There will again be rolling blackouts in the Western Cape on Tuesday, Eskom announced in a news release. [Edit: This is the second spate of rolling blackouts] More power cuts on cards for Western Cape
[Edit: Here is Octavo's post on the cause of the first spate of rolling blackouts which began over 10 days ago: Koeberg deserves our gratitude]
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Year of the dog so far...
The weather today is cold and overcast. Up until yesterday however, the weather has been a real scorcher in Cape Town!
As explanation for my lack of posts: Life has been busy. Work, volleyball, the house and life's minutia have been occupying my time.
The rolling blackouts of last week were very disruptive to life in general. At work we had to fire up the generator on a regular basis, in order to keep our servers running. Traffic has been bad in places due to malfunctioning robots. [Edit: A lot of lost revenue for businesses in the Western Cape due to lack of power. It would appear that both Eskom and government are to blame for poor long term planning with regards to power supply. I'm not very clued up on the situation since it's a little difficult to read news stories on the web with no electricity. I'm in the dark :p]
On Saturday I went for a haircut. It's a little shorter than I wanted, but it should be fine since it will grow back quickly. In the afternoon I kept myself occupied at home.
At about 11pm Saturday night, we went out to Long Street Café and later on, Orchard Bank. Time just flew and before I knew it, it was some time after 3am.
To start with, we had cocktails at Long Street Café, and at one point there were up to 15 of us there. Ed was here for the weekend, as was Kevin from the UK and J's cousin Warren. A lot of the guys left for Mavericks early on. Only a handful of us stayed behind to shoot the breeze :)
Both Long Street Café and Orchard Bank were pretty cool! Though not the part were Viv had her cell lifted from her handbag, whilst standing outside Orchard bank :
Returning to where Jon had parked the car, outside Snap, we were greeted with the typical jibes directed at Asians (of Chinese/Japanese/Korean descent) that one can expect from the typical ignorant South African. I didn't let it phase me, since it was almost expected. Jon wasn't too pleased with them and not too chuffed with my lack of return fire (since I was sitting shotgun), but hey, I was in a good mood so it really didn't matter to me!
Reminders on why not to park right outside a nightclub:
Reason 1 - the inebriated low lives that lean against your car
Reason 2 - derisive comments and/or unwanted attention u are bound to draw from ignorant people trying to be funny!
Sunday was very laid back. We washed Scruffy and Jimmy, and while Jimmy was being dried with a towel, Scruffy jumped on top of him to 'play' and then Jimmy got really mad and they started fighting. Afterwards, Jimmy had 4 semi-large puncture wounds spread all over his back (Scruffy has VERY sharp teeth!). Later on, we removed a tick from Jimmy's ear. We made sure to remove the tick in its entirety (head and all) so as to reduce the chance of him contracting an infection or Lyme's disease.
Went for a short run in the evening… haven't gone for a run in 2 weeks, mostly because I just haven't been home when I've been in the mood to run! Am finding that I need to give my quads 2 or 3 days rest after longer runs, due to the fact that sometimes volleyball practices can be quite challenging in terms of legwork! We never know when Gary is going to make us jump around like frogs or kangaroos or jump up and spike the ball like 40 times or play hand or foot soccer like upside down tortoises…
Last night on eTV I watched Universal Soldier: The Return. It's got the be one of the crappiest movies I've sat thru in a long time. Next time it will be better if I sort thru my mail while NOT watching some lame-ass Jean-Claude movie in the background! The dialogue really sucked, as did the plot! Even the action was b-grade!
As explanation for my lack of posts: Life has been busy. Work, volleyball, the house and life's minutia have been occupying my time.
The rolling blackouts of last week were very disruptive to life in general. At work we had to fire up the generator on a regular basis, in order to keep our servers running. Traffic has been bad in places due to malfunctioning robots. [Edit: A lot of lost revenue for businesses in the Western Cape due to lack of power. It would appear that both Eskom and government are to blame for poor long term planning with regards to power supply. I'm not very clued up on the situation since it's a little difficult to read news stories on the web with no electricity. I'm in the dark :p]
On Saturday I went for a haircut. It's a little shorter than I wanted, but it should be fine since it will grow back quickly. In the afternoon I kept myself occupied at home.
At about 11pm Saturday night, we went out to Long Street Café and later on, Orchard Bank. Time just flew and before I knew it, it was some time after 3am.
To start with, we had cocktails at Long Street Café, and at one point there were up to 15 of us there. Ed was here for the weekend, as was Kevin from the UK and J's cousin Warren. A lot of the guys left for Mavericks early on. Only a handful of us stayed behind to shoot the breeze :)
Both Long Street Café and Orchard Bank were pretty cool! Though not the part were Viv had her cell lifted from her handbag, whilst standing outside Orchard bank :
Returning to where Jon had parked the car, outside Snap, we were greeted with the typical jibes directed at Asians (of Chinese/Japanese/Korean descent) that one can expect from the typical ignorant South African. I didn't let it phase me, since it was almost expected. Jon wasn't too pleased with them and not too chuffed with my lack of return fire (since I was sitting shotgun), but hey, I was in a good mood so it really didn't matter to me!
Reminders on why not to park right outside a nightclub:
Reason 1 - the inebriated low lives that lean against your car
Reason 2 - derisive comments and/or unwanted attention u are bound to draw from ignorant people trying to be funny!
