A Personal view Of South Africa

Steam train trip. Awsome

2009-05-30T22:00:00.000+02:00

Parktown Prawn

2009-05-30T21:58:00.000+02:00

Parktown Prawn

Lazy in the Sun

2009-05-30T21:54:00.000+02:00

Look at the view.:)

2009-05-30T21:53:00.000+02:00

Wright-Millners Lab Division

2009-05-29T19:02:00.002+02:00

Hi. This is a project I am working on. Please have a look and let me know what you think. There is a poll on the bottom of the blog. The link is on the left.

On a lighter note. ( no offence ment to anyone)

2008-04-19T12:22:00.002+02:00

The Smokers' Prayer

By Jinx (NC)

Our Camel who art in pocket,
Addiction be thy name.
Thy cancer come,
Thy will be done
In lungs as it is in brain.
Give us this day our daily smoke
And forgive us our lapses
As we forgive those who lapse around us.
And lead us not from temptation
But deliver us from stress

For the choking, coughing and mind expansion are yours
Now and until we succumb to emphysema.

Amen.

Mmmmmm To deep

2008-04-19T12:07:00.001+02:00

hopelovelife....

what is Faith
but an open book in the hands of those who read.
what is Hope
but an idealistic thought of those who don't have.
What is Life
but a mere game of chess between two entities,
one good, one evil, but both playing for our souls.

Happiness is seeing and believing it can be,
Sadness is knowing you are next
and pure is the water of life that flows for eternity.

The bounds of hell is the limit and
heaven is the answer to a question we don't have.
You will never be right,
but wrong will come and play in your mind
twisting and turning
until the book is closed and you are blind.

Woman Go figure.

2008-04-19T12:06:00.001+02:00

The time has come for us to say goodbye
Hoping all the memories of you will die
Never again to see your face
trying to forget your warm embrace

Gone are all hopes and wishes
destroyed by your cold kisses
turning my hart to stone
finally seeing through your false tone

Your eyes I can see glow in the dark
cold and heartless like the shark
looking for a new prey
not waiting for the dawn of a new day

At last letting go
trying to heal my soul
but knowing the sun will rise tomorrow
and that you will have your own sorrow.

My first one ever. (Also the reason I failed Science.)

2008-04-17T22:38:00.002+02:00

Le Chatelier's Principle....( dOZIng oFf in sCIEnCE )
The neutralization of life is due to the
reduction of love
Oxidisation results in death but new live
corrects the equilibrium

(sulphate is added)

Hanging over the edge of the world holding
on to Zinc crystals falling asleep and
dreaming of you. The voice far off droning on,

(This is called a salt bridge)

disturbing the peace that surrounds us when
ammonium cyanate is dissolved with the shadows
of life passing by. Hydrolysis caused in the
eye finally gives way to a protolithic reaction

(Zn[s] + Cu[ag] = Zn[ag] + Cu[s])

Daydreams and staring out of the concentration
of hydrochloric acid window watching the people
go by and listening to the birds plying in the
sky were zinc is the anode

(This mess will thus be the result)

Wishing it would soon end copper is added and
the time would come were we leave this place
passing through the door while an electrochemical
cell is made

(Please pay attention class i am only doing this once)

Completely lost at the world around you while the
pH of a solution of ethanoic acid with a concentration
of 0,15 mol.dm3 is calculated you find you’re self
separated from the rest of them universal indicators

(The result is such that the left balances the right)

A sudden sound of a bell and the proton is transferred,
shuffles, and bags fill your view. You put your book
away and rise to walk out, sudden death of a base when
a strong acid is added

(Class who said you can go)

You walk out leaving the world of matric chemistry
behind you going on forward to the world of matric
mathematics.
(That is a completely different story)

1 For Calliope

2008-04-17T22:27:00.001+02:00

Fire & Ice

If only life was fair
slow and listless slumber
If only love was easy
wasted time out there

If only hearts desire
was never fully needed
If only lustful passion
was never to be heeded

If only eyes were blind
not to see the beauty true
If only ears were listing
to warnings from me and you

If only silence grabbed
our voices in its grasp
If only minds were lost
and in the shadows cast

If only feelings false
emotion waste of time
If only this was acting
would that not be kind

If only time was on our side
to bliss we could glide
If only our plight could be seen
what then does all this mean

If only you were younger
and went to different places
If only I was older
and met different faces

If only tears to dwell upon
it would all be a breeze
If only a love has come, A love has gone
we would forget it all with ease

If only was a phrase
we could use as true
If only our lives were different
I could have had you.

