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may 25 2010

non-existant

for some odd reason the south african post office website does not work... and this isn't a new thing. i have been trying to get in for a couple of months now to track packages, upon trying to get in this morning it is yet again not loading. i did enquire about this and they shrug their shoulders, but are aware of it as are many other people... the ironic thing is that it says in their slogan on their banner (which i managed to get of google) "conveniently make online payments"! fail

Posted by sarah | add a comment | bloopers, bloopers, information, ranting, stoopidity, web

may 11 2010

what a chop!

our police of chief has said he hopes that the united states of america gets knocked out early on in the world cup so president barack obama will not come and visit our country...the article is short, but the comment seems to be have been made in reference to our security being sufficient to have heads of state visit our country without their legions of bodyguards and secret service agents tagging along. it's not that they doubt it (though they should in my opinion), it's simply the way they travel. be it in their own back yard or to deepest darkest africa...sometimes our 'leaders' need to think before they open they mouths and let words randomly fall out!

Posted by sarah | add a comment | debate, politics, sport, stoopidity

mar 23 2010

choice?

i read with great satisfaction today that south africa will finally get another player in the pay-tv arena. the newest (and only other pay-tv option) is on digital media. finding out what they are offering is proving hard to find but with options from R99/month and R249/month it is significantly cheaper than their rivals, where they offer a full boutique (without extra's) at R529/month. this is indeed good news and will hopefully give the consumer much more choices...

Posted by sarah | comments (2) | goodies, information, tv

mar 07 2010

this tmo needs his eyes checked

i have been pretty busy because i should've written sooner about this but that tmo in the stormers vs brumbies match should have his eyes checked or get a better screen to watch the replays on because even on youtube it looks like a try to me...

Posted by sarah | add a comment | bloopers, debate, sport

feb 23 2009

kids are listening to this...

i saw that an 'artist' called lady gaga was big on the charts so i had a listen to the chart-topping song, dance. didn't get it in all honesty, why is everyone raving about it? so, lady gaga has released a new song called pokerface. so what? well, while driving around earlier today the song came on the radio and it's only really the 2nd time i have had a listen. the first time was when i saw the music video and in all honesty was probably overwhelmed by the visuals and didn't get a good listen to the lyrics. but i had to say to myself upon hearing the lyrics earlier in the car, wtf? I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will beA little gambling is fun when you're with me (I love it)Russian Roulette is not the same without a gunAnd baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun, fun i am really concerned about the rough love part of the song, what kind of message is this sending to the young people listening to this? are the girls thinking that 'rough love' is acceptable and do guys now think that the girls like 'rough love'. this is opening an avenue for abuse in my opinion. maybe i am reading too much into it but in all honesty i had the following lyrics to listen to when i was an impressionable young-un: Build up your confidenceSo you can be on top for onceWake up who cares aboutLittle boys that talk too muchI seen it all go downYour game of love was all rained outSo come on baby, come on overLet me be the one to hold you - Mr. Big "To be with you" here's a list of 90's songs and few links to the lyrics

Posted by sarah | add a comment | music

jan 20 2009

the tide is turning

i managed to catch the inauguration of the new president of the united states of america - i hope this isn't becoming a political blog - as you do on an average weekday eve every other 4 years. i was glad that i managed to catch the main hoo-ha speeches, especially the new presidents'. i liked the hard-arsed stance, but the highlight was the end of it all, the prayer:...when brown will stick aroundwhen white will do rightwhen yellow will mellow...amenit got quite a few chuckles from the crowd and i think it put a needed light hearted-ness on the 'stiff upper lip' ceremony, imho, a nice way to end...on a little bit of an obscure note, i read an article about the betting on phrases that may be used by barack obama in his inauguration speech. i wonder if the "god bless america" was close enough for his phrase of "god bless the united states of america"... somehow, i think not (it is gambling after all)? i am not sure about the other phrases mentioned in that article?

Posted by sarah | add a comment | politics

dec 12 2008

daylight robbery

in june / july of this year, the competition commission made recommendations that the banks should reduce charges over a wide variety of services. today, 5 and half months down the line, there is another story about this. this seems to be the full technical report...it still doesn't change the fact that the findings prove we are being ripped off and almost 6 months later nothing has changed.while these were only recommendations, time-frames were set for their implementation, after which commissioner shan ramburuth would initiate official investigations into the practices. absa seems to have taken the first step with a r5 charge for their entry-level customers. what does that mean? who is an entry-level customer? what service is this r5 charge for?it seems that all other recommendations from the competition commission 'require engagement with other stakeholders and banks'. why engage other banks? the whole point of the enquiry into bank charges was to create competition but if the banks are discussing this amongst themselves, what's the chances of more competition or more of the same services and charges?i'd really like to see the recommendations made by the commission come into effect. i wonder what the time frames are? and whether the commissioner will really follow up with investigations? if nothing happens, we still have the government...here are two more articles that should get you fuming or thinking about the way you bank:The cost of convenience just went upBanks found to be over-charging

Posted by sarah | add a comment | debate, information, ranting

nov 04 2008

who will it be?

the last time around i was really really sure that gw bush wouldn't win a second term as president of the usa... how could it be possible? he's a bumbling, war monger, spending all of the american peoples money on fighting lame excuses for war...i lost a bet of a cream donut.this time around i really cannot fathom anyone putting a republican back into the top spot, but i ain't betting on it... americans have proved to be unpredictable when it comes to things that seem so obvious to the rest of the world. i do think that when it came to the last elections outside influences (ie. the rest of the world) telling americans how to vote certainly didn't help. i felt it was a sort-of 'you can't tell me what to do' scenario and they did the opposite of what the rest of the world expected.that didn't work out too well, maybe they have more common sense this time around?

