Ons sal nou kan videos upload na ons blog toe, as mense dalk sou belangstel.
Ek het ongelukkig nou net videos in 3GP formaat (selfoon), en ek dink nie dit word aanvaar nie.
Die tipe videos wat aanvaarbaar is, is: AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real, en Windows Media.
Ek sal maar net vir converters moet soek...
24 March 2008
17 September 2007
Alan se matriekafskeid..
Soos oupa sou gesê het - ons is nou af na een!
Ons kan nie juis glo dat Alan al amper uit die skool is nie!
Alan en 'n paar vriende met hulle dates en ouers kuier vooraf by ons huis sodat ons kan sien hoe goed hulle lyk.
Dis toe 'n McMillan tartan - die winkel het nie Gordon tartans in Alan se grootte gehad nie. Kyk mooi - julle sal die beker herken wat Alan by ouma geërf het.
Ons kan nie juis glo dat Alan al amper uit die skool is nie!
Alan en 'n paar vriende met hulle dates en ouers kuier vooraf by ons huis sodat ons kan sien hoe goed hulle lyk.
Dis toe 'n McMillan tartan - die winkel het nie Gordon tartans in Alan se grootte gehad nie. Kyk mooi - julle sal die beker herken wat Alan by ouma geërf het.
05 August 2007
Dit was 'n aardige ding om Christo se beseerde voet te sien.Hy was op 'n kamp naby Harrysmith. Terwyl hy melk kook, kom iemand aangehardloop en stamp die pot om op sy voet.
Ongelukkig is die wond aanvanklik "mismanaged" met vaseline ge-impregneerde gaas. Toe hy by die GP kom 3 dae later, kom die nuut gegroeide val af..
Hiernaas is gieter se foto.Wond het al heelwat herstel.
Kyk bv. na die grootte van die rooi gedeelte.
Die bekommernis is nog die "eilande" in die middel wat effens stadiger vorder.
Hy sal dalk 'n veloorplanting benidig.
Terloops - ek verstaan die nuutste benadering is om 'n gaas van silikon met silikonjellie te gebruik.
MVG
LMAC
16 July 2007
13 July 2007
12 July 2007
Ouma se begrafnis
Ouma, Christien Laurie, 24 Julie 1921-5 Julie 2007 (86 Jaar)
Ek het nie so vreeslik baie foto's oor wat gebeur het nie. Maar die meeste van haar kinders, kleinkinders, agterkleinkinders en skoonfamilies was daar.
Aan die einde van die gedenkdiens het die kinders en kleinkinders Forever Young van Bob Dylan gesing ter ere van Ouma en Oupa. Dit was hulle song. Ek post die woorde.
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
Ouma het ook 'n paar versies geskryf in haar laaste tyd, maar ek het nie die woorde daarvan nie. Kan iemand dit dalk post.
Ek het nie so vreeslik baie foto's oor wat gebeur het nie. Maar die meeste van haar kinders, kleinkinders, agterkleinkinders en skoonfamilies was daar.
Aan die einde van die gedenkdiens het die kinders en kleinkinders Forever Young van Bob Dylan gesing ter ere van Ouma en Oupa. Dit was hulle song. Ek post die woorde.
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
Ouma het ook 'n paar versies geskryf in haar laaste tyd, maar ek het nie die woorde daarvan nie. Kan iemand dit dalk post.
19 June 2007
Artikel oor Martina en Handson
Hierdie artikel verskyn in die nuwe uitgawe (May - Jul) van Proud.
Ek het dit taamlik low-res hier anders word dit te groot om af te laai.
MVG
Louis
03 May 2007
Nog photos van 1 mei
Kate, van baie naby.
Dirk verduidelik hoe groot die tuna was.
Nicola Kortenhoeven (Kestell se nooi), gesels lekker met Kate.
Leslie en Essie.
Trienke en Henri.
Dirk verduidelik op sy tipiese manier terwyl Kayla besonder geinteresseerd probeer lyk.
