This was from my first game at Anfield with Michal and Ashley after our Ireland trip. What a European night! Stevie scored and set Fernando up for one of his two goals. It was a great evening, a great match, shared with great people.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Photo Challenge Day 22
A photo that you associate a good memory with:
This was from my first game at Anfield with Michal and Ashley after our Ireland trip. What a European night! Stevie scored and set Fernando up for one of his two goals. It was a great evening, a great match, shared with great people.
This was from my first game at Anfield with Michal and Ashley after our Ireland trip. What a European night! Stevie scored and set Fernando up for one of his two goals. It was a great evening, a great match, shared with great people.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
My First XI
As mentioned in the previous blog, I decided to honour one of my new favourite websites (kickette.com) by doing my own First XI of hot footballers. Here it is, enjoy. Shiri was instrumental in helping me choose my side.
Goalkeeper:
Joe Hart (England, Man City); Why oh why must your play for such a horrible team?
Defenders:
Carlos Bocanegra (USA, St. Ettiene): Hello there Captain America!
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy, Al-Ahi UAE): Still not happy Italy won the World Cup but you're good looking enough to get away with it.
Gerard Pique (Spain, Barcelona): Please stop bleeding from your head. You're too good looking to afford that. Also, you're dating Shakira, just thought I'd throw that out there.
Xabi Alonso (Spain, Real Madrid): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool?
David Beckham (England, LA Galaxy): I mean really, how can you not include him? We're just going to ignore the bad hair years.
Benny Feilhaber (USA, New England Revolution): Representing Irvine, CA (my hometown) and Irvine Strikers (my youth club).
Stu Holden (USA, Bolton): You are adorable. Really not much else to say.
Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool): Basically I love you to death. That is all.
Strikers:
Michael Owen (England, Manchester United): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool?
Fernando Torres (Spain, Chelsea): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool? I'm sensing a theme here....
Well, I hope you all enjoyed this as much as Shiri and I did. Probably not, but whatever. :)
Goalkeeper:
Joe Hart (England, Man City); Why oh why must your play for such a horrible team?
Defenders:Carlos Bocanegra (USA, St. Ettiene): Hello there Captain America!
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy, Al-Ahi UAE): Still not happy Italy won the World Cup but you're good looking enough to get away with it.
Gerard Pique (Spain, Barcelona): Please stop bleeding from your head. You're too good looking to afford that. Also, you're dating Shakira, just thought I'd throw that out there.
Xabi Alonso (Spain, Real Madrid): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool?
David Beckham (England, LA Galaxy): I mean really, how can you not include him? We're just going to ignore the bad hair years.
Benny Feilhaber (USA, New England Revolution): Representing Irvine, CA (my hometown) and Irvine Strikers (my youth club).
Stu Holden (USA, Bolton): You are adorable. Really not much else to say.
Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool): Basically I love you to death. That is all.
Strikers:
Michael Owen (England, Manchester United): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool?
Fernando Torres (Spain, Chelsea): Why oh why did you ever leave Liverpool? I'm sensing a theme here....
Well, I hope you all enjoyed this as much as Shiri and I did. Probably not, but whatever. :)
Photo Challenge Day 21
A photo of someone you find attractive:
This one should not have been so difficult but it was. So I decided to do a bunch, picking people from different categories. You will notice there are no athletes/footballers on here. That is because that was FAR too difficult to narrow down and therefore I decided to take a page out of the Kickette book (check it out: kickette.com) and great a First XI of footballers. That blog is to come. In the meantime, here is a male actor, a female actor, a male singer, and a female singer for your enjoyment.
Male actor: Jake Gyllenhaal. Ever since October Sky I have loved him. He grew up alright as well. Also, I saw him at the airport once; he was leaving from the gate next to mine. Being the wimp I am I just sat there and looked at him rather than do anything about it but whatever, I still have the memory.
Basically because of the fact that even when she shaved her head for V for Vendetta she was still gorgeous, I had to pick Natalie Portman as my female actor. Also, she was born in Israel and is fluent in Hebrew which also makes her awesome.
Josh Turner is attractive before he starts to sing and even moreso once he opens his mouth. Love the smile and that ridiculously deep voice. Also seems like a totally decent guy.
Carrie Underwood is adorable. Even in her American Idol audition she was beautiful and she still is. Also, an amazing voice. Basically the only AI alum that I actually care about (minus Kelly Clarkson for a little while).
Last but not least I have included a picture of a mirror because you, whoever you are, are beautiful (no matter what they say...). Yes, I AM that cheesy!!
This one should not have been so difficult but it was. So I decided to do a bunch, picking people from different categories. You will notice there are no athletes/footballers on here. That is because that was FAR too difficult to narrow down and therefore I decided to take a page out of the Kickette book (check it out: kickette.com) and great a First XI of footballers. That blog is to come. In the meantime, here is a male actor, a female actor, a male singer, and a female singer for your enjoyment.
Male actor: Jake Gyllenhaal. Ever since October Sky I have loved him. He grew up alright as well. Also, I saw him at the airport once; he was leaving from the gate next to mine. Being the wimp I am I just sat there and looked at him rather than do anything about it but whatever, I still have the memory.
Basically because of the fact that even when she shaved her head for V for Vendetta she was still gorgeous, I had to pick Natalie Portman as my female actor. Also, she was born in Israel and is fluent in Hebrew which also makes her awesome.
