GOTTA HAVE A VAN DER MERWE JOKE:

OK, I AM a South African, and please don't be alarmed or concerned, my blog will certainly return to its root of heart to hearts.. but please.. i have to have a lame, ultra pap Van joke atleast once right??? here goes (teehee)

Van in Paris
Van goes to the top house of ill repute in Paris.

He goes up to the Madam and asks,.. "I can like to have your best cherry!!".

The Madam then calls her top girl, and the two of them go upstairs.

Two minutes later the girl comes down the stairs screaming,

"Nevair ! nevair ! 'ow can you ask me zat ?"

The Madam is absolutely astounded, as that this has never happened before, but never the less she sends up her second best girl.

Two minutes later the girl also comes down the stairs screaming,

"Nevair ! nevair ! 'ow can you ask me zat ?"

The Madam is now intensely curious, since she has experiencedeverything and is totally unshockable, she then decides that SHE mustgo upstairs and service this client herself.

Two minutes later the Madam also comes down the stairsscreaming,

"Nevair ! nevair ! 'ow can you ask me zat ?"

Some guys sitting at the bar and ask her what the hell was going on.

She replies, " 'e vants to pay me in Rands !!!"



waaaa waaaaa pap huh!!! doff!

Easter

Well, easter has come and gone, like any other weekend. Unfortunately, it seems to go much unnoticed in the States.. while at home everyone had hot cross buns, pickled fish, easter eggs, plays about the crucification and celebrating the essence of Christianity.. and getting a LOOOONG weekend - schools closed.. ahhh those were the days...

Anyway, besides that, it was a good weekend. Very relaxed.

I took in a movie and went to the Park, the weather is starting to warm up a little now uiteindelik!! Whoo hoo

Ok.. back to work.. :-)

Funny Quote of the Day - Fred Allen -

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."

Funny Quote of the Day - Charles M. Schulz -

"I love mankind; it's people I can't stand."

Weekend update:

Yet another great weekend lies behind me.. i went up to the Royal Gorge out near Colorado Springs. We arrived on Friday night and took in the quaint little town of Canon City - most perculiarly filled with millions of tourists from Texas! Saturday we went to a beautiful abbey which houses a little Colorado winery, sampled some wine and bought a few trinkets.

Took the Royal Gorge train for a scenic ride along the river where i went white water rafting last year - it was quite majestic to see the Gorge bridge - its Length: 1,260 feet (384 meters)• Width: 18 feet (5 meters)• Main Span: 880 feet (268 meters)• Towers: 150 feet high (46 meters) - Pretty amazing - we also took the elevator all the way from the top down and back up as well as a scenic view across it in the cable car which was kinda scary.

The weather was chilly but really good. Sunday we went to 7 falls and Garden of the Gods - although i have been to these two places before it was awesome to see it in the snow... amazing to the eyes. Colorado really has so much beauty to offer!

On the way to the Garden of the Gods my stomach started talking rather loudly and we decided to put me through a true "only in America" experience, the way you see it on TV!! Greasy food, 3 people cooking, cleaning & serving in a haste and a huff - too busy to actually wash the cutlery so they just wipe it off!! I HAD to try it atleast once... folks i give you ... the Waffle House! :-) Oh and to top it all off - they had no knives available (have you ever??) - So yes, i did DIG into my waffle!!

So yet another great weekend to add to my life and memories!! So here goes..... another week lies ahead... Oh - it was also the first Formula 1 Race in Albert Park - Melbourne, i didnt watch it, but i heard it was awesome!! Ofcourse it was no freaking surprise who won - names that dont get mentions on my blog! - nevertheless - Go team Ferarri - you can do it!!!

Oh forgive me oh blue-eyed one...

SALMON IS FISH ...

So she burnt the Fish AND the Salmon

(just for the record!!!!!)

The assassination of Clinical Psychology

(This is not "the onion" – it's TRUE)

I had an interesting discussion with a very good friend of mine yesterday, whom for the purposes of safety (public and her own) and identity protection, will remain anonymous in this posting!

Apart from already being so busy and consumed with current job, cat on lap, assassins creed and burning the (was it fish or salmon?), she seems extremely twixt with the career path she has ventured upon, which is becoming a clinical psychologist and becoming an assassin. After a long, very serious discussion, it was clear that although she has a very obvious flare and talent for helping people, her mind is equally as primed for assassinating the same audience.

I had visions of her inching her tiny frame, blonde hair covering her shoulders, bright green eyes sparkling, moving towards her "client" , freckles wrinkling with her nose as she smiles (or grins).. listening intently to their plight. At this point I could not decide, will she be holding a pen and a recorder or a M24 Sniper Weapon, the militarized version of the Remington 700… whichever "office stationery" you choose to add to this picture.. well, that is up to you..

This had me thinking… how does one decide what to do and which path to take? Tough choice really!

