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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MALTESE LOGIC...

People always ask me how it is to live in Malta, and I always try to not tell them the entire truth, as I wish to keep the tourism to come to Malta.

But if we are to be honest with each other, just between me and you (it sometimes pisses the fuck out of me).

Sunday at around 14.00 I went to Park Towers at Spinola Park as I had to do some random stupid shopping, and while in the store they announced that the store would be closing in 5 minutes.

As a good person I hurried up and go what I needed and then went to the cashier, and while I stood in line I noticed that 1 of the security guards (lets call him that instead of something bad) was standing inside the entrance as to make sure there was not any further people coming in, since the store was closed.

All this is fully logical, and of course normally the stores also have the doors only opening from the inside, but some people can still sneak in of course, and this is where the guard stood to say “no no, closed”.

When I had paid my stuff and was on my way out, I noticed that there was a bit of a line to get out, and I was wondering why.

Yeah, well as you can see by the picture, the genius people at Towers had lowered the safety door down a fair bit and pushed the main doors together, which mean that everyone (yes everyone) had to bend down to get out of the store, and if you had a couple of bags and were about 65-70 years old, this was of course not the easiest thing to do.

And therefore some other people had to help out… and yes, the guard stood there just watching instead of actually helping out and raising the fucking door.

I did not want to take a photo from inside, as there were a nice bunch of people there at this time, but once everyone had come out, I took the picture to give you a little bit of an idea on how smart they are.

This is a typical example of the logic that you will run into here in Malta.

Another example was when we needed Melita (our internet provider) to come by and install our new fiber connection.

They called and said they would come on Tuesday between 12.00 and 17.00, yeah that is how precise they were…

Of course I checked with the office and made sure I could leave and work from home after lunch, to make sure that I would be home when they were to arrive.

Around 10.30, Totti called and said that they had already been at the flat, but could not complete the install since I had to sign (as internet is in my name).

When I call them up to confirm that they would come back and let me sign the paper, the technician says “oh, I am not in the area any longer, you were not home when I was there”…

I explained to him that the reason was that he was supposed to come AFTER 12.00, which totally went above his head and his reply was “yes, but I finished other job early”, like this would justify him to skip my appointment.

The sad part is that no matter how pissed off you get, or how much you try and explain the lack in their logic, nothing helps, it is what it is…

To summarize it all up; Mela!

/J

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TV SHOW REVIEW - JETT

Are you getting a bit fed up with vampires, zombies or the regular police shows that are currently running on tv and would like to see something else for a change? 

I would suggest that you give Jett a chance, another new show from Cinemax, the company that a couple of years ago gave us Banshee, and earlier this year also showed the first season of Warrior. 

I am in no way saying the show is doing anything that has not been done before, but it is a step towards the older style of tv, where there is no excessive action or impossible tricks. 

The show is about a professional thief named Daisy "Jett" Kowalski that is played by the all so beautiful Carla Gugino. It is one of those shows that get you rooting for someone that in real life would be considered the "bad guy", but I guess there are different grades of bad, and then it makes it easy to root for the least bad of the bad. 

The entire show gives the feeling that it is played out more during the 90s, but I cannot remember that they actually declared when it should be taking place, but it has the classic criminal style, mixed in with the all so popular mobster style. 

Being a show that is shown on Cinemax, you can expect it to have some "direct" language and no bleeping or rewritten words to avoid penalties from the censoring boards in the US, and all this make the show even more..well I guess "real" would be the correct word, even if played out in a world where I do not spend my days. 

If you lack stuff to watch then give Jett a chance, I would probably rate it as 6.8 out of 10 after seeing the first 7 episodes of season 1. 

Enjoy

/J

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I THINK I AM A GEEK

How do you define what a geek is? 

According to Wikipedia, part of the meaning is: 

The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit. 

If we are to go by this definition I would absolutely consider myself a Geek, and proudly so, as I would not see anything wrong in being very interested in your hobby, even though "obsessed" would have a very negative ring to it and more used to describe stalkers. 

What are the hobbies that I would consider myself to be very interested in? 

Well, poker has for the last 15 years been a major part of my life, mainly as I for almost 10 years lived from my poker winnings, even though there were months where I barely made it work, I still managed to keep it up for just about 10 years, this however had its downside as well. 

