Boot Camp 2007

Just to show you all I do work very hard for a living, sometimes even physical labour is involved. The past 3 days I attended the KFC SA Boot Camp. Some of you might wonder what Boot Camp entails in the restaurant industry. Well what I can tell you is that I don’t want to see chicken, smell chicken or most of all eat chicken for the next few months! I had to exchange my business attire for some more comfortable clothing, and they warned us to wear comfortable shoes for a reason. My soft office feet didn’t cope that well with standing the whole day, and my crooked back (from being a Pta-Jhb commuter) gave me the finger.

Nevertheless we had a lot of fun and learnt a lot along the way, I also have a lot more respect for our staff in store and appreciate every simple piece of chicken produced as I now know what effort goes into providing finger lickin good food for the nation. We finished off the event with an exquisite dinner at Cynthia’s in Brooklyn.

Here are a few exhibits to prove that I do roll up my sleeves once in a while and do some physical labour but after this week of hard work I decided I need a break so I’m flying to London tonight for a ridiculously extravagant weekend to spoil myself. See you on Monday.

New kid on the block

So today I am officially a Joburger. I am happy to say the move went rather well and was probably one of the more organized relocation projects I’ve been involved in. A special thanks to my good friend of 19 years Freaky who gave up his weekend to help me move. I’m also glad that he didn’t obtain any injuries in the process as was expected.

Being the party animal I am, I still managed to attend Zeurika’s 30th birthday bash which was a nice way to close off a day of hard physical labor. Not only did I mange to stay awake until midnight but also had a fantastic time and got more friendly as the night progressed! Two bottles of red wine and Riaan are to blame for that. The presence of the Porsche club got me in a pleasant mood from the word go when I arrived and saw 50 Porsches parked in front of the venue. Nevertheless the voluptuous sports cars didn’t succeed in taking the limelight away from the lady of the hour. Great party Z!

Sunday was once again filled with physical labor in order to tidy up my new abode. The day was successful, although I haven’t come up with a plan to get rid of my new neighbor’s Maltese poodles. There are two of them and they do a barking relay which means you hear barking without any pause because once the one’s little voice cords gets tired his little buddy takes over! Any ideas that won’t alarm the SPCA?

Die Groot Trek

And so the big day approaches. My move to the big bad city of Johannesburg will happen this coming Saturday. Although it is sad giving up residency in the capital, the benefits of staying 3 km from the office is enough reason to get over the sadness rather quickly. I introduced my boss to blogging yesterday which might be considered quite an unusual thing, but this only illustrates the relaxing culture I find myself in these days, quite a shift from my previous formal corporate environment.

The Lion King

One of the privileges of being the customer is that you are regularly invited to all kinds of social events, free of charge obviously. Some might consider this to be bribes, I see it as building relationships and getting back some of the money they actually make from you as a customer therefore I don’t see anything wrong with accepting these kind of invitations.

This past Saturday I was invited by a supplier to go and see The Lion King at the Monte Casino Theatro. I can honestly say, for a person not fond of musicals I thoroughly enjoyed the show. The music, costumes, décor and of course the cast was from the highest standards. I can really recommend the show for those who haven’t seen it. My favorite character was the hyena with the cape town accent.

So apart from having to make small talk with people trying to secure business I enjoyed the evening very much, unfortunately for Marinda most people attending the event thinks we are married.

Beat around the bush

And so all good things come to an end and I can definitely confirm that it was a good adventurous weekend. I had lots of sleep for a change, and came to contact with Mother Nature again. Even though I got some rest, there was never a dull moment. I actually lowered my bicycle from the roof of my garage where it has been hanging since I moved into my place, and took it with. This made a scenic off-road cycle through the breathtaking pine plantations in the hills between Hazyview and Graskop possible. This also ensured a proper workout!

We also checked the view from God’s Windows to see if everything is still fine, and indeed it is, except for the heartbreaking consequences of the recent forest fires in the area.

I entered the Kruger Park for the second time in my life (yes I’m a city slicker) which was a lot of fun but did provide some adrenaline along the way when we almost ran out of fuel on a very deserted dirt road between nowhere and Satara, at least we saw a Cheetah chase around some buck. We managed to reach the camp on the last fumes in the tank.

On our way back, traffic congestion due to road works at Belfast motivated us to take another adventure via a dirt road via Carolina and Hendrina which was also a first for me.

Just some footage from the weekend.

High speed car chase through the woods me hanging out the sunroof...

God's Window (sponsored by Windowlene)

The car that can run on fumes

...probably the reason why we ran out of fuel in the first place.......I have a heavy foot ok!

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It’s long weekend so all I can say is……Yabadabadoooooooo!

I’m sure I will have more to say after the weekend. Enjoy burning your bras girls, I’m sure I will enjoy my boys weekend!

Ekke leef nog

Good afternoon everyone, I was reprimanded last night by a regular reader regarding the fact that my blog is so out dated. My sincere apologies for the quietness. I’ve been extremely busy over the past couple of weeks both work related and off course socially and I just haven’t been able to focus on blogging. Mens sou dink ek het muisneste! But no, before anyone gets excited I didn’t go away to Las Vegas to elope, I was just otherwise occupied.

Anyways trust all is well in everyone’s lives, I’m currently in the full on process of planning my relocation to the big bad city of Johannesburg as my temporary stay in Parkhurst completely spoiled me, furthermore I’m in a competition in the quest to transform into a Menshealth cover model (I still have some work to do) and then I hear the rumors of another triathlon coming up so I spend quite a lot of time in the gym!

As the rest of the country I’m also looking forward to the upcoming public holiday (woman’s day) and seeing that its only for women to celebrate I will be going away on an all boys long weekend, you girls enjoy!