Stupid to say...

But as you may have noticed, there has been another break in the writing, such a suprise huh..

I have been going back and forth a bit, whether or not I should keep do random posts here or just stop writing.

As you may have guessed, I still have not really decided what to do, but I have a couple of things I would like to do, and I was thinking of doing some posts that could be helpful for anyone coming down to visit Malta during the coming year, mainly for people coming down to play poker of course.

I am planning on recommending some places where you could stay, how to travel in the best way while in Malta, what you should see and where to eat.

Among other stuff I also planned to do a Steakhouse review and also give you all an idea of what upcoming poker tournaments that coming up.

Let us see if I manage to do any of these things or if this is yet another my ideas that never become more than just ideas due to me being too comfortable with doing nothing at all.

Recently I have been to the cinema and seen 3 movies, I started watching "Bad Boys for life", which is the 3rd movie in the Bad Boys thrilogy, and it was an older verison on the first movie, same kind of jokes and banter.

When the first movie came out, this kind of banter and attitude was something refreshing and also a reason why it had such an impact and became popular, but so many years later, this is all way to normal and the movie is a meh, ok movie to watch if you have some time to kill.

Next up was 1907, and this was a better movie for sure, but the talks and focus was so much how it was filmed to be shown as 1 long continoues scene without cuts (which is not the case) and this took a bit of the focus away from the story.

Oh yeah, story...well let's be nice and just leave it at that, it lacked a bit in the story part, but still a movie I could recommend you to see.


Last up was The Gentlemen, and I enjoyed this movie most out of these 3, and you cannot see this movie and miss that it is a Guy Ritchie movie.

This is a very entertaining movie and even if you are a bit fed up with seeing Matthew McConaughey at this point in life, he, Charlie Hunnam and Hugh Grant was good in this movie, I would actually say that Hugh Grant was great.

If you like to have a few smirks and watch a movie that has good action, will give you some giggles and nice cinematography then I think you for sure need to see this movie.

Until the next time.
/J

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Still here, Update time!

As expected, there has been a break in posts lately and that is mainly due to me not having much to say, well not that I need an excuse to ramble..

It is just that when writing these, I normally want to have something to share and not just me writing about nothing and filling it out with even more nothing, like the start of this post.

Anyway, this will be a little way of catching up on what has happened lately, and I think I will do it in form of bullet points.

·        Work:
As always plenty of stuff to deal with at the office, even though I currently have a bigger workload than normal, as I am also assisting the VIP team in their stuff, due to some changes in staffs, but it is all good, I want to have stuff to do when I am in the office. Hopefully we can finish off the year in a good way.

·        Living/Time to move:
Yeah, so Totti with all his millions has decided to move to Thailand for a bit, which I cannot blame him for, as we now will be going into the boring winter time in Malta, so why not get away to a better climate if you have the time and money.

This also mean that we will be ending our contract a bit earlier than expected, (2 months earlier) and I am now in the hunt of finding myself a new place to live.

For the last couple of years I have stayed in a flat that has not had a balcony or terrace, so this is somewhat a priority for me when looking, as I really, REALLY enjoy having a bbq and eating outside. 

Sadly enough, trying to find a flat in Malta is a full time job, which will end up driving you insane, mainly from dealing with so many stupid agents trying to trick you into paying much more than you want to, and posting fake ads on Facebook and then saying the flat was “just rented by another client”.

As soon as I find a place, I will do a little “cribs” video and share with you, as to give you all a little bit of insight in how the living in Malta can look like, and what it costs…

Next week, Battle of Malta is finally here again and there is a bunch of people from back home that is coming down to take a stab at the main part of the €1,000,000 prizepool.

For the moment, I will get back to the search for a new place to live, and updates will show up along the way, but I hope to come with good news.

/J

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TRIP REPORT

Overall the trip to Sweden was a good one.

Meeting my parents and my brother and his sons and making sure that everyone is well, had time for a short stop to talk with Linda, one of my lovely cousins who just moved her shop to a new location and I wish her all the best, and you can all check it out through the link below and see if you find anything of interest.

https://mytivoli.se/

Sadly enough the trip felt like it was a bit too short, as there was more people that I wanted to meet up with and spend more time with, but this is a good lesson for the next trip I guess.

I will also plan better and rent a car on my next trip, as to avoid having to find someone to pick me up or drive me to the airport, as well as to be more flexible and not having to borrow a car if I want to go visit a friend.  

Only thing is that it is a bit too expensive to rent directly from Arlanda most of the times that I have looked.

If you have any experience or suggestions, please share them.

At the moment I am back at work and with all the football leagues up and running this will also bring a boost for my casino product and hopefully we will start going in a good direction to have a good 2^nd half of 2019, as this always make work so much more enjoyable.

