Category Archives: emigration

Slower than me

By 6000 | 6000 | January 24, 2011

Amazing news coming in from the UK, is that there is actually a place – placeS, in fact – in the UK which have a slower broadband connection than me. What sort of a godforsaken, Fourth World backwater are we talking about here? Well, Kent actually. Home to illegal immigrants, the Neanderthal residents of Maidstone and an [...]

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7 Up

By 6000 | 6000 | January 23, 2011

Not the sugary carbonated “lemon” drink. That would be a ridiculous subject for a blog post. Although, as I’ve always said: “When life throws you E128 and E204, make 7-Up”. But no, today marks the day seven years ago that I arrived in South Africa and began my role as the country’s favourite import. It’s a [...]

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Funny Man

By 6000 | 6000 | January 9, 2011

Another long day, another tired me, another late post. In filling my weekends with housework and family time, I not only miss the opportunity to blog, but also the opportunity to keep up with what’s going on in the world – and the blog fodder that the news provides. This is an issue, so I [...]

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On hijacked tourists

By 6000 | 6000 | November 15, 2010

Eish. Bad news – unless you’re @emmaturd or the Daily Mail – the much-publicised story of British tourists hijacked in Gugulethu over the weekend and the subsequent murder of one of them. The Daily Mail report, strangely full of apparent fact and devoid of any major hysteria (although I very much doubt that Lieutenant Colonel [...]

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Out of it

By 6000 | 6000 | November 2, 2010

But not in a bad way. We took the time out this weekend to head out into the beautiful Southern Cape,which has rapidly become a firm family favourite for weekend getaways. White sands, turquoise seas and deserted beaches where the kids can play safely and happily, Mum can read her latest crime thriller and Dad can wander about [...]

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