Have you managed to get any work experience yet? I hear Bondi Beach is looking for coconut sellers as we speak! x x

Hi guys! Listen, im on the west coast of Aus in the middle of nowhere, outback style. Most places i dont have any signal on my phone and no cheap access to the net. So i might not update this too regularly for a week or so and might not be easily contactable. But fear not (esp u mum), I am alive and well and will continue to be so! So post away on here if u like and ill get back to u all when i can.... cheerio! PS- congrats namir, enjoy it while it lasts, the mighty reds will be after their crown again next season!

BRUVA,
Hows it going man!!!!!!!! Long time no speak. Sounds like you're having an awesome time over there man, glad to hear it. 2night my beautiful Barca play arsenal in the CL final - i'll be crying so much if we lose tonight - it'd just be so wrong.
Dude, i'm gona be here in serie a until mid to late august - do you still have a trip to Egypt in mind man? Cos i should be going after the world cup even tho its gonna be fucckin hot! Cant wait to come back home and play poker with the Jammiest man (YOU) - how many times have you raped me on the River? eVEN WITH YOUR PAIR OF 2's in your hand!!?!!?! YOU DIRTY RIVER RAT you!!!!!!!!
Niice
Shabibi

I hear there is at least one internet cafe in Australia ,post us a message when you find it ,and let us have your news ,take care.

The cups back in the north!! You'll be delighted to know I was a converted red on Sat. Partly because Im a northerner and partly because those southern scumbags knocked City out-grrrr! Hope alls well downunder. Cant wait for the next journal entry-hint hint;)
x x x

Brian can have a good career as a football commentator !!! watched the game and I was on edge of my seat, sent you a text straight after the match. Hope you received it.
You are the proud owner of a Padi certification card received last week. Let me know whether you need it in Aus or keep it in the house for you. take care

Another final like this and Liverpool tickets will have to carry a government health warning, something a little more esoteric than Smoking Kills, maybe something in a Liverpool dialect like This friggin game could damage yer ealth. Liverpool won again, the hard way, remember Alaves, Arsenal in 2001, and Istanbul last year, well now you can add Cardiff 2006 to the burgeoning list of never say die performances.
When West Ham scored their third goal, a fluke crossed ball that eluded a normally fine goalkeeper, I sent a text to Jon saying, simply Its just not our day. West Ham played well throughout (until the penalty kicks), Liverpool were lack-lustre throughout (until the penalty kicks). West Ham were the beneficiaries of some outrageous good fortune, an own goal by a normally resolute defender, a fumble by a goalkeeper whose handling all season had been exemplary, and then a cross that went in, even the Reo-Cocker effort right at the end of extra time owed more to fortune than skill (the back of ones neck not being the most potent of weapons in the penalty area). The cup has been won before by a fluky goal (Stuart Pearson for Man U in 1978 for example) but never three.
Collectively Liverpool were having an off day, Alonso didnt look fit, Kewell had a good spell for 15 mins, Cisse tried hard but apart from his goal didnt look threatening, Crouch laboured as did Finnan. It was, as usual Steven Gerrard that dragged Liverpool back into this game, at two goals down a cross to Cisse and an assured finish from the Frenchman. Gerrards equaliser, following two exceptional saves from Reina at the start of the second half, was a typical attacking midfielders goal, running into the box at pace and striking the ball past Hislop with venom. At this point I expected Liverpool to go on and win in normal time, but credit to West ham they never gave up and Liverpools stamina seemed to be fading. When West Ham scored the third I thought it was all over, players were falling down with cramp, even if we could equalise would we have a team to play the extra time. Prior to this I felt Liverpool looked the more likely team, Hamman was on and the balance had been restored to the team. Sissoko looked better with the German along side him and Gerrard, cramp permitting was free to roam forward. Then came one of those very special moments in life whilst watching you favourite team on the very brink of defeat. The stadium announcer was just finishing his address regarding the amount of injury time to be played when Gerrard hit a thunderous drive from thirty yards out that flew wide of the goalkeeper and was still rising as it the back of the net. I would have said despairing dive of the goalkeeper but I doubt he had time for despair never mind a dive such was the ferocity of the shot. Three all and West Ham were crestfallen, Liverpool were buoyant mentally but legs were drained and thirty minutes extra time must have seemed like an eternity. Liverpools walking wounded survived, the game being played at a snails pace by now, but survive they did thanks to Reina who made an impossible save flicking a necker from Reo-Cocker onto the post, whilst Harewood was left to spoon the rebound for a goal kick. Penalties were Liverpools best period of the game. Reinas first save from Zamora was the clincher, it was an excellent penalty, struck hard and low to Reinas right but he saved it, and whats more, made it look easy. This save from what would normally be a perfect penalty strike dented the confidence of the experienced members of the West Ham team and drained completely the confidence of the younger players from which they never recovered. They hit the target but without conviction. With Hamman, Rijse and Gerrard looking assured from twelve yards the cup was Liverpools again.
Just time to get our breath back before June 9th.

Simon reality is England has basically no chance in the world cup just as the "socceroo's" wont :P Im tipping on Brazil.. and by the way seeing your in australia its SOCCER over here not football :P in our game of football you use ur hands rather then ur feet! dont ask about the logic in the name because there is none but its an awesome game all the same! have fun and see ya soon!

First up, come on the 'pool!
That game hurt so much to watch, but that same game is also what football is all about.
Ignore your family, they mean well.

Im getting ready for the world cup. Theres only an hour time diff between me and you now. But you're lucky, you don't have to go to work straight after each game...

siiiimmmooonnnn! i'm in yangshuo (or somehting like that). just got here but had 30 hour train journey and been drinking non stop. so tired and soooo drunk! hope youre having fun. china is wicked! love to the guys.xxxx

hey mate welcome to australia... first of all congrats on liverpool winning im over the moon really!!!! God bless Gerrard!! wish u were here to watch it with me tho. second of all no offence dont get too excited abt liverpool winning, england still suck as a team , and prob wont get very far in Germany .... i still love you tho , and hey at least we can all depend on BRAZIL to score a few good goals and show us how to really play football .... tell ur team to watch em they may learn a thing or two .... :D anyways i hope to hear from you soon , you better get here quick im leaving for Thailand on the 28th of june... i dont wanna miss you .... watching the world cup in the streets of bangkok .... how amazing !!!!!!! takecare God bless! xoxox

What a night!! 12 days short of a year on from istanbul and the mighty reds do it again in dramatic fashion!! Once again i lost my voice and im knackered from an exhausting night of ups and downs but what a night!! Stevie G is an absolute legend, and englands prospects of winning in Germany just got a little better. FA Cup winners 2006!!! Woohoo!