Reenen met Nicola Bosman... en haar kamera-foon.
Marietjie van Onselen (Kate se ma) en Kate.
Kate, Mariele en DP. Mariele gaan die volgende dag in vir Botox. Dis dalk die dat sy so bekommerd lyk. (ek verneem die Botox was heel suksesvol.)
Julia, koffiekoppie en Leslie. Superman was net net uit die prentjie uit.02 May 2007
1 May Prentjies
Ons was almal lekker saam by Dirk en Trienke se plekkie, en hier volg 'n paar foto's.
23 April 2007
Alan speel in die hokkie fees wat FNB borg!
Baie van die seuns het deelgeneem aan die CANSA Shavathon wat lastig maak om hulle uit te ken, maar ek neem aan almal sal Alan herken..
16 March 2007
30 January 2007
Chris se eerste verjaarsdag partytjie
Presentjies oopmaak:
Kersies dood blaas. (die groter seuntjie het gehelp)
Koek sny. Kan almal sien wat die koek veronderstel is om te wees?
leidraad: die malvalekkers is wolke.
Chris was nie heeltemal gesond nie, so ons het net voetjies nat gemaak.
Ek het gister eers uitgevind hy't mangel ontsteking.
Hier het hy 'n klein stukkie koek geeet, verder niks, behalwe 'n paar chippies.
Sy keel was seker te seer.
11 January 2007
Nou oor na Blogger 2
Ons het nou die blog ge"migrate" na die nuwe version van blogger.
Dit beteken dat ons kan labels op ons posts sit (nie besonder nuttig nie), maar ook dat ons moontlik later van dinge soos video blogging etc. sal kan gebruik maak. (nog nie op die oomblik nie).
Dit beteken ook dat mens moet 'n "google" account he om te kan post. Meeste van die members is google account houers, so ek glo nie dis 'n probleem nie. Templating kan mens verbeter, maar as ek nie eers belangstel om dit te verander nie, weet ek nie vir wie dit iets gaan beteken nie.
Dit beteken dat ons kan labels op ons posts sit (nie besonder nuttig nie), maar ook dat ons moontlik later van dinge soos video blogging etc. sal kan gebruik maak. (nog nie op die oomblik nie).
Dit beteken ook dat mens moet 'n "google" account he om te kan post. Meeste van die members is google account houers, so ek glo nie dis 'n probleem nie. Templating kan mens verbeter, maar as ek nie eers belangstel om dit te verander nie, weet ek nie vir wie dit iets gaan beteken nie.
10 January 2007
lekker gekuier!
Ons het 'n heerlike vakansie gehad, eers by my ouers op Boesmansriviermond en toe op Franskraal. Baie lekker om almal weer te siene te kon kry en saam ontspan.
Hier is 'n paar fotos om mee te begin. By Boesmans, Chris kan hom so verkyk na enigiets wat buite aangaan, die voeltjies, plante, mense ens.
Chris het die see so geniet. As ons weer sien het hy die pad gevat na die brandertjies. Die een oomblik het ons nog lekker met die sand gespeel, die volgede oomblik het hy pad gevat. Die volgende 3 fotos is deur my ma geneem.
lekker "geswem".
Op Franskraal was Marile die fokus van sy aandag. Hier speel sy en Chris saam kitaar.
Ons het vir Nicola (bruinette) ontmoet, dis nou Reenen se Nicola. Kestell se Nicola is blond as die fotos wat ek gesien het vertrou kan word.
Hier is 'n paar fotos om mee te begin. By Boesmans, Chris kan hom so verkyk na enigiets wat buite aangaan, die voeltjies, plante, mense ens.
Chris het die see so geniet. As ons weer sien het hy die pad gevat na die brandertjies. Die een oomblik het ons nog lekker met die sand gespeel, die volgede oomblik het hy pad gevat. Die volgende 3 fotos is deur my ma geneem.
lekker "geswem".
