its been awhile

yoh its been a hectic month and a half..been working hard(partner was away for a month so was running 2 practices), been trying to finalise the little details of my trip..decided to add paris in the mix..hope that works out..the german embassy giving me beans with visa..they flippin want my entire life history.still havnt got it and i leaving 7th july...wanted to kick myself bout a week and a half ago..i changed my currency 2 days before the price dropped..grrrr..well i guess you win some you loose some..other than that im looking for a house..thats not going to well. ive seen everything on the market(+- 60 houses) in my price range. still havnt found something i like and whatever i do like is way overpriced.so thats kinda stressing me out.okay ranting over :)..
on the plus side my cousin who got married in june last year just found out a week ago that he going to be a dad in jan..heads up to him..the 1st grandchild thats going to carry the family name.(dont know the significance of that but everyone keeps mentioning it).
other than those little speed bumps in my life its been pretty routine. and to be honest i kinda like it that way :).

pissed off

im quite pissed off at the moment..came home from work yesterday, abit later than normal and decided to change and go to the gym. was in the house for a total of 10mins. got back to the car and noticed the door lock felt abit strange. didnt think much of it. jumped into the car and realised the seat had been moved, my key wouldnt fit into the ignition and all the change i keep in the ashtray had disappeared. some bitch ass mother fucker had tried to steal my car! in the process he managed to totally stuff up my ignition. the incident didnt really piss me off. its the flippin cost of getting the thing sorted out. a new ignition, mechanics call out fee plus labour. if hidayath is not meant for the idiot that did this then may he find his hands caught in a mincer!

40 years

today is my parents 40th wedding anniversary. in this day and age i think that its quite an achievement with the rate of divorce even amongst couples that have been together for over 25 years.

mums comments : marriages like ours last because we were of a different calibre. we were brought up old school. we were submissive wives who listened to our husbands. whatever they said went.our generation also respected our elders(referring to mother in laws) and knew that they were protective toward their sons and that we were 2nd in line. by accepting that we understood where they were coming from.
my 1st 30 years of marriage were good years. no complaints or no regrets. the last 10(after my dad got ill) were tougher and frustrating at times but he is my husband.

dads comments : *smiles* (dad has a rare genetic disease called cadasil where he suffers from multiple strokes that result in portions of his brain dying. this leads to him losing physical abilities and mentally results in severe alzheimers)

on a lighter note its my nephews birthday today as well..the little critter turned 3..

:)))))))))))))))))))))))

i think like most people i have dreams or things that id like to do before i die.one of them is that id like to watch a formula 1 race live. today is a happy day. i just confirmed my tickets for a trip to germany to watch the german F1 on the 22nd july.YIPEEEEEE!!!!

tonight drinks are on me :)

BLACKHEADS

blackheads...those nasty little blistering barnacles that clog your pores, especially targeting the nose. filthy little pustules of gunk that lay within the skin giving you that oily look.
being a lazy guy i don't have a regular facial cleansing program but every now and then i subject myself to excruciating pain, standing googled eyed in front the mirror squeezing the shit out of my nose.
the post traumatic result being...me looking like Rudolf the red nose reindeer.
however i gotta say i do get some sort of pleasure squeezing the bastards :)

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time....I know
where
my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I
ask
where the toilet is?

2. People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire
room
for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the
channel manually.

3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too".
Bloody right! What good is a cake if you can't eat it?

4. When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it
is.
Why would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who
and
where are they?

5. When people say while watching a film "did you see that?". No tosser,
I
paid R25 to come to the cinema and stare at the floor.

6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?". Didn't really give me a
choice there, did you sunshine?

7. When something is 'new and improved!'. Which is it? If it's new, then
there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then
there
must have been something before it.

8. When people say "life is short". What?? Life is the longest damn
thing
anyone ever does!! What can you do that's longer?

9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come
yet?". If the bus came would I be standing here, Knobhead?

10. People who say things like 'My eyes aren't what they used to be'.
So
what did they used to be? ears, Wellington boots?