Being a full-time poker player and mainly playing online, this would mean that I spent most of my time during a day and night was in front of a computer and having only a few short bursts of time for eating. 

To explain that further, that was mainly due to me playing tournaments online, and when doing so, you had 5 minutes of paus every hour, and if you took a paus at another time, you would lose chips and also miss out on hands that could have gained you more poker chips. 

The easy way for this was to order food and have it delivered to you, and you avoided the cooking of food, since this took time you considered yourself not to have, and being lazy and sitting still and eating junk food, we all know this is far from a healthy lifestyle. 

It got me to gain even more weight, and to spiral and become even more lazy, and all this of course is a very bad spiral from which I have yet to get myself out of. 

Further to this, what do you do when you have a lazy lifestyle, you spend more time doing lazy things, and even though I have always loved movies and tv-shows, this interest has grown even more in the years that has past. 

So much so, that now when I see a new show coming, I way to easy identify flaws and bad casting and even though this is a good thing, as it stops me from spending time watching 4 to 7 episodes just to then hear the show has been cancelled. 

You also quickly learn that some actors just cannot be a leading man/woman in a show, and this as well may lead to a show being cancelled, but I will also admit that I am trying to grow my pallet for shows, as I have been very judgmental when it comes to some shows. 

For example, I have always been somewhat negative to Swedish tv-shows, mainly due to the poor budget, which often lead to more comical and amateurish look of a show, however this has changed a lot in the last few years and I am proud to say there are several really good Swedish shows out there. 

I will try and give some recommendations of some of the shows I like in coming posts, in case there are some of you that want to have some tips and suggestions. 

Best regards,
J

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PREMIER LEAGUE START

The daily routine of refreshing twitter or gossip columns to see if there is any new transfers about to happen is coming to a close and the real football season is about to start. 

I am a Liverpool fan and Premier League is always a bit of a sore subject for us Liverpool fans, due to the lack of titles, yeah it is hard to believe I know, but it is true. 

Last year was a year that had Liverpool fans excited as we were involved in the title race up until the end, and of course ended up winning the Champions League. 

And I know there are some people that gets upset when a supporter is phrasing it as "WE won" and so on, but this is a way of expressing that we are a part of club, not as a player or staff but as a fan, a fan that is spending money on tickets, shirts, and whatever else there may be, all to show our support to the club we truly love. 

We also suffer with the players when they have setbacks, and we share their joy when there is success, and this is why supporters use the phrasing of "We" when talking about the club that they love. 

I also know that there are plenty of people out there that has no interest at all in sports, and this is just as surprising to me as it is for them that I really love a club or a sport. 

With Liverpool winning the Champions league for the 6th time last season (yes, 6 times!) we fans of course wants to see our club fight for the title this year, and seeing as we have managed to keep the entire squad and they have gotten to know each other even more, this will be a very interesting season, and I really hope that I will not have lost hope after 10 weeks. 

YNWA!

/J

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GOING HOME!

Last time I went back to Sweden was for christmas 2017, which makes it high time to pack the bag and put my fat ass in one of those "way to small for my ass" airplane seats.

Currently at my all time high on the weight scale and traveling is a pain in the ass and hopefully the plane will not be fully booked and I could be lucky to not get someone on the seat next to me, for both mine and their sake. 

Even if I were smaller, I really due hate the traveling part, standing in line, sitting on uncomfortable seats, waiting, waiting and then having to wait a bit more, and then when I am finally on Swedish grounds, I just have to take a 2 hour ride by car to finally arrive in my home town Sandviken. 

There are of course the obvious reasons to go back home, to visit family and friend and to make sure that everyone is fine, and then there is of course all the great junk food that I have been missing. 

Going home and eating a whole bunch of junk food is not exactly the best of plans, but who would be able to resist the kebab from Pizza House in Gävle and a pizza from Verona, and just to make sure that you get a little better understanding, I will be sure to share a few images with you from the visits. 

I will only go home for a week, and then there is back to work again and try and get into the right mindset to then go and win the Battle of Malta in October. 

I wish all of you out there all the best and talk to you soon. 

