Network for quality, not quantity

It may be not what you know but who you know that matters, but having 976 Facebook friends does not necessarily mean you are well connected, says Harvard Business Review.

The secret of successful networks has never been their size.

If you were to take the advice of some self-help books on networking, you would amass as many Facebook friends and LinkedIn connections as possible. But research shows that bigger networks are not necessarily better.

In fact, large networks can hurt your performance by putting too many collaborative demands on you.

The people who network successfully tend to have more ties to people who are not very connected themselves. People with connections to the less-connected are more likely to hear about ideas that haven’t gotten exposure elsewhere, and are able to piece together unique opportunities.

Don’t treat networking like a popularity contest. Find ways to connect with more than the usual suspects by reaching out to those who aren’t surrounded by others.

* The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (http:\\www.hbr.org). Today’s management tip was adapted from ‘The Most Valuable People in Your Network’ by Rob Cross. – Nampa-Reuters

"Everyone is Free" (to use sun screen)

Graduation Speech

(Written by Chicago newspaper columnist, Mary Schmich -- recently recorded with music by Baz Luhrmann)
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters.
Throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's. Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths:
Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen.

Creating a common memory for Namibians

It is quite common to hear politicians admonoshing the white communities for not participating in natinal events. I am not a history buff, but have recently been talking about my student politics days and placed a few pohotos from this period.

It got me thinking about the participation of young people (white, coloured or black) and the following struck me in an article, "..But maybe memory is what young people need to be taught before they can be taught actual history."

So, I have started a small project to ensure that our common memory becomes available to our youth through the Wikipedia website. This site covers almost all areas of knowledge, but I found very little written about Namibia. While doing this I found that there were no templates on the languages or cultural identities of many of our peopls.  I have started the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured_People_in_Namibia and hope to assist in developing similar sites about our common memories.

At the end of the project,I hope to create an SMS novella about certain historical events and peoplein Namibia.

If you have the timeand the inclination, feel free to assist.

Hermanus van Wyk: The ‘Biblical Moses’ of the Rehoboth Baster Community - by Shampapi Shiremo

New Era article

To many Namibians, the name Rehoboth sound too familiar because it is a well-known small town located about 90 Km south of Windhoek. 

However, a closer look at the history of Rehoboth and the Baster Community who have settled in that area since around 1870, one would find that Rehoboth is a biblical name meaning ‘the promised land.’ Since ‘the promised land’ is what the Israelis who were moving out of Egyptian captivity wandered in desert for many years in order to get there, it is therefore likely that the history of Namibia’s Rehoboth have a similar narrative with the biblical Israelis whom Moses led. 

However, unlike the biblical Moses who himself did not reach the ‘promised land’, Hermanus van Wyk did reach his after leading his people from the Cape Colony bondage.
In the 1983 publication entitled the ‘History Makers’, by Lester Venter, the biography of Kaptein Hermanus van Wyk was presented. Related to the Griqua of the Historical Adam Kok of the Cape Colony, the Baster Community also had origin in South Africa where they were mistreated by Dutch farmers in the area. 

It was because of seeking freedom from the oppression of the Cape Colony, that the Ninety Baster families who looked to the bearded and patriarchal Hermanus van Wyk as their leader, in a Boer Trekkers style, decided to leave the Cape colony.

Originally, Hermanus van Wyk lived at Amandelboom, near Williston, in the mid 19 century. Shortly before 1868, Hermanus van Wyk and his community lived at a place called De Tuin in the Northern Cape. In 1868, they decided to leave De Tuin and cross the Orange River, going via Pella mission station. A missionary, Heidmann, travelled with them. 

Lester Venter (1983) writes that it was at that time when the people started to call Van Wyk “Kaptein”. Two years later, they arrived at Berseba, where the trekking Baster families stayed for four months. Scouts were sent out and they saw the Rehoboth district, one of the most fertile areas of Namibia, which at the time was settled by the Swaartboois. 

Thus, in 1870, during a Treaty signed at Okahandja between Kamaharero, Jan Jonker, Hermanus van Wyk accompanied by two elders, Piet Beukes and Paul Isaacs told the Herero and Nama Chiefs that he came there to let them know that he was seeking a place of abode. 

Abraham Swaartbooi agreed to let the Baster community occupy Rehoboth for as long as the Swartboois did want it. An initial payment of eight Horses was made and the “rent” was fixed at one horse per year. 

The ‘Baster Trekkers’ then moved from Berseba and arrived at Rehoboth in October 1870. Lester Venter (Ibid) writes that the Basters set about industriously, converting the region into a paradise they ordained to be theirs.

They improved the flow of water from the river, built houses and repaired the church that had been there. A small group went to the Cape to buy a stock of Merino sheep.
In 1872, the Baster community came up with a Constitution (aka Vaderlike Wette) in which Hermanus van Wyk was invested in the office of Kaptein. By 76, the approximately 800 people at Rehoboth owned some 20 000 sheep and between 2000 and 3000 cattle and horses. 

It was for this reason that Kaptein Hermanus van Wyk wanted a speedy conclusion of the sale of Rehoboth by the Swartbooi reasoning further that they wanted to improve the channelling of water by blasting. 

At this point Abraham Swartbooi was dragging his feet, saying that if it arose in future that he wanted to sell the land, he would give the Baster community the rights of first option at value set at £ 2750 to be paid in the form of 100 horses and five wagons. 

Kaptein Swartbooi’s reluctance to put his proposal in writing necessitated Hermanus van Wyk to appeal through the missionary Hugo Hahn to W.C Palgrave, the Special Commissioner of the Cape Government.

In 1880, war broke out between the Nama and the Herero and the Baster community though hesitating to join the war, later on sided with Jan Jonker and Abraham Swartbooi in a Nama alliance against the Herero. This decision was only taken after the Herero attacked and killed a Baster traveller called McNab and other six Basters. 

However, two years later and, in a turn of events, Jan Jonker and Abraham Swartbooi turned and attacked their allies, the Baster Community at Rehoboth, carrying off 500 cattle and 2000 small livestock.

The Basters, under Hermanus van Wyk fended off their enemy but suffered heavy losses. In the fight Swartbooi was wounded and later died. For the next two years, until 1884, Hermanus van Wyk made efforts to mediate between the Nama and the Herero, but with little success. During that time, the Swartboois reneged on their late leader, Kaptein Abraham Swartbooi of giving the right of first option to the Baster in the event of selling Rehoboth. 

They sold it to a then well-known Cape coloured man namely, Willy Jordan, who wanted to settle the ‘Dorsland Trekkers’ there. 

Before Jordan could put his plan into action, the Germans appeared on the scene, and they recognised the Basters as the rightful inhabitants and owners of Rehoboth and concluded a Protection treaty with them. 

One would therefore understand that it was mainly for that reason that Hermanus van Wyk had sided with the Germans in the subsequent years, as the latter had helped the former to keep Rehoboth as his and his people’s place of abode. 

Thus, the widely speculated notion that Hermanus van Wyk collaborated with the Germans even during the Herero-Nama against German colonialism of 1904-1908 needs to be placed in the right historical context. Lester Venter (ibid) concludes that little is recorded of the last years of Hermanus van Wyk. He died in Rehoboth in 1905, an aged and revered man, the founding father of Rehoboth.

Two years of Status Updates

Sat May 21, 2011, 9:25 am: People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.

Fri May 20, 2011, 10:11 am: POSSLQ - Persons of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters -

Thu May 19, 2011, 3:56 am: Child No. 3 is 18 today. My wish for all my friends who are Fathers: We can do more....

Wed May 18, 2011, 10:17 am: No good deed shall go unpunished.

Tue May 17, 2011, 7:11 am: You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Mon May 16, 2011, 6:37 am: Food for thought: "Independence did not just bring freedom for the oppressed African peoples. It braught freedom for the Boer people as well. The Boer people where freed firstly from an Afrikaner regime with it's roots in British Colonialism (See the Anglo-Boer War)...

Sun May 15, 2011, 7:44 am: Two blonde guys were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. A woman walked by and asked them what they were doing. "We're supposed to measure the height of this flagpole," said blonde guy number one, "but we don't have a ladder." The woman took a wrench from her purse and loosened some bolts. The guys helped her lay down the flagpole.

Sun May 15, 2011, 6:45 am: If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Sat May 14, 2011, 3:01 pm: Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.

Fri May 13, 2011, 10:01 am: And I thought life could not get better. WRONG. Just received a very complimentary foreword for my book from Andimba Toivo ya Toivo. "Each moment a blessing of abundance, each breath a prayer of thanksgiving"

Fri May 13, 2011, 5:51 am: “If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.”

Thu May 12, 2011, 9:35 am: You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.

Thu May 12, 2011, 4:56 am: Happy Birthday to the Founding Father, Dr Sam Nujoma. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

Wed May 11, 2011, 9:56 am: I am happy to announce to all my FB friends: I am now the proud co-owner and Editor of the consumer news namibia Magazine. Soon my partners and I will be helping you be an empowered consumer. Somedays cannot become better - and then they do

Wed May 11, 2011, 8:02 am: Anyone know of a take-away for sale in 061? Preferably CBD

Wed May 11, 2011, 5:06 am: What a wonderful day. Found me a place to stay in Windhoek east and life is looking up. (Within my budget too....)

Thu May 5, 2011, 9:44 am: After much thought about Cassinga Day, the best I could do is quote: But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

Thu May 5, 2011, 9:31 am: “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” I have stood on the shoulders of Namibian giants, and I see far!

