What a day for a day dream?

Greetings sports fans, so game on this side of the world I tell u. Sun is shining, every one is smiling, work is stressful, yes you heard it correctly, yawza is stressed eric at work, but you know like most things in life, when you get a handle on it, you learn a great deal. It’s a horrible feeling I tell u, but ey what can u do.

Other than that life is just peachy…ish. Question, seeing as you all are pretty connected, do any of you know of anyone or any organization looking for a retired/retiring economist who’s spent most of his life in the macro economics and health management fields, if so lemme no.

Anyway even though I have plenty to say (as always…) this week I have just struggled to find the time, but I am reading this book called “until today” by Iyanla Vanzant. I only started reading it and so far there are 2 pages that I have read that I have found quite relevant. I think it may be copyright infringement and I appologise if it offends any of you guys, but I really had to share them with you…Fats thanks for typing them out for me.

Here they are…enjoy and I hope they are of some relevance in your lives.

PASSAGE 1

I will know love when I realize . . . people do not change
just because I want them to change!

If you are looking for a change in your mate and see no signs of its coming, stop looking! You are with whom you are with because you choose to be with them. Stop looking for something else and see the love in whom you are with.

If you are listening to hear something from your mate that you haven’t heard, stop listening! If you are waiting for a change, stop! You chose this person! You chose them because they opened your heart. You chose them precisely because of who they are and how they sounded. Stop checking to see if they are going to change because you may have changed. Stop waiting to see if they are going to change into what you knew they were not. See who this is. Hear what they say. Accept what they do as the truth of who they are and look for the love in them.

It is not loving to expect someone to change because you want them to or because you think they should. Love is consistent. Love allows us to see and hear the best of what we have right now. The love within us grows when we grow. It shifts as we shift. When how we love grows and shifts, love gives us the opportunity to choose again, whether or not our partner changes.

Very often when we change, our needs change. At this point, we can become very demanding of our mates. By asking your partner to change to your reality, you are asking that they ignore their own. Looking for, listening for, checking for or demanding change is not loving. It is controlling! The cure for this type of unloving control is simple. If who you have and what you have no longer meet your needs, choose again.


Until today, you may have been preoccupied with changes you need your mate to make. Just for today, look for and embrace the things you love about who your partner is right now.


Today I am devoted to putting aside my demands for
change and seeing the truth and love in who my partner is!

PASSAGE 2

I experience and express the power of trust because . . .
I know I have nothing to worry about.

Why worry? If you have learned anything by now it is that worry serves no purpose. Yet you do it any way. Why? You sit around frantic. You run around frazzled. You make yourself sick. You have all but pulled your hair out, and for what?

If your worrying could have made things better, you wouldn’t have anything to worry about. What would you do with all that free time? How about trusting that all the things you have been worrying about will not change for all the worry in the world. How about dropping all the worry and picking up a little trust. Oh, no! There you go worrying about whether or not you have enough trust to trust. Get a grip!

Until today, worry might have been your favourite pastime. Just for today, use your time to develop a bit more trust.


Today I am devoted to freeing myself from
the bondage of worry!

Birthdays
26th Tommie
28th John Kironde
29th Eve
1st Oct – Herman

“Time has no favourites…and it doesn’t become kinder to one over another…It just gives us back…what we put into it…” – Doug Firebaugh
“If you create from the heart nearly everything works, if from the head, almost nothing” – Marc Chagall

That’s me for this week, have a ripper weekend, big love and maximum respect.

Y

Salaam,

Whats going on all, trust the week gone by was pleasant and the week ahead holds much promise. Another addition to the mailing list Mrs Fatima Martin, welcome. The weekend was much fun so far, how people go thru life without friends I know not! Even the silliest of things are memorable anyway…

Last week I said I’d try and write about weddings well here’s what I found thanks to the www once again.

When and where the first wedding was held no one can be sure of, but research traces the origins of the institution of marriage back to ancient Egypt, surprised? Why? Afterall they did build the pyramids without cranes J. Pharaos used to take daughters and sisters as wives to preserve the bloodline (I don’t think the thought of incest and down syndrome children was an issue at that time). They also came up with the concept of engagements which was seen as an opportunity for the couple to get to know each other better and to see if they are indeed compatible. There was a marriage contract in place which stipulated what the rights of each party was and what is expected of them before and during the marriage. The groom and his family would then pay the bride and her family a visit and he would make a payment to them for their daughter to symbolize that he was capable of earning and keeping their daughter bling blinging J. And this romantic notion of ours called love, pah, what was that? It was not a necessity to get married back then

Initially weddings were only for the upper class. U see in the past its either u were royalty or you were not! No amount of hard work would see you join the gravy train, you couldn’t even pay your way there, I suppose if you could pay your way then you would already be a part of the elite.

