I am pretty clued on Internet Acronyms so TMI is something that makes me LOL while ROFL.
Before I depart for the weekend though, let me say this.
I note the sarcasm in your writing and for some reason, I am not sure why you do that. This is a blog after all. Maybe it’s a “Pommie” thing but to be honest, I don’t care for it much. Your innuendos and subtle stabs at comparing the weather there vs here or taking my Daughter to the pub are starting to wear my patience thin. Lets blog about the facts, not have some sarcastic debate on issues that have no relevance.
So… I am going to bow out of this, leave you to your own devices and wish you all the best, in whatever you decide to do or not do.
It’s been fun but, and there’s always a but, for the sake of Internet Etiquette, I am going to end this now, monologue still intact.
I have said what I need to and in the Famous words of Forest Gump, “That’s all I have to say about that!”

Goodbye, Totsiens, Auf Wiedersehen, Au Revoir.

I hope you enjoy your exciting weekend. I’m not sure how au fait you are with internet acronyms, but I think that falls into the category TMI. Still – at least you won’t have to take your daughter to the pub anymore.

It’s 6:30 in Canada and I have awoken from my slumber. Had a restless sleep too cause I’m nervous as I am expecting a “Friend” to arrive today for the long weekend. We call each other “International playmates” and we have been meeting somewhere different in the world to, well.. Play. (Trust me, it’s been fun!!)

Thanks for all you comments, 6000 too and now you’re all starting to “Ge the point” which is this.

Everyone has an opinion of their experience/s. In SA and abroad. Some more than others and some less.
It’s fantastic to see so many of them and that’s exactly what I have been trying to do with 6000 here. Form an opinion.
Mine is clearly different to yours, some similar and some not but definitely different. This is what Brandan Huntley did. He formed an opinion, presented it and got a result. So don’t worry Delboy, I won’t attack you for yours
He didn’t form your opinion or mine, he formed his own based on his experience/s. Clearly he’s had a rough time, maybe he was dramatic in some events and maybe he wasn’t but it was still his experience. Who the hell do we think we are forming an opinion of his experience when we didn’t go through what he did? Isn’t this called “Freedom” or “Freedom of speech/Opinion”?

All of what i have said is miniscule compared to what I really want to say but this forum of blogs is probably not the place to do this.

Now to the sceptics out there, in no particular order….
I am not running South Africa down. I am merely presenting my experience to you for you to form your own opinion. I am not running anyone down or ignoring their opinion either. I am merely forming my own for you to try and get some understanding of what I have been through and why I took my Daughter away from her home. Let me say this though. She is pissed at me for doing this. I have one of the most easy going teenagers in history and for the first time in her life, she was not impressed by this decision to move.
She has started her final year of school and she made me promise that if she did well this year, that I would send her back to South Africa for a visit next year. So I have managed to shield her from most things and her perception of South Africa is a good one. THIS is your future ambassador to SA. Not me or Brandan Huntley. It’s the children that will take SA into a new era, unfortunately, there is a but….

But… It’s not going to happen soon. SA is not a safe place to live at the moment I’m afraid. The current government does not have the knowledge or ability to keep me or my Family safe and by the obvious position Brandan Huntley is in, neither can they protect him.
The truth about SA is only an opinion. Everyone different and we are all entitled to it but SA does have serious problems to deal with. They are losing great people with mahoosive skill to other countries and it sucks! The reasons are obvious to some and not so obvious to others. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule but facing the facts is a lot tougher to do and the current government in SA does not know where to start to do that.
Like I said before, SA is like a loaded gun or a venomous snake. Sooner or later, you’re going to be shot or bitten. Ek wil nie n kans vat nie. Nie met my kind, jammer…..

Colin

AvatarPrime > I live in South Africa. I see “the truth” every day. As for the remaining 90% of your comment, taking as it does, one tongue-in-cuff, off-the-cheek remark about our dear Brandon, well – cherry-picking at its best again.
Anyway – I OBVIOUSLY wouldn’t beat up Brandon – I’m white and therefore pose absolutely no threat to him at all (or else he’s in a whole heap of trouble in Canada).

Seriously – who really refuses see “the truth” about South Africa? Is it really me, or is it you?

P.S. I maintain that he is bloody ugly though.