Come on sing with me…isn’t it just lovely these short weeks?

“You got my attention at hello, We had this connection that wouldn’t let go

There was something sexy ‘bout your voice, Anything you say makes a beautiful noise

A lot of girls are sexy, But you know how to use it, You can keep me up on the phone all night, We say lets hang up on 3 but we don’t ever do it, Aint it crazy how after all this time, We got that you hang up no you hang up kinda love, We got that you hang up no you hang up kinda love…” Shayne Ward

I so hope you all have that song ringing through your heads for the rest of the week!! Top of the morning to you sports fans. Definitely one of the silly ones who didn’t take these 2 days off and here I sit in a quiet office with no clients available neither oh well…It’s actually funny how when Friday the 2^nd was announced as a public holiday, there was a big uproar about how the economy cant handle it etc. I’d bet my last R20 that these same people who were up in arms are the same people that took Tuesday and Wednesday off and shot off to the coast…oh this world we live in.

A few additions to this mailing list, Miss Mel and Mr Justin, very warm welcome to our almost weekly e-community, I hope you find value in this, should you want to read any of the older emails or have any comments on how to make this a better blog, kindly do visit www.mondaymail.blogspot.com.

I feel like such a kid again, everything is ok, even though it really isn’t, I have that Hakuna Matata sort of thing going on. You know that excited, apprehensive, butterflies sort of gig, yip I think I figured it out…J watch this space, I am not saying that to get you all nosy etc. I just felt I should tell you but I also don’t want to jinx it either. Moving swiftly along.

It’s so insane the kinds of deep conversations we can have over a beer. Yesterday we (Thabang and Justin) just joined us and already making a contribution to our community J. Were chatting about western influence on Africa, but I guess any developing third world country to be honest. I had a chat with my pops about it last year sometime when we were playing tennis. My pops other than being pretty wise is an economist as well. So anyway he mentioned something during our conversation that stuck in my head. Before Western influence, there was a man who had his cows, goats, little vegetable patch, his hut, wife, kids, neighbours, villagers…the world was alright with him. He needs water he sends the young one to the river to fetch water, they boil it, eat. He is hungry, he catches a chicken or goes out and hunts wild beast. The world is alright with him. His existence is humble and his worries just as humble…the basics…survival. Food is natural, obesity, carcinogenics not their issue. Is this the old adage…ignorance is bliss?

If he knew he could have running water to his house via pipes and this thing called a tap, would he prefer to stroll to the river? If he knew he could pick up something called a cell phone and call his neighbour who lives about 10kms away would he rather opt to stroll there or take his horse? If he knew he could get meat at the butchery would he prefer to hunt all day for his food?

I know I am oversimplifying it all. And at the risk of sounding arrogant or self important, I ask these questions from an educated point of view…western education and influence I might add, but taking that into account I definitely know which option I’d select.

But once again with simplicity comes complications. We now have cars, resources, cellphones, fast food, with it comes hijackings, corruption, power hunger, murders and poisoning via additives that make food grow faster and fatter… We live in a world where we don’t talk to people any more but send sms’ we get home from work at 7pm, 8pm sometimes even later. We leave home at 5 am cos of traffic. Who brings up our children? We have huge walls around our houses because we making so much loot we are scared the bad guys are going to come and get us. Morals, commitment, your word, keeping to time, doing what you say you are going to do when you said you would…what is that? Everyone is out for numero uno, it’s a dog eat dog world. I, I, I, I, I, that’s what we are about now

The world has moved on, just like the caveman evolved, Spartans (I think they really existed) and Romans, Barbarians in general went about maiming and conquering the world a couple of thousand years ago, wielding swords. Just as the Irish were invaded by the English, killing a third of the population, causing a further third to flee and settle in the states. Just as the Native Indians of America are no longer, just as the western world has nearly forced into extinction the very fauna and flora they preach we should try and save right now, mind you a lot of the killings of late have been at the hands of the natives both in Africa and in Asia.

The world has moved on, for better or for worse? I guess it’s to each person to decide for him or herself. It brings me back to the article written by David Bullard formerly of the Sunday Times. An article that caused a huge uproar in these parts. The article is very distastefully and insensitively written. BUT…take the emotion out of it, is there any fault in the content?

Here is a link to the article http://www.thetimes.co.za/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=741855

And that’s where I will leave this weeks email, hope you are all well and if you are traveling please do so safely. Happy Pesach to my Jewish friends hope it was a good week.

Birthdays

28^th Bianca

30^th Dr Theo

Much respect and remember there is no better time than the present, tomorrow is a bonus…someday I’ll be coming home, round and round the world we spin, oh the circle never ends…sorry the song is playing right now.

Take it easi

Y

‘Que sera sera’