Pilates Pat.

We have come together this evening

to celebrate Pat

to celebrate having Pat in our lives

and to celebrate not only Pat's success

but her incredible contribution

to the health joy and wellbeing

of the many many people that are able to tap into  Pat magic

 

both personally and directly in her classes

and indirectly through her 2 books and DVD

 

This 2nd book, Pilates For All

with its accompanying DVD

 

is a magnum opus,

a monumental achievement by any standard

and a huge contribution to  the health and wellbeing mankind.

 

It is in fact a Pilates Bible

a readible fascinating instruction manual

of how to rehabilitate any physical aspect in need  of attention,

how to become stronger and more flexible,

and how to stay in peak condition.

 

 

It is in fact......

 

 

 

 

 

They say that if you can leave the world in a differant place from where you found it,

if you can have a transformational effect on peoples' lives

then this has been a life well and very successfully lived

and Pat can relax in the knowledge that at an early age

 

she has made this gigantic contrib to society.

 

 

They say

that when a butterly flaps its

 

 

Well. our beautiful butterfly has flapped her wings

And at a young age.

 

Am sure you will continue to make yr own unique contribution to society

in many more meaningful ways,

but right now it is time  to party,

time to celebrate "the lovely Patricia"

as David calls Pat

 

time to sail with the winds

and to drive on the dunes

 

and to marry the beloved David..

 

Who has waited patiently for you to complete your magnun opus

and provided such a loving support system

for the work in progress.

 

 

 

 

The beauty is that whever you are  in the world,  dearest Pat, 

near or far,

 

we can tap into your Pat magic,

any time, any day

,

just by having Pilates For All next to the bed,

and or spending a few minutes with the Dvd

 

 

 

 

onside

We South Africans always knew
we were Utterly Fabulous.

Just born to it sort of thing.

Whether others knew and/or agreed
was irrelevant.


Nor did we we need to justify our Utter Fabulousness
in any way
by any normal standards.

Fabulousness is, after all,
A Given.


(Just like nine year old Mathew and his dad
discovering the most ancient recorded hominid in history
Australopithecus Sediba .
Right in our own back yard.

All in a day's work.
Just part of the magic really.

Would Sediba have chosen anywhere else to come to light?
And with such exquisite pre World Cup timing? )


Nor did we need to bother about a lot of stuff
most other people had to take on board
just to get by.

Like punctuality, for instance.
(A fairly unknown African concept.)

Or even pitching up.
(A poorly understood one.)


So it was no surprise really
that we have hosted the World Cup
with such spectacular success.

(Well maybe just a teensy tiny sort of surprise . )


And it was certainly no surprise that the rest of the world fell in love
with the spirit the energy the magic the colour the beauty of Africa.
And its people.


What was, however, a great surprise,
was that
the right team
got to the right stadium
in the right place
on the right day

and Even Ran On To The Field On Time.

To find the spectators
all 45000 to 92000 of them
already in their seats
also on time
and waiting expectantly for the game to start.

But not having wasted even a nanosecond
waiting for the real "jol" to begin.

Police even managed to suss Paris Hilton on the stand In Port Elizabeth
smoking dagga,
and "escort" her off the premises.

The Nelson Mandela Stadium and Mount Road Police Station
have become our very own Hollywood Footprints of the Stars.


Not only have we have amazed the rest of the world.
We have amazed ourselves as well.


Utter Fabulousness turns out to have been just the start!

Watching Sarah Palin's breasts

Sarah Palin said she wanted people to stop watching her breasts and concentrate on what she said.

"It just ends up wasting time and that's unfortunate," she said.

Not everyone would agree with this.

Lots of men would consider it far more relevant to focus on those boobs

than on what she said.

And others might just find it more to the point!

Soccer World Cup perspective

Just to keep you up to date on the prevailing ethos in the land of the World Cup.

" I'm sure sex wouldn't be as rewarding as winning the World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good, but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not."

- Ronaldo

Not Everyone, I might add, would agree.

Last night's game in the Fairest Cape was held

in freezing cold, driving rain and Hail as big as Duck's Eggs.

Spectators were fleeing their seats in droves.

While sex tends to be more often an indoor sort of activity warm and snuggly after which you can choose to doze off if you like, without first getting into your car

(after walking a few kilometres to the parking,)

and then spending two hours on what is essentially a seven minute trip!

Last night, on the road myself for 2 hours,

3 hours Before the Game,

I thanked the Almighty

from the bottom of my heart,

that the World Cup is Only every 4 years!