Sunday was very laid back. We washed Scruffy and Jimmy, and while Jimmy was being dried with a towel, Scruffy jumped on top of him to 'play' and then Jimmy got really mad and they started fighting. Afterwards, Jimmy had 4 semi-large puncture wounds spread all over his back (Scruffy has VERY sharp teeth!). Later on, we removed a tick from Jimmy's ear. We made sure to remove the tick in its entirety (head and all) so as to reduce the chance of him contracting an infection or Lyme's disease.
Went for a short run in the evening… haven't gone for a run in 2 weeks, mostly because I just haven't been home when I've been in the mood to run! Am finding that I need to give my quads 2 or 3 days rest after longer runs, due to the fact that sometimes volleyball practices can be quite challenging in terms of legwork! We never know when Gary is going to make us jump around like frogs or kangaroos or jump up and spike the ball like 40 times or play hand or foot soccer like upside down tortoises…
Last night on eTV I watched Universal Soldier: The Return. It's got the be one of the crappiest movies I've sat thru in a long time. Next time it will be better if I sort thru my mail while NOT watching some lame-ass Jean-Claude movie in the background! The dialogue really sucked, as did the plot! Even the action was b-grade!
Friday, January 13, 2006
Year of the dog on the way!
Happy new year! All the best for 2006! May your goals be realised and all your wildest fantasies come true :p
Wow, it's been like a month since I was last here posting anything...
Our Xmas company lunch was on 15 Dec at CTFM (Cape Town Fish Market) Steenberg. Quite possibly the best CTFM I've been to so far. The sushi I had was excellant! I haven't eaten so much sushi (and so delicious) before in my life! Will post a pic when I get the chance...
The holiday was good, though short, since our company closed from 16 Dec to 4 Jan. I was back at work on 5 Jan.
During the holiday, there was a fair bit of recreational poker, but it's become apparent to me that this game is as much about luck as it is about skill. If your luck sucks there is nothing you can do to win sometimes!
New Years eve was spent in Scarborough at a friend's house where his parents were having a party. So it was a chilled evening with a gorgeous view of the sea (and everything below) and great food and good company! Early hours of the morning were spent playing a game of Risk which didn't want to end! It reminded me of why I had at one point developed a very strong aversion to the game :
A bunch of us slept over, and an excellant breakfast was cooked up by our hosts! Bacon, eggs and toast; hmm... making me hungry just thinking about it!
I bought running shoes before Xmas (Asics GT-2100's). They set me back R799 ($132). I see the same pair in the states retails between $50 and $90. I've only been on a couple of runs so far (the wind has been crazy in Cape Town) but plan on starting an beginners running programme very soon!
Right now, most of the family is in Stilbaai (3.5 hrs outside of Cape Town) in dad's holiday house. I might join them this weekend, but it's looking less and less likely...
Work looks set to be busy this year, with 2 new projects and talk of possible overtime in the near future. Let's see if I can put my B.Tech degree to good use! The first project I am working on involves liasing with our CEO on a regular basis. It's a small project, but it's cool that so far it looks like she's making me the technical lead on the project. I'll have to start getting into a good pattern of sleep so that I can come to work with a well rested brain... I just don't seem to be one of those people that can sacrifice on sleep and still perform...
Cheers for now!
Wow, it's been like a month since I was last here posting anything...
Our Xmas company lunch was on 15 Dec at CTFM (Cape Town Fish Market) Steenberg. Quite possibly the best CTFM I've been to so far. The sushi I had was excellant! I haven't eaten so much sushi (and so delicious) before in my life! Will post a pic when I get the chance...
The holiday was good, though short, since our company closed from 16 Dec to 4 Jan. I was back at work on 5 Jan.
During the holiday, there was a fair bit of recreational poker, but it's become apparent to me that this game is as much about luck as it is about skill. If your luck sucks there is nothing you can do to win sometimes!
New Years eve was spent in Scarborough at a friend's house where his parents were having a party. So it was a chilled evening with a gorgeous view of the sea (and everything below) and great food and good company! Early hours of the morning were spent playing a game of Risk which didn't want to end! It reminded me of why I had at one point developed a very strong aversion to the game :
A bunch of us slept over, and an excellant breakfast was cooked up by our hosts! Bacon, eggs and toast; hmm... making me hungry just thinking about it!
I bought running shoes before Xmas (Asics GT-2100's). They set me back R799 ($132). I see the same pair in the states retails between $50 and $90. I've only been on a couple of runs so far (the wind has been crazy in Cape Town) but plan on starting an beginners running programme very soon!
Right now, most of the family is in Stilbaai (3.5 hrs outside of Cape Town) in dad's holiday house. I might join them this weekend, but it's looking less and less likely...
Work looks set to be busy this year, with 2 new projects and talk of possible overtime in the near future. Let's see if I can put my B.Tech degree to good use! The first project I am working on involves liasing with our CEO on a regular basis. It's a small project, but it's cool that so far it looks like she's making me the technical lead on the project. I'll have to start getting into a good pattern of sleep so that I can come to work with a well rested brain... I just don't seem to be one of those people that can sacrifice on sleep and still perform...
Cheers for now!
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