tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54455064320264162302024-03-13T05:51:52.977+02:00Ferdi VertelFerdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-55669348815750607112018-11-09T20:34:00.000+02:002018-11-09T20:50:55.190+02:00Recreational cannabis legal in Canada - post 1<br />
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Cannabis for recreational use is legal in Canada since 17
October 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people cheer, and
some are vehemently opposed to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
we all live together in our communities and we all fall under the same
law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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As a community service I'll post a series with some
information that should be useful to all of us in dealing with this law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to debate the pro's and con's, please use some
of the local chat groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Offering
useful information that is verifiable would be very welcome in the comments
below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Disclaimer: I haven’t read the
law and can’t give legal advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will
post legal links later on in this series.)<o:p></o:p><br />
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<br />Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-4319173398223326672013-12-10T07:02:00.001+02:002013-12-10T07:02:48.133+02:00Mandela - hero or victorious terrorist?<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-line-height-alt: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 12pt;">I'm
getting a lot of posts both praising Mandela and emphasizing his terrorist
activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 12pt;">What is
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">1) It is
known that the history books are mostly written by the victors of a conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">2) We can
read conflicting reports about Mandela: His his lack of bitterness,
integrity and wonderful leadership; and on the other side his refusal to
stop the violent struggle and his support for terrorism and violent dictators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">3) People
(and you) believe what you want to believe deep in your heart. (Even if
what you really really want to believe is in conflict with many facts, you will
still believe it!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">To decide
what to believe, first you have to look at what is in your heart and how does
that affect your judgement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">If you grew up with the idea that apartheid was wrong, and have
experienced its damage firsthand or have seen and heard the suffering of
friends and family, then it would be settled in your heart: Mandela is a hero!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">If you grew up in a white South Africa, believing communism and
terrorism are wrong, and have experienced the damage of hatred and terrorism
firsthand; or have seen and heard the suffering of friends and family, then it
would be settled in your heart: Mandela is not so innocent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">In either
case, your emotions will rule over your rational mind. So with all these
conflicting "facts" surrounding Mandela, how can you determine
how much weight should each side's "facts" carry? You cannot be
totally objective. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">There is
<b>another alternative</b>: Decide what you want in the future. Emphasis
those aspects that will encourage this and the next generation to build a
future worth living in. To be able to do this you need to get rid of
hatred in your heart. You need to experience the power of forgiveness and God's
healing of your heart. Only then would you be free to make a proclamation
without doubt, uncertainty, hurt, or hatred. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Most Christians have prayed: "Our Father in heaven ...
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Jesus said in
Matthew 6:14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">For me, looking at the facts I find - some are debatable, others
are certain; - I like some, some leaves me very uneasy, and some
prompt me to action.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">The action I want to take and effect I want to see is that people
grow to be more like Jesus. Though Mandela was most likely not a Christian,
some of his later claimed characteristics were taught by Jesus. I want to see leaders follow those positive
aspects and will encourage it. On the
other hand a</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ny action or idea that promotes hatred, racism or terrorism should
not be encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May you
also have a clear picture of what values you want to build into your children
en fellow humans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May God
bless you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-34317795760244215532010-05-14T22:19:00.004+02:002010-05-14T22:29:09.564+02:00Nuwe vlag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eGsxLsLIReYQQCLBb-o_Vk2AbfcvSloZ2tjAGN6p8ZeSPqoAi5IIuvirPcPAZkioLb0y45e3Dy0FquWz3A0n7zBHztOG3w2RpZCMX8yVRe52JCwu5aQBFKuV7EgD_0i3PLqz7Do7qQ/s1600/flagChristianSouthAfrican.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eGsxLsLIReYQQCLBb-o_Vk2AbfcvSloZ2tjAGN6p8ZeSPqoAi5IIuvirPcPAZkioLb0y45e3Dy0FquWz3A0n7zBHztOG3w2RpZCMX8yVRe52JCwu5aQBFKuV7EgD_0i3PLqz7Do7qQ/s320/flagChristianSouthAfrican.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471224575958536562" /></a><br />Hoe hou jy van hierdie herontwerp van 'n ou landsvlag? <div><br /></div><div>Ek dink dit kan Christene help om saam te staan en God te vertrou vir wonderwerke vir ons land.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>keywords: South African Christian new flag.</div></div>Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-7659711370580248192010-03-07T05:31:00.003+02:002010-03-20T18:09:34.573+02:00Kanada - 1 jaarOns is nou byna 1 jaar in Kanada. Die avontuur was groot en wonderlik. Hoe lank nog, weet ons nie, maar as dit van lekker afhang bly ons.<br />Mis natuurlik al hoe meer die familie in SA, maar nie die misdaad en spanning nie.<br />Hier, in 'n klein dorpie, is die lewe baie rustiger as in Pretoria.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-28376646892978299052009-09-30T17:38:00.000+02:002009-09-30T17:39:07.949+02:00'n Paar eksamenflaters uit die Sondagskool* Adam en Eva is geskape uit 'n appelboom.<br /><br />* Lot se vrou was bedags 'n soutpilaar, maar 'n bol vuur in die nag.<br /><br />* Ongesuurde brood is brood wat sonder bestanddele gemaak is.<br /><br />* Die Dooie See word so genoem omdat al die Egiptenare daarin verdrink het.<br /><br />* Moses het gesterf voordat hy oor die Vaalrivier kon gaan.<br /><br />* Doen aan 'n ander voordat hulle dit aan jou doen.<br /><br />* Die mens sal nie van sweet alleen leef nie.