Tue May 3, 2011, 11:12 am: Looking for a flat in Eros / Klein Windhoek (Windhoek East Constituency). Around 3,500 per month. HELP?

Tue May 3, 2011, 10:37 am: Just bought a copy of John Arthur Liebenberg's book - Bush of Ghosts. Something worthwhile to remember on Cassinga Day

Tue April 26, 2011, 7:02 am: booking in electronically. Waiting for the taxi - feels like a first date. Namibia you're the queen of my heart Your love is like Tears from the stars Namibia, I just want you to know Lovin' you is like food to my soul

Tue April 26, 2011, 4:33 am: IANAL

Tue April 26, 2011, 4:24 am: TOPCA - Til Our Paths Cross Again

Tue April 26, 2011, 3:27 am: Dear FB friends. Will be back in the land of the brave tomorrow morning. Will be flying in early and hope to see the green below me in the dawn's new light. Morning has broken, may your day also be blessed with sunshine.

Thu April 21, 2011, 5:02 am: NIGYYSOB: Now I've Got You, You Son Of a B*tch

Thu April 21, 2011, 3:05 am: When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Tue April 19, 2011, 7:20 am: There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define "Great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!" He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

Tue April 19, 2011, 2:55 am: Glad to see FB has taken away the ability to send a link in a message. I had the same picture of a girl popping up all over the place yesterday.

Tue April 19, 2011, 2:01 am: The hardest job facing kids today is to learn good manners without seeing any.

Mon April 18, 2011, 10:48 am: The speed of growth of a Facebook Fan page can be measured. <--Speed--> INamibia = 28.04 Namibia = 18.00 Namibia is the most beautifulest country ever :) = 16.55 <--No of fans--> Namibia = 15,000 fans Namibia is the most beautifulest country ever :) = 7,000 fans iNamibia = 3,000 fans

Mon April 18, 2011, 5:38 am: Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?

Thu April 14, 2011, 11:17 am: Congratulations to INamibia. You have reached 3,000 - and many more to come

Thu April 14, 2011, 9:01 am: need to use mobile access more. Getting an android phone

Thu April 14, 2011, 4:57 am: A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Wed April 13, 2011, 11:33 am: Crowded elevator smell different to midget.



Wed April 13, 2011, 8:57 am: And think not you can Direct the course of love, For love, If it finds you worthy, Directs your course.

Wed April 13, 2011, 3:28 am: "When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." To all my FB friends - we walk in the light together

Tue April 12, 2011, 9:18 am: Nation builders are not defined by income, influence or status, but by choice. Nation builders choose to be people of integrity, innovation and inspiration. Nation builders are driven by choice not comfort, Nation builders are driven by conviction not corruption.

Mon April 11, 2011, 6:41 am: INamibia “Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.” - Eric Butterworth

Fri April 8, 2011, 7:59 am: gebruik 'n skuilnaam en skuil photo vir die naweek. Enjoy the weekend peeps. Me going drinking along the River Rhine

Fri April 8, 2011, 6:51 am: sitting in Germany - listening to I'm in love with the DJ from an internet radio in Swakopmund. Love technology.

Fri April 8, 2011, 6:39 am: "Love, an emotion so strong that you would give up everything. To just feel it once, to know that you are part of something special. To know that you can feel what love really is; to know, to feel, to love."

Fri April 8, 2011, 4:15 am: It is that kind of Friday again. Big demonstrations are planned in Jordan and Egypt, where things will probably remain calm, but also in Yemen and Syria, where it could well get bloody.

Fri April 8, 2011, 1:18 am: Good Morning my FB friends. I have a deep dark secret to share this morning. In South Africa, I am registered as a white male and do not qualify for black economic empowerment. Now I wonder, what did Robin Sherbourne mean when he wrote:"..You give BEE a bad name.". Who was he stereotyping?

Thu April 7, 2011, 7:50 am: shake, rattle and roll, got time on my hands and the devil is itching to use them

Thu April 7, 2011, 2:54 am: Why do I get the most comments on my updates when I ask about racism?

Wed April 6, 2011, 9:41 am: U besonderhede na my binne doosie - inbox me

Wed April 6, 2011, 4:31 am: Is it racist if a white economist at a commercial bank tells me: “You give BEE a bad name“ because I have a default judgement against me?

Mon April 4, 2011, 11:11 am: No. For me, and my children probably, we are too part of being ourselves rather than our cultural heritage. The daughters are born in Upington, Rehoboth, and Windhoek. Then add a my: Sister living in UK, married to an Indian with a daughter born in London. Brother living in South Africa, Uncle married and living in America...... Just too many border crossings, cultural classifications to fit into just one box

Mon April 4, 2011, 3:29 am: "Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. "

Fri April 1, 2011, 10:44 am: I suggest that we have Non-Government Organisation Bill. In this Bill should be addressed the issues of mandate and good governance, and the mechanisms in the case of abuse. It should include a restraint on creation of new frequently unnecessary NGOs (that are mostly more helpful to the creators of the NGO than the people they are designed to serve).

Fri April 1, 2011, 3:27 am: Thank you to my friends who have proposed me as the Namibian Ambassador to Facebook. I am deeply honoured. I shall ensure Facebook continue to disregard the privacy of all Namibians.

Thu March 31, 2011, 11:32 am: Too busy today to Facebook. Damn must have been working?

Wed March 30, 2011, 2:45 am: Today would have been my 20th wedding anniversary. Instead its my 10th divorce anniversary. So to all my married FB friends, "Stay married, divorce is to easy and it almost always ends in regret." ☮

Tue March 29, 2011, 6:44 am: Who came up with words such as: duidelik, jits, tienaan, aweh, gwa, gaba, goffel, chuppie?



Mon March 28, 2011, 10:16 am: Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

Mon March 28, 2011, 8:01 am: "When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.....

Fri March 25, 2011, 4:17 am: How many people living in Namibia are on Facebook? 107,720 people who live in Namibia age 18 and older who are not already connected to Milton Louw

Thu March 24, 2011, 10:36 am: Dear FB Friends> If a photo shows I have tagged you, it is for interest. If you are finished and want it to no longer appear on you wall, please just remove tag. This should be called the Egyptian tag / it gets messages across fb really fast.

Thu March 24, 2011, 8:32 am: What is Namibia's motto?

Wed March 23, 2011, 10:44 am: My liewe neef Louw, my neus jeuk nou. Jeuk my liewe neef Louw se neus ook nou?

Tue March 22, 2011, 10:05 am: Welcome to Milton's folksonomy INamibia Milton Louw - Namibian Social Commentator

Tue March 22, 2011, 5:28 am: Note to Gaddafi: “We are living in a time of violence and this violence is born out of inequality. We could have much less violence if the world’s riches, including science, technology and morality – those great human creations – were spread more evenly.” INamibia Namibia

Mon March 21, 2011, 5:26 am: "When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator" (Mahatma Gandhi)

Thu March 17, 2011, 11:27 am: New ways of thinking about journalism. From local news (village, town) to even specialised curated news INamibia John Grobler Robin Tyson Marbeline Goagoses Mwashekele Fran Thomas Mario Locke

Wed March 16, 2011, 7:39 am: Translated into Afrikaans SWAPO would be: Volksorganisasie van Suidwes-Afrika? Right?

Wed March 16, 2011, 4:33 am: You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Tue March 15, 2011, 11:19 am: The African People's Organisation (APO), originally the African Political Organisation, was formed in Cape Town in 1902 and was initially the most prominent "coloured" pressure group in South Africa. Its interest in SWA/Namibia goes back to at least 1918 when it opposed the transfer of the former German colony to the South Africa Authority.

Tue March 15, 2011, 9:44 am: On 1 January 1899 - Credit regulations are promulgated by the German Administration (Namibia). It is established that no person can be sued for any credit. However, the traders force the administration to suspend this regulation (on 22.02.1899)

Mon March 14, 2011, 8:22 am: so the first boer republic in Namibia was on land owned by a coloured. Good to know.....

Fri March 11, 2011, 9:48 am: wow. this tsunami is wide. now hitting california....

Fri March 11, 2011, 9:40 am: U are looking phat - Pretty Hot And Tempting

Fri March 11, 2011, 9:07 am: got me two and a half men (season 2&3) glee, and the boondocks. plus goodwhiskey.com

Fri March 11, 2011, 6:43 am: Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

Fri March 11, 2011, 5:40 am: For those who family and friends in Japan and other Asian countries: Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.



Fri March 11, 2011, 5:02 am: An important part of achieving success is making sure I do not use the measuring stick of others. If you find money important, then use it as YOUR measure. BUT, for me acquiring knowledge and helping others is my measure.

Thu March 10, 2011, 9:05 am: "We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

Tue March 8, 2011, 4:34 am: Right now I am stemming: stemming- The act of preparing words in a document specifically for enhanced searching, "stemming" determines word boundaries in a query or document. For example, “run” will match with “running,” “runs,” and “ran.” The purpose of stemming is to increase the relevancy of search results as well as the speed of search results.

Wed March 2, 2011, 8:37 am: how hard is visual studio 2010. need to program a business register in silverlight - HELP

Wed March 2, 2011, 6:55 am: Love the new buzz word "Coloured". Its getting people talking. Thanks: * Kuli Roberts * Jimmy Manyi * Trevor Manuels * and my man Trevor Noah

Tue March 1, 2011, 9:07 am: There are already more mobile phone subscribers in Africa than in Canada and the US combined, proving that even those on the breadline have spending power.

Tue March 1, 2011, 7:32 am: For a person to behave ethically I mean they should know the difference between their rights, and knowing what is the right thing to do.

