“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.” – Ghandi

What a eventful last 7 months!

• No work!
• One of my big dreams shattered!
• Almost losing my house, because I had not paid rent for 6 months!
• Almost dieing because I don’t have health care!
• and my ex is on cocaine!

I’ve been through hell the last 7 months, that is if you looking in from the outside! In truth I had one or two rough days, but generally it was been great. Somethings genuinely can’t be measure, like having my boys 80% of the time the last 7 months, they kept me alive, they kept me dreaming, they made me smile everyday!

Things have turned and some have changed but the ultimate goal of my boys happiness is still on track, because some times its not about money, good schools or anything other than spending quality time with your children. I will always be grateful for my boys, they give me the courage to stand up ever morning and be greatful and dream

The goals over the short term is:

• Make a successful business using Google Apps
• Create a social network for schools
• Create a Labor Consultant business
• Create a online Adult Dating site
• Get Miguel back into Hilton!

If you don’t dream, you will not succeed…

We had packed all the essentials, 18 x Millers, 6 x pack of bacon, 48 x eggs, 1 x skottel and cutlery.  2km down the road we remembered the 48 rolls that was left behind & we still had 480km to go with 4½ hrs to go, so “stuff it” we will get some fresh rolls on the way

A couple of hours & speed fines later, we hit the midlands, thick with rain clouds & mist but still a beautiful scene with rolling green mountains as a background 

… 8:20am arrive at Hilton village looking for the local bakery, we find it and clean them out of all there fresh rolls armoured with all the ingredients and equipment for bacon & egg rolls we arrive at Hilton College Miguel slaughters their first opponents with 30 runs of off 4½ overs, 30 seconds & 16 becon and eggs rolls later the boys are ready for their next game

… 11am Hilton tour starts, great marketing ploy you have to admire the school Romario gets to see his future accommodation, the class rooms, the old chapel, dining room hall (more like 5 star hotel) and the game farm
…12:30pm lunch is served at the club house, what a setup, who said the old colonial style of things is a thing of the past.

…3:30pm Without getting all boring the last game was full of action Miguel bowls the last over and on his first ball the batsman gets drop, what an expensive drop he goes on to make another 20 runs of Miguel’s over. St. Peters’ turn to bat & Miguel goes firing bats all 5 overs and makes 24 runs but 18 runs short of the final target, what a pitty, but the boys had fun & Hilton got to see one of their future scholars in action

I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture.

The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at The Mater Hospital.

… Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical.

… A closely monitored, scientific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical, a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins.

The more differences a person finds between the dolphins, the more stress that person is experiencing.

Look at the photograph and if you find more than one or two differences you may want to take a vacation.

No Need to Reply,

…I’ll be on Vacation

… Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway

… As somebody once said, “There is one sure thing in life, you are going to die!”

… So live life to the fullest & make sure you have fun & smile!!!!

It seems that I have a new nickname from Lady Luck, “Orange Packer Connection from Zeb” – OPZ, I would love to put up a poll & see what the general consensus would be.

Yesterday my poor Lady Luck didn’t have a great day & it was so hard being a million miles away from her, because all I wanted to do was hold her tight in my arms. I on the other hand, had an absolute marvellous day. I got my big project signed, a project that I have been trying to get of the ground for 3 years, guess I should never go in sales!

Needless to say I went out with the boys to MY MY, what a blast! As soon as I arrived we got stuck in, we had something to celebrate, but I paid some big fines! You see while all the guys were busy chatting to the girls, I was busy smsing Lady Luck! The sms got a little bit out of hand & I am claiming the 5^th & blaming alcohol. One thing is for sure I need to get to London, this dreamer imagination of mine is getting totally out of control.

The one downside yesterday was, I missed Lady Luck’s call!!!

Anyway today is another day, “another shit day in Africa”….

… tranquillity is bliss, I might have gotten some off the best advice last night from a person that has been divorce for 16 years & has the best relationship with his boys! “walk away with just your suitcase & start again!” & Lady Luck gave me the same advice! I have had it with my ex & her bullshit, so on Monday I will instruct the lawyer just to settle, I don’t care anymore…

Anyway I have other important things to think about! How to get to London soooon!!

The driver screamed …
… lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop!

For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:
“Look mate, don’t ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!”

The passenger duly apologized and said, “I didn’t realise that a little tap would scare you so much.”

The driver replied, “Sorry, it’s not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver – I’ve been driving a mortuary van for the last 25 years.”

So I did the next best thing I took the boys fly fishing on Sunday & made them a promise if we catch any trout we will go to aunty Mandy for lunch & she will cook the trout for us, the first one to catch a fish will have the honour of being called “SIR” for the day by the other two.
 
We arrived at our destination at about 8am – 8:30am and made our first cast at only 9:30am, don’t ask everything went wrong getting the tackle together. My mind was on a sexy Lady Luck in red.

The fishing was the same as always, everybody caught except my two, which is not a bad thing if you think that it cost R60 a KG! Miguel’s casting was improving & Romario was still battling a little bit with a long cast. I got some time to day dream about the special moments I share with Lady Luck. So as a good dad I started to help the boys with their casting & I casted two long once for Romario, the second cast is what started it all. I caught one the first / second in 2 years!!! I had to make a quick call to Mandy & hope and pray she would accommodate us!!! The great lady she is, we quickly arranged everything, and the only problem was I needed more fish!!! Within an hour we caught another 4, 3 by me & 1 by Miguel.

Mandy made a great supper with a recipe of the internet:
One rainbow trout, a wedge of peach, a wedge of lemon, sprig of thyme, six or seven blueberries, a wedge of inner red onion, a plum, three sheets of newspaper, mixed leaves, ciabatta and olive oil.
METHOD: Clean and gut the trout, then arrange the stuffing ingredients in the colour order of the rainbow and put them in the trout. Wrap the trout in newspaper and soak in cold water. Place the trout on the barbecue and cook until the paper is dry. Unwrap the newspaper carefully to leave you with a clear, colourful trout stuffed with a sweet-and-sour filling.
Sounds great & it tasted incredible, thx Mandy you a star.

… She has a heart of gold, she is that voice in the back of your head when you stand at a cross road & you know she would tell you to take the right because that is the right way to go & you will do just that…

…Then there is that smile, it is innocent, it is warm, it is kind & it has just a hint of naughtiness, that would make you go back for more …

… Then there is the kiss…..

… I need to get my thoughts together, bottom line is she is fun & she makes you want to get up in the morning & just smile …