<br /><br />* Johannes was een van die twaalf desibels.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-91591284151317708052009-09-29T18:38:00.001+02:002009-09-29T18:39:16.662+02:00Kanada nuusVandat ons in Kanada bly, pos ek meeste van my persoonlike nuus op FaceBook.<br />Laat 'n "comment" as jy na ons foto's wil kyk.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-66528053051932909882009-02-18T23:53:00.003+02:002009-02-19T00:04:34.494+02:00Nogtans sal ek jubbel!!Maandag die bakkie verkoop, en vandag pak die ander kar op.<br />Dis chaos en ons moet baie dinge gaan doen - nou sonder vervoer!<br />Ontdek ook vandag my kredietkaart is missing - bel om hom te stop - blykbaar is daar reeds 'n volgende een by die bank.<br />Die huis is chaos met helfte van ons goed wat nou gepak en getrek word.<br />Die werk is chaos met 3 groot kliente wat in krisis-bestuur hardloop en dringende ondersteuning benodig.<br />Soek steeds huurders vir die huis.<br />Die admin en tax goed wat ons moet oorgee werk nie uit nie...<br />ens...<br /><br />Maar as my lewe in God se hande is, dan kan ek mos vertrou en glo! Al moet ek spring om alles gedaan te kry, en foute maak, en ontdek ek kan meer ysters in die vuur hanteer as wat ek gedink het nou terwyl dit moet ...<br />So groei ons<br />en die lewe is 'n avontuur<br />met God aan die stuur.<br /><br />Ek is so opgewonde oor Kanada toe gaan -vir die eerste keer voel ek baie sterk: "Jesus, ek wil nie nou hemel toe gaan nie - eers Kanada asb.?"<br /><br />Kyk na God en Sy hart, en jy weet die lewe (al is dit net 'n kort stukkie) is die moeitewerd!Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-46929312372581686262009-02-17T15:12:00.004+02:002009-02-17T15:59:18.892+02:00Kar verkoopVir die eerste keer sedert die laat 80'er jare, het ek 'n kar verkoop gekry! Al die ander voetuie wat ek gehad het, het op een of ander wyse gesneuwel, voor ek by verkoop uitgekom het.<br />Twee is gesteel, een het tussen 'n lorrie en 'n taxi geland en 'n ander een is weg met 'n gewapende roof. Ek het darm al die motors oorleef - soos jy seker kon raai!<br /><br />Toe moet ek my lekker petrolsuiper van 'n Toyota bakkie verkoop en adverteer oral op die web en ry na die handelaars. Vinnig het ek 3 ouens gekry wat my bank besonderhede vra om in te betaal nog voor hulle die bakkie gesien het. Gelukkig het ek al ervaring van geld wat inbetaal word en dan weer verdwyn uit jou rekening. Nie een van die 3 was dapper genoeg om te kom gesig wys nie.<br /><br />Die handelaars bied baie min aan in hierdie swak tye - maar ek kan nog nie verstaan hoe hulle dit regverdig om sommer net 50% van die groothandelprys aan te bied nie. Ek dag dan die "boekie" pryse is gebasseer op di vorig maand se werklike verkope? Kan iemand my dalk beter inlig? Tans is dit baie meer ekonomies as jou voertuig verongeluk of gesteel raak, as om dit te verkoop!<br /><br />Uiteindelik kry ek toe 'n Zimbabwer wat belangstel. my vooropgestelde idees oor Zimbabwers wat hier besigheid doen is nie baie goed nie. Boonop daag hulle 3-sterk op net om te kom kyk. Die volgende dag deponeer hulle 'n R10 000 deposito in my rekening - en dit sê nogal "kontant" op die bankstaat. Die Saterdag is hulle te laat om die res by my in my bank te kom deponeer. Ek hou hul op 'n afstand tot Maandag toe hulle met amper al die res van die geld opdaag.<br /><br />My versoek vir 'n paar biljoen Zim dollers het egter op dowe ore geval. Hulle gee 'n mengsel van ZAR en US$ wat deur die bank aanvaar word. Die res van die dag jaag hulle rond om die laaste klompie geld bymekaar te maak - en so teen 16h00 kry ek hulle weer by 'n handelaar waar die transaksie beklink word.<br /><br />Dit blyk dat hierdie Zim klante toe nie skurke is nie, maar 'n vervoer besigheid tussen SA en Zim bedryf - en 'n betroubare bakkie benodig het. Hulle het g'n Zim dollers nie, want hulle werk net 'n buitelandse valuta. Nou weet ek ook 'n biki meer oor hoe Zimbabwers oorleef.<br /><br />Ek is baie verlig en bly die transaksie is agter die rug. Nou hoop ek net dat voertuig registrasie suksesvol gaan verloop...Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-39380903461652191562008-12-09T09:29:00.004+02:002008-12-09T09:43:25.766+02:00'n Kotselike aand tuis<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waarskuwing</span>: Mense met 'n swak gestel en sonder kinders MOET hierdie NIE LEES NIE!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >'n Kotselike aand tuis </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >(Dit was nie kostelik nie, al het dit te doen met kos)</span><br /><br />Gisteraand vertel ek nog vir 'n buurman ek moet huistoe want my kinders maak kos, en moeder is nie tuis nie. Hy is nogal be-indruk met my 8-jarige wat al kosmaak. (Ek ook!)<br /><br />Eers het sy my kom vra vir die groot halwe pynappel wat ek afgeskil het.<br />'n Rukkie later kry ek 'n happie van haar brood met pynappel en 'n dik laag mayonaise tussen in. Later maak sy vir ons almal mikrogolf-roer-eier soos Ouma haar geleer het. Ek sien egter dat daar niks pynappel oorgebly het nie.<br /><br />Intussen is Mamma tuis en ons jaag almal vroeg bed toe met die oog op more oggend se vroeë vertrek op vakansie.<br /><br />So 'n paar ure later skrik ons wakker van die geluide van iemand wat by Minnaar verby is en nou meer soos Kotze klink. Jy weet: Daardie roggel geluid en onbeskryfbare klanke van 'n keel wat iets doen wat heeltemal agterste voor is, gevolg deur die spat wat klink soos 'n bak water wat op die vloer uitgegooi is. Ongelukkig is ek eerste op die ongelukstoneel: Daar sit sus so half op die bad se rand en elke paar sekondes spuit iets oor die vloer. Na 2 probeerslae kry ek darem die rigting omgedraai. Nee, nie die rigting in die keel nie, die teiken word net verander van “op-die-vloer”, na “in-die-bad”. Oorwinning - want elke stukkie tel!<br /><br />Nou, ja, met moeder se ondersteuning kom die eerste veldslag tot 'n einde en begin die skade beperking. Skottels word uitgehaal. Kind word getroos, mond uitgespoel, klere uitgetrek, gebad (in die ander skoon bad!).<br /><br />Foto van die vuil badkamer:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6C8VkG8pdHAFQ8vhGUcgghaYNbkIpkv1r_M_kd9a-kvNpteZo_a-OXkO60SXgd2ndMJjdVp4LGpSWymndeE0UYNfr2SYnLbkTqGG5igTFaU7vORtG_SLRxG1FgdME_haELZCzl-qwK8s/s1600-h/SENSOR.PNG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6C8VkG8pdHAFQ8vhGUcgghaYNbkIpkv1r_M_kd9a-kvNpteZo_a-OXkO60SXgd2ndMJjdVp4LGpSWymndeE0UYNfr2SYnLbkTqGG5igTFaU7vORtG_SLRxG1FgdME_haELZCzl-qwK8s/s320/SENSOR.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277691775521273314" border="0" /></a>Ek kry natuurlik die vuil badkamer om skoon te maak. Het jy 'n idee hoe 'n halwe pynappel ruik nadat dit so 4 ure deurgebring het in 'n kind se maagsure met 'n klomp mayonnaise vir geselskap? Voor vanaand het ek nie geweet nie.<br /><br />Ek kan nie by die venster uitkom nie, want die vloer is nie toeganklik nie. Dus word al die huis deure oopgemaak vir ventilasie. Vat die spaghetti-mop sonder om te weet hoe/of die ding so 'n gemors kan optel. Met my onder-water-hokkie ervaring kan ek darem 'n hele ruk opvee met die mop aan die gemors voor ek moet uitstorm om te gaan asem haal. Ek sien egter nie hoe die mop die situasie verbeter nie. Die mop help net om die gemors te versprei. Weens ander inhoud (wat ek nie kan beskryf terwyl ons nou vankos praat nie) wat nie wou wegspoel nie, kan die mop nie on die toilet gespoel word nie.