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| June 26
It’s almost time to bugger off and head to festival.
I won’t lie, I’ve been waiting for the 27th for about the past two months - like a kid waiting for school holidays… It’s a great feeling. The templates are done. My desk is tidy (two neat piles of paper), hell - I’ve even deleted most of the kak shortcuts on my desktop. Tonight will mean packing and then the early start tomorrow.
This past weekend was crazy. I suppose you could even go as far as calling it insane. So many things went down, a lot of them probably won’t be retold (ever).
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| June 19
Just when I was bitching about how boring and routine life gets in Joburg, I have an awesome weekend. The main reason for the change in routine was Bel’s visit (she’s up here for a few days before flying back to the backwater farm that is Durban Airport).
What a cool weekend. Friday marked the return to the Bowling Club (after a lengthy absence). Very cool to watch Cote d’Ivoire trying to beat those damn dirty Dutch (how many ankles did they try to break during the game?). After that was missions to Nandos somewhere close to my work (I can never remember that area’s name). Melville followed.
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| June 15
Have you seen the new Vodacom ad? Now which cracked-up one-eyed toad of a copyrighter came up with the idea of using the Ghostbusters theme song and some random non-storyline about the stupid sleazy jewish pornstar and that black doctor who always calls 112? What the hell? The ad doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t make me laugh. It doesn’t make me pay attention. There’s no plot. When it starts is my brain shuts off, and then I curse the fact that Vodacom’s millions are polluting our tv. I know it annoys you too.
We lost track of the time
Dreams aren’t what they used to be
Some things slide by so carelessly
- Smile like you mean it, The Killers: Hot Fuss 2004
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| June 13
So, the predictions El made last year some time have come true.
In chatting about this year during September 2005 (back then it was ‘next’) we tried to figure out what life would be like living and working in Joburg.
El joked about how when we both had decent jobs, we’d spend the majority of our free time (on weekends) in malls and shopping centres.
He also said that we’d spend (waste?) most of our cash on new clothes, books and eating out. I dismissed these ideas: “No ways man – we’ll find cool stuff to do”.
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| June 8
IRATE complainants about Telkom’s service receive a diabolical recorded message if they annoy call centre staff:“If you did not call Telkom to do business,” the canned voice says, “take the time out to speak to a family member or a friend. You are denying someone else the opportunity to do so [deal with Telkom]. Please remember that these calls are recorded and can be traced.”
No problem resolution. No apology.
Fear not we are told, Telkom CEO Papi Molotsane is on a mission: to delight customers. Speaking on Moneyweb Radio after the release of the company’s results on Monday, Molotsane drove home the point.
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