Festival of Fame
15 - 20 March 2010

Gauteng Homemakers Expo
18 - 21 March 2010

The Star Workplace Expo
19 - 21 March 2010

AdExpo
23 - 25 March 2010

Mega Media Expo
23 - 25 March 2010

Living & Loving Kids and Baby Expo
25 - 28 March 2010

Gardenex Green Living Fair 2010
26 - 28 March 2010

Joburg Art Fair
26 - 28 March 2010

An Austrian friend of ours recommended a skiing village in Austria, called Ischgl - he said this was the place to go. As far as skiing villages go, it was quite a large village and there weren’t that many English tourists either so it seemed as though it was the local hot spot. It turned out to be a good choice!

After a good sleep, a cup of 5 Roses tea (which I hauled all the way from SA) and a hearty breakfast, we headed up in the Gondala.

We found some amazing powder.

Skiing in it brought out the giggle-monster in me. But this is not me. My technique is much smoother….obviously….

Shame Denz, is the powder to soft for you? Like I said, my technique is much smoother. Hee hee

At about 10.30am, you start to get hungry

At about 12.30pm, your stomach starts to stalk your liver and at that point you promptly get something to eat at a restaurant in the mountains.

At about 12.35pm you’ve smashed everything on your plate. See Exhibit A above.

Sometimes we were silly…

Or really energetic…

Or really silly…

And sometimes….surprise surprise, we were mature enough to organise ourselves for a self-timer shot. Hoorah!

The last day was a bit of a white out….which makes it very difficult to ski but terribly funny to watch.

When it was snowing, we sought shelter in our self-catering apartment where we loaded up with Milka Chocolate and Ritter. Lots of it.

Did you know that skiing is the only holiday where you can eat one Milka slab per day and drink one hot chocolate per day and actually lose weight? True.

On the odd occasion we hauled our granny-asses off to Apres-ski which was always entertaining. (our Austrian friend Pieter - in the middle)

All in all the holiday was….well, this photo says it all doesn’t it? Incredible.

Definition of the word quickie: 

* quickie (kwik′ē)
noun
Informal anything done or made quickly; specif.,

1. a movie made quickly and cheaply
2. a quick post written for the sake of getting a post up
3. a hurriedly consumed drink of alcoholic liquor
4. a hasty sexual act done while trying to figure out if one would overstep any moral boundary if one would charge one’s partner for this favour, especially in the light of the upcoming shoe sale at one’s favourite shoe shop

Question to the Phuthu Girls: What is on your mind today?

Kerry

1. So much to do, so little time. For the last 24 hours it doesn’t matter what I do, but all I can think about is the stupid bloody table decor for my wedding, I can’t seem to come up with a solution and until I do I will keep mulling it over and over and over and over
2. On a positive note, I was happy to wake up this morning without a headache, normally brought on by sinus, absolute bonus.

Louise

1. Peanut Butter on toast. The cornerstone of a healthy pregnancy.
2. Malware attacks. Could you please just be on your merry way now?
3. Yoga. Loving the whole mind & body workout.
4. Peanut Butter on toast…already said that one.
5. Excited. We’re going to Cape Town this weekend  -  my husband is riding in the Argus for which he hasn’t got an entry for. Anybody??
6. Malware attacks. Don’t make me repeat myself.
7. Cooking. Got so many new recipes to try..and then share with you!!
8. Oh shucks. I’m actually going to be a mom.
9. Eeeeeeek!
10. Double eeeeeek!

Elzet

1. My dad’s health… wondering if there is any way I can control this. Something I’m really good at: Controling stuff.
2. Why people do not RSVP. It really makes me miff. It’s good manners so hit that damn reply button.
3. Friends. Those ones that are in your life forever and those ones that enter your life for a season only. And the wisdom to know the difference.
4. My upcoming birthday. The Big Four-Oh… and how this influences my upcoming pensioner status.

Let us know what is on your mind today. C’mon, spit it out!

UK tabloids have had a field day calling Zuma a “sex-obsessed bigot” and a “vile buffoon” with accompanying pictures of him in traditional Zulu attire. With continued rumblings on breaches of royal etiquette, and mention of an “unusual double handshake“, the publication complained that the men in the Zuma entourage had wandered around Buckingham Palace wearing “football-style scarves in the South African colours over their suits, the women chatted noisily on their mobile phones and used them to take pictures of the furnishings”. Now I find this quite amusing I can picture the scene…………

But it seems that the South African media has taken exception to the barrage of insults and blatant attacks on the President’s lifestyle.

Business Day’s Peter Bruce’s found it “appalling” to watch Zuma’s reception from sections of the British media.

“The British body politic is without peer when it comes to sex scandals and moral or financial hypocrisy and the sight of leading British newspapers having a go at Zuma for his lapses of virtue is sickening.”

Ok, now I like this one-

Bruce said life in SA under Zuma was “trust us, a lot better than in the UK” and that even if he was imperfect or may be a lousy leader, “he’s our lousy leader. We’ll deal with him. When UK politicians visit here we’ll be sure to treat them with respect.”

That is precisely it, although Zuma is far from perfect and has a lifestyle that will make Tiger Woods blush, he is our President and although some of the comments are valid, I find it heartwarming that South Africa has united to support our President who is so out of his element right now…ag shame man.

In conclusion: What this country needs, is a cause/event/ leader - whichever comes first- that would inspire us to unite, black, white, young and old, something that makes us proud to be South African. I suppose when one of us gets “Hauled over the coals” like that and in a foreign country nogal, our protective instincts kick in and we become a supportive nation. Why can we not be a supportive nation all the time? That’s something to bear in mind if we ever want this country to progress to the next level, stop the nitpicking amongst ourselves and look at the country and its people as a whole.

By: Kerry

Reference: News24.com

Did you know?

• Microwave meals, take-aways and pre-packaged fruit and veggies are weighing heavily on the environment (ouch!). While we indulge in this rushed lifestyle of ours, landfill space is running out. Have you ever stopped to think where the empty packaging goes? No, not to Waste Heaven. Waste Plan, a Cape Town-based waste management company has made it their mission to provide solutions in the form of residential, industrial, events, medical and wine farm recycling. Go check it out.
• Your computer monitor uses less energy when displaying a black screen. You can go one step further by changing your browser to Blackle -  it’s basically Google with a black background.

Now you know.

And especially because I discovered that this little snowflake is pregnant.

A pregnant little snowflake.

Yes, it’s still sinking in…

More photos and stories next week.

We’re talking serious soccer. World Cup stuff.

Today, 2 March 2010 is Fly the Flag Day. After reading this I must admit I was a bit confused as to what exactly fly the flag means. It all seems very patriotic and I could picture planes with humongous SA flags trailing behind them. Not quite. It simply means show the flag off in any way you possibly can.

Why? Today marks 100 days to the World Cup.

There are many ways in which you can show your support and enthusiasm as this calls for some serious celebration:

Reference: The International Marketing Council of South Africa

• The first two letters are a man.
• The first three letters are a woman.
• The first four letters are a great man.
• The whole is a great woman.

They are using e-mails for market research purposes to test the interest in various broadcasting options, such as the broadcasting of “mixed pornography” (hardcore porn between 21:00 and 05:00 and soft porn between 05:00 and 21:00), hardcore porn 24 hours per day, or soft porn 24 hours per day on DStv.

Do you think the general South African populace is equipped to deal with this kind er….. selection? Do you think it will be like pouring fuel on the fire of sexual abuse and exploitation already running rampant in our country. Or do you think that we are responsible enough to make our own decisions if given the opportunity.

Have your say!