Firstly, a big woohoo to Al who has managed to secure two Take That tickets for us on 1 December - not only is that a Saturday which means not having to get time off work, but also 3rd row so it should be an amazing view of the lads! It's come at a price, mind (£247.50 each) but if you think of it as a one-off and the fact that it's gonna give us one of the most memorable nights of our lives, what the heck - it's only money! I don't want to wish time away but I can't wait.
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Mum rang me this morning at about 9:30. Very odd I thought, it's far too early for her; she usually doesn't get up till late morning or even afternoons sometimes. Anyway, she rang to tell
me that Daniel Bedingfield was appearing on the Heaven and Earth Show at 10am. Thanks Mum! I got the video ready and also got ready to watch him at the same time. He looked mighty fine with ultra short hair, but the reason he was on the show was a serious matter. Dan is campaigning against the human trafficking which is still going on in the world.At least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Of these, 2.4 million are as a result of human trafficking which is now the second largest source of income for organised crime, exceeded only by arms and drugs trafficking. People are trafficked into prostitution, begging, forced labour, military service, domestic service, forced illegal adoption, forced marriage etc. They are recruited in in a number of ways, including abduction, being sold by their parents, being recruited after they've run away from home, and being sold to traffickers by orphanages or care homes. The victims are then trafficked into prostitution, forced labour, military service or forced marriages.
Daniel Bedingfield and Steve Chalke are supporting the campaign Stop the Traffik.
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/default.aspx
At the end of the show, he performed a new song called 'Domestic Silence' which is from his forthcoming album (WHEN?!!) Anyway, it was a very solomn song and I wasn't that enamoured by it. Still, it was grrrrrrrrrrrrreat to see Dan on tv again but I want more please!
Chelsea v Spurs quarter final of the FA Cup kicked off at 12:45. We haven't won at Stamford Bridge since 1992 so the odds were stacked against us. I even woke up with a churning stomach; I get so worked up about this fixture, so much so, I almost didn't want to watch! I'm kinda glad I did because Spurs took the lead early on from the God which is Dimitar Berbatov, my fave player of the moment and is very easy on the eye (wink wink)! The team were playing exceptionally well; they really took the game to Chelsea who look lacklustre. However, they came back into it after 21 minutes from Lampard, which was a tad lucky. Spurs took a 2-1 lead when Essien put the ball into his own net, and before half time, we got another from Ghaly. Indecision from 3 Chelsea players let him win the ball on his chest and dribble straight through to goal. 3-1 at half time - I could hardly believe it was happening but I'm always a realist when it comes to us playing Chelsea as it's never over till the ref blows the whistle for full time. 
Spurs could have so easily gone 4-1 up in the second half when Aaron Lennon was put through the middle by Berbatov and only had to beat the goalkeeper. Frustratingly he shot too close to Cech. The ball then found Ghaly who chipped it over to Defoe who was free on the left of the goal, however his header wasn't too convincing and was saved. Aaaargh! In the 72nd minute after a scramble in the 6 yard box, Lampard scored a easy goal to pull one back. Chelsea pushed everyone forward (I think they had two real defenders on the pitch), but minutes from time, my worst fears came true when Kalou made it 3-3. Spurs could still have won the game when Defoe rattled the crossbar but it wasn't to be. As much as I respect the manager Martin Jol, I think he made a fatal error substituting Berbatov for Mido. Mido is just not in the same league as Berba and he proved that by playing utter crap.
You could say I was more than a little upset by the outcome, especially after we were two goals to the good. I even had tears in my eyes. I suppose it just goes to show how much the Spurs team means to me. I wish I could tell them.
nb ** Just read today's news, and Berbatov suffered a slight groin injury which caused him to be substituted. It wasn't tactical **
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