Marriage was an institution established way before the Christian world came into being. The word marriage came into being in the 14th century. It was derived from the French word marier which means to marry.

Here’s an interesting fact about the engagement ring, do you know why it’s on the left hand? Well it was believed then that the nerves and the veins in the left hand ran straight to the heart. The engagement ring served to show society that she was spoken for. The round shape of the ring (other than making it practical to fit on the fingers) symbolizes eternity which meant the union was intended to last forever. Put it all together and it all makes sense, put it on your finger which is connected to the heart and you hold it in your heart that the union is forever and ever.

St Paul changed the concept of marriage later on from it just being a contract to comparing the union between a man and a woman to that between Christ and his church.

In the 1500’s many a marriage took place without a ceremony or a witness. The council of Trent (“The Council of Trent, the 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic church, was held at Trent in northern Italy between 1545 and 1563. It marked a major turning point in the efforts of the Catholic church to respond to the challenge of the Protestant Reformation and formed a key part of the Counter-Reformation. The need for such a council had long been perceived by certain church leaders, but initial attempts to organize it were opposed by Francis I of France, who feared it would strengthen Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and by the popes themselves, who feared a revival of Conciliarism. The council eventually met during three separate periods (1545-47, 1551-52, 1562-63) under the leadership of three different popes (Paul III, Julius III, Pius IV). All of its decrees were formally confirmed by Pope Pius IV in 1564.”) decreed that every marriage that took place had to celebrated by a priest and at least 2 witnesses.

The tradition of the bride wearing a white dress was to symbolize purity and virginity and the bride not seeing the groom before the wedding day were superstitions carried over from Celtic customs and rituals of Mitra (Hindu deity). The dress was initially quite simple, with the only complication being a knot tied in the sash holding it up. The purpose of the knot was apparently to tease the groom and test his patience on the wedding night. The idea of the veil came from women called Flaminca Dialis who were the wives of priests called Flamen Dialis.

Weddings have been known to be instrumental in healing and building or destroying nations. The most famous one being the story of Marcus Antonius who together with Marcus Lepidus and Octavian avenged the assassination of Julius Ceasar in the battle of Phillipi against Brutus and Cassius. Over time the relationship between Octavian (who later became Augustus when he became emperor of Rome) and Marcus Antonius became strained, and in the pursuit of peace between the 2 of them he arranged for him to marry his sister Octavia. This didn’t last cos we are all well aware, that Mark Anthony’s love was with the lovely Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. And we all know how that story ended, joint suicide, Octavians forces destroying the Egyptian forces...

Well if you didn’t know now u do.

Birthdays
18th Thuli and Chetan
21st Shareen and Mike K
23rd Si Black, Gills 1 year anniversary
24th Vaughan

“if we don’t change we don’t grow. If we don’t grow we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up a familiar but limiting patterns,safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in. As Dostoevsky put it, ‘taking a new step, uttering a new work is what people fear most’ the real fear should the opposite course” – Gail Sheehy

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not, but remember, that whoat you have now was once among the things you only hoped for.”

On that note I am out, sun is shining out there and I am holding myself captive in this office. Maximum respect as always. Have a great week.

Y

“The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man" - Friedrich Nietzsche

"To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed." - Bernard Edmonds

"I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet." - Anonymous quotes

I sure hope the sun is shining in your life. If not I hope that it is at least shining outside your window, there is just something about sunshine that brings out excitement and joy in people, the sun has been quite prevalent in the Cape the past few days and people’s moods seem to be displaying this, this summer is going to be silly here, I can feel it. I’ve gotta be honest, the sun has been shining half mast in my life lately. Work has been pretty taxing of late, but I guess that’s what happens when you work with too many clever people ;-) then I guess its only fair to tell u that mi Mrs and me are no more, a whole 9 months and 1 day we lasted, best and longest innings by me if I do say so myself, Kevin Pietersen would have been proud. Great lass…but when the distance factor and FOLKS are involved…need I say more…or maybe I was just an A SS. Interesting times I tell u, but its those times that you learn that you are really living.

