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This is a biased look at Rugby (from a Gamma point of view...hence the fuschia) and I make no apologies for that.
Go The Wallabies! Go The Brumbies!...and ouch...Stephen Larkham...
...and Easter egg-cellence...
Round 6: Saturday March 22
HIGHLANDERS (NZ) v WESTERN FORCE
at Queenstown Events Centre
Live on LIVE at 12:30pm AEST Fox Sports 2
Last meeting: Highlanders 8-7 in Perth, February 2007
The Force is strong with this won...so who's your daddy now huh?...
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Yes you read right and yes I wrote right...today is Holi Day. And yes a holiday.
Holi is the Hindu Festival of Colours, celebrated by young and old, rich and poor and people from all religions... regardless of color, race, sex or social status... it is truly, literally a festival of colours....
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Please note: results and pics only.
Reviews will be added and post expanded later. Maybe.
Crusaders 34 - 7 Waratahs
The Waratahs could have won. No really, they could have. If the game was 5 minutes long.
- "This pose is called The Danlander, better known as That-Brilliant-Pretty-Bo...
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Big big BIG matches on todaytonight.
...there will be blood. There will be sin. Befitting really.
Round 6: Friday March 21
CRUSADERS (NZ) v NSW WARATAHS
at AMI Stadium, Christchurch,
Live on LIVE at 5:30pm AEST Fox Sports 2
Last meeting: Crusaders 34-33 in Sydney, March 20...
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...and no...he's not having a Kit-Kat...
Apparently, Wallabies and Waratahs back rower Rocky Elsom Elsom is contemplating a "brief break" from Australian Rugby.
and notice how the TV channel logo is placed just perfectly...seriously 10)" wrap="0" title="Rocky Elsom - try scorer: Wallabies v Ja...
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What's Stephen Larkham Doing?
...And Other News.
Larkham Gives Evidence at Inquest!
from ABCilly Online:
Current Global Legend and Brilliant Hunk (official title) Stephen Larkham has given evidence at an inquest into a fire that raged through DuskDevi's head when she saw him take his s...
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Brumbies fullback and Wallabies utility back, Julian Huxley may have played his last game of Rugby after it was confirmed that he must undergo surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Please refer to this post.
The benign tumour was discovered when the 28yo underwent scans after he suffered a bl...
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One may ask what's the point of posting the results now? So late in the week and quite a few days after the round ended?
Well one can ask all they want. Doesn't change the fact that they're here, they're clear, get used to it.
...but apologies for my laxity. I know y'all just hang out for what...
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Happy International Pi Day Everyone!....and that would be pi as in the mathematical constant...not meatpotatoecherry.
Why today March 14?
Well...Pi Day is observed on March 14 (314 in American date format), due to pi being equal to roughly 3.14.
Cool huh? On with the sweet as pi and j...
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Yep. Still can't figure out how to embedcreate tables within the body of the post! Oh well. All you have to do is click. You know how to click don't you?
Ladder:
P = Played
W = Won
D = Drawn
L = Lost
PF = Points For
PA = Points Against
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...and could someone please start up a 'So You Think You Can Dance?' blog?? Please, please. I can't seriously be the only Orbler addicted to this show?
Okay, yes, it's just another 'reality TV' competition with hype and stereotype but it's fun! And the dancers are just so brilliant. (and I li...
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...all over my beloved Brumbies parade.
I'll spare you the rundown and just give you the results.
Friday 0703
HURRICANES (NZ) 10 - 6 HIGHLANDERS (NZ)
Told you. (refer Preview post...every time I write "told you")
Carisbrook still is the House of Pain but for the Highlanders only. They ...
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Yes, yes, I know. This may seem like it has nothing whatsoever to do with my blog topic. Notice the emphasis on 'may'...
...but I was totally blown away by this and although first thinking that "this can't be" and "flying cars and meals in a pill territory" and "is April Fool's Day early this y...
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It's International Women's Day today!...although why have only one day to celebrate our magnificence when there's 365 days (leap year...) left?
Sorry the first 2 matches are not in chronological order. I'm sure you'll understand why. If not, please read the Fuschia Mission Statement.
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BIG match tonight (Fri 0703 AEST time)...BRUMBIES v NSW WARATAHS.
Question is...how will the Brumbies react under emotional pressure? (please refer to previous post).
Round 4 Previews Coming Next.
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Sorry, still can't figure out how to emb...
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...and Easter egg-cellence...
Round 6: Saturday March 22
HIGHLANDERS (NZ) v WESTERN FORCE
at Queenstown Events Centre
Live on LIVE at 12:30pm AEST Fox Sports 2
Last meeting: Highlanders 8-7 in Perth, February 2007
The Force is strong with this won...so who's your daddy now huh?
...this is a Force to be reckoned with and the Highlanders better not forget that. Actually the Force better not forget that either. Don't forget boys...a match is a game of 2 halves not a game played by halves. Except that damn flyhalf Giteau will probably do it all again.
That's okay. He'll be back as a Brumby soon...
Although the Highlanders have yet to win a match...they have also yet to lose a match badly. This is not a weak team, just a team that is not as strong. Big difference.
May the Force be with you...by 7 points.
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BLUES (NZ) v STORMERS (SA)
at Eden Park, Auckland
Live on LIVE at 3:30pm AEST Fox Sports 2
Last meeting: Stormers 33-20, in Cape Town, April 2007
Hmm... the question one must ask oneself, a tad pompous and onnoxiously is...do I care?
Hmmm...not really.
Eenie, meenie, minie mo...pick the team that's got to go. Okay. Stormers it is.
Blues to win.
