The Chef’s Lounge

Roberto Luongo #1 – G

 

Vancouver
DOB: Apr 04, 1979
Age: 30
Place of Birth: Montreal, Que., Canada
HT: 6-3 WT: 205
Shoots: L
NHL Seasons: 9
Drafted by NY Islanders in 1997 (1/4).

Current Status: On roster

	Year	GP	W	L	OT	SO	GA	EG	SA	PCT	GAA	MIN	PIM	G	A
Year to date:	2009-10	49	30	15	2	3	109	3	1367	.920	2.32	2824	0	0	0
On Pace:		70	42	21	2	4	155	4	1952	.920	2.32	4034.28	0	0	0

 

Honours and Awards

2008-09	Played in NHL All-Star
2006-07	NHL – Second All-Star Team
2006-07	Played in NHL All-Star
2003-04	NHL – Second All-Star Team
2003-04	Played in NHL All-Star
2001-02	Played in the NHL YoungStars Game
1996-97	QMJHL – Michael Bossy Trophy (Top Draft Prospect)

 

Transactions / Injuries / Suspensions

10-Nov-09	Missed 6 games (fractured ribs).
29-Oct-09	Fractured ribs, day-to-day.
02-Sep-09	Signed by the Vancouver Canucks to a 12-year contract extension.
15-Jan-09	Missed 24 games (groin).
24-Nov-08	Groin, sidelined indefinitely.
31-Jan-08	Missed 1 game (personal reasons).
29-Jan-08	Personal reasons, day-to-day.
18-Dec-07	Missed 3 games (rib injury).
12-Dec-07	Rib injury, day-to-day.
29-Jun-06	Signed by the Vancouver Canucks to a four-year contract.
25-Aug-05	Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Florida Panthers to a one-year contract (arbitration).
29-Mar-03	Missed 1 game (knee injury).
27-Mar-03	Knee injury, day-to-day.
26-Mar-03	Knee injury, left Wednesday’s game.
13-Nov-02	Missed 3 games (back injury).
07-Nov-02	Back injury, day-to-day.
14-Apr-02	Missed the last 13 games of the regular season (sprained right ankle).
20-Mar-02	Sprained right ankle, remainder of the regular season.
24-Oct-01	Missed 4 games (lacerated right forearm).
10-Oct-01	Lacerated right forearm, day-to-day.
13-Sep-01	Re-signed by the Florida Panthers.
18-Dec-00	Recalled from Louisville (AHL).
14-Dec-00	Assigned to Louisville (AHL).

 

Trades

23-Jun-06	Vancouver Canucks traded Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen and Alex Auld to the Florida Panthers for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and a 6th round selection in 2006.
24-Jun-00	New York Islanders traded Olli Jokien and Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha.
21-Jun-97	Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (4th overall) in 1997.

 

