comrades

On our way to Brits the other day, I saw two friends at the bottom of a steep hill.

The one guy was in a weelchair and his friend was pushing him all the way up that hill.

It was starting to get dark. I suppose they were on their way to their homes in the rural area closeby.

I don't know how far they still had to go, but I know it would have been nearly impossible for the guy to do it on his own.

Ba ha ha ha

Rugby at Loftes

Ahoy, there IS a blog out there!

It has been four months since I last saw my blog.

SO, it is great to see what it looks like (apart from a small cellphone screen, where I have been viewing it from)

I am doing a bit a maintenance, coz I see there are a lot of spacing errors...MIND the GAP!

on the topic of laughing at oneself...

i was wooed

on being wooed:

 

 

woo (w¨±)

v., wooed, woo¡¤ing, woos.

v.tr.

1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance. lifting eye brows...
2. 1. To seek to achieve; try to gain. try to gain?
   2. To tempt or invite.  tempt?
3. To entreat, solicit, or importune.

v.intr.

To court a woman.

[Middle English wowen, from Old English w¨­gian.]

...maybe woo is not such a cute word...

CV joke

 

Another CV joke:

 

Reason for leaving previous job:

It was boring.

 

HA HA HA, can you believe it?

This is what he really said on his CV!

 

 

Susanna Maria aka San-Mari

I can never find the meaning of my full name, I always have to break it into the two names it was derived from...

SUSANNA

Medieval name meaning "star", derived from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary stella maris, ... Form of SUSANNA found in some versions of the Old Testament. ...

What does the name MARIA mean?

MARIA. Gender:, Female. Origin:, Italian, S. Meaning:, Popularity. Name Maria Gender female Meaning Rebellion, overthrow.

zwinky will pop up when you enter the following URL

http://b.casalemedia.com/V2/55270/90758/index.html?www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/meaning/cynthia/

 

quite entertaining..when you bored...

 

 

 

a little romantic news

So, you stay over at somebody's house for the first time and you try make a good impression.

 

You:

 

Take the cups to the basin; Close the garage door and the gate; do wiring (yes, electrical wires, ok I just put a wire through a hole, but still: wiring); pet the dog; etc.

 

And then,

when getting dressed,

putting on make up.

 

Your base bottle breaks...and shatters and splatters all over...

the bathroom floor,

wall tiles

and shower...

the bathroom looks like it has had a make over...(ha ha, get it, it is base, and it is all over the bathroom, MAKING IT OVER)

 

You use half the toilet roll to try and mop it up... try and pour some of the excess base down the basin.

 

But:

base does not dissolve in water.

 

In the end, the entire basin is one big nude beige mess.

 

And then he checks what you up to...

why are you taking so long?

 

Sees the mess:

 

and asks:

 

Do you want me to take you to buy another base?

 

:-)

 

aaaah...

 

 

 

and the crown birthday for the year is...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

JOE!

You rock my friend!





Tanya, Captain Morgan (yes, the guy had an identity crisis) and me...
For those of you who know me, you know what THAT gesture means when we are out clubbing, right?
First shots of the boyfriend...I should have kept it exclusive, then have you all pay me to see pictures, ha ha ha, ok, Well, he is the one on the left, followed by yours truly and then JOE (the B-day boy)
Joe-tjie my ou-tjie!
Stefan and me...
Joe and Sidney, my ex-flatmates...

22 on the 22nd!Happy Birthday again Joe, may you have such a rich (ka-ching) and blessed year!

uh oh...

 

UH OH...

 

 

 

BINGE

I was sick last week, and I could only handle eating plain toast.

 

Plain dry toast..

 

So dry and plain you have to wash it down with water.

 

Plain water.

 

So plain you have to eat some toast to make it seem less like plain water.

 

Ok, so, you get my drift?

 

By the weekend, I felt MUCH better. And had to make up for lost meals.

 

Friday night; had pizza

Saturday: Brownie ice cream with all the trimmings

Sunday: Champagne breakfast

Sunday evening: KFC

 

MMMM yummy YUMMY fatty GREASY take aways..HEAVENLY

 

Thanks honey for supporting my obese habits, and not asking too many questions!

(You are so well trained already)

 

 

how about this?

I sent this mail to my friend, who is having issues with somebody who is SUPER petty...

 

*****SPECIAL OFFER*****

 

Call 0800 GET A LIFE...