/J

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NFL Season Start

It is that wonderful time of the year again, most football leagues in Europe is about to kick off and every fan is refreshing to see what is happening with their favorite team on the transfer market.

However, on the other side of the world there is something else going on, there the interest in European football is to be, well luke warm to say the least.

As a NY Giants fan this is no longer a time of excitement, but more a time of dread and fear of what will happen this season, and of what Eli Manning will do..or not do.

Giants dropped the best wide receiver they had, and looking it from a players perspective it is understandable, since he had no QB that could offer him the deep routes.

Left behind is one of the more promising running backs in the league in Saquon Barkley, who due to lack of other options, probably will be used more often than any other player and I find it unlikely that Giants will manage to have a good season with the lack of depth in quality players.

Maybe this is the year that Eli will step down when Giants are 1-7 and newly drafted QB Daniel Jones will be offered a chance to take some snaps in a competitive game.

As we say, maybe next year...

/J

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Free dinner never hurts!

In a galaxy, far, far away, a dinner that cost you nothing would perhaps be a bad thing, who knows.

But where I live, when you are invited for a free dinner by a friend (that do not even have to cook), you accept and say “thank you”.

Totti spoke his word in regards to how certain things are being done in the form of poker tournaments and guarantees, and his feedback was much appreciated and received a comped dinner for him and a friend at Portomaso Casino Restaurant.

As a starter I had Gnocchi with pancetta and saffron, which was extremely fucking tasty and something that I could easily have several times a week.

Gnocchi with pancetta and saffron

This was then followed up with a main course that were ribeye with roasted potatoes and a pepper sauce on the side.

Ribeye with roasted potatoes

Together with this we had red wine, which to my surprise was better than expected, and this only due to myself not being a huge fan of red wine, not that the selection was bad.

After this we were both fairly full and therefore we skipped the dessert, which I will admit is a rare case, since I normally never pass up on a good tasty dessert.

Regards,
J

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On the other side of 40!

LIFE

Yeah it’s true, I have actually ran passed the first 40 years of my life. Well, more like crawled in a slight fetal position and with a minor brain injury, or at least that is how I would classify the life so far.

It has basically been a huge failure if I am to be honest with myself, which we all have to be from time to time.

The fact that I am 40 years old and basically broke is to me a testament that something has been done incorrectly, be it financially and/or socially or what, I can still accept that it could and should have been handled in a different manor.

That being said, that is as much time as I will spend dwelling on that shit, thinking about it will not get me in a better mood or bring me any fortunes, so let us put it behind us and at least TRY and learn from it, and let us see if the next 40 years could be handled in a better way J

This is not me putting up any goals or other targets that I aim to reach, but more of me trying to tell myself that something need to change.

Should I decide to set any goals going forward, I will share them with you all here on the blog or in any other way.

My best friend Niklas think that I should start a youtube vlog and start a weightloss journey, however I am not the most confident person when it comes to filming myself, or talking on camera, well at least not sober. For the moment that is only in the back of my mind.

POKER

What else is going on… not much really, October has been the poorest of months in the last year or years, and this due to some unexpected expenses, which hopefully will be solved in the next few weeks to a month.

This also mean that my plans for playing Battle of Malta 2017 has been going from set in stone, to the stone start crumbling and at the moment it is more like scribbling in the clouds and could easily disappear to become a try in the satellite and see how that go.

Totti and Antoine treated me to a present for my 40th birthday and bought me into Pokerstars Megastack tournament at Casino Portomaso and we played Day 1a on Thursday 19th. 

It started with me pissing away half of my stack and then having to get into the grind mode for a bit. 

Luckily there are always a few nice spots at the table and I managed to catch and hit against the right spots and built it up to be the chipleader on our table for a bit. 

Pokerstars Megastack

Sadly, the rush faded and next time where I finally felt I had a nice hand was when UTG+2 opened to 4500 on blinds 800-1600 and 300 antes. 

I looked down at AK of diamonds and my stack at this point was around 75-80k, I decided to 3bet to 12500. 

Action folds back to him and he moves it all in, and I call it off and he has 2 black Aces and I am out. 

Not sure if anything else I should have done in that spot, but if you have input, then please let me know. 