Career Stats

Year	Team	League	GP	W	L	OT	SO	GA	EG	SA	PCT	GAA	MIN	PIM	G	A
2009-10	Vancouver	NHL	49	30	15	2	3	109	3	1367	.920	2.32	2824	0	0	0
2008-09	Vancouver	NHL	54	33	13	7	9	124	-	1542	.920	2.34	3181	4	-	-
2007-08	Vancouver	NHL	73	35	29	9	6	168	-	2029	.917	2.38	4233	-	-	-
2006-07	Vancouver	NHL	76	47	22	6	5	171	-	2169	.921	2.29	4490	-	-	-
2005-06	Florida	NHL	75	35	30	9	4	213	-	2488	.914	2.97	4305	-	-	-
2005-06	Canada	Olympic	2	1	1	-	0	3	-	-	-	1.51	119	-	-	-
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Florida	NHL	72	25	33	-	7	172	-	2475	.931	2.43	4252	-	-	-
2002-03	Florida	NHL	65	20	34	-	6	164	-	2011	.918	2.71	3627	-	-	-
2001-02	Florida	NHL	58	16	33	-	4	140	-	1653	.915	2.77	3030	-	-	-
2000-01	Florida	NHL	47	12	24	-	5	107	-	1333	.920	2.44	2628	2	-	-
2000-01	Louisville	AHL	3	1	2	-	0	10	-	121	.917	3.37	178	-	-	-
1999-00	NY Islanders	NHL	24	7	14	-	1	70	-	730	.904	3.25	1292	0	-	-
1999-00	Lowell	AHL	26	10	12	-	1	74	-	807	.908	2.93	1517	-	-	-
1998-99	Acadie-Bathurst	QMJHL	22	14	7	-	0	74	-	789	.906	3.31	1340	-	-	-
1998-99	Val-d’Or	QMJHL	21	6	10	-	1	77	-	706	.891	3.93	1176	-	-	-
1998-99	Total VdO/Bat	QMJHL	43	20	17	-	1	151	-	1495	.899	3.60	2517	-	-	-
1997-98	Val-d’Or	QMJHL	54	27	20	-	7	157	-	1547	.899	3.09	3046	-	-	-
1996-97	Val-d’Or	QMJHL	60	32	22	-	2	171	-	1911	.910	3.10	3305	-	-	-
1995-96	Val-d’Or	QMJHL	23	6	11	-	0	74	-	-	-	3.70	1201	-	-	-
1994-95	Mtl-Bourassa	QAAA	25	10	14	-	0	94	-	-	-	3.85	1465	-	-	-
	Total	NHL	593	260	247	33	50	1438	-	17797	.919	2.55	33862	6	0	0
	Total	AHL	29	11	14	-	1	84	-	928	.909	2.97	1695	-	-	-
	Total	QMJHL	180	85	70	-	10	553	-	-	-	3.30	10068	-	-	-
	Total	Olympic	2	1	1	-	0	3	-	-	-	1.51	119	-	-	-
	Total	QAAA	25	10	14	-	0	94	-	-

 

 

PERSONAL
Roberto’s nickname is Louie…His favorite player growing up was Grant Fuhr…In the off-season he lives in Montreal and Florida…Roberto founded his own charity called Louie Saves Lives…His brother Fabio is a goalie in the Ontario Hockey League…Roberto and his wife Gina live in Florida during the off-season…Before the game he likes to sit in the stands and tape his stick…He also likes to play poker, golf and watch movies…Roberto’s first job was selling shoes in his father’s shoe store.

NHL FIRSTS
First Game: Nov.28.99 at Boston
First Win: Nov.28.99 at Boston
First Shutout: Dec.27.99 vs. Boston

• 1996: QMJHL – Michael Bossy Trophy (Top Draft Prospect)
• 2001: Played in the NHL Young Stars Game
• 2003: NHL – Second All-Star Team
• 2003: Played in NHL All-Star                                                             
• 2006: NHL – Second All-Star Team
• 2006: Played in NHL All-Star
• 2008: Played in NHL All-Star

Mesopotamia: World of Goddesses

 

These are the names and summaries of the Mesopotamian Goddesses’

 

 

 

• Ashnan – Sumerian Goddess of grain. She is the daughter of Enlil.

 

• Ereshkigal – A Goddess of bereavement, obscurity, and the dead. She was the older sister of Inanna and queen of the underworld. She is the twin sister of Enki. Her name means “Lady of the grand Place.” She was stolen away by the Kur and taken to the Underworld, where she became its unwilling queen.

 

• Geshinasnna – (Geshtinanna) (Demigoddess) Wife of Ninjiczida. Daughter of Enki, she is also Dummuzi’s sister. After his death, she visited him in the Underworld with Inanna, and was allowed to take his place there for six months out of the year. Her time in the Underworld and her sporadic appearance from it, are link with her heavenly power over the autumn vines and wine.

 

• Gula – (Bau, Ninisunna) Goddess of healing. Gula helped breathe life into mankind after the Great Flood. She was described as a great physician of the black-headed people.

 

• Gulu – The ancient name for the Earth Mother Goddess, who was a consort of Ninurta. She was the daughter of Anu and Antu. She is the patroness of herbs, healing, and life.

 

• Inanna – (Ishtar) the Sumerian Goddess of the morning and evening stars. As well as love, conflict, and fertility. She is the sister to Utu (Shamash) and Adad. She is the daughter of Sin.