 

Phone today before it is too late!

 

What the offer entails:

 

Staying out of other people's lives, because guess what?!

 

You have your own!

 

Would this not be great?

 

Your very own life!

 

Having your own life, may be scary, coz you may have to live with yourself, and you may really SUCK,

but not to worry, we will offer self help books and, YUP: YOU GUESSED IT HONEY: another number:

 

0800 SEE A SHRINK

 

call now,

don't delay,

Your very own life, could be just a phone call away...

 

 

 

 

 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz

I dreamt that we (no idea who the other people are) went to a Hong Kong Hotel and had rented a hotel room on floor number 204...

It took a day for the escalator to reach the floor.

When we got to the hotel room, we fell out, coz we were too high up.

Mmmm, any translations on this one?

 

Another dream I had was about us camping.. (us...again, not sure exactly who...mmm...Marelize was there)

Dinosaurs were on the way and we only had a couple of hours to build a shelter out of popstickle sticks...

too much info

Sometimes candidates add extra info to simple questions, and it turns out to be funny.

For those of you in recruitment, you would be able to appreciate these ones:

-Answer the following:

1. Valid drivers license?
2. Own car?

The candidates answers:

1. Yes
2. Own, Reliable car

(seems like this guy has had a few unreliable cars?)

 

-Are you..

 

1. Married
2. Single
3. Divorced

Answer:

 

1. Married...to full names of wife on the ....date

Ha ha ha, what gives you the impression that his wife typed his CV?

 

-Tertiary qualifications:

 

Course: Learn to sell like an Indian

 

Can you imagine? Hee hee

 

choices

The choices you make in life decide your future.

 

Pretty obvious statement...

 

Sometimes people make a choice without even realizing it.

 

My new boyfriend got a job offer overseas.

 

A big choice to make.

 

It will determine the course of the rest of his life.

 

I am sure he is doing his homework on the prospect. Cost of living, flights, weighing up leaving behind family and friends, etc.

 

He did discuss it with me and was apprehensive about leaving. It is a huge choice and of course I am in the equation and I mean after only a few months, how could I expect to be weighty in the calculations.

 

What makes me sad is that I know he has already made his choice.

 

He surely did all the research on the country, but, he has not done much research on me...

 

:-(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the good the bad and the ugly

(I am so sorry for publishing this pic of you...I am a little twisted...MWA HA HA...but we both look a little funny, so don't worry...I am just saying this so you don't publish any of those blackmail pics of me...I am going to live to regret this post, I know)

Any

way...

Claud has been through so much with me...

THE GOOD

1. The move



2. The break up



3. The Mullet



4. The party times



5. The Birthdays



6. The camping



7. The movie premierre

THE BAD

1. The break-up



2. The retrenchment



3. The foot



4. The bucket



5. The BLOW OUT



6. The move



7. The HE / SHE x 2



8. The missing San

...AND THE UGLY

1. The he / she (x 2)...SHUDDER

friday the 13th

I am not superstitious...(In the back of my head I hear all of you say: YEAH RIGHT!)

 

Honestly though, I walk under ladders. While saying to myself STERNLY that I am not superstitious, then I walk a little bit faster to get out from under the ladder..breathe a sigh of relief and vow NEVER to put myself through THAT again.

 

Ok, so maybe I am superstitious.

 

To get back to my story, today is Friday the 13th, right?

 

And I woke up with a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach and a little pang in my heart. Coz I knew today is the day.

 

Just yesterday I was blogging vague posts about feelings being bottled up, etc. And then yesterday afternoon I realised that I am feeling like CRAP and that the people who are making feel like this, do not even know.

 

So today I was to address the issues, take the bull by the horns and take an enormous uncharacteristic leap of faith...

 

To elaborate on yesterday afternoon, when I got in the car, Claud witnessed a huge bawling session ( that poor girl,she has been through all my issues)

 

I was being a regular "SANNY-jammer-padda" Oooooh, everybody is being mean to me and I am just so nice, WAIL, I rock, man, do I rock! CRY CRY...OOoh, I don't want to talk about my feelings...oooh...

 

But now, I feel better, today I have put my feelings out there, and you know what? I feel loads better!

 

I deserve the BEST and I ROCK...

