Ah, that is just great....

I have spyware on my other laptop at home. You know the one that is always connected doing the downloads while my real laptop is with me doing all my office crap. It's so bloody annoying and to top it all off I was downloading such nice movies....

Serves me right for downloading instead of buying...

No matter I am sure I will get the little beast of my machine in a flash... Just.... Need..... to..... find..... my BAT.

I traveled up north west of France close to Nantes over the weekend to visit David and Mag. It was a really nice and short trip, the train ride was a little frustrating. Kids jumping up and down, aircon always on, loads of French people, me almost hurting someone. It was a blast!

I burnt a little, oh alright I burnt more than a little and there was not even that much sun. I got to see a bit of La Rochelle and I was very impressed. Very nice little place, too bad about the weather.

So this was my first time using the great TGV, it was not that bad for the price. I also really love my iPod and now with new improved headphones so I don't get to listen to mother on train shouting louder than the kids to tell them to shut the F*&^& up.

Damn Spybot and Avast is still scanning the other laptop...

I took loads of photos and so will pass them on to make everyone jealous at the appropriate time.

I also think the Lilly Allen CD is cute. Don't quote me on that as I shall deny it....

Found a new drink, well not sure if it's new but I never had this before. Agrum from Schweppes... next best thing to Liptonic..

I also think that the new Justin Timberlake song - love stoned is nice. I will also deny I ever said that....

So I am on break from my French classes, but it's hectic. I just sometimes feel like I am not getting any of the stuff until I have a small chat with me teacher all in French and we understand each other. It's still damn hard! So I need to prepare many things for my return at the end of the month.

Finally rebooting that bastard laptop...

Ok I need to start my washing and iron some shite.

See ya!

It's has been a hectic couple of weeks and it just does not seem like it's going to end sometime soon. Alright so there have been many things happening but they will no doubt bore the shite out you. Mostly all work related...

The Good(Not fired yet) The Bad(Still using public transport) The ugly(The smell of the decaying dude sitting next to me in the metro)

All in all one out of three aint bad!

I am looking at getting my ass over at Werchter music festival. Oh lord knows that the tickets are expensive but when you look at the line up you get a brief taste of cherries in your mouth, don't ask. So if you do not want to be jealous in any kind of way skip the next few lines and do not click on the link below.

www.rockwerchter.com

So Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, The Chemical Brothers, Air, Faithless, Keane, The killers, Marilyn Manson, Muse, Metallica, My Chemical Romance,

That's just day 1... and THE BEASTIE BOYS!

4 days of music and camping, I so gotta go. Next music festival is Pink Pop www.pinkpop.nl but not going... also shite expensive. Another music festival is right here in Lyon and includes some Minimal House DJ's such as Loco Dice and Joakim. Yummy, this one I do not want to miss. http://www.nuits-sonores.com

I have finally managed to buy myself a sofa and had to put the thing together as it's from Ikea. I can now sit and watch TV or DVD's, not very comfortable but it does the job adequately. However it is still a little difficult to watch TV as everything is French. I have yet to get cable installed for the English channels, but I am considering it as I just do not get time to watch TV.

Also went snowboarding the other day again and this time around I only fell 25% of the time.

Finding it rather difficult without my friends and family.... I will be back in South Africa end of April for two weeks. Looking so forward to it.....

The weather is nice, 20 degrees today.

Found a really nice place to go have coffee at next to the river Saone.

I discovered the taste of Lipton Iced Tea, Liptonic. It's like sex in my mouth.

Public transport is a real pain in the ass.

Playing loads of poker for some reason.

Only played three games of squash.

Drinking good wine and some really shite wine, beer, ricard and what-not.

Meeting strange but fun people.

Reading Dutch magazines as I kinda understand some!

Finally getting the camcorder tapes on file, you know DVD's?

Found some really good music.

Watched a season of Heroes...

Clothes here are damn expensive...

The pigeons are the size of chickens.

DO NOT EAT andouillette, unless you are prepared for it.

Alright I think I have said enough. Written whatever!

I have an appointment to go see a Spanish man about a certain digital SLR.

Finally,

After a 3 minute search I found a hosting site... YAY! So listen to the nice song I am testing it with...

www.fileden.com

I want to say hard luck to Ludi, your team was by far the better on the day. I am referring to the Manutd vs. Liverpool game yesterday in which Manutd beat Liverpool 1 - 0

I went snowboarding the other day with friends from work. So keep in mind that I have never seen snow like this... NEVER.