 

• Ki – (Ninhursag, Nintu, Ninmah, Nintur, Aruru, Belet-ili, Mami, Ma-ma) The Babylonian Mother Goddess. From her union with Enki came Ninsar, the Goddess of plants. It is by Ninhursag’s and Enki’s plan that humankind was created. She was the original Earth and Mother Goddess. She was the consort of Anu, but was later carried away by Enlil. She is the daughter of Nammu, the Goddess of the Primeval Sea. She played an important role in some of the more important Sumerian-Akkadian myths. Including the creation of mankind, the creation of the universe, and the Sumerian paradise myth.

 

• Kishar – Sister and companion of Anshar. Born of the serpents Lakmu and Lakhamu. She is the mother of Anu.

 

• Nammu – (Primeval Sea) Nammu is the Sumerian Creation Goddess. She is the goddess who gave birth to the heavens (An) and to the earth (Ki). Nammu’s pregnancy is the world’s first documented case of “immaculate conception.” She personifies the Apsu, or the sweet fertile waters, as the source of water and therefore fertility. Nammu is the goddess who has the idea of creating mankind as assistance for the gods.

 

By: Brianne .K.

Back in the year of 1912, the magnificent Titanic set sail. The crossing began on April 9^th yet it finished on April 12^th.  Ten years later Southampton was a barren wasteland, the society was depressed. Only more sorrow overcame the public as the precise date it happened arrived.

An unfortunate man named Carl Wilson was walking to his residence from his employment as a local fisherman for the fish and chips restaurant. He decided to redirect his course and walk on the pier. Carl heard music and cheering as if it was coming from above him…it was! Carl examined the gallant letters that spelled Titanic! Carl was astounded!

What Carl witnessed was nothing he would forget! The craft and passengers were as if they were transparent. Titanic docked and passengers happily walked of the gigantic boat. Carl saw his long gone best comrade, Kyle Richardson.  Only one problem… he was a ghost!

Kyle pointed at Carl and then vanished and all the others seemed to do the same thing as Kyle had. Carl started running and when he hit Moissan Street he got hit by a truck and landed in a big blue…dumpster!

Carl woke up the next day as his wife was coming home from the gym. Shawnees his wife said he had to get ready for work. He had thought that today was his day off. Carl sighed deeply and started to snicker.

Carl was still laughing when he got home that night Shawnees finally got aggravated from listening to him laughing and said “Carl, why must you keep laughing?”

“Because of a dream, my dear!” he answered promptly.

When he went to bed he told his wife all about the dream. Shawnees giggled and kissed Carl on the cheek. “Goodnight Carl!”

“Goodnight Shawnees!”  Carl mused.

Carl woke up with a bit of a start the next morning. He woke up at four in the morning for some reason he saw Kyle standing over him. Ky…Kyle is that you? Carl stuttered aimlessly.

“Of course! For whom else would it be? Do you think I am your guardian angel, your spiritual leader? Well my friend you are of about ten thousand miles away from where I am right now, and I’ve got big news for you… You’re the one whom killed me!”

“Ho…how did I kill you? I would never commit a homicidal murder I would never commit a suicide I would never even hurt a piece of dust!”

“We were sipping on a bottle of rye in the lounge and talking about our wives and why we married them. You got a little drunk and went crazy you’re the one who sunk the ship! You went mad you even slaughtered your own parents. You are a sick person!”

“How did I, why did I, I don’t understand-

I already explained want me to explain it again-

No, I understand.”

Kyle pulled out a dagger. “This shall return the blessed deed!

No, no Kyle Noooooooooo!

Shawnees was awoken by her screaming husband but Carl was already dead. “Carl, Carl, Carl please, wake up Carl please.” Shawnees checked his pulse. There was no pulse the bed and sheets were matted with blood and there were knife holes where he had been stabbed.  She sobbed as she called in the authorities. Shawnees stated that her husband had been murdered.

The funeral was a grey time when the Wilson friends and family grieved for their massacred link. “Ashes to ashes dust to dust-“

The priest fell short of his prayer and fell to the ground. Behind the dead priest stood the ghost of Kyle. The murderer of Carl Wilson. Kyle had a blood stained dagger in his ghostly hands. “How do you like me now, Shawnees?”