 

BUT

 

"Just because I rock, does not mean I am made of stone"

 

(That is from ME, MYSELF AND IRENE)

 

:-(

 

Cupid's chokehold

CUPID'S CHOKEHOLD – Gym Class Heroes

Ba ba da da
Ba ba da da
Ba ba da da
Ba ba da da
Ba ba da da

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

It's been some time since we last spoke
This is gonna sound like a bad joke
But momma i fell in love again
It's safe to say i have a new girlfriend

And i know it sounds so old
But cupid got me in a chokehold
And i'm afraid i might give in
Towels on the mat my white flag is wavin'

I mean she even cooks me pancakes
And alka seltzer when my tummy aches
If that ain't love then i don't know what love is

We even got a secret handshake
And she loves the music that my band makes
I know i'm young but if i had to choose her or the sun
I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun

(ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

It's been awhile since we talked last and i'm tryin' hard not to talk fast
But dad i'm finally thinkin' i may have found the one
Type of girl that will make you way proud of your son

And i know you heard the last song about the girls that didn't last long
But i promise this is on a whole new plane
I can tell by the way she says my name (ba ba da da)

I love the way she calls my phone
She even got her very own ringtone
If that ain't love then i don't know what love is (ba ba da da)

It's gonna be a long drive home but i know as soon as i arrive home
And i open the door take off my coat and throw my bag on the floor
She'll be back in my arms into my arms once more for sure

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

She's got a smile that would make the most senile
Annoying old man bite his tongue
I'm not done
She's got eyes comparable to sunrise
And it doesn't stop there
Man i swear
She's got porcelain skin of course she's a ten
And now she's even got her own song
But movin' on
She's got the cutest laugh i ever heard
And we can be on the phone for three hours
Not sayin' one word
And i would still cherish every moment
And when i start to build my future she's the main component
Call it dumb call it luck call it love or whatever you call it but
Everywhere i go i keep her picture in my wallet like you

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one i got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
[ Song: Cupid's Chokehold ]

[ Artist: Gym Class Heroes ]

[ Album: The Papercut Chronicles ]

 

 

 

tennis star in the making

I played tennis on my tennis court last night! I had so much fun! 

 

Deon and Louis are the BEST ball boys ever!

 

 

 

so tired

 

i am falllingf asleeep fdjkjkdjkjjhhjdk.............

 

Oops, sorry, excuse the typo errors,  I fell asleep on my keyboard....

 

 

Being me

( Internalize )

( Keeping things bottled up inside )

( Not speaking your mind )

 

( I am a great fan of the free spirit and not trying to change who somebody is )

 

( Sometimes people do things to upset me )

 

( But I don't tell them )

 

( If I tell somebody that they are doing something "wrong", I would indirectly be telling that person that he or she should do things differently )

 

( If somebody does things differently to what they are used to doing, they have changed )

 

( So I in internalize )

( Keep things bottled up inside )

( And don't speak my mind )

 

( I admit, it is not the best way to deal with things, because it places a lot of strain on me )

 

( Man, I am in desperate need of a spiritual DETOX )

 

 

 

 

Phrases and meanings

These sayings and phrases are very applicable to the stuff I am going throught at the moment..I am the queen of avoidance, subtlety and innuendo, remember?

• The early bird catches the worm

Meaning: Success comes to those who preapre well and put in effort.

Origin: This is first recorded in John Ray's A collection of English proverbs 1670, 1678: "The early bird catcheth the worm."

Clearly the title of the work indicates that this was considered proverbial even at the early date.

• Just in time

Meaning: A manufacturing/delivery process where a minimum of goods are kept in stock. Items are planned to arrive precisely at the time they are required for use or despatch.

 Origin: Just In Time, or JIT, was coined to name and describe a manufacturing processes developed by Toyota in Japan in the 1950s and     which spread to the US and UK in the 1970s. Nevertheless, the credit for the initiative should go to Henry Ford. He described essentially the same process, although it wasn't then named, in his autobiography My Life and Work, 1922:

This is applicable to ALL aspects of one's life, I believe. Time is of the essence! Time waits for no man! Time is money! Good timing!

 It is about TIME

• Laugh like a drain

Meaning: To laugh coarsely or loudly, especially at the discomfort of others.

Origin: This is a UK phrase, from around the time of WWII. It is first recorded by Eric Partridge in A dictionary of forces' slang 1939–45, 1948. He describes it as 'Ward-room and also Army officers’ slang'.