Sunset before flying back from Hong Kong To Taiwan

2008-04-12T15:19:00.000+02:00

And still a couple of days later. Note the lvl of water. Still very High

2008-04-12T15:18:00.000+02:00

Couple days after. Note the difference in water lvl of river below.

2008-04-12T15:16:00.000+02:00

Sunset from my flat 2 Days Before Super Typhoon Sepat hit while in Taiwan

2008-04-12T15:14:00.000+02:00

Sunset 2 Days Before Super Typhoon Sepat

2008-04-12T15:11:00.000+02:00

2008-04-12T15:08:00.000+02:00

Me

2008-04-06T11:10:00.000+02:00

Please Be patient.

2008-04-06T00:42:00.001+02:00

Have not done this for some time so be patient it is a work in progress. As they say Rome was not build in a day, they are still building it.

Speling errors.

2008-04-06T00:24:00.001+02:00

LOL i know there are one or two. It is 12:24 am Here in South Africa so i apologise. Will be more careful next time.

Fallensword

2008-04-06T00:21:00.001+02:00

Just a quick not.

Yes I am here and you are reading this because you would like to know more. The rules of the hit list are in the link on the right That is marked Fallensword. I will be back with more. My aim is not to stop players from playing but to make sure all enjoy. I hate thieves and players that do not pay for buffs. This is my way of prtecting the weak and ensuring The good name of EPU continues.

A long time ago

2006-07-20T17:29:00.001+02:00

Is Man Truly Free?
Philosophy assignment 1994.

Throughout the history of the human race, many struggles have taking place. The whole world has been thrown into turmoil, chaos and complete disruption, and all this in the desire of one belief or aspiration: Freedom. Not just physical freedom, but freedom of thought, religion, and speech.
Numerous people have died with the words freedom on there lips, and even more still live in this obscure illusion freedom has caused, just so that there children and there children's children could be "free". Looking back on history and at all these different types of freedom you realize something, and that is how futile the struggles really were and that what we thought victorious, was just a strengthening of an already illustrious illusion. The great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer thought that the course of a man's life is "as necessarily predetermined as the course of a clock" and that "a man can surely do what he wills to do, but he cannot determine what he wills." I will try and show you, the reader, why I say man is not free and I intent to make you agree with me. If I do not modify our opinion I at least hope to get you to seriously consider the argument you are about to step into.

Freedom as stated in "Longman: Dictionary of contemporary English" is a state of not being under control or to have the power to do, say, think, or write whatever one wants. Looking just for the moment at freedom of thought one realizes that most of the world consider thought as being completely free, and that a man can think whatever he wants as long as what he is thinking, especially if it goes against long kept believes in a society, is kept concealed. Just this statement will cause pain to the even slightest of free thinkers because, how can one not communicate what one thinks, and obviously it is of no use to those around you because they can not read your mind.Also it is extremely difficult to conceal thoughts that have any power over the mind. Since determinism is seen by some as cause and effect (Scientific Doctrine), they believe that there is a whole range of hereditary and environmental pressures that play an important role, but one must also take
into account that the working of one's mind is only bound by your personal experience and the power of your imagination.

Another important aspect is the fact that if you were free in thought why would you be persecuted like Socrates for viewing your free thinking opinions. Thus one can state that with freedom of thought there must be freedom of speech. This however brings up a new problem and that is society. If you had to completely disregard set believes in a certain society you would be regarded as an outcast or a heathen, because the mind is lazy and it follows the line of thought with the least resistance, and fear also revolts to any alienated ways of thinking what is not generally excepted in a society.

People, society in general, continually see themselves as being free, doing what they want to do by mere free choice but, Spinoza, a modification on Descartes' and a great master of determinism says; "... men think that they are free merely because they are conscious of many of there acts and, at the same time, they are ignorant of the causes of these actions - that is, men postulate themselves as cause of acts in the absence of other demonstrable causes." He further stated that all the events that happen in a persons life, physically, mentally and morally is as result of direct cause and effect. Man does have certain natural rights like the right to life and the right to reproduce but society has ruled that a starving man may not take food because that is stealing and promiscuous reproduction is confined by law or customs. The society is justified by restricting these rights because without them there will be no order in society.
When it comes to speaking people can not restrain the natural
impulse they have to speak and if you go further it plainly
shows that the decree of the mind, the appetite and determination of the body are conceit in nature.

