Rikki's blog

Always enjoy Intrepid Journeys. Vary so much depending on the person each week.

The journey with Suzanne Paul travelling from Hanoi to Hong Kong must be one of the most entertaining ever. I laughed all the way through it – just about non-stop. She was just so funny – by just being herself and saying what she was thinking and feeling, and laughing at herself.
But she also told us so much about the country and people she met too – being very respectful in spite of her difficulties along the way

Loved it, love Suzanne!:) So glad I videoed it and have saved it to watch again!

Would love to see an entire series of Suzanne travelling – but don’t think she’d be up to it!;)

The album ‘Daughtry’ by Chris Daughtry which recently went to number One on the Billboard charts is now available here in NZ!:)

Currently it’s the Sounds CD of the week – and being played on The Rock as their Sounds CD of the Week, with a chance to win it.:)

More have it on their New Music list. So have asked them to please play it. Hoping for great things for this in NZ once people get to hear it!

So now I have to listen to the radio to hear if they play it – instead of just playing the album all day!;)

New series of JAG is on again.
Watched this from the beginning , but must admit to having missed some when It’s been on a during the day in the past, and I haven’t noticed. Which I haven’t been happy about.

One of my favourite series on TV. Now on at 12.00 noon on 3. Lucky to have noticed it this time, and have to record it every day! Well worth the effort.

Enjoying watching the latest. With Harm having resigned at the end of the last series to rescue Mac when he was refuesd permission to do so. Now JAG won’t take him back and he’s working for the CIA. We’re still seeing the rest of the team at JAG. How long before Harm is back there?

Have just brought Series 1 on DVD. Hoping the rest become available.

See Stargate SG1 is back again on Saturday at 1.00 on 2.
Stupid time again, and they’ll wonder why not many people watch it.

Mind you, do hope it’s better than season 8. Just watched the last few espiodes again to remind me how it ended. And yes, remembered again why it was a disppointing series, with so many of the characters made to look just silly. Not at all like the old SGI always loved.

Didn’t enjoy watching the start of the 2 teams working on their houses.
From the time the designers came out with grim faces, then threw the models on the floor, which I though was so rude! This is supposed to be about the family dream homes. Each team had put forward plans they wanted for their home, had won their places on them. Then none of their ideas seem to be considered. Even the furniture had been picked out for them.

Then the the harsh way Jane spoke to them, not at all like her. Thought she sounded more like Louise Wallace.

There appeared to be friction between the 2 teams about the professional painters.

Not a happy show at all. The asmosphere rubbed off to us at home.

Wondered if there was actually going to be a room completed this week, then about the last 10 mins showed the actual work on the bedroom. So we didn’t see the plans for it and hardly saw what was actually being done.:(

Has to get better for me to want to keep watching it – as I have every series so far!

Well, unfortunately, this week ‘Daughtry has dropped to number 3 after being number 1 last week on the Billboard album charts. To be topped by Katherine McFee!:( Still getting huge sales though and up there near the top!

Fantastic album. Receiving really good reviews too! Some can be read via his website or Billboard.

Noted that not all songs have contributions by Chris. But most have!

He wrote ‘Home’ (voted to be one of the best songs on the album), ‘Breakdown’ and ‘Gone’.

Co-wrote ”Over You’, ‘What I want’, ‘There and back again’ and ‘All these lives’.

Was part writer for ‘It’s not over’ (first single from the album), ‘Used to’ and ‘Crashed’.

Only 2 songs he didn’t have a part in – ‘Feels like tonight’ and ‘What about now’.

Make a point of visiting his website and listening to these songs – well worth it! You won’t be disappointed!

Did anyone watch the whole 3 hours of the final Survivor – apart from me?
Everyone I spoke to thought 3 hours was too long and didn’t plan on watching it for the whole time! I did of course!:)

Oh well, so Yul won. He was my favourite for the most of the show, even if I did change to Ozzie nearer the end. They were as deserving as each other in their own ways. Yul played a very stregic game, whereas Ozzie played a physical one. Ozzie used his strengths to get him through, and Yul relied on his relationships with everyone.

Really happy to see Ozzie win the viewers vote to get him the car.

Becky lucky to be there, and the jury thought she deserved to be there as much (or little)as I did! Pointless having here there as a third person, everyone seemed to disregard her.

Jeff said it was one of the seasons he enjoyed the most. And for that team of 4 to stay close and keep together right to the end really was something. Just sorry to see Yul favour Becky at the end.

Reading about all the contestants in NZ Womans Weekly – and saw that Michael Murphy is one of them! Amongst all the fit healthy looking contestants, he looks a bit wimpy and like he wouldn’t have too much to contribute! Has a short hair cut too now.
He says he hasn’t anyone special waiting for him to come home – that he’s still on the market! Anyone still interested?
He’s the youngest at 20. The next being Aja at 24, then the rest all over 28.
Wonder how comes he got picked!

When asked how physically prepared he is, he replied “I don’t do any sort of fitness whatsoever apart from raising a beer from the bar to my hand, so my body has gone into shock from all the running up and down hills we’ve been doing” Well that won’t improve bis reputation!

Guess it is something though that someone from NZ Idol is considered for something on TV. Wonder if he’ll get any further than Luke did in the country contest. Luke I would have liked to have seen get further – and is probably the better person to have been in this!

Ozzie has just got to keep coming first to win this! Really hope, he does. If he can get to the top 2, he should – unless Adam’s the other one there.
Did like Yul for a long time, but he’s too confident and thinks he’s the ruler of what happens. Ozzie deserves to win as a good player and someone who works hard in all he does, without showing off or upsetting people – until now when they’ve decided he’s winning too often! He is someone who could survive on his own I’m sure.

The others are turning against him because he keeps winning, saying that’s all he want to do. Well isn’t that what they’re all trying to do in each game?
Didn’t like the fact that even the team of 4 he’s been part of all this time are turning against him now.

Glad Parvita went, but would really like to have seen Adam go.

Final show coming up already. Seems to go so quickly.

Prison Break back carrying on from where it left off, as if it had never been away! Who can forget what happened and where it left off -I certainly didn’t!
They go on the run and seem to have someone on the chase that seems as smart at Michael!
So glad Sara didn’t die!:)
Just as Veronica discovers what could have got Lincoln off, she gets killed!
Just as I was thinking what a bad move for Michael to have used his credit card to pay for things that could be traced, it was another carefully thought thing from him to lead everyone the wrong way. Didn’t think of his tats being studied though I guess!
Seemed a lot of clothes hidden just for a short time for the 2 of them. But never mind. Michael looked really good in his suit!:)

What about that hand though!:(

So much to wonder about and find out over the next few weeks! Can’t wait!:)