YES THERE WAS SNOW! Plenty SNOW!

I was like a 5 year old boy not knowing what to do with myself. Snowboard in the one hand, funky snowboarding boots and trying NOT to fall. It was fantastic! There are some photo's up in the album.

Now that I have no reason to keep this thing u to date I will try and think of something to write about for next time.

So due to filelodge being so damn crap I need to find another host site.

When I finally find something that will work I shall start with my posts again...

So NEVER use filelodge as a hosting site.

Thank you.

William

What an amazing day, Chelsea once again did "Le Draw" and it's 12 degrees outside with the sun shining plus no wind. Yesterday I got my first real glimpse of Monte Blanc err well I think it was...

Finally after much, much trauma I made it into my new place. No furniture.... but I have an iPod and a computer to keep me busy. Argh I need to use my lighter to open my bottles of beer. Have no scissors so I had to use a knife to open up a few things and in the process almost cut off my fucking finger. Son of a bitch.... BITCH! Can you believe it???

I do as I am a prick.

Anyway, so my first reaction was owe... and started flinging my hand around this of course flung blood everywhere and I mean everywhere. I now had just cleaned the kitchen and blood covered most of it, my new fridge, washing machine, microwave and myself. This in two seconds so I knew this was not a small little prick. So I had a look at my hand and there was blood streaming out of my finger, it was not pretty. It was deep, rushed to the bathroom and cleaned it, wrapped it in toilette paper and used an elastic to keep it in place.

Dashed downstairs to try and find something to help. Not 100% entirely sure where to go....

Made it to Marche Plus and got some band aid and surgical tape. ARgh.... what a nightmare all that blood. Anyway, had to finish the washing, make food and iron a few things as I needed it for next week, being in the hotel made it a little difficult to wash and iron my clothes. All this after I had to clean the apartment, it looked like I just murdered someone in it...

My finger now hurts a little especially when I type.

SO Happy New Year to everyone...

I love you Mother, Father, Stephi and Boet... and all of my friends, ne Ludi?

I Generally take a shower in the morning, unless I passed out form the evenings doings and only wake up in the afternoon. This morning was cold and I was awake around 8:00am and decided to wait until it warms up a little. Then decided to take photo from my hotel room and then decided I should add an exciting new feature to the blog named "Photo of the moment" so you all can share with me just how cold it is. Oh my did that just sound corny?

Ya whatever even if it did I am sure you will have some fun with the photo's I randomly take. So you can have a look at the appropriate named link to your right if you want to see the photo of the day.

So I need to get ready as I am going to take a walk in Old Lyon today and look around. I need to get to know the place a little better and with this thought in mind took the bus and subway yesterday from work. It was not half bad and took only 30 minutes to get close to my place with another small walk to my hotel...

Everything is in walking distance from my new place and don't need to cart around in a car. So I won't be pressured into getting a car right away..... which is great. They actually have these neat public bikes you can use to get around, very nice..... not so nice when it is raining or cold.

Some time passes.... it's now 10:16

SO, this morning this woman bursts into my hotel room.... "the mini bar lady" - She's French I think. SO she bursts thru my door, God only knows how she did as I am almost 100% sure I locked it last night. They key was still inside the keyhole.....

The only place I can store my clothes is in the hallway as it is the only clothing cabinet and drawer in the place, in front of the door. There I was standing with only a towel around me rushing to get something on me since it is a tad cold.

She bursts in..... looks at me shouts something in French and then goes, "Mini bar check" I guess she was late with her check in or something. She looks at me, I just smile at her she smiles back and I go, Bonjour, I did not take anything from the bar. Merci, Ciao.

Hmmmmm.....

It is time for a coffee along side the river.

See ya all later!

Hmmmmm, the dishwasher seems to be stuck on rinse mode. It could be the toilet going all moggy and shit but I doubt that....

It could very well be that the "hotel help" here at the La Riene Astrid Hotel - Warwick in Lyon gave me the wrong dishwashing soap brick thingy. If you ever find yourself in Lyon France and need a place to stay I recommend it.... pretty nice, go have a peek. I just need to get off my damn ass and use the sauna and gym.... bla bla! 

