And?!?: May 2013

Thursday, May 30, 2013

"The journey is the reward." - Chinese proverb

At the regular Saturday morning service, the rabbi announced that he
was planning to leave for a larger congregation that would pay him
more. There is a hush within the congregation. No one wants him to
leave because he is so popular.

Fred Shapiro, who owns several car dealerships in Venice and Sarasota,
stands up and proclaims, "If the rabbi stays, I will provide him with
a new Cadillac every year and his wife with a Honda mini-van to
transport their children!" The congregation sighs in appreciation and
applauds.

Saul Cohen, a successful businessman and lawyer, stands and says, "If
the rabbi will stay on here, I'll personally double his salary and
establish a foundation to guarantee a free college education for his
children!"

More sighs and loud applause.

Estelle Rubin, age 88, stands and announces with a smile, "If the
rabbi stays, I will give him sex!"

There is total silence.

The rabbi, blushing, asks her: "Mrs. Rubin, you're a wonderful and
holy lady. Whatever possessed you to say that?"

Estelle's 90-year old husband, Abe, is now trying to hide, holding his
forehead with the palm of his hand and shaking his head from side to
side, while his wife replies:

"Well, I just asked my husband how we could help, and he said, "F*uck him.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

This weeks weather in Cape Town

The clothes and shoes pricing room at 248 Blouberg Road in this pic Rose (white Jersey) , Annetjie, (in pink top) Liz (back of her head!), and Yvonne (Green Shirt). Edward is the man at the far rear of this pic.

The rear section of the shop at 248 Blouberg Road

Front/Middle of the St. Luke's Hospice shop at 248 Blouberg Road

Hi all from a cloudy Blouberg. How was/is your day?

Have a great day further folks!

Signing off

Ciao
DAVE

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

"The best cure for anger is delay." - Seneca

Saturday, May 18, 2013

hot

Super film based on reality

Why are the Iranians a bit touched? I know 3 or 4 of them personally all a bit special!

Friday, May 17, 2013

love this

"It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls." - Unknown

Recent alleged incidents of police brutality and torture in South Africa echo the apartheid era, a leading figure tells Sky News.

A police officer fires to disperse miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West Province

We (South Africa) made sky News today! A report all about our police who harass, torture and wrongfully arrest citizens. Nelson Mandela would be shocked, the South Africa he wanted to create is falling apart at the seems! I was selling Christmas Cards for Hospice one November at a local shopping centre (Seaside Village) and needed to use the toilet, I was horrified when 8 policemen came into the toilets and insisted I go to the loo infront of them. Then one Friday afternoon I was taking a walk in my complex where I live and was stopped by two police officers in their van and told I was drunk! One of my neighbours saw this all unfolding and she called her friend Captain Nieme at the Tableview Police station and told him about this incident. What has happened? You can'to go to the police if you ever need help? There are some cops who aren't like this, my facebook friend who was a South African police officer has gone to work in France as he can't stand the image the South African Police are showing the world!

Monday, May 13, 2013

Hi all! How is your Monday been?

It has been a lovely, sunny and warm, day here in Bloubergstrand today, so far, but the sun seems to be disappearing somewhere at present (3PM).

Featured a programme on Internet fraud and a company in Israel that is trying to catch the culprits. Internet Banking is the worst affected by internet pirates apparently. That is why I do not do it (bank over the internet), but I have had emails from my "bank" to say I must update my internet banking subscription data, and I once (about two months ago) got a mail from a DR Nkosi (nkosi means God in Xhosa so they are hoping you see that name and think your mail must be legit) saying I have won R900 000 in a cellphone lottery (I did not enter any lottery and my cell provider is Cell C and not MTN that I won money with!) You have to be alert and on guard 24/7?

Big cats get fatter

While the good cats loose out?

I love the show "The Paradise." I really think it's great that people used to say "Good day to you Sir" when they meant "F you sir!"

Have a super Monday further folks.

Signing off

Ciao

DAVE

Friday, May 10, 2013

"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference." - Tom Brokaw

Thursday, May 9, 2013

@DavidWorswick

"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Photo I took at Blouberg Beach when I was there today

Hi all! How is your day? Today started off with nice and sunny and warm weather, but it is cold and cloudy right now here in Bloubergstrand.

