POTD folder on my laptop. This is where they are all downloaded to, resized and made ready for upload to blogger. This is where a great deal of my free time is spent - something that is going to change soon.Friday, May 04, 2007
POTD: 30 April 2007
POTD folder on my laptop. This is where they are all downloaded to, resized and made ready for upload to blogger. This is where a great deal of my free time is spent - something that is going to change soon.
POTD: 28 April 2007
The new shopping mall that has opened up in Modderfontein, up the road from K and I. GreenStone Shopping centre.Thursday, May 03, 2007
Back from the black...
Ahh, the little things we take for granted each day. Like the milk that hasn't gone sour, or the hot shower that you step into each morning. Hey, even the privilege of being able to charge your cellphone overnight, or the rechargeable batteries in your camera - they all need to be appreciated.
Yup, all that news you heard on 702, or read in your newspaper, about Bedfordview being plunged into darkness for just over 3 days...that was us. Our leafy suburb managed to capture national attention this week after some construction idiot managed to puncture the only working power feed into the whole of Bedfordview. Don't get me wrong - it was quite a novelty at first. I mean, you expect these things to be fixed during the day, so a little bit of inconvenience (like having iced tea for breakfast instead of hot tea, or showering at the gym near work) is not the end of the world. Even when you realise that "it will probably be back on in the morning", and you go to bed reading your latest book with a headlamp, its still quite novel. Its on about hour number 37 that it starts to get a little less novel, and a little more irritating. Like when you need to start thinking about dinner, and not having the facilities to cook anything yourself, you think about take-out. Oh hang on, all our local take-out joints are also out of action. So you get in your car, and drive up the N3, to the next 'lit' suburb - but seeing as you're now driving all that way, you might as well make a meal of it, and have a sit down dinner. Still not the end of the world.
So you set your cellphone alarm (on the cellphone that is rapidly dying now because it has not been charged in 2 days) to wake you up the following morning, and then have to pack two bags of clothes - one, your work clothes for the day, because you need to head to the gym for a shower, and the other, your squash kit for your practice that night. Oh, and don't forget the two towels, one for your morning shower at the gym, and the other for your evening shower after squash, because by now your geyser is no longer providing you with warm water.
And when you get home that night, its time to open the fridge and decide which items you need to start binning and which ones can last another day.
And once you've managed to find your way to bed with the headlamp that is starting to slowly fade, and have managed to successfully wade past the pile of washing that is building up in the bathroom, you finally let out a sigh of relief at having managed another day without electricity. Only to have that thought quickly erased at the prospect of doing it all again tomorrow morning.
Its been fun and games this week.
Yup, all that news you heard on 702, or read in your newspaper, about Bedfordview being plunged into darkness for just over 3 days...that was us. Our leafy suburb managed to capture national attention this week after some construction idiot managed to puncture the only working power feed into the whole of Bedfordview. Don't get me wrong - it was quite a novelty at first. I mean, you expect these things to be fixed during the day, so a little bit of inconvenience (like having iced tea for breakfast instead of hot tea, or showering at the gym near work) is not the end of the world. Even when you realise that "it will probably be back on in the morning", and you go to bed reading your latest book with a headlamp, its still quite novel. Its on about hour number 37 that it starts to get a little less novel, and a little more irritating. Like when you need to start thinking about dinner, and not having the facilities to cook anything yourself, you think about take-out. Oh hang on, all our local take-out joints are also out of action. So you get in your car, and drive up the N3, to the next 'lit' suburb - but seeing as you're now driving all that way, you might as well make a meal of it, and have a sit down dinner. Still not the end of the world.
So you set your cellphone alarm (on the cellphone that is rapidly dying now because it has not been charged in 2 days) to wake you up the following morning, and then have to pack two bags of clothes - one, your work clothes for the day, because you need to head to the gym for a shower, and the other, your squash kit for your practice that night. Oh, and don't forget the two towels, one for your morning shower at the gym, and the other for your evening shower after squash, because by now your geyser is no longer providing you with warm water.
And when you get home that night, its time to open the fridge and decide which items you need to start binning and which ones can last another day.
