Browsing Archive: February, 2011

Dictators

Posted by Simon Repanis on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, In : Dictators 

What is happening to our world, it is becoming a place were no self respecting dictator can rest easy any more. A perfectly respectable profession, like dictatorship is becoming less and less desirable by the week. There is a storm sweeping the face of the planet, devouring our much loved tyrants. Oh Mubarak, we weep for your downfall. Great Ben Ali we mourn your plummet from power.

Okay, sarcasm aside. Let’s talk about autocratic nose-dives. It’s been a beautiful month for freedom....


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so say i

Posted by Simon Repanis on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, In : Grrrr 

We complain way too much. Sure, I know this is me complaining to, but if you can’t complain in a public format, why blog in the first place. So there this guy who is unemployed, and he whines nonstop about how he can’t feed his family, life is so unfair and so on and so forth. So you get him a job right? Problem solved right? No! Not at freaking all. Now this guy needs to complain about how he has too much work or the works too hard or he is underappreciated. So you fire him right? Proble...


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Kudos

Posted by Simon Repanis on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, In : Honours 

Something strange and unexpected happened to me the other day, something that, i’ve noticed, is happening more often lately. This is something that has started worrying me; something that I am afraid will tear apart the very fabric of the way South African business works. A strange beast is emerging in our market place which stands up against everything our commercial system is built on. A creature that is tearing at the general South African work ethic, this monster shall be known as “Go...


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Something truly inspirational

Posted by Simon Repanis on Friday, February 4, 2011, In : Honours 


Top Five Regrets

By Bronnie Ware

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learned never to underestimate someone's capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and e...


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Ode to Heroics

Posted by Simon Repanis on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, In : Honours 

Today I am fuming a bit. And a bit shaken, not really stirred though. Which is strange, and perhaps a little worrying, but I will come back to that. Yesterday afternoon, on her way home from work, my wife was involved in a smash and grab. No-body was hurt, thankfully, but my son was in the car. He is about 20 months old now. What was taken, however, is inconsequential to this post, as is what the guy looked like etc...

I am also not going to use this blog as a forum to complain, and whinge a...


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