Op Franskraal was Marile die fokus van sy aandag. Hier speel sy en Chris saam kitaar.
Ons het vir Nicola (bruinette) ontmoet, dis nou Reenen se Nicola. Kestell se Nicola is blond as die fotos wat ek gesien het vertrou kan word.
en sy draai toe uit om 'n kranige petank speler te wees.
Die kuier om die vuur by Franskraal is altyd baie lekker. Ons het baie lekker geeet, na musiek geluister, en wyn gedrink. Ek het ongelukkig nie daar fotos geneem nie, maar mens kan seker onthou sonder fotos as 'n mens probeer (gladnie te moeilik vir ons wat daar was nie, maar vir die wat 'n bietjie lanklaas of nooit daar was nie, sou fotos seker gehelp het).
Baie dankie aan Pa Dirk en Ma Trienke dat ons daar kon kuier en dat julle dit vir ons so aangenaam gemaak het. Ek verlang alklaar weer.
13 December 2006
08 December 2006
Nou vir 'n paar prentjies...
Die Eiffel toring... Soos julle kan sien. Dit is besonder indrukwekkend. Check hy verlig tot die wolke :) Ek het opgegaan met die toring tot bo, en dit was volmaan. (ok so dalk is dit nie toring wat die wolke verlig nie...) Jy kan nie die maan sien nie, maar so nou en dan het die wolke padgegee en oopgemaak. Dit was soooo mooi.
Die Seine rivier. In die nag. (obviously)
Meeste van die vrugte in die foto is egte vrugte :), die ingang van die winkeltjie is bitter smal.
Die Notre-Dame. Hier was nog 'n wonderlike ervaring. Ek het ingestap sondag oggend. (ek het sondag die PM shift gewerk) Daar was 'n diens aan die gang. Ek kon meer van die Latyn in die sang verstaan as die Frans in die preek, maar dit was ongelooflik mooi... binne en buite. En ek het regtig 'n heilige atmosfeer beleef (behalwe dat daar honderde toeriste deurloop tydens die diens...) Die katolieke verstaan iets anders van God. Die heiligheid en die prag.
'n Fontein naby die Notre-Dame... Ek moes versigtig loop, die wind het vreeslik gewaai en hy piepie mens nat... Gelukkig het die mond aan die regterkant nie gespoeg nie.Die foto's is maar lae kwaliteit... Het nie 'n decent kamera gevat nie. (ek weet dis stupid, maar ek het steeds my ervarings, en dit bly myne, en ek sal dit nie verloor nie.)
Kestell
07 December 2006
Worlds 2006 --- Paris
Hierdie is my weergawe van worlds vanuit 'n magic oogpunt... Ek sal nog pics post (selfoon pics...) en 'n ordentlike weergawe in afrikaans vanuit 'n persoonlike oogpunt ook skryf.
Hey all
Worlds 2006, Paris
The setting is fantastic, magical even (if you'll excuse the pun)... The venue --- La Carrousel de Louvre... Literally 100m away from the infamous inverted triangle that was featured in the horrible movie the da Vinci Code (the book was good though).
As you approach the venue, you walk through a massive hall where the one wall seems really old, medieval even --- made of stone slabs that has seen the effects of years of erosion (a plaque adorns it... it's french... so sorry, can't tell you what's that about)
A massive crowd of people is hanging around the entrance... talking in tongues, a cacaphony of languages, reminiscent of the Tower of Babylon, or the coming of the Holy Spirit.
When you enter the venue, a larger than life statue of Serra Angel awaits you.. This statue, while impressive, was not nearly as impressive as so many other statues of angels in Paris. Very few people about... I am late for the judge meeting. (the Metro, or subway, took slightly longer than I anticipated it would and we get off at the wrong terminal, so have to walk about half a kilo further)
Sneaking into the judge meeting, I see a whole herd of Zebra's (as the judges are called). I am one of roughly 2 judges not wearing the black and white... We were distinctly asked NOT to wear them to the judge meeting.
