For my buddy

I wrote this in the comments section of a buddies blog as a response to his post. He writes like a demon - I mean - damn good, and he's been through some tough times, and now he's sharing his experiences with us, his followers (we not readers here). Some of you will know who nhe is, and others will see my comment anyway, but as it's a poem (yea, been a long time) I'm posting it.

Fighting the demons

This boy's doing it for himself.
Years of self abuse
Stuck in the dark mindless space
Known to some as - Utopia.

Feeding of his own existence
Losing all self control
Needing to be seen to suffer
Is that the driving thing?

Kicking the habits not easy
Support from all is good
This Scot's got the goodies
To kick it - to clean his act.

Not for the general population
Not for the woman of his dreams
Not even for his mother
This is just for him.

Salagatle

LuckyL's Aprilia

Some of you will have followed the saga with LuckyL's bike not starting and us servicing the starter, and ridiculous prices for spares locally, etc.

Well, last week I loaded the bike on a trailer and took it to Aprilia Randburg. Chatted to the mechanic and workshop foreman, told them the trouble, and said, don't replace anything, just tell me whats wrong. I'll pay the hourly rate.

They called 3 hours later to say, "You can collect the bike"!
HUH? Ok, so I drove down there, and the bike is fixed. Turns out they removed the starter and fitted a spare one theyt had there. It worked. So they stripped mine, and checked it. reset the brushes (stretched the springs to ensure proper contact), replaced it and it's fixed.
Cost me ZAR399.00 and no hassle!
Excellent service and advise from the guys. Thanx
Needless to say LuckyL is sooooo stoked!!!!!

Salagatle!

This past weekend

So, this past weekend, a couple of my friends entered the above Poker tournament. It was held at Monte Casino (LIU), and this was the program:-

Dates: 24 March 2009 - 29 March 2009
Venue: Ballroom at Montecasino, Johannesburg
Rake: Ten (10) percent will be taken from the total prize pool to cover the costs of the tournament.
Payouts: Prize money will be awarded to the top ten (10) percent of players. Nature of events: There will be two (2) scheduled multi table poker tournaments and one (1) multi table satellite as well as various single table satellites.

Order of events

1) Tuesday 24 March: R3,500 - NL Hold'em (event 1)
2) Wednesday 25 March: Continuance and completion of event 1
3) Thursday 26 March: R2,400 - NL Hold'em, Super Satellite (event 2)
4) Friday 27 March: R22,000 SA Poker Open, NL Hold'em (event 3)
5) Saturday 28 March: Continuance of SA Poker Open
6) Sunday 29 March: Completion of SA Poker Open

All events are strictly freeze-out tournaments.


Anyway, whilst playing online on SilverSands last night, I was chatting to one of my mates who fell out sometime Saturday, and commented that Bozo, a mutual friend / poker player was still in the game, one of 34 finalists.

He won it! Yup, he's officially SA poker Champ, and pocketed a cool ZAR500k!!!!!!!!
Well done Bozo!!!

Salagatle!