The reason why drain was picked for this simile isn't clear. Most similes include items that especially display the property being described, e.g. as white as as snow. Drains don't immediately make one think of laughter, although the gurgling sound might have been thought of as being similar to chuckling.

I am sure we all know somebody who laughs like a drain, I know quite a few people who laugh like a horse...

• Get over it

Meaning: Don't concern yourself with something that's already in the past; accept it and move on to more productive pursuits.

Origin: We have been told to 'get over' our problems for centuries. For example, in Thirty-six Years of Seafaring Life, 1839, we have:

"Such was his state, that no one supposed he ever could get over it." [an amputation]

Something changed in the USA in early 1990s though and 'Get over it.' began to be used as a single sentence.

A pre-cursor to 'get over it' as a standalone phrase were a spate of articles relating to the USA's ongoing pre-occupation with the Vietnam War. In an article in the Kingston newspaper, The Gleaner, Oct. 1990 there was a report of a meeting between US Secretary of State James Baker and Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach. Following the meeting a diplomat said:

"The Americans have a serious emotional problem when it comes to Vietnam and the war. They have to get over it."

The single-sentence form came soon after. The earliest citation I can find is from a syndicated article by Anna Quindlen entitled 'Give Hilary a role that suits her ability', which appeared in various US newspapers in November 1992 (co-incidentally, also involving James Baker):

"Breaking new ground is never easy, and Hilary Clintom surely knows about the people who said they wanted to 'get the pants off Eleanor and onto Franklin.' (Gee how times have not changed.) There will be people who complain that they didn't elect her. Get over it. You didn't elect James Baker either."

The phrase was unofficially adopted by the gay community as a part of the slogan "We're here and we're queer - get over it".

 Build a bridge and get over it! (In Sanville, you will predominantly find bridges too)

• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

Meaning: A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.

Origin: First used by Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) in An Essay on Criticism, 1709:

"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again."

• Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Origin: This arose as a quotation by Lord Acton in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887:

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

William Pitt the Younger, The Earl of Chatham and British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778, is sometimes wrongly attributed as the source. He did say something similar though, in a speech to the UK House of Lords in 1770:

"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"

I know some people who have a little bit of authority and think they know a lot, and the "power" rushes to their heads resulting in disastrous consequences

• San fairy Ann

Origin: A deliberate jokey corruption of the French phrase 'a ne fait rien' - it doesn't matter.

I just threw this one in, coz it has my name on it!

suspicious phone calls

We have an open plan office, right?

 

So you can hear all the phones ring. And if somebody is not at their desk, and their phone rings, it is only polite to take the call and get a message.

 

ME:

"Cynthia's phone, good day"

 

Person..let's call him A. Hole :

"I am looking for Cynthia"

 

ME:

"She is not in, could I take a message?"

 

A.Hole:

"That is funny, reception has just said that they are putting me through to her"

 

ME:

"Reception did put you through to her phone, but she is not in"

 

A.Hole:

"I find that to be very funny, because reception said they are putting me through"

 

ME:

"Well, sir, we have an open plan office, I am looking at her desk, she is not here"

 

A.Hole:

"I find it funny"

 

ME:

"Reception can not see Cynthia's desk, so they can not know for sure whether she is in or not, me, on the other hand, can for certain say that she is not in, as I can see her desk and she is missing"

 

A. Hole:

"Oh..."

 

ME:

"Sir, could I take a message for her, that is the only way I can think to help you"

 

A. Hole:

"No, that is ok"

 

It is so sad that South Africans have become so suspicious...

 

ditco rocks

 

you rock dude! 

 

Romancing myself..no not like THAT...

I gave the rose petals in the bath thing another go last night.

 

And I have come to the conclusion that it is definitely not for me. I tried to lie perfectly still as to avoid the dried petals bumping into me. I get grossed out when they touch me…

 

And then I was left with the drainage problem again…

 

That was followed by watching Moulin Rouge. That movie has never before made me cry as much as it did  last night. I know Sateen dies, but knowing this has made it that much worse, cause I see the irony in all of it.

