Really enjoyed the ATP World Tour Finals finale tonight, with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal going head to head in the championship decider. To be honest I was a little disappointed that the match didn't play out as long as it could have and I was hoping it would be a tighter game like yesterday's amazing semi-final, with Federer dispatching the world No.1 Rafa after 3 fairly short sets in just under 1 hour and 40 minutes. It just showed that Federer is coming back into the game and he's been more vital at this tournament than he has been all year since the Australia Open back in January.
But it did show that Nadal has had a punishing tournament and he clearly showed signs of fatigue after his tremendous match the day before with Murray, but overall this has been the best year of tennis he's ever had winning 3 of the 4 Grand Slams. However it also showed that Murray and Federer can seriously go hammer and tongs with Nadal and between them they contributed to his defeat tonight, a shame but I was glad to see Federer come back into such a prestiguous win after having a tough year's tennis.
And that's it for the year, I'm really looking forward to the next season in January already, the French Open, which might see Murray's chances of winning a Grand Slam, but Federer looks like he's coming back in a big way, so the young Scot might have a big wait on his hands yet. Here's to 2011! :-)
Sunday 28 November 2010
Saturday 27 November 2010
Nerve shredding tennis
This year I have really got into watching Tennis, as a sport on TV, nothing comes close to it,when you get a great game its just totally electrifying to watch.
And today I was totally on edge today watching Nadal and Murray go at it for a battle to win the semi-finals of the ATP World Finals 2010 in London O2 arena today. Funnily enough I was expecting Murray to at least get a tiebreaker in the first set and then lose the second set, but it was great to see the young Murray take the 2nd set from Nadal, who up until then seemed invicible, but it was great to see him put under such pressure to perform (not in a bad way of course, Rafa is a good fellow). And to see Murray go hammer and tongs with Nadal for a full 3 hours was nothing short of magnificent, finishing with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-8, he should be gutted but totally proud of what he achieved today, as I sure am. So Murray may be out but he surely won't hopefully be down, having achieved 666 today, you can't ask for more, except for winning but ah well, he was up against the world number 1, but he played him like he was world number 2. It was the best thing I've seen on TV in a while.
So the next semi final between Djokovic and Federer is on tonight, sadly I don't have Sky Sports, so I'll just need to follow the updates on the BBC website, I'm sure that will be a great game too. So tomorrow should make for a great finale whoever wins tonight.
And today I was totally on edge today watching Nadal and Murray go at it for a battle to win the semi-finals of the ATP World Finals 2010 in London O2 arena today. Funnily enough I was expecting Murray to at least get a tiebreaker in the first set and then lose the second set, but it was great to see the young Murray take the 2nd set from Nadal, who up until then seemed invicible, but it was great to see him put under such pressure to perform (not in a bad way of course, Rafa is a good fellow). And to see Murray go hammer and tongs with Nadal for a full 3 hours was nothing short of magnificent, finishing with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 6-8, he should be gutted but totally proud of what he achieved today, as I sure am. So Murray may be out but he surely won't hopefully be down, having achieved 666 today, you can't ask for more, except for winning but ah well, he was up against the world number 1, but he played him like he was world number 2. It was the best thing I've seen on TV in a while.
So the next semi final between Djokovic and Federer is on tonight, sadly I don't have Sky Sports, so I'll just need to follow the updates on the BBC website, I'm sure that will be a great game too. So tomorrow should make for a great finale whoever wins tonight.
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Lord of the Sugar
SPOILER ALERTTTTT:
Having just watched Apprentice Episode 8, usually Lord Sugar makes the right call with whom he fires, but on this one occassion I really have to say: what the hell were you thinking????????
The task being to go over to Germany to sell some new and exciting flavours of crisp to the German markets, and of course Chris's team lost the task, and so he took Christopher and Jamie into the boardroom and held them reponsible for the failure of the task. Now Lord Sugar decided to fire Christopher because he felt he lacked the entrepenaurial skills he was looking for. But I felt he did make a mistake, as they were clearly two other candidates that have performed far less well than he has. Jamie is an arrogant knob who thinks he's better than anyone else, and he clearly made a mistake on taking a later appointment i.e. 1pm instead of 9am, which cost them a big sale. So I think Jamie should have went because all he seems to do in the show moan and groan, at least Chris tried to do something and has shown some skill, but he is on thin ice, he might be gone next week.
Speaking of the other candidates though Stuart as usual was a delight, and despite being a prize knob, he is the most entertaining candidate the series has seen in a long time, his bantering with the Germans using his basic German skills was really funny, although I cringed every time he said "wuderbarr!". Stella's team did win the task but I felt they weren't very well organised either and she left Stuart and Laura out of the loop, especially as they missed out on a big sale at a hotel because Stella and Joanna arrived there first, thankfully for them Joanna was selling very well.
But it was a fun episode despite Lord Sugar making that big mistake, firing the guy that does everything right except be a bit of a bastard, doesn't seem right but he's the one in charge.
Having just watched Apprentice Episode 8, usually Lord Sugar makes the right call with whom he fires, but on this one occassion I really have to say: what the hell were you thinking????????
The task being to go over to Germany to sell some new and exciting flavours of crisp to the German markets, and of course Chris's team lost the task, and so he took Christopher and Jamie into the boardroom and held them reponsible for the failure of the task. Now Lord Sugar decided to fire Christopher because he felt he lacked the entrepenaurial skills he was looking for. But I felt he did make a mistake, as they were clearly two other candidates that have performed far less well than he has. Jamie is an arrogant knob who thinks he's better than anyone else, and he clearly made a mistake on taking a later appointment i.e. 1pm instead of 9am, which cost them a big sale. So I think Jamie should have went because all he seems to do in the show moan and groan, at least Chris tried to do something and has shown some skill, but he is on thin ice, he might be gone next week.
