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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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On a different tack altogether, thought i'd mention this- i recently bought a tiny telescope from a guy in Piet Retief. It can be concealed in the palm, has a brilliant range, perfect for when i go shooting, or just river-watching with the kids at school. Anyway, it has a microscope attachment, which is great since i use it at school as well, in my science classes. It's a first too, since the school is "so arm soos 'n kerkmuis" in the truest sense of the word... In reply to an email from the seller, i mentioned this, and took some pix of the kids using it to study fungi, the composition of a leaf, etc etc. The upshot is that the dude was so moved by this that he promptly posted another two scopes down to PE, with a note that he too attended such a school. His first contact with a microscope was when he started reading for his B.Sc degree! It made me incredibly happy to know that there are still people of such calibre in our country...
On a much lighter note, heard a wicked joke on the radio this morning. It would appear that the Rev.Chikane has fled the country, not long after Adriaan Vlok did the foot-washing thing. Apparently he'd been told that PW wanted to go one better, and was planning on giving him a bath 
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francoislr
Joined: Jun 15, 2006
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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@ kryptik, that is so cool!there are people out there with good hearts. I have worked with kids from poor areas, and at the moment our company is doing the network for a rich@$$ school. Started talking to a teacher on saturday and she was complaining about something computer related, taking too long or something. I quickly whipped things in perspective for her, as my brother gives computer science at a less well off school. That put her in her place. We take things for granted when we have as much as we do. Nothing like that article about Congo that i posted the link to the other day to spell it out to us, how lucky we are, how well off we are. |
francoislr
Joined: Jun 15, 2006
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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lol!My brother just told me he is taking one of my sisters friends to the matric farewell. This chick reminds me a little of the chick from Muriel's wedding. She aint going to get anything right with him. He is single and he is beyond fussy, so i sit back with the popcorn and watch and hose myself(my local slang for wetting myself laughing!) This chick dunno what she in fo!lol!
Matric farewells. Went to quite a few myself for some reason. I went alone to my own, my choice. Did not want to go with someone from snob paradise, and the guys were not allowed to bring people from outside, so i figured, i go alone before i choose an inmate. The proposing chicks did as far as i am concerned end up going with good chaps. My favourite matric farewell was with this coloured chick, limo and all. And boy was she hot! Never knew a male that knew who she was that did not think so. Me and my current gf were together back then, and she was fine with it. It is good. Trust is important.
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Totally skipped my farewell. Too much of a muchness.
@da wanqsta: Do they even have this stupid thing in the UK?
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ da brixsta,
Firstly, there seems to be some kinda (geek) pattern forming here..I also didn't bother to go to my matric farewell...!!! (although I did attend 2 a few years after...overrated, to say the least...)
As for the UK, they do have a similar thing as well, which is a 6th Form Leavers' Ball or, since it too has become so incredibly Americanised, more commonly referred to as The Prom...right down to the fancy cars and limo's dropping them off, the girls plastered in make-up and the guys sporting tuxedos and generous amounts of hair gel etc. etc.
In the UK, primary school goes up to Year 6 (11-year olds). Then they go to secondary school until they are 16. From there they go to '6th form' or college, where they do their 'A' Levels (their equivalent of our matric) when they're 18.
Interestingly, the 6th Form schools/ colleges around here have their Leavers' Ball/ Prom on their very last day of school (in late July), well after they've finished all their exams etc.
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francoislr
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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@ least everytime i went it was quite a chilled affair. Sometimes quite eventfull. The one i went to the headmaster did not make it. Later i found out that she took the schools money and ran off with it. It was a private school. On that particular one a chick that kinda happened to be around my life up to a few years before that happened to be in that school. Wow did she turn out to be a babe! I am talking wonderbra material here. How do i know? Somewhere near the end of the evening she happened to stand in a group with us, remove her dress straps, and showed the world a beautiful thing...the wonderbra:) later that evening at the afterparty everyone got drunk, including the teachers: you dont see that everyday! Seen a lot of drunk teachers on camp, but not together with the kids! lol!
Oh the stories we can tell...the things we have seen...
