Kersfees 2007

Baie Geluk Pieter & Yulandi!

Pieter van Zyl en sy nuwe bruid Yulandi, het Saterdag 22 Desember 2007, die knoop deurgehaak. Die geleentheid het by Safari kwekery in Pretoria plaasgevind. Die troue was 'n feestlikheid en ons wens julle twee net mooi dinge en 'n gelukkige lewe saam toe!

A year in review: 2007

I do this every year and since 2007 is almost kapot I thought it's a good time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly that happened this year.


Top moments op 2007:
1. 11 August - my wedding day
2. 12 August - drinking champane on a mountain top in Kaapscehoop
3. The whole honeymoon (Fado show in Lisbon - Portugal; Flamenco dancing show in Seville Spain; Belly dancing evening in Fez - Morocco; Swiming in the ocean in Malaga (spain) and Casablanca (Morocco); Seafood evening in Lisbon - Portugal; Shopping in Seville and walking next to the river)
4. Goo Goo Dolls performing Iris at 46664 concert and seeing Nelson Mandela in person for the first time at 46664
5. South African Springbucks winning the 2007 Rugby world Cup
6. Cherrie Festival in Tzaneen
7. Die oog longweekend
8. Girls weekend at Dikhololo
9. Enrique Iglesias Concert at the Dome
10. Easter picnic at Kaapschehoop

My top 10 movies of 2007:
1: As it is in Heaven
2: Little Miss Sunshine
3: Hairspray
4: 300
5. Bourne Ultimatum
6. American Gangster
7. La Vida Rosa
8: Stardust
9: Enchanted
10. Ratatouille


T0p 10 DVD's that I watched in 2007:
1. Stranger than Fiction
2.Number 23
3. Perfect Strangers
4. Alpha Dog
5. Breach
6. Mr Brooks
7. Highschool Musical
8. Happy Feet
9. Meet the Robinsons
10. Blades of Glory

Top 10 Songs of 2007:
1. Grace Kelly - Mika
2. The way I are - Timbaland
3. Umbrella - Rihanna
4. Leave me alone I'm lonely - Pink
5. Apologise - Timbaland
6. Bleed it out - Linkin Park
7. Pot Belly - Freshly ground
8. Do you know (Ping-pong song) - Enrique Iglesias
9. I believe - Live
10. Just like a star in the sky - Corin Bailey Ray

Best books that I read in 2007:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K Rowling
2. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
3. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
4. The Rainmaker - John Grisham
5. Making Money - Terry Pratchet
6. Screw it, let's do it again - Richard Branson

Favourite website of 2007:
1. Facebook.com
2. Perezhilton.com
3. waiterrant.net
4. Postsecret.blogspot
5. billboard.com
6. wikipedia.org
7. tvsa.co.za
8. Beeld
9. overture.com
10. gmail.com

Biggest Disappointments of 2007:
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phenix (movie)
2. Eskom load shedding (goverment)
3. Shrek the Third (movie)
4. Going on a camel ride (touring)
5. Zuma not being arrested (politics)
6. Employee of the month (dvd)
7. Innocent Man by John Grisham (book)
8. Headlines song by Spice Girls (song)
9. City of Tangier in Morocco (touring)
10. Madrid Bus tour in Spain (touring)

46664 Concert - 1 December 2007

Saturday morning, on the 1ste of December World Aids Day, we drove to Johannesburg looking for the Ellis Park stadium. On the official 46664 concert page they had directions to follow. The directions where simple - take Harrow off ramp and drive past the Ponte Tower and you'll find Ellis Park. After driving for an hour up the M1 highway, looking for Harrow off ramp, we finally stopped at a garage and asked the petrol attendant if he knew where Ellis Park was. "It's easy; just take Jo Something off ramp." I should have guessed - yet another name change by our competent government without alerting the citizens of their country. The same thing happened to me the other day as I was driving around looking for Hans Strijdom off-ramp. I drove past it because of a name change.

Anyway, back to the Concert. We arrived just after three, got our sitting seats with an excellent view of the stage and stocked up on food and cold drinks. There was a very amusing coca-cola vender who kept saying to the crowd: "Who wants BRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

In the first few hours South African musicians like Freshly Ground, Malaika, Danny K, Arno Carstens, Louise Carver, Soweto Gospel Coir,Prime Circle and Jonny Clegg performed. International musicians like Peter Gabrial, Razorlight, Jemelia and Live also performed.

And then the moment that we were all waiting for….. 7 o clock on the dot Nelson Mandela appeared on the stage. He was supported by his wife and with all the 46664 musicians behind him. The crowd went whild when he smiled and waved and I got goosebumps just hearing him address us. He talked about World Aids day and the 46664 concert. He had us all mesmerized. After Madiba’s speech more South African and international bands performed. (people like Just Jinger, Corine Balley Ray and Annie Lenox).

The next highlight of the evening was when my favourite band The Goo Goo Dolls perpormed my all time favourite Song – “Iris” from the movie City of Angels.
I actually cried that’s how touched I was. After they finished the song – there was silence for a few seconds and then the whole crowd started clapping and singing: “And I don’t want the world to see me cause I don’t think that they’d understand, when everything’s meant to be broken I just want you to know who I am.” That was absolute perfection for me.