My mail this week will most probably be all over the place, cos I have plenty thoughts in my head and I got plenty to say. I am not trying to prescribe how you should think, but just merely sharing what I am thinking. Hopefully you will share some of your thoughts too

A friend of mine is getting married pretty soon, and the excitement and the stress its an absolute rollercoaster. But his situation and mine I guess has had me thinking quite a bit and sparked off plenty an interesting debate of late…Dealing with folks telling him which aunt and uncle and cousin to invite and how the whole proceeding should unravel itself and which church to get married in cos she is a different denomination to him and we all know how hollier than thou Catholics are to the rest of the Christian folk…it fascinates me how we in society cling to some things so whole heartedly, yet in our lives selectively follow its rules. I will cite a few examples, X claims to be the most Christian of us all, but let Y do something to annoy them and it will take an eternity for X to forgive Y, I am sure in the Bible there is a passage of forgiving someone 77 times 7 times (basically means endlessly), this same X will practice pre-marital sex, but not want to do something else because his/her religion is his/her life mmmm :-/ (confused face). Then there is the situation where you let your kids hang with kids from different walks of life, but when they decide to enter into a relationship, you are like mmm not with those kind cos they are this that and the next and what will the rest of the family think. Maybe I am a bit dof.

Is it right for your parents to prescribe your life to you? That’s a bit of a tough one, but then again I am not a parent, but I am a child of 2 styling folks, bless them. I don’t know so much. Yes they brought you into this world, raised you, took you to school so you could think for yourself, learn about and mix with people from different walks of life, assuming you were us fortunate as those of us who grew up in the eastern cape J, but the funny thing is when you start to think for yourself and your thinking is not in line with those of our elders, it tends to raise a few eyebrows. A good friend of mine and I were having a conversation about this on Friday nite, about how our generation, the generation x’s are prisoners of our parents prejudices. You see the man is pretty smitten over a lass who is not of the same race as he (yes he’s black that’s y its an issue J), but her old man is totally against their relationship because of that fact and to me that is absolutely ludicrous in this day and age, but that’s my belief.

In days gone by building strong communities to fight off extinction was important because that’s what it was all about, a sign of a nations power was how many battles it could win and how many armies they could conquer and lands it could annex, but such is not the case no more, well not from where I sit. But now for an American and his Russian mail order bride to wed is big business as is the marriage of a Senegalese and an Ivorian, so what is it about this racial divide that makes it such a huge canyon to cross?

Our parents were brought up to believe something and that something worked in days gone by and they try and pass it on to us. A lot of our parents in South Africa were brought up to believe apartheid was alright, it must have been because no one stood up to say it was wrong until now, but right now the rules of the past just wont fly. Kinda like say interracial/cultural/religious relationships and I could be wrong, so comments please.

Here’s my thinking on the topic. In the past relationships were about protecting the bloodline, keeping the nobility line flowing, there was no chance of ever becoming high class through just hard work, you had to be born high class or it was sorreee for u, but nowadays through hard work, luck or whatever your means, anyone can be high class. But then what about our cultural heritage, and trust you me I have the highest respect for culture of any sort, but lets be honest with the advent of the global economy and TV a lot of our cultures aren’t all that prevalent, I am not saying it’s a good thing, its just the truth.

I am of the old school the school that respects its elders and appreciates advice etc. but boss, tell me something I don’t fundamentally agree with, I will challenge you, until you convince me otherwise, I call it learning, others might see it as otherwise, but eh tomayto…tomarto. On Saturday I was having a great discussion with my folks and they were on about how I am of a system etc. you see my folks are getting on and I think they would like a grand child or two (legitimately ofcourse before they get too old), y they weren’t speakin to my 2 older sisters only they know, maybe cos I was the only one doing cross border raids, anyway I digress, they were basically hinting about the fact that ideally they would want me to settle with a Ghanaian lass, I questioned them on this and asked why? Their answer is well its because its your people and that they know of many cross border raids that have failed. To which I said, so then why didn’t you leave me in a village with my people, so I would merely be exposed to my people? To which they answered…mmmm. I then said to them that there are many local border raids that you and I both know of that are in tatters too, in this life we live a lot of what we experience is primarily through the luck of the draw, yes you have the ability to influence your luck but I honestly believe that a royal being involved with a commoner has as much a chance of working as does a relationship between 2 royals, if the individuals are right. Yes fair enough, if you are cut from the same cloth it makes it slightly easier to relate, interact etc. but eh what says a German and an Israeli aren’t cut from the same cloth even though it was made in two different countries…mkaaay bad example, but u know what I am getting at? I mean my folks brought me up to be a good person, respect my elders, go to school so you can learn and be able to fend for yourself and make yourself a better person, kept driving us to do better, any of this sound familiar? But I didn’t grow up in your house now did I? Fundamentally we are all the same

