RWC pictures.........

This is our RWC house I have loads of flags around everyone but Australia I don't mind any other team winning but them!!!!!!!!!!!

Watched Japan Canada today good match Japan should have won but they threw it away in last 8 mins. Watching USA Italy now might be a write off me thinks.

THIS weelend is miserable weather and there is 7 games on this weekend and one on Friday what a bugger RUGBY IT IS then!!!!!

Ciao Blondie

Pictures Pictures Pictures......

Well here are the photos 1st one he is one week old, 2nd one 2 weeks old, 3rd and 4th 3 months, next one 4yr old, and the last one ON HIS 15th birthday with his birth friend Ashley these two are like brother and sister and are 9 days apart she being older (annoys him) he is now 6ft 1" and still growing funny how a little chingy bubba can grow ITS ALL the FOOD he eats!!!!

I will post more pictures of his presents later probably tomorrow or Thursday.

See no posts for ages and now heaps of posts and photos to boot.

Ciao Blondie

My baby is 15 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it is here my baby is 15 today ?I woke him with the annual photo taking 5.57am!!!!!!!!!!!! Every year without fail I do realise one morning I'm gonna get a picture I SO DID NOT want to see!!!!!

I bought him a gorgeous leather and chrome MANDORA (his words) bracelet very manly and a T shirt he is right into funny sayings and has sooo many t shirts he loves them. One t shirt has "chainsaw beats paper scissors rock!" the other one is all pine trees being chased by bulldozer "Run Forest Run" and he got another one that says "the Ka Mate Kid" a silhouetted figure in a maori costume doing a high karate kick ( the Karate KID!)

He got hugs and kisses all day and loads of compliments on his man bracelet, he also got an ear cuff type sleeper thingy with maori design on it, lots of money. We went out for dinner to our favourite restaurant BBQ MASTER took one of his friends (5 other friends went to AC BATHS )swimming and afternoon pizza lollies drink and chips (snack only 4 LARGE pizzas garlic bread 4 bottles fizzy 1kg lollies 4 bags chips)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will post some picture later on. I am actually pretty tired we got home at 10pm once we unpacked tidied sorted I am just getting to bed!!!!!!!

Ciao Blondie

Who could not love RUGBY?

We had a fantastic day Samuel won the tickets months ago and the day dawned, we travelled up no problem rained all the way there stopped at the warehouse bought a tarpaulin (waterproof plastic sheet), stepped outside SUNSHINE!!!!! Signage and directional arrows to game great parked less than 50m from venue, arrive 12.40 gates opened 1.30pm walked 30m to our seats up 2 flights stairs and BINGO 3 rows back from barrier WHOOP WHOOP and right behind goalposts.

The Samoans warmed up in front of us MAN THEY ARE HUGE the game was good atmosphere good, no dramas, lots of chanting singing and cheering and clapping. Finished 5.30pm took an hour to get to Tamahere just outside of hamilton had dinner with friends Roast Lamb veges and gravy AND PUDDING!!!!!! Got home 10.30pm tired but well worth the day.

We are thoroughly enjoying the rugby the tourists and the hype we are lucky to have 3 teams staying in Taupo, Ireland South Africa Wales Samuel and the Kapa Haka group has been apart of the official Powhiri (welcome) to Wales and had dinner with the Welsh a swanky affair and the kids loved it that was 10 days ago then they Welcomed South Africa Saturday and got to meet Viktor Matfield and Bryan Habana and Smitz and the rest of the team he is loving it next Welcome is Ireland when they arrive.

Due to our lineage Samuel can play for NZ, Wales,Scotland Ireland, England, South Africa, Fiji so he is 7 nations through and through!!!!!! BUT his choice Japan he wants to head there once leaving school and working and playing business rugby in the sports side and do karate over there and there is SOME serious serious money being thrown around for NZ Maori who can speak Japanese and are rugby players so he is ALL THOSE THINGS and he is right into Sports Therapy and Pschology unit at school at the moment and his PE teacher says he will do well.

I have only missed one game so far when in transit home on Sunday!!!!!

ROLL on more RUGBY!!!!!


Ciao Blondie

I should digress a little here.......

Samuel has consistantly and regularly BEATEN and "beaten up " by scoring direct points and "hits and strikes" the 16yr old and 17yr old in our Taupo karate club, blood noses black eyes split eyebrow bone just minor stuff GEORGE the sensei says "block faster move faster" etc, so Samuel knew he could beat some of the boys in the group easily, but the sheer enormity lead up and mental side EXCITEMENT nerves who knows it all got a bit much I think.

