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Super 14: Round 6 Fixtures - Holi Days

March 22nd 2008 00:30

...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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I have checked myself into Bloghab.
Therefore I choose to close the Comments Section indefinitely. Such a loss I know...

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Happy Holi Day from Rucks and Rolls!

March 22nd 2008 00:00

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.

Holi celebrations (image courtesy of Brent Lewin)

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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Super 14: Round 6 Good Friday Results

March 21st 2008 21:00

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.

Dan Carter lines up his kick during the Crusaders v Waratahs match on March 21 2008

- "This pose is called The Danlander, better known as That-Brilliant-Pretty-Boy-is- Going-To-Get-That-Kick-That-Prick"

Lote Tuqiri gets consoled by his former League co-player Brad Thorn after the Waratahs v Crusaders match on March 21 2008

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.

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Super 14: Round 6 Fixtures - Great Friday!

March 21st 2008 00:00

Big big BIG matches on today/tonight.
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Rocky 'Ball-boa' Elsom To Take a Break?

March 20th 2008 22:00

...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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The Latest Rugby Headlines

March 19th 2008 21:30

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What's Stephen Larkham Doing?

...And Other News.

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Julian Huxley To Hang Up His Boots

March 19th 2008 21:10

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.

Julian Huxley has to hang up his boots and leave the ball

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Super 14: Round 5 results

March 19th 2008 03:30

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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Super 14: Round 5 Fixtures (scrum-ptious pi)

March 14th 2008 02:00

Happy International Pi Day Everyone!....and that would be pi as in the mathematical constant...not meat/potatoe/cherry.

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Super 14 2008: Round 4 Stats

March 14th 2008 00:30

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on John Doe Goes Live on the Wireless

October 1st 2008 01:40

Yayyy!!! I'll be tuning in JD....but I'm annoyed that I missed last night's show. I got the notification for this post but didn't click on it 'til today. Damn.

Next up...TV.
A panel discussion lounge-room style? Hmmm... the community channel is a step...

Hope you're well buddy.

Dusk

ps. thank you for the mention! Not deserved because I haven't been around for so long but am a regular reader and of course, a huge fan!

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on Birthday Girl of Flick Wit: Celebrating YOU

August 24th 2008 06:23

Happy Birthday Mich!!!!

Saw the notification email title and flew here faster than Superman on speed.

(Hmm...a bit like your wit Ms Michaelie Clark Kent...

Hon?...you definitely, legitimately deserve to be the centre of attraction, not just because it's all about you but because, my God woman...wading through all your posts and then reading through all your comments... that must have been a job and a half!

Always a laugh out loud pleasure to read your words. I blame you for the a lot of the coffee splatters on my computer screen, which sounds disgusting but you know what I mean!

Hope you are well lovely.

Dusk

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on The Dark Knight

July 17th 2008 14:08

Hello Bryn...

I have been floating on a '...Dark Knight' cloud ever since I saw this. Love the film. LOVE. Christian Bale as BatMan...ohhhh God...I thought 'Batman begins' was beyond measure but this...

Had to come and see what you (or JD) thought of it.

My only gripe is with the Rachel Dawes character. It can't be the actor depicting her as she is 'normally' without par but...as you say, "cardboardy".

Excellent review Bryn...and this;

In a perfect horror world the Nolan brothers ...................make a truly adult Batman movie (R-rated). Now theres a sly and mischievous thought!

Brilliant.

Hope you are well Bryn.

Dusk

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on Legends of Orble Pt. 2: Mrs. M., Everyone's Mum

July 13th 2008 12:36

Mrs M is a legend!...and I adore the chemistry between Mrs M and Yoda!

Great choice DA.

And now...could someone please do one of these on you?

Dusk

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on One of the sexiest women in history (hint: she never posed in Playboy)

July 10th 2008 11:21

Ahhh...'Singing in the Rain' should have been retitled 'Singe-ing in the Rain'! This was...is hot!

Hello DA...had to come by and visit. Hope you are well hon. Still working on the 'charmenta'...

Dusk

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on The Hottest Comic Book Ladies that went for Wolverine

July 4th 2008 06:44

Hi Cib...well...I received Mr Nice Guy's new post noftification and decided to check out the Orble homepage and then when I saw the pic of Gammazon aka She-Hulk...I had to come by!

Plus I'm a comic book ~~freak~~ fan.
...and yes that is my site. Blatant plug, sorry. My GammaZon is a different Gamma Gal though.

Hey Cibby...don't suppose you have a blog or write for a blog that reviews skincare products for men???

Have a great weekend. Go the Wallabies!...although after almost 4 decades of loving & living Rugby, I just. don't. care. that. much. anymore.

Like...um...I wonder why?

Dusk

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on The Hottest Comic Book Ladies that went for Wolverine

July 4th 2008 02:18

Cibby...wash your mouth out.

Of course they are all real...and She-Hulk is also known as GammaZon but of course, my type of GammaZon is fuschia...

...although the comic book Wolverine just isn't as hot as the big screen one...

Holy Cow!...Jean Grey never looked like that in the comics I have!

Hope you're well Cibuanno.

Dusk

ps. Hi Damo! The link is there...just before Cibby writes he "..didn't even hesitate..."

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on I Missed My Own Birthday!

July 4th 2008 02:14

MNG...

Controversial be damned. I'll take genuine, witty, warm any day...you're my kind of cup of coffee...full of flavour.

Happy Birthday!

Dusk

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on Suicide and life through the rearview mirror

May 12th 2008 23:19

MNG...

Thinking of all of you who feel his loss.

Dusk

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May 8th 2008 07:34