I mean what can one do when your brain tells you to go for the helping option and the other thing seems to step in the way? Remember that scene in the "Bourne Identity" When he didnt know how come he could kick the living kurfunckles out of people so well with no mental recollection of any training? Well, in this very case, i am not sure if M can attest to any of these skills.. but hey. i say - if you have been given a gift - hidden, sadistic or otherwise.. who am i to tell you: You CANT KILL PEOPLE FOR A LIVING??!! :-)

You go O-Ren Ishii!!

wink wink. (i told ya i was gonna!)

Then there was Karaoke...

I don't think i ever (dared) post my karaoke experience from thanksgiving last year? I may have mentioned that my good friend Shirley invited me to join her family for thanksgiving dinner.. what i failed to mention was that there were some serious (embarrasing) activities that took place...

The reason i remembered today for some odd reason, was because i had one of the stupid songs playing in my head when i woke up this morning....

"At first i was afraid, i was petrified... "

Regret

I have often said in person and on here that I have no regrets, and I plan to not have any regrets regardless of the foolish decisions I sometime make. However, this week, I started to realize that I do have regrets…

Regret is defined as an intelligent (and/or emotional) dislike for personal past acts and behaviors. Regret is often felt when someone feels sadness, shame, or guilt after committing an action or actions that the person later wishes that he or she had not done.

So, I started thinking of how many times I would really rather not have engaged in some things.. so DO i have regrets - YES.... do I LIVE in the land of regret? NO.. do I feel like my failures and bad decisions made me a better person and helped me grow in ways that I would not otherwise have - Absolutely. But still, if i had to "do it all over again" for SURE i would make wiser decisions.

Blessed are the hearts that can mend, they shall never be broken….

San Diego and Los Angeles - California

Last week, i took 2 days off from work added it to my weekend. I needed to detox myself off Colorado and the freaking snow and when the sudden opportunity presented itself, i hit the road!

Arrived in Cali on Wed night and already i felt released from the claustrophobic burden of snowritis! whoohoo - i could smell the fresh crisp air and the feel the humidity on my skin! heaven - atlast! (but not enough humidity to turn me into Diana Ross though!)

There are so many reasons why one would want to visit and even live in California. People know how to dress, the ocean has its own mystical charm, the weather is great all year round, the cars are awesome and ofcourse the laid back lifestyle.

I was always drawn to California - it was the very reason i had wanted to move to the USA to begin with, it houses the Dream Centre - in Los Angeles - it was great to revisit a dream that i have held in my heart for a very long time. To see so many people have their lives go from nothing and hopeless to being people who have value and purpose in their lives and able to help others find the same.

Then ofcourse how can one go to San Diego and not oogle over the panda babies?!!!! ahhhh.

We did so many cool things, San Diego is filled with wonderful animals, museums and great places to eat. We took a train from Oceanside to LA - which took 2 hours, it was a very relaxing ride and when you arrive in LA you KNOW you are in LA.. Wondering down the streets of Rodeo drive, having wine and watching cars cruise by that most people only dream of.. this is the life.. my life as a cover girl! (J/K)

At the museum of natural history, they had an exhibition called "A day in Pompeii" - it was about the history of what happened in Pompeii in 79AD - very fascinating!

Walks on the beach, eating at "In and out" burger (which is worse than Wendy's as far as health benefits! but GREAT nonetheless.

I really had an awesome time - time to plan my next vacation! whoo hoo

So i went gothic...

Last week i decided to do something different... and now i look like Morticia Adams!! BUWWHHAAHHAAA

Don't you love it!

Random thoughts....

I took a quick peek at my watch as I increased my steady pace up Broadway, being careful not to slip on the ice left behind by yesterday’s snow flurries; it was 8:06am. I had my Tall non-fat Chai Latte in one hand – the same hand in which I hold my red and black Gucci handbag, swinging carelessly from side to side on the crook of my arm replicating my walking pace. My hair tied in a chignon at the centre of my head, stray strands dancing across my face, mimicking the dances of the icy Colorado wind. In the other hand, tightly clutching my Blackberry, which I fondly refer to as “my tracking device” and smile at the thought as I can feel the gentle vibrations of the phone in my hand, signifying that the office is wide awake and happily trying to get my attention!
As I crossed the robot (Traffic light), a few thoughts started racing through my mind..

My thoughts turned to desire.. it seems that the older we get, the more desires move further in the distance than when we are younger. When you are young your dreams seem fueled by naïve beliefs that if you dream it, it WILL happen.. I used to think that age brings you closer to the desired goals since you have more sense and sensibility to make it happen. I questioned whether desires really fade or whether they just change… what is it that I desire today that is the same desires I have had 10 years ago? I guess the practicality of life, bills to pay, debt to pay and things to take care of takes precedence over dreams and goals. For those who know me well, will know that I have always put my desires for a ”bigger”, intimate and fulfilling life before any practicality.. however, the course of my life became such that the realization that one can have both and don’t need to choose one or the other.. is that really true though??

I just don’t like compromise when it means possible regret. The question in mind is.. Can I still desire things even when I have to put “life’ and its unpredictability AND predictability in the foreground?

But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.” (Psalm 131:2, NIV)