The toilet roll

How often is it that you walk into a public toilet or a toilet in your own home or a friends home where you get to the loo and the brown board is on the loo roll and no one has bothered to change it!What baffles me even more if that this happens in our own homes and family or friends homes where the toilet rolls are usually in arms reach in the cupboard there in the bathroom??Why do people generally leave it for the next person to change?Are people lazy?Is it beneath them?Are people too in a hurry to do other things in life VS a few seconds to change a toilet roll?I have never understood this?In a public toilet is it not strange how people feel it takes too much time to push the lever in the holder to drop the next roll?What do you think?I think that laziness plays a big part here!

Human behaviour mind boggling I tell you

I love sitting and watching human behavioral patterns. It is so fascinating.
On a daily basis we work with our immediate team and others within the building that our sales team is based.
Every morning when my immediate team arrive we all greet each other and ask about the morning so far or how their evening was etc however it baffles me that other team members that arrive who share the same floor with us literally a meter away from our desks do not greet on arrival and hours can go by until you interact over picking up something at the printer and they start engaging in conversation with you for the first time for that day as if we had chatted earlier and there is no acknowledgement that this is the first interaction for the day. Some others come into the office and start chatting about work without a "Hello" and they go on as if they have seen you several times for the day. Do people just take each other for granted that they will be there on a daily basis and there is no need for greeting??Hang on.....I feel the same when collegues sitting within meters of you get up and leave for the day without saying goodbye. Initially I use to find this outright rude and then I realised that they are "sleep walkers."They are just not in tune with the moment and are already thinking of a million other things instead of being in tune with their colleagues and surroundings.
I actually pointed it out to a colleague the other day that I greet him every day and that sometimes at 1pm in the afternoon we will have our first bit of banter for the first time even though we can see each other from where we sit. He greeted me first for the first time the other morning and we had a good chuckle however nothing has changed.
We also attend management meetings where we interact with other managers that we hardly see in days and when everyone arrives in the boardroom people just sit down and don't greet?????
Human behavior-mind boggling I tell you!!!!!

Its all about "experiences" this year

"Experiences" is one of my buzz words for this year.At the end of the day as mentioned on a previous posting I think I mentioned that "experiences" one can never take away from you however material things can be.When its your time to rest you cant take these material things with you. I am not saying I dont enjoy certain material things-we all do.These things add to the joy in ones life and may ignite an experience however dont focus on things that wont add value.Today I am heading off to "The Strandloper" (www.strandloper.com)to fulfill an experience that both my mum and I have wanted to explore for many years now. I figured a spur of the moment days leave to fulfill this for my mum before she leaves will be priceless. We have a beautiful 27 degrees in the mother city and we going to hit the west coast soon.....Cant wait...Talking about experiences I was most touched yesterday to have been copied in on an e-mail from a long staying guest to our MD where he oozed with beautiful words about the hotel and mentioned that he does not like to single out staff members however wanted to thank me for a few things that made a difference to their experience. Not only did they put a big smile on my face but they really warmed my heart to see another happy guest leave with an amazing experience. I went to see them and thank them for the touching words and spent some time with them while they had their cherry on the top to end of their stay....the indulgent afternoon tea. What a great elderly couple....we exchanged a few words and shared many laughs and banter about our lifes experiences. There really is something oh so special about spending time with the elderly. I wish you a day full of great joy and experiences too.....

A shift in mindset

This past few weeks have been full of such pleasant moments with family,friends and strangers. I am loving this "new Sue" who is open to conversation with total strangers. I cannot believe I have lived in a bubble where I have given off this "Dont talk to me" signals. You cant blame me with applying this to guys as in Durbs I think I came across many forward or as the Capetonians say "volbaarig" guys.
Even swimming in the pool the other day-I got to the lane and from the other end this dude starts waving at me signaling it is ok to join his lane. I felt like I knew him at the way he was so comfortably waving out to me a complete stranger. LOL
I also realised recently that I have now acquired a skill to listen to someone moan without taking their negatives vibes onto me and I am able to remain fairly numb to the situation however give guidance and walk away not carrying their load. Oh oh oh and something else I discovered that I am able to do is when I find myself in a situation where I don't really feel like doing something I tap into my thoughts and my mind talk and in a matter of seconds I can lift my thoughts and its as if this visor lifts and I see the situation differently. I am just loving all these new realisations-the mind sure is a powerful thing.

Memories of 2009 on Sues journey

I have been thinking of moments that I have encountered during this past year. Here is a listing of what comes to mind in no particular order. As things come back to me I will be updating this list so keep coming back to have a peep....


