Wow, so looking when I last posted, I am really sucking at this blog thing. I def think I need to put the app back on my phone.
So, November was pretty bleh, nothing exciting happened, well clearly, no blog post.
Decemeber was INSANE. I was off to Zim for 10 days, for my dad’s 60th.
Now, bear in mind, I hadn’t been to Zim for going on 5 odd years maybe? So it was going to be an interesting experience.
So, first off, the net in Zim is much to be desired. ADSL is few and far between, the “3G” they have is slow, shit and expensive, 1 USD for 5mb of data.
Vodacom has no agreement with Zim for prepaid lines, so I had no roaming. I did have a prepaid Zim cell number that my step dad uses when he goes there, BUT they don’t activate data my default, I had to ask someone there.
Pricing in Zim is all in USD, the only have dollar denominations, but insist pricing with cents, so if you need change, you have to take a credit note (valid at that shop only), or sweets, or change in rand (at 10 to 1). Same as if you owe cents in, you can pay in rand (at 10 to 1).
Some stuff is cheap as hell, others super expensive, even found some SA stuff cheaper there than here, don’t ask me how!
Plans were in Zim were also to go on a houseboat on Lake Kariba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Kariba), which is generally always sunny and hot and amazing.
Well, were meant to be there Monday to Friday, which was cut short. It rained, rained all day, every day. Nothing but rain. I have a few pics to follow.
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Coming back, I hit the ground running, the main tech had gone on leave, so I filled in as tech, as well as squeezing in the helpdesk stuff as well.
My journeys took me to Toti, Richmond, PMB, Umtentwini, Durban CBD, all over the place. It was also the time I was doing major installs for our products on my own, running cable over 50m through ceilings, and wow, some of the stores were only but missions!
I really enjoyed it though, was good to get on the road, and do tech stuff that I am used to.
Christmas was a chilled family affair, lunch at my folks, dessert at Donna’s and finishing up with a nightcap at Jo’s Pool Bar, where else.
We pretty much ate more than enough over that weekend, and had the following week to no do an awful lot!
New Year’s Eve was basic and chilled, 5 of us, in the rain for braaing and drinking, and spent Sat sleeping til 12, the only thing to do on the most laziest day of the year!
To keep this short and sweet, I will post plans for 2011 next!
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