11. When your eating something and someone asks 'Is that nice?' No it's
really revolting I always eat stuff I hate.

12. People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that's an
image
I really didn't need.

13. Macdonald's staff who pretend they don't understand you unless you
insert the 'Mc' before the item you are ordering.....It's has to be a
Mcchicken Burger, just a Chicken Burger get blank looks...........Well
I'll have a McStraw and jam it in your McEyes you McTosser.

14. When you involved in an accident and someone asks 'are you all
right?'

idols

for the last week out of boredem ive been following american idols. i think what attracts me to it(besides the odd hot chick) is simons comments. i love his brute honesty. reminds me of me :).its quite amusing seeing people make asses of themselves.(got mum hooked on it as well.she shocks me sometimes with her comments bout pitch, stage presence and choice of song) the scary thing is that they actually think they can sing! and worse than that is their family and friends that spur them on. so this got me thinking bout how we are influenced by the words of those around us. and that maybe sometimes we need to take a moment to tell these people around us to stop sugar coating and give it to us straight up. get a true and critical reflection of yourself. however one will have to take it in ones stride and see it as an opportunity to improve rather than get depressed.

easter weekend

the ima (islamic medical association) is hosting their annual conference in stellenbosch cape town easter weekend. so i decided it would be worth attending, seeing that i need the cpd points and at the same time catch up with all my old classmates.havnt seen or heard from them in awhile, me being the only one that didnt return to ct after com service. so looking forward to next weekend. only drag is im returning tues morning on 6am flight, which means being at the airport at 5am which means getting up at 4am. and i am NOT a morning person. then go straight to work. i see one very unproductive tuesday coming up : )

TAG

Ive been tagged by safiyya. So here goes. My list of 5.

I am a techno freak. I love all types of gadgets, machinery, and anything that’s shiny and new. And hell if its wireless, where do I sign for it! (mechanics and electronics rock!)

I don’t scream or rant in an argument. I believe that when you start screaming, you have run out of constructive arguments and somehow believe by saying the same thing in a louder voice is getting you somewhere. And if I run out of arguments, I stop talking and just listen.

I have a morbid fascination with helicopters. Am currently trying to find a decent radio controlled one , and insha allah going to start flying lessons soon.

I don’t believe in love as everybody knows it. I believe it takes a very long time to love someone. Like years. True love is only shown when all the lust , hype , and newness of the relationship are over. True love is a very deep understanding between two individuals. Knowing each other so well that you can tell your partners mood, needs and feelings without saying a word. True love is rare , yet people fling the word love around loosely.

I am a planner. Everything I do is planned with at least two contingency plans. I do not make rash decisions. I contemplate the outcome of each choice before choosing. It can be annoying at times. But that’s me.

Today was a bit of a weird day. But a good sort of weird. Started with truck that was loaded quite high driving down the street where I work and managing to get the overhanging telkom and eskom wiring caught in the load and ripping the pole out the ground sprawling it across the road. The thing about this incident is that ever since ive started working here I have parked in the same spot. Its become known by the locals that I park there. However today for the 1st time for some reason known to Allah only , I decided to make a u turn and park on the opposite side of the road. Had I parked in my usual spot today I would be without a car now, cos it would have had a huge pole stuck smack in the middle of it. The other amazing thing is that everyone around us had their power and phone lines cut. Only ours was working.

Anyway the day went on and there was obviously lots of activity in the area while they cleared up and got cracking getting the situation sorted out.(I swear municipal workers are the slowest, laziest people alive). At around 2:30, I was busy with a patient doing a filling. Im halfway through drilling when our power cuts. so the poor guy has to come in tomorrow to finish it off. The rest of the afternoon was spent roasting in the office rescheduling patients.