<br />Uit desperaatheid kry ek die skoppie en besempie en skep op en gooi in die bad.<br /><br />Lankal is my voete so nat, dat ek nie kan uitvlug vir asem nie. Dis nou net vasbyt en verduur en oorleef. Hoe kon ons al 3 kinders so groot gekry het?<br /><br />Met die meeste in die bad, probeer ek die bad uitspoel, maar ek leer dat pynappel kousels weier om in 'n bad se drein af te gaan. Hier is nou 'n bad half vol met ... jy weet wat. Hoe nou gemaak? Net een manier - my hand moet in om die pynappel uit die drein-sif te kry. Daar's nie eers tyd vir moed bymekaar skraap nie - doen dit net en moenie dink nie.<br /><br />Nou kom red moeder my en spuit 'n lugverfrisser wat die lug nog swaarder maak. Handy Andy word oor die vloer gespuit, maar om 'n onverklaarbare rede ook oor my bene waar ek reeds in die gemors staan.<br /><br />Om 'n lang storie kort te maak: Met die ervare moeder se hulp (en ‘n beter sponsmop) kom die badkamer soort van skoon. Nou om myself skoon te kry met sulke hande en Handy Andy bene... Uiteindelik almal weer in die bed. Ou sus met 'n skottel en klein sus langs ma se bed.<br /><br />'n Uur later besluit klein sus dis nou haar beurt - en daar begin ons weer! Dan besluit ou sus sy het nog iets om te wys en uit kom die Valoid en die laaste bietjie wat haar magie nog kon lewer. Gelukkig werk die emmerstelsel teen hierdie tyd foutloos in ons huis. (Al s die regering dit is al afgeskaf.)<br /><br />Ek vlug maar na die PC om vir jou te vertel hoe dapper ek was. As die son vandag opkom sal ons maar sien of daar nog 'n vakansie gaan gebeur...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deel 2: Snaaks hoe slaap deprevasie jou humorsin beroof. (Nee, dis nie meer snaaks nie!)</span></span><br /><br />Valoids bly nie in nie, dus gaan ek teen 02h00 na die noodapteek om "suppositories" te kry. Maar hoe later hoe meer diaree-erig raak die nag. Suppositories doen dus ook nie hul werk nie.<br /><br />Teen hierdie tyd is die mayo-pynappel toebroodjie al van alle blaam onthef. Teen dagbreek word die vakansie maar uitgestel. Toe ek dreig om kantoor toe te vlug word ek in geen onduidelike terme ingelig dat "dit die dag sal wees". Nou moet ek maar hier sit en deel 2 ook tik met my nare kinders hier rondom my - en 'n moeder wat nou al 2 nagte sonder slaap moes gaan...<br /><br />Die kinders kry so nou en dan genoeg om energie om hul weergawes van die stryd en hul dapperheid met my te deel. Dis kostelik (nie meer so baie kotselik nie) om dit ook uit hu monde te hoor!<br /><br />"Nogtans sal ons jubel en juig, want by my God is my heil." - HabakukFerdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-61136759154356095352008-12-04T13:25:00.004+02:002008-12-04T14:50:10.731+02:00Skurkbewind en bloedvergieting.Hier is weer 'n storie waar ek net wil stoom afblaas. Dit is nou nie bedoel as 'n "blessing" vir die lesers nie. Ek weet God is groot en goed en sal vir my sorg - waar ek ook al bly. Sien die einde van hierdie storie vir meer perspektief. Nou is ek eers kwaad en ontsteld.<br /><br />Binne omtrent 'n week was daar drie aanvalle op plotte oos van Pretoria (Donkerhoek/Rietfontein en Vaalbank). My kollega wat hier langs my sit se buurman is vermoor in die eerste aanval (Henk Albertyn op 17/11/2008), 'n vrou in die tweede aanval (Laetitia Prinsloo op 20/11/2008) en in die derde aanval is daar uit verskeie rigtings op 'n huis geskiet sonder om iemand te tref (Legemar familie op 21/11/2008). Elke oggend as ek voor my kollega op kantoor is, wonder ek of hy nog veilig is. Hierdie drie insidente het wel die koerante gehaal.<br /><br />Die polisie beheer nou al vir jare lank die misdaad statistiek so streng dat dit net na politieke raadgewing vrygestel mag word. As ek kyk na wat nie die koerante haal nie, van mense wat ek persoonlik ken, dan wonder ek wat die waarheid is. Met al die korupsie en skurke in die regering praat my kolega al van die ANC se "Skurkbewind".<br /><br />Vrydag 28/11/2008 is my oom se goed beskermde huis in Brooklyn, Pretoria aangeval. Die tuinier wat al meer as 25 jaar by hulle bly is oorrompel en aangerand. Die rowers kon egter nie slaag om die huis binne te dring nie. Die tuinier het die polisie ontbied. (Die vorige aanval op my oom-hulle in dieselfde huis 'n paar jaar gelede was meer traumaties. Daar was 'n groot geselskap familie en kinders wat gebraai het. Gewapende rowers het hulle aangehou en beroof.)<br />Woensdag 3/12/2008 is ander vriende van my (ook familie van 'n kollega) met hulle gaste in 'n sekuriteits kompleks in Pretoria oorval en aangehou en beroof.<br />Hierdie 2 insidente in 1 week haal nie meer die nuus nie. So ook my ouers se aanval (vorige blog).<br /><br />As ek kyk na wat misdaad aan my en my vriende en familie gedoen het dan lyk die prentjie baie sleg. Ek het al 3 motors verloor - waarvan die een roof met vuurwapens en geweld was. Ons het minstens 4 huisbrake by ons huidige huis gehad. My beste vriend is in sy woonstel vermoor. Nog 'n goeie vriend is in sy huis doodgeskiet. Vriende van ons familie ('n bejaarde egpaar wat baie vir God gewerk het) is gemartel en vermoor in Pretoria Noord. Verskeie vriende an familie lede is beroof en vasgebind - soveel so dat ek nie eers gaan probeer om almal op te noem nie.<br />As politici sê daar is 'n "persepsie" van erge misdaad is dit deur misdaad en nie deur die media nie, veroorsaak. Pretoria News, 24 November 2008, p.3: "Since last Monday, at least six violent house robberies have occurred throughout Pretoria." Dit is slegs die insidente wat media dekking verkry het. Die werklike situasie is volgens my kennis baie erger.<br /><br />In die verlede het huis sekuriteit daarop gefokus om inbrekers te stuit en om dit nie te duidelik laat blyk dat die huis leeg is nie. Vandag is dit sekondere oorwegings - primer is om jouself en jou lewe (nie jou besittings nie) te beskerm teen rowers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Perspektief</span><br /><br />Nou dat ek sulke nare feite kwyt geraak het, wat doen ons?<br />Om negatief te raak gaan jou nie help nie. Om te vlug is nie vir almal moontlik nie. Elkeen moet alles moontlik doen om misdaad op alle gebiede te bestry. Werk saam met die bure (behalwe as hulle 'n chop-shop bedryf soos ons dominie se vorige bure).<br /><br />Wees dankbaar oor elke stuk korrupsie wat oopgevlek raak. Wees dankbaar vir elke skurk wat gevang word. Help die polisie - die meerderheid van hulle in nie misdadigers nie.<br /><br />As mense die twee wereld oorloë kon oorleef kan God ons ook in hierdie situasie beskerm. (Al beteken dit nie dat almal van ons gaan oorleef nie.) Ons kan bly vertrou.<br /><br />Dis so maklik om rassisties te raak as jy hoor en sien dat feitelik alle rooftogte deur swart mense gepleeg word. As jy egter swart mense in die townships ken sal jy gou sien dat hulle nog meer as die ryk woonbuurtes onder misdaad deur loop. My beste vriend is deur 'n wit Afrikaner jong man vermoor. Rassisme is deel van die probleem - nie die oplossing nie.