As much as I believe in tradition and all (imagine an All Black game without the haka, what!), but I believe we have to learn to apply reason in much of our thinking and practices rather than what went on in the past. I am a born Ghanaian and I am proud of that, the black star is going to 2006 and I am elated, I am an Ashanti through birth and my flat head and that is something that I will never deny, but I can’t go around professing that the way of the Ashanti is the right way, firstly cos I don’t follow many of the practices of the tribe and to be honest other than the fact that I can speak the languge, have one of our symbols tattooed on my arm, the link is very faded.

This whole division in our society (and greed) is the root of a lot if not all of our world’s problems I tell you. And I guess it has been since time in memorial. This email I guess follows on to us and our prejudices and it really and truly bothers me how we as humans go out of our way to limit ourselves and I guess I cant change it but if even just one person thinks what I say makes sense or convinces me otherwise well I guess I would be a better person for it tomorrow.

In the past a woman would be carrying the groceries in both hands and a baby on her back, is that right, should it go on right now just because its what used to happen, mmm? In the past people used to think the world was flat…

On that note let me be out, its way past the witching hour, you all be good now and think logically about things and not just do because that’s how it was.

Birthdays
13th Maud
14th Kyle Mallen and Will Mapham
15th Kuhle

Sheesh I had this whole email researched about the history of weddings and all but I think I went on a bit of a tangent, but this was off the cuff, if I find some time this week I will drop you all another mail, don’t eva knock my commitment to educating the masses 00:16 on Tuesday morning, yes I have no life J

Respect!

Life is short, don’t waste time worrying about what people think of you. Hold on to the ones that care, in the end they will be the only ones there – Anonymous

Of course life is bizarre, the more bizarre it gets the more interesting it is. The only way to approach it is to make yourself some popcorn and enjoy the show. – Anonymous

God allows us to experience low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them – Stanley Lindquist

Some great quotes hopefully they are of value to you. This week is deaf awareness week, and I thought I should just bring it to our attention, not cos we can do anything about it, but cos, just take some time out to appreciate what you got, I know I sing this song endlessly, but as the saying goes you don’t know what you’ve got till its gone. I poked my ankle something silly a couple of days ago and my word the little things you take for granted, like walking, driving, now fortunately for me its getting better but what about those people that have to spend their lives in a wheelchair, I guess unlucky for them hey? Well it could so easily be us.

Anyway moving swiftly along, hope all is well with you all, and you are having a ripper of a week thus far, my week started with a bit of a speed wobble, but that’s what makes it all so much fun!

Speaking of not knowing what you’ve got till its gone, I wonder what’s going through the ex-deputy presidents mind right now, knowing that there is a possibility that his freedom may be no more.

Am I a socialist…well some might say, am I a capitalist, well let me ask you this why would I have studied forever as an accountant and be working in a bank?

JZ, born 12/04/1942, in Inkandla KZN, positions held, former deputy president of SA, deputy president of the ANC, chairperson of the national AIDS council, Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Patron of the JZ bursary fund, patron of the peace and reconstruction fund, patron of the Albert Luthuli education and development foundation.

He didn’t have much of a formal education. At the age of 15 he had to take odd jobs to help his mother out. A member of his family who was a strong trade unionist influenced him and hence his attention became drawn towards politics. In 1958 he joined the ANC, in 1962 he joined its military wing MK(Umkhonto We Sizwe which means the spear of the nation). In 1963Whilst on his way out of the country he was arrested along with a group of 45 recruits near Zeerust in the North West Province, he was convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government and sentenced to 10 yrs in prison on the island.