Then made my way to the gym. For the last two days my lock for the gym locker has been missing and I put it down to me misplacing it. Now I always generally use a locker with a number that has some significance so as not to forget where my stuff is (yes im getting old). So today I go for that magic locker 83(the year of my birth) but find its taken. So I use the one next to it , but I took a closer look at the lock on 83. it looked very familiar. So I waited till no one was looking(didn’t wana get chucked out for trying to steal) and tried my key. And what do you know…its my lock!! The locker was empty though. I swear I have no recollection of leaving it there. That is very scary. I feel like im losing my mind!

how to split a million

GRRRRR

What is it with people and wanting to get me married? Every so often my mum receives a call from some family member or family friend with news that they have the perfect girl for me. The usual bo haari poyri, bo kerwiylie(spelling?) che. She can cook and was brought up very well (meaning she not afraid of household chores) and, if she comes from a rich family then they must add that she is not a snob and the money hasn’t gone to her head!

For gods sakes!!! Why cant they just leave me alone! To me they are taking the important act of marriage and trivialising it. Basically saying a good marriage partner is one that can cook and clean. I mean really if I wanted a cook or a servant id hire one.

To me a marriage partner is someone with great character. Someone with patience and understanding. Someone I could talk to about everything im thinking and not be judged. Someone who has respect and knows how to conduct themselves in different situations. Should these not be the first criteria when finding a life partner?

Generally women give up 90% of their lives after marriage. That in itself is huge! So what is the big deal if she cant cook? I would love to come home to a meal that my wife made a hash of and eat it with a smile on my face adoring her even more with every morsel just because she tried doing something for me, although she didn’t have to. Isn’t that what marriage is about? Understanding and growing a deeper bond with each passing day?

Women give up their freedom, their homes and comfort of having their parents there, their lifestyle, their dreams and aspirations (sometimes), all to be with you and yet you find men at shopping centres getting agitated with their spouses for taking to long. All she requires you to sacrifice is a few hours of your time and you cant give her that?

I guess what im trying to get at (in a very bizarre way)is that I don’t want to get married for the wrong reasons and end up being an ungrateful husband and wreck some poor women’s life because I wasn’t ready to get married.

I might have a very idealistic view of what marriage is about, but I also feel some people miss the point totally.

what i miss about durbs

the warm beaches..(the water is freezing in el)

halaal junk food:
- wrap it up steak special
- caminettos pizza
- crystal steak sandwich
- jmos cheese burger
- and most things from kikis

being able to eat ice cream anytime of year cos its always hot.

large shopping malls that stock the latest stuff rather than stuff that is 3 seasons old.(i might be exaggerating just a little)

being able to get exactly what you want by asking someone who knows someone who can get it for you at next to nothing and tells you don't tell anyone i got it for you.

the atmosphere in ramadaan , especially as eid is approaching.

being able to hear the azaan no matter where you live (well almost everywhere).

bhala and peru...(don't get lotus in this part of the world)

seeing a GTI with dropped suspension, tinted windows, nifty paint job, obscenely large rear spoiler, TSW mags, free flow exhaust, large pioneer sticker on the rear windscreen, and a driver that is nearly navy bobbing his head to the likes of "who let the dogs out" at a volume that is in excess of 140db.

and of course the lingo :)

Such is lfe

today was just one of those days where, when things went right they went perfectly right, and when things turned nasty, they hit rock bottom. good news 1st. i bought tickets for the pro 20 series cricket which was to be played on friday last week. as nature had it her way(females!!) the match was cancelled due to rain. today i took a long shot and asked if they were refunding the tickets. and whatya know..got my money back.somehow receiving money that you were never expecting no matter how small the amount gives you an elated feeling.

but that was short lived. a middle age man came by the office today complaining of some pain.(we see lots of this sort of thing and we assume its the normal causes).the poor man opened his mouth and i knew this was going to be a difficult day. i had to break the news to this poor chap(who assumed he just had toothache) that he had cancer. and that it had spread fairly extensively.(in my opinion he has max 2yrs to live).

i guess the best we can do in these situations is make dua to allah to alliviate the suffering of the ill and grant them shifa..ameen

points 2 ponder

Can you slam a revolving door?

How young can you be, but still die of old age?

What would happen if you found a four-leaf-clover under a ladder?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

What happens if you get a paper cut from a Get Well card?

Can you read a picture book?

