me last day here officially

I am going to leave work just now as my last day is finished.

Not a tipple to be seen, I did say we must open the pub to say goodbye, but it doesn’t appear to be happening. All I want is acknowledgement for the five and a half years I have been here.

Stuff them too!

Jabu left, I didn’t even know he was going – so no farewell for him.

Sonja left – the same – she just walked out on her last day.

I will be back next week, Monday and Tuesday unless otherwise canceled.

Things are a total mess here – a stock take was not performed, I did not even know about it, and the superintendents were supposedly informed. Hmm, things are falling apart in a big way.
Sigh.

end of the Cape Town sagas!!

We went onto Cape of Good Hope which had a lot of kelp on the beach due to the huge storm last week. We saw Sponge Bob!!!

Sponge Bob!

(a clue to Nicole and my sense of humour – her: ‘Lots of kelp from the storm’
‘Kelp, klep, kleptomania – the need to collect kelp.’ Giggles – really silly stuff)!

Anyway from there we returned to the hotel for a few beers, then back to the mall, and had sushi for supper – now that was divine!! My fav? A California roll with mayonnaise and caviar. Oh, yeah!!

Pictures of the hotel garden follow and the ‘breakfast room’ plus pics of the canal – the walk to the mall – really picturesque!

I hope not too many of you have been bored with my adventures in the Cape! It was such a joy for me. Thanks of course to Nicole and Ian.

CapeTown Sunday - picture heavy

On our third and final day in Cape Town we took a drive around the coast. Nicole accompanied us and we went from our hotel to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. Although it is not a long drive, the roads are narrow and slow going. We went firstly to Hout Bay. (Wood Bay). There were many strange and defunct ships in the harbour. Pictures follow – aren’t they odd?

Note my wind burn!! Very pink!!



The scenery though was fantastic as was the weather. At Simonstown we saw some whales basking in the bay – these are the first ever I have seen in the sea!. Then I spotted my own whale – you can see a ripple where he was floating around. (More or less in the centre to the left)

We then went onto Cape Point – see the vernicular train? The Cape is in a reserve, which is lovely change from the streets. I did not walk up to the lighthouse – I was so stiff from the walking on Saturday. I stayed at the viewpoint that was afforded at the vernicular off load area. Then we looked at the curio shop and had a cool drink.

Sorry I do not know how to turn this!

Picture of the one poster on the wall in the museum part: Nicole nearly choked when she saw it! (any doubts as to the meaning please search Wiki!)
Part two to follow – too many photos!

Cape Town, day 2 - Airshow

This plane (Boeing 737-300) Ian worked on with the conversion to a cargo plane.




There's a plane, and some little ones - no I haven't the foggiest!



They go so fast you cannot take a decent photo!!

Our second day (Saturday the 20th September) in Cape Town was at the air show. The air show was about 4 kms from the hotel, so we ‘parked and walked’. We walked about 2 kms to the air show, then of course there was the air show itself to walk through. The air show was at Ysterplaat, and was (naturally) very long – the old runway, you see!

So of course we walked towards the main hangers that had mostly Russian missiles etc in them (yawn).

We encountered mud on the way – lots of mud. I stepped into a mud puddle – which I thought was mud, but it was mostly water, to have my shoes leak!! I had on ankle boots. We went back to the dry bit by walking down the road.

The aircraft were amazing – some ‘world firsts’ were shown, including two helicopters, an SA and a Russian one doing manoeuvres. My photos came out pretty badly.

Nicole met up with us, then met a friend. I walked the road back to the food stalls with Nicole, and on the way back hitched a ride with policemen.

We were there most of the day, and I realised I had got pretty wind burnt. Very pretty!! And let’s not mention how stiff I was from all the walking!

We had a few beers at the bar in the hotel, and then went to the mall to have supper. It was most delicious. Thanks to Nicole’s recommendation.

Cape Town - Victoria and Alfred Waterfront

The next few days I am going to post pictures of Cape Town, in some sort of order! Look forward to a ‘trip’ around the Cape! This days pictures are from the V&A Waterfront - it was pretty, but it wasn't as 'special' as I thought it would be. We did land up in a great little pub with non South African Breweries beers - it was really cosy. This was on Friday 19 th October - the weather was a bit nippy - so the pub was the best idea.
(Sorry about the underlining, I cannot remove it).




This seal remined me of Patch - in a slump, having a sleep!



A Marimba Band, they were playing Glen Miller's In the Mood - it sounded really good!



Clock Tower









Victoria Wharf

Two cute little fishing boats

HMS Liverpool, in Cape Town - that amused me. I came from England, to Cape Town and land up with an English ship in Africa. It actually looks like it stays here permanently - a bit like me!

I am going for an interview on Wednesday 1st October.
Update on that will follow on Wednesday – keep holding your thumbs for me!

Hello everyone!

We had a great time in Cape Town. And I saw whales for the first time! It was great spending time with Nicole. We stayed at a hotel directly next to the Canal Walk shopping mall – a brilliant location. The weather was a lot warmer than the weather service gave us – and on Monday I landed up buying myself a tee shirt as I was so warm. I will post some more photos later in the week, tomorrow possibly.

And since I have returned found Spyware on my computer at home – I have spent money and time trying to resolve this problem, and I am feeling that I am wasting my time!! Considering I have only used the 3g card for about one hour I am miffed!

Does anyone know how to permanently remove Antispyware2008 and System Antivirus 2008?

Quick update otherwise:

Family; well. Coralie has such bad morning sickness she admits to being very sorry for herself! Sean’s car was rear ended on Thursday last, he is not impressed! It looks like a write off to me, although is currently drivable.

Dog; well (missed us though)

My car; Sean had to change the brakes whilst we were away. That was unexpected.

Job front; nothing upcoming, it looks like I will be temping for a while.

Ian; fantastic!

I am afraid that I am totally disorientated since coming home. And I wish I was still on holiday! Yup, it was that good, even though the air show made me so stiff, it was so big and I must have walked at least ten kilometres. I have bad shin splints!! Maybe tomorrow I will be over the stiffness, yes it was that bad!!

Happy Birthday Nicole!

Today I leave for Cape Town, I am staying a long weekend there and flying back on Monday afternoon. Sean is dropping us at the airport on the way to work on Friday, and picking us up on Monday afternoon on his way home. Very handy!

It is Nicole’s Birthday today – Happy 23rd, my pal!! See you in a little while!


Tomorrow we are going to an air show – we have no idea where it is!

Sunday lunch in Hout Bay.

Monday, I don’t know!! Let’s see what happens!