*New Years eve spent with mum (What a blessing to have her with me again seeing another year in)
*My swim in the lake in Bettys Bay. I clearly remember while swimming making the decision to do the Midmar mile and it was during that swim that I mind mapped my intentions for 2009 and now when I look back I am smiling. I have achieved or touched on all that I wanted for myself.
*Midmar mile

*A ride in Aroons Chev with my brothers
*Experiencing a traumatic evacuation from our home due to fires on the mountain

*Long street expeditions
*Many hikes in the Cape

*Almost 2 months of up-routing my life and being in a state of uncertainty while trying to gain more independence. Yes this was not the fondest memory but I took only the good out of this experience.
*Special moments and moments of truth with mum during her April holiday
*Hosted Stephen and Xavier for breakfast
*Moving into my abode on my own (LOVING IT)
*My bookclub nights
*Biggest Loser challenge and the Biggest Loser Finale weekend (Having Aroon here and all the activities we got up to was priceless) I won the challenge and reached my goal.
*Many special Biscuit Mill trips with friends and family


*A 2 week holiday in Durban(watched a few soccer matches where Aziz played brilliantly,special moments with friends,my birthday tea party,having Adhil there was a bonus


*Kirtis fun dress up 18th birthday party

*Meerlust wine and dine evening with Adhil,Ilana and Chantel
*Channies 30th birthday celebration @ Caveau-Newlands
*Britte spending a day with me while visiting from LON
*A fun ride in Anus' dream car
*Tatum spending a weekend with me in CPT

*Spending time with playa
*Dinner cooked by Tatum for Cashel,Yas and I
*Dinner with Zac and Pooh at my place
*Meenas 30th birthday(What fun thinking of ideas for her gifts)
*Top billing and dinner nights with Pooh @ her place
*Adrians engagement party
*More to Life weekend (WOOHOO!!!!!) Life changing-I got my sleep back and lots of other things too!!!!!
*Yasmins 21st birthday surprise dinner
*A week at the Westcliff for work-got to spend good QT and lots of special moments with Zsa and family-bonus that my mama dearest was there
*Halloween with the Berrisfords and connecting with my JHB friends

*A few days of absolute QT with Aroon (this was an amazing few special days-I cant explain it)

*A special much needed catch up with Meena @ Quarters
*GHD photo shoot-thanks to Yas
*Watching Cats and the fun of having Yas dressed up


*Receiving a pink stone from Aziz sent with Mum
*Starting a new gym challenge
*News that Lana is expecting a little baba
*News that Tatum got engaged (28/12)
*Commiting to doing two miles @ Midmar AND signing up for a triathalon in Durbs which is next month

Cats came out to play

I had yet another beautiful weekend! It was well balanced with spending time with different circles of friends and a good amount of time with family. On Saturday morning I went to one of my fave Saturday morning spots "The Biscuit Mill" where I was very good this time and only had the fruit salad,a coffee and a strawberry mule.I think mum gave the Biscuit Mill good business as in the last 15 minutes there mum managed to fill up her green P&P carrier bag with enough to go for a picnic somewhere. It was so good to see mum relaxing and enjoying herself pottering around the stalls and sampling goodies. That evening we went to the long awaited performance of "Cats". Whenever I hear of this production I think of a girl by the name of Simone back in drama class in school who had watched this production in London and didn't stop going on about it and since then I have always wanted to watch it. Aside from the excitement that I was at long last going to watch Cats I was so thrilled as this was also Yasmins' 21st birthday suprise. Poor girl has been waiting patiently since October for this suprise and it sure was worth the wait. I went to Tinka Tonka toys(my fave toy and dress up shop in Gardens) and got some cat costume stuff and I got her a pink cupcake from the BM for her in-flight meal. Yas was clueless as to where we were going. I dressed her up in the car and she was not allowed to look at herself in the mirrors. It was great fun and even when we got to the Artscape she had no clue of what show we could be watching.Yas was such a sport and wore her cat ears and bow tie into the show. Cats was entertaining however to be honest I created too much of a hype in my mind and I expected more of a lively show. The stage set was great-the dancing was great-interaction with the crowd was amazing and all in all as I say entertaining.
On Sunday night Dills and I got to have mum accompany us on our Sunday night date to the movies.We watched "The visitor" and ate of course at Anat as we do on a Sunday night. I was naughty and indulged in a few indulged in a few fries. HEEHEE I have reviewed the movie on my other blog.
Lastly I must tell you that I have my first underwater watch!!!! Dills brought it for me as a Xmas pressie. I am so thrilled with it as of course you know I am training for the Midmar Mile in Feb 2010 and I am doing two events. I am aiming to shave off 3-4 minutes off my last time. I know I can do it!!!!! I am giving my watch a test run tonight-woohoo!!!!! Guess what colour is it????Wait for it.......PINK!!!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine my excitement. YES I AM ADDICTED TO PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pink gem

What a special gift!

Mum arrived on Sunday night and I got to see her on Monday night. Yes it was strange for me not picking her up from the airport-I was at the Killers concert in Paarl. On Monday night I got to pop in to see mum. She is looking oh so good. Mum presented me with a pink stone all the way from Durban from my dearest nephew Aziz!!!!! I was so thrilled. Apparently he came to her saying he found it in the garden and it was from America and he gave mum one and asked her to please bring me one. How fitting that it was pink. I now keep it in my handbag to remind me of him.It was really such a touching moment and I called him yesterday to thank him and the cutie pie said "Youre welcome." AAAAHHH!