8 Championship promoting his status as a full-time driver for this year's championship as well as becoming a spiritual successor to his idol Greg Murphy (Who is no longer contesting full-time by joining the Holden Racing Team for the endurance events) at the final race of the 2012 season at the Sydney Olympic Park Circuit) in the 2013 Clipsal 500 (The 1st race of the new look V8 Supercar season including the unexpected return of Nissan and the arrival of Mercedes-Benz to Australian Motorsport as well as the all new Car of The Future rules) despite the legal battles surrounding his former team Stone Brothers Racing (Now Erebus Motorsport since their switch from Ford Falcons to the all new Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG's) as well as his departure from the International V8 Supercar Championship but finally he decided to make a comeback from the sport indeed despite not quitting (He has now 3 V8 Supercar victories (1 in Hamilton 2011, the other in Hidden Valley 2011 & now, the Clipsal 500 2013) under his belt).
And finally, on this 1st blog of 2013, what about the Harlem Shake, a viral video that has crazed millions worldwide when the video starts with a guy dancing around before others could join in the act. But several individuals who performed the Harlem Shake are: Manchester City FC, The Blues & Crusaders Super Rugby franchises, Basketballer LeBron James & NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson.
Well, well, well...Perhaps this is the greatest start of the new year of 2013 with the Super Rugby season already started but the new NRL Premiership begins with Sonny Bill Williams on his NRL comeback when he debuts for his new team, the Sydney Roosters take on rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs tonight (And then on Saturday, the Matt Elliot coached Warriors begin their NRL campaign against the Eels over in Parramatta).
Then a month later, we went to Raetihi for Hera Ruby's 21st birthday because we stayed over at Ohakune because I did enjoy that 21st at the cossie club by having a excellent but great food & drink and I did watch the rugby there when the Brumbies beat the Reds (Who went on to beat the Tahs (Round 2) & Hurricanes in round 3 when Conrad Smith (Canes Captain), was the victim who got pushed by a NZ born Australian ref, Steve Walsh (As seen from the referee cam) then a week later I watched the Blues (Now coached none other than Sir John 'JK' Kirwan) win by beating the Hurricanes by watching it here on Prime a week after her 21st and then another week later (The Blues also beat the Crusaders at Eden Park), I watched the Dave Rennie coached defending Super Rugby champion Chiefs (Who beat the Highlanders when the Blues won) play against the Cheetahs so I did not watch the 1st half due to their poor/woeful performances but they did improve better in the 2nd half before effectively winning the match.
And what about Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen (AKA SVG or The Giz) performing well for his new team Tekno Autosports by driving a Holden (No longer driving a Ford except in the V8 Supertourers in his rookie season) to victory in Race 2 after claiming 2 pole positions in both days (He retired in Race 1 because Craig Lowndes won but meanwhile, the 19 year old talented V8 Supercar driver Scott McLaughlin (The inaugural V8 Supertourer Champion) was the best of the New Zealanders in 6th on his full time debut since already made his official V8 debut at Sandown and competed at Australia's greatest race, the Bathurst 1000 until Mclaughlin stepped up as a emergency replacement (After winning the second-tier V8 Championship promoting his status as a full-time driver for this year's championship as well as becoming a spiritual successor to his idol Greg Murphy (Who is no longer contesting full-time by joining the Holden Racing Team for the endurance events) at the final race of the 2012 season at the Sydney Olympic Park Circuit) in the 2013 Clipsal 500 (The 1st race of the new look V8 Supercar season including the unexpected return of Nissan and the arrival of Mercedes-Benz to Australian Motorsport as well as the all new Car of The Future rules) despite the legal battles surrounding his former team Stone Brothers Racing (Now Erebus Motorsport since their switch from Ford Falcons to the all new Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG's) as well as his departure from the International V8 Supercar Championship but finally he decided to make a comeback from the sport indeed despite not quitting (He has now 3 V8 Supercar victories (1 in Hamilton 2011, the other in Hidden Valley 2011 & now, the Clipsal 500 2013) under his belt).
And finally, on this 1st blog of 2013, what about the Harlem Shake, a viral video that has crazed millions worldwide when the video starts with a guy dancing around before others could join in the act. But several individuals who performed the Harlem Shake are: Manchester City FC, The Blues & Crusaders Super Rugby franchises, Basketballer LeBron James & NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson.