Tue March 1, 2011, 7:07 am: Spammers are now on FB too: Subject: Congratulations Milton FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE FACEBOOK ANNIVERSARY PROMOTION REFL2/209318/09 BATCH:18/103/HME.

Tue March 1, 2011, 6:05 am: I am a polyglot. Ek is veeltallig. Ich bin ein Polyglot. Je suis un polyglotte. 我是通晓数种语言的人。

Mon February 28, 2011, 3:03 am: In the office loving what I do. Just got kick the fb habit for a day or two - if I can do that, I might consider stopping smoking....

Fri February 25, 2011, 7:47 am: Uninstalling Monopolies in Namibia Telecom ████████████████ : done NBC ████████████████ : done MTC ███░░░░░░░░░░░░░: in progress MTC will be back II - they will have to fight to keep their monopoly. Pity they cannot just give better service

Thu February 24, 2011, 2:55 am: Snow beautiful snow..... S$&#t - nearly fall on my backside

Wed February 23, 2011, 4:34 am: Facebook Zero was launched in about 45 countries in the Global South with the help of strategic partnerships with 50 carriers allowing users to access Facebook Zero at no data costs.

Tue February 22, 2011, 10:02 am: getting out of the office. If I was in WHK I would personally bang some heads together. If I hear one more excuse from a bank on why they cannot help Namibians....

Mon February 21, 2011, 7:05 am: * Americans with African forefathers call themselves Afro-Americans. * Asians with European forefathers call themselves Euro-Asians. I have some European ancestors mixed with African and am born in Africa, so therefore I am a Euro-African ( Europeans with African forefathers should call themselves Afro-Europeans. ;-)

Mon February 21, 2011, 2:51 am: ALOTBSOL - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life -

Mon February 21, 2011, 2:19 am: Singing: I'm an African, I'm a EuroAfrican in Düsseldorf. (thanks Sting)

Fri February 18, 2011, 8:25 am: movies downloaded. beer bought and stored. j&b and pizza tonite. off for the weekend peeps

Fri February 18, 2011, 7:43 am: just got paid -in Euro. Thanking the powers that be I have no girlfriend

Fri February 18, 2011, 4:45 am: Just read a column: Africa needs spiritual leadership. Does this columnist agree to Islamic leadership in a country? He probably means christian spiritual leadership. But still it bothers me: If our columnists are not clear in thinking, where are we as a nation?



Thu February 17, 2011, 3:40 am: This morning I feel that someone is not taking Consumer Rights seriously. Can you believe the Law Reform Commission sent out the wrong document for discussion? If they cannot get that right......

Thu February 17, 2011, 2:22 am: “Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” – Carol Moseley Braun

Wed February 16, 2011, 10:00 am: Just got called a WOG! It means Wise Old Guy. Still feels insulting though. Cheers peeps, till 2morrow

Wed February 16, 2011, 9:10 am: Who am I? I am: a) a social entrepreneur that has been struggling to start a credit register in SADC for 12 years; b) lecturer in IT at Polytechnic of Namibia; c) Founder of the Namibia Consumer Protection Group; d) Author of "Future Namibia", e) Social commentator and probably most important f) father of five

Wed February 16, 2011, 3:06 am: Valentine is far enough away for us singles, so: "There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God's finger on man's shoulder."

Tue February 15, 2011, 10:26 am: Off I go home. Downloaded Vampire Diaries Season2 -thats what I am doing tonite

Tue February 15, 2011, 3:10 am: NB! “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

Tue February 15, 2011, 2:31 am: “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” Guess who - don't google it!

Mon February 14, 2011, 9:22 am: In Peru, cost information associated with financial services has to be published daily in newspapers. When this information was first published, interest rates dropped by as much as 15 percent in six months. Jeepers, what are we doing in Namibia?

Mon February 14, 2011, 3:27 am: To all on Valentine: "The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." - G.K Chesterton

Fri February 11, 2011, 7:45 am: Weekend time. Off to Hariksee (a lake near Mongengladbach) for a Hunting Association party and then some serious drinking. Spending the weekend at a Lodge house of a friend.Luckily he has a saun for that hangover I hope to have

Thu February 10, 2011, 10:30 am: “Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds” however, “In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which gets the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.”

Thu February 10, 2011, 7:27 am: I made a new story "Living my dream" with myHistro! You can check it out here: http://beta.myhistro.com/show-story/1024

Thu February 10, 2011, 6:58 am: I just signed up in myHistro! You can check it out here: http://beta.myhistro.com

Wed February 9, 2011, 10:06 am: freedom, yeah! Got my notebook connectedto the net (real fast out here). Seems though Namibia has leapfrogged most EU countries with software. Most of my data is in MS 2007 and now have to export back into 2003. Anways, who cares. I am living my dreams..... FREEDOM

Tue February 8, 2011, 10:25 am: to all those who love me, remember me fondly till we meet again. to all those who hate me, remember me fondly till we meet again. To all others thanks for fondling....

Mon February 7, 2011, 8:34 am: One of my ex-students sent me a comment and must share my reply with you: The best part was while I was working on my dreams, I was able to inspire others. The weekend I was counting how many students I have been able to teach the past five years. It was incredible:

Mon February 7, 2011, 3:08 am: Thinking what a wonderful day until I heard a daughter cry, "....but daddy you owe me". No parent owes their children, they do it because they love them. Perhaps I should spent more time teaching them this important lesson: "No-one in life owes you anything. Don`t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first."

Mon February 7, 2011, 2:22 am: "Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind." I am broke staying in a house of over a million euros right on the Rhine river in Düsseldorf. Really understanding this statement now

Tue February 1, 2011, 8:05 am: The two thousand member Baptist church was filled to overflowing capacity one Sunday morning. The preacher was ready to start the sermon when two men, dressed in long black coats and black hats entered thru the rear of the church.



Tue February 1, 2011, 3:18 am: Packing my clothes getting ready to leave. Will have to take dirty clothes because they wont get dry.....

Fri January 28, 2011, 11:28 am: Last friday in whk. Weather is already like in germany. Just the beer is better @ home

Thu January 27, 2011, 8:38 am: Just read an interesting comment: To most Christians, the Bible is like a software licence. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click "I agree". Now before you jump on me for quoting this - think where is your copy of the Bible?

Thu January 27, 2011, 8:32 am: "There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and found himself divorced."

Thu January 27, 2011, 4:25 am: Just got told my visa is approved. Riding on sunshine.....

Wed January 26, 2011, 11:38 am: Thanks 4 all the fish. News is good....

Sun January 23, 2011, 6:18 am: Wishing i had my own jimmy cricket....

Fri January 21, 2011, 5:58 am: Another gorgeous Friday on the farm. My last till I return in April. . Oh well, just hope my visa gets done soon.....

Wed January 19, 2011, 6:13 am: FB Friends. Urgently looking for a 1 or 2 room flat for my two daughters in Windhoek. Price range +/- N$ 2,000. Please inbox me if you can help.

Tue January 18, 2011, 1:03 pm: FB Friends. Urgently looking for a 1 or 2 room flat for my two daughters in Windhoek. Price range +/- N$ 2,000. Please inbox me if you can help.

Mon January 17, 2011, 9:44 am: URYY4M - You Are Too Wise For Me

Mon January 17, 2011, 8:45 am: I am working together with LEAD Namibia on a conference scheduled for 13-15 July 2011 in Windhoek to assess the decentralisation and local economic development of Namibia. Would love to give a proposal on our LED methodlogy (inlcuding government services directories) if you any one is interested.

Mon January 17, 2011, 2:47 am: “You don't have to be educated to be a president.” ~ Julius Malema on education

Mon January 17, 2011, 1:58 am: SEWAG - Scientifically Engineered Wild Ass Guess

Mon January 17, 2011, 1:57 am: “Money grows on the tree of persistence” - old Japanese probverb. "Money grows on the tree of nepotism" - new Namibian proverb

Thu January 13, 2011, 2:41 am: why do some people not do their jobs. Why do they want to get paid but do not provide the required servie?

Wed January 12, 2011, 2:21 pm: FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition

Tue January 11, 2011, 9:00 am: A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly departed mother and started back toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating, “Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die?”

Fri January 7, 2011, 4:23 am: STaying on a farm for three days - not yet been in the swimming pool. Gotta fix this now - and a lager going with

Thu January 6, 2011, 2:11 am: To all my FB friends: Thanks for the best wishes on my Birthday. It was great to know so many of you were thinking of me.



Fri December 17, 2010, 8:50 am: So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key. Eagles

Wed December 15, 2010, 6:55 am: Irish Blessing - to you and yours May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Thu December 9, 2010, 12:07 am: British Archaeologists dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, they found traces of copper wire that was 200 years old, the conclusion.... their ancestors had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Wed December 8, 2010, 8:32 am: they recently did a study at Polytechnic of Namibia where they hooked up a test subject to various gadgets and then asked him to count to ten using his complete brain function and it went as expected: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Wed December 8, 2010, 8:19 am: IRONY AT IT’S BEST 90 people get the Swine Flu and everybody wants to wear a mask. A million people have AIDS and no one wants to wear a condom.

Wed December 8, 2010, 2:26 am: Just been told the Czech Republic is included in my intinerary for the next few months. "whoaah"

Mon December 6, 2010, 7:53 am: All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

Mon December 6, 2010, 5:28 am: "Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory."

Mon December 6, 2010, 12:38 am: bit bucket - The fictitious place in cyberspace where missing documents or files are said to end up.

Fri December 3, 2010, 8:42 am: Off for the weekend. Broke but lots of promise....

