I was chatting to a group of people and was struck once again just how we love to complain about stuff. One of the favorite topics seems to be our country and how rude and disrespectful people are, and the general feeling is that it is not getting any better.
I got really caught up in this and I found myself agreeing. Yes people are rude and disrespectful and I don't like it.
Then I went to gym the next morning...I walked past the pool and this complete stranger greeted me with such enthusiasm and sincerity...and when I left the gym a gentleman opened the door for me and held it open not just for me but also the person behind me and he did this with a sincere greeting. And I thought to myself...now this is the kind of world I want to live in.
It then dawned on me once again that if I want to live in a kind, loving and generous world that I have the ability and the responsibility to create it! I can create such a world by MY actions and attitude towards others.
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Ben Gurion Airport - Part 2
So...as I was saying yesterday.
I was standing in the queue to check in for my flight...I gave myself plenty of time so the flight was only three hours later.
There I am standing in the queue minding my own business when I was pulled from the queue by an Israeli security officer...when I later asked him why he picked me he said I looked suspicious (some of you might agree). I was taken into a room for questioning...well actually it was more an interrogation than questioning.
They interrogated me about my whereabouts...where I went and why, with whom, for how long, and for every answer I gave I had to prove it with photos and receipts and also every answer I gave resulted in another set of questions. Then another security person would enter the room and ask the same questions again whilst the first security person disappeared with my passport. No matter how innocent you are, you begin to get a bit nervous especially when they call you into another room to remove your clothes and to swab your body to check for explosives. Whilst this is going on my bags are being taken apart and also swabbed, scanned and x-rayed for who knows what.
Two and a half hours later...that's right two and a half hours later they finally let me go just in time to catch my flight.
Don't mess with Israeli security!
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I was standing in the queue to check in for my flight...I gave myself plenty of time so the flight was only three hours later.
There I am standing in the queue minding my own business when I was pulled from the queue by an Israeli security officer...when I later asked him why he picked me he said I looked suspicious (some of you might agree). I was taken into a room for questioning...well actually it was more an interrogation than questioning.
They interrogated me about my whereabouts...where I went and why, with whom, for how long, and for every answer I gave I had to prove it with photos and receipts and also every answer I gave resulted in another set of questions. Then another security person would enter the room and ask the same questions again whilst the first security person disappeared with my passport. No matter how innocent you are, you begin to get a bit nervous especially when they call you into another room to remove your clothes and to swab your body to check for explosives. Whilst this is going on my bags are being taken apart and also swabbed, scanned and x-rayed for who knows what.
Two and a half hours later...that's right two and a half hours later they finally let me go just in time to catch my flight.
Don't mess with Israeli security!
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Location:Roodekrans
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Me...Israeli security...and the INTEREGATION
I don't have time now but tomorrow I will tell you of the scariest experience of my life with Israeli security forces...all I will say is it involved me getting naked!
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Monday, August 13, 2012
On my way home
At the airport and ready for home...my brother is undertaking a journey of his own today, from Zambia to Namibia, travel safe Pierre.
P.S. Happy birthday Andre!
Goodbye Israel
I am on my way back home tomorrow, I had a very nice day in Tel Aviv...
For now goodbye Israel and Mediterranean summer and hello Joburg winter...
For now goodbye Israel and Mediterranean summer and hello Joburg winter...
Location:מאפו,Tel Aviv,Israel
Sunday, August 12, 2012
The End of the Journey...for now!
Well they say all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately I have reached that stage of the journey. I have arrived in Tel Aviv where I will be staying for the next two days before flying back to South Africa.
I am walking around the old city of Jaffa today...
This old city towards the southern end of Tel Aviv Yafo has a tremendous history...unfortunately I don't know anything about it, so I will leave it at that!
I am having breakfast at a lovely Israeli restaurant here in the old city...this is a typical Israeli breakfast
I will write again tomorrow.
I am walking around the old city of Jaffa today...
This old city towards the southern end of Tel Aviv Yafo has a tremendous history...unfortunately I don't know anything about it, so I will leave it at that!
I am having breakfast at a lovely Israeli restaurant here in the old city...this is a typical Israeli breakfast
I will write again tomorrow.
Location:עולי ציון,Tel Aviv,Israel
Saturday, August 11, 2012
My final day on the dig
You will remember me saying that the geo-magnetic survey showed an oval shape and that they suspected it was an oven of some sort.
Well guess what we found on my final day...
Yip we found the oval shape that they saw on the survey...and they (the professors) think it is the oven (in archaeology you always have to say..."you think it is" you know just in case you are wrong).
Some more remains of a glass bowl we found
These bones were in the "oven"...
The jury is still out as to exactly what kind of animal it belongs to.
Well, I had a fantastic time, met some wonderful people, and will really miss my time spent on the dig.
Well guess what we found on my final day...
Yip we found the oval shape that they saw on the survey...and they (the professors) think it is the oven (in archaeology you always have to say..."you think it is" you know just in case you are wrong).
Some more remains of a glass bowl we found
These bones were in the "oven"...
The jury is still out as to exactly what kind of animal it belongs to.
Well, I had a fantastic time, met some wonderful people, and will really miss my time spent on the dig.
Location:בזל,Herzliya,Israel
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