Well, well, well...Perhaps this is the greatest start of the new year of 2013 with the Super Rugby season already started but the new NRL Premiership begins with Sonny Bill Williams on his NRL comeback when he debuts for his new team, the Sydney Roosters take on rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs tonight (And then on Saturday, the Matt Elliot coached Warriors begin their NRL campaign against the Eels over in Parramatta).
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
From Kim Dotcom to 강남스타일 (Gangnam Style): The best of MMXII (2012)
The year 2012? Wow! What a year this had been but I am doing a blog reflecting the highlights of MMXII.
This year kicked off with a bang when career criminal and the founder of Megaupload, Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz got arrested by on the 20th of January (In which armed officers raided from a chopper to make an arrest on Dotcom & 4 other people at Dotcom's mansion as well as seizing a worth of $17,000,000 assets including eighteen luxury cars, giant screen Televisions and works of art, but err...they think that the raid (or spy) was illegal since the rule carried out by the Government Communications Security Bureau that they are not allowed to spy on Kiwi citizens when he had been granted permanent residency), charged with suspected copyright infringement in relation to his Megaupload website, which had to be shut down by the hands of the United States Department of Justice. And I mean why, why has the Prime Minister (PM, The right honourable) John Phillip Key talk about Kim Dotcom all the time, including saying sorry to him and to us Kiwis because every Kiwi...is entitled to be protected from the law when it comes to the GCSB and we failed to provide that appropriate protection for him).
On Waitangi day over in Britain marked Her Majesty the Queen's diamond jubilee, celebrating 60 years of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth.
And then on to your sports desk, Steve Hansen already became a new coach of the reigning world champion All Blacks (Also the current holders of the Bledisloe), guiding them to 12 victories (Against the likes of Ireland (3x), Australia (2x), South Africa (2x), Argentina (2x), Scotland, Italy & Wales), a draw against Australia & a loss against England + 1 Rugby Championship title. And then, onto Euro 2012 football was held in Poland/Ukraine, with Spain the dominant force of both World & European football, pouncing Italy (Whom they both met in a group stage, ending in a 1 - 1 draw before both teams have never met again until the final) in the final 4 - 0 in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, to successfully defend the European Championship (Since winning the previous tournament in 2008), 2 years after becoming the 8th nation to win the FIFA World Cup by beating Holland in the final 1 - 0 during extra time in Jo'burg, South Africa. And after Euro 2012 was the Summer Olympic Games in London, England, United Kingdom where New Zealand had a successful Olympic campaign since Seoul, South Korea 1988, with 5 gold medals (now 6 including Adams since the disqualification of Ostapchuk) won by the likes of Cohen/Sullivan, Bond/Murray, Drysdale, Aleh/Powrie (Team Jolly) & of course, Carrington + 3 silvers (now 2) & 5 bronzes.
And finally, the South Korean pop sensation PSY had released a new song, dubbed as Gangnam Style in August (A few weeks after the Olympics had ended on a high note) when the music video of it (Featuring all new dance moves that I am good at when tuning to that song, such as the horse trot & the lasso spinner), went viral by influencing popular culture since then before the video was a success, surpasssing over 983,000,000 times on YouTube as well as the most watched video in history but it even went to numero uno in the music charts in like, over 20 countries worldwide but err...when I 1st listened to that Gangnam Style (Well, I never heard that before when PSY appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show with the host Ellen & guest Britney Spears, teaching those new dance move inventions/creations), I quite liked it from scratch along with John & Lim, who are passionate about that Korean pop (Or K-Pop) music + Nek Minnit (2 months after the Gangnam Style single came out), there are news about Felix Baumgartner of Austria, the BASE Jumping/Skydiving Daredevil enthusiast, did manage to jump throughout the edge of space by breaking the sound barrier on his descent as well as the total jump, from leaving the capsule to landing on the ground, lasted approximately ten minutes as part of a space diving project dubbed as Red Bull Stratos (And Baumgartner wore a helium balloon before free falling in a pressure suit and then parachuting to Earth by flying at approximately 39 km into the stratosphere over New Mexico, United States).
