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Earth hour 2008-03-29 13:37:00 Earth hour is tonight at 8pm your local time…wherever you are! Please, turn off the lights for only 1 hour …….only 60 minutes…to save our planet earth! Read more:Earth
Chess game 22 2008-03-29 12:28:50 It’s more than a month since I’ve blogged one of my games… here’s a game which I really enjoyed on Chessworld.. My opponent is a tough player and he didn’t make it easy for me to win this game. I played white in this game…..It was only from move 44 that things got a bit [...]
Chess game 2008-03-29 11:06:59 On Chess.com chess site, FM Eric Schiller (US) is a registered player and he plays only other FM’s/GM’s/WGM’s etc in tourneys. In this game he played WGM Yelena Dembo from Greece. Schiller resigned in this game. Click HERE to play through their game.
On THIS LINK you can play through games of Schiller against Nicky Nip…the [...]
Chess 2008-03-29 08:14:13 On the two chess sites where I’m playing… Chessworld and Chess.com, I’ve found myself sometimes in good positions and sometimes and less good positions… when it comes to chess, the game and the outcome lies copletely by you and nobody else. You can only blame yourself for any faults/mistakes/blunders. That’s why this is such a [...]
Biltong…soooo yummy! 2008-03-28 17:59:33 If you want to know if somebody is a South African, ask him to say the word…biltong… and…moreover, ask him what it is… ha! he won’t tell you what it is…he will just say…..hmmmmmmmmm…….yummmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy!! then you will know…that is a real South African, and not a “made” one…! My favourite is….Kudu biltong! of course you [...]
Lied van die lewe…song of life! 2008-03-31 18:12:05
image: expats.co.za
My old time favourite…Ge Korsten…. opera tenor singer… …enjoy the video!! Singing Afrikaans, but worth listening to Ge’s beautiful voice! ….join in with him…….hey! sing with me a song of life…
This song is mainly about life…children….what they do….young people….what they do and enjoy….and older people….he sings about how you can enjoy life…then you [...]
Send him off! 2008-03-31 17:28:37 News article HERE …
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful country….with beautiful people…
Where are the leaders in this world…the leaders with the “power” ..are they now “powerless”… in 1980 they were “powerful” enough to put this man in charge of a once beautiful country… So, why can’t “they” send him off!! They put him there….so [...]
Eishkom 2008-03-31 13:37:58 Image:arrivealive.co.za
If you don’t know what “electricity up” means… watch this first youtube video and follow the link as this is ”real” in South Africa! ….due to our lovely President….then … enjoy the song by Leon Schuster…a SA-comediant.
Back in 1998 Eskom, the SA electricity company, put out a report warning the government that there would be electricity shortages [...]
No title 2008-03-30 08:56:53 It’s that time of the year again! Clocks were move forward one hour last night!..so…now we’re in London only one hour “behind” you lot in South Africa! I had to get up one hour earlier today! lol!
Read HERE about the origin of Daylight savings time…
Music man 2008-04-02 16:14:34 I’ve discovered this South African singer on the web… Jannie Moolman. I don’t know him….and was quite surprised by what I’ve found…opera singer too….he got rewarded third place in an international competition…the well-known Belvedere International song competition in Wenen.
Follow this LINK to read about him - in English - and to listen to some of his [...] Read more:Music
Golden hour 2008-04-02 15:29:13 I like what David Cameron said tonight on the news…. I think he is my “man”… I like a politician that can speak up …. only if he puts his money where his mouth is…. he will get my vote!
William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, and Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International [...] Read more:Golden
Year of the frog 2008-04-01 16:00:33 2008 - Year of the Frog
Keeping threatened amphibian species afloat
Amphibians are facing great threats. About one third of the 6000 frog, toad, salamander and newt species are threatened with extinction, more than 120 species have likely become extinct since 1980, and 435 species have declined into a category of greater threat during that [...]
BLOGMOVE 2008-04-05 07:35:06 IM UPSET! I moved my blog to Wordpress, because wordpress bloggers complained about the whole rigmarole they had to go through to leave comments on blogspot..(before the blogspot changes!) now, with the changes Wordpress have done…I can’t upload pictures from my PC!! I think I’m going back to blogspot! Anyone to help me? I click on “add [...]
Coward! 2008-04-05 06:22:00 I usually don’t like to talk politics…but feel I must voice my disgust and contempt for our President, Thabo Mbeki for what he says…. I see him as a coward… he can’t speak up…. he won’t!! We all know why he’s reacting like this…he wants to do exactly the same in SA..(already busy!) and it’s [...]