That didn’t stop him and in December 1974 after his release he was at work mobilising the internal resistance and awakening the ANC’s underground structures in Kwazulu Natal. But things started getting heated and in 1975 he pulled out of SA for 12 years based in Swaziland and then Mozambique. During this time he and the now President Thabo Mbeki and others worked together giving leadership to the ANC operation in the Republic. He also played a part in dealing with a whole lot of youngsters that poured into Mozambique as a result of the 1976 uprising. In 1977 he became a member of the ANC’s national executive committee. He served as the chief representative of the ANC in Moz until 1984 when the government of SA and Moz signed the Nkomati accord. This accord stated that neither governments would assist any opposition movements based in their country. What this meant is that the ANC was really no longer welcome in Moz and so off to Lusaka, Zambia they trod, where he became the head of underground structures and later the chief of intelligence. In 1990 he returned to SA and was part of the team that got the ball rolling in terms of unbanning the ANC and the return of exiles and the release of the prisoners on the Island.

In 1990 he was instrumental in initial brokering of peace in KZN. In 1991 he was elected the deputy secretary general of the ANC, he was then deployed in KZN cos the party felt he had a role to play in bringing peace and stability to the region. In 94 he was elected MEC of economic affairs and tourism in KZN provincial government. In 1994 he was elected national chair of the ANC and chair of the ANC in KZN, deputy president of the ANC in 1997 and exec deputy president of SA from June 1999 to June 2005. There are some other accolades but I have more to write.

In June 2005 during the trial of Mr Schabir Shaik, there were a few findings of payments made by Mr Shaik allegedly (I am not sure if I need use this cos it was used as evidence in court) in favour of Mr Zuma, the presiding judge stated that there was a “generally corrupt relationship” between the 2 parties. So as a leader what do you do? There is a judge saying things like this about your deputy, well u have no choice but to let him go. And Mr Zuma was very vocal in his innocence and asked to be tried so he could clear his name. The national prosecuting authority duly obliged and they announced that they will be investigating charges against Mr. Zuma.

Mr Zuma through his workings with the youth and the commoners of this land has managed to build himself a humungous gang of supporters, some who say they will support him whether he is guilty or not. It is reported that COSATU will hold a collection of R3 from its 1.7mil supporters to cover his legal costs (or at least assist) We have certain groups stating that they will make this country ungovernable if he is taken to trial, others stating that there will be mass action for every day that he is on trial. There is talk of a political conspiracy against the man because he stands for the people. Then there are those of us who are quick to point a finger a say this that and the next about his deeds.

My thoughts are very simple, he has asked for his day in court and he will get it, for people to support him whether or not he is found guilty, I guess you are entitled to your opinions and feelings, but for groupings to threaten mass action and deliver the country into anarchy, in my mind is insane, lets just hope its sensational journalism once again. The words of his supporters became louder when his residences and other affiliated places were raided by the Scorpions (the FBI of SA) last month. On the political conspiracy part, it may be true it may not be true, but the president of the country has offered to launch a commission of inquiry to unearth whether it is or its not, this offer was rejected by Mr Zuma’s supporters.

On the part of pointing fingers, we as humans are so quick to point out every body elses faults. But tell me something, you are crusing at say 180km/hr on the way to the coast on holiday with the family, out the bushes jumps mr police officer, boss, you are poked, its R20,000, court, jail for the weekend, inconvenience, or even simpler you just don’t have the cash, but, he’s human, he says hey boss, what can u do for me, u can slip him a R100 and off u go on your merry way? What choice would you make then. Closer to home for us youngsters out there, talking on your cell or drivin home pissed, u get bust, even if u don’t get bust, WE R BREAKING THE DAMN LAW! Cop pulls u over, say u r way over the limit, u r going to jail u will be prosecuted, ur whole life ur career up in smoke, but all it takes is R100 and u r back to normalish…what do u do? If u choose to pay, u r just as corrupt as Mr. JZ, make no mistake, ya but he is in a position of power, he is a public figure he is this and that, say u r in the car with your family u as the example, what kind of example r u setting? Corruption is corruption, you can justify it in your head as I am sure he did in his (assuming ofcourse that he is quilty)

If he is guilty, and note I use the word IF, because we are so quick to offer a ‘trial by media’, let him do the time, cos he deserves it, but pointing fingers, boss?! And what happened to innocent until proven guilty? But we are all educated here J.

