Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Either Sabc 3 messed up the Survivor China Final, or I blacked-out from my imaginary drinking game for every time Amanda said they should get rid of Ttodd.
Somehow I think it is the former, because I looked forward to hearing Jean-Robert and Courtney bantering again.
Seriously though, what a mess up from SABC 3.
One minute we’re watching opening statements from the 3 finalists Ttodd, Courtney and Amanda.
After a short ad break we returned to a more nourished, big-haired Ttodd being congratulated as the winner.
And so one of the more good-natured Survivors came to an end.
No jury questions. No bitterness.
What an anti-climax SABC3!
The jury questions are what Survivor ultimately comes down to.
This isn’t even the first Survivor final broadcast Sabc 3 have managed to mess up.
Oh well thats Sabc for you.
PS They’re showing the jury questions now at 22.15.
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
I seldom lose my temper anywhere, much less at my place of work.
But last week I did.
It was all about a project we were working on where I felt like I wasn’t being heard.
I walked into another colleagues office and fumed, “I can’t stand, that woman.”
“She is so…”
My colleague calmly told me to put my concerns in writing and communicate it clearly to the relevant parties.
Which I did.
Afterwards I felt angry at myself for not following my own advice. To not mix personal feelings with work politics.
Many times I’ve used that overused cliche, “It’s not personal, it’s just work.”
I crossed my own line.
And anyway, my anger was likely directed at my own feelings of helplessness.
So after some quiet comtemplation over the weekend, I realised that it was time to cross back over the line.
Personal hurts get dealt with at home. Work problems gets sorted out at the source.
And never the two shall meet. Hopefully.
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Saturday afternoon started with a Bok win Down Under.
The Springboks won 32-25, scoring a bonus point for four tries in the process.
So much for the Aussie media’s pre-game mind games, criticising the Boks kicking game as boring.
Who’s boring now!
As if the Boks win wasn’t enough, Western Province treated supporters to a suprise win over the Sharks.
In Durban, no less.
WP scored two tries to nil to beat the Sharks 21-9 and are now top of the Currie Cup log.
Great results!
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Karin gets married
Former Idols winner Karin Kortje is got married to fiance Shaundore Aspeling Saturday.
The wedding is taking place at the Houw Hoek Inn just outside the Grabouw area where Karin worked as an apple-picker before she entered Idols.
Her rags to riches story along with her good singing voice, made Karin the judges and public’s favourite from the start.
After her win she moved to Johannesburg to pursue a singing career disaster struck.
The small town girl broke up with her then boyfriend and started seeing a would-be murderer!
During the trial, Karin met Shaundore Aspeling a married man.
More fodder for the tabloids!
He and Karin started formally dating after his divorce.
They had a baby boy called Tobin last October, a second child for Karin.
They are currently expecting another son.
Things may be turning around for the Idols winner as her new record gets released early next year.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Will men never learn?
Yesterday my colleague and I were standing at the tea trolley making our beverages when we ran out of full cream milk.
He suggested I rather use the fat free version as it was anyway better for me!
“What?!!!” I asked not very nicely.
“Are you saying I’m fat!!??”
Fortunately for him he finished making his tea and never said another word.
I of course couldn’t leave it at that.
What can I say? I was having a bad day!
I told everyone who would listen that he suggested I use low fat milk.
All my female colleagues who heard the story reacted in horror and asked him how he could make a suggestion like that to any woman.
He sheepishly apologised and said he didn’t mean it like that, but it changed nothing!
Now I’ve never been overweight a day in my life, but PMS does things to a woman. It makes the most balanced (or how we’d like to think of ourselves) person act out of character and it does make us feel fat.
But seriously, regardless of the situation, no man should ever suggest low fat anything to any woman.
Unlike an ex-boyfriend who (suspiciously) once asked whether I put on some weight around the stomach area.
“Don’t worry,” I said to him, “I’m not pregnant, if that’s what you’re thinking!”
They deserve what they get after that!
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