This from supersport.com:

http://www.supersport.com/football/absa-premiership/news/120519/Pirates_retain_Absa_Premiership_title

This from supersport.com:

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/super-rugby/news/120519/Workmanlike_Stormers_go_top

This from supersport.com:

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/super-rugby/news/120519/Bulls_come_up_short_in_Dunedin

Here’s the video highlights:

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/super-rugby/video/156141

Pic by Baydu Adams for www.baydu.co.za

Well done boys! Unbeaten and then get the trophy

This from supersport.com:

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/vodacom-cup/news/120518/WP_snatch_first_Cup_title

DHL Western Province - Pic by Gallo

This from news24.com:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Japanese-vessel-pulled-from-Clifton-beach-20120518

This I found at timeslive.co.za:

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/05/18/dad-accidentally-kills-daughter-during-robbery

This from iol.co.za:

http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/eskom-warns-of-possible-power-cuts-1.1299659?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Eskom+warns+of+possible+power+cuts+-+18+May+2012+-+15%3A02&utm_source=IOL&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iol.co.za%2Feskom-warns-of-possible-power-cuts-1.1299659

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time but unfortunately it has been one THOSE weeks where people tend to think there is more of me.

We all go through those days where all we want to do is help where we can and before we know it, we are so thinly spread, we barely have time to wash our hair. I’ve reached the end of my rope and for the next week I’ll be free-falling until I reach rock bottom. And I’m actually looking forward to rock bottom…because the only way from there…is up!

“Burnt out” is an understatement.

Just yesterday I couldn’t even think properly…all I saw was my bed as I was trying hard NOT to fall asleep at my desk. All I wanted to was sleep, wishing myself into hospital for three days just so that my excuse not to do anything is more valid. Weird eh?!

How did I reach this point where I just want to die and be dead for a while just so that I can have some Reesie time. But seeing that that specific option is impossible (because this isn’t another whack Bold & Beautiful/Days of Lives episode), I have decided I am taking a month-long “Reesie-time” break. Long overdue and definitely needed and welcomed. I have been so busy with that I forgot to just sit down and chill out. I want to do everything inhumanely possible in order to please people. For what?? To feel close to wanting to die just so that I can sleep peacefully for a while? The whack part is, I’m not even depressed.

It all started recently, I just moved into my new place. My new flat mate had a mini-housewarming party for me that lasted longer than expected and this on a school night! First night on the new bed and it swallowed me whole. I finally slept like a rock… darn alarm killed my buzz though. Whole week….it’s me and that bed. We’re in a relationship now but I think the alarm clock is the jealous ex…keeps on interrupting us while we’re enjoying each other. Oh well, I was happy because the weekend was knocking on my door!  I was looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday! That’s when it hit me….since February I have had only ONE weekend of me time, one weekend where I just stayed home and disappeared for a while, one weekend where I caught up on series, movies and sleep. I looked at my calendar and realized that having another one of those weekends is not going to happen soon.

Barney Simon used to say “sleep when you’re dead” and this is ok too but my 28 year body cannot handle the beating my 18 year old body welcomed. And this is what we do…we get so caught up in this life and it’s “things”, we forget about us. We forget about just enjoying being silent and quiet, meditating, being at one with mind, body and soul. Sleep is a form of rest, the only time the mind is quiet, a refreshing break from reality. But there are people out there who use sleep as an escape – an escape from loneliness, sadness, frustrations, rejections and from any possible problem. Right now I am using sleep as an escape from reality – not just a break!

I close my eyes and before I fall asleep, I escape to my fake life, the perfect life, where the sun is always out, people are friendly, no problems….just happiness. I have a few people from my real life who feature in my fake life – some friends, some foes. I map out my goals and this is how I eliminate unnecessary stuff from my real life. Problem is I always seem to fall asleep as I decide between “Prince Charming”, “Bad Boy T” and “Italian Stallion”. I’ll get the hang of it eventually.

In essence, don’t allow people (friends, foes or colleagues) to demand your time. Don’t reach a point in your life where you wish you were Mr/Ms Forever Alone just so that you know nobody will phone you to invite you to some random braai.

To my fellow “YES I’LL BE THERE” people: FOMO* can be cured! And eight hour sleep always beats no sleep!

Love, Reesie

*FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out

As the official shopping centre partner to the 2012 Cape Good Food & Wine Show, Cavendish Square will be hosting an array of events and activities both within the centre and at the show from 24 – 27 May 2012.

Said Cavendish Square Centre Manager, Brenda Bibby: “We are delighted to once again partner with the Good Food & Wine Show and look forward to providing our shoppers with exciting experiences within the centre in the lead up to the show, as well as off-site at the CTICC during the show.”

The Cavendish Square event line up is as follows:

BOOK SIGNING WITH GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW CELEBRITY CHEFS
On Wednesday 23 May at 10h00, a Celebrity Chef Book Signing will be hosted at Cavendish Square, and shoppers are invited to meet internationally celebrated chefs, Ariana Bundy, Valentine Warner, Reza Mahammad and Whitney Miller!

CAVENDISH SQUARE CELEBRITY KITCHEN & COMPETITION
Cavendish Square will host a Celebrity Kitchen at the Good Food & Wine Show from 24 – 27 May, at which ten local celebrities will pair with various Cavendish Square restaurants in a challenge to create a signature dish, which will afford one lucky pair the chance to donate R5000 to their chosen charity.

The public are encouraged to vote for their favourite pair’s cuisine and stand the chance to win R5000 worth of Cavendish restaurant vouchers! Voting will take place at www.facebook.com/cavendishsquare. The competition opens on 24 May.

Guests to the Cavendish Square Celebrity Kitchen at the Good Food & Wine Show will be able to enjoy delicious free food samplings from the participating Cavendish Square restaurants, COL’CACCHIO, MUGG & BEAN, PRIMI, OCEAN BASKET AND PASSAGE TO INDIA, as well as wine tastings courtesy of RICKETY BRIDGE.

The Cavendish Square Celebrity Kitchen will be beautifully themed as a 50′s style diner, fitted out by New Line Kitchens, with stylish appliances courtesy of SMEG.

LIVE BROADCAST WITH GOOD HOPE FM’S SEANO
Good Hope FM’s SeanO will broadcast his popular drive time show live from the Cavendish Square Celebrity Kitchen at the Good Food & Wine Show on Thursday 24 May between 3pm and 7pm.

CELEBRITY /RESTAURANT LINE UP
Thursday 24 May
13h00 – 14h00: Guy McDonald (Good Hope FM) cooking with Primi.
18h00 – 19h00: Tracey Lange (Good Hope FM) cooking with Col’Cacchio Pizzeria.
Friday 25 May
12h00 – 13h00: Dax (Relax with Dax) cooking with Mugg & Bean.
16h00 – 17h00: Carl Wastie (Good Hope FM) cooking with Col’Cacchio Pizzeria.
19h00 – 20h00: Leigh-Anne Williams (Expresso / Good Hope FM) cooking with Ocean Basket.
Saturday 26 May
12h00 – 13h00: Lance Witten (E-TV News) cooking with Col’Cacchio Pizzeria.
16h00 – 17h00: SeanO (Good Hope FM) cooking with Ocean Basket.
19h00 – 20h00: Naushad Khan (Next 48 Hours) cooking with Passage to India.
Sunday 27 May
11h00 – 12h00: Natalie Becker (Actress) cooking with Mugg & Bean.
14h00 – 15h00: Graeme Richards (Expresso) cooking with Primi.