So I'm driving to work this am. As usual, the motor car wireless (car radio for you plebbs) is tuned in to Talk Radio 702. (A talk radio station, in case you all were wondering).
They were discussing the (perceived) rising crime situation in South Africa, prison breaks, robberies out of the serious and violent crime investigations units offices walk in safe, the murders, rapes, hijackings, and other normal day to day incidents. They also managed to get the esteemed member of parliament, the Minister Of Safety and Security on the blower (telephone - dummy).
After a short chit chat, he made the following comment:-
(Not verbatim) "The blacks have been living under these conditions for many years, it is only now that the previously white areas are experiencing what we blacks have had to live with all this time"
And what does he mean by this? That it's ok, cause what's good for the goose is good for the gander? Or, two wrongs do make a right? Or, we are not in control, and so now it's your problem?
What do I think? I think that the crime situation in the so called townships during the apartheid era was possibly higher then in the so called white Areas, but it was them against them. Their own doing it to themselves.
Now, with the new dispensation in place, instead of bringing all services / qualities of life up to an acceptable level, it's easier and cheaper to pull everything down.
So, good education has been replaced with poor to pathetic education.
Hospitals are virtual killing field - don't get me started on this
Roads are in a state. You guys swerve for the occasional pot hole. We swerve for the occasional lump of tar!! (I lie, it's not that bad, but not good either)
Cape Town has an ongoing televised warning system in place to lat them know when their power is going down. It happens so often that they broke all records for small power generator sales EVER earlier this year!
Policing is pathetic - more cops are crooked than ever - FACT.
Crime is rampant - probably seen as a natural extension of the RDP
Unemployment is at an all time high - and the people must eat
But, accordingg to him who must be obeyed, the crime stats to be released in September, (which are all of 18 month old) will show that the crime levels have dropped! How can he know this, if the numbers are still being collated / added / counted / collected? How can he know?
Cause he needs to ensure that they will be lower, and so they will!!!
Salagatle!
LIU - Look It Up!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Editors note.....
I also revised the haidresser poem while I was at it.
I wasn't happy with it, reviewed it, made a small change,
And now its ok....
Salagatle!
I wasn't happy with it, reviewed it, made a small change,
And now its ok....
Salagatle!
Seaman R-bay .... he cares
Seaman R-Bay sent me a nice "Certificate of service" for my 10 years at this employer. He sed I could / should post it. However he has put the name of the company I work for across the top, and even though some / most of you may / might know who I work for, I am not comfortable to post it.
A check by one of their goons, random, searching the net, may expose my blogg to some overpaid, illiterate chimp with a tree trunk on his shoulder and could land me in the hot stuff.
So, Seaman, thanx for that, I may print it, and frame it, and hang it in my bar at home.
Salagatle!
A check by one of their goons, random, searching the net, may expose my blogg to some overpaid, illiterate chimp with a tree trunk on his shoulder and could land me in the hot stuff.
So, Seaman, thanx for that, I may print it, and frame it, and hang it in my bar at home.
Salagatle!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
01 June 2006
Went for my first interview today. Went damn well. Will have a follow up one with the directors. Sounds promising..... Mmmmmmmm.
Am also going to stop in at the local Technicon (institution of higher learning) on the way home. I need to find out when their next night classes course starts for CAD (Computer Aided Design). There is a shortage of this skill at the moment. Contractors are earning upwards of R40k per month and more....... Mmmmmmmm.
Going home early today. Well, earlier..... I've been here 10 years today. Don't ask me how, or why. I just don't know.
Later all
Salagatle!
Am also going to stop in at the local Technicon (institution of higher learning) on the way home. I need to find out when their next night classes course starts for CAD (Computer Aided Design). There is a shortage of this skill at the moment. Contractors are earning upwards of R40k per month and more....... Mmmmmmmm.
Going home early today. Well, earlier..... I've been here 10 years today. Don't ask me how, or why. I just don't know.
Later all
Salagatle!
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Sensual, unmistakable
I feel her hand
Moving, touching
It's sensual, but
Not Arousing
A gentle tug
A soft touch
Across my cheek
So unmistakable
Accidental,
It's strange, unusual
Yet normal too
It's what she does.
She's my Hairdresser
Salagatle!
Moving, touching
It's sensual, but
Not Arousing
A gentle tug
A soft touch
Across my cheek
So unmistakable
Accidental,
It's strange, unusual
Yet normal too
It's what she does.
She's my Hairdresser
Salagatle!
Response to ranting about stuff....
I received a comment on a previous posting called Ranting about stuff. I am publishing it here, with thanx and (unasked for) permission to Steve (check out his blogg - see links...). It's a good read / addition / response to my post....
You put the cause of all this upheaval/discontent in your posting, maybe without realising it...
"Over population of the earth".
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work it out.
