Roger Federer dominating the TV in Kuantan

As you may or may not know, we love Roger Federer here. He has been dominating our TV for the last week and a half, and we are absolutely thrilled that he's made his 10th consecutive Australian Open semi-final! That's incredible!

Roger Federer beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7/6, 4/6, 7/6, 3/6, 6/3 in the quarter finals of the Australian Open

Our house has been full of screams and shouts and "C'mons" mixed with frenzied excitement and palpable tension. Nothing beats tennis!

So my Roger Federer blog has been very active over the past several days. Please go over and check it out! (Andy Murray fans are also welcome!)

Blog Flashbacks Saturday

Welcome to my weekly installment of Blog Flashbacks Saturday. It started last weekend, so with some positive feedback, here we go again.

Now you may be wondering who this is? Or you may be wondering why I have a picture of Bruce Forsyth in this post.

Bruce Forsyth is a famous TV presenter in England, hosting, amongst others, "Play Your Cards Right", a game show where contestants can win cash prizes or holidays etc.

Here's a clip of a typical Play Your Cards Right show with Bruce Forsyth entertaining the audience, performing his signature pose, and introducing the ladies who will be dealing the cards:

Well we used to try and pose just like Bruce Forsyth when the game show began. It was his signature pose and we spent many happy hours imitating him!


A year ago this weekend I blogged about my brother and the time we spent with him in Malaysia while he was visiting on holiday. And of course, we had to do our best Bruce Forsyth pose!

Time with my brother August 2010

And two years ago this weekend, my sister-in-law, Florina, had an accident while we were playing badminton - playing to win of course!

Sports Injuries August 2009

Whatever you're doing, have a lovely weekend, and see you on Monday!

World Cup on a 27" screen

The FIFA World Cup in South Africa is now on its sixth day but I haven't as yet blogged anything about it. The matches are a bit boring in all honesty, and apart from Germany's demolition of Australia, there haven't been many goals to get excited about.

The opening match of the tournament was one of the more entertaining affairs. A magnificent defence-splitting pass followed by a finish to match gave South Africa the lead.

Mexico's star Giovanni Dos Santos was impressive, linking midfield with attack, providing the creative spark for all of Mexico's attacks. He looked very much like a Ronaldinho at Barcelona. After 45 minutes I had warmed to this guy and I think he's going to be an absolute star - maybe not in this World Cup but definitely in the future. He has more skill in his two feet than the entire England team put together.

There have been a number of boring games which have been compounded by England's poor result against the U.S of A which seemed to deflate a nation after such high hopes. But South Africa, Mexico, France, Italy, Portugal and Ivory Coast all likewise began their campaigns with draws. I am hoping the World Cup heats up as we go into the 2nd round of group matches today.

We have a 27" screen Sony TV to watch the games on and so far that's going well and has enhanced our viewing pleasure - we're just waiting for more entertaining games.

It weighs a tonne but we're grateful to our friend Raymond, for his generosity in offering this TV set to us.

30 seconds of fame!

Well, I'm very excited as last night I was on the television! Yes, that's right, I was on TV in Malaysia! Wow, it feels so good, even if it was for a minute or so.

An email I sent in to Football Focus appeared first out of the 'Postbag', an area of the show where the pundits comment on viewer's email remarks. Duncan Horne from Malaysia was up first and I could barely believe my eyes! We crowded round the TV set as Andrew Leci read out my email. However, the joy was short-lived as Paul Masefield put a real dampener on my excitement as he immediately dismissed my point as 'a daft question'.

Oh well, Jamie Reeves did say something and had a short chuckle about it, but I didn't quite catch what he said.

I'll get you next time 'Mase' and you better be ready for a more lengthy dicussion!