Fri December 3, 2010, 7:20 am: It's the small things in day to day life that get us through. The small comforts that we take for granted, but our world would fall apart without. Hearing your favourite song on the radio on the way to work. An "I love you" from someone we care about.

Fri December 3, 2010, 3:33 am: "If you love what you do, then it is no longer work. The money you earn is secondary when you love your work."

Fri December 3, 2010, 12:41 am: "Live well, Learn plenty, Laugh often, Love much."

Thu December 2, 2010, 2:38 am: Just must laugh today: Gatiep sit gesuip langs Maraai se graf en tjank. Lekker dronk verdrietig: "Meraai as jy net terugkom hou ek op drink!" 'n Mol is besig om 'n hopie op te stoot. Gatiep spring die hopie plat met albei voete: "Jirre Meraai, kan jy nie 'n joke vattie!?"

Thu December 2, 2010, 1:42 am: A little boy was waiting for his mother to come out of the grocery store. As he waited, he was approached by a man who asked, "Son, can you tell me where the Post Office is?" The little boy replied, "Sure! Just go straight down this street acoupla blocks and turn to your right."

Tue November 30, 2010, 9:04 am: magic lantern - Code name for the FBI's plan to send encryption-key and password-sniffing spyware disguised as email attachments to a suspect's computer. As seen in Wired from MSNBC: "Magic lantern installs so-called keylogging software on a suspect's machine that is capable of capturing keystrokes typed on a computer."

Tue November 30, 2010, 12:41 am: Cancellation of Miss Palm Beach 2010

Mon November 29, 2010, 12:44 am: BSBD&NE - Book Smart, Brain Dead & No Experience

Thu November 25, 2010, 5:47 am: "If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I? "

Wed November 24, 2010, 1:43 am: Who is Milan Kundera? He said "The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.”



Tue November 23, 2010, 8:57 am: In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.- Booker T. Washington

Tue November 16, 2010, 6:01 am: What would I prefer? a) being rich b) having friends c) fulfilling my dreams

Thu November 11, 2010, 12:18 am: A great resource for telemarketing in Namibia

Tue November 9, 2010, 2:52 am: Off for the day. Won a couple of grand at the casino last night - time to spoil myself. BTW: Normal people believe that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Engineers believe that "If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet"

Tue November 9, 2010, 2:42 am: n Boer maak 'n plan, maar 'n "Coloured" maak MAGIC An old man lived alone in Cape Town. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, Clemence, who used to help him, was in Polsmoor Prison.

Fri November 5, 2010, 1:05 am: "I predict future happiness for Namibians if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." (misquoting Thomas Jefferson)

Thu November 4, 2010, 7:48 am: Just had a lot of fun deleting a whole group under this new fb adding regime. Got a troll and really had people mad. Sorry to those of my friends who got baited. next time we will have a closed group. ;-)

Thu November 4, 2010, 6:55 am: Am looking for an expert on Namibian languages to meet with Google Representative - seriously

Thu November 4, 2010, 5:37 am: Damn the heat - looking forward to cooler climes in Germany ;-)

Wed November 3, 2010, 4:04 am: Today I have realised there are times when you must use swear words. They occur when using a Microsoft product!

Wed November 3, 2010, 2:37 am: Stay away from Windows Live if you have Gmail

Wed November 3, 2010, 2:05 am: Microsoft sucks

Tue November 2, 2010, 2:51 am: “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

Mon November 1, 2010, 6:54 am: New FB group policy. You put your friends on first (instead of inviting) and then they must leave the group. Silly policy - sure they will have to change it.

Mon November 1, 2010, 1:02 am: 060/081 Nation, or any other for that matter - we will continue to pressure GRN to allow us the users to own our own numbers. Viva Number Portability.

Fri October 29, 2010, 12:11 pm: damn. looking for at least a room to rent in Windhoek to store my furniture for a short while. damn these landlords in WHK that abuse us renters. sms me on 081629755 if you can help?

Fri October 29, 2010, 1:28 am: even when life gets me down - lost my great flat, lost a big contract, the woman who is like a mother passed away suddenly on Tuesday - I still go on and enjoy whatever hand life gives me

Thu October 28, 2010, 9:31 am: A man with a gun went into a bank and demanded their money. Once he was given the money, he turned to a customer and asked, "Did you see me rob this bank?"The man replied, "Yes sir, I did."The robber then shot him in the temple, killing him instantly.

Thu October 28, 2010, 9:07 am: Just read my post of August 20, 2009 at 2:36 pm - amazing the total information FB keeps on you. If you want you can download all the information and look through it - from your first post.

Thu October 28, 2010, 7:00 am: I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?" I'm not the type to start a conversation in the men's restroom but I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, "Doin' just fine!"



Thu October 28, 2010, 1:31 am: “Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.”

Wed October 27, 2010, 1:04 am: Today I am an oyster making pearls. "What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! "

Tue October 26, 2010, 7:36 am: Looking through my FB friends I am tempted to say: "By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself."

Mon October 25, 2010, 7:46 am: Is it only me - FB not working - feeling lonely - and without my games

Mon October 25, 2010, 6:22 am: In a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, British researchers found that people who drank moderately – 1 to 2 units of alcohol a day – before the age of 60, suffered less cognitive decline after the age of 60 than others who drank heavily or not at all. This is not a suggestion of course to begin drinking heavily every day. But it does appear that moderate consumption of alcohol can benefit your ...

Mon October 25, 2010, 4:27 am: Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Fri October 22, 2010, 10:39 am: off for the weekend, getting paid only on Monday ;-(

Fri October 22, 2010, 2:14 am: Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them

Wed October 20, 2010, 10:01 am: sitting on the farm after a plane ride. phew time for a lager and sunset. ;-)

Tue October 19, 2010, 8:24 am: 25 windows open on my desktop. WTF - I am being productive or just looking busy?

Tue October 19, 2010, 5:45 am: "when you see something that needs to be done but is not being done, recognise it: It is an opportunity for work!" - Milton Louw 2008

Fri October 15, 2010, 1:39 am: - gloabl handwashing day - feel like Pontius Pilate. or is it better to play the fiddle while Rome is burning.

Fri October 15, 2010, 1:27 am: Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Fri October 15, 2010, 1:05 am: My daughter, Ziana, is the Junior Mayor of the Swakopmund Junior Town Council. Does that mean I must call her, "Your Worship"?

Thu October 14, 2010, 1:35 am: “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

Mon October 11, 2010, 1:27 am: Today is going to be a great day, enjoy!

Tue September 28, 2010, 12:55 am: “Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.”

Fri September 24, 2010, 7:36 am: “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”

Fri September 24, 2010, 7:09 am: “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.” - winnie the ......

Thu September 23, 2010, 9:46 am: “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions”



Thu September 23, 2010, 4:06 am: You don't need pain killers for another man's headache

Tue September 21, 2010, 3:04 am: Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Mon September 20, 2010, 9:34 am: TTTHTFAL- Talk To The Hand The Face Ain't Listening -

Mon September 20, 2010, 5:15 am: They say we`re young and we don`t know Won`t find out until we grow Well I don`t know baby that`s true 'Cause you got me and baby I got you (Chorus) Babe, I got you babe, I got you, Babe. They say our love won`t pay the rent Before it`s earned our money`s always spent I guess that`s so, we don`t have a lot But at least I`m sure of all the things we got.....................................

Mon September 20, 2010, 2:20 am: "You have within you a god-given vibrational meter that tells you what is good for you and what is not good for you. That vibrational meter is your emotions. If something feels good, then it is good for you. If something does not feel good, then it isn't."

Mon September 20, 2010, 1:46 am: Really thinking of switching from fb and only using Windows Live. Love this "add as a favourite button". AND its not being blocked by the normal corporate and government nonsense!

Mon September 20, 2010, 1:21 am: "You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

Mon September 20, 2010, 1:12 am: yetties - A term for "young, entrepreneurial, tech-based twenty-somethings" or "young, entrepreneurial technocrats." They represent the modern version of yuppies, "young, urban professionals."

Mon September 20, 2010, 1:03 am: I love Mondays - a whole week to fill and its all up to me

Fri September 17, 2010, 5:41 am: “A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

Wed September 15, 2010, 1:49 am: "We need to build millions of little moments of caring on an individual level. Indeed, as talk of a politics of meaning becomes more widespread, many people will feel it easier to publicly acknowledge their own spiritual and ethical aspirations and will allow themselves to give more space to their highest vision in their personal interactions with others.

Tue September 14, 2010, 1:10 am: USING COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE IN 2010 - report at http://competeinc.zendesk.com/attachments/token/swb8juquxmp6bdl/?name=5-Steps-to-Marketing-Success-With-Competitive-Intelligence.pdf

Tue September 14, 2010, 1:06 am: Life used to be lonely and dreary Then you came into it; It was fun.Then it Ended. Now it’s lonely and dreamy again ‘Cause I’m without you living on my dreams losing touch of reality

Mon September 13, 2010, 4:56 am: SWALBCAKWS - Sealed With A Lick Because A Kiss Won't Stick

Mon September 13, 2010, 4:49 am: I am a web hippie!

Fri September 10, 2010, 7:19 am: Starting the weekend.....

Fri September 10, 2010, 5:15 am: woke up with a hangover. never felt better in my life ;-)

Thu September 9, 2010, 1:08 am: What a beautiful morning. "Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." - Tolstoy

Mon September 6, 2010, 1:48 am: I got Dorito Syndrome: Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."