 

 " Aaah, that is the last time they will sing their song together " 

 

SNIFF SNIFF

 

 " Aaaah, the money does not matter girl..you are going to die anyway " 

 

CRY CRY

 

 " AAaaah, spend every moment with the poor writer, cos there won’t be many more moments, leave the DUKE bast….d alone " 

 

WAIL WAIL

 

 

And I have come to the conclusion that these movies about whirl wind romances are not so far fetched and daft. (thinking about Romeo and Juliet too) 

 

I think you can be so in love with somebody you have just met… 

 

Think about it, the most intense point of a romance is when you both realise (or decide) to be in love with the other person. Some people just realise it sooner than others. And then it is wedding bells on the second date...and a tragedy...and somebody dies...according to the movies I mentioned...ok, but anyway, here is a point to be made... 

 

 

 I am trying my best to be less cynical about love, think I should get a gold star for effort?

dark side

As part of exploring my dark side...

 

HEE HEE

 

I took to writing in the dark, Ok, well, we were driving at night on Thursday and I really HAD an interesting idea for a post...so I took to writing in the car and it was night time....

 

And it is so interesting, cause you can't see what you are writing and on some freaky level, it feels like somebody else is writing...

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

 

try it, I DARE you...

 

FW: MISSING vs MISPLACED

I am on a blogging streak.,..

MISSING vs MISPLACED

 

 

Claudette's version

 

So what a morning!

 Woke up nice and early, Matthew made me smoothie and I was running a lil late (as usual).

I got to the car and waited for San… waited for San… and waited for San….

After a grueling 15 min I decided I needed to call her… the phone is off… (San has issues with this phone)… So I decided to go check the flat… knocked on the door… nothing… she is not home… now this is rather odd, as she is a light sleeper and should wake up with the knocking that has now become loud banging with the odd yell for SAN! I’m a lil worried as I am not too sure where she went last night… is she ok?… We are running late for work… so attempt again with a yell and a bang at the door… no response… drive to work… mind is racing… WHERE IS SHE… She is responsible she wouldn’t not let me know if she was not feeling well… what is her flatmate’s number… where is she… where is she!... Where is SHE!!!

Get to work and try and stay calm… but how… where Is she… burst into tears… have a group hug and THINK… Think Dammit THINK!

… Phone Deon…”Did she go to movies? No she was with Stefan”… Call Stefan… Call Stefan!…Can’t get hold of him leave message… call again… I DEMAND U FIND HIM IT’S A EMERGENCY!... Estate agent might have number… why is her phone off?...Estate agents can’t give number… matter of a emergency B*TCH!... where is she!... where the *&*&^% is she!... Call security… phone off again… NO SAN WHERE ARE YOU!

CALM DOWN… phone phone phone… ring ring… please let it be her… no its not… panic… ring ring… “STEFAN! WHERE IS SHE?”… she mush be home… no ways… I broke down the door… WHERE IS SHE… “Matthew please help, break down the door, security might help… more calls”… WHERE IS SHE!!!!.... try and think… call mom… mom “Calm down, she must have overslept”… NO NO NO… WHERE IS SHE…

Ring ring… its not her…. Ring ring… its not her… ring ring… dammit! WHERE IS SHE… ring ring… 10 am… going insane… WHERE IS SHE!!!!!!!!... ring ring… its Matthew… San is fine… IM GOING TO WRING HER NECK!... she overslept… Ahhhh relieve… LOVE YOU… Dammit im sooooooooooo cross… coming to fetch u now…. Tears of you… SAN I LOVE YOU MAN!

 

So San’s phone died on her and her alarm never went off… she only woke up at 10 am… silly girl… panic stations… cos she is not the sleep in kind of girl… we love you u BLONDiE! SHE MADE ME FREAK OUT!

Now keys are being cut and numbers exchanged… regular updates too… dammit man this it JHB!

 

San's version

I wake up refreshed, stretch my arms out and think about doing my exercises...

I stroll into the kitchen, look at the clock, look at the clock again...

 

IT IS 10:00, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO!!!!

PANIC!

TERROR!

THE HORROR!

I AM GOING TO BE FIRED!!

 

I want to confirm times on my phone, but it is dead. I plug it in, maybe the battery died, but to no avail!

I rinse off in the shower and run to Claud's flat, her boyfriend should be there?

Then I start to realise that the parking lot is pretty empty and the sunlight is brighter than it usually is when we leave, so I am definately late...

EEEK! 

Matthew is there: Luckily! PHEW

His response when he saw me?

"Where the HELL have you been? EVERYbody is looking for you!"

"Man, oh man, I overslept!"