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francoislr
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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The big reason i go: (seinfeld here:)
There is going to be food? You mean there is going to be lots of food, free to eat? And drinks? I gotta be a part of this! I want to be a part of this! I need to be a part of this!what must i do to be a part of this? .....
(Comedic silence)
....I can wear that!
One of my favourite bits of Jerry. It is the halloween thing he does. If you guys can get a hold of it, it is well worth it, this coming from a big british comedy fanatic.
Taking about the geek pattern, saw a thing on rocketboom a while ago about a 'geeks prom'. Sorry, but those were not geeks, they were nerds! Just imagine an event like that with a bunch of ugly nerds dancing to crap, having lights shining on the floor in binary code, and having a talent show in the middle of it...No, it is not the next Friday the 1101'th movie, it is the geek ball!lol!
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brix25
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It's one Americanism that I hope dies a slow and quiet death...I'm just glad that the media totally ignores matric balls because they're totally silly.
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Kryptik
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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From: Port Elizabeth, S.Africa
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Mnet was launched in the same month as my matric farewell. My buddies and i spent the evening at the beach instead, getting quietly plastered on beer, brandy and God knows what else. We'd been saving up for ages to hire a chalet, buy meat and booze, etc. If only we'd bought those bloody shares instead....
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psychonymphe
Joined: Sep 03, 2006
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From: Stellenbosch, S.Africa
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Lol@kryptic. Shame. Shame shame shame.
I dont think males have a right to whine about matric dances; emotionally, physically, socially, it costs them nothing. I, on the other hand could buy a house with all the money i've spent on dresses shoes makeup hair for the damn things - and that was before i got to matric myself. The odd thing is they are so terrible; i hated each one - i just go for the afterparty.
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francoislr
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@ psychonymphe, Yeah, true: it's like, this is the first time you will officially see all of your school peers pissed out of their minds...and all of them together...It is kinda a rite of passage....lol!
For me the thing is almost sort of like a wedding: the guy does not have to do much, because the chick has been dreaming about it all her life...I mean, if a (straight) guy had to organise a wedding, what would happen? There would be a big screen TV to screen the rugby with big cooler bags full of beer, and food? Why? Just get biltong!(Just on the sideline, if I had to organise a wedding, no one would know what to expect, not even me. Since I am not a big fan of sport, there probably won't be any big screen tv's...sorry to those who will get invites!)
The idea in that is, some things are just better when a girl organises it: Girls seem to dream about their matric farewells and weddings, so it's kinda like the guy says: "This is your dream: run with it! Just let me know what colour tie will match your dress, so that we are not mismatched...." You do not want a mismatched tie...
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francoislr
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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My word, has it even been 5 days and they are starting already....My word, they can wait till the guy is under the ground before they start...but here is a link...I got it via e-mail, but found it easily...
http://neilinspace.wordpress.[....]protection-from-harmfull-rays/
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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On 2006-09-08 00:06:22, amawanqa wrote:
@ da brixsta,
Firstly, there seems to be some kinda (geek) pattern forming here..I also didn't bother to go to my matric farewell...!!!
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A geek pattern indeed, as i never went to mine either, HAD MORE IMPORTANT STUFF to do, was not interested in any of the girls in my town, not to mention my school (fuzzy as i am).
Brings up another question. How many matric farewell babies are born every year after? And how many matric farewell babies are aborted every year, i know bout 3 babies born due to our mf and i was not one of the populars so it could be more.
On another subject, i have been offered a job @ MTN for a larger salary than i currently get, BUT i have to work every saturday till 4PM and Sunday to 2PM.
Decisions decisions...
ARSENAL : Samsung Galaxy SII
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francoislr
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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@ Rhino8, do it for your mother! lol! Congrats on the job offer....You know, doing it for a year or two could be good. Just to make money of course. But it depends what you want out of life. It might be the one thing that you need, but it might be the one thing that screws up your life as it is, obviously depending on the job and what they expect from you. So you have to weigh up the pro's and the cons. Any advice from us will need more specifics....But I do hope you make the right choice...
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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Should we really be talking about geek patterns when francoislr just said "my word" twice in one post?
Having said that, I AM the guy who has been posting here for 2 years and still isn't mentioned on the introduction post, so I best keep my gob shut.
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