The more people there are, the:-
More crime there will be;-
More demand on natural resources will be;-
More opportunity to shaft some poor fucker there will be;-
More "rich" people there will be;-
More accidents on our roads there will be as there is an increased number of vehicles every year;-
Lower the morals of the population (generalising) there will be;-
More demand for delivery (on everything) there will be;-
More you will be a number to the email address you work for (people are becoming a commodity now too);-
More the media will pick up on the sensational stories and blurt them out across ever-expanding and accessible networks;-
More difficult it will be to make a living for you and your family (never mind your grandchildren one day);-
Easier it will be for corporations to get rid of people and restock their numbers with new blood looking to shaft the previous sucker;-
Easier it will be for suicide bombers to find a target, and for the networks to report it;-
Faster the natural resources will be depleted (yet we insist on developing the combustion engine further?);-
More the "have not's" will want what the "have's" have got, even though the latter worked hard for it;-
Easier it will be for germs and viruses to mutate, faster than "cures" can be found for them;- etc.- etc.- etc.
It's an extensive list, but it essentially comes down to the global population explosion (partially, I believe, in that we have not had a major war for 61 years, and partially due to lack of education and a few other reasons like "I-couldn't-give-a-shit-as-I-won't-be-here-anyway") and the higher the numbers become, the more exponential the population growth becomes. Eventually, something's gonna blow and regardless of what happens, the human race (as we know it now) will never be the same again after it.
The numbers have got to drop, otherwise we're ALL fucked...and the doomsday clock is ticking...
Salagatle!
You put the cause of all this upheaval/discontent in your posting, maybe without realising it...
"Over population of the earth".
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work it out.
The more people there are, the:-
More crime there will be;-
More demand on natural resources will be;-
More opportunity to shaft some poor fucker there will be;-
More "rich" people there will be;-
More accidents on our roads there will be as there is an increased number of vehicles every year;-
Lower the morals of the population (generalising) there will be;-
More demand for delivery (on everything) there will be;-
More you will be a number to the email address you work for (people are becoming a commodity now too);-
More the media will pick up on the sensational stories and blurt them out across ever-expanding and accessible networks;-
More difficult it will be to make a living for you and your family (never mind your grandchildren one day);-
Easier it will be for corporations to get rid of people and restock their numbers with new blood looking to shaft the previous sucker;-
Easier it will be for suicide bombers to find a target, and for the networks to report it;-
Faster the natural resources will be depleted (yet we insist on developing the combustion engine further?);-
More the "have not's" will want what the "have's" have got, even though the latter worked hard for it;-
Easier it will be for germs and viruses to mutate, faster than "cures" can be found for them;- etc.- etc.- etc.
It's an extensive list, but it essentially comes down to the global population explosion (partially, I believe, in that we have not had a major war for 61 years, and partially due to lack of education and a few other reasons like "I-couldn't-give-a-shit-as-I-won't-be-here-anyway") and the higher the numbers become, the more exponential the population growth becomes. Eventually, something's gonna blow and regardless of what happens, the human race (as we know it now) will never be the same again after it.
The numbers have got to drop, otherwise we're ALL fucked...and the doomsday clock is ticking...
Salagatle!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Play on words.......
I have been asked to put together, in an email, all the details pertaining to a deal I am busy working on.
I have also been asked to keep my normal, typical Italian emotions out of the email.
So, I have. And have finished it of with this (some input from Steve to brighten things up):-
Firstly, we must get a better price for this solution
Unless we work together, we will lose this deal.
Clients are not stupid, he can see if we are screwing him.
Keep up the pressure on the other dept. to ensure cooperation.
Unless we dictate the final price, they are liable to get it wrong.
Should we need to, we must escalate to exec. Level.
Our future dealings with this client are now at risk.
I hope that they will see I am keen to win this and have not been emotional.
Salagatle!
I have also been asked to keep my normal, typical Italian emotions out of the email.
So, I have. And have finished it of with this (some input from Steve to brighten things up):-
Firstly, we must get a better price for this solution
Unless we work together, we will lose this deal.
Clients are not stupid, he can see if we are screwing him.
Keep up the pressure on the other dept. to ensure cooperation.
Unless we dictate the final price, they are liable to get it wrong.
Should we need to, we must escalate to exec. Level.
Our future dealings with this client are now at risk.
I hope that they will see I am keen to win this and have not been emotional.
Salagatle!
Ranting about stuff....
I'm probably not alone in this, but I really am getting more and more concerned by the day. The status of the world we live in, the moral decay, the values....
Everywhere I look, read, see, it's a worrying and depressing situation. No this is not one of my depressed bloggs, it's something I have given much thought to, and now feel the need to express, and share, and maybe get some meaningful (or not) response to.
Crime, internationally, is rampant. Types of crimes committed are becoming more violent all the time. Rape and murder, becoming almost common place in many countries.
There is no respect, nor pride in anything (I generalise here, but the averages are probably higher for the baddies than the goodies!)
Companies don't want employees, they want delivery. The shareholder is number one, and if we must destroy the careers or private lives of the employee to ensure that we deliver to the shareholder what some unrelated analyst has predicted, so be it.
Over population of the earth - populations in more than 1 country now measured in billions.