Below are just a few clips and photos from the trip to summarize it all up before we proceed with stuff happening in Malta going forward.

My brother catches a small pike

Olle catches a small pike

Brother catches a very small perch

Brother's biggest catch of the day..the bottom of the lake...

On our way home with both nephews Viggo and Olle as well as my brother. 

During my stay, I also had the chance to visit Monroe's for the delicious burgers that they offer, and this is one of them, with a little bit of everything on it. 

And below is a nice sandwich cake that my mother made for us. 

I also went and visit my grandparents on my mothers side and their house is surrounded by forest and it is so peaceful and there is no way to get stressed while you are there. A few pictures below from where they live. 

Below is 2 pictures of me and Olle, the youngest of my nephews, and last picture is of my brother and both nephews Viggo (10) and Olle (7). 

I wish you all the best and hope you all have a wonderful day. 

Regards,
J

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THE TRIP DAY 3

As suspected, there has been a whole lot of eating on these few days, and there will sadly be even more.

The scale is working overtime and it all started off with Max hamburger at the airport, but sadly enough I made a horrible order at American Pizza Place where I ordered some really plain crappy pizza that got even myself disappointed with it all.

Saturday I went to see my oldest nephew Viggo play football and of course met his younger brother Olle as well as their mother, and it is always nice to meet them and see how they have grown.

Sadly enough they lost the game, but at the age of 10 the winning or losing is not as important as it will be later in life I guess.

Later, on Saturday evening I went over to Niklas and Lina and had a really tasty BBQ with them and their kids. We had some meet and potato wedges with béarnaise sauce of course, and later played some poker and caught up on what has happened in the last couple of years.

Sunday was booked for a trip to Gävle to catch some of the elusive tasty kebab that they have at Pizza House, and O M G was it good, it is one of those that could be worth gold if it was available in Malta, but sadly enough there is still no good place for “Swedish style kebab” down there.

It was me, Stubben and Fjuno, as we all get the value of good fucking food, and do not take it for granted J

After that we spent the rest of the day with the nephews and watching premier league football and eating some tasty Swedish sandwich cake, and even though Man United won against Chelsea, it was a very good day.

Next up we will be going to Valbo and do a little shopping and let the kids buy themselves a birthday present since uncle Jonas has been away and missed birthdays, and see what they decide to get.

Later on Monday we plan to go for some fishing and hopefully catch something worth putting on the grill, while spending some time with my dad and Rosie.

These are the main things of going back to Sweden, to make sure that family and friends are doing ok and are in good health, and anything more than that is just a cherry on top, stuff like eating a shit load of junk food.

Below you will find a few pictures of food, if you want to see a little bit of what me and my friends has been stuffing our faces with.

Regards,
J

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THE TRIP, DAY 1

We started the day at 9am with a "Bolt"-ride to the airport, which of course took longer than it should, due to all the damn constructions that is happening everywhere in Malta nowdays. 

Finally there the place was so crowded I really wanted to turn around, but with some planning, I had decided to not check any luggage, and just travel with my carry on bag. 

After security checks I decided to buy a water at Costa Cafe, and after waiting in 30+ heat for 20 minutes (maybe less) I had to go to the toilet and change my shirt, as it was drenched in sweat (great start). 

Checking the board and see the flight is delayed 90 minutes (great...), so I sit down and wait, and Fjuno joins me and decide to get something to eat, and at this point my spideysense is tingling and I decide to check the board again, yeah the flight is boarding as we speak... (I watched the wrong flight of course, who knew that many flights were going to Sweden), so we had to stress a bit and Fjuno had to cancel his food order. 

Finally on the plane I sit down and see what looks like smoke (video below). 

However before I freaked out, the flight attendant informed everyone that this was just due to the temperature difference inside the plane and outside (yeah right...). 

CAR FAILURE

Just as we are about to land, the phone buzz and I get a message from "Stubben" who had been great enough to agree and pick us up at the airport. 

He sent a photo of the car on a trailer and tells me that the car broke down in Uppsala (halfway to the airport) and that he had to get a rental car to get back home. 

We of course felt shit, and hope that the insurance will cover this shit for him. 

After some quick thought while inhaling a hamburger at Max (oh my, it was tasty, but forgot to take a picture), I did for a while thought about getting a rental car for us as well, but we took the financially more mature decision and took the train. 

The evening was spent with my mom and Uffe and a couple glass of whiskey and just catching up a bit, and Friday will be spent playing poker in Gävle and saying hi to some old friends. 

Some photos below. 

I will try and document the trip and share with anyone that feel like reading this. 

Have a great day everyone. 

/J

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