Spinoza rejected the theory that men/women pick from a wide range of choices because there are certain attractive features to it, he believed that the choice is made by pure impulse whether it is known or not to the person making the decision.

God being an omnipotent and omniscient being means that he predetermine every humans course. This view is called predestination and it is found in Christian, Islamic and Judaic religions.
This predestination then means that all events in nature and human behavior, including "man's free will," are determined by the sovereign will of God. This view in the extreme is used by leaders of the world who says for example; "It is the will of Allah," and people then do what is asked of them in the name of freedom and there God. In its extreme form predestination has always provoked protest and opposition. It seems that if God decrees what happens it makes Him responsible for good and evil and then God is responsible for events, and not man. Modern conceptions have however not assigned God as being responsible for evil, but there has rather been an inclination to blame it on Mephistopheles, the devil, Satan and Beelzebub (depending which of the tree religions you believe in or what you know the ruler of Hades as). Some people opposing this argument say that Lucifer is being used as an scape goat for the Christian's perfect creation, god.

According to Augustines who wrote the book called "Stad van God" there are two cities namely Jerusalem, and Babylon. He says that Jerusalem is the city of God and that Babylon is the city of man, and every person belongs in one of these cities but that only God knows to which one. He also said that Christians are pilgrims on their way. Thomas Aquinas criticized Aristotle by saying that the universe had a start and that he, Aquinas, excepted the role of God in the creation.
He also said that there is life after death and that is your real destination. As a by product Fatalism was started, which means that some, maybe even all, events are fixed. In especially Roman and Greek conception Fate plays an important role. It is associated with Zeus, the sky god, lord of the winds,clouds, rain, and thunder who ruled from Mt Olympus were he dealt with all the gods, and Jupiter the roman supreme deity. Often it is thought as being superior to gods and mortal men. In the western world fatalism has never been a prominent attitude but does seem to be revived in times of war. The first reaction to danger may be fear, panic or even worry but when the attitude of fatalism steps in calm will preside because it is believed by soldiers that;"if there is a bullet with my name on I will get it anyway, if there is not I will survive, so why worry."

All the above mentioned theories are by people who see the world as being closed rather than open. Indeterminism (Doctrine of Free Will) is a theory were the world is an open place, and it was created by William James who believed that the "monastic superstition" leads people to deny themselves there freedom. James believed that "our feeling of freedom and the existence of effort on the part of human beings point to the fact that some things are decided by human choice." Determinism is what the future shall be, but indeterminism is the view that the parts of the universe have a considerable amount of "free play" and that there is a real chance of possibilities in every persons future. According to James "our first act of freedom, if we are free, ought in all inward propriety to be to affirm that we are free." indeterminate say that freedom is limited to voluntary action and conscious selection and there is pluralism in the nature of all things (except in the argument "is man truly free" which in all most probable case will never end).

In conclusion, there are many different types of freedom, as
seen by people. There are numerous views on if man is free, if so/if not, why/why not. The only real point on the whole
subject of freedom, I hope people can agree on, is our freedom in using the word "Freedom" and peoples freely believed illusion of freedom that they think they have but in reality never will. We do not blame people for the colour of our eyes or the colour of our skins, but we have not attained the same attitude towards their socially significant activities.
If man is free I can not tell you, all I can do is show you all the shades of the rainbow and let you pick one. My opinion is of no more relevance because my mind has been made up and now it is YOUR turn. I leave you with a finally thought. In picking your shade from the rainbow, who is really making the choice. You, nature or some specter of higher discernment.