Luckily I'm in time to hear which team I'm in. Seminars, headed by a judge from Argentina or Brazil... Juan del Compare. He has long black hair and a full beard, with john lennon glasses... Looked a lot like John Lennon actually.
I also receive a schedule for my duties for the tournament. Seminars, Main -- Deck Check, Sides AM, Main--logistics, Sides PM (from wednesday to sunday).
Seminars is your "off day" at worlds. It starts at noon and continues until 6 PM, all the while you are just sitting there... Chatting about stuff. Judge stuff, but still stuff. In the mean time... The side events hall has filled up to more than capacity... we don't have NEARLY enough seats for all the players... there was a 250 player PTQ... and we had to tell the other 300+ people to come back on another day if they wanted to play in a PTQ (eventually I think there was a PTQ every day, and days 3, 4 and 5, there were 2... all of them in excess of 250 players)
I would have loved to have my off day somewhere in the middle though... to give my feet a rest. Still it was really interesting. I met judges from all over, the three L3 judges in the team were from Finland (Johana Vitaghen?), Australia (Ryan Dare), and Juan. Later through the day we are joined by L5's Sheldon Menery and Gis Hoogendijk and Judge manager Andy Heckt. We dicussed the role of the various levels of judges, and the pending change in REL (regular, competitive and professional replaces REL1, 3 and 5 respectively), and the big one... DQ's
Now Worlds 2006 -- Paris, would be known for DQ's. This is another reason why I would have loved to sit in in the later seminars.
The judge community is moving away from game losses in general (other than tardiness and deck related ones), and more towards Warnings for stupid play errors, and DQ's for cheaters. So, the whole issue of, this game has deteriorated too far, GL to offending player... is history. We don't do that anymore. Both players contributed (in different degrees) to the game state.
Day 2 is limited. I do a whole lot limited deckchecks and moving around draft tables... I wont be going into too much detail here. It was a long day. Probably the longest day of worlds (from the players' perspective).
Day 3 is Sides AM... We had rented another side event hall for the friday-sunday. Sides AM had to set up this hall... Luckily the tables had been set up, there was probably 800 tables in that hall... It was a big hall. We had to set up Tensa barriers (I'm not sure how you spell that word... I wasn't aware it was called that, it's those poles with the ribbon used to control queues... What I do know about them is this... They are HEAVY, very heavy, 12 of them... right across an 800 table hall) --- this day I started feeling my feet... It was a tiresome day.
Sides should have started at 9:00 as far as I know. But due to the vast throng of people trying to register for the PTQ's all PC's were used to help get that going. So sides eventually only started at about 11:00. And the noon team soon arrived to assist us (the teams' times overlapped, sides AM was from 9:00 to 17:00 and the sides noon from 12:00 to 20:00 and the sides PM from 17:00 to 3:00 AM (eek, I know).) This was one of the major issues as far as leadership was concerned, because you would have 2 different team leaders and at least 2 more head judges trying to run things... And people started getting into each others way.
Saturday was team day. Team Rochester was the format. You draft, you build, you play. 4 Rounds, sounds short... It isn't. It took roughly 45 minutes to draft, then 30 minutes to build, then 60 minutes to play. That is more than 2 hours per round and then there's always that little time extra because of deckchecks and pairings going up... turned out to be roughly 11 hours. Saturday night... Judge dinner no. 1... I leave early (about 12:30, beacause the metro closes at 12:40) By now sides have been totally hectic and seminars have had to cut their time short and start helping at sides... Suddenly glad I at least had an "off day", and since so many judges was involved in sides, the dinner was split into 2.
Sunday... Sides PM... starts at 17:00 so I walk around Paris for the first bit of the day, and around 2:00 PM I decide to go have a look at the venue at what's going on. Aparantly after I left the dinner, it was announced that sides PM would start at 1:00 PM because we need to clear the hall at 11:00 PM. So late again. But I start to work... I am on the $2000 amateur championship event that had 8 rounds (which we made 40 minutes to try and fit into the time frame, no top 8 and we still did not quite manage the 11:00 PM cut off.)