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CHIEFS (NZ) v BULLS (SA)
in Rotorua at 5.35pm
Last meeting: Bulls 30-27, in Pretoria, February 2007
Aaah the Bulls. The defending champions. How great they were...
Chiefs to win.
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Sunday March 23
QLD REDS v LIONS (SA)
in Johannesburg
Live on LIVE at 2:00am AEST Fox Sports 2
Last meeting: Lions 26-20, in Brisbane, March 2007
That lion is no match for that angry Koala.
The Reds are feeling goooood after their fantastic 40-8 win over the Bulls last week and in the Rugby jungle...the Lion sleeps every night. No brainer.
Reds to win.
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Although I very much appreciate your participation and comments, I am suffering from blogging interaction overload.
I have checked myself into Bloghab.
Therefore I choose to close the Comments Section indefinitely. Such a loss I know... Thank you for your time.
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Yes you read right and yes I wrote right...today is Holi Day. And yes a holiday.
Holi is the Hindu Festival of Colours, celebrated by young and old, rich and poor and people from all religions... regardless of color, race, sex or social status... it is truly, literally a festival of colours. And literally a time to paint the town red!...and orange and blue and pink...!
People smear colours and splash coloured water on each other and generally revel in being full of life! A special drink called bhang is prepared and people invite each other to their houses for feasts and celebrations in the evenings.
Holi is undoubtedly the most funfilled and boisterous of all the Hindu festivals!
Orblers...ask Lilla. She lived in India and has wonderful memories of this time and celebration.
Apart from this usual fun with coloured powder and water, Holi is marked by loud, noisy and grand processions, which are accompanied by folk songs, dances and a general sense of joy and vitality.
Please note: all this merriment...not so much in non Indian countries but yeah, we all go a bit crazy no matter where we are. No processions and not much powder but much joy!
It's also a confirmation of good triumphing over evil and the affirmation of the beauty of life.
It's not a coincidence that Holi is always around the same time as Easter but Holi is determined and celebrated by/on the first full moon of March so the dates change every year.
Holi is usually celebrated over 3 days.
On the first day...the day of the full moon (Holi Purnima) a platter is arranged with coloured powders ('gulal') and brass pots are filled with coloured water. Traditionally, the eldest male member of the family begins the festivities by sprinkling colours on each member of the family, and then it's on for young and old!
On the second day of the festival, bonfires are lit at night to signify burning the demoness Holika (see below)
Mothers often carry their babies five times in a clockwise direction around the fire, so that her children are blessed by Agni, the God of Fire.
The most boisterous and the final day of the festival is when, draped in white, people throng the streets in large numbers and visit each others home and smear each other with bright hued powders and squirt coloured water on one another through pichkaris (big syringe-like hand-pumps). It's a wonderful mess!...and very significant.
First is the symbolic significance. The 'filling in' of a blank canvas with all the vibrancy of life.
The 2nd purpose is rather practical!
Holi falls during the Northern hemisphere Spring which is why it is also known as the Spring festival) - when the weather changes and this transitional period is believed to cause viral fevers and colds.
Thus the playful and messy throwing of the coloured powders has medicinal value. The colours are traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva, and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Ayurvedic doctors.
(Although.. the chemical colours of today have been deemed toxic...but we won't dwell on the negative aspects)
Originally Holi was a festival to celebrate good harvests and fertility of the land but there are many legends concerning the origin of this festival.
The most popular among these is about Prince Prahlad, the God faithful son of the demon King Hiranyakasipu.
Prahlad did not give up worshipping the God Vishnu in spite of the threats and persecution by his father and his demon aunt Holika, who was sent by her brother to kill the young Prahlad.
When Holika -who was immune to death by fire- took Prahlad and entered a blazing furnace built for his destruction, it was the wicked Holika who was burnt to ashes by divine intervention, while Prahlad came out unscathed.
Before she died, she realised her follies and begged the boy's forgiveness.
As his gesture of forgiveness, Prahlad deemed that her name would be remembered at least one day in the year.
Thus huge bonfires are burnt on the eve of Holi as its symbolic representation.
This passionate festival is also associated with the immortal love of Lord Krishna and his wife Radha.
...and because Krishna was a playful and romantic God and Spring is all about blossoming life... Holi enhances the vibrancy of this season with its riot of colors.
May the colours of Holi paint your life with love, happiness, prosperity, joy, peace, and success. Wishing you all a very Happy Holi.
Dusk
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Please note: results and pics only.
Reviews will be added and post expanded later. Maybe.
Crusaders 34 - 7 Waratahs
The Waratahs could have won. No really, they could have. If the game was 5 minutes long.
- "This pose is called The Danlander, better known as That-Brilliant-Pretty-Boy-is- Going-To-Get-That-Kick-That-Prick"
Aww, it's alright mate...we can't all be Stephen Larkham. There can only be One. And the Tahs might win someday...
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Brumbies 29 - 23 Cheetahs
Guess who was on the sidelines??????
Stephen Larkham!!!!!!!!!
...yes I did watch the match...kind of lost focus for a while there...but snapped back because I got scared the Cheetahs might win this at the end.
It got too close for comfort.
...and no...he's not having a Kit-Kat...
Apparently, Wallabies and Waratahs back rower Rocky Elsom Elsom is contemplating a "brief break" from Australian Rugby
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Brumbies fullback and Wallabies utility back, Julian Huxley may have played his last game of Rugby after it was confirmed that he must undergo surgery to remove a brain tumour.
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One may ask what's the point of posting the results now? So late in the week and quite a few days after the round ended?
Well one can ask all they want. Doesn't change the fact that they're here, they're clear, get used to it
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Happy International Pi Day Everyone!....and that would be pi as in the mathematical constant...not meat/potatoe/cherry.
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