Fri September 3, 2010, 9:55 am: if you can get a few friends and colleagues together, (maximum of 12) I can offer a whole day course on Online Social Media at a total cost of N$ 3500 including meals and courseware. Normally such a course will cost around N$ 950 per person ;-). Willing also to do for an organisation that wants to provide their employees, or sell such a course to others.



Fri September 3, 2010, 8:45 am: Now its not only south african goods, but chinese too. The problem very few of us want to go the industrial route? perhaps its too hard

Fri September 3, 2010, 7:12 am: Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

Fri September 3, 2010, 4:51 am: Things that make me go mmmmm.. Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural?

Fri September 3, 2010, 2:33 am: a top of the range Mercedes Benz as the “tools of the trade” of a Minister. - Dr Mamphele Ramphele

Wed September 1, 2010, 3:14 am: If I find the f*&^&k face that uses the number 0812401010 I will put it where the sun don't shine

Tue August 31, 2010, 10:35 am: I no longer believe in what I thought was a fundamental part of my being. Namely the independence of the judiciary. When a person's life warrants only a fine, then the Judiciary should be brought to book. I no longer believe in the supreme law of my country - the one I was wiling to go to jail for.

Tue August 31, 2010, 9:51 am: I no longer believe in what I thought was a fundamental part of my being. Namely the independence of the judiciary. When a person's life warrants only a fine, then the Judiciary should be brought to book.

Tue August 31, 2010, 2:30 am: “May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman”

Mon August 30, 2010, 7:05 am: Web dead: Slang for the act of erasing your online identity or "digital doppelganger," it refers to taking certain actions in order to remove your personal data or "digital footprint" from the Internet. For example, "Ever since he applied for that government job, he removed his profiles from Facebook and MySpace. Apparently he's going Web dead."

Fri August 27, 2010, 6:59 am: People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

Fri August 27, 2010, 3:35 am: "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Thoreau, Henry David

Wed August 25, 2010, 8:14 am: Look at a baby’s toothless smile; Listen to its laugh; Then tell me "Love does not exist!"

Tue August 24, 2010, 4:28 am: “Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”

Tue August 24, 2010, 2:43 am: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

Mon August 23, 2010, 6:03 am: Get paid for what you do well, Neither under or over – charge Earn fairly, pay slightly better Enjoy the fruits of your labour Yet bury the seeds. "Milton Louw - 2000"

Fri August 20, 2010, 6:35 am: Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad.

Fri August 20, 2010, 2:28 am: Starting Day 2 of social media workshop. Damn, people are paying to learn Facebook and blogging

Thu August 19, 2010, 8:21 am: me getting training - not doing training. och it is hard after lunch to keep my eyes open

Thu August 19, 2010, 5:09 am: when can we run a competition for the Namibian Blogger of the Year?

Thu August 19, 2010, 2:53 am: Sitting in a workshop on "marketing with online social media".mmmmm



Wed August 18, 2010, 9:49 am: What do I want out of life? I want to be successful, to overcome the toughest of challenges to prove to those who doubt me that yes-I can do it, to be a good person, and a better friend.

Wed August 18, 2010, 3:50 am: Sweet dreams are made of this

Wed August 18, 2010, 2:59 am: Lets liven this place up. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! I've paid my dues Time after time I've done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes I've made a few I've had my share of sand kicked in my face But I've come through

Wed August 18, 2010, 2:21 am: Listening to Dave Koz. Ciggy between the lips, cup of Java in the hand. What more can I ask for?

Tue August 17, 2010, 2:13 am: Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Sat August 14, 2010, 9:07 am: is there any young blogger out there that wants to join me in mass mingling on 20th August @NICE - 18h00?

Thu August 12, 2010, 10:06 am: Really great article on Innovation by Dr. John Steytler of Bank Windhoek. http://www.bankwindhoek.com.na/files/MM_203.pdf

Thu August 12, 2010, 8:17 am: Just confirmed my order for a fool-proof heart. Hope this one is immune to my tinkering

Wed August 11, 2010, 7:49 am: “Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...

Thu August 5, 2010, 10:43 am: We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. I love me!

Wed August 4, 2010, 2:14 am: “Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind” - today I shall take revenge on myself....

Thu July 29, 2010, 10:32 am: Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a painful one. The person who emerges is a new person: no longer either oppressor or oppressed, but a person in the process of achieving freedom. It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors. - Paulo Freire

Thu July 29, 2010, 8:25 am: mmmmm "If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."

Thu July 29, 2010, 2:00 am: “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.”

Fri July 23, 2010, 2:27 am: Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing you had?

Thu July 22, 2010, 8:06 am: can nobody get it? You start with the other person as in "Peter and I". NOT "me and Peter". Damn, is this worth correcting people about every day?

Thu July 22, 2010, 2:22 am: Today I will be increasing my circle of influence by understanding the perceptions of others

Wed July 21, 2010, 11:20 am: looked for inspiration today and found it... in the last place I would expect?

Wed July 21, 2010, 2:10 am: is looking for inspiration or love. will probably spend lost of time on it too.

Mon July 19, 2010, 4:40 am: Today I shall first seek to understand others, and then to be understood. Should make for a good day in class



Thu July 15, 2010, 10:59 am: sitting writing code for websites - the little pleasures in life - and getting paid...

Thu July 15, 2010, 2:05 am: Working a 52 hour week and loving it. & the money is not bad either

Wed July 14, 2010, 10:54 am: Harold Pukewitz Graduate School of Business officially launched on his 95th Birthday. Congrats to "Uncle Harold" and Polytech for bringing this to Namibia

Tue July 13, 2010, 3:00 am: Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.

Mon July 12, 2010, 10:41 am: This picture of me shall not be on for long. Its for the curious who want to see me shorn?

Mon July 12, 2010, 2:38 am: Today I dare to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

Mon July 12, 2010, 2:22 am: who left the door open in windhoek? damn, its cold - and i shaved all my hair off this weekend. bad timing?

Fri July 9, 2010, 2:17 am: Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! " - my friend Bob.....

Thu July 8, 2010, 11:16 am: got mugged last night. stupid thieves found no cash on me. inconvenienced because they also stole my flats keys and cellullar. well have to do without communications for a while ;-(

Thu July 8, 2010, 5:41 am: Today I shall do no harm. I shall not tell you I love you!

Wed July 7, 2010, 4:43 am: I want to be President of Namibia!

Tue July 6, 2010, 5:00 am: My todays are always good. Mostly its knowing that my past will not influence how I feel today that counts for me.

Tue June 29, 2010, 11:30 am: “Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts”

Fri June 25, 2010, 4:58 am: “Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!”

Fri June 25, 2010, 2:01 am: Today is mine - a day to share what i have with those around me

Thu June 24, 2010, 10:10 am: Great to be alive. Taking time to smell the roses

Thu June 24, 2010, 4:15 am: This morning I fell like talking in tobgues. Liebe ist wie eine Violine. Die Musik kann stoppen aber die Schnüre bleiben für immer. Missing my smurfie ;-(

Wed June 23, 2010, 4:32 am: “When the solution is simple, God is answering.”

Tue June 22, 2010, 11:12 am: “Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.”

Mon June 21, 2010, 11:28 am: Some people say I live in a dream world and they face reality? Whoa, I'm turning one into the other!



Wed June 16, 2010, 10:58 am: I apologise for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you again except in matters of this sort.

Wed June 16, 2010, 2:07 am: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Fri June 11, 2010, 2:14 am: “The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.” DUHH

Thu June 10, 2010, 2:27 am: Consumers union calls for general disclosure of data leaks - The Dutch consumers union has called for a general requirement for companies and organisations to disclose personal data leaks. The Dutch government has been considering such a requirement for telecom companies, but the union would like to see the government immediately implement the obligation for all companies.

Thu June 10, 2010, 2:18 am: “A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

Wed June 9, 2010, 1:54 am: "A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. " That's what I want!

Tue June 8, 2010, 10:16 am: Forget love, I would rather fall in beer...

Tue June 8, 2010, 7:52 am: everything I desire has led me on this path. Now to find a rest stop. Then back to work me go

Mon June 7, 2010, 10:24 am: ... is feeling a little lonely. A room fulll of people writing tests and I am lonely?

Mon June 7, 2010, 5:47 am: this a nother gr8 day

Thu June 3, 2010, 7:07 am: "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

Thu June 3, 2010, 2:26 am: Welcome to the real-time." The present, as in right now. Not the past, not the future, not even one minute from now, it means this actual moment. Commonly used in the industry to refer to something that is not cached." Enjoy your non-cached moments today

Tue June 1, 2010, 10:51 am: each morning I pray: Now I live only for this day, I have no other!

Tue June 1, 2010, 2:28 am: .... being in demand is not all its made out to be. Time management must kick in - procrastination must become a thing of the past

Mon May 31, 2010, 11:31 am: work is too much - hope the pay is too?

Mon May 31, 2010, 8:02 am: got my second wind. Things are looking rosy.

Mon May 31, 2010, 2:17 am: "Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

Thu May 27, 2010, 4:39 am: Just started a new class. I am blessed to love my job

Wed May 26, 2010, 11:01 am: What a wonderful day. Every day just gets better and better.

Wed May 26, 2010, 6:36 am: off to do a lunchtime insert on NBC TV. enjoying my day



Wed May 26, 2010, 5:17 am: Had a great breakfast meeting. Got the juices flowing. Started a fb group "Black Economic Empowerment is needed in Namibia". All on my day off....

Mon May 24, 2010, 4:13 am: "The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."

Mon May 24, 2010, 2:09 am: Good morning. No need to go work - but still I did. Love my job!

