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Trapped
It has been a rough start to the week. Yesterday saw me developing lower back pain early on in the morning – try and tell a 1 year old why his daddy cant pick him up – and ended with the key in the passage door breaking after locking it before going to bed. That was not fun.
So this morning – bad back and all – was spent taking the pins out of the hinges of the door and then trying to get someone to push the door in from the other side. One always has ideas of grandeur, coming to the rescue by breaking the door down. You never think you will ever be on the receiving end.
I am coming up with several ideas and topics to blog about this week. I look forward to them. Lets see what can come of it all.
Tagged Blogging, Health
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Complex Security
We stay in an interesting complex, tucked away in a suburb that is full of larger houses, this little place houses a large flock of some 40 odd flats and 10 town houses. There is a lovely large garden, great bird life, a pool and a mix of people. A great old building.
Sadly a week or so ago one of the owners/tenants became the victim of crime… the guys certainly knew where to strike and how. It is not a pleasant situation at all.
Now this afternoon a meeting was held to try come up with some plans on how to improve security. The thought that kept coming to me in the time that I was at the meeting is how little impact it all can have to a determined criminal and what drives someone to be so determined? Listening to little bits of information as to what was done in this recent incident one is amazed at how premeditated the whole thing was. Several escape routes where put into place or prepared before they began their terrible deed. Obviously it was committed by people who had an intimate knowledge of premises.
As a husband and father one feels the pressure to protect your family quite heavily… what is one to do?
Tagged Crime, Security
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Sick & Tired of Sick & Tired
I can hardly believe that I need to post something about being sick again, I mean it was only a little while ago that I had posted something on the same topic.
Well the truth is I am down with flu once again. I am not impressed. I don’t think that I have ever been as sick as often as I have been this year.
It started last Monday evening prior to doing our training event down in Cape Town. Fortunately the Click Pharmacy at the V&A Waterfront is open till 9pm and I was able to get some meds to try and fix things. It seemed to start working and by Wednesday in Durban I felt rather fine. It turns out that that may have just been because of the different weather down there.
Anyway, as all the Johannesburg dwellers will testify, someone left the freezer open on Monday this week and withing minutes of returning from a pizza run I felt my throat begin to burn. By yesterday morning I had a cold. Yet life must go on. There were back to back meetings from 9am so off I went ending the day with the final studio photography class last night at 9pm.
This morning I think it is full flu. My muscles are aching, I cant breathe all that often through my nose and the throat is threatening to take away my voice. This is a problem as this evening is the second last training event… perhaps we will have to play charades instead!
Tagged Flu, Sickness
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Airline Food – SAA vs BA
Okay, so this week saw myself and Greg at Comment Media doing training for a client in Cape Town and Durban. It gave us a chance to compare travel experiences between two airlines and since I am told that I think with my stomach, what better way to compare them.
BA – British Airways
We kicked off the travels with a British Airways flight to Cape Town on Monday morning. If you have not flown on BA for some time in South Africa then you may not be aware that BA serves Woolworths food on their flights. Now for many that is a comforting thought, but I will be honest, I have my own opinions about much of what Woolworths do. That point aside, the flight down presented us with (as is customary these days) an option of a vegetarian dish (which I cant recall what it was) and a meat dish. Opting for the meat I found myself rather enjoying a savoury chicken pancake with a yogurt and a small bran muffin. This combined with a Woolworths fruit cocktail juice served in a plastic glass from a 1 liter boxed juice was quite satisfactory.
About
It has taken me a while to decide on creating a blog under my own name that ties up the multiple things I do as a photographer, entrepreneur and general commentator on society, politics etc… aren’t we all commentators?
I hope you enjoy this blog and that you find something enjoyable to read, look at or perhaps even learn, regardless of you interests.
If you would like to get in touch with me feel free to email tristan@commentmedia.co.za
Tristan Hall is the founder of PhotoComment, Co-Founder of Comment Media and Tandem Focus Distributors as well as a photographer when time allows. Based in Johannesburg Tristan also teaches or trains on matters photographic particularly around cameras and has done national training for customers like Sony.
'Extended' Family
Boy, its been a while since I blogged, almost an entire month. Life seems to get really busy from time to time and particularly when working for yourself, if there are more important things to do then that is just the way it is.
Well, I am lying down following a Sunday nap and wondering to myself ‘why are there some family members or better RELATives that you just struggle to RELATE too?’
It is not that these people are not important in your life, it is just that you don’t quite feel comfortable around them when they visit.
Well I need to go face this challenge. This week is also going to be a busy one so wish me well. Much travel. I will try blog in between flights etc.
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Tagged Family, Relatives
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Seafood Paelle for Paul
After thinking more about yesterdays post, I cant help but wonder if thanks to Paul the Octopus, the Germans will be enjoying some Seafood Paelle (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and I see I am not the only one thinking the same thing.
Despite me not really doing seafood I thought some people may enjoy the following link. Please take it in the spirit of the post… its not the poor Octopus’ fault.
Tagged Food, Octopus, Soccer World Cup
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Paul the Octopus Right Again
I haven’t been following the story closely but the little snippets I have caught seem to point to Paul the Octopus being quite a lucky fellow… a Spain vs Netherlands final… how many out there would have said that was going to be the final before the games began?
Now only if we could get the Lotto numbers out of Paul.
Tagged Netherlands, Octopus, Soccer World Cup, Spain
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World Cup – Pre-Semi Final Thoughts
The conclusion of the second half of yesterdays game between Ghana and Uruguay was a heart breaker with that hand ball in the last few minutes of extra time likely to go down in history with as much controversy as the same foul by France that got them to the World Cup (and look where that got them)!
The truth be told, I have been hoping for as few, if any of the big South American teams in these final stages and now we have but one, the cheats. I don’t care what people say about it, any person who can celebrate when walking of the pitch from a red card for a missed penalty because he deliberately hand balled out clear goal needs more than a red card and if the rules allow it I have to ask what’s wrong with them.
Okay, my rant aside, the only South American team I was mildly hopeful for was Argentina, with todays upset to Germany I am holding thumbs for a Dutch, German final and Uruguay in fourth to Spain… with any luck, I hope to see Netherlands win in a way, it would be great to have the cup go somewhere it hasn’t been before, but I won’t be too upset either way.
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Tagged 2010, FIFA, Germany, Netherlands, Soccer, Spain, Uruguay, World Cup
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Ghana vs Uruguay 1-0 First Half
It is half time in this, possibly the most important game for Africa in the Soccer World Cup. Now I will admit that I am not a big soccer follower so for many you can take this post with a pinch of salt if you want but here is my 2 cents worth.
The last 20mins of this first half had Ghana’s Black Stars passing the ball in such a crisp and clean way, I cant think of any game in my limited time watching soccer were this has been as classy.
Go Ghana, make Africa proud in this second half.
Tagged Ghana, Soccer World Cup, Uruguay
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