So the coffee there is really nice and some of it is not that strong anymore. Yeah like after two weeks you start to enjoy peeling yourself of the wall and dare to drink another one 5 hours later. The food is also very good depending where you eat or buy..... naturally. They have a spar here which sucks, not a very big selection like back in SA. The fresh food is always very fresh..... well from what I have seen. I have also seen some very dead skinned bunnies hanging from some wooden plank in the fresh produce market. Eeeeeccccckkkk!

Skinned bunnies, except the head which still has it's eyes and furrrrrr.......

Taken from a hill somewhere in Lyon and WTF is up with the weird pen looking thing? Eh funny as they actually call it "Le Stylo" - Go Google it.

Sooooo..... if you look closely you can see some white stuff on a peak in the pic below.... yummy! I am so going to learn how to snowboard, can't wait.

Nice heh! Won't be going there for a Mont Blanc of a time on a snowboard, they say if it is a really nice day you can see the Monty from the office! Hmmmmm this has yet to happen!

Just imagine it little old me in there somewhere plough'en my way down on my ass.....

Alright so it's getting late and I have run out of subject matter for the post.

Ciao!

Greetings....

So all you sexy mad people, as only sexy mad people read the crap on this site.... RIGHT?

Sitting here at my new hotel room which is for a lack of better words fucking stunning. I have posted some photos which does not do it justice. I think it may be the best room I have ever been in. Besides that one time in that girls house.... that one time!

Emmm, Yeah so I am at present sitting in my hotel room chatting to Ludi sipping on a 18 year old whiskey my Dad and Brother got me for my birthday. Was a small struggle but I managed to get myself a high speed ADSL connection..... you don't want to know at what price.

Anyway, I am busy sorting the photo's listening to Foo Fighters and watching Sky news. TV is a small problem here as it's mostly in French and I am a while still from understanding it. So I am watching episodes of Heroes and sky news - yummy! 

I just farted!

Anyway I have to try and sort the damn photo's.... and pick a song to play on the site, which btw NOBODY listens to. Urgh!

Hey Chantell.... miss you so much babe! Every Part of you!

Stephanie.... you little shite. Make sure you behave yourself.

Adriaan en Pa die Whiskey is fokken amazing!

Mother, I love you!

Ludi....... well ons het nounet gechat en ek miss jou man!

Everyone else....... BOO!

Albie ek sal jou kom bliksem as jy weer "AG SHAME WILLIAM SE"

All the people that did not understand the above, go to some Afrikaans - English Translation site and go moggy!

I love this damn IPOD speaker remote for my new IPOD Speakers!

Oraait, time to switch off!

Later

~

SO the day has arrived, a new entry....

I should in all rights be dragged out into the street and shot. It has been over two months now since I did an entry and to be very honest here don't care. It has been one hell of a trauma getting myself here. Not being able to speak the language, not being able to understand my collogues.

Eish, the airport was a mess for me. I had my family and closest friends there and to be very honest dreaded the day. Being so close to everyone, leaving just did not feel right. In a way it still does not feel right....

I miss everyone...

I am finally here and was looking forward to this since April. It has been a very long battle to get my resident permit and long stay visa out of the French government. I am still a temp in France and I am not allowed to travel until I have my resident permit for which I had to go visit several kinds of offices for the documents. Nasty shite hey and then try and speak the French - Viola! INSTANT NIGHTMARE! Still don't have the fucker and may only get it on another month!

I am learning loads and learning a new culture and language, plus I am meeting new people. Things are damn expensive here.... and the cost of living is very HIGH! VERY!

I have still not moved into my new place, which will only be ready on the 20th of December. Yes my friends this means I am living out of my luggage in a hotel room the size of a cage and a dungeon for a bathroom. This is just a phase William no need to start thinking about knifing the owners to death for allowing people to let their dogs in the dining room area and walk freely. Must kill dog!

My stuff was shipped from South Africa on the 23ed of November and will take 6 to 8 weeks to get to France. Urgh!

Oh and another thing, there is dog shit everywhere. What? YES EVERYWHERE! I am going to invent some kind of contraption that fits to the side of ones car (Which I do not have yet) to scrape your shoe on before you get in you car. You have 80% change of dogshit stuck to your shoe....hmmm.... wonder if I can Google that?

