just thought i'd post some random thoughts/questions/mysteries...
oh, btw, >1 person has noted a slight negative and frustrated feel to this blog, so in light of that and in honor of HR and gnarls barkley, i've decided to litter this post with smiley faces, :)
- why is transfering half-way across the world such a mess?? i just got my laptop situation and my email, which was not supposed to change, did change. plus i'm not able to get into the old email, so i have to hope that "they" backed it up and can give me a hard copy of some of my important old emails :)
- why is transfering half-way across the world such a mess, part deux?? after 2 weeks of raggling with the bank and finally got them to transfer $$ from my us bank account to the one here in sa :)
- where does one get beer around here?? i was planning on having people over to watch the sorry nig v cote d'ivoire match (until eskom ruined that plan), so i went looking to get some drinks. after an hr, i gave up and i still don't know where to get beer...though wine is everywhere... :)
- why are jo-burg drivers so nice?? you ask most people that live in joburg and theyll tell you that the drivers here are crazy. ok. thats true to an extent...but what i don't get is why they allow so many drivers to cut them off. i think its a case of being too nice. why, after a car behind me illegally drives on the curb or pulls into a gas station only to come out 2 secs on the other side, would i let the car simply cut in front of me with nothing more than a smile?? this is silly. people need to have a little bit more road rage! pull within a cm behind that car in front of you! don't give any room for "cutters"! lay on that horn! stare that driver down! but in all, please don't pull out a gun!...seriously, i think i've become a different driver here; and, seeing as people are relatively nice drivers, i too have adopted that same jerk attitude of cutting in line :-D
- funniest piece on radio this morning... the dj was talking about heath ledger's death (this is not funny; rather very sad). funny part #1: "the ledger family have made a public announcement about the death...the would like to express a feeling of grief regarding the death..." hmm, what other feelings would they have expressed?? funny part #2: "ledger was found naked on the floor with lots of pills around him, but there were no obvious signs of suicide..." LOL. people. people. how much more obvious do you want to get? anyway, this is actually really tragic. kids, stay off drugs, please.
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4 comments:
I'm loving your new car, Folu. Very nice! And would you like me to ship you some Fabreeze? ;-)
Hey Folu. Very enjoyable blog. Thanks for passing it along. I'll add you to my regular reads!
So you should probably go ahead and get some of those knife-like blades that stick out from your rim/hub cap like in Grease ... that ought to teach people to get too close to you.
Personally, I don't think your blog is overly negative at all! Perhaps I'm just equally negative or jaded, but I appreciate the honesty! Plus, I find it very informative and interesting! Its cool to see what moving across the world is like for a country other than Japan...sounds like its about equally frustrating (which is actually a little bit comforting!) Hugs! =)
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