There is a saying, take the log out of your eye before you take the speck out of your brothers eye.

Ooh the way I am kakking now after I have written this email, cos I know I am going to go out this weekend and have a few drinks and watch me get bust too, tempting fate, but oh well the tests in our lives that make it interesting.

This is a helluva a sensitive topic and I would like to have your views, I know I have been slack in the past about posting responses, but I will on this one, what are ur thoughts?

Birthdays
5th Smangi
6th Thalitha
10th Leon

“Life is mostly froth and bubble, two things stand like stone, kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own” Adam Lindsay Gordon

I am out for now gym she is calling and my stomach is rumbling from hunger.

Maximum respect to you all and may you all have a splendid week, hope mine gets there.

Y

"In terms of the effectiveness of the Kyoto protocol, the U.S. participation is crucial."-- Yasuko Ishii, Japanese environment ministry
"We'll be working with our allies to reduce greenhouse gases. But I will not accept a plan that will harm our economy and hurt American workers." -- U.S. President George W. Bush
Late again I know but eish guys things they are tense here at the work, this week they were laying off a few peeps even blacks, cos there are a few of us not gainfully employed here, so boss I had to put on a show and a half, but whew I made the cut J

Happy Spring Day to you all. I hope you guys had proper spring days, unlike the overcast chilly days we experienced here in the Cape. But hey I complain not I enjoy the rain. I can think of a few places in the world that are not loving the rain at the moment, Louisiana, New Orleans, places in Europe I think. Can’t help but feel sorry for those people that have been left destitute, thanks to hurricane Katrina which swept through the United States this week….Coincidence or freak occurance?? Mmmm I think not! Just like the increasing reports of cancer.

I spoke about the greenhouse effects a few Monday mails ago and yes I am not a climatologist or meteorologist, but I cant help but think the frequency and severity of these natural disasters has a lot to do with what we are doing to the earth. And as bad as it sounds I feel that the frequency of the ‘natural attacks’ on the United States has a lot to do with them rejecting the Kyoto agreement.

The Kyoto agreement, in a very summarised form, is a declaration signed by many of the world’s countries. The need for this agreement stemmed from the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio during which concern was expressed about the effects of climate change, like the moving of agricultural zones, the melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels. The agreement was signed in 1997. It was an agreement calling for a world wide reduction in the emission of carbon based gasses by an average of 5.2% below 1990 levels by 2012. All the respective countries made individual undertakings to reduce their respective country’s emissions by x%. There were 178 countries involved including the EU, USA, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. There were fines imposed of $30 a ton if these targets were not met.

Surprise, surprise, the US, who emits about 30% of the world’s greenhouse gasses has decided to come up with its own alternative, which is 33% less than that agreed to in the Kyoto agreement. His reasoning being he doesn’t want to jeopardise the US economy or the livelihood of the American people (it is anticipated that $400bn and 4.9 million jobs would be lost as a result of adhering to the Kyoto agreement). Part of his reasoning for rejecting the agreement, which I find fair was the fact that the agreement exempted developing nations and large polluters such as India. But in saying that, I think imposing this agreement on developing nations would be extra taxing on their already fragile economies. In 1998 Bill Clinton signed the agreement, but he US senate had not ratified it and as a result George Bush could walk away from the agreement, which he seems to have done. His counterparts in Japan, Australia and Britain, have labelled Bush’s decision as almost unthinkable, the whole world believes global warming to be the biggest threat to humanity over the next 100 years, and for a large pollutant like the US to shun the agreement is, well I guess signing a death warrant for the human race. I know it sounds dramatic, but think about it, notice the weather patterns where you live.

As sad as it is, lets hope the events of this week fire a warning shot of sorts to the US President, but I wouldn’t hold my breath…

I started doing some research on our ex deputy president Mr J Z, and I just didn’t get around to writing the mail, but its coming. This week’s short, but that’s what u get when I write an email between Boots and All and Reunion and this morning ;-)

Birthdays
2nd Gavin bye
3rd JC
4th Alani

“Yes, it’s true: We can’t control the wind or the rain or the vagaries of the weather. But we can tack our sails so that we can steer the course we desire” - unknown

You all have a good weekend now you see…

Maximum respect!

Y