HUGGBEES

Helping those in need

siviwe — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:15:16 +0000

The other day while waiting at a traffic light I saw an old woman begging for money for food. Everyone was ignoring her, like I usually do. I don’t know what was different about that morning, but I decided that I would give her some money. I hooted to get her attention and then asked her to come to the car. I gave her either a R10 or R20 note, I don’t remember which. She looked grateful then went back to the side of the road with her board and continued begging.

Kasouga weekend

siviwe — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:25:58 +0000

So I somehow managed to crack the nod for a weekend away with Brendan, Craig and Guy. I’d been part of the initial facebook invite, but then it was all quiet. So naturally, I made other plans. Brendan impressed on me that I should come, and change my plans when all was confirmed. I am glad he did!

No more running

siviwe — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:00:56 +0000

I have officially given up on running. My knees just cannot handle it. I have finally resigned myself, in great pain, to that fact. A great pity, since I have come to rather enjoy my short runs.

Brief update

siviwe — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:38:51 +0000

It has been ages since I put anything up here. Back then, I was still unemployed and trying to figure out what the next couple of years of my life would entail. Some of these I am still keen to follow up on, but the timeline may be pushed back a little more.

(mini) Holiday

siviwe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:37:57 +0000

Heading out to Zimbali for a couple of days. Since I have neither BlackBerry nor laptop, chances are that I will only be putting anything up on here on Sunday when I get back. Byeeeee!

Rest day

siviwe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:34:57 +0000

After 4 continuous days of riding, I thought it prudent to stay off the bike today. While it took some effort to not go riding, a bit of a cold that I am picking up and the itchy pain in my legs assisted with the decision. At the moment, I am grateful I didn’t ride. Especially after yesterday’s ordeal.I went for a short recovery ride yesterday. The idea was to do a 30km ride at a very easy pace. As I climbed Christian Centre hill, I toyed with the idea of riding to Gonubie and back (50km, with circuit). However, when I got to the traffic circle at which to make the decision of route, I saw a guy and 1 girl seemingly waiting for someone; looking ready to go up the Stutt route. Competitive spirit kicked in (on a recover ride!) and I decided to go the Stutt road, keep a steady tempo and see how I feel when they pass me. I was even singing along to the new John Mayer and taking it easy; was passed by some old man (very old), and I tried to catch him uphill. When my heart rate started hitting 170/191, I decided he was stronger and let him go.

The 100km that wasn’t

siviwe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:38:30 +0000

I wake up at 3h30 to get ready for the 4h30 ride. No sms from Sean, so I sms him. He gives me some girly excuse about a cold or some other rubbish. Luckily, Dereck was still keen and let me know when they were climbing my local hill. He was joined by two chicks, and already I started thinking this was going to be a nice and easy ride. I was so wrong.

Health Check

siviwe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:02:35 +0000

I just did one of them Discovery Vitality health checks. Since I’ve been lazy and fat this year, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get to the required 45000 points to keep Gold Vitality status. One of the things I hadn’t done this year is one of these health check things. A bit worrying since I’ve mostly been drinking and not exercising much this year.

MTN is crap!

siviwe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:17:14 +0000

My trackball on my BlackBerry wouldn’t move left, so last Friday (04/12/2009) I took my phone in to the MTN service centre at the new mall. I was told it needed to be sent to Jhb, and would take between 3 and 15 days to fix. I complained that this is an excessive amount of time, to which the guy said sometimes it does take the 3 days so I should just call to confirm.

30km easy spin

siviwe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:05:59 +0000

Either am getting fit again, or was tired enough to not push on the ride and just enjoy it. Nice and slow, to flush some lactic acid out of my system. Swung by the bike shop and got them to “fix” my gears. Noone in this town seems able to get it right.