And once you've managed to find your way to bed with the headlamp that is starting to slowly fade, and have managed to successfully wade past the pile of washing that is building up in the bathroom, you finally let out a sigh of relief at having managed another day without electricity. Only to have that thought quickly erased at the prospect of doing it all again tomorrow morning.
Its been fun and games this week.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Bit of this and that...
Here's a quick update on the happenings of the week:
Squash league has started, and although I have not won a game yet (two matches played), I captained the side last week, and the team managed a victory, despite my lack of contribution. I played a really strong (new to league) player from Wendywood. The guy was worse than a Jack Russel - just would not let anything go. Anyway, we have a team practice on Monday night, and a bye on Wednesday, so I have a good 10 days to get my game right.
As for K, she's been working quite hard getting her budgets ready for the upcoming year. Her team went away last weekend for a management conference to discuss the budgets and plans for the upcoming year. With the planning now finished, she can get back into her routine and hopefully a little less stress. She flies up to Nigeria and Ghana in May to meet the teams there and share the plans for the upcoming year with them - not a trip I'd like her to be doing, but there is a small group of her management team going, so it should be quite safe.
Went out for a couple of drinks and something to eat with Kerryn, Liam and Lauren last night. Kerryn and Liam are out for the UK for a couple of weeks - was good catching up with her again, and meeting Liam for the first time.
Am currently listening to Derek the Bandit's latest podcast - some wicked trance sounds permeating the air at the moment - awesome.
Oh, on the book front, have just finished a Dean Koontz fictional drama - Brother Odd. Was a pretty, I hate to say it - odd book. Basically about a guy who can see the dead, who moves to a monastery to save a group of monks and disabled children from impending death. He meets the ghost of Elvis and a ghost dog named Boo along the way, and helps them to cross over from this world to the next. Out of ten - i'd give it no more than about a four-and-a-half. Am about to start a new one titled The Family by Kitty Kelley. Its about the Bush Family - the story of their dynasty and its power. I hope its not another Michael Moore wannabee. Will keep you posted.
That's about it for the time being - other tnan to note that the winter seems to have arrived. Wind chill is down to about 8 degrees Celcius. Plenty of sunshine, but a (very) fresh breeze outside.
Squash league has started, and although I have not won a game yet (two matches played), I captained the side last week, and the team managed a victory, despite my lack of contribution. I played a really strong (new to league) player from Wendywood. The guy was worse than a Jack Russel - just would not let anything go. Anyway, we have a team practice on Monday night, and a bye on Wednesday, so I have a good 10 days to get my game right.
As for K, she's been working quite hard getting her budgets ready for the upcoming year. Her team went away last weekend for a management conference to discuss the budgets and plans for the upcoming year. With the planning now finished, she can get back into her routine and hopefully a little less stress. She flies up to Nigeria and Ghana in May to meet the teams there and share the plans for the upcoming year with them - not a trip I'd like her to be doing, but there is a small group of her management team going, so it should be quite safe.
Went out for a couple of drinks and something to eat with Kerryn, Liam and Lauren last night. Kerryn and Liam are out for the UK for a couple of weeks - was good catching up with her again, and meeting Liam for the first time.
Am currently listening to Derek the Bandit's latest podcast - some wicked trance sounds permeating the air at the moment - awesome.
Oh, on the book front, have just finished a Dean Koontz fictional drama - Brother Odd. Was a pretty, I hate to say it - odd book. Basically about a guy who can see the dead, who moves to a monastery to save a group of monks and disabled children from impending death. He meets the ghost of Elvis and a ghost dog named Boo along the way, and helps them to cross over from this world to the next. Out of ten - i'd give it no more than about a four-and-a-half. Am about to start a new one titled The Family by Kitty Kelley. Its about the Bush Family - the story of their dynasty and its power. I hope its not another Michael Moore wannabee. Will keep you posted.
That's about it for the time being - other tnan to note that the winter seems to have arrived. Wind chill is down to about 8 degrees Celcius. Plenty of sunshine, but a (very) fresh breeze outside.
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