“I never liked you and your sad miserable tactics you killed my husband, you kill me!” She strode up to Kyle ripped the dagger out of his hand and stabbed herself in the heart. Carl’s mother cried out in despair and called his father out of the car. “Listen Joey I know your upset about our son’s death but so gods help me put Kyle’s poor misunderstood soul into the ground!”

“Yes ma’am”

Collectively they wrestled Kyle to the ground and concealed him.

Oh Joey! You’re so sweet! Now get back into the car and start the engine!”

“Yes Kiondra” 

“Wait, wait, wait-“

“Kiki, Kiki she’s gone…

Chapter 2…

“Kiki are you there? Is anyone there? Help! Please someone respond to me!” Joey looked behind him and of whom did he see? The phantom of Kyle! The ghost was slowly slinking toward him.

“I killed your god son, your wife and your friends and family now do you want to die?”

“No, no I do not, I’ll do anything to stay alive to see Andrea graduate! Please I’ll do anything you want, I swear just please don’t harm me!”

“Hmmm, let me think… NO! I’ve got you right where I want you, You’re scared out of your boots.”

“Don’-“

“Why shan’t I? It will simply be a game of elimination tag you will see what it was like when I died.”

“Because when you were alive you were a pleasant and charitable person?”

“Oh, look at who has arrived! Andrea say goodbye to daddy now!

“Oh but daddy? Where art thou going?”

“I am going to kill him sweet heart!”

“NO! Please do not kill my father! Kill me instead. I’m ever so sorry if he ever harmed you, but thou do not have rights to kill!”

“Andrea darling-‘

“No father I must!”

“Are you two done your little heart to heart talk? Well if you are then one of you must die!”

“You know Kyle, you truly are pathetic.”

“Oh Andrea, you are a doll but I have to kill your daddy!”

“You already killed my brother and my mother!”

“Too bad, he lost his chance to live and now he must suffer the consequences-“

“No”

Kyle pulled out the bloodstained dagger again, and cornered Joey, the last thing he ever saw was his daughter screaming at Kyle to stop hurting him.

“No, No! Daddy! Stop hurting him you, you vile man!”

“Shut up you imbecile”

“Are you daring hurt to me too?”

“Well if you don’t shut your trap I will! Oh wait a minute I believe I have my dagger out already so there’s no use of keeping you around!”

“Don’t you dare, I will call the police and then we will see who is in trouble!” Before poor little Andrea knew she was being chopped, sliced and diced apart.

“That should take care of the Wilson family!” Kyle started walking towards his old abode and began to think aloud, “Should I or should I not slay my wife, after all she’s not mine anymore! She got remarried and has two little girls! I will not kill her but I shall kill her husband!”

Kyle crept into the old rancher but no one was there! He turned around because he heard a noise. Who was there? His wife Trisha!

“Kyle dear what are you doing?” All of a sudden Kyle’s world went black and he awoke underground in a steel casket he could not be free of!

Late that night Amelia his eldest daughter who was 13 years of age, snuck out with the key to the casket and dug in till she hit the casket. Amelia unlocked the casket and awoke her father.” Daddy! Are you okay?!”

“Oh yes Amelia dear of course I am!

“Who did this to you?”

“Your mother did this to me!”

“Oh father kill me, for I cannot stand seeing you like this.”

“But Amelia-“

“Do not argue just do it. Pleeaaase!”

“Amelia are you sure you want to this?”

“Yes, yes of course!” Just then the door creaked open

“Amelia Burrton! What do you think you are doing/”

“Oh mother-“Amelia felt a sharp pain through her chest slowly the dagger began to peek out and Trisha gasped. She turned her burning gaze onto Kyle

” I thought I had got rid of you! Now look what you did, Amelia is on the ground bleeding to death.”

“No I am not, mother, I simply asked daddy to kill me so I could be like him!”

“You are selfish you had a great life and look! You splattered it all across our perfect lawn and you just ruined it!”

 

“Um Trisha if you don’t mind, I’ll be happy to take custody of Amelia.”

“I don’t care. She’s your excuse of a child; she’s just like you selfish, arrogant and a little monster. I never even cared about her all she did was remind me of your dense mind, I don’t care if she gets caught by, what Is it…A Ghost buster!”

“Mother oh, I mean Trisha I am ever so sorry but now it is your ultimate moment!”

“What do you mean?”