Apparently French people don't step into dogshit...

It was my first really cold day today with it being around 4 to 5 degrees. Was not that bad and I think I had a view of the famous Mont Blanc. I did however on my walk to the office step on my second snail. Poor sod!

Yep, walking to the office since I do not have a car yet but I am lucky enough to stay in a hotel which is only a 10 min walk from the office. So it isn't all that bad and this Sunday will be moving to a self catering laundry ready hotel.

I have not really had time to sit and think about anything since I have been to busy. Which in a way is not that bad otherwise I may become a little homesick. :O)

Anyway, I have a conference call in a few minutes and then one thins evening at 9:00PM so I gotta get ready for that.

Later

Hmmmm, yes I am moving to France.

So it's has been made official and if all goes well I should be in Lyon France by end November. I have accepted a position in France with the same company I work for now. I don't have much detail at the moment but will let you all know as I get informed.

This is where I will be moving to.... Lyon

A little sad that Steve is gone, I kinda enjoyed some of his crazy and stupid antics!

You can read more about the Crocodile Hunter's death here:

Hi everyone...

Emmm, so as some of my comments yesterday pricked some individual, individuals in funny places I would like to add the following. Not everything evolves around you and you. Life does go on with or without you and not everything is about you. If you don't like what I type on my blog then stay the ^&^* away..... grow up. If it was a little touchy then to bad, there could a reason for it?

ME-I-centric people... can't love them cos they love themselves too much. Can't beat that, you just can't.

So let me say something about the men in our beautiful country before I piss off some more individuals. Oh my lord wait.... what is that? YES YES everyone has flaws. OH MY, now what? Men are full of shite? Now there is a something to think about.

So as this full of shite man signs off I want to leave you with one last thought.

Smile at someone strange today and make it sincere and watch their face light up. Those individuals that can't smile back are the sad bunch that either think you are planning a wedding or bedding date. Which means you need to smile at a sex that you prefer.... wha! Flirt with them....

and yes I know "me-i-centric" does not make sence but then niether does my spelling so live with it!

Very sad...

Damit people....

What is one suppose to do? When has flirting become such a dangerous subject, pastime, occurrence? Why do certain people always have to play on top of others, have better playthings and playtime? Why do certain people have to always have the last or whittier say? Insecurity, inadequacy and being a spoiled brat could be read on so, so many levels.

Flirting is sometimes used as a means of expressing interest and gauging the other person's interest in courtship, which can continue into long term relationships. Alternatively, it may simply be a prelude to casual sex with no continuing relationship.

In other situations, it may be done simply for immediate entertainment, with no intention of developing any further relationship. This type of flirting sometimes faces disapproval from others, either because it can be misinterpreted as more serious, or it may be viewed as "cheating" if the person is already in a romantic relationship with someone else.

People who flirt may speak and act in a way that suggests greater intimacy than is generally considered appropriate to the relationship (or to the amount of time the two people have known each other), without actually saying or doing anything that breaches any serious social norms. One way they accomplish this is to communicate a sense of playfulness or irony. Double entendres, with one meaning more formally appropriate and another more suggestive, may be used.

Flirting may consist of stylized gestures, language, body language, postures , and physiologic signs, some of which are also part of foreplay. Among these, at least in Western society, are:

• Eye contact
• "Protean" signals, such as touching one's hair
• Casual touches, specifically, what is known as "kino" in the " Seduction Community"
• Smiling suggestively
• Winking
• Sending and receiving notes, poems, mixtapes, or written music
• Saucy teasing
• Footsies, the "feet under the table" practice
• Giving gifts such as chocolates.
• "Flirt fighting" (usually more common with younger people)

The origin of the word flirt is obscure. The Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) associates it with such onomatopoeic words as flit and flick, emphasizing a lack of seriousness(NOTE THIS PART); it has also been attributed to the French phrase conter fleurette, which may be loosely translated as "to speak sweet nothings".

Thank you Wikipedia!

Lack of seriousness hmmmmmmm? But I suppose some people just are so serious and tight if you stick a lump of coal up their ass in a week you have diamond. So flirting with them would be like courting, dating or marriage or even worse, having a chat.