<br /><br />Kry perspektief.<br />Ons hoop is op God, en nie op mense nie.<br />Elke stukkie goed wat jy saai maak 'n verskil.<br />Moenie moed verloor nie.<br />Die meeste van ons gaan wel misdaad oorleef.<br /><br />Heel waarskynlik gaan niemand van ons lewend uit hierdie wereld kom nie.<br />Dan lê daar 'n ewige lewe voor wat ek vir geen prys ter wereld wil mis nie!!<br /><br />NS: Om jou 'n vars perspektief op God se hart te gee, gaan lees gerus "The Shack" van William Young.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-48112508765218783712008-12-03T18:59:00.005+02:002008-12-04T13:25:37.279+02:00WAT EK ALS OP DIE 3/12/08 BY MY OOM GEDOEN HET...Hierdie storie is deur my klein-niggie geskryf. <br />Ek het vir Kelly-Grace geleer om haar eie blog te skryf, maar my les was nie slim genoeg om haar uit my blog uit hou nie! :-) Dus het haar storie op my blog geland en moes ek dit weer gaan skuif na haar blog toe:<br />http://kelly-grace.blogspot.com/2008/12/wat-ek-als-op-die-31208-by-my-oom.html<br /><br /><br />Terloops:<br />Sy en haar sussie en nog 2 tuisskool maaitjies kuier tans by ons kinders. Gisteraand het die kinders buite op die stoep gaan slaap - vanoggend was net die seuns buite oor. Die dogters het almal in die huis ingetrek deur die loop van die nag.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-84483984432161785822008-10-12T19:43:00.003+02:002008-10-12T22:55:47.801+02:00My parents attacked and robbed in their houseAt 04h30 on 2 October 2008 I woke up from a phone call from my dad. They had an armed robbery in their house in Queenswood, Pretoria.<br />They've been tied up and assaulted and threatened for one and a half hours. My dad was hit over the head with a gun a number of times. My mom was tied up separately and had made peace that her time to die has come. (Some of their friends were murdered in this way.) After they left, my dad (locked up) managed to awake a neighbour to come and rescue them.<br />The robbers got away with their car filled with a lot of their property.<br /><br />(Most South Africans of all races are affected by violent crime. I've been the victim of a car-jacking less than 5 years ago. My best friend was murdered in his flat after visiting me. A good friend in my church was shot and killed in his house a few years ago. I can't keep track of how many of my relatives and friends were victims of violent crime in South Africa.)<br /><br />My brother, Arno, immediately drove the 6 hour trip from Hluhluwe to come and help our parents. My family left for an FFI (http://www.familyfi.org) course and a holiday in kwaZulu/Natal. During this time I read "The Shack" by William P. Young (http://www.theshackbook.com). It is an amazing piece of spiritual fiction: Mack's 6-year old daughter was abducted and killed. Years later Mack has an amazing encounter with Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit.<br /><br />I was still brooding vengeance thoughts about those criminals who attacked my parents. I didn't want to forgive though I've been involved in ministries for more than 25 years where we see the positive results of forgiveness in many lives. After reading "The Shack" it was easy for me to forgive.<br /><br />Another experience: After my traumatic experience of the car-jacking, I went to post traumatic counseling with a person who used some of the methods taught by Ed Smith in Theophostic (http://theophostic.com). In the prayer time I experienced God's supernatural answer almost word-by-word the same as in a certain chapter in "The Shack"! It is amazing what God is still doing for His children - and how much we are missing due to our lack of experiental knowledge of His love and character.<br /><br />On a lighter note: When the criminals left my dad's house, dad prayed something like: "Father, please let those men realize they are on the wrong way and make them turn around". Almost at that time, the driver of the robbed car realized he was fleeing down a dead-end street. He made a U-turn and crashed into a pole!!!<br />Later that day a tow-truck recovered the crashed car with no authority. They also did not inform the police but contacted my dad a week later. Much of the stolen property was recovered including some stuff removed and hidden by the tow-truck employees!<br /><br />Please keep on praying for healing of the trauma and fears of the incident. <span style="font-weight: bold;">God is great!</span>Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-42130995607224466012008-09-08T11:42:00.002+02:002008-09-08T11:51:30.382+02:00Die Amptelike Wilde Woordeboek-hasieKansellasie = haas op podium<br />Animasie = haas wat glo geeste laat dooie goed beweeg<br />Navigasie = sedelose lewenstyl wat lei tot VIGS in hase<br />Situasie = opdrag om jou troeteldier stil te hou<br />Oksidasie = geroeste rooi/bruin haas<br />Blokasie = kubiese haas<br />Operasie = haas wat goed sing<br />Menasie = manlike haas<br />Bagasie = haas in sak<br />Inflamasie = sagte gebraaide vleis by gewilde eetplek<br />Inspirasie = haas in 'n gewilde eet plek<br />Spinhasie = haas wat bande laat rook (met dun arms soos Popeye s'n)<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Wat noem jy ...</span><br /><br />'n hasie in die hospitaal? ... oper-hasie<br />'n siek hasie? ... Inflam-hasie<br />'n hasie in die Spur? ... inspur-hasie<br />'n hasie wat te veel geëet het in die Spur? ... (s)purg-hasie<br />'n hasie wat val? ... gravit-hasie<br />'n hasie wat vassit in 'n pyp? ... blok-hasie<br />'n hasie in 'n tuimeldroër? ... spin-hasie<br />'n hasie wat groei? ... infl-hasie<br />'n hasie in die kattebak? ... bag-hasie<br />'n hasie met Issues? ... Emotionele Bag-hasie<br />'n hasie wat iets vier? ... celebr-hasie<br />'n honger hasie in die army? ... men-hasie<br />'n deurskynende hasie? ... 'n Sp-hasie<br />'n harde deurskynende hasie? ... 'n Gl-hasie<br />'n hasie met GPS? ... navig-hasie<br />'n rugby hasie (Naas uitgelsuit)? ... Paas-hasie<br />'n hasie wat koud kry? ... Vibr-hasie<br />'n Hasie wat uitasem is? ... Bl-hasie<br />'n Hasie met styl? ... Classy<br />'n Halwe hasie? ... 'n Sie<br />'n Walt Disney Hasie? ... Anim-hasie<br />'n Vuvuzela Hasie? ... Ger-hasie<br />'n klomp hasies wat aanteel? ... N-hasie<br />'n hasie op 'n telefoon? ... Kommunik-hasie<br />'n losbandige hasie? ... Flirt-hasie<br />'n geel hasie? ... 'n K-hasie<br />'n rooi/bruin hasie? ... Oksid-hasie<br />'n hasie wat preek? ... 'n kansel-hasie<br />'n Hasie wat boer? ... Pl-hasie<br />'n hasie wat oorsee gaan? ... Emmigr-hasie<br />een wit hasie tussen tien swart hasies? ... Bhasie<br /><br />iemand wat heeltyd hasie grapies vertel? ... Irit-hasie<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">As jy nog het om by te voeg - gebruik die "</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5445506432026416230&postID=4213099560722446601">Comments</a><span style="font-family: arial;">" hier onder ...