Blend of the day...

Put one pear, one apple, one banana with ice and blend with cold green tea!

So nice!

Good afternoon blend; the green tea keeps one awake! :)

Jacob Zuma talks to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

So, the South African president, Jacob Zuma has visited Muammar Gaddafi.

The plan was to see Gaddafi stand down - that hasn't happened!

I think its great that Zuma tried, but I can't say I agree with his statement, declaring his condemnation of NATO's air strikes in Libya.

I to don't want to see innocent people hurt, but that is happening daily, as the people call for the dictator, Gaddafi to stand down.

If NATO don't get involved we are likely to continue to see, in Libya, what is happening right now in Yemen and Syria.

Great white shark in the waters at Plett!

Yikes, I've swam there!

The National Sea Rescue Institute on Monday issued a warning to
bathers surfers and paddlers after a great white shark was spotted
along the Plettenberg Bay coastline a day ago.

Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said 33-year-old surfer Clinton Nelson
from Kommetjie had his surfboard nudged three to four times by a shark
while he and a friend were surfing at The Wreck, a popular surf spot
at the end of Robberg Beach, on Sunday afternoon.

Don't kill the blender!

Just been trying to blend some strawberries with a banana, ice and coconut milk!

All good until my new best toy decided to cut out!

I thought it would have to go back to the shop, but after leaving it for a few moments it started working!

I think it must have a cut off for when its over worked!
I tried 5 ice cubes; was meant to do no more then 4!

Its one thing to know the instructions of life, its another to live them eh?

PS. The strawberry smoothie was so nice!


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Frying onion…

 

Last night I was preparing dinner before heading off to my bible study, as I did I received a tweet on my phone. The tweet was from the BBC’s news twitter page.

Throughout the day, I receive many tweets that share headlines as to what’s going on in the world.

As I’m frying my onions, in parts of the world terrible things are happening.

How insulated I am in my life.

Theirs always more going on in the world then that which is before me. Am I sufficiently aware of it?

Stand up if you love the Don's...

See that Arsene Wenger; that's what silverware looks like!!

Crazy weather...

What's happening to this world?

 

My mother tells me that the UK is having some beautiful sunny weather and that they’re desperate for rain!

And then theirs us here in SA. Winter has certainly come early; we have cold temperatures and probably more rain then we've seen in the past year!

 

Crazy, crazy, crazy!!

Social networking…

I’ve been in South Africa for a little over 5 years now. Since I've been here I’ve started to exploring social networking sites.

I use social networking to keep in touch with family and friends globally. And, obviously to have my say in the world.

Facebook and Twitter are probably two of the biggest runners in this very competitive area of social interaction.

Some say that such networking breaks down social relationship and can actually cause depression (if you only ever see your friends with smiles on their faces, having a good time; you may well feel that your life is incomplete!).

I’m not going to argue with the expert studies that have come up with such thinking. I do however have to say that I, for one, enjoy the positive elements of social networking.

I enjoy hearing from my family and friends; hearing and seeing what they’re doing. Coupled with this, is the opportunity that’s afforded to me to share my faith and some of the things that are speaking into my life.

Do I see any negatives to all this social networking stuff?

Well, yes I do. I think we can spend to much time using such things as facebook. I check in with facebook throughout the day, I know that it has become a bit of a time consuming pastime!

I wonder how school teachers manage with the ease of access children have, to login to the various different social networking sites out there. I get distracted by twitter updates, do school children?

Yes, there are negatives involved in the use and continued growth in social network sites. We do have to except however, that such pastimes are here to stay. Maybe we need to start disciplining ourselves in the use of social networking sites, in the same way we do with such things as, television viewing, and game machine usage.

I believe with such a discipline in place, facebook, twitter and the various other sites offering socialising options can be a very enjoyable addition to life.

What do you think?

Icelandic volcanic eruption...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, volcanic ash is travelling down towards the UK; its causing air travel problems for many already.

 

Last year my brother and his wife were out here in South Africa; it was their first trip to SA.

 

 

 

Having had a great stay they were later caught up in the last major Icelandic volcanic eruption. As a result they went through travel nightmares trying to get home.

 

 

It wasn't all bad; I ended up having Trev and Clare stay with me for an extra couple of weeks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what will this latest eruption mean to the many thousands that are due to travel through British airspace?

 

Will those who control our global airspace take a different approach this time?

 

The cost to airlines after last years eruption was incredible. How do they offset such loses?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13513981

Tweet from @RickWarren

@RickWarren: Advice from 36 years of marriage: Forget trying to figure out the way your wife thinks. Just enjoy the mystery!


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Afternoon naps!

So, afternoon naps, good bad or indifferent?
Louise is always going on about the wonder of a Sunday afternoon nap; friends of ours nap pretty much, every Sunday like this!

Does it work?

Well, I guess my mind did eventually switch off and I did finally fall asleep! However, now I find myself sitting here awake, but with a feeling like I'm in some kind of other world!
Is that normal, will it pass, or is the rest of my day lost to a state of zombiness!

I wonder if the first zombie film came into being after a writer took a Sunday afternoon nap!


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AFC Wimbledon.....

 

 

Don's, we love ya!

Don's enter the football league having beaten Luton Town on penalties!

Nine years after the club was formed - what a great day!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/21/afc-wimbledon-luton-town-play-off-final

Come on Dons…

The fans at City!

Come on Dons!

Second half just started!

AFC Wimbledon in the playoff finals…

Today is a massive day for my home team, AFC Wimbledon.

We enter the playoff finals which could see this great club enter the Football League for the first time.

The game will be played out at Man City’s ground (crazy to go so far up country, but their ya go!). We will be playing Luton Town, who I really have nothing against; but I have to say that, today you're our rivals and you have to lose!

So, I wish my wonderful team all the best and hope all you lucky fans going to the match will have a great day.

I’ll be cheering all the way from South Africa!!

“Come on you Dons” – “Sing up the Dons, sing up the Dons” – “Walking down the Haydons road, to see your Womble aces…”

Lindiwe Mazibuko, Democratic Alliance spokesperson

 

I just watched Lindiwe Mazibuko being Interview on e-news. Wow, what  a great lady she is.

When I hear young politicians like her speak, I know this country has a bright future ahead of it. She talks about the future and doesn’t use the past as an anchor to stop the country going forward.

The past is something we need to learn from and to some point, never forget. But it should never be used to hold this country down.

http://www.polity.org.za/article/da-statement-by-lindiwe-mazibuko-democratic-alliance-spokesperson-on-the-ancs-election-campaign-03052011-2011-05-03