Homes. The week since Chris left has gone slower than those before it. There is of course a natural lull after a weekend of such intense activity, and the excitement that comes with seeing a friend from home sadly seems to vanish with their departure.Once again work has dominated my week although I have managed to find time in the evenings and on the weekend for playing squash (now a weekly affair - and a massive learning curve for my game) and tennis (also a learning curve for me - 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 to my opponent)! Fortunately, I have managed to avoid being arrested by the rozzers this week.
On Friday evening I was kindly invited by a colleague and a friend to a cheese and wine tasting evening....heaven! I left work and headed off to Sasolburg, an industrial town named after Sasol who make petroleum and sponsor the Springboks. After a marvelous few hours tasting vino and listening to an interesting talk on blended red wines I was given a tour of the industrial sites at night. With a dull stench in the air from the fertiliser plants around us, we drove through each of the plant sites admiring the burning methane from the towers and the lights on each factory that make the skyline look like an industrial Christmas tree. I stayed the night with my colleague and his girlfriend before heading home on a chilly Saturday morning.
The rest of my weekend and the start of this week have involved two cinema trips (Transformers 2 - quite fun, and Bruno - utter tripe), a work dinner and coffee with the head of Alpha in SA, an awesome and inspiring dude.
This weekend will be a quiet one, largely occupied, I'm sure, by the second test at Lords. Next week will be a very busy working week, with Wednesday booked for all day meetings via video link. I will no doubt be looking forward to flying to Durban on Friday night to see my brother Tom and the crew. On my return from Durban it will be less than a week before I come back to the UK for two weeks of summer holiday. I'm so looking forward to being back home and recharging my batteries before the final stint in Johannesburg. Over and out for now. x
We should've been at Lords and Wimbledon this year. We are missing out on epic sports moments here! What a game for Freddie on Monday. Pop me an email about joburg happenings. I'm in LA now and there was a rap battle in the car park behind my room last night. I actually think 50 cent was there. Nick xx
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to playing tennis when you're back...I'm expecting a similar score! (with me winning of course). Not so looking forward to driving up to Suffolk with you...little nervous of your driving now! :)
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