Well, Gary's funeral yesterday afternoon was a real testimony to the true character of who Gary was. I really pray that I have as many people at my funeral when my time comes. There were about 200 people there, and I pray that I have such an influence on my friends and family and people that I know.

On the funeral program, there was this poem and I feel that I have to repeat it here:

WHAT IS DYING?

A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horison.
And someone at my side says "She is gone!"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight, that is all;
She is just as large as when I saw her;
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me,
not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says "She is gone",
There are others who are watching her coming
And other voices take up a glad shout of rejoicing,
"There she comes!!"

And that is dying.

Rest in God's presence Gary. We will all miss you, but we know you're in a better place.


This morning when I got to work, I reversed into the parking bay, and scraped my new car against the carport post. DAMMIT!!! And I've scratched the paint off the rear wheel arch. Not too bad, but the white undercoat is showing. So Avis has to get a quote for that and let me know what I have to pay. *sigh* Lekker stupid Derek!

Well, I've just finished cutting Michelle's hair. REALLY SHORT! She wanted a bob-kindof-short-layered-Meg-Ryan-kinda-look, and I think I got it right! Maybe hairdressing is my calling!!! ;o)

We went ice skating last night with the CMA youth. It was a Christian Event at the rink and they played only contemporary Christian music.. Quite good fun! We had a great time! It was organised as a promotion for the upcoming Godly Revolution!! Which is going to be a blast! Last year was fantastic, and I think this year is going to be better!

On a sadder note, I'm leaving work at lunchtime today to attend Gary's funeral. We've been asked to go on our motorbikes and wear our colours jackets.

This past weekend was good and bad. Bad because we lost a friend in a motorbike accident on Friday night. Gary was riding back from Midrand towards Roodepoort, and there were roadworks on the main interchange. Gary lost control of his bike and crashed into the concrete barrier. The paramedics say he was killed instantly and didn't suffer. He was 22. *sigh* Michelle is taking it quite hard as they were good friends.

This weekend I also went to my first live rugby game. The Vodacom Cup Final - Bulls against the Lions at Loftus stadium in Pretoria. It's the Bull's homeground, so naturally I shouted for the Lions! (Who won in the end..!! ;o) ) But it was interesting and I had more fun that I thought I would. Spent the rest of the evening with friends, and Sunday morning as well.

Anyways, back to work today... *sigh*

I'm currently reading a series of books called The Left Behind Series. It's a fiction story about people "left behind" on earth after the rapture. It's brilliant reading, and really interesting to see God's Scripture put into perspective in a story like that. Highly recommended!!!!

I came across a cool website with some great screensavers and other assorted must haves: Useless Creations. They have a great screensaver for the new Matrix movie and also for The Lord Of The Rings. Go get them..!!!

This morning on my way to work I was disgusted at the amount of pollution in the air. It looked like fog it was so thick. With the colder weather now, all the shanty town residents are burning coal and wood fires to keep warm and it's practically blocking out the sun.

Then to top it off we have 18 wheeler trucks doing way less than the minimum speed on the highway, and beltching out thick black diesel fumes on top of it.

My heart breaks when I see what we're doing to our planet. I wonder when it's going to finally cave in and say "No More!". If I was God, I probably would have wiped us all out long ago! Thankfully He has a lot more grace and compassion than I do. (I'm working on it though. ;o) )