Where is the honour in football when a striker deliberately trips over a defender? Where is the glory in winning when a goal is scored because of some dramatic acting? What has happened to this beautiful world game to turn it into a joke? How can a referee 2 metres away make such a dim-witted mistake? Either he needs a new pair of glasses or the world needs a new referee...

Evil spirits must be at play here =) If not how do we explain the Italian striker’s left foot being mysteriously held down... Dragging across the ground to purposely strike the Australian defender? Did you also notice how he managed to fall with such finesse, worthy of a place in China’s gymnastics team; as if a strange force had shoved him in the back?

A reporter for the Miami Herald says it best, “Italian left back Fabio Grosso broke past a defender and found himself with the ball in Australia's penalty area. He saw Lucas Neill lunging to get the ball away, so Grosso did what any savvy world-class player would do: he tumbled over Neill's body, crumpled into the fetal position and peeked out to see the referee's reaction.”

To be fair to Italy, (I’ve got loads of Italian friends who I would still like to be invited to their house for dinner) how can the referee send off a player who did not even scratch the Australian striker during the tackle? Dangerous play maybe, but surely not worthy of a straight red card...

Australian Socceroos, you are heroes in our eyes. Lucas Neill, the world will remember you for giving away the penalty... But we’ll remember you for showing us how flawed this world game is, and how heroes lose graciously knowing that they did their best and played their fairest.

Peace & quiet... Just one of the couple of things you'll normally associate with a holiday at a beach resort; or even describes the room which houses the white throne that you sit on everyday, where you get the pristine opportunity to slowly release and let go all your worries, tension and intoxicating matters of life and literally flush them down the drain.

I digress.

Peace, quiet & darkness. Some of the things more commonly associated with a power blackout. Or the same throne room if you like to do your business in the dark. ^_^

Electricity has been noticingly absent at South Perth for the past 2 nights. And I mean no street lights, traffic lights, and who knows, even the red light cameras. It was so dark I could even capture the faint glow of stars in the background of this photo...



After much careful deliberation in the dark, I decided that it was time for me to stop the trail of carnage I was leaving behind as I was knocking over every single piece of furniture in my path, and come up with an alternative light source other than my mobile phone's backlight. Behold I now give thee my creation...



Its quite bright really... But surprising enough, I found myself enjoying every single bit of this experience. Even God's Word encourages us, "Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." (I Thessalonians 5:16-18)

He showed me how amazing life could still be without television or computers, by bringing me back to my childhood years where it was just exciting listening to water crackling in the hot burning candle and flames were just fun to look at...

Not to mention this bloke too...