</span>Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-70208330123506280432008-09-02T09:51:00.004+02:002008-09-02T10:21:15.784+02:00Hoop en armoede in ZululandMy broer kry te doen met baie armoede in die Zulu-platteland naby Hluhluwe en Sodwana. Hulle kry egter ook die geleentheid om baie hoop te sien en bemoediging te bring. Hier is 'n stukkie uit hul nuusbrief:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Die bidgroepie [kinders by die dorp laerskool] het die afgelope jaar hul sakgeld saamgesit en verlede week toe 2 kospakkies gaan koop vir 2 arm gesinne. Die 11 kinders is toe saam om dit een middag te gaan gee. Die eerste vrou het nie eens 'n deur voor haar hut nie, maar sy is so netjies en hoopvol en vol smiles. En soooo bly oor die kos, want daar was weer net "monkey appels" onder die boom wat sy eet [wat ons in Malawi dzai noem; in Afr. botterklappers of houtappels]. Die Zulukinders in die bidgroepie was self verbaas om sulke armoede te sien. Toe ons wegry, sê die een gr. 6 Zulu-seun:<br />"I thought that I was poor because I have no Dad and stay in a 2-room house, but now God opened my eyes to see that I am so blessed and He loves me so much."<br /><br />By die ander huis is die 2 "gogos" [oumas] se erf maar vuil en mens voel aan dat daar 'n hopelose atmosfeer is. Tog het hul een _15_ jarige kleinseun sy eie huis langs sy ouma s'n gebou en wys ons toe trots daarop. Dit het 'n groot indruk op die seuns in die groep gemaak.<br />God is so getrou dat ons steeds die 80 families kan help met "harvest feeding" projek [noem dit deesdae "Siza Bonke Feeding"]. Net soos die laaste klere en kos uitgedeel word, dan kom die volgende weer in.<br /></blockquote><br />Ons weet so min van wat aangaan in huise binne 10km van waar ons bly en ry. Hulle deel telkens stories wat so aan my hart vat en my aan moedig om te kyk waar ek ook vir mense in nood kan help. En dit laat my so nederig voel oor die geweldige rykdom waarin ek leef (en dan nog kla).Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-63026997175265593352008-08-26T17:02:00.005+02:002008-08-26T20:52:49.050+02:00Almost caught by a deposit/refund scam<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxuNHuRKpWBc1lYmy-orObw5OCbGwYJ8ysOGX-3dakXYoOO_1X0zXoZs8clOr9BbJE5NTbE2fzMezjkg9kscIUF4hPVXR_cyw-dyH-MAx7kxdmERF2uBgW91-VvxYBCrj1bXCcjePpeI/s1600-h/Telkom+refund+scam+small.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxuNHuRKpWBc1lYmy-orObw5OCbGwYJ8ysOGX-3dakXYoOO_1X0zXoZs8clOr9BbJE5NTbE2fzMezjkg9kscIUF4hPVXR_cyw-dyH-MAx7kxdmERF2uBgW91-VvxYBCrj1bXCcjePpeI/s320/Telkom+refund+scam+small.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238844900584221938" border="0" /></a><br />I was almost caught by one of those "<span style="font-style: italic;">we paid too much into your account, please refund me</span>"-scams. Here is my experience:<br /><br />I complained twice to Telkom because they are overcharging me since April for my doBroadband connection. (I'm still waiting for them to come back about the issue.)<br /><br />On Monday 18 Aug. 2008 at last a "Telkom" representative calling himself "Collen" (sic) phoned me, apologizing very nicely (like only Telkom can do for their bad service) about overcharging me for another service (that I did not complain about). I was much relieved that Telkom started doing something and <span style="font-style: italic;">promptly supplied my bank account details</span>.<br /><br />On Thu. 21 Aug. "Collen" phoned again with a big problem - they have accidentally paid R52000 instead of R2000 back into my account.<br />Checking my account did show the amount!<br />He asked for a refund, and faxed his banking details on an official looking form from "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Telkom Billing Inspectorate</span>".<br /><br />By now I realized what was going on. I was playing for time while trying to get the SAPS on the case. So we had quite a few calls.<br />I think "Collen" works on a Thursday to give him 2 days to pressure you into paying him back, before you discover on Monday that the deposit was a stolen cheque. By Friday he became very adamant to get our faxed proof of payment. His arguments for the urgency became more far fetched!<br />When we got tired, we just told him the truth and to forget it - and he stopped calling.<br />It seems SAPS must wait until he has successfully robbed a sucker before they can lock him up.<br /><br />I think it is OK to supply banking dtails to these criminals -even if they are false. At least it would keep them busy and away from other victims for a short while.<br />So I kept him busy, he wasted phone and fax costs, exposed his illegal FNB account and lost his stolen cheque. Hopefully, that saved one other sucker from his claws.<br /><br />SAPS:<br />The local police station yielded mixed results - they are too busy with physical cases to look into fraud.<br />CrimeStop at 08600 10 111 didn't answer - but came back later.<br />The Commercial Branch at (012) 393 2108 was very much interested and immediately sent men to me to collect the information and opened a case.<br />The Crime Intelligence Division was also interested to take the case.<br />The Banks' Sabric.co.za at 011 847-3151/28 collected all the info of the case.<br /><br /><br />Searching the internet revealed many similar cases over the last few years.<br />It sounds as if he was "Daniel" in the West Cape a while ago.<br />Apparently they also abuse SARS for such scams, or even any unknown business.<br /><br />The background noise at "Collen" sounded like a busy call center - especially in the afternoon calls - could have been an internet cafe.<br />He sounded like a black man, speaking reasonable SA English but with a slurring "R" - almost like a Boland "brei" - that might indicate a French connection.<br />His cell number is/was 073-021-9458 - he still answered our calls on 25 Aug.<br />Feel free to call him to confirm the incident and give him any advice if you want to.<br />His fax2email number is 0866601162 at CoinTel<br />The "Telkom" fax he sent contains false phone numbers.<br /><br /><br /><br />See also:<br />http://www.saps.gov.za/org_profiles/core_function_components/commercial/deposit_scam.htmFerdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-8482061985865876262008-06-18T08:45:00.004+02:002008-06-18T09:31:18.236+02:00Oor padvarke en beledigings<span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">Vinnige Sarel het homself as ‘n goeie bestuurder beskou en het gereeld met sy oop sportmotor op grondpaaie gaan rondjaag vir “oefening” en pret. Een Saterdag kom hy weer met fyn beplande spoed af op ‘n skerp draai wat hy weet hoe om net reg te vat - so skeef dat die grond onder die wiele uitspuit. </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">Skielik kom daar ‘n vrou van voor om die draai! Skoon aan die verkeerde kant van die pad! <span> </span>Sarel briek en swaai en mis haar met millimeters. <span> </span><br />Toe die karre so by mekaar verby skuur skree die vrou vir Sarel: “<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Vark!!!</span>” </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">Nou ja, Vinnige Sarel reageer in millisekondes en </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">skree terug: “Gaan bars!” terwyl sy humeur nog vlamvat. <span> </span>Hy kry sy kar onder beheer voor die draai. </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Die vermetelheid van so ‘n onbehendige vrou!!