It has been an incredible MMXII for me (Having my 21st birthday as well as establishing pasta week + going to Wellington twice this year like in 2010 & enjoyed by watching the Avengers movie) so I would be having our christmas wish and to keep our safety for the new year which is 2013 (MMXIII).
P.S. The year 2012 was terrible especially the mother-daughter duo of Sally & Jamie Ridge having their own reality TV show labelled as da worst along with the GC which is also a reality TV show consisting of Maori Australians (AKA da Mozzies) featuring the likes of Tame & the ridiculously hot Rosanna 'Rosie' Arkle + Sebastian Vettel of Germany becomes triple World Champion of Formula 1 after finishing 6th in Brazil (Which is the final round of the 2012 F1 calendar) with championship runner-up & double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso (Driving for Ferrari) finished 2nd behind the winner of that last race, Jenson Button (2009 World Champion). But the main talking point of the F1 season was seeing the funny side of Kimi Raikkonen (Who placed 3rd in his comeback season + F1 World Champion of 2007) in Abu Dhabi and I'll tell you guys the story about Raikkonen's unexpected but messy situation:
DURING LAP 22 (Polesitter Lewis Hamilton (2008 World Champion) retires on Lap 19)
Kimi's Engineer (Presumably Simon Rennie): Okay Kimi, next guy behind you is Alonso, Alonso five seconds behind you...I'll keep you updated on the gap. I'll keep you updated on the pace.
Kimi: JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!! I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!!!
AND ON LAP 41
Simon Rennie: OK, Kimi, we need to keep working all 4 tyres, please. Keep working all four...
Kimi: Yes, yes, yes, yes! I am doing all the tyres! You do not have to remind every second!
Simon Rennie: OK
And so there it goes, moments before Kimi Raikkonen had to win the Abu Dhabi GP by collecting his 1st win in just his comeback season in F1 (He drives for Lotus by guiding them to their 1st win) after a 2 year absence by competing in both the World Rally Championship & NASCAR.
This year kicked off with a bang when career criminal and the founder of Megaupload, Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz got arrested by on the 20th of January (In which armed officers raided from a chopper to make an arrest on Dotcom & 4 other people at Dotcom's mansion as well as seizing a worth of $17,000,000 assets including eighteen luxury cars, giant screen Televisions and works of art, but err...they think that the raid (or spy) was illegal since the rule carried out by the Government Communications Security Bureau that they are not allowed to spy on Kiwi citizens when he had been granted permanent residency), charged with suspected copyright infringement in relation to his Megaupload website, which had to be shut down by the hands of the United States Department of Justice. And I mean why, why has the Prime Minister (PM, The right honourable) John Phillip Key talk about Kim Dotcom all the time, including saying sorry to him and to us Kiwis because every Kiwi...is entitled to be protected from the law when it comes to the GCSB and we failed to provide that appropriate protection for him).
On Waitangi day over in Britain marked Her Majesty the Queen's diamond jubilee, celebrating 60 years of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth.
And then on to your sports desk, Steve Hansen already became a new coach of the reigning world champion All Blacks (Also the current holders of the Bledisloe), guiding them to 12 victories (Against the likes of Ireland (3x), Australia (2x), South Africa (2x), Argentina (2x), Scotland, Italy & Wales), a draw against Australia & a loss against England + 1 Rugby Championship title. And then, onto Euro 2012 football was held in Poland/Ukraine, with Spain the dominant force of both World & European football, pouncing Italy (Whom they both met in a group stage, ending in a 1 - 1 draw before both teams have never met again until the final) in the final 4 - 0 in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, to successfully defend the European Championship (Since winning the previous tournament in 2008), 2 years after becoming the 8th nation to win the FIFA World Cup by beating Holland in the final 1 - 0 during extra time in Jo'burg, South Africa. And after Euro 2012 was the Summer Olympic Games in London, England, United Kingdom where New Zealand had a successful Olympic campaign since Seoul, South Korea 1988, with 5 gold medals (now 6 including Adams since the disqualification of Ostapchuk) won by the likes of Cohen/Sullivan, Bond/Murray, Drysdale, Aleh/Powrie (Team Jolly) & of course, Carrington + 3 silvers (now 2) & 5 bronzes.
