Thursday 18 October 2012

Breast Cancer Awereness Walk



Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

 

Sorry this post took so long, but had major issues with my laptop at work (since I spilled coffee over it) so had to setup a new work computer and sort out all the admin around the other one getting parts replaced, etc. Memo to self, try and slow down once in a while. Doing too many things at once may cause fatal problems J

Mom and I

My sister and I

Mom and Annien

Us ladies
 

On Saturday the 13th October 2012 we got up early to join the CANSA walk for Breast Cancer Awareness. We arrived at about 7 in the morning, to sign up, get our t-shirts on and put on our stickers. Then the wait started, I must say I was very impressed when we started on time this year. Since most years they start late. So at 8 we started the long 6 kilometre walk. When we decided to do this walk we thought we were getting fit, with our gym and Zumba classes. So how hard can 6km really be? I must say I got more than ¾ through the walk before I really thought I couldn’t go any further. Luckily the last bit was kind of downhill, but I think this works your legs more than the uphill part did, since you constantly have to stop yourself from running. Must say my shins felt it the next morning J

Some of the crowds, even the guys wore thos fight like a girl t-shirts
 

I am really proud of my mom and sister; we thought we were going to finish last, and that everyone will have to wait for us. We finished more or less in the middle and watched for the next 30 minutes how people came in and cheered them on. This felt like a victory to us. We felt like winners.

 

Now why would we choose to support the CANSA’s breast cancer projects you might ask? I know in most women’s minds, breast cancer seems like a distant concern, something that you don’t have to really think about. In our family it affected us directly. My Gran was diagnosed with Breast cancer in 2007/2008, luckily for us my Gran is a fighter and she survived, but many others in our family weren’t that lucky. I always say, Breast Cancer is a bitch (sorry for the language), it takes hold of your life, throws everything upside down, and then the news comes that you are now cured or in remission, and then when you least expect it, it comes back with a bang, bigger and worse than before. This has happened in so many cases that our family has come in contact with. Because of this we all hold up our breath when Gran goes to doctors, praying daily that she will never have to go through this again.

 

I know that the Lord won’t send anything across our paths that we cannot handle, and I thank Him every day for making us stronger through this and guiding us.



 

 

 

 

Friday 12 October 2012

Thr3e - Ted Dekker



Ted Dekker


As promised, I finished Ted Dekker’s book called Thr3e, this was an amazing book, and it kept me hooked until the end. I literally could not put it down once I started. I loaded the book onto my Kindle when we had to read it for book club; I did the unthinkable, and put down all the other books, focusing only on this one book... I know shocking stuff J


The book is about Kevin, a seminary student, who gets a phone call as he is driving home from school, informing him there is a bomb in his car, and that he has three minutes to confess a sin and solve a riddle. He sees an open parking lot with an open area next to it. He then barely escapes the car before the car blows up.


Suddenly his world is turned upside down; he needs to find out what the sin is he needs to confess before the psycho Slater destroys everything that is close to him. Slater knows things about Kevin, which he didn’t even tell Samantha, his childhood friend. Slater demands Samantha should also join his little game.


Jennifer is a FBI agent on the track of the “Riddle Killer”, and as Slater’s work looks to be the same as the Riddle killer she is assigned to the case. Slater’s riddles all involve opposites and works in multiples of three’s. Jennifer feels she is getting too involved with Kevin.


The book builds up and draws you, as reader in; you feel Kevin’s anxiety at having to reveal his past to Samantha and Jennifer. You get mad when Slater stays one step ahead, you feel Jennifer falling for Kevin. You feel sorry for Samantha when she “hands-over” Kevin to Jennifer. You want to help Kevin. The book is brilliantly written, and the ending is so unexpected.


Since Kevin is a seminary student, you can feel his trust in God, his inner conflict. This is a great novel written for Christians. This is a great book and Ted Dekker really did a fantastic job.


I heard there is a film version of the movie might try it out soon.






Wednesday 3 October 2012

Weekend News


Weekend News

 

So I had a busy weekend, do you ever have those weekends were you wish that you can be two people at the same time? Well this was one of those weekends. Normally we are chilled over weekends, I usually go to work Saturday mornings and then we relax the rest of the day.

 

On Friday we had our book club meeting, the book we were supposed to read (I am still not done with it) is called Thr3e by Ted Dekker. So of course we thought a three course meal will be very fitting for the occasion, So Maatje brought samoesa’s and spring rolls with a sweet chilli sauce. Beate made the most amazing chicken schnitzel with fried potatoes. I order cupcakes with a book on top for each book we did and some extra ones with each person’s favourite book covers.



Each cupcake had a book we read, and couple of favourites


 

We didn’t really discuss the book since only four of us actually showed up. But I now know the end of the book, and it was what I suspected. (That post will still follow when I am done with the book)

 

On Saturday I had a sushi evening with my other group of friends (memo to self might have to introduce the whole bunch to one another, might solve some problems) we bought premade Bean curd and decided to make Californian rolls. Since this was my first time they went easy on me, and everything was cooked, I wonder if this still counts as sushi ;) We had a great night, filled with laughs and of course Chocolate chip ice cream (good thing Monday nights is Zumba nights, to burn off the calories)


Shrimp covered in bread crumbs
 


My first time rolling sushi


We even had some cutlery for our sushi, please excuse our Blackberry's

Roxy
KT decided she also wants to see what sushi looks like

Ice cream for desert
 

Last night after our Zumba class we went to my one friend for her birthday, we ordered 25 balloons since she turned 25 yesterday, and how many times do you get to turn 25? We have a birthday tradition were we give the person one balloon per year. I think from next year on we will have to test our multiplication tables, 25 is the limit for the car J

25 Balloons floating to the ceiling

All the yummy snacks
 

 That is all for this post, chat soon :)