Posted by sarah | comments (2) | politics

oct 30 2008

9 months later...

i have been so bad at blogging, it's mad to think that it's really 9 months since i have blogged (time span it takes for a baby to develop and pop out). i really did have good intentions of doing so more often and even to back date some stuff.there has just been no real urge. i have found many other things to do rather. my bad...this is just to say that i am still around, although busy.

Posted by sarah | add a comment | information

jan 29 2008

little guy

this evening, well actually yesterday evening - to be more accurate - my brother and his wife had a healthy boy (kyle), weighing in at 3.57kg.he comes equipped with a pair of healthy lungs, that proud dad claims will make him a brilliant diver :)aunty sarah, cool!

Posted by sarah | comments (8) | personal

jan 17 2008

getting wired

there's alot of pipe laying happening in melkbosstrand at the moment. i didn't take too much notice and assumed the government was upgrading some or other line, but then i spotted a neotel branded truck. it looks like melkbos will be one of the places that neotel will launch it's public offerings to (when they do launch). at the rate these guys are going, i doubt the wait will not be much longer!

Posted by sarah | add a comment | information, tech

nov 26 2007

awww, cute

last night ed and pulled a late one, for a sunday anyway. the occasion was my brother's dog was having puppies. what an experience! i have been around animals that have had puppies / kittens before, but as a kid and i was never really there in a sense - having woken up the next morning and there were some cute, little things...out of the litter of 5, there is only one boy, there rest are girls (one boy didn't make it) and they have such characters already. there's even one that looks so much like mom, aka mini-sheeba!they are seriously so cute and mommy sheeba is such a good and brave dog. i am so proud of her and excited about the puppies... Videos: Update: i have added some more puppie pics to a new gallery, go check them out (10-01-2008, added some more pics)

Posted by sarah | comments (1) | goodies, personal

nov 15 2007

inaccurate

the wind is howling in cape town today, so i went online to iol weather to check what they reckon about the wind and will tomorrow (heaven forbid) be the same...?what i got back makes me think they are getting their weather info from the wrong people... according to their website, the wind is calm today, a massive 0km/h! same wind forecast for tomorrow, hmmm?does anyone have ideas on where to get more accurate weather info for the cape town area?

Posted by sarah | comments (2) | bloopers, web

nov 14 2007

deja vu

this so sounds like what happened to ed and i on a flight from cape town to jo'burg. after grounding us for 1 hour, they turned around and said that it was a mistake. scary, nonetheless, when you return to the airport and a bunch of ambulances and firetrucks are chasing the plane as it lands... i think kulula needs to check this out thoroughly, because it has happened before!

Posted by sarah | add a comment | bloopers, information

nov 11 2007

false claims

i really like it when the 'big players' get blocked. the latest casualty is the dstv guys...they claim to show 1800 movies every month. as a subscriber, i know that even through repeats there is simply no way they have 1800 movies every month. anyway, they have been blocked... yay! the story is way interesting in the sense that dstv thought they could furnish the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) with a list that included programs - repeating them nogal since the program is on 8 times a month... lolfor me personally with regards to 'movies', the most irritating thing for me on the movie channel(s) is the 'dinner for 5' program, a bunch of pompous movie types sitting around a dinner table talking kuck. i wonder if anyone really watches that? i tried it out for 5 minutes and couldn't stomach it anymore.another gripe i have with dstv is that when i knew i was moving and that they weren't sending my bill to my postal address i called them up and changed my bill receiving address to my postal address. on thursday eve i turned on the telly and saw surprisingly that i had been disconnected... i guessed it was because i hadn't paid the bill that i hadn't received...anyway i called their cape town number and was greeted with a recording saying that i could pay and activate my dstv immediately online at their website... that's convenient, however, the whole thing was broken and i had to call back and wait for over 15 minutes before my call was answered. i asked them why the website is broken and yet they are referring people there. it seems they were in the process of transferring their payment systems, everything should be up and running in no longer than 48 hours i am told. great, change your recording until it's working, how hard can that be really?sunday morning and the website is still not working, i think i should contact asa and tell them about that false advertising?

Posted by sarah | comments (2) | debate, tv

oct 17 2007

rss feed

part of the new design and launch was supposed to be the rss feed for the blog.which i subsequently forgot to add, i had it all coded and ready but never added the link at the bottom, left hand side of the page. so now i have and it's there.use it, don't use it...

Posted by sarah | comments (5) | tech, web

oct 07 2007

which hero are you?

i took this little quiz and it turns out i am hiro... hmm, not too sure about this one?i didn't think i was a hero, it would be cool to time travel though!update: i was going through some previous posts and i stumbled across this other superhero quiz i did, and they both mention that i like to help people... cool!

Posted by sarah | add a comment | humour, tv

oct 04 2007

monster

i dunno what kind of person it takes to do this to their own mother, repeatedly! it seriously disgusts me...i am confused though, the article does state her age and then further down, it says: The mother, whose age is unknown, was apparently too embarrassed to report the repeated attacks she suffered.

Posted by sarah | add a comment | crime

sep 22 2007

this is pretty amazing

Posted by sarah | add a comment | goodies

sep 08 2007

how to ...

... eat with chopsticks?... quit facebook?well, wikiHow will help you out, if those are the 2 topics you need help with.there are some pretty ridiculous ones though, i clicked on the 'the random article' link under 'featured articles' and got some whack results (1st five clicks):How to Date a Hopelessly Romantic Person When You Are Not Hopelessly RomanticHow to Shuffle on HeelysHow to Say What You Mean Without Being MeanHow to Watch Tigers in a Tiger SafariHow to Draw Basic Human Figures

Posted by sarah | add a comment | information, web


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