befok!

So we took Anubis off to the cat show on Saturday. As a domestic entry you are encouraged to decorate your cage. The theme this time round (drum roll) was: “spring has sprung”. Salomé and Henriëtte did a wonderful job of the cage decorations, and we felt we had a winning combo

From reading up on the link in Wikipedia on Maine Coons. It very much sounds like Anubis has some Maine Coon blood in him somewhere. Befok!

I have uploaded some pictures of our cats as well as some pictures of other peoples cats (yes we love cats!).

We will be hiking at Silvermine tomorrow. I hope the wind subsides a bit before then, but otherwise the weather is looking good.

First a few updates. So my fiancée’s mother went back to the traffic department on Monday to get her name cleared, but was once again told that they could not help her (this was now trip number four!). So she shoved the paperwork into the attendants’ hands and said “sort it out yourself, I’m not coming back for this”. My finger is still stuffed. I have called the doctor to make an appointment to go and see the specialist . Sterkinekor did phone back. I have the managers’ number and can call her to arrange some free tickets when I am next in mood for a movie.

We went to Cape Point Nature Reserve on Sunday and did the walk up to Kanonkop. We started down at Booi se Skerm and followed the path up to Kanonkop which the circles back down to the parking area again. It is a very easy and scenic walk. It was slightly overcast when we started but quickly cleared up turning into an absolutely stunning day. Afterwards we went to the point to take some pictures. I have uploaded them to the Gallery.

We also went to the information centre and obtained some wild cards. This costs R45 and allows you 12 entries into a certain number of national parks around the cape peninsula. What was very cool about this is that they refunded the R45 we paid to get in to be used to purchase the card, which costs R45. The only catch in this whole deal is you need proof of address, who walks around with a utility bill in their back pocket? Really!

Our landlord is now thinking of selling the flat. The rental agency called me a few weeks ago to offer me the unit, but I declined. Last week we came home to find estate agents waiting at our front door. “Can we please come in, if it’s not too much of an inconvenience?”, what does one do in this situation? So armed with digital camera they storm they unit, “mind if we take a quick walk through the place?”. On second thought I should have sent them packing. Sometimes I’m just to accommodating. They have assured us we won’t be kicked out when the unit gets sold, but I’ve heard that one before. I do NOT want to move any time soon.

Glorious news! Alphamanbeast will be in Cape Town in November for a quick visit. Also our Kontiki depature date is getting nearer. Just 3 and a half months till we fly. I can’t wait!

Oh and it’s now officially spring. Befok!

I went to the doctor on Friday to have my ring finger checked out. I hurt it about two months ago playing action cricket. It was swollen and sore for about a week, but I kinda forgot about it after that, but about 3 weeks ago I started to notice that it was still tender and slightly swollen. So it was off to the doctor for me, who sent me off to have X-Rays taken. The verdict sounds a bit uncertain to me, but it looks like I may have cracked something but it has already started to heal. So I’m now on anti-inflammatorys’ for 10 days and depending on if it gets better or not I may have to go to a specialist .

We went to see Thank you for smoking on Tuesday, it was a very good movie. The dialogue was sharp and snappy and left you with something to chew on. I found it interesting that not a single cigarette was smoked in the entire film (as far as I can remember anyway). We had dinner at Kauai before the show. I must say I have been a bit wary of eating there in the past because health foods always appear to consist of really vile combos. I have now had a spicy chicken wrap and a burger (more of a sandwich really) with yellow curry and sprouts (amongst other ingredients) and I really enjoyed both. I also found a smoothie I can stomach, It ‘s called the “C Monster”. It’s probably the only smoothie that does not contain Banana as the base. I have nothing against Banana, but ordering a Berry smoothie that tastes like Banana defeats the purpose.

We went to the West Coast National Park with Laurel and Donovan on Wednesday to go and see the flowers. It’s about 1 hour from Cape Town on the R27. There is a section called Postberg which they only open in flower season. I got to take my first pictures with my new camera. I was really impressed with the results. There were also some wild life to be spotted. We rescued a tortoise trying to cross the road. We did not see any honey badgers who also call the park their home. They were probably trying to get as far away as possible from all the impatient people in their 4×4′s driving over the flowers rather than waiting 2 min for another car to pass. People also seem quite happy to run to the centre of a field full of flowers to pose for pictures .

Wednesday was also Rob’s 32nd birthday. We were fortunate enough to join him a the Quaterdeck for dinner. Buffets and I are dangerous combo’s but I paced myself well up until the deserts

I have posted some my pictures in my gallery. I’ve made it private, but friends and family are welcome to sign up and I’ll active your account.

The house warming went down well. Everyone had lots of fun and we even got some presents There was lots of food. My brother braaied a yellow tail, which was tasty. Leons’ girlfriend made us the most delicious Glühwein.

Leon woke up to find some stranger in his house doing some illicit morning shopping. He (They?) made off with his camera and his girfriends’ laptop with all her research work on . We had a lengthy chat about crime in general, and everyone has been affected by it in one way or the other.

But hey, we have nothing to worry about with such fearless leaders as minister of safety and security, Charles Nqakula, who just two months ago, while addressing the national assembly said there was nothing strange about the levels of crime in our country and suggested that those who had a problem with it could complain until they “were blue in the face” or leave the country. Suddenly a mere two months later he is launching an amazing new plan to fight crime, which is a lot of the same old promises and putting fat part of the responsibility on the public to report crime. You, sir, are an idiot!

We went to go and see Ultra Violet and Pirates of the Caribbean on Friday. Milla Jovovich is a babe, pity the movie sucked. There were some cool elements but the gravity defying bike scenes and bad CGI just sunk the whole movie. The sound also died on us towards the end of the movie, leaving just the front speakers operational. Needless to day Sterkinekor, like their website of late, were utterly useless. They could not find a person of “authority” to take my complaint and reimburse me. So I had to write my details on a piece of paper, with the promise that “someone” would call me on Saturday. Think I got that call yet?

Anyway so it was off to Seattle Coffee Co. for some hot chocolate and a pecan nut pie while we waited for Pirates of the Caribbean. It was 100% pure entertainment and Johnny Depp was brilliant as always. Keira Knightley can also be filed under hottie in my book.

Saturday we popped off to the shops. I was exceptionally impressed, while at Cape Union Mart, as the assistant placed the credit card receipt on the counter for me to sign I received an SMS to say the transaction had been processed (my copy of the receipt was still printing at the time!). Technology rocks!

Saturday afternoon it was off the the folks for dinner and a sleep over. We watched a few episodes of Bones, which I though was pretty cool. We went for a quick walk on Sunday morning, which went past the sight where a whale had washed ashore and, more recently, been set alight. I was expecting a white rib cage lying on the rocks. Instead it was just a smouldering pile of ash, with a reek that only seriously enterprising (read shady) fish ‘n’ chips shop owners could match.

My boss is back on Monday, which means I should have my camera shortly. I can’t wait!