My feet are soooo sore by now...
Awesome event. WAAAYYY too many players and we were *slightly* understaffed... ok grossly understaffed.
Monday, I start walking Paris... Louvre etc. my feet killing me... Paris is beautiful beyond belief. I am changed through this experience. I appreciate beauty as a gift from God.
All in all, my ticket was paid for by wizards, I managed to sell my compensation for enough to cover my hotel costs and we got 100 Euro lunch money... I am only about 1K down, and I went to Paris for that. Not many can say that.
Cheers, and be good. God Bless.
Kestell
Hey all
Worlds 2006, Paris
The setting is fantastic, magical even (if you'll excuse the pun)... The venue --- La Carrousel de Louvre... Literally 100m away from the infamous inverted triangle that was featured in the horrible movie the da Vinci Code (the book was good though).
As you approach the venue, you walk through a massive hall where the one wall seems really old, medieval even --- made of stone slabs that has seen the effects of years of erosion (a plaque adorns it... it's french... so sorry, can't tell you what's that about)
A massive crowd of people is hanging around the entrance... talking in tongues, a cacaphony of languages, reminiscent of the Tower of Babylon, or the coming of the Holy Spirit.
When you enter the venue, a larger than life statue of Serra Angel awaits you.. This statue, while impressive, was not nearly as impressive as so many other statues of angels in Paris. Very few people about... I am late for the judge meeting. (the Metro, or subway, took slightly longer than I anticipated it would and we get off at the wrong terminal, so have to walk about half a kilo further)
Sneaking into the judge meeting, I see a whole herd of Zebra's (as the judges are called). I am one of roughly 2 judges not wearing the black and white... We were distinctly asked NOT to wear them to the judge meeting.
Luckily I'm in time to hear which team I'm in. Seminars, headed by a judge from Argentina or Brazil... Juan del Compare. He has long black hair and a full beard, with john lennon glasses... Looked a lot like John Lennon actually.
I also receive a schedule for my duties for the tournament. Seminars, Main -- Deck Check, Sides AM, Main--logistics, Sides PM (from wednesday to sunday).
Seminars is your "off day" at worlds. It starts at noon and continues until 6 PM, all the while you are just sitting there... Chatting about stuff. Judge stuff, but still stuff. In the mean time... The side events hall has filled up to more than capacity... we don't have NEARLY enough seats for all the players... there was a 250 player PTQ... and we had to tell the other 300+ people to come back on another day if they wanted to play in a PTQ (eventually I think there was a PTQ every day, and days 3, 4 and 5, there were 2... all of them in excess of 250 players)
I would have loved to have my off day somewhere in the middle though... to give my feet a rest. Still it was really interesting. I met judges from all over, the three L3 judges in the team were from Finland (Johana Vitaghen?), Australia (Ryan Dare), and Juan. Later through the day we are joined by L5's Sheldon Menery and Gis Hoogendijk and Judge manager Andy Heckt. We dicussed the role of the various levels of judges, and the pending change in REL (regular, competitive and professional replaces REL1, 3 and 5 respectively), and the big one... DQ's
Now Worlds 2006 -- Paris, would be known for DQ's. This is another reason why I would have loved to sit in in the later seminars.
The judge community is moving away from game losses in general (other than tardiness and deck related ones), and more towards Warnings for stupid play errors, and DQ's for cheaters. So, the whole issue of, this game has deteriorated too far, GL to offending player... is history. We don't do that anymore. Both players contributed (in different degrees) to the game state.
Day 2 is limited. I do a whole lot limited deckchecks and moving around draft tables... I wont be going into too much detail here. It was a long day. Probably the longest day of worlds (from the players' perspective).