Speaking of the other candidates though Stuart as usual was a delight, and despite being a prize knob, he is the most entertaining candidate the series has seen in a long time, his bantering with the Germans using his basic German skills was really funny, although I cringed every time he said "wuderbarr!". Stella's team did win the task but I felt they weren't very well organised either and she left Stuart and Laura out of the loop, especially as they missed out on a big sale at a hotel because Stella and Joanna arrived there first, thankfully for them Joanna was selling very well.
But it was a fun episode despite Lord Sugar making that big mistake, firing the guy that does everything right except be a bit of a bastard, doesn't seem right but he's the one in charge.
Seeing Red
Yesterday I went and saw the action film Red at Cineworld, and it had a star studded cast so to speak, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Morgan Freeman who are in some way no strangers to action flicks, however then Helen Mirren steps in with her sniper file and heavy duty machine guns and starts blazing away.
Actually the film was fairly enjoyable and the cast were indeed very good, but I felt also they didn't quite manage to elevate the film above the usual action fare we get these days. Also the plot was somewhat difficult to follow and I don't quite know why they ended up trying to get the Vice President (OK as River Song would say Spoilers!). But Bruce Willis was his usual self and well at home in the action genre, and John Malkovich provided some pretty funny moments too, best of all was probably Mary Louise Parker, who is a terrific actress, and she was really engaging to watch in the film. And it makes for enjoyable enough for a action fuelled gunarma feast.
Actually the film was fairly enjoyable and the cast were indeed very good, but I felt also they didn't quite manage to elevate the film above the usual action fare we get these days. Also the plot was somewhat difficult to follow and I don't quite know why they ended up trying to get the Vice President (OK as River Song would say Spoilers!). But Bruce Willis was his usual self and well at home in the action genre, and John Malkovich provided some pretty funny moments too, best of all was probably Mary Louise Parker, who is a terrific actress, and she was really engaging to watch in the film. And it makes for enjoyable enough for a action fuelled gunarma feast.
Saturday 20 November 2010
Breathing life into the dead
Just back in from a very enjoyable night at the CCA where I watched the play Breathing Corpses, put on by Rekindle Theatre, a joint effort from director Gerry Hay and actor and fellow thesp Scott working as director and producer/actor respectively.
I really enjoyed the production and there were really strong performances from the cast, and it was nice to see the play acted out as when I first read it a while back, I wasn't initially sure what to make of its flashback structure. In a way it reminded me of Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, where it focused morely on the lives of couples and how the surrounding events of the murders that happen in the city affected them, as in here a similar thing with people hearing of gruesome murders in the press and how it affected their lives while it focused primarly on the personal struggles of their own. Overall the cast were very good, particularly Scott and Claire's scene (scene 3) was very potent with a domestic argument that spirals out of control, and it was great to see Judith performing again, as both her scenes were very entertaining (great overalls too! :-). The last scene was also a pleasure because it was both sinister and amusing with the hotel room cleaning girl finding a seemingly charming guest in one of the rooms. The play ends on a successful and ambiguous note where you feel you know what has happened and what will result after the end.
So a big well done to Rekindle Theatre, really good show, and here's to their next one. Back in the hoouse now, almost time fer bed. :-)
I really enjoyed the production and there were really strong performances from the cast, and it was nice to see the play acted out as when I first read it a while back, I wasn't initially sure what to make of its flashback structure. In a way it reminded me of Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, where it focused morely on the lives of couples and how the surrounding events of the murders that happen in the city affected them, as in here a similar thing with people hearing of gruesome murders in the press and how it affected their lives while it focused primarly on the personal struggles of their own. Overall the cast were very good, particularly Scott and Claire's scene (scene 3) was very potent with a domestic argument that spirals out of control, and it was great to see Judith performing again, as both her scenes were very entertaining (great overalls too! :-). The last scene was also a pleasure because it was both sinister and amusing with the hotel room cleaning girl finding a seemingly charming guest in one of the rooms. The play ends on a successful and ambiguous note where you feel you know what has happened and what will result after the end.
So a big well done to Rekindle Theatre, really good show, and here's to their next one. Back in the hoouse now, almost time fer bed. :-)
Friday 19 November 2010
Back to the Blogsphere!
Welly well, after well over a year's absence from the Blogsphere I've decided to come back and do some silly prattling of my own that doesn't involve Facebook updates. Its good to be able to flex a writing muscle even if it is inane chatter and Facebook only provides so many characters to do that, and Twitter (or Twatter as I call it) allows even less. Unless I mention people by name, ha ha, I wonder if anyone else will read this, but feel free as its open to all. But I will have to be careful what I say of course, ahem, so no back chatter etc, its forbidden!
Anyhooow not too much to report at the mo, its November 19, its sunny and most likely cold, still looking for work, and currently enjoying watching Doctor Who Series 4 again, which is one of my favs of the new lot. Tonight thought I'm heading off to see Breathing Corpses at the CCA, a play by Laura Wade, which features some thespian friends of mine, so looking forward to that, and just maybe I might put something up on this blog about it. Maybe. :-)
Well that's all for now, tara. K.
Anyhooow not too much to report at the mo, its November 19, its sunny and most likely cold, still looking for work, and currently enjoying watching Doctor Who Series 4 again, which is one of my favs of the new lot. Tonight thought I'm heading off to see Breathing Corpses at the CCA, a play by Laura Wade, which features some thespian friends of mine, so looking forward to that, and just maybe I might put something up on this blog about it. Maybe. :-)
Well that's all for now, tara. K.
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