Fri May 21, 2010, 2:39 am: "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."

Thu May 20, 2010, 10:52 am: I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.

Thu May 20, 2010, 2:11 am: Each day is what you make of it. If you find yourself with nothing to do, visit a language site and learn Chinese?

Wed May 19, 2010, 2:15 am: You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your deep, driving desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.

Tue May 18, 2010, 2:28 am: With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. - Emerson

Mon May 17, 2010, 9:23 am: "Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be." still tilting at windmills Don Quixote

Mon May 17, 2010, 8:04 am: Had a perfect long weekend. Who says exes cannot be friends?

Mon May 17, 2010, 5:24 am: doing project with government employees. I love my job!

Tue May 11, 2010, 2:10 am: thanks to all my friends for the words of encouragement, both before and after Talk of the Nation. It was a great show.

Mon May 10, 2010, 10:49 am: "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it"

Mon May 10, 2010, 8:13 am: "The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy."

Mon May 10, 2010, 8:05 am: Gonna be on "Talk of the nationa" tonight at 21H00. Talking about competition and consumers

Fri May 7, 2010, 6:58 am: Thank god for looking after my daughter. Got bumped by a car running a red light. Thankfully she is only bruised

Thu May 6, 2010, 2:09 am: What a wonderful morning. Weather is great, job is exciting, and my children love me ;-)

Mon May 3, 2010, 7:29 am: What is it with ex-wife? The minute you get your life together - she tries to drop you down the toilet. God give me patience and strength to fight this fight on behalf of all fathers.

Sun May 2, 2010, 5:34 am: Making a new start. Forgetting, and forgiving those who may have forgotten they hurt me. Hey, why should I carry this burden if they don't?

Mon April 26, 2010, 8:14 am: "It is idle to dread what you cannot avoid." - Publius Syrus



Fri April 23, 2010, 11:44 am: feeling lonely. picking up a bottle of jameson then watching movies under the covers

Fri April 23, 2010, 5:17 am: There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

Tue April 20, 2010, 1:32 pm: just made 10,000 for a days work for the first time. That whiskey is going to taste good!!

Mon April 19, 2010, 1:22 pm: Okay - this is a good fight. Why do I feel I'm alone out here. Me against the world. LOL - know you fb friends are there too...

Fri April 16, 2010, 10:05 am: "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Thoreau, Henry David {{{{Enjoy your weekend}}}}

Fri April 16, 2010, 9:54 am: ,!!!! (=) talk to the hand

Fri April 16, 2010, 9:47 am: walking on sunshine... And don't it feel good

Fri April 16, 2010, 3:22 am: I not to support leaderless street actions. Any action must call for an expected reaction - otherwise we are pissing in the dark. It is easy for a person living in a developed country to suggest what we must do in street action - I would only condone such action if the leader was present at such action.

Fri April 16, 2010, 3:06 am: Today is D-Day. I will know if I get the grant soon!

Thu April 15, 2010, 2:17 am: Today I will listen to gossip. My horoscope says there might be some truth in it.

Wed April 14, 2010, 11:24 am: Form now on my motto: We spend too much time telling others about our suffering, rather than rejoicing on how we overcame it.

Tue April 13, 2010, 11:15 am: Remember when we were young and couldn't wait to grow old so we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted - without having to explain to anyone? How's that working out for you?

Tue April 13, 2010, 7:54 am: yeah. what a day. Milton 5: Devil 0

Mon April 12, 2010, 6:40 am: whats this with the 35% hike. A week after submissions some of still shouting. We need to keep the momentum if we have a hope of stopping it.

Fri April 9, 2010, 11:17 am: I love life. Thank God for friends, health and family. Off for the weekend.

Fri April 9, 2010, 10:28 am: feeling powerful and surrounded by friends - while all alone marking papers ;-)

Fri April 9, 2010, 8:52 am: Showing my class what fb is

Thu April 8, 2010, 10:50 am: its hard to keep your spirits up when its seems the Devil has an off day and he just spent it on you

Thu April 8, 2010, 3:29 am: FB is back on at the Poly. They listened (or read my note on how to circumvent ;-)

Thu April 8, 2010, 2:12 am: I am what I am, I am my own special creation....



Wed April 7, 2010, 2:25 am: Dont get me wrong, I did not want to do no harm, but you force me to do things to get around your stupid blocking of fb. (See my notes if you want too!)

Tue April 6, 2010, 11:16 am: wtf. Now even Polytech is shutting off Facebook. and Plaxo, and linkedIn. Damn, if they knew how much they benfit from some of the stuff we do here. Can someone please quantify the value of these networks?

Tue April 6, 2010, 4:29 am: What a wonderful feeling. I have dreamed big, and now it is time to reap the fruits.

Thu April 1, 2010, 1:03 am: Just found out the nbc is becoming commercial - gr8 April's fool joke...

Tue March 30, 2010, 1:17 am: "They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love."

Mon March 29, 2010, 9:51 am: Can hardly sleep. All that we have been working for the past ten years comes to life this week.

Mon March 29, 2010, 12:56 am: “Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.”

Fri March 26, 2010, 9:38 am: another day in paradise - off for a beer and a smoke

Thu March 25, 2010, 1:34 am: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are! I am living the dreams...

Wed March 24, 2010, 6:56 am: If you treat me like a child, I will act like a child...if you treat a man like a man...ahhh, who am I kidding..

Tue March 23, 2010, 1:07 am: what a wonderful feeling,...

Fri March 19, 2010, 7:22 am: sitting here in a silent class. its wonderful to watch other people work..

Fri March 19, 2010, 1:08 am: Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.

Thu March 18, 2010, 10:03 am: The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain.

Thu March 18, 2010, 9:11 am: It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

Wed March 17, 2010, 10:21 am: What a wonderfull life! Off to watch season 2 of weeds ;-)

Wed March 17, 2010, 1:02 am: Great things amuse those with great minds

Mon March 15, 2010, 10:31 am: Off to watch a movie at home. End of Consumer Day 2010.

Mon March 15, 2010, 10:30 am: I need some one to give Excel and Outlook training for about 7 people. > Excel 2007 Intermediate for 17/18 March 2010 > Outlook- except on Internet for 19 March 2010 Please drop me a line urgently

Mon March 15, 2010, 1:38 am: Having a great day. Started with a radio interview on NBC pushing for consumer rights. Now off to a free breakfast paid for by Government. Never realised non-profit work was this good?



Fri March 12, 2010, 10:34 am: off i go home - time for a tafel and a ciggie

Fri March 12, 2010, 12:58 am: Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -((( Consumer Day includes a Breakfast and Lunch on Monday ;-)))

Thu March 11, 2010, 8:40 am: time for dragon-slaying mood - get behind me satan

Wed March 10, 2010, 11:08 am: good night - hope to c u all at the Consumer Day on the 15th? Free lunch included

Tue March 9, 2010, 2:36 am: I'm not sure what I need, but I have what I want.

Mon March 8, 2010, 12:18 am: Good morning all. Sun is shining, little bit chilly, but my heart is bursting with joy and and happiness. Gr8 to be alive!

Sun March 7, 2010, 10:12 am: busy- things are going well. working at a big corporation on this sunday, giving classes every day this week at polytech. gr8 paycheck looking better.

Fri March 5, 2010, 9:05 am: pretexting: In short, "pretexting" means impersonating someone else. Pretexting is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to persuade a targeted victim to release information. While it is typically done over the telephone, data brokers also obtain confidential information using computers.

Wed March 3, 2010, 12:44 am: "Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough." - Janwillem van de Wetering

Tue March 2, 2010, 9:02 am: out of here....

Tue March 2, 2010, 3:57 am: negotiating consumer day proceedings with government. going well!

Tue March 2, 2010, 12:26 am: Love the rain. Thanking the Big Guy for everything he has given me.

Mon March 1, 2010, 2:04 am: No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

Mon March 1, 2010, 1:11 am: Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come

Mon March 1, 2010, 12:27 am: got to work. enough said.

Fri February 26, 2010, 8:23 am: looking forward to a bottle of whiskey and a good book - enjoy your weekend.

Fri February 26, 2010, 12:25 am: YRYOCC - You're Running on Your Own Cookoo Clock - cukoo, cukoo

Thu February 25, 2010, 8:46 am: Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. - Einstein

Thu February 25, 2010, 5:14 am: Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind, than in the one where they sprung up. THUS lets share peeps

Thu February 25, 2010, 12:32 am: time for an English breakfast. Feel like the king of my castle.



Wed February 24, 2010, 5:46 am: What I have to give, let me give with a smile. Once again today I am blessed without asking.

Wed February 24, 2010, 12:58 am: In the film "Invention of Lying" they mention Namibia as the place to go where no-one will know you. mmm...

Tue February 23, 2010, 12:53 am: I yearn for the impossible - and when I succeed - I am more than mediocre

Mon February 22, 2010, 11:52 pm: Life can only get better. From where I am, everything looks up ;-)

Mon February 22, 2010, 3:51 am: feeling absolutely wonderful today! Its who I know, not what

Thu February 18, 2010, 3:57 am: Once you agree upon the price you must pay for success, it allows you to ignore the pain, the hungry stomach and the temporary failures.

Thu February 18, 2010, 1:51 am: What's complicated? I think divorce with benefits is gr8

Tue February 16, 2010, 8:42 am: Yipee - they agree I'm right. Pity it took ten years for them to understand. Still wonder if it was me that could not explain properly - mmmm

Tue February 16, 2010, 5:05 am: “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” - Harriet Tubman. I know this to be true. After ten years of dreaming, I am seeing my dream come true.