I dunno about you but I like it when a girl/woman flirts with me. It makes one feel good about oneself, for God's sakes people it's not serious, as soon as it crosses from flirting to courting then I would say there is some seriousness attached to it. Then tell the dude to piss off if he becomes an irritating pest. Woman in this country of ours are so damn stuck up that you need to chip away so many damn layers before you get to the icy depths of her personality that by the time you reach it you are married. Occasionally you meet an amazing individual that actually gives one a chance and you engage in a conversation. It may not lead anywhere but what the heck its a new face and it may just be interesting.

Sometimes it does lead somewhere and oh boy does it feel good.

Being a spoilt brat, thanks to wikipedia again!

I know, I know....

It's been a long time since I have blogged. I have a good reason for it but won't be sharing it with you just yet. It's seems I may have to keep all of you that visit the site, yes the two of you in suspense for a while longer.

My life is changing and changing fast, keeping up is a little hard but I am almost 100% sure I will get my nose in front and keep ahead of it shortly.

There is so much I have to tell everyone, but just can't right now!

Anyway I have 760 odd emails to go and attend to.

Ciao!

William

I am suffering from a very bad case of writes blog!!!!

So please give me a few more days to try and come up with some lie to keep you all entertained!

Oh and BTW.... ENGLAND RULES! until the Finales of course!

Ciao!

Those of you that have watched Team America... "There are three kinds of people on earth"

I am sitting here in my office wondering and pondering about the dumbass prat who had the balls to walk into my office and tear in half my little condom pack stuck to my monitor. Please people do not be alarmed as it is for promotional purposes only. Some kind of HIV awareness IT thingy with a real condom pack stuck to it. It said something funny. "...... for all your IT virus protection"

Anyway so someone had to tear the thing in half cos they had nothing better to do. Maybe I pissed on their hush puppies? Maybe it's cos they never had the opportunity to open one right before they have sex!

Who knows, yet it does kinda eat away at my inner soul ready for retribution and a massive plot of revenge. Awh crap who am I kidding?

What makes a human want to tear a little peace of another humans little condom packet? How much do you think someone was abused for them to go that far? Invading my private space touching my monitor and then finally have the balls to RIP into that poor little defenceless condom packet?

Luckily the condom is bio degradable.

The weekend went off pretty emotional with England winning the first game of their group stage. Lost around 2 hours of my life there with a few nervous moments. I won't bore you with all the juicy stuff so you can click on that little amazing link to the World Cup 2006 to the left.

Then you get those kind of people that.... that for some reason do not make the top ten of other peoples lists.

I tolerate many kinds of people and don't really have many people that fall out of my top ten list. My list contains 15 and so I kinda have only 5 people I could do without. Bearing in mind these are people I have actually met and have to put up with. If I meet some asshole in a bar that beats his wife and screws around with fat Greek men called Harry I could care less. I am never going to meet the dude again and as far as I am concerned he is setting himself up for some penis carving and possible suffocation.

So I know I have not made the top ten list on some peoples lists but in all fairness I earned getting booted out of it. Done many, many stupid things in my life and so you will eventually end up number 11 or 100 on someone's list. I try not dwell on the past it gives me a rash!

Sometimes people make up for mistakes and sometimes they can't.

I am telling you people are so full of shit. I know of people that have an opinion about everything and everybody except themselves. I know people that can't tolerate other people.... "whatever, choice of music, food and even speech impediments" I know people that moan about everything(this is me)

So wake up you sad, sad individuals... The reason things are like they are is cos there are other people around you. They could care less what you like or dislike unless they are attracted to you. Then, oh, oh my wait for this.... they like you and then they just might give a damn.

So I have come to the conclusion that I really don't give a rats ass about the stupid condom packet. It never really meant that much to me and also never really contributed something meaningful. I can also safely say that I don't give a rats ass about those people whose top ten list I don't make. Sure as I said before I sometimes earn it but then again life is full of mistakes and if you don't make them or think you don't make them, I can assure you there will still be many top ten list you don't make. Making mistakes shows you your flaws and forces you to change anything that needs to be changed. Well that's how I feel about it anyway, damn that rash sure seems allot more itchy....

So for those who limit tolerance for others, its a good thing I am not on your top ten list. Trust me I will earn it somewhere down the line.

Drinking too much... it is the pit of evil. You make many mistakes... and there comes a time when you need to fix it.

I am going to have to see the doctor over this rash!

Agghhh Shame William!