Being basically broke has also meant that I have not played anything on Svenska Spel or any other places, and once I have bounced back on my feet I am looking forward to battling my way back into the top20 list on Sharkscope for MTTs on Svenska Spel. 

With that said, I probably should study a bit more of poker as well, and stop being so darn fucking lazy with that as with everything else. 

Now I will try and pass off a few hours and then perhaps me and Totti will be going up to Portomaso Restaurant where Totti had been promised a free dinner for 2, and invited me, and who am I to say no to free food.

Until next time, take care people. 

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Movies, entertainment or not?

The state of films/movies/flicks or whatever you wish to call it, is sadly going down in a rapid state in my opinion.

We go from trends where movies are being made from heist movies, about zombies or vampires, superheroes or disaster movies, which is all fine of course, the companies need to make money and they go by what the people like.

What is missing though, is some “new” scripts that are not plagiarizing other movies or concepts and that make us understand how good a script can actually be.

Do not get me wrong here, I am not claiming to be a movie savant or huge enthusiast compared to some of the people out there, no I am more a huge fan of entertainment in general and tv/movies in particular.

With this said I also admit that I am not a big fan of movies like Hotel Rwanda, 12 Years a Slave, or The Pianist, and do not get me wrong here, I admit that these are great movies and the kind of movies that still should be done.

My own preference for a movie or tv-show is to be entertained and the best is if I could leave the cinema with a smile on my face and keep laughing or talking about the movie with my friends over the coming days, like people did after they saw Deadpool for example.

Deadpool, yes it is still the same superhero genre, however it do take a step out of the regular frame, then breaks the frame and uses it as firewood, and this was welcomed by a lot of fans and general movie goers.

A tv-show that has the same affect but times a billion is Game of Thrones, a show that has the same frame as so many other fantasy movies and shows, however it is done with a huge budget and people behind it with a vision of not dropping the fucking ball (even though they did rush through season 7..)

And this is a show that is talked about everywhere, in schools, at team practice, in the office, and by all ages, and unless they totally shit the bed like the people behind Lost did with the ending there, Game of Thrones will be going down as one of the most talked about shows in history one would think, and the most important thing with shows and movies like this is that it gives people an escape from their regular dull lives.

This is once again why I like entertainment movies (yes cheap movies for you that shall recall the mistakes in dress design in “Victoria and Abdul” with Judy Dench), because they do give you 90+ minutes to step out of the regular routine with seeing on tv or online or in papers about all the misery in the world today.

Seeing the state of the world, I do not feel like locking myself in and watch 2.5 hours of misery on how badly the times where when there was slaves and how they were treated, and then leave the cinema feeling bad about it, no I want to get a coke, some popcorn and get entertained for a while and reboot my batteries a bit before I get back to the misery of our world.

When I started this I was thinking of doing a short review of some movies over the year 2017, but now I see that it just became a bit of a rant with a lot of text, so I may have to throw in a few images here and there to keep you here until the end.

Thanks for reading and go watch a movie.

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Linkin Park

Seeing this is a common theme with musicians, one would guess it is not all glamour in the world of rock n roll.

However I do feel it’s sad that Chester Bennington decided to take his life (if that is what he did, not read enough about it),

Suicide is a very stigmatic topic to write or talk about and I will not dwelve to deep into it all, but with his death in mind, seeing the titles of some songs from their latest record do make it feel a bit eerie.

Titles like, Nobody Can Save Me, Good Goodbye, Invisible, Heavy, Sorry for Now, and yes I am well aware that Chester Bennington may not have been involved in writing them all, but it do feel strange seeing those titles now (at least for me).

Anyway, I liked their music and below are a few of my favs out of their hits through the years.

Regards

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Costly lunch…

With taking Friday off from work with the idea of playing a poker tournament, there was plenty of time to kill during the earlier parts of the day.

Me, Totti and Johan decided to go down to Marsaxlokk for lunch, so we called Ecabs (one of the cab companies on the island that due not charge you half a liver for a ride).

We called them at 12 and booked the cab for 12.45.

At 12.45 we went down to Preluna Hotel (where we requested the pick up from) and once the clock had passed 13.00, Totti was so upset and angry with Ecabs repetitive service of NEVER being on time and he called them and yelled at them to cancel the cab.

