I was first to report it on www.twitter.com/hypernorth. 4 people were injured. From our apartment window i can see workmen restoring the roof of the house nextdoor which was also blown off. a gas leak is suspected.
It's near impossible to find a spot where we can see the parade in full! We have glorious weather today and the streets are packed! These shots were taken in dame street. Happy saint patricks day! En geluk met jou verjaarsdag Ernie!
What an appropriate ad for a balding male based in Blackrock…
Ad reads: "Hair Restoration Ireland - HairRestoration.ie/BlackrockClinic - The Only Qualified Hair Restoration Surgeon in Ireland
Particulary if that person has commented on only ONE of the photos of himself on Picasa - and that photo happens to be this one:
A cold and windy day. Had vegetarian lunch at Happy Pear. Browsed the ecoshop, snapped some prod pics. Ended up buying paracetamol! If quaint organic eco-snobbery is your thing then gs is the place for you.
While I am very happy to report that I voted in the SA National Elections earlier today I am still disappointed that only 16 240 people living abroad succeeded to register for the election when there are estimates of between 500k and 1M South Africans living in the UK alone. My comments on Facebook offended a number of people who said the registration period was too short, that registration forms were lost etc. I accept that the situation is far from perfect but still believe that if even half the South Africans living in the UK bothered to attempt registration we may have seen a possible postponement of the election date and a more balanced and healthier democracy.
Note the ink on my thumb - one of the high-security features associated with voting in the SA elections... My voting motto has always been "vote early and vote often" but alas...
We were fortunate to spend Easter at Woodville farm with our good friends David and Hannah. On Saturday the entire Naas congregation descended on the farm for a Pig Roast. We found it a bit strange at first to see a Pig on the spit as we would be more accustomed to having sheep on a spit. Nonetheless, we had a great feast, and David took on board my recommendation of getting proper hardwood charcoal for the fire. Somehow he managed to get hold of about 20 bags of Namibian Charcoal!
The Pig Roast
On the Sunday a smaller group, mainly close relatives of David and Hannah, baked pizzas in a home-made pizza oven. It was built using mud and clay off the farm. I'm definitely trying this when I'm back in SA. The pizza was excellent of course...
The Pizza Oven
Vir my eerste blog entry, het ek dit gepas gedink om 'n foto te neem van wat ek vandag aan het, wat dieselfde is as wat ek op my eerste date met yolandi aangehad het.
Yolandi het na die tyd erken die sokkie-en-plakkie-tema het baie amper veroorsaak dat daar nie 'n tweede date was nie. Maar yolandi sny vanoggend haar hare en ek gaan nou saam met die marees by cresta fliek (the internationals), so ek is vanoggend vry om te dra wat ek wil Totlater Bif-viv
Ma Charlotte en Pa Gerhard het vandag in Dublin geland. Ons vertrek mo^re Galway toe vir 3 nagte in Connemara. Ons bly in The House Hotel sondag-aand en dink om die volgende 2 nagte in die dorpie Roundstone te gaan bly.
Ek en skoonpa het vanmiddag by die Woolshed Baa gaan kyk hoe die Bulle wen! Baie lekker om hulle hier te he^!
Ons het 6.30 opgestaan om 7.30 saam by die gastehuis oggendete te kry en is van daar af Hueston stasie toe. Die trein Galway toe het ongeveer 3 uur geneem. Na middag-ete en 'n slapie het ons Salthill toe gestap waar die reen ons halfpad oorval het. Is toe sopnat met 'n taxi terug hotel toe. Ons het vir aandete lekker vis en skyfies gaan eet en toe musiek gaan luister in die pub.
My vrou sorg mooi vir my in die maagseer-recovery proses...
Worteltjies, snap peas, low gi broodjie met ham, joghurt en vrugte