</span> </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">Sarel sit voet-in-die-hoek om sy verlore spoed te herwin. <span> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">SY was die een aan die verkeeerde kant van die pad en dan noem sy HOM die vark!!</span> </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />Met die presisie van ‘n tydrenjaer vat hy die draai - </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span lang="NL" style="font-family:Verdana;">die kar se agterkant so effe skuins uitgeswaai. <span> </span>Sarel voel ‘n bietjie beter - dis mos hoe dit gedoen moet word! <span> </span>Petrol plat getrap. Die wiele tol en die grond spuit. <span> </span>Bosse flits verby. </span></strong></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:100%;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span><strong><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:14;" lang="NL" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Maar toe! Boem! Krêsj! Spat! </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Daar tref Sarel teen volle vaart die </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:100%;" >regte </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">vark</span> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">wat oor die pad loop (waarvoor die vrou natuurlik moes uitswaai)!<br /></span><br /></span></strong><span lang="NL" style="font-size:14;"></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:14;" lang="NL" ><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></span><strong><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:14;" lang="NL" ><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Lewenslesse:</span> </span><span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >1. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >As iemand jou ‘n vark noem maar jy weet jy is nie, moet dan nie soos een optree nie…<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >2. As iemand van 'n vark praat en jy reageer</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > dan bewys jy hom reg en jy word die vark.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />3. As jy nie die vark is nie,<br />moenie soos een op tree nie,<br />anders word jy die een wat gaan bars!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Vir meer lewens verrykende stories, gaan kyk op my vriend Willem se web by <a href="http://raised2serve.co.za/category/afrikaans/">http://raised2serve.co.za/category/afrikaans/</a></span><br /></span><br /></span></strong>Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-43217077913463450952008-05-28T13:51:00.003+02:002008-05-28T14:32:33.953+02:00Xenophobia se voet! Wat die media nie vertel nie.As jy wil weet wat werklik gebeur, help die media nie altyd nie. Die media kondisioneer ons om sekere goed te WIL glo. Onthou: Hulle bied inligting op so 'n manier aan dat hulle meer geld uit jou kan maak .<br /><br />Vir die waarheid, gesels met die mense op grondvlak. Die meeste koerant berigte bevat foute (soms ernstig) wat deur mense wat self by die insident betrokke was uitgewys kan word. Moenie sommer enige storie glo nie. (Ja, toets ook my stories voor jy dit glo!)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ware storie:</span><br />Ons bejaarde huisbediende vertel dat in haar tuisdorp (in Noord-Wes naby Brits) is die handelaars aangeval en verjaag en al die winkels geplunder. Daar was geen xenophobia nie - die handelaars is almal Suid-Afrikaanse Indiërs!<br />In hul buurdorp het dit effe meer beskaafd gebeur: Die "vigilantes"/tsotsis het die handelaars 5 dae waarskuwing gegee - en teen laasweek Maandag het die hele lot gevlug.<br /><br />Nou sit groot gemeenskappe sonder winkels en brood en alle kos moet in Brits gekoop gaan word. Vra hulle wie die opstokers was, is die mense weg en onbekend.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dit is g'n xenophobia, dis eenvoudig arm en kriminele mense wat die rykes aanval!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Die media se spin op stories:</span><br />56 mense dood in twee weke - dis verskriklik.<br />35 000 uit hul huise en werke gejaag - dis nog erger.<br />Dan praat niemand eers van al die beserings en mense wat permanent vermink is nie.<br />Maar dit vergelyk glad nie met die 50 mense per dag wat in SA vermoor word nie, want dan is hierdie sensasie minder.<br /><br />SA se moordsyfer het sedert 1994 vanaf 70 na 40 per 100 000 in 2006 verminder.<br />(In Swaziland het dit oor 'n ietwat langer tyd geval van 90 na 13. Brasilië, wat ook bekend is vir hul gewelddadige misdaad, se moordsyfer is 28 per 100 000.)<br />Nou weet ek nie wie ek moet glo nie: Die polisie se statistiek (wat hulle nou baie beter beheer as in die verlede) of die media wat dit duidelik maak dat dinge al hoe erger word.<br />My persoonlike ervaring is dat al hoe meer persoonlike vriende en familie vermoor en aangeval word - dit is onafhanklik van media verslae. Die polisie erken egter dat SA se gewelddadige rooftogte steeds besig is om toe te neem. Ek weet dus steeds nie wat regtig die waarheid is nie.<br /><br />Nog 'n voorbeeld van media geskepte persepsies: Om te veralgemeen dat Nigeriërs die groot kriminele in SA is, is 'n baie populêre siening aangevuur deur media berigte. Maar in Pretoria se middestad is daar verskeie groot kerke wat deur Nigeriese sendelinge hier gestig is. Die grootste kerke in Afrika is in Nigerië.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wat is die antwoord?</span><br /><br />Ek kan baie maklik nog baie meer kritiseer, maar die situasie word nie deur afbrekende kritiek verbeter nie.<br />'n "Golden bullet" wat skielik alles gaan regkry bestaan nie. Maar jy kan by jouself begin.<br />Iemand vertel my dat misdaad reg kry wat die kerk nie kon reg kry nie: bure kom bymekaar uit en mense bid soos nooit te vore nie!<br /><br />Meeste van die Bybelse voorskrifte vir die lewe is daarop gemik om 'n samelewing te skep waar voorspoed en geluk kan heers. Gebruik die Bybel om die maksimum uit die lewe te kan put.<br /><br />- Kry jou gemoed skoon. Vergewe waar jy moet.<br />- Kyk waar jy iets positiefs kan doen vir iemand anders. Iewers gaan jy weer aan die ontvang kant wees.<br />- Leef 'n gesindheid van hoop uit sodat geleenthede benut kan word.<br />- Moenie misdaad en bedrog laat verby gaan sonder om dit minstens te rapporteer nie.<br /><br />Geniet die lewe - al is dit nie regverdig nie - want God is genadig!<br /><br /><br />NS:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">'n Interessante feit oor immigrante:</span><br />Buitelanders (feitelik oral in die wêreld) is gewoonlik die deel van die populasie met meer inisiatief en idees en opleiding en werksywer. Die plaaslike bevolking wat mooi stabiel is doen gewoonlik minder om hul eie lot te verbeter. Ons sit en wag vir die regering om iets te doen, wat gewoonlik ook nie na ons smaak is nie.