Over fishing of marine resources.
Every day more animals / plants / species are either getting onto the endangered list, or disappearing from the face of the earth forever.
Oil, fuel, coal.... Forests.... Ozone.....??
What the hell are we doing? Is it really more important to ensure that companies grow their revenue by 10/15/20% YOY, than it is to ensure that the family pod is secure / healthy / whole?
Mergers / conglomerates, wanting more of a smaller pie... More, more, more.... Pushing out the traditional little guy who knew your name......
I believe that we are fast approaching WW III. Yup, there are too many fractions in the world system. Too much stress, jealousy, mistrust, greed. I really believe that we are "overdue".
People jumping out of building because the stock market drops 10/15% in one day! So what? It's only money. You can get it all back.
Terrorists groups / Freedom fighters (depends on which side you are) committing acts of violence once thought only possible on the big screen. Suicide bombers, car bombs, airplane suicide missions.
Whole town buring up due to explosions caused by petrol thieves in the DRC.
Bird flu, HIV/AIDS.... We manage to eradicate polio and measles from the world, and then this..
Mad cow disease (caused by feeding them with ground up remains of slaughtered cattle!!)! We actual feed them their own! Why don't we eat our own dead? And save a cow?
Million dollars spent annually on research into useless stuff! Like why do the swallows fly north / south, not east / west? Who the fuck cares?
What is the relationship between blue flys and corpses? Who the hell cares!
And then the idols... pop stars, movie stars, football stars.
Now there's a subject. How can any one man be worth 70 thousand British pounds a week? For kicking a ball around? Lets get real, that is just disgusting. And then we tell our nurses and school teachers and fire men that their jobs are a personal service to mankind, a mission from the heart, and therefore they shouldn't look at how much they earn in money terms, but rather the mark they make in their environments!
But we will gladly pay a little German adrenalin addict 1 million dollars a week to race a car around a track every second weekend! Damn, we could solve the housing problem of every South African on his annual earnings alone.
When one man (Gates) has enough money to settle the outstanding debt of the whole of the African Continent, there is something wrong.
The whole picture just does not look right.
Am I pissed off. NOW I AM!!!!
Salagatle!
Everywhere I look, read, see, it's a worrying and depressing situation. No this is not one of my depressed bloggs, it's something I have given much thought to, and now feel the need to express, and share, and maybe get some meaningful (or not) response to.
Crime, internationally, is rampant. Types of crimes committed are becoming more violent all the time. Rape and murder, becoming almost common place in many countries.
There is no respect, nor pride in anything (I generalise here, but the averages are probably higher for the baddies than the goodies!)
Companies don't want employees, they want delivery. The shareholder is number one, and if we must destroy the careers or private lives of the employee to ensure that we deliver to the shareholder what some unrelated analyst has predicted, so be it.
Over population of the earth - populations in more than 1 country now measured in billions.
Over fishing of marine resources.
Every day more animals / plants / species are either getting onto the endangered list, or disappearing from the face of the earth forever.
Oil, fuel, coal.... Forests.... Ozone.....??
What the hell are we doing? Is it really more important to ensure that companies grow their revenue by 10/15/20% YOY, than it is to ensure that the family pod is secure / healthy / whole?
Mergers / conglomerates, wanting more of a smaller pie... More, more, more.... Pushing out the traditional little guy who knew your name......
I believe that we are fast approaching WW III. Yup, there are too many fractions in the world system. Too much stress, jealousy, mistrust, greed. I really believe that we are "overdue".
People jumping out of building because the stock market drops 10/15% in one day! So what? It's only money. You can get it all back.
Terrorists groups / Freedom fighters (depends on which side you are) committing acts of violence once thought only possible on the big screen. Suicide bombers, car bombs, airplane suicide missions.
Whole town buring up due to explosions caused by petrol thieves in the DRC.
Bird flu, HIV/AIDS.... We manage to eradicate polio and measles from the world, and then this..
Mad cow disease (caused by feeding them with ground up remains of slaughtered cattle!!)! We actual feed them their own! Why don't we eat our own dead? And save a cow?
Million dollars spent annually on research into useless stuff! Like why do the swallows fly north / south, not east / west? Who the fuck cares?
What is the relationship between blue flys and corpses? Who the hell cares!
And then the idols... pop stars, movie stars, football stars.
Now there's a subject. How can any one man be worth 70 thousand British pounds a week? For kicking a ball around? Lets get real, that is just disgusting. And then we tell our nurses and school teachers and fire men that their jobs are a personal service to mankind, a mission from the heart, and therefore they shouldn't look at how much they earn in money terms, but rather the mark they make in their environments!
But we will gladly pay a little German adrenalin addict 1 million dollars a week to race a car around a track every second weekend! Damn, we could solve the housing problem of every South African on his annual earnings alone.
When one man (Gates) has enough money to settle the outstanding debt of the whole of the African Continent, there is something wrong.
The whole picture just does not look right.
Am I pissed off. NOW I AM!!!!
Salagatle!
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