Winter commeth?

I have registered to be a sales affiliate to a well known travel company for my comeflywithm blog. Strange things you can do on the web these days? I have a fair number of viewers of this blog along with my other 10 blogs. Who knew? (Well obviously I did, the statistics appear on my blogger home page every day.)

Tomorrow it's back to normal (not a public Holiday this upcoming Wednesday, it was last week though.) So off to 248 Blouberg Road (St. Luke's Hospice charity shop) I go!

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted" - Albert Einstein

Have a great day further folks.

Signing off

Ciao
DAVE

Monday, May 6, 2013

you called!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

bathing

age

elmo

uncomfotable

evil

Adele

date

Jet airways

Qotes I Like

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Elanor Roosevelt

"Success isn't about how your lfe looks to others. It's about how it feels to you." - Michelle Obama

"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." - Brene Brown

"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." - Oprah Winfrey

"When you talk you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." - Dalai Lama

"Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time." is like saying "I don't want to." - Leo Tzu

About me!

My Afrikaans teacher, who was Miss Liebenberg when I was at St. John's College, in the late 90's (1994-end of 1996) and other people I know, have in the past, asked me why I don't have my full story on my blog, as my story is one that would help inspire others facing a similar situation.

So here we go folks- In December 1996 I started getting blinding headaches and became very photo phobic, my pupils were hugely dilated. I never really got headaches before then. We were on holiday at the Sugar Beach Hotel, in Mauritius, when my life changed forever. On our return my situation just kept getting worse and I went temporarily blind from the pressure behind my eyes my tumour caused. Christmas 1996 was absolutely nightmarish for me. I did not know what was going on with my body - I thought I was facing my last days here on earth.

On 15 January 1997 (I can never forget this date), the day school started for that year, I was in Hospital having Brain Surgery to try and remove my tumour. Thank God it was too firmly routed to my brain stem for this to be done. According to my Neuro Surgeon (who will remain Anon.) he tried everything to remove it but it was not possible - I haemoraged and he panicked. Had they been able to get it out my left side would have become my right side in my minds thinking. I distinctively remember waking up from surgery in the operating theatre and puking into my oxygen mask. I lost my speech for several months, my ability to walk (to this day I limp as my left leg is not in sync with the right side of my body), I could not use the toilet for months and was in agony as neither end (a bit graphic) but what the worked as my brain was not correctly sending the signal to my netherlands- so I could not get rid of my body's waste. It was a long and crap year 1997 and trying to survive. I was on a tv programme on SABC1 (I believe, you believe?) in June 1997 and a month later, my mom, dad and me went to Australia. OZ (We flew to Perth on SAA) is a nine hour flight from Johannesburg and a twelve (12) hour flight back to Johannesburg? Strong head winds on the return flight. (one of life's odd stats.?) On our return I started getting rapidly worse again. The Oncology doctor gave me a diagnosis of three weeks to live in December 1997 as there was nothing more he could do for me. - I gave my oncology Doctor Martin Chassen a hug - he started crying. Well I guess only God knows how long you will be around?

I turn 38 on 21 November of this year (2018), I have not seen a doctor for years, I do not take any medication, but only vitamins and I am still here! I have tremendous faith in God. I believe all religions are equal, in the way that the basis of all religions is of a higher power, a god, the way you choose to practice your faith is up to you. I am a Catholic Christian and know 100% that I would not have survived what I did without God, Strangers awesome healing prayers (they prayed for me in churches, mosques and Synagogues my family's parish Priest Father Leithem sent a petition to our Lady of Medjugorje in Croatia and used to bring me aloe vera mixed with Grapa that a parishoner used to make for me. A boy (he's 39 now) from St. John's College, Anthony Spanjaard, told me about these vitamins his mom sold. I took them in a large dosage (16) a day at first to boost my immune system. I prayed like mad and voila.

This I have no answer for and for many years I felt guilty - why did I survive my cancer and many other people do not. Go figure?

DAVE