And finally, the South Korean pop sensation PSY had released a new song, dubbed as Gangnam Style in August (A few weeks after the Olympics had ended on a high note) when the music video of it (Featuring all new dance moves that I am good at when tuning to that song, such as the horse trot & the lasso spinner), went viral by influencing popular culture since then before the video was a success, surpasssing over 983,000,000 times on YouTube as well as the most watched video in history but it even went to numero uno in the music charts in like, over 20 countries worldwide but err...when I 1st listened to that Gangnam Style (Well, I never heard that before when PSY appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show with the host Ellen & guest Britney Spears, teaching those new dance move inventions/creations), I quite liked it from scratch along with John & Lim, who are passionate about that Korean pop (Or K-Pop) music + Nek Minnit (2 months after the Gangnam Style single came out), there are news about Felix Baumgartner of Austria, the BASE Jumping/Skydiving Daredevil enthusiast, did manage to jump throughout the edge of space by breaking the sound barrier on his descent as well as the total jump, from leaving the capsule to landing on the ground, lasted approximately ten minutes as part of a space diving project dubbed as Red Bull Stratos (And Baumgartner wore a helium balloon before free falling in a pressure suit and then parachuting to Earth by flying at approximately 39 km into the stratosphere over New Mexico, United States).
It has been an incredible MMXII for me (Having my 21st birthday as well as establishing pasta week + going to Wellington twice this year like in 2010 & enjoyed by watching the Avengers movie) so I would be having our christmas wish and to keep our safety for the new year which is 2013 (MMXIII).
P.S. The year 2012 was terrible especially the mother-daughter duo of Sally & Jamie Ridge having their own reality TV show labelled as da worst along with the GC which is also a reality TV show consisting of Maori Australians (AKA da Mozzies) featuring the likes of Tame & the ridiculously hot Rosanna 'Rosie' Arkle + Sebastian Vettel of Germany becomes triple World Champion of Formula 1 after finishing 6th in Brazil (Which is the final round of the 2012 F1 calendar) with championship runner-up & double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso (Driving for Ferrari) finished 2nd behind the winner of that last race, Jenson Button (2009 World Champion). But the main talking point of the F1 season was seeing the funny side of Kimi Raikkonen (Who placed 3rd in his comeback season + F1 World Champion of 2007) in Abu Dhabi and I'll tell you guys the story about Raikkonen's unexpected but messy situation:
DURING LAP 22 (Polesitter Lewis Hamilton (2008 World Champion) retires on Lap 19)
Kimi's Engineer (Presumably Simon Rennie): Okay Kimi, next guy behind you is Alonso, Alonso five seconds behind you...I'll keep you updated on the gap. I'll keep you updated on the pace.
Kimi: JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!! I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!!!
AND ON LAP 41
Simon Rennie: OK, Kimi, we need to keep working all 4 tyres, please. Keep working all four...
Kimi: Yes, yes, yes, yes! I am doing all the tyres! You do not have to remind every second!
Simon Rennie: OK
And so there it goes, moments before Kimi Raikkonen had to win the Abu Dhabi GP by collecting his 1st win in just his comeback season in F1 (He drives for Lotus by guiding them to their 1st win) after a 2 year absence by competing in both the World Rally Championship & NASCAR.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Wellington Trip 2012: An Unexpected Journey AKA Strategic Space
It was last week that we finally be going to the capital city, Wellington, NZ (Just a day after the events of The Hobbit movie premiere took place) with me, Nan & Pops (Well I went to Welly earlier in June with Dad, Corinna & Jans to see the injured Bernard Thomas at a hospital) to stay at John Coburn & Lim Chin Keong's apartment dubbed as ''The Meat Quarter'' (Over in Courtneay Place) for like uh, 3 nights I think (And yes it was our 1st trip to Wellington when suddenly, John was here).
When we arrived at the capital, I did see many landmarks around the city such as the Cake Tin of Westpac Stadium & the Parliament buildings such as the Beehive before we parked our car to go to John & Lim's (Which is located @ Courtneay Place & we did arrange the stuff when we supposedly met John but he went out and then Lim turned up & John Came back and oh, by the way, did have lunch there at Mr Bun) before we all went to the Craftsman for dinner & I had burgers there for dinner before heading back to the apartment to watch X-Factor & had dessert before dancing to Gangnam Style by PSY (Which I am very good at now, LOL) and went to sleep.
