Posted in Life in South Africa on Monday, 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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March sees the start of a really exciting ‘never been done before’ 10-week course offered partly online, partly over the television, by Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle, who also wrote The Power of Now and Stillness Speaks. They progress chapter-by-chapter through Tolle’s inspirational book A New Earth. What [...]
Posted in Electricity crisis, Home, Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, News on Monday, 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We whinged, complained, griped and whined, when we were told that there would be nationwide power outages for the next three months (at least).
And today we whinged, complained, griped and whined, because the load shedding did not start on time!
How bizarre is that?
For the last couple of weeks, our much-maligned electricity supply commission Eskom has been threatening us with [...]
Posted in Movies on Monday, 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month, we watched an eclectic crop of movies:
A dreadful 2005 action film 7 Seconds, with countless scenes of gratuitous violence.
A fictionalised period piece of the early life of Jane Austen, Becoming Jane.
A 2007 children’s fantasy The Dark is Rising, which we really enjoyed.
A very odd and slow-moving 2004 Australian movie Oyster Farmer, whose cover claims [...]
Posted in Good vibes, Humour, Photos on Monday, 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever heard of Lolcats?
I hadn’t, until reading this weekend’s Sunday Times Lifestyle magazine, which listed the 25 most popular blogs on the internet. (I’m somewhat embarassed to confess that I’d only ever heard of 2 of them…).
If you are into those really weird and distorted looking pictures of cats (and other animals), check out the [...]
Posted in Events, Good vibes, Movies, Spirituality, Thoughts on Sunday, 30 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following two short films were screened at the Labia movie theatre as part of the ongoing Exploring Consciousness Film Festival, on the last Sunday of every month, when they screen “thought-provoking films featuring humanity’s spiritual search, from ancient wisdom traditions to the latest interfaith-scientific investigations”.
Science of Miracles
The first movie was Greg Bradden’s The Science [...]
Posted in Good vibes, Learning new stuff, News, Spirituality on Sunday, 30 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Browsing through the Sunday Times today, I came across an article with the headline “Everyone can learn to be compassionate – study”.
Research done in the US at the University of Wisconsin-Madison using functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain seems to suggest that compassion can be learned, rather like acquiring a skill.
Dr Antoine Lutz and [...]
Posted in Events, Life in South Africa, News, Politics on Sunday, 30 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… to see what will happen in our northern neighbour today.
Today is the day on which Zimbabweans go to the polls to cast their vote for the country’s future. Will Bob and his loyal cronies in the ZANU-PF continue to tyrannise the country or will Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change finally gain power?
I find [...]
Posted in Good vibes, Learning new stuff, Life in South Africa, Nature, Spirituality on Saturday, 29 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, this isn’t a reference to anything naughty….
Outside the Pick’n Pay in the Howard Centre this morning, we were waylaid by a very friendly Indian chap and a very bubbly young woman who were handing out flyers about an organisation called “elated” – an acronym standing for “Enhancing the Lives of Animals Through Ethical [...]
Posted in Home, Sweet Home, Shopping on Saturday, 29 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We paid a visit to the newly opened branch of Tafelberg Furnishers this morning. It’s near the Builders Warehouse at the start of Milnerton, just on the northern side of the N1.
The plan was to check out their range of sleeper couchers. Alas, although they had an impressive range of lounge furniture, there wasn’t much [...]
Posted in Home, Sweet Home, Shopping on Saturday, 29 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We turned to leave Tafelberg Furnishers, when Richard gently took my hand and walked me over to a big open area, where about 10 armchairs of different dimensions were placed in a semi-circle next to each other. He sat me down in one, and took the adjacent one. They were different kinds of massage chairs. [...]