One Knight! 2008-04-05 05:32:21 Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don’t know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies — doesn’t seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change — don’t you know that when you
Play at this level there’s no [...] Read more:Knight
Friday’s music 2008-04-04 15:41:00 One of my favourites… James Blunt… I’ve got this cd…and there are a couple of beautiful songs on this cd… my favourites in this order…1. You’re beautiful 2. Tears and rain 3. Goodbye my lover - a bit mushy…lol! 4. Cry 5. High 6. Out of my mind… the others… not really something to get [...] Read more:Friday
Send him off! Get rid of him!! 2008-03-31 17:28:37 News article HERE …
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful country….with beautiful people…
Where are the leaders in this world…the leaders with the “power” ..are they now “powerless”… in 1980 they were “powerful” enough to put this man in charge of a once beautiful country… So, why can’t “they” send him off!! They put him there….so [...]
No title 2008-04-07 15:50:39
Voila!! Test with blogdesk! Due to the picture-uploading-problem with Wordpress, which is still not sorted, one of my friendly blogger-friends…suggested I use blogdesk and this is my first post with blogdesk! Thank you, Chris…from “kop-op-n-blok”…see the blogroll for his blog… he’s always willing to help me with anything “technical”…these pictures were taken yesterday! Beautiful snow! [...]
Child of Africa 2008-04-07 06:11:07 I’m not in a good mood… so, don’t expect me to be goodie-goodie today…I’m furious when it comes to people like the Montys of this world…and I know there are many of them…please, don’t be a Monty! Last night…or should I rather say…early this morning…1:35am… I turned the tele on…and was just in time to [...] Read more:Africa
Chess pie 2008-04-06 11:45:17 Crust Ingredients:
1 cup vital wheat gluten flour
1 cup Carbquik Bake Mix
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), divided into several pieces
1/3 cup shortening or lard, divided into several pieces
1/4 cup ice water with 2 tsp liquid sweetener added to it
In a food processor combine gluten and bake mix. Add the butter and shortening. Process (or pulse) [...]
Nothing better? 2008-04-06 06:06:51 Man in the News: David Beckham
I don’t have anything against football… I will watch it, only if it’s the world cup, only then and I won’t watch all the countries and if I miss a game, it’s not the end of the world…but, I love rugby, won’t miss one single world cup game and when I’m in [...] Read more:better
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Chess game 23 2008-04-09 07:26:52 In this game I played black… my rating was about 70 below my opponent’s rating… he’s really a strong player. Click on the link hutch28 vs. Nikita1to play through the game. This was really a tight, nail biting game… in move 27 I lost my rook… but I knew that was coming! Move 35 was [...]
South Africa 2008-04-08 16:45:23 Enjoy this movie about SouthAfrica
… I’ve compiled it from pictures which I’ve found on the internet… Read more:South Africa
It’s time to go! 2008-04-08 08:21:57
Please click HERE to listen to Mugabe’s song…go Mugabe go! walk out the door!! You’re not welcome anymore…!! It’s time to baai…go!
Male/Female Chess 2008-04-10 17:21:27 On the chess site we had awhile ago a discussion about male/female chess. The question was… are men better at chess….? Some people think chess is a “male” game. I didn’t play chess when I was at school, although I could play, as there were always only boys and …as I said before on my [...] Read more:Female
Is it a miracle? 2008-04-10 15:32:23 This tree is really big! It’s a Wonderboom…..translated…”miracle
tree”… it’s not big…it’s huge! We used to go to this nature reserve to have a picnic, sometimes with school children too, as an outing. There’s a hill which they can climb and to have fun. Read about this “miracle tree”…this is in Pretoria, on your way [...]
This is until…Chess! 2008-04-10 05:12:37 I don’t know the band…“Wonderboom” but it seems to me that they are doing great from what I’ve read on the internet about them. Cito is part of the band…and you can read more about him…he’s also starring in the musical “Chess”… in South Africa. If you click HERE you can visit his “My Space” [...]
Bald Eagle 2008-04-09 20:27:58 As it has for the past four years, an adult bald eagle returns to its nest that has been so diligently built, to feed and tend three new chicks. Enjoy the video! Read more:Eagle
Bad for children? 2008-04-09 17:45:29 This is quite interesting… I do sometimes watch the Simpsons…but overall I’ve always thought it’s not a good program for children. People have different views and values in life. What do you think?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has forced U.S. cartoon “The Simpsons” off its airwaves, calling the show a potentially bad influence on children, and [...]
Somewhere my love 2008-04-12 05:15:25 I hope you enjoy this “movie” about South Africa. The images are from the Eastern part of the country… the Mpumalanga province, previously called the Easern Transvaal. You will see mostly images about the third largest/deepest canyon in the world…the Blyde River Canyon. The Grand Canyon is the largest, then the Fish River Canyon in [...] Read more:Somewhere
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