Days of Our Lives.....

Wow its been a long times since I spoke to the masses, so many things happened, so many dilemmas had to be solved and so many tears had to wiped, but that is all in a days work.

Skinner street became Nana Sita, Cape Town will become //Hui !Gaeb , and I moved, from *&% Duncan street to *&% Jan Shoba street without spending one sent on furniture removal! this is a wonderful country! I went for a "routine nasal operation" and came back with severe hypertension, my daughter chose her high school, and guess what...? 

I'll be going to the Olympics! 

Yes you heard me the Olympics! 

I must just clarify for those who don't know me that well, I will be a spectator not a participant, as my category, "unfit-40 something-braai (barbecue) addict-with-a disposition- for-whiskey" is not yet an Olympic event! 

Although I believe it would be one of the toughest events, standing in front of a hot fire, postponing  the actual braaiing endless times to ensure that the coals are just right, only to find that there is more meat than you anticipated, and always forgetting the "braaibroodjies", holding an ice cold glass and constantly consuming liquids without being thirsty, replaying and analysing the game endlessly until it is so burned into your memory that you can’t remember your wife's name but you can remember the exact second Bryan Habana scored that vital try that won the Bulls the Super Rugby Cup....and then being in the dog-box as "whats-her-name-again" complains that the children are hungry! 

Like I said very challenging indeed!

The name changes on the other hand, is not an issue at all, before I could actually wrap my head around it my trusty Tom-Tom already had all the names memorized! I must admit that the pronunciation is still very much a challenge, but at least the spelling is the same and I can find Lilian Ngoyi, translate it to van der Walt and know exactly not to go there as the traffic is horrible!

What is very interesting about the name changes is that the Afrikaans community embraces it more than the African community, this is evident by the fact that every single African person I spoke to over the last 4 weeks refers to the streets by their old names, and all the whites by the new name! LoL who would have thought that! I tell you this is crazy!

Embrace the changes and challenges that are coming your way, it moulds you and makes you better.

Well till next time!