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-85381845968223265072008-05-23T10:11:00.003+02:002008-05-23T10:35:51.190+02:00Another take on Xenophobia (foreigner hatred) in SA<span style="font-family: arial;">We all mourn the attacks on foreigners. This morning the death toll was reported to exceed 40, with hunderds more injured and thousands fleeing. There is an answer.<br /><br />For another perspective: I've received this in e-mail - apparently written by a Venda person:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I might not be a South African</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But I'm black, my skin is the same as yours</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My colour is the same as yours</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My genes are African, nothing but African</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When your leaders were beaten by whites</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I was there to shelter them</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I was patient with them</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I offered them food, shelter, </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Most of all, I offered them protection</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I might be a South African</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Vhenda</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I can't speak Zulu, cause I'm Shangaan</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I don't know what an elbow is in Zulu</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As much as you don't know it in my language</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Since when was Zulu the only South African language?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes...............I'm not from Gauteng</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I was not born here, but I'm South African</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Where should I go if you beat me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm not beating your father, mother, brother or sister who works at my</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">area in the mines</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm not calling them makwerekwere though they can't speak my language.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I might be dark in complexion</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I might have the foreigners looks</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I might have the foreigners body structure</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Now I am scared to go to the only place that I call home</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm scared of working down the street without my ID</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Whites wanted me to do that centuries ago</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Now you, my black brother is acting white</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Why should you Black South Africans do this?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What makes you think that you better than me?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who told you that I'm responsible for your unemployment?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who told you that I'm less human?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If I need to go back to Vhenda........let all the Zulus go back to KZN</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let all the Tswana's go back to Botswana</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let all the Sotho's go back to Lesotho</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let all the Ndebele's go back to Kwandebele</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let all the Xhosa's go back to Eastern Cape</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes............let all the Swati's go back to Swaziland</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Is this not ignorance?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Your unemployment is your responsibility</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Use your intellect</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Get up and work</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let education empower you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Seek humanity</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Before 1994 you blamed whites</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Now you are blaming me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who are you going to blame after chasing me away?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who are you going to blame after killing me?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For what it's worth.......................</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry I was not born here</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry I can't speak Zulu</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry for being too dark for your Joburg</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry for cleaning the toilets you don't want to clean</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry for doing your garden</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry for repairing your shoes</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm sorry for protecting your leaders while they were in Exile</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes.....................what you call Exile...........is my country</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And most of all.......I'm sorry for building South African</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">infrastructure</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Please my brothers let there be peace and prosperity amongst black</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">African people.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Hatred is not going to get us anywhere.<br />Blame shifting </span><span style="font-family: arial;">is not going to get us anywhere.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Love and help with compassion change people.<br />Honest work and people with integrity change the society.<br /><br />Pray for South Africa. God wants to do miracles as He has done in the past.<br /><br /></span>Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-47518772593552259022008-03-25T15:43:00.000+02:002008-03-25T15:48:03.487+02:00Wie se koerant lees jy?Hierdie grappie het my aan die dink gesit:<br /><br />--------------------- start of quote --------------------<br />Gister sien ek 'n Joodse vriend van my, Moshe, wat 'n Arabiese koerant lees.<br />Verbaas vra ek hom "Moshe, hoekom lees jy 'n Arabiese koerant?"<br /><br />Moshe antwoord: "Ek het gewoonlik die Joodse koerant gelees, maar wat lees ek daar? Jode word vervolg en aangeval. Jode verdwyn deur vermenging en verbastering, Jode leef in armoede. Toe begin ek Arabiese koerante lees. En wat lees ek daar? Jode besit al die banke. Jode beheer die media. Jode is almal ryk en magtig en beheer die wêreldekonomie. Die nuus is alles net soveel beter."