A few months leading to the Commonwealth Games, Foxtel had been advertising their premium services of the coverage of the event. They offer 7 dedicated channels and up-to-the minute medal tallies. Shane asked me if we can subscribe to this. I was not very amenable to it. I thought we would not be able to enjoy it anyway as we would be at work most of the days. Shane still kept bugging me.

We watched the first few days of the games on Channel 9. On Saturday night, while surfing foxtel channels, we saw that there were games going on simultaneously that Ch 9 does not, or can not broadcast live. Well, Ch 9 can only do so much in terms of airing the games live.

I wanted to watch those games being broadcasted live so I finally said yes to subscribe to foxtel. One call and the access was instant. I justifed it by saying, if we go to any of the games, we would spend more than the $64.95 charge and we would only be able to see one sport.

Now that we have the games on foxtel too, we are able to see all games most especially the basketball. :)

Aside from the games, the test series cricket in South Africa was also on. Australia thrashed South Africa in the first test with seven wickets left.

Also on Channel 10 on Saturday was the NAB Cup footy finals between Geelong Cats and Adelaide Crows. Geelong won the cup.

Formula 1 Grand Prix Malaysia was aired late at 10:30 PM by channel 10. Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault won the race.

Too many sports, too little time.

"So where the bloody hell are you?"

This is the slogan used by Tourism Australia in an advertising campaign promoting Australia in other countries. In Britain, the ad was banned from airing in televisions. Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre would not alolw the word "bloody" to be used in TV versions of the ad. But print ads and cinema campaign will not be censored.

So what the bloody hell does the word "bloody" mean?

I have heard this a few times in movies, (in Harry Potter movies, Ron said bloody hell a few times), and read it in books especially from Brit authors.

Dictionarydotcom defines the word as :adj: 1. stained with blood; 2. of, characteristic of, or containing blood; adv: used as an intensive.

From Wikipedia : Bloody is the adjectival form of blood but may be also used as a swear word or intensifier/expletive.

The use of the word in the ad could be interpreted as a swear word or an expletive. As an expletive, it does not contribute to any meaning but rather suggests the strength of the feeling of the speaker. The speaker is simply emphasizing what she is saying.

I think it depends on how a viewer take it. Still, it should NOT be aired at times where children can see it.