What I did last Saturday (2005-08-20)

P.S. I just installed the Blogger Plug-in for Word…what a brilliant Idea!
Now Blogging is really gonna be easy … I Love these guys!
Except that is won’t up load pictures….maaaaaan just when I was starting to think the world was beautiful place L
Sigh! Now I’ll have to up load the pictures manually …damn!

The Belinda Carlisle Concert in P.E.

It was cold and overcast earlier that day.
I was worried briefly, until I remembered that the concert was an indoor Venue.
Local Singer from the South African band Mango Groove fronted for the Gig.

I was never a big fan of Mango Groove, and thought, ah well, let's get through this..
I have to admit that Clare Johnson has an amazing on-stage personality.
She connected with the crowd and made people open up and loosen up.
P.E. people typically aren't good audiences - they're sitters and watchers.














25 minutes later, well they're not sitting anymore.
This is the Magic of a good performer.
And it wasn't just the booze either, the queue to the bar was unbelievably long.















I bought two Kiwi fruit cocktails for myself - no way I was going to stand in the queue again.
Ofcourse there had to be acock-up somewhere along the line - My seat allocation was G45...
guess what...there WAS NO ROW G. What idiot arranged that. I mean - even I 10 year old knows his ABC's






















These guys were the members of the Clare's Band

Belinda sang all the well known songs.
I was waitng for circle's in the sand - my favorite.
The one song that I didn't like - Heaven is a place on Earth was sung as an accoustic version which liked much more than the original...

I heard on the Radio that Belinda turn 47 just when she arrived in P.E. - What as strange place to spend your Birthday. Anyhow, looking none the worse for wear - took me quite buy surprise.Oh Lord - may I too be blessed with plastic surgeons
All in all it was a good concert and worth the money.

Sunday Cycle

Almost every Sunday (weather permiting) I go cycling along marine drive.
When it comes to relaxing, this is the highlight of my week.

It's basically a 60 km ride, and goes through some of the best parts of Port Elizabeth.
So I thought I'd share some of the views.

I came across a water race/competition, the guys were racing around markers and going pretty fast too. That basically concluded my ritual Sunday cycle. Then I take a nice warm bath.

From there it's basically back the way I came, now the odo meter's sitting at 40km so I usually stop off at the sketer hang out. I like to see how the kids measure up from the days when I was in school...some of the guys could go pro...if there was enough sponserships...

The canon from the Sacromento ship. Oh yea, that's my Bicycle that got me there. Definitely NOT state of the art. It's a cheapo model. I wasn't sure if cycling was something I would keep up so a got a basic model, it's been two years now so I think I'm going to upgrade the bike and take part in races.

The view is nice but the cool fresh air really makes it worthwhile

And at 30 odd km one arrives at Sacremento Restaurant...named after the Sacromento ship that got stranded here many years ago..

Sea view - this is where the more serious surfer do their thing...it's a bit rocky so you'd better know what you're doing else you could get hurt. Also the guys NEVER go surfing on their own ...at least two people

About 20 km out and now it starts getting more remote and peaceful...

Ok - this is the place known as simply as "pipe" a lot of surfers and bodyboarder hang out here, sometimes tough it get's intense. A whole bunch of people try to catch the same wave and guys start bumping each other off..it's like mad max on water LOL!

The long road ahead - about 15km out from central

What did I say about palm trees!!!!!!

The shark Rock Pier ... I used to spend a lot of time here when I first started tinkering with the BodyBoard..but I found a better spot further up

More palm trees!! This goes past the Casino and Dizzy Dolphins - my fav "breakfast restaurant" nothing like an English breakfast while looking at the ocean

From here the road converges closer to the ocean..my favorite view...

Now past the beachfront stalls. - You can get glasses, shoes, jewelry, heck even computer games, books, food...almost anything at very reasonable pricess.

It seem Palm tree are being planted everywhere, it's OK - I find them very relaxing...you can fool yourself into believing you living on a Tropical Island ;)

Back into the main street with my Red Bull and peanuts supply and MP3 playing.....

This picture didn't come out as clearly as I hoped. I stopped of at a shop to get peanuts and saw these two guys completely passed out in their car...must have been one hell of a party ha ha

From here past the harbour start of an up-hill

Same view looking back

A cool sunday morning, dow Target Kloof to the right a sheer cliff and a stream

Self Indulgence Today

I've been a bad, bad boy.
I should be on my way to Gym.
The sun is still out, maybe I should be running.
Where am I!
At Mugg & Bean...ordering the Rubies Double Bagel!!!

Oh the guilt!!!

You don't know what it's like (unless you're Jewish ...or Catholic)

Apparently I have have some Jewish ancestry, so maybe that would explain a few things, but my family tree is so - shall we say convoluted and not to mention vague that I have no idea.....Kevin if you're reading this, you'll know what I mean...some Norwegains, Germans, Jews,Scotts, Dutch all thrown into the mix.

And Mugg & Bean is a Wi-Fi spot...so naturaly I started thinking...hey..if I get a Wi-Fi card for my Pocket PC then I can do my one of my favorite things...drinking coffee and surfing the net!!! Bliss!!!

And then the guilt kicks in,

Do I *really* need a Wi-Fi card?
Shouldn't I be spending my money on something worthwhile...like savings.!!
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I just got into unit trusts, and the the guilt monger voice says: Too little too late...you should have started 5 years ago.

You should have bought a house, the properties values have gone up and you would have an asset base!!

Maybe it's a matter of perspective.

Anyway..my food has arrived and I'm going to enjoy it, I'll feel guilty about the calories later on, like tonight before I go bath and I'm standing in front of the Mirror...I'll pay for my culenary sins at the Gymnasium..tomorrow...

Well Folks. This little blighter is my Nephew...that would (Gasp!) make me an Uncle. Don't be fooled by the cute face, he has a pair on lungs that could shatter walls.