Why does it say "shake well" on ketchup bottles, but not ketchup packets?

If mirrors need light to work, what happens if you put night vision goggles on in the dark and look at a mirror?

if you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking?If you have a gun and you ask, "can I ask you a question?" and they say "fire away" should you shoot them?

How come the Bible is the most stolen book, and one of the ten comandments is "thou shall not steal"?

IRRITATING

is it just me or has tv advertising gone to the dogs. cant remember when last i saw an advert that grabbed my attention. seems the advertising agencies have lost all creativity an are trying to appeal to geriatrics.has anyone seen the harpic adverts? whoever thought up that ad should be arrested. everything is wrong with it! firstly who on earth has such filthy, better yet who lets their toilet get that filthy? secondly two grown white males, over enthusiastic to clean shit pots?(come on...yeah rite!..in which lifetime?) so far absolutely nothing to grab your attention. so you think maybe , just maybe they would use a half decent actress to play the homeowner..all in all a pathetic advert. an embarrassment to modern advertising.

then you get the home shopping ads that think we all fell of the paw paw tree.(yes i subjected myself to the torture of watching it for a few minutes). make a fruit salad in 2min's every morning.that's the claim. they even show you how the product dices the fruit in seconds. they conveniently forget to show you how long it takes to peel the fruit! do they really think people are that stupid? or are people stupid enough out there who fall for it?

fatherly advice

LUCK

You get some people in life who are just blessed with good luck. I am definitely not one of these people.In fact my luck is so bad ive given it a name! "mo luck". At first i thought maybe it was just me seeing the negative in every situation but soon those around me started seeing it too. its kinda like in everything i do , if there is something that can go wrong it will , and this is just with day to day activities. There are those times periodically when a major stat dose of shit luck just slaps me in the face , almost warning me that it travels with me.
let me give an example to illustrate the magnitude of my rotten luck.

i studied in cape town where i lived with family for the duration of my studies. Being the cash strapped student that i was , i drove a beaten up yellow beetle, with semi bald tires and a petrol gauge that didn't work. The car didn't bother me at all. It got me from A to B, and i had alota fun times in it.

One one particular morning i was taking my cuz to school and in my family tradition we were late. So here i was gunning it trying to get her to school on time. As we round the corner the 1st bout of mo luck hits! there was a road block. Still not thinking much of it, playing it cool we approach the officer(cuz is now way late for school) and they decide that i must pull over. We go through the usual drivers license, car license story, then they start inspecting the car.

officer starts writing out the ticket(mo luck 2). R300 for bald tires, R300 for me not wearing a seat belt, R300 for cuz not wearing seat belt(the bloody car didn't have seat belts!!!!). so i start pleading with officer waving my student card, pleading porper , begging for some grace. after 10 mins of pleading got away with just R300.

Got on my way, got cuz to school(in time for her 2nd period), and was now on way to campus. mo luck 3 hits. i get stopped again at the roadblock, by the same officer for the same thing within 10mins.(is there anyone out there who can top that?) By now i didn't know why i was even going to campus i was so late. anyway pleaded with officer again showing him ticket i received 10mins ago(i swear traffic cops have IQ's below room temperature). he gave me a small lecture an let me go. phew!

well i guess we all cant be luck. the world needs balance. for those of you who are fortunate to have been blessed with favourable luck , enjoy it.


ps... i got stuck that same afternoon on my way home cos i ran out of petrol. a traffic officer gave me a lift to the petrol station and back to the car.

all in all....a really shitty day.

my virgin blog

hmmm...two days ago i was really bored at work so i started looking up blogs to see what the hype was about. Started reading a few and found that i couldn't tear myself away from them. That was it! i was hooked!...

So i decided to start my own "house of shit" where i can rant , rave , vent , amuse , bullshit , share random and scary thoughts and just be my crazy self.

What surprises me is that i absolutely hate english and especially writing. So have no idea why I'm actually doing this.Maybe its the comfort that there isn't a teacher who is going to read it and criticise it. Well whatever it is im glad ive got going.

for now i'm outer here...