OK! So on top of my last blog entry which I hope you all read and saw, I just stumbled across a clip of Nana Mouskouri singing a Maori song. Which is crazy. For those of you that don’t know of Nana, she’s a Greek singer (who I actually don’t really like very much), but she sings mainly in English and a ton of other languages including French, and now Maori apparently. Here’s the clip of her singing this Maori song back in 1976.
Ok for those of you that don’t know, the rugby world cup is being held in New Zealand this year, and the opening ceremonies was today. It has happened every 4 years since 1987. It was in 1987 that New Zealand and Australia jointly held the very first rugby world cup together, and New Zealand was the winners. Since then, New Zealand has never won or hosted it again. But this year, they are hosting it for the very first time on their own, and hopefully they will win. And for all you Canadians, yes, Canada is competing in the rugby world cup even though they don’t actually have a professional team. But oh well…Cheer on New Zealand and Canada. Anyways, the opening ceremonies were amazing!!! Here’s coverage of the opening ceremonies I found on YouTube. Please watch it, and hope you guys enjoy. It was a great show. And p.s. New Zealand played the very first game today straight after the opening ceremonies against Tonga and they ended up winning with a score of 41 to 10. Hope you guys enjoy…and remember to cheer on the All Blacks (New Zealand’s national team). Maybe you guys can all figure out how to do a ‘haka’ on your own. It would be funny if everyone could do a haka when I get back home this Christmas…hahaha good luck