Josh Turner is attractive before he starts to sing and even moreso once he opens his mouth. Love the smile and that ridiculously deep voice. Also seems like a totally decent guy.
Carrie Underwood is adorable. Even in her American Idol audition she was beautiful and she still is. Also, an amazing voice. Basically the only AI alum that I actually care about (minus Kelly Clarkson for a little while).
Last but not least I have included a picture of a mirror because you, whoever you are, are beautiful (no matter what they say...). Yes, I AM that cheesy!!
Friday, 13 May 2011
Photo Challenge Day 19
A photo of something you ate today:
Rather than a photo of "something" I ate today I figured I'd give you a description of everything I ate today because it everything I ate was unique and particular to Israel (well almost).
Didn't really have breakfast (I know, thats very bad of me but I had an early bus to catch from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and so I didn't have much time) so I was very hungry by lunchtime. My great-aunt (my grandmother's sister) took me to Shiri to a nice restaurant called Caffit in the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Shiri and I split two dishes and they were both amazing! The first was a sweet potato ravioli with olive oil, garlic, chili peppers and Parmesan cheese. I didn't take an actual picture of it but this is from the website and its exactly what ours looked liked:
The second dish we had was really unique and unbelievably good! It was called "Oregenatta" and it was sort of a salad on steroids. It had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, some sort of feta cheese, all sorts of nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc), and sweet potato fries on top. Sounds strange, I know, but it was amazing! And yes, this is how high the plate was piled up! Between the two of us there was food left over. SO good!
After such an amazing lunch I didn't think it was possible to want to eat dinner but by late in the evening when Shiri and I met up with her friends from Hebrew U we were indeed hungry. Shiri wanted to take me (and her friends who had never been) to get "Kube" which is a sort of meatball covered in a sort of dough. Sounds strange but trust me, very good. We got some fried kube to share (were pretty good) and then had Kube Soup, which is, obviously, kube in soup.
Here's the fried kube:
Here's the kube soup. The first was mine, it was "Hamutz" (meaning sour) so it had pickles and lemon juice. It really was sour but really good.
This was Shiri's which had beetroot in it, making for a very interesting shade of pink.
After dinner we had one of the most amazing desserts in existence, chocolate rugelah. Its a sweet dough wrapped around a chocolate inside and then baked. Oh my gosh AMAZING!! I could eat these like its my job but I was good and only had one. That night. I had another the next morning...
We then went to Ben Yehuda street (where there are lots of bars and clubs) and had a chilled out drink. I'm in Israel, so of course, had to get a Goldstar!
A great Israeli day spent in one of the most incredible cities in the world, Jerusalem, with an amazing sister and unbelievable food!
Rather than a photo of "something" I ate today I figured I'd give you a description of everything I ate today because it everything I ate was unique and particular to Israel (well almost).
Didn't really have breakfast (I know, thats very bad of me but I had an early bus to catch from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and so I didn't have much time) so I was very hungry by lunchtime. My great-aunt (my grandmother's sister) took me to Shiri to a nice restaurant called Caffit in the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Shiri and I split two dishes and they were both amazing! The first was a sweet potato ravioli with olive oil, garlic, chili peppers and Parmesan cheese. I didn't take an actual picture of it but this is from the website and its exactly what ours looked liked:
The second dish we had was really unique and unbelievably good! It was called "Oregenatta" and it was sort of a salad on steroids. It had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, some sort of feta cheese, all sorts of nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc), and sweet potato fries on top. Sounds strange, I know, but it was amazing! And yes, this is how high the plate was piled up! Between the two of us there was food left over. SO good!
After such an amazing lunch I didn't think it was possible to want to eat dinner but by late in the evening when Shiri and I met up with her friends from Hebrew U we were indeed hungry. Shiri wanted to take me (and her friends who had never been) to get "Kube" which is a sort of meatball covered in a sort of dough. Sounds strange but trust me, very good. We got some fried kube to share (were pretty good) and then had Kube Soup, which is, obviously, kube in soup.
Here's the fried kube:
Here's the kube soup. The first was mine, it was "Hamutz" (meaning sour) so it had pickles and lemon juice. It really was sour but really good.
This was Shiri's which had beetroot in it, making for a very interesting shade of pink.
After dinner we had one of the most amazing desserts in existence, chocolate rugelah. Its a sweet dough wrapped around a chocolate inside and then baked. Oh my gosh AMAZING!! I could eat these like its my job but I was good and only had one. That night. I had another the next morning...
We then went to Ben Yehuda street (where there are lots of bars and clubs) and had a chilled out drink. I'm in Israel, so of course, had to get a Goldstar!
A great Israeli day spent in one of the most incredible cities in the world, Jerusalem, with an amazing sister and unbelievable food!
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Photo Challenge Day 18
A photo of your town:
I figured I'd include a photo of my hometown (Irvine, CA) and one of the town in which I now live (Oxford... duh).
Bet you can't guess which is which...
I figured I'd include a photo of my hometown (Irvine, CA) and one of the town in which I now live (Oxford... duh).
Bet you can't guess which is which...
Photo Challenge Day 17
A photo from a trip you'll never forget.
The trip with my parents and Youval to Switzerland was amazing. Everything was so stunningly beautiful, the weather was incredible, everything was perfect (well, once we finally got there that is.... stupid Luton versus Stansted...)
The trip with my parents and Youval to Switzerland was amazing. Everything was so stunningly beautiful, the weather was incredible, everything was perfect (well, once we finally got there that is.... stupid Luton versus Stansted...)
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