Mon February 15, 2010, 9:03 am: if you want your life back, go to Settings, click Account Settings, click "deactivate" then click Deactivate Account. Its fun and really works ..LOL.

Mon February 15, 2010, 7:32 am: Money's too tight to mention...

Mon February 15, 2010, 1:10 am: Heaven please send to all mankind, Understanding and peace of mind. But, if it's not asking too much Please send me someone to love. Show all the world how to get along, Peace will enter when hate is gone. But, if it's not asking too much,Please send me someone to love. - Sade

Mon February 15, 2010, 12:29 am: Of all the bars in all the world why did she choose this one?

Wed February 10, 2010, 8:27 am: Listening to a double cd from Kenny G. Wow this man has spent a lot of time in my life! Thanks for the music

Wed February 10, 2010, 12:12 am: The past ten years have been very lean. Now its the turn of the fat years...

Tue February 9, 2010, 12:34 am: to a gr8 day. Got the new Sade (Soldier of Love) and loads of work to go through. Thanks Peter;-)

Mon February 8, 2010, 9:21 am: I cherish the day, I won't go astray, I won't be afraid, You won't catch me running, You're ruling the way that I move, You take my air - vintage Sade - aaaaaah

Mon February 8, 2010, 6:51 am: If, out of all the moments in my whole life, I could keep one, to cherish all the days of my life, I would choose the moment I met you.

Mon February 8, 2010, 1:03 am: I love Mondays. May you all enjoy the day. I know I will.

Fri February 5, 2010, 8:53 am: planning on buying a six-pack - finishing reading my book - and writing a long (hand-written) love letter. Ag bliss....



Fri February 5, 2010, 8:09 am: "The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."

Fri February 5, 2010, 6:28 am: let's leave Zuma alone - but one last one from a friend Charles: --------> BREAKING NEWS: Security company Viro; men's outfitters Armani and plastic bag company Jiffy have come up with a novel solution to our President's "problem" and which draws on each company's strengths. They'll be installing a new technology into all Zuma's pants, it's called ZIP-LOCK!!

Thu February 4, 2010, 8:26 am: Any man can love a million women, but only a real man can love one woman in a million ways?

Thu February 4, 2010, 4:29 am: "Now I've had the time of my life, No I never felt like this before, Yes I swear it's the truth, and I owe it all to you..... dirty dancing rocks!

Thu February 4, 2010, 12:00 am: When I'm alone in my room sometimes I stare at the walland in the back of my mind I hear my conscience callTelling me I need a girl who's as sweet as a dovefor the first time in my life, I see I need love

Wed February 3, 2010, 7:30 am: "Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."

Wed February 3, 2010, 12:30 am: looking forward to a gr8 day. Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.

Tue February 2, 2010, 1:00 am: Looking forward to a gr8 day...

Mon February 1, 2010, 9:16 am: done with Monday. crossed out, klaar

Sun January 31, 2010, 11:58 pm: looking forward to a gr8 week. Feb is here.

Fri January 29, 2010, 8:53 am: "All round is haste, confusion, noise. For power and wealth men stretch the day, From dawn till dusk. But quietly I go my way. For glitter, show, to taunt the crowd, Desire-tossed in wild dismay, Men sell their souls. But quietly I go my way. The green of all the fields is mine; The stars, the night, the wind at play, A peaceful heart, while quietlyI go my way." - Thanks Max Ehrmann

Fri January 29, 2010, 1:01 am: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy) I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go Little high, little low Any way the wind blows Doesn't really matter to meeeee

Thu January 28, 2010, 11:56 pm: I'm a POTATO - Person Over Thirty Acting Twenty On

Thu January 28, 2010, 9:15 am: We are the champions my friend, And we'll keep on fighting till the end, We are the champions, We are the champions, No time for losers'cause we are the champions of the (world) - See it keeps playing not only radio but on FB too. Probably showing my age but what the hell, QUEEN rocks.

Thu January 28, 2010, 4:25 am: Still singing the song. - I've taken my bows, And my curtain calls, You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, I thank you all, But it's been no bed of roses, No pleasure cruise, I consider it a challenge before the whole human race, And I ain't gonna lose"

Thu January 28, 2010, 12:19 am: looking forward to a great day. "I've paid my dues, Time after time, I've done my sentence, But committed no crime, And bad mistakes, I've made a few, I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, But I've come through!"

Wed January 27, 2010, 8:59 am: Gonna go home and have a tafel. Maybe even have a nite out. deserve it

Wed January 27, 2010, 6:58 am: I love my job! How many jobs out there will pay you N$ 2,000 for five hours work?

Wed January 27, 2010, 1:07 am: Looking forward to slaying some dragons today. Where is my horse Sancho?

Tue January 26, 2010, 7:41 am: The Inner Voice of Intuition (God's voice), talks to us from morning till noon, even when we do not listen to it.



Tue January 26, 2010, 1:43 am: There is a time for everything. A time to sow and NOW is my time to reap.

Mon January 25, 2010, 9:13 am: Phew - need more time to get my work done this Monday. Anyway, why get worried about what you can do next week...

Mon January 25, 2010, 2:29 am: The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.- John Dalberg, LordActon

Mon January 25, 2010, 12:17 am: Morning has broken, like the first morning - ready to take on the world. May all your energy spent be renewable

Fri January 22, 2010, 9:04 am: Have a gr8 weekend. No fb - only real life and real beer this weekend.

Fri January 22, 2010, 5:44 am: Could U beThe Most Beautiful Girl in the World - It's plain 2 see - U're the reason that God made a girl - Oh yes U are --- was ist mit mir?

Fri January 22, 2010, 2:32 am: The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success. - Hamilton Wright Mabie

Thu January 21, 2010, 9:37 am: the rain is gr8. pity i have no raincoat. gotta do like in the old days - use a shopping bag LOL

Thu January 21, 2010, 1:43 am: gee crime is really on the rise. Woke up at 4 o'clock to see a thief shining a light through my open window with an implement to grab things through the burglar bars. From fright i shouted at him. Luckily he had no gun and ran away. Eish, what's our country coming too?

Wed January 20, 2010, 7:18 am: HUH? To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

Wed January 20, 2010, 4:55 am: I have finished built my castles in the sky. Now I am busy with the foundations ;-)

Tue January 19, 2010, 7:11 am: Thanks Cuana. Read it all again.: Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Tue January 19, 2010, 12:19 am: Today I make the day mine. Got a call from a lawyer, they need my help? Gr8

Mon January 18, 2010, 9:10 am: Going home, reading a good book under the covers with a pot of milo....

Mon January 18, 2010, 1:23 am: Looking forward to a great day - When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Thu January 14, 2010, 8:54 am: ooooh. Chris Rock really does it in his documentary on hair. Do the guys out there even understand this issue?

Thu January 14, 2010, 4:07 am: there are four kinds of knowing. Knowing you know, knowing you know not, not knowing you know and not knowing you know not

Thu January 14, 2010, 2:08 am: singing again.... Life's not worth a damn 'til you can say, 'Hey world, I am what I am!'

Thu January 14, 2010, 12:09 am: lifted my eyes up to the mountains and was inspired

Wed January 13, 2010, 9:12 am: What can I say. You win some, you lose some. Today I won some!



Wed January 13, 2010, 5:04 am: WOW. I'm the Man! aced that one....

Wed January 13, 2010, 1:11 am: Today I am taking life by the horns, throwing it over my shoulder and making it mine!

Tue January 12, 2010, 9:26 am: Life is getting better and better. Hope the luck is being shared!

Tue January 12, 2010, 12:11 am: Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.

Mon January 11, 2010, 12:13 am: wonderful to be at work. now to make me some moolah

Tue December 22, 2009, 11:08 am: "The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be."

Thu December 17, 2009, 5:37 am: I am here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

Thu December 17, 2009, 4:42 am: @ex-wife: u divorced me - i left you the house, you wouldn't even let me see the kids. u made a pcket from the house, then spent it. now you want money for what???

Thu December 17, 2009, 12:09 am: been invited to spend a week on a guestfarm - must have done something good in my previous life.

Wed December 16, 2009, 12:23 am: feeling great this morning - drowned my sorrows - now need a lifesaver - ahhhhh coffee is good

Tue December 15, 2009, 8:38 am: what is it with some woman? you don't want me but you want to make my life hell. Enough is enough. No more mister nice guy

Tue December 15, 2009, 6:38 am: Time is perfect. Everybody is too busy winding down to notice me preparing for the new year.

Tue December 15, 2009, 12:36 am: Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. - whats with the global warming conference? don't they get it?

Mon December 14, 2009, 1:32 am: looking forward to a brand new day. bring it on...

Wed December 9, 2009, 1:50 am: Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Wed December 9, 2009, 12:23 am: Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Tue December 8, 2009, 6:42 am: "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

Fri December 4, 2009, 8:05 am: feeling down. missing people i don't know

Wed December 2, 2009, 9:47 am: Life is only a outer layer, for reality is only realised by the insane.

Wed December 2, 2009, 7:30 am: Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The sigularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.



Wed December 2, 2009, 1:19 am: To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

Wed December 2, 2009, 12:42 am: Life is interesting - if you make mistakes. Thats how we learn.

Tue December 1, 2009, 9:07 am: working lekker - now off to home I go.

Tue December 1, 2009, 6:52 am: perhaps we should make a national search for the Namibian equivalent of "irish paddy" or "koos van der merwe". This way we will be able to laugh at ourselves too?

Tue December 1, 2009, 12:12 am: "Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation."