“It means you’re going to die!”

“I’ve taken care of you since your father died! How could even think of slaughtering me!”

“Oh Amelia let daddy answer this one! By that little speech you just made! You have always been a wretched Idiot!

“You are unforgivable, a family deprived loser and you were a lousy husband!”

“Trisha, please. Let us-“

“What? let you what Kyle? Take innocent lives?”

“No, well yes actually but let us be ourselves!” Kyle dragged the dagger up slowly behind his back.”Come here Trish let me kiss your lovely lips.” A he kissed Trisha he stabbed her and she seemed to take it well.

“Amelia-“

“Yes mother what is it?”

“I hate you!”

Chapter 3

Amelia sobbed and sobbed as they drifted inside the dark house. Kyle turned around and slapped his little girl “What’s the matter with you, you could wake Henry!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry daddy!”

“Well then, shut up!”

“Yes, sir” Amelia muttered under her breath.

“Dad, Amelia is that you?”

“Oh it’s my darling little Anna!”

“Yes sister, it is us!”

“Amelia, why did thou just call thy sister, sister?”

“Henry ordered us to, or else he threatened he would cut of our limbs and roast them with lemons and limes!”

“Oh” Kyle said shocked. “Now, Amelia what you are to do s sneak into Henrys room and wake him tell him that “Here comes Daddy!” got it?”

“Yup” Amelia said delighted.  Amelia crept into the dark small room.

“Amelia? What do you want at this time of night?” Henry asked distrustfully.

“I’m saying this! Here comes Daddy!”

“What? Hi Kyle! That’s what you imply.”

“You threatened my little girls you would chop and roast their limbs if they did not respond to each other as sister? You will regret that once you have paid for it, wait, you won’t have any feeling left.”

“Why is that, Kyle?”

“Because Henry, you are about to face your worst fear, death!”

“You wouldn’t, after all Kyle; you don’t have the guts to do it!”

“Daddy, may I, Anna, have a word please?”

“Of course you may Darling!”

“I would like to Thank-you for your permission daddy! Henry, you are horrible man. I never actually loved you I was just playing along with what Amelia told me to do! She knew about my true feelings all this time!” Amelia smirked at what Anna had said.

 “Henry, we will kill you. You do not know how much I love killing. No one has figured out who is performing all of these massacres!”

“So are saying it’s my time to go? That will not happen, you ill and desolate jerk!”

“Goodbye Henry. It is the moment we have all been waiting for!” Kyle raised the dagger and pushed it down upon his scalp.

“Goodnight Henry, sleep tight!”

Chapter 4…

“That gets rid of him, for now.”

“What do you mean for now?”

“Well Amelia. He could possibly come back to life.”

“How is that even possible?”

“He can come back if we be nice to at least one person. We now have to hunt grammie and granddad.”

“Don’t kill them, why not Aunt Pat and uncle Murphy. They always took a very, distinct feeling towards you.”

“I like your thinking Amelia, however they don’t believe in a poltergeist which is what I am.” They disappeared into the dark night once again; with the dagger in hand they went a mile north of town. Where the next two slaughtering bait lived.

In the middle of New York, Pat and Murphy lived in a two bedroom apartment. “Amelia? Can you please climb up the fire escape ladder and open the window?

“Yah, it’ll be fun to kill these two!”

“That’s my little girl!” Amelia climbed up cautiously and lifted the unlocked window. She climbed in and gave Kyle the indication to climb up. They slithered into the bright room painted with various orange, yellow and reds.

“Hello, who is there in our living room? I know there is someone hiding in there.” Pat slowly entered the room with a lit candle on a tray she was holding.

“Do you know where your sister is, Pathetic.”

“Kyle, you are a piece of ridiculous scum! You murdered them I know who are!”

“Shut up or I’ll make it worse than it has to be and you don’t want that, do you?” Kyle took a small step towards pat.

“Don’t you come near me.”

“I’m pulling out the dagger!”

“No, you are certainly not!”

“Too bad, you didn’t do what I told you to do! He steeped towards her again.

“Don’t, you touch her!” Murphy screamed. Kyle threw the knife at Murphy as it stabbed his head he fell to the cold floor.

