A Relaxing Weekend
After last weekend's dramas, this weekend was a pleasant relaxing change, involving socialising and sunshine:
Friday:
The day spent outside in the sun, tanning, and doing preparation for the English 102 tutorial that I lecture on Monday.
In the evening, a braai at G’s place. G, Shirley, Gareth, Paul and myself there. Got to briefly meet G’s brother- another shorty of Mauritian descent. Anyway, a really fun, relaxed evening with much eating of honey glazed pork rashers, and (as a relief for Paul) minimal forum-related talk.
Saturday:
Home to work on my English Honours presentation (on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway) for a while. Also go grocery shopping with my mother and check my name on the Municipal Elections voting roll.
In the later afternoon head down to the Absa Stadium for the Natal Sharks vrs Free State Cheetahs. Appalling fumbles and forward passes by the Sharks, combined with a horrifically biased referee, led to the Sharks’ first defeat of the season.
Afterwards, we had KFC for dinner and returned to Paul’s where we played the Settlers of Cataan boardgame with Warren and Robin. After a very promising start, I ended up coming third.
Sunday:
Joined G and Shirley for breakfast at Wilson’s Wharf. Ended up having brunch at the Pirate’s Cove (or Pirate’s Arms), the pirate theme diner, complete with emerald green parrot.
With the Botanical Gardens crammed full of people for some Flower Fair, we ended up going for ice cream and smoothies, and then a walk through Mitchell’s Park (with Shirley hiccupping along the way). I haven’t been there since I was 6. And although the guinea pigs are nowhere to be found, it’s surprising to find that little has changed – the giant tortoises, monkeys, parrots, duck etc. The meerkats and mongooses are especially cute.
Afterwards, Paul and I stopped in at a housewarming braai at the new home of Paul’s cousin Micah, and his girlfriend Penny. It’s a spacious house right across the road from Bully the Bums in Windamere, and it looks like we’ll be house-sitting there this coming Saturday. It’s a really awesome place.
We then headed to the airport to see Warren. He’s off to Belgium for a month for assorted Mathematics and Cryptography seminars and conferences. It’s also Warren’s first trip in a plane and first trip overseas.
After heading back to Paul’s for a while (so he could do some client website metatagging work), we ended up at my place for dinner, The Last Samurai and the Lost reruns.
Friday:
The day spent outside in the sun, tanning, and doing preparation for the English 102 tutorial that I lecture on Monday.
In the evening, a braai at G’s place. G, Shirley, Gareth, Paul and myself there. Got to briefly meet G’s brother- another shorty of Mauritian descent. Anyway, a really fun, relaxed evening with much eating of honey glazed pork rashers, and (as a relief for Paul) minimal forum-related talk.
Saturday:
Home to work on my English Honours presentation (on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway) for a while. Also go grocery shopping with my mother and check my name on the Municipal Elections voting roll.
In the later afternoon head down to the Absa Stadium for the Natal Sharks vrs Free State Cheetahs. Appalling fumbles and forward passes by the Sharks, combined with a horrifically biased referee, led to the Sharks’ first defeat of the season.
Afterwards, we had KFC for dinner and returned to Paul’s where we played the Settlers of Cataan boardgame with Warren and Robin. After a very promising start, I ended up coming third.
Sunday:
Joined G and Shirley for breakfast at Wilson’s Wharf. Ended up having brunch at the Pirate’s Cove (or Pirate’s Arms), the pirate theme diner, complete with emerald green parrot.
With the Botanical Gardens crammed full of people for some Flower Fair, we ended up going for ice cream and smoothies, and then a walk through Mitchell’s Park (with Shirley hiccupping along the way). I haven’t been there since I was 6. And although the guinea pigs are nowhere to be found, it’s surprising to find that little has changed – the giant tortoises, monkeys, parrots, duck etc. The meerkats and mongooses are especially cute.
Afterwards, Paul and I stopped in at a housewarming braai at the new home of Paul’s cousin Micah, and his girlfriend Penny. It’s a spacious house right across the road from Bully the Bums in Windamere, and it looks like we’ll be house-sitting there this coming Saturday. It’s a really awesome place.
We then headed to the airport to see Warren. He’s off to Belgium for a month for assorted Mathematics and Cryptography seminars and conferences. It’s also Warren’s first trip in a plane and first trip overseas.
After heading back to Paul’s for a while (so he could do some client website metatagging work), we ended up at my place for dinner, The Last Samurai and the Lost reruns.
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