with the Sunshine in the sky.......
Maybe it is just the season, but definately I have been on a 120 mile high.......
Just returned from Mwanza (Lake Victoria) with absolutely no work done this weekend. AWESOME! Spent quality time with a good couple of people. Met 2 Yanks, an Ausstralian, a couple of South Africans, a half britt/frenchie and just a whole lot of good people....Of coarse "Touch Yourself" or so called "Soap on a rope" took the crown.
Friday night we pulled into a Pub/Bar called Tilapi and just partied the night away. I was picked up from the airport by a colleague with a bottle of Captain Morgan and basically I finsihed it within a half an hour. Decided it was time to paint the town red and eventually ended pulling out the guitars and jamming with an Austrlian. What a Jol!
Saturday afternoon after waking up with one mother of a headache we set off for a farewell braai of one of the South Africans I met almost a year ago, my last time bein' 'round Mwanza. Met up with a couple of Yankees from New Jersey and oh my god, we took Pink Floyd to a new level. Amazed by powerful lead guitarist and just say, the joke of the night was to re-inact the pronounciation of a french guy speaking terrible english. At the end, good fun.
Well, Thursday night the one Yank will make his turn in DSM and I will introduce him to the new English Pub just across my street and as well an Irish Pub down at slipway. Rrrrrrrr, PARTY! Friday morning I will be off to South Africa for the weekend to attend Wayne's Wedding on Saturday. (Bru, I hope this one stick!)....And I also have confirmation that I will be in Paris somewhere bewteen the 5 - 9 March.
Timo bru, I know it is past your deadline but I will definately try and come on over the weekend before you leave. I will confirm within the week. I decided to rather take my one week leave and spend it alone on the island. Yeah, somewhere in April I will go to the island for a break. Well, France give me a week and then I will take it over Easter Weekend and by doing that, I will have 2 weeks holiday. It is all about planning and yeah, PHOENIX and I will be re-united once again. Will be sad not having you guys around like old times, but I need this, really!
So, for now it is all & out, 'til next time that is.
Ciao
Who's goin' to wear my Crown?
Luckily or the dust went to rest and life is almost as normal as possible. Lately I have started spreading my thoughts further down to the end of this year and just maybe......Just maybe!
Good thing I have realized during the last couple of weeks is really how alone I am doin' what doin best. It is definately not that I am sad about doin' it all alone, but at the end it does catch a bit of your soul. Now that this shit at work seems to have calmed down and I am spending my time thinking really hard and quite often about next year and so forth and where and what I will be doin'. After a couple extremely hard phonecalls I realised that my ex-boss in SA and still officially in charge of my well being still really cares about what happens to me and I have to admit I haven't the been the easiest to be around.......I just would like her to know that I really appreciate her presence in my career and I do trust her judgement completely.
Thank you so much for guiding me and when times get tough, thanks for being there. I know that this is the part where I have to come to the forefront and play the part. Being profeesionally driven isn't always about the effort you put in and it isn't always about the wrongs that have been done to you.....It is actually everything to do with your motivation, inspiration and setting up the goals and no matter what you need to do to achieve the goals and dreams that sometimes seems a bit far fetched.
But time has come to get this all setted out and plan the remaining period of my stay as an extreme learning curve. Survival at the end has nothin' to do with strength, but in fact it is all about adapting to change & drive....May it as it is, getting on the black stallion and ride off into the sunset never ends the way you wish it to be.
An incredible period has commenced now at a stage on this project where you see what the previous 18 months was all about. Seeing the end in sight helps time to go by. Seeing the fruit of your 18 months harvest really puts the essence into satisfaction and encourage those who previously were not sure of what it all was about. Ladies & gentlemen, I'm talking about mechanical erection (it it has nothing to do with bionic sex) on site and not too far from now I will start partially the new works on all 3 sites that I am techically incharge off.
I really forgot back in Mauritius how it felt seeing your late hours, planning & designing comes to a point and see your work physically growing right infront of your eyes. I just love this part and specially the end of the contract. It brings a sigh of relief as well as satisfaction. "Cause at the end it is all for those who just can not expreience first worlds.
But for now, just carry on and take it step-by-step still solving the mysteries of a badly written contract. Who cares, it will definately come on my CV. It is great to hear people speaking about you around the world and the trust and belief that trusted you with. Welcome to my world! It might not be first world, but it definately takes first place for me.
I love y'all, goodnight