Mon November 30, 2009, 4:20 am: On cloud nine. Just thought up a new concept and know it will work. Love the inspiration i get from all my FB buddies. Thanks

Mon November 30, 2009, 12:43 am: If you don't know me by now, you will NEVER, NEVER, know me...... oooooh. Gr8 morning. happy to be living in a democracy

Fri November 27, 2009, 8:28 am: “If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.”

Fri November 27, 2009, 7:35 am: Thank you for the rain...

Thu November 26, 2009, 9:09 am: Never leave for tomorrow what can be done next week

Thu November 26, 2009, 1:23 am: Don't ask (it's forbidden to know) what final fate the gods have and what end the gods will give me or you... love where Carpe Diem comes from - Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow.

Wed November 25, 2009, 5:39 am: feeling rather wise today - had a woman in my arms last nite and sorta hoping wisdom rubs off

Mon November 23, 2009, 12:37 am: setting up an economic database of namibia. really enjoying my job. Need to find more clients for my data centre

Fri November 20, 2009, 5:30 am: I luv my life. I might not always like where i am, but love where i'm going!

Fri November 20, 2009, 12:11 am: The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. - Einstein

Thu November 19, 2009, 8:47 am: what a gr8 day this was. “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

Thu November 19, 2009, 12:08 am: Yeah, looking forward to today. And if someone should make me angry - hey today they can get away with it...

Tue November 17, 2009, 12:34 am: FB is a contact sport. Just like any sport, you need to practice and play regularly.

Fri November 13, 2009, 12:40 am: The ideal goal of consumer protection groups is to push consumers to question the morality of a purchased product's origins.

Fri November 13, 2009, 12:01 am: What a wonderful morning. Sun is shining, and I cannot wait to start working!



Tue November 10, 2009, 5:53 am: Jusr walked passed some freshly cut grass. Pleasant memories of my youth come floating back.

Thu November 5, 2009, 5:50 am: Let us create a petition for the observations of National Consumers Day in Namibia. I suggest we hold this on 15 March every year. See more at Namibia Consumer Protecttion Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166649789666

Wed November 4, 2009, 3:07 am: FACEBOOK EXPERIMENT: If you are reading this, whether we do or don't speak often, post a comment of the first memory you have of you and me that pops in your head, when you've finished post this paragraph on your own status. You'll be surprised what people remember about you...

Mon October 26, 2009, 6:27 am: one more week before I join Legalshield. YEAH.

Wed October 21, 2009, 9:18 am: Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Tue October 20, 2009, 9:47 am: What is it about beauty and brains. Which would I prfer to have in the person in my life?

Fri October 16, 2009, 3:01 am: Going to the farm for the weekend. Simply love the guest farm thing, lazing in the sun, safari drive and then Tafel.

Thu October 15, 2009, 7:56 am: Meeting the staff at Legalshield in an hour. Looking forward to the next challenge in my life.

Thu October 15, 2009, 5:30 am: If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Tue October 13, 2009, 9:39 am: Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to me, your servant. And now, may it please you to bless me and my family so that our dynasty may continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!

Mon October 12, 2009, 2:41 am: Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. - Dr. Seuss

Fri October 9, 2009, 4:13 am: Glad I have so much work to do! A big challenge is always inspiring.

Thu October 8, 2009, 5:38 am: “It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.” - George Lorimer

Thu October 8, 2009, 1:28 am: My wish for today: show my appreciation to my friends and family!

Wed October 7, 2009, 6:36 am: starting up my playlist with some Earl Klugh and then on to UB40...

Wed October 7, 2009, 3:04 am: Having a gr8 day. Basking in the love of friends

Tue October 6, 2009, 8:56 am: should I do what I love or go for a job with twice the money?

Wed September 30, 2009, 5:20 am: Want to go to the farm. A biology student from Germany is going to be spending two weeks there. Wish I could go with her ;-)

Wed September 30, 2009, 4:20 am: Sitting in a class learning MS project. Gr8 to have FB in the background.

Tue September 29, 2009, 3:52 am: Don't cry for a woman who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.



Tue September 29, 2009, 3:34 am: a smile just made my day. Hope mine will make yours lighter too.

Mon September 28, 2009, 1:50 am: I really need a DWPKOTL - (Deep Wet Passionate Kiss On The Lips). Love this lingo, learn new acronyms everyday.

Tue September 22, 2009, 9:15 am: @bianca / nou nou op kantoor

Fri September 18, 2009, 3:43 am: Ricardo Mensah - thanks for the 3g - should be working though ;-)

Fri September 18, 2009, 3:42 am: "For you and I are past our dancing days" . Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act I, Scene V). LOVE Shakespeare!

Thu September 17, 2009, 10:14 am: We are one nation. Will we ever be one continent, one peoples? Integration with our neighbours will be harder than accepting western cultures

Wed September 16, 2009, 2:01 am: What would I change in my past if I could? Nothing! What would I change about today - lots. Rather contradictory I admit - after all my past brought me here. I think most of us (me too) do not appreciate today enough. Then when we look back we only remember the good bits.

Tue September 15, 2009, 9:50 am: Who dares call me a BHOF? I might be old but I am definitely not bald ;-)

Mon September 14, 2009, 3:21 am: Got my Master MCAS and my Certified Trainer dosc this morning. What a great Monday morning - after all ïf you love your job - you never need to work again".

Sat September 12, 2009, 4:04 am: teaching on a saturday . What a wonderful way to spend my day.

Fri September 11, 2009, 9:19 am: A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? - Kahlil Gibran

Fri September 11, 2009, 4:43 am: The attitude to education which is presently geared to becoming an industrial country, must be changed to a system where knowing where the information is available is more important than having the information in your head.

Thu September 10, 2009, 6:20 am: “If you're respectful by habit, constantly honouring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.”-Buddha

Tue September 8, 2009, 10:30 am: need my blankie - my yellow one..

Tue September 8, 2009, 6:23 am: Finished my second MCAS (MS Certified Appliactin Specialist). Was real easy. mmmm wondering why more Namibians don't learn this and get paid to teach it?

Mon September 7, 2009, 8:07 am: All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed. - William Wiley

Mon September 7, 2009, 6:44 am: "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Goethe “Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking” - Goethe

Fri September 4, 2009, 8:49 am: “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” -Thomas Edward Lawrence (of Arabia)

Wed September 2, 2009, 6:38 am: Just became a MCAS (Microsoft Certified Application Specialist)

Mon August 31, 2009, 11:04 am: Patrick Henry was a wise man..



Mon August 31, 2009, 10:57 am: I know of no way of judging the future but by the past, that is by the lamp of experience

Fri August 28, 2009, 10:41 am: Still love my children - after all its not their fault they are just like the worse in me and the best of their monther;-)

Fri August 28, 2009, 4:41 am: Great to be working. Enjoying the knowledge I get paid again....

Thu August 27, 2009, 2:30 am: Regardless of which party I belong to, or which one I vote for, that party must be one that makes a difference in my own life, as well as brings improvement for my country.

Tue August 25, 2009, 4:53 am: Barack Obama's Communications Director is in Namibia for a lecture on 27 August from 18H00 @ Polytechnic Auditorium

Fri August 21, 2009, 6:47 am: When most around me have invested in property, I invested time in my friends. Now when I am in need, they offer to help - sometimes before I know I need help.

Thu August 20, 2009, 12:59 pm: I FB because it allows me to see out of my box. My opinions have been formed by my upbringing and experiences, yet through this medium I interact without any regards to the social norms. Least of all the differences in age, culture or gender.

Tue August 18, 2009, 9:01 am: “Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.” - Eric Butterworth

Tue August 18, 2009, 2:32 am: … Policemen should be appointed and promoted on the basis of education, ability, experience, expertise, performance, character, integrity and motivation.

Mon August 17, 2009, 4:22 am: In Namibia, we only plastered over the problem of economic integration. The black majority is still not participating in the meaningful way promised by the politicians. Or for that matter, the way the previous English and Afrikaner political movements allowed their voters to prosper.

Thu August 6, 2009, 2:55 am: need a spell check in fb

Sun July 26, 2009, 10:01 am: Teaching young people to drive on the farm can be scary. need a dop.

Sun July 26, 2009, 4:18 am: Jogging is worth it if breakfast was this good every morning. Especially enjoyed the goats cheese - a new Namibia delicacy

Sat July 25, 2009, 3:37 am: Why is it, no matter which direction I jog, the wind is always coming from the front?

Fri July 24, 2009, 8:08 am: Never thought I would ever say "I have had enough biltong"

Fri July 24, 2009, 3:04 am: Just jogged four kilometres - gotta stop smoking.

Thu July 23, 2009, 12:55 pm: Time to get offline and enjoy braaing that oryx.

Thu July 23, 2009, 8:40 am: Just found a place to build my weekend house. Over 1,000 hectares of peace and its all mine. Just 2 hours drive from Windhoek ;-)

Thu July 23, 2009, 4:17 am: All good things come to them that wait - as long as they keep doing their bit!

Tue July 21, 2009, 3:05 pm: Lekker to be on the farm again. Lots of wild animals - they know I don't have a rifle....



Mon July 20, 2009, 10:35 am: Life is really great. Now where is that little bugger with the horns/hallo who always f#@$ it up?

Wed July 15, 2009, 9:18 am: Does not matter where I lay my head at night - only the quality of my dreams

Wed July 8, 2009, 8:17 am: What made me tick when I was younger? I really need to get wound up again.....

Fri July 3, 2009, 8:51 am: "These days I lie awake asking where I went wrong. Then my inner voice answers, WE are going to need more than one night."