Day 3 is Sides AM... We had rented another side event hall for the friday-sunday. Sides AM had to set up this hall... Luckily the tables had been set up, there was probably 800 tables in that hall... It was a big hall. We had to set up Tensa barriers (I'm not sure how you spell that word... I wasn't aware it was called that, it's those poles with the ribbon used to control queues... What I do know about them is this... They are HEAVY, very heavy, 12 of them... right across an 800 table hall) --- this day I started feeling my feet... It was a tiresome day.
Sides should have started at 9:00 as far as I know. But due to the vast throng of people trying to register for the PTQ's all PC's were used to help get that going. So sides eventually only started at about 11:00. And the noon team soon arrived to assist us (the teams' times overlapped, sides AM was from 9:00 to 17:00 and the sides noon from 12:00 to 20:00 and the sides PM from 17:00 to 3:00 AM (eek, I know).) This was one of the major issues as far as leadership was concerned, because you would have 2 different team leaders and at least 2 more head judges trying to run things... And people started getting into each others way.
Saturday was team day. Team Rochester was the format. You draft, you build, you play. 4 Rounds, sounds short... It isn't. It took roughly 45 minutes to draft, then 30 minutes to build, then 60 minutes to play. That is more than 2 hours per round and then there's always that little time extra because of deckchecks and pairings going up... turned out to be roughly 11 hours. Saturday night... Judge dinner no. 1... I leave early (about 12:30, beacause the metro closes at 12:40) By now sides have been totally hectic and seminars have had to cut their time short and start helping at sides... Suddenly glad I at least had an "off day", and since so many judges was involved in sides, the dinner was split into 2.
Sunday... Sides PM... starts at 17:00 so I walk around Paris for the first bit of the day, and around 2:00 PM I decide to go have a look at the venue at what's going on. Aparantly after I left the dinner, it was announced that sides PM would start at 1:00 PM because we need to clear the hall at 11:00 PM. So late again. But I start to work... I am on the $2000 amateur championship event that had 8 rounds (which we made 40 minutes to try and fit into the time frame, no top 8 and we still did not quite manage the 11:00 PM cut off.)
My feet are soooo sore by now...
Awesome event. WAAAYYY too many players and we were *slightly* understaffed... ok grossly understaffed.
Monday, I start walking Paris... Louvre etc. my feet killing me... Paris is beautiful beyond belief. I am changed through this experience. I appreciate beauty as a gift from God.
All in all, my ticket was paid for by wizards, I managed to sell my compensation for enough to cover my hotel costs and we got 100 Euro lunch money... I am only about 1K down, and I went to Paris for that. Not many can say that.
Cheers, and be good. God Bless.
Kestell
28 November 2006
een reenerige dag...
een reenerige dag het chris in die modder gespeel
En in al die plassies wat hy kon kry gaan plas
Chris dink hondekos is die beste ding ooit,
veral omdat hy weet hy dit nie mag vat en in sy mond druk nie.
een sonnige dag in die opblaas swembadjie. Dit was nie heeltemal sonnig genoeg nie, so, ons het maar net in 'n bietjie water gesit en plas vir 'n rukkie, toe raak dit te koud.
vroeg in die more
Altwee mans in my lewe in droomland -- vrede
Maar nie vir lank nie, as chris wakker word, moet almal wakker.
Maar, 'n mens (in hierdie geval John Diederik) leer om te slaap ten spyte van klein seuntjies se gebabbel
As ons klaar aangetrek het, word daar eers bietjie gespeel...
As ons klaar aangetrek het, word daar eers bietjie gespeel... enige ding is 'n speelding.
Een van chris se ander gunstelling aktiwiteite is swaai.
Chris hou ook van die "waar's die baba" speletjie, en hy kruip dan agter die lakentjie wat in die kar as sonskerm dien (wat gewoonlik af getrek word) weg.
Een van chris se ander gunstelling aktiwiteite is swaai.
Chris hou ook van die "waar's die baba" speletjie, en hy kruip dan agter die lakentjie wat in die kar as sonskerm dien (wat gewoonlik af getrek word) weg.
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