By Kerry-Anne on August 27, 2008
I have everything I need, really. Laptop, camera, cellphone, long extension lead, wireless internet connection, fluffy office-mates, and sun. The only thing missing, as far as I can tell, is a good-looking young man to bring me drinks. Volunteers?
Posted in Humour | Tagged home office
By Kerry-Anne on June 26, 2008
Continued from the first instalment…
Paul and I grabbed our laptops (like the nerds we are) and headed down to the Keg at Glen Garry centre (the closest restaurant with TV screens). There were three other people there, not counting the waiters – so not really much of an atmosphere, but not to worry, they had [...]
Posted in Sport | Tagged euro2008, Sport, tygervalley
By Kerry-Anne on June 23, 2008
I’d been looking forward to last night’s Euro2008 match between Spain and Italy all week. Spain has been my team since the 2002 World Cup, and Italy is always my second team (because, seriously, no-one in their right mind actually expects Spain to progress past the quarter-finals of any tournament, so it seems prudent to [...]
Posted in Sport | Tagged euro2008, rant, sabc, soccer, Sport
By Kerry-Anne on June 10, 2008
So we finally went to watch Iron Man at the Tyger Valley Ster-Kinekor on Saturday evening (late adopters, I know). I’d been assured by a few people that I would in fact enjoy it, despite my misgivings… and it turns out they were right.
The things I particularly liked about it included:
The script was not full [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged cinema, iron man, ster-kinekor
By Kerry-Anne on June 6, 2008
There is a lot of poetry that I love, but this one, by Shakuntala Hawoldar, may well be my absolute favourite. It touches on the longing that I presume we all have, to be understood, to feel connections with others, to really see them and be seen by them. And if I say any more, [...]
Posted in Life | Tagged favourite, poetry, shakuntala hawoldar
By Kerry-Anne on June 2, 2008
No matter their political stance, religion, social class or ethnicity, if there is one thing that all South Africans will agree on, it is that we surely live in one of the most diversely beautiful countries in the world.
Time after time this land has entranced me, thrilled me, charmed me, taken my breath away and [...]
Posted in Travel | Tagged blook, landscape, natural beauty, opportunities, sa blook, south africa, wildlife