My mind, body, and soul is as free as a prison with no bars, but the boundaries of my horizon are only as vast as what I have experienced, seen, and dialected by myself to myself, and of realising that what I have excepted might tomorrow be no more. Thus I have freedom in my knowledge that I as a mortal/immortal man will never posses uncontested freedom.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. The Hamlyn Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1990, Hamlyn, London.
2. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 1993, Oxford University Press, New York.
3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 1987, Longman, London.
4. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Volume III (211-225), The Macmillan Company & The Free Press, New York.
5.Introductory Philosophy, Edited by Frank Tillman (127-137).
6. Living issues in Philosophy, H.H. Titus, Edition iv
(183-198)
7. A History of Freedom of Thought, J.B. Bury, Edition ii
(1-12), Oxford University Press, New York.
8. Filosofiese Antropologie, J.J. Snyman, Class notes, Revised by H.P.P. Lotter, 1994 (3-59).

1994

2006-07-20T16:55:00.001+02:00

I have been thinking about something interesting to put on my blog. Nothing comes to mind and then all of a sudden I remember that a long time ago in a place far far away I went to University. I studied Philosophy, Politics and law, oh and some other things. As I was looking for something to post I found some old assignments from the days gone by. These are in there original and I have made no changes. What was interesting was when I read them again and though. Did I write these? Was I this Clever? What happened to that person? And finally how is my life now to what I had hoped.

I hope you read it and find it as interesting as I did then and still do to this day.

2006-07-18T20:29:00.000+02:00

Who said the internet is the way to go on ads.

2006-07-15T11:14:00.000+02:00

For the golfers out there. The view of SunCity from Lost city golf course

Just A thought

2006-07-15T10:51:00.000+02:00

Walking across the desert road
listless
Looking into the shadows
emptiness
Scarlet eyes filled with hope
darkness
Deep desire filled with lust
loneliness.

A melody of love and life
sadness
A gutted echo of pain
happiness
Religion lost a faithless God
dryness
of the soul and mind
Forgiveness

2006-07-11T19:09:00.000+02:00

Baught at 22000 km on 8 June 2004. This is the km reading today. Ah what fun, What memories, how many hours.
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Boredom Sets In

2006-07-10T17:24:00.000+02:00

Hi. What can I say. Here is an very intresting Pic. This is when you drive alot and you get bored.

Quick Story on Pic.

I had been on the road since 3 that morning. The mist was thick and as the pass in the mountains is dangerous you cant really go fast. To ad to my misery it was pouring kittens and puppies. (non were harmed in the making of this post). When you have to drive at 40 -60 km/h for hours on end your mind can play tricks.

I was in a novel. The forest around me kept closing in, only when i could see it through the mist and rain did i realise how close it kept coming.Shadows started jumping out. At first it was small pixies, and as time went on, the small pixies became werewolves. I was in a jungle,lost, with only my imagination for company. And that I must say is a very very bad thing. The lights of my car reflected back at me from the armco barrier that kept surprising me by sneaking up on the left side of my car and jumping up saying BOO.

At this time i decided to take action. I had to protect my sanity, and that is when the camera came out. If anything was to happen and the pixies attack, at least I will have left a record of what happend and my people could venge me. If it was a werewolve well then I could come back and venge myself.

All jokes aside. The really scary thing about the trip is that later that morning as I was rounding a bend there was a 18 wheeler truck in the road stopped with no lights on, and only reflectors on the back that was very dirty and hardly visable. The rain and mist didn't help any either. I was trying to take a picture at the time and saw the truck very late. Luckely i was driving at about 40 km/h and as i pushed the brake pedal right out of the bottom of my car i started spining and accidently presed the button on the camera.

Low and behold this is the resulting picture. Would i like to take a picture like this again. Not on your live. And I dont reccomend anyone else try.

Safe Journey to all.

2006-07-10T17:21:00.000+02:00

Very Intresting
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2006-07-09T10:55:00.000+02:00

My Brother named Whiskey(HA HA HA)
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2006-07-09T10:53:00.000+02:00

Sanctuary
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her view from the house
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A view from Afar

2006-07-09T10:46:00.000+02:00

I see that the pictures posted, I hope, but alas the captions came out at the wron place.So to fix the problem I have 2 choices. 1 - don't put caption, and 2 - figure out how to do it. HA HA HA.

My mom live in Joburg her whole life. 2 years ago after being muged for the 3 time she decided that she had enough. She shold her house and most of the things she owns and move to Polokwane 360 km away. She baught a plot of aboyt 10 acres. Here are 2 or 3 pics( with out captions) ( HAHAHAHA ) so you can make up your own. I will also include a pic of my Brother and sister. So you can imagine what i look like.