We went back up to the flat  and even though we had a water delivery arriving to the flat between 15-18, we decided to try another company.

HiCabs was called and after another 40 minutes wait, we were finally on our way for some food.

Well down at Marsaxlokk we went to the restaurant Tartarun and decided to try the lobster pasta, so when the waiter says ”I am sorry but we do not have any of the lobster for the pasta”, our hearts sunk and we felt this was going SHIT.

He continued, ”Normally we have lobster from Canada in the pasta, but what we could do, is to take a fresh lobster from the tank and wheigh it up and then take it for the pasta, if that is ok, then I will wheigh it up and let you know how much it will be”.
We decided to go for this and even after he informed us that the price would be €139 euros for the pasta, instead of €20, was a bit of a shock, we stuck to our decision and ordered.

The pasta was tasteful and I will surely come back there again.

After this we went out and ordered a taxi to pick us up, and in the meantime I went to buy some icecream from the most disgusting fucking truck ever, with wasps and flies all over it.

I ended up throwing the ice cream away…

We then went to Costa Cafe and waited for the taxi there, and at that point I realized that I had lost my wallet…

Seeing as there were not many places it could be, I backtracked a bit but of course it was nowhere to be found, and my guess is that the cunty fucking kid from the ice cream truck found it and took it.

Losing some money is something that is not the end of the world, but losing drivers license, Maltese ID card, VISA, that stuff is a real bummer, and then dealing with getting new copies.

Anyway, everything is blocked and reported and now I only need to go to Floriana and get the new ID card, then go to Sweden and get the new drivers license….

On Monday I will step on the scale and then over the week I will TRY and stay away from sugar and pasta and see if only 1 week will do any kind of difference on the kilograms.

(Post was written over the weekend, but posted Wednesday)

Regards

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Fat and poor, such a joy…

We are now moving into July and currently the plan is to stay in our flat until the end of August and then move to another place.

Main reason for leaving is that the rent at this place is way too high.

Our current rent per month is €1600 for a 3 bedroom flat, and with Filthy Philly moving out at the end of July, it will be too much to pay €800 each for me and Totti. Sure it works a month or two, but we both feel like checking to see what is out there in regards to flats.

That being said, we have not yet decided if we are going to find a 2 bedroom flat and share, or if we are going our separate ways, like a divorced couple and finding our own flats.

Totti wants to go to Las Vegas (well daahh!), so a bink in the near future and he may travel and play the rush!

What is happening in life in general?

To be true to myself, absolute nothing at all, and I am having one of those periods where I have no energy or will to do anything.

And YES, this is mostly coming from my physical condition of course, and who knows, I may TRY yet another time to do some kind of workout or shit in the near future.

Since I a few weeks back tore my hamstring, and this is mostly back to where it was, even though I feel some tension sometimes, I mainly feel that my hip and back is a bit twisted, and this is affecting me on how I sit at the desk in the office, to me just standing up and pretty much everything else I do.

I will try and get the back sorted, and have booked an appointment with a chiropractor on Thursday next week and hopefully he can sort me out a bit.

Since most of you that are reading this are “normally” built and not really understand some of the annoying parts of being fat, I thought I would share top 2 for the summer, and I am not bringing up the fact that it is hot as fuck and you sweat.

Main pain in the ass is finding clothes that fit and do not look like shit, so it is easy to get to the point where you really do not care.

Almost split for first place, especially living in Malta, is the fact that pretty much every fucking place here have furniture (inside and outside) that are built for 12 year old girls that max out on 38 kilos.

These furnitures that has been in the scorching sun all day become more like cooked spaghetti, and the weight they can handle is not even close to where I am at the moment.

While writing this, Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation is showing in the background and Ethan Hunt has just dived into the cooling pool and is holding his breath for 3 minutes.

I have to say that it is always interesting on how you sometimes can “spot yourself” holding your breath while watching scenes like that. Or example realizing how you are so tensed up while watching MMA or boxing, even though you are relaxing in bed or on the sofa.

Now time to get some sleep, another day of work tomorrow and then a nice weekend to relax a bit.

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