“Now where were we, oh yah, I remember now!” Kyle took one last step and plunged his secondary dagger into Pats throat. Amelia fetched his daggers for him and the snuck away back into the darkness

• The coliseum in Rome
• Leaning Tower of Piza in Italy
• The Eiffle Tower in Paris
• The Louve in Paris
• The Tower of London
• The great pyrimids in Egypt

and the great wall of China!

 We will always remeber you and hope that you;ll come back.

 

We will miss Chaeyoon! You are a great friend and person to be around.

Have a great time in korea!

What You Need:

Cut up fruit Preferably: Whole grapes, pinapple, apple watermelon and kiwi.

Peach, strawberry or plain yougert

1/4 a cup of milk

1 tsp of white sugar

and a sweet tooth

How to make ti:

Get out a nice clean bowl and cut the fruit as shown below:

 

 

 

 

Pile the fruit in a nice manner and then pour in the milk and yougert and stir for about 1min.

Then you have a great breakfast or dessert!

Photo by: Nanimo

Looking back to everything that’s highlighted my school year with Ms.Smith I will have to pick 2 things. In the paragraphs beneath, I will explain why and how they have made my year great.

Starting Up the Old Blog…

When I first heard Ms.Smith say blog, I had no idea that it was like this! Being able to write about what I like and what I’m feeling. Expressing myself in writing is the best way to express myself. It’s like I’m the author of a never ending book turning each page and post into a different fairytale. Just being able to see how difficult blogging can be. No matter how tough it gets, I’ll never quit blogging! It’s what I love to do and I’ll never give it up!

 

Heritage, History and Lots of Research

 

The history fair was hard. Research and hours worth of typing. It’s hard to believe that the Heritage fair was a fight to the end, considering how easy it seemed easy to other people. But I can certainly tell you it was very hard! But along the way to the school fair I ran into alot of obstacles. Working and gluing and putting together my project took weeks. This project was great and there are many more projects to come.

Conclusion

So I am afraid to say, that my time in this room is almost up and it will never be the same. The energy and acceptance, the harmony and the friendships is what I love about this class. So I would like to thank Ms.Smith for being the best that she can be. Thank you for reading this post.

 

 

Photo by: reunjinki

 

This post is inspired by my friend Chelsea.

! question. Not a lot of time. Too many choices, but I’ve managed to pick 2 things I would love to do when I’m an adult. Those 2 little things are a chef and a author. I am passionate when I’m writing and successful when I’m cooking. In both things I find myself to be confident and happy.

Why a chef? What’s so amazing about that?

Cooking is a great stress release activity. When I’m in the kitchen I love to try wild new recipes and new healthy snacks. When I’m n the kitchen, I feel as if I’m in another world. Cooking is my passion and that will be my life time career!

Why is writing so importent to you? It’s just scribbling down just a bunch of words in a poetic way!

Well, I don’t think that’s true at all! Writing is way to let your feelings out in a fiction way. You can write stories and poems! Novels and memoirs! Writing is great and it’s hard at first! You never know what you’ll find yourself writing next! Writing is absolutely my on the side career.

Whether It’s writing or making delicious meals, I will aleays enjoy it. After all, it’s what I want.

 

Photos by: Athena and Mag3737

 

Today we had a presentation. A very special person gave that presentation and who could it be? No one but the great picture book author Nancy Hundal. If you would like to see the books she has written click here. During her wondrous performance I asked a simple question. “Do you have any advice for someone who’d like to be a famous author as yourself? Her answer was magnificent very helpful. Nancy replied that it helps if you read lots of books. She said that you should read books with meaningful and beautiful language it is a crucial part of great writing. The second piece of advice she gave to me was to write lots and practice the types of writing you’re good at, the the genre’s you are weaker in. Well that’s the advice and I’m proud of it!

Oh, I think I got a bite! Oh No the fish got away! My family and I are sitting on the quiet rocky beach. I walk down the beach only to discover some jellyfish floating nearby. The fluorescentpinks and purples shimmer in the sunlight. On the other side of the shore shows my step father fishing for coho salmon. It is great on this family outing. So peaceful. The water had a ripple that was almost  invisible. I love fishing with my family, even though we never seem to catch anything.

 

Photo from:Agrinberg