1 day later, we went to New World to get our stuff for lunch after we had breakfast, saw the Embassy Theatre when security was tight due to a private function was being held before going to Weta Workshop over in Miramar and did enjoy it there and after that, headed back to the apartment for lunch, went for a walk through the streets especially the $2 store & Cuba Street and went to that Japan store, saw Poppa's sister, Catherine Ngapo with her English born partner, Ken while I was having a Japanese ice cream/block before going to farmers to buy my new pair of pyjamas heading back to The Meat Quarter before John & Pops took me to the post shop to get that stuff, headed back to the apartment before heading off to the Green Parrot for dinner (I had steak schnitzel there and it was excellent), went back there after dinner to watch the results show of X-Factor & Jono & Ben @ 10 (Which is the last of 2012), and after watching TV, it is bedtime.
The next morning, we did all go (Me, Nan, Pops, John & Lim) to Le Marche Francais for breakfast there (And I had French Toast X Hot Chocolate there) before heading over on a road trip to Greytown (Were we stopped on top of the hill) for a walk through the town for long before having lunch there and headed back to Welly for dinner with Aunt Catherine & Ken before going to see the James Bond movie Skyfall (With me, Pops, John & Lim) and I quite enjoyed it despite the movie was OK with the apparent death of M) to end the night because we are leaving tomorrow and we did leave Wellington after the All Blacks (Reigning World Champions) ill fated defeat to England (RWC 2015 hosts) ending our trip to Wellington campaign on a high beacuse next week, I will be doing a blog about the best of 2012: a year that was (Dubbed as the year of Kim Dotcom, the year of the Ridges (Sally & Jamie Ridge), the year of the GC (Like the people from the GC such as Tame & the ridiculously hot Rosanna 'Rosie' Arkle), the year of the Olympics & the year of the Gangnam Style (By South Korean Rapper PSY).
When we arrived at the capital, I did see many landmarks around the city such as the Cake Tin of Westpac Stadium & the Parliament buildings such as the Beehive before we parked our car to go to John & Lim's (Which is located @ Courtneay Place & we did arrange the stuff when we supposedly met John but he went out and then Lim turned up & John Came back and oh, by the way, did have lunch there at Mr Bun) before we all went to the Craftsman for dinner & I had burgers there for dinner before heading back to the apartment to watch X-Factor & had dessert before dancing to Gangnam Style by PSY (Which I am very good at now, LOL) and went to sleep.
1 day later, we went to New World to get our stuff for lunch after we had breakfast, saw the Embassy Theatre when security was tight due to a private function was being held before going to Weta Workshop over in Miramar and did enjoy it there and after that, headed back to the apartment for lunch, went for a walk through the streets especially the $2 store & Cuba Street and went to that Japan store, saw Poppa's sister, Catherine Ngapo with her English born partner, Ken while I was having a Japanese ice cream/block before going to farmers to buy my new pair of pyjamas heading back to The Meat Quarter before John & Pops took me to the post shop to get that stuff, headed back to the apartment before heading off to the Green Parrot for dinner (I had steak schnitzel there and it was excellent), went back there after dinner to watch the results show of X-Factor & Jono & Ben @ 10 (Which is the last of 2012), and after watching TV, it is bedtime.
The next morning, we did all go (Me, Nan, Pops, John & Lim) to Le Marche Francais for breakfast there (And I had French Toast X Hot Chocolate there) before heading over on a road trip to Greytown (Were we stopped on top of the hill) for a walk through the town for long before having lunch there and headed back to Welly for dinner with Aunt Catherine & Ken before going to see the James Bond movie Skyfall (With me, Pops, John & Lim) and I quite enjoyed it despite the movie was OK with the apparent death of M) to end the night because we are leaving tomorrow and we did leave Wellington after the All Blacks (Reigning World Champions) ill fated defeat to England (RWC 2015 hosts) ending our trip to Wellington campaign on a high beacuse next week, I will be doing a blog about the best of 2012: a year that was (Dubbed as the year of Kim Dotcom, the year of the Ridges (Sally & Jamie Ridge), the year of the GC (Like the people from the GC such as Tame & the ridiculously hot Rosanna 'Rosie' Arkle), the year of the Olympics & the year of the Gangnam Style (By South Korean Rapper PSY).
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