BUT we have a lifeline TAKAHASHI loved the venue tournament sooooooooooooo much he wants to do it all again BUT in MARCH when it is warmer he arrives 5 days before OUR huge snowfall and road closures etc etc and FROZE he didn't like it and I guess when you travel all around the world you can pick and choose the months you want to come.


So in MARCH RUGBY wont have started Samuel has 6 months to get sorted and get prepared so thats what he is aiming for and given he will have December January OF NO other events but karate training he will be sorted he may go to TURANGI to the other higher black belt instructor to train with him so he is doing 4 trainings a week over XMAS holidays his reasoning the other guy is actually the main one who chooses NZ TEAM and has more influence and he does have a very soft spot for Samuel I said maybe 1 EXTRA night a week so he isn't run down etc.........

The school sports programme has started him on an intense programme short sharp weights QUICK movements like weightlighting movements of clean and jerk etc to exact FAST muscle movement to mimic his own fighting style press ups chin ups etc and a little cardio.


The sports psychologist is seeing him once a week too so all in all I think it may be better for him.


So heres hoping it all moves forward.


Ciao
blondie

Karate was a disaster.............

My poor son we spent hundreds dollars at physio Arnica Symphytum cream and drops and massages and ankle strapping to NO AVAIL!!! Samuel couldn't successfully perform his Team Kata "Empi" it had a huge jump in it and a push off, he attempted it gingerly in practice no good, THE group of boys he fought in 16-18yr olds they were HUGE AS!!!!! They constantly LEG SWEPT his sore foot and keep hammering him MY SON GOT UGLY UGLY UGLY MEAN and lost it he was OTT I was embarrassed for him and embarassed for myself, he threw a tanty after (well threw his gloves and mouthguard down) it took me an hour to calm him down he was wound up and shoulders tight and hrrrummmmmpppphhhfffity, WHAT did we learn NO RUGBY at least 4 weeks before a tournament, and HE is seeing the SCHOOL SPORTS psychologist for MIND over matter exercises HE really over psyched himself and the older boys got under his skin too, the high performance school programme is going to help him BULK UP as he will always be the youngest in this group OF 7 YOUNG MEN he did learn his weakness though and hopefully will grow from this I do hope so BECAUSE the UGLY MEAN young man I saw was not PRETTY AT ALL. Once the lads turn 19 they are in the OPEN MENS division 19-35. So he will have to toughen up eh.

It was an intensely long weekend and by Sunday night at 7pm I had had enough we got home 8pm after cleaning up and packing away gear THE NEXT annual tournament is Palmerston North next year, THE CLUB is now in training for the WORLD CHAMPS I think Samuel may have missed his chance to be chosen, 2 days after the tournament we went out and had coffee together, I said to my son, I KNOW you love karate but what I saw on the FIGHT day was not you and WASN"T good, and may have hurt your chances, Takahashi wont want TANTY throwers or people representing NZ if they are sulky little tanty throwers.
Also he isn't old enough yet to work through those MENTAL barriers like TENNIS players when their game is off the drop a few sets and either disintegrate or lift their game and overcome the mind games. He has had the last 2 weeks off karate to help recover the foot and has done all the right things for physio, he has not walked anywhere etc to help stay off foot no kapa haka last week either BUT back into from this MONDAY. I did point out WE have been so insanely busy last few months I daresay he was burnt out mind wise too, HE didn't go to school Monday after tournament because when he is TIRED like that he gets INTO mucho trouble when tired!!!!!!!!

We desperately need rain now I bet we have a dry long summer.

Ciao
Blondie

Well the time is here...

Karate competition, BUT to back track the WEEK FROM HELL.

5th August RUGBY, Smauel was to play half a game but NO they started game late NO REF!!!! Samuel played first half WAS supposed to come off at halftime, they the coaches and manager keep him on. HE was injured with 2 mins to go.

He bruised his inner ligament on his KICKING LEG, and wrenched the muscle PHYSIO every morning this week Arnica Sympnytum drops (internal) Arnica Symphytum cream to rub on Brufen pain relief HE HAS iced his foot every interval at school and every lunchtime, then every night when he got home from school.

He has done all the appropriate exercises and stretches he WONT be doing the 6 hr training tomorrow BUT will train Saturday morning, and THE FIGHT day is SUNDAY afternoon he is WIRED!!!!!!!

I have worked all week double days to have half of today off and tomorrow and half of Monday!!


I am tired and I do hope I cope all weekend. This afternoon after school our kapa haka kids were at a marae for a huge TANGI (funeral) doing dishes, table setting up and clearing resetting tables 400 people through in 2 sittings, Samuel went from 330pm till 8.30pm, they were still going when we left!!!

I can't wait for this week to end HAVE A GREAT weekend everyone!!!

Ciao Blondie