<br />---------------------- end of quote ---------------------<br /><br />Wat doen goeie nuus aan jou?<br />Wat doen slegte nuus aan jou?<br />Hoe laat dit jou voel?<br />Hoe laat dit jou dink?<br />Hoe gaan dit jou optrede be-invloed?<br /><br />Ek het vanoggend in die Beeld gelees oor moord en roof en ander sondes wat die wêreld 'n slegte plek maak.<br />Maar ek weet God se goeie nuus hou baie beter dinge in. <br />Nie net vir die hiernamaals nie, maar ook vir nou:<br />- Vryheid van bitterheid.<br />- 'n Hart wat kan gee en ryk voel.<br />- Viende en familie wat jou in jou behoeftes kan voorsien.<br />- Moed vir wanneer jy voel jy kan nie meer nie.<br />- Mense wat jou nodig het - vir wie jy iets beteken.<br /><br />Om te veel van die verkeerde koerant te lees gaan jou BESLIS negatief be-invloed.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-21220024975891419802008-01-16T14:51:00.000+02:002008-01-16T15:08:42.724+02:00Evangelical Fellowship of India on persecution in OrissaYou can have a look at <a href="http://www.efionline.org/subsection/news/pressrelease.htm"> Evangelical Fellowship of India press releases</a> for more news on the persecution of Christians by Hindu militants in India.<br /><br />http://www.efionline.org/subsection/news/pressrelease.htmFerdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-12058028516453491702008-01-11T13:33:00.000+02:002008-01-11T14:50:09.246+02:00Pray for India - Christians are being killedChristian martyrs dieing for their faith is not something from the Bible or history or communism.<br />We all know that Christians are persecuted in many Muslim counties, but that is only a part of the picture.<br /><br />India is not a free country where radical Hindus persecute Christians.<br /><br />What can you do to help them? <a href="http://au.christiantoday.com/article/persecution-a-normal-part-of-christian-life/3689.htm "> (See this christiantoday.com article) </a><br /><br />From numerous sources we get news of religious persecution.<br />Here is one example:<br /><br />Posted: 2008/01/04<br /><b>Christians killed, churches burned in India</b><br /><br /><i>Ten Christians were killed, and about 90 churches and 600 homes torched by Hindu militants in eastern India around Christmas, a Baptist official there reported to the Baptist World Alliance.<br /><br />“Fifty to 70 Hindu radicals pulled out Pastor Junas Digal from a parked bus, paraded him on the road, all the way beating him with sticks and hands, and finally shaved his head to claim him a Hindu,” said Swarupananda Patra, general secretary of the All Orissa Baptist Churches Federation.<br /><br />In Bamunigham, in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, two Christians were shot and injured, shops operated by Christians destroyed, 20 churches damaged, and three churches razed on Christmas Eve, Patra reported.<br /><br />On Christmas, Christians were terrorized, Christmas worship services disrupted and churches forced to close, while Christians hid in “forests to evade attacks from these Hindus,” Patra continued.<br /><br />The attacks affected about 5,000 Christians, leaving most homeless. They were allegedly the work of Vishwa Hindu Parishad or the World Hindu Council.<br /><br />BWA General Secretary Neville Callam condemned the attacks and urged Christians, especially Baptists, to remember “our Christian brothers and sisters in Orissa state in our prayers.”<br /><br />Callam further indicated that the BWA “will respond meaningfully to the needs and concerns of those who have suffered and will make the appropriate representations to make the case for respect for religious freedom in India.”<br /><br />Already, Baptists in other parts of India have responded to aid those who suffered from the violence. Bonny Resu, general secretary for the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation and BWA regional secretary for Asia, reported local Indian churches are being mobilized to provide blankets and other assistance.<br /><br />The level and speed of assistance is being tempered by the sensitivity of the situation as overt assistance from Christian organizations, even from within India, could spark further violence, Resu said.<br /><br />“Orissa is a place where a Baptist community of about 500,000 live, and most of them are in these areas where persecution is most intense. They are also among the poorest of the poor of India, which is why they are often voiceless,” said Resu, who is from Nagaland in northeast India.<br /><br />Violent anti-Christian attacks are not new to Orissa. In January 1999, Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons were burned to death as they slept in their car in Manoharpur village, Keonjhar district, in rural Orissa.<br /><br />India’s Christian population is estimated at 3.5 percent of a total 1.12 billion people. There are several Baptist conventions and unions in Orissa state that are member bodies of the BWA, with total membership in Orissa of nearly 500,000 baptized believers and about 3,500 churches.</i><br /><br />This example comes from <a href="http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=7249"> www.baptiststandard.com</a>.<br /><br />To get a better picure, just search at <a href="http://news.google.co.za/news?q=christian+persecution&btnG=Search+News"> Google for news</a> on these topics. Unfortunately, we are getting the least news from the places where persecution is the worst.Ferdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445506432026416230.post-87614883138853516002008-01-07T12:01:00.001+02:002008-01-07T12:04:20.205+02:00Vereenvoudig Afrikaans se spellingDaar is al verskeie voorstelle gedoen dat die spelling van Engels vereenvoudig moet word. Ek glo dat dieselfde met Afrikaans moet gebeur:<br /><br />Doen weg met ''n' - skryf net ' Ook behoort die dubbele -oo- verkort te word tot slegs -o-. Die vordeel hiervan is oglopend. Die lang -ie- kan vereenvoudig word tot -i-. Di gevolg hirvan is dat boeke korter word. Di dubbele -nn- word verander tot -n-. ' Mens sal dus viniger kan lees. Di onderskeid tussen -v- en -f- is verwarrend en ek stel vor dat slegs -f- gebruik word. Dit maak dit makliker fir sowel onderwysers as kinders. Di letters -oe- kan ferkort word met -u-. Skryf en tik word finiger gedun.<br /><br />Maak di lang -ee- sommer -e-. Kinders op skol sal ni mer so lank nem om te ler spel ni. En di lang -aa- word -a-. Papir word gespar omdat dar ni mer baie letters op di papir ferskyn ni. Ek dring darop an dat -ou- ferkort word tot -o-. Di grot antal analfabete in Suid-Afrika sal no makliker kan les, want dar is minder letters. So ok kan -ui- en -uu- ferkort tot -u-. Di Afrikanse radio se utsendings sal no finiger geskid, want di nuslesers sal ni mer so baie letter huf te les ni. Di -d en -t an di einde fan worde kan ferander tot slegs -t. Dit kan ons moi tal Afrikans net gut dun. Dubbele konsonante sos -ll- word enkelkonsonante. As gehel dink ek my forstele sal ' rewolusi ferorsak. En ferget fan di dubele ontkening!<br /><br />Enfot het nimant nog skade angedun.<br /><br />- Outeur onbekendFerdihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707606473498016021noreply@blogger.com0