It was sad the day she moved a way but 2 years down the line i can say that i am happy for her. 2 main reasons.

1. Her health has improved as Polokwane is a different life. It is more relacked and the quality is better.

2. She is not to close as im sure you know how mothers can be. The good thing is becuase i have clients there i have to go up every month so i get to c her every month.

Well that is all that I can think of now so here goes for the pics, and may all that is good follow you like a lost puppy dog.

2006-07-08T18:24:00.001+02:00

The same moon going down at the Knysna Forest
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Sunrise the next morning
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2006-07-08T18:23:00.000+02:00

Moonrise over ocean in Plettenbergbay
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2006-07-08T18:22:00.000+02:00

Eastern Cape Long road. Looked at dog for 2 hours.
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Oops

2006-07-08T16:59:00.000+02:00

Hi its me again. Last time I forgot to upload the pics so here are 3 for you to look at. 2 of the pics are intresting as it is on the on side the Sunrise and on the other the full moon going down. I was standing at the same spot when i took them. The 3de pic is when i was on a short trip to Botswana. If the pics don't come up here is some light reading until I can figure out how I can upload those Blasted Pics. Hope you have a laugh as Im sure we all have been in this situation before when taking anything for a service.

Motor Mac.

O. K. Start
nothing?
God damn this thing!!!
Bring me the # 14??
Check that spring. NO!!!
THAT ONE, you stupid idiot.

Maybe, mm … it is the accelerator cable…?
well how about that other cable???
the one that, …(well lets see)
the one that moves that thing … spring.
O. K. check the carb,
it might be the injector things. Dirt in those parts you know!!!

How about the fuel line. Clogged no doubt.
Naw checked yesterday, clean as crystal.
Idiot !!! WATCH MY THUMB !!!
Sorry Maybe that spring there.
No that’s just the, the ….??? Checked it yesterday!

RAIDIATOR!!! YES YES…. No works fine.
Blast it, send the bill anyway.
Lets see, … New Rings, New oil,
New, New, what is that thing there, ??? OH
Accelerator spring kit.

Nice Bill

O. K. try now.
NOTHING???
Hey wait, wait.
one more cable to check.
Which one???
BATTERY CABLE!!!!
O. K. Start.
Good Job. Purring like a kitten.
Worth Every Penny???

And Now

2006-07-05T17:39:00.000+02:00

I gave you a poem written when i lived in Italy. Every now and then i will add a new one in but as for today. As i was showering i realised that there are a lot off you not sure about South Africa and have decided that i will show you pics. Also if any one has a question they are more than willing to ask.

AND NO THERE ARE NO LIONS OR ELEPHANTS WALKING IN THE STREET. AND AT THE MOMENT IM SURFING AND POSTING VIA MY MOBILE PHONE.

So, we might make headlines for crime etc. but there is a lot of great things here and it is beautifull. This Picture was taken of the sunrise. not the best one i have but i want to tease you.

I hope this finds you all in good health and i will be here again soon.

"It is not so much that you are lost
but rather that you do no know where you are"

2006-07-03T16:13:00.000+02:00

THE WALL.

The wall towers above my head
calling the names of all the dead
As wars have come and gone
destroyed lives bullets and bombs

He stand there ancient and old
worth more than a mountain of gold
He peers into the valley below
seen centuries of seeds sown

He holds history within his stones
like the ground holds the dead, all just bones
of death, love, caring and hate
he's seen so many fall to fate

People passed him every day
laughing happy and gay
He always looks down and sighs
as he knows soon they too will die

He stands there ancient and old
Seen al the heat and the cold
He's been there for as long as I can remember
He'll be there for now and for ever.

by L Ragni.

2006-06-14T16:01:00.000+02:00

SOME TIMES YOU ARE THE WINDSHIELD
AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE THE BUG
BUT TODAY I AM THE RAID.

2006-06-14T15:24:00.000+02:00

As i am enjoying this i thought why not "sorry" do something where i can just say things at random. and let people laugh cry worry etc. They might mean something or they might not. Who cares as long as you read it it i will be happy. I will try and keep it regular and original but cant promise. It might be something i have heard made up or just what ever.

So here goes