Weekend Madness!

Jordan, aged 3 (Left) and Jodie, aged 7 (right) - Jojo (My Pride and Joy)

AH! Another weekend went by in a flash. But what an unexpected weekend it was! Got to see an old friend, Jovan, after many a few months! My brother-from-another-mother had some free time to come and see me again - But it made me think, perhaps it had more to do with his interest in my old ride, my pride-'n-joy, my 1971 P510 Datsun 1600. I seriously hurt my baby, and my old PitCrew Jovan always had a soft spot for her - he just loves to hear her purr! :-)

Jovan's Ride [Front View]

Jovan's Ride [Rear]

On the family side, we bonded some! Needless to say I tried filling my bridge camera with memories and more.... Wifey made some serious time available to spoil the girls with some hair-time (LOL!) and they just wanted to show off the length and such... no ribbons or nothing tied up! What a pleasure.

Jodie had a birthday party to attend - a friend from school! What a lovely couple we met (the parents of the school friend). The rest of the family ended up roaming the mall waiting on our princess! Then wifey did the unthinkable. She took the "apple-of-my-eye" and ended up with Jordan getting her ears pierced! My heart was in my chest, feeling like it wanted to explode as I ran out of the shop waiting outside for the inevitable. But as always, Jordan was brave to the end and only "cried a little!" I couldn't handle it!

Why you hurt me? Jordan with new earrings (just shot in!)

Jordan relaxing afterwards (waiting on Mommy)

All I can say is, it was a lovely weekend... even ended up designing something with my son to end it all... A concept for him and his friends...

What more can a father ask for?

Finally! Kuils River Shuttle!

FINALLY! The unthinkable happened! Metrorail put Kuils River back on the map!

This morning, for the first time I've been a Metrorail Commuter, a train actually left Kuils River station, destination Cape Town at 06h30. And wonder by wonder, it was an EXPRESS train exclusively for Metro Plus ticket holders... * Smiles-all-around * Read article here...

I must say... for the first time that this service ran... the train was QUITE full. Okay, maybe its expected with  the way Metrorail has operated their services over the last couple of months. But I guess that the Business Express has opened their eyes - noticing the amount of people requesting access to a train from the Kuils River station as base! All you need do is look around and see how the area has evolved over the years. Also if you look at how full / empty certain trains go once the train passed Kuils River station!

The train also runs in the afternoon, at 16h15 from Cape Town station, Platform 21. Unfortunately the train was not announced on the "normal" boards and the train was a tad empty. But all in all I think it was memorable for a first run.

For once I want to say: Well done Metrorail... We appreciate it!  (^ ^,)

Another Lost Post

Wow! The post are now becoming very far in between.... what happened... A lot I can tell you. "Things" are just keeping us busy. Call it what you want, but it seems "something" is just stealing our time, little by little.

I've been searching the net the past few months and realised I wanted to take better pictures! I have become more and more interested in photography and would love to take as many pictures of my children while they are still young and feel to have me around. They are my world and I just want to preserve all that goodness!

So I have checked out a few possibilities... I've looked at bridge cameras, but more and more the SLR Cameras are starting to look very interesting - bear the prices! Then, there's the age old fight about a Nikon DSLR against the new competition.... say the Canon ranges.

But as I'm not a professional, the thought is still there... would a DSLR be an investment for a novice like me? Won't I be wasting my money if I were to spend it on a typical DSLR? And, as I'm NOT into constant upgrading, I should buy the best I can afford at this stage, in at least a dual lens kit.... RIGHT?

Just a few weeks ago, I came across an article on the Nikon D3200. And I was amazed! I've been looking at the Canon 600D or the 650D cameras... and suddenly the Nikon shined bright. I've always believed the Nikon to be more of a professional camera vs the more "user friendly" Canon's... but I think I've changed my mind and am leaning toward NIKON being more "user friendly." But as most online comparisons go, to each his own - everyone has their own preference.

And what do you think I did at the end of it all? I bought me a bridge camera in the end... taking certain future expenses into account. Mind you - I still want a DSLR, but for now the price of a bridge camera suits my pocket.