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| Date: | 6/19/2013 11:47:52 AM |
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Greetings!
Happy New Year and all good wishes to you and your familia! Its been a long time. I’ve been very busy at work and with the New Year comes new responsibilities. SO I’m trying to strike a good balance between work, play, and home. I bet a white Christmas is more in line with the traditional American view of a white Christmas. IN the southern hemisphere, in Argentina, Southern Africa and Australia, we all celebrate it in summer. I guess the animals can sense it coming. Out here elephants and rhinos seem to know where the rain is going to fall. Interestingly, in Thailand when the Tsunami of 2006 struck, the animals sensed it and sought higher ground. They have that instinct and ability to hear and smell things outside our sensory limitations. Horses too know when the rain is coming and they love it. They’re definitely more vibrant and active. Out here, the best places to visit are the East Coast, West Coast and the Lowveld. It’s wonderful out in Cape Town this time of year. Durban is too hot and steamy, the Lowveld is also hot and steamy, but both places are beautiful and offer lovely site seeing and both Durban an Cape Town have great beaches, surf spots and cool places to visit. Oh I think I will come over in winter most likely, if I do ever visit. I take leave around February so it should still be cold up north. But it won’t be such a big sacrifice. We have summery weather for most of the year, its really mid winter that it can get cold. Glad to hear that Lulu is well. What does your daughter do in Hong Kong? Must be a very interesting place. My folks got back from their holiday in India and I gather that they had a good trip, but not everything about India is pleasant. For starters, their hygiene and cleanliness leaves a lot to be desired. Their transportation is chaotic and congested, whether you fly, take a cab, or a train. Water is not pure there and you really got to live on bottled water. Food is very spicy, too spicy even for my parents’ Indian heritage. But worse were the rats and snakes and other critters that live there. We’re from Africa and perhaps my mom and dad thought they saw it all. Nope, their experience in India is something I think they will always cherish, but at the same time they told us that we must be grateful for what we got. I think the poverty and squalor got to them…My mom and dad don’t like my snakes much either and its for that reason I had to accommodate them in my store room. And the fact that they eat foot long rats, that doesn’t go down well with my mom especially. I know Black ghost knife fish pretty well. They do grow quite large, mine is around a foot in length. I love the way the fin undulates like a screw, and the way it backs up and darts forward. They are something special… Although they are predators, if you grow them up with smaller fish as well as keeping them well fed, they should be fine. Take care and all the best to you and your family for the new year. Cheers! Stokes |
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