Some years ago my dear brother in law took us on a field tour to a placed name Auschwitz which I never heard of in my life.As we walked through the gates I red arbeit macht frei , huge letters over the gates.We had a tour guide and it was amazing what she told us about this consentration camp.I have never seen so much human hair in one place.I dont want to go into detail it will take hours to tel but one thing is a fact more than a million people died here and it is not a way that I want to see my enemy die. It was schocking!!
We then went to the Birkenau camp-huge! As I went into the camp we followed the railway line to where the Jews got out of the trains. The Germans took the Jews,sorted them out into strong workers and the others were told that they had to go take a shower and was then taken to the gas chambers.They were then gassed and then cremated.
As I walked the grounds of this terrible place your mind wonders of and you try to place yourself into those who died there. It must have been horrific.Imagine the screams that game from gas chambers.
I salute the people who died there and those who made it. I hope I made you aware of a tragic piece of history and you can read much more on the Auschwitz site .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
A quicky-blue Monday
I have this habit of not switching on the lights -walk in the dark, you know your house.I heard my dogs barking and went to check things out. The next moment I crash on my grandson's scate board and fell with my head on the ground scating into the sliding door.I am not a small guy and can fall a dent into any floor.Got up and went to the bath room to check out the damages to my face,huge knob on the forehead and a nose that was bleeding.
Next moment i felt a pain in my foot-my grand son left a stanley knife next to the basin which I knocked of.Now there was blood everywhere-fixed the foot up and went to sit in my favourate chair and again in the dark.I thought that I would treat myself to a nice cup of tea and a slice of toast.I slid the bread into the toaster and switched it on-one big bang and no eyebrows.I switched the kitchen lights on and the cat went nuts and attacked me on the leg .I let go of the tea and toast business and decided to go to bed-I sat down on the bed........which I moved away earlier in the day.
Next moment i felt a pain in my foot-my grand son left a stanley knife next to the basin which I knocked of.Now there was blood everywhere-fixed the foot up and went to sit in my favourate chair and again in the dark.I thought that I would treat myself to a nice cup of tea and a slice of toast.I slid the bread into the toaster and switched it on-one big bang and no eyebrows.I switched the kitchen lights on and the cat went nuts and attacked me on the leg .I let go of the tea and toast business and decided to go to bed-I sat down on the bed........which I moved away earlier in the day.
warsawa/Berlin
A couple of years back I went to Poland to visit my family.At first I found it strange that most of the people did not speak english but in time got used to it.The most difficult thing was to travel on your own.I am a coffee drinker and was on my way to a shopping mall with the family and while they did some shopping I sat down at a coffee shop and ordered my kawa,sorry if the spelling's not correct,which was very very strong.The polish dont drink milk like we do-just a little bit of cream as big as your thumb's nail.I then immediately told the waiter in Afrikaans to bring me milk and I forgot about her.Next thing here she was with more milk-I found out that milk was pronounced the same way as in Afrikaans.Amazing I thought.When I tipped the young lady she refused to accept the tip-they dont get tipped in poland!She took it anyway and hid it very fast.I fell in love with Poland and went back again.
The wive and I decided to take a trip to Berlin and we landed on the train from Moscow .The conductor came around and not a sole could speak english!We showed him our tickets and we spoke to eash other with no success.
Just before Berlin the train stopped and the customs crew came around and they checked everyones passports-they stopped at us and all I could understand was Afrique du sud and they laughed at us and we laughed back.The one person then said that he thought that there was only black people in Africa.
The wive and I decided to take a trip to Berlin and we landed on the train from Moscow .The conductor came around and not a sole could speak english!We showed him our tickets and we spoke to eash other with no success.
Just before Berlin the train stopped and the customs crew came around and they checked everyones passports-they stopped at us and all I could understand was Afrique du sud and they laughed at us and we laughed back.The one person then said that he thought that there was only black people in Africa.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Dont believe anything
I heard this story many years ago in a mining village in the north west province and i told it to some of my friends.......
It is known that miners work long hours underground and that they sometimes work a lot off overtime.As we went down the shaft one day ,which was one of the deepest mines anyway 3km down., i was approached by one of the guys and he had a story for me.
A miner was told that his wive had a affair and when he was on night shift she would slip out of the house and meet her lover somewhere else.Week after week his mates told him that story. He decided to check this out and went back to his house one night and waited outside .Then she came out ran in the dark to another house opened the door and went inside.At this time the miner was so furious grabbed his sambok and stormed into the house opened the bedroom door and gave his wive the beating of her life.
The miner went back to work and went home after his shift like nothing happened.His wive was still sleeping when he arrived and tip toed to he kitchen .Next moment the wive walked past him without a scratch on her!!
Don't believe anything you are told.!!
It is known that miners work long hours underground and that they sometimes work a lot off overtime.As we went down the shaft one day ,which was one of the deepest mines anyway 3km down., i was approached by one of the guys and he had a story for me.
A miner was told that his wive had a affair and when he was on night shift she would slip out of the house and meet her lover somewhere else.Week after week his mates told him that story. He decided to check this out and went back to his house one night and waited outside .Then she came out ran in the dark to another house opened the door and went inside.At this time the miner was so furious grabbed his sambok and stormed into the house opened the bedroom door and gave his wive the beating of her life.
The miner went back to work and went home after his shift like nothing happened.His wive was still sleeping when he arrived and tip toed to he kitchen .Next moment the wive walked past him without a scratch on her!!
Don't believe anything you are told.!!
3rd test what a end on day four!!
When we arrived at Newlands this morning round about 06h00 we wondered if Sri Lanka could hold another day.We went on setting up our fences, closing the roads and soon it was time to look for breakfast.I wondered around the grounds and soon the game was on its way .At first nothing happened ,then the magic started and on regular interval wickets fell.
At three o'clock we cleared the street infront of the staduim removing all the fencing and the crowd made some serious noises urging me to even more to speed up so that i can watch the last overs on tv, but when i got home i was lucky enough to see the last ball bowled The hero of the game was Jaques Kallis who played a super game but the hole team was brilliant and i think the whole country was behind them. Well done guys!!! And only now i can sit back, whatch the high lights and call up on Charles glass and the two of us will remain like that for a hour or so figuring whats next?
At three o'clock we cleared the street infront of the staduim removing all the fencing and the crowd made some serious noises urging me to even more to speed up so that i can watch the last overs on tv, but when i got home i was lucky enough to see the last ball bowled The hero of the game was Jaques Kallis who played a super game but the hole team was brilliant and i think the whole country was behind them. Well done guys!!! And only now i can sit back, whatch the high lights and call up on Charles glass and the two of us will remain like that for a hour or so figuring whats next?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
3rd test Proteas vs Sri Lanka at Newlands cricket grouds
It was a honour serving Newlands cricket grounds today and what a day it turned out to be!! Sunfoil gave out caps and photo cards of the players and went straight to work getting mine signed.My first signed card came from JP Duminy .Next target was Morne Morkel ,I thanked him for signing my card and his reply was plesier oom.
As the Sri Lanka players went to the nets they got the traditional Heyns spell and it was all in the spirit of the game.I went to the Pavilion and found my mates from the aussie game there and predicted same magic after lunch and what maigic it was!!We saw the real mr cricket at his best knocking 159 for the day! whow what magic it was.
After a long day's work at Newlands I eventually went home-a cold glass of castle beer was my destiny and all that's left now is to sit down and watch the high lights of the game and get myself ready for the next 4 days humbly serving Newlands cricket . chow.
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