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Open Letter to Uitenhage High School, Oct 2009

Eugene Exford, Ramon Thomas, Leigh-ann Goosen in 1999 mini Uitenhage High class 10D reunion @ SpringsI have been informed of a number of comments that has been made on a certain Facebook profile regarding a donation and trophy that I've made to Uitenhage High School, also referred to as Uitenhage Senior Secondary School in honour of my late friend and classmate Eugene Exford RIP 1999. Him and his wife died 10 years ago in a tragic car accident near Colchester. His daughter and only child survived the accident. As an ex-headboy Read More →

Ramon Thomas ends association with DBS Human Capital

WITHOUT PREJUDICE I am in the process of issuing a letter of demand against directors, Nia Maritz and Peter Jeffrey as well as their company DBS Human Capital (Pty) Ltd (www.dbshc.co.za) for non-payment for organising the Women4Women conference on 5 October 2007 and work done in preparation of the next conference to be held on Friday, 24 October 2008 in Cape Town. While preparing for the 2nd conference to be held later this month a dispute about payment arose between us. My attorneys have instructed me not to published any details until they have reviewed the list of demands and checked Read More →

Qhubeka moving South Africa forward with Nine Million Bicycles

The song Nine Million Bicycles by Katie Melua is perhaps not the most inspirational song in the world. However, it does make you feel good, if you are even just a little bit as nostalgic as I am. Recently the Facebook social networking website has moved from a boring distraction to a powerful communication tool for me in the last two months. I cannot say exactly what the trigger is; maybe it is simply connecting with like-minded people directly and just in time. One of those people is Anthony Fitzhenry whom I first met in May Read More →

Fathers, Sons and questions from reading Manhood

Noel Murray and Raymond Thomas circa 1975Last weekend I spent some quality time with my best friend Bradley Minnaar. He's mother passed away recently and now moved back in from a granny flat into the main house. All his sisters are married with kids and his one brother is married with kids, while the other became a missionary after his wife passed away only a few years after getting married. Sometimes Read More →

How to stop smoking one day at a time

There are some addictions that are so common you may believe they are normal like drinking coffee or for some people smoking a cigarette. I was probably 12 years old when I tried my hand at smoking one of my mother's cigarettes. She's since quit about 20 years ago before my sister was born. And it's so funny after all these years of divorce my ddd still smokes the same brand, which shows they had at least this one thing in common. I ended up developing this habit early on in my teenage years, reaching it's peak during my Read More →

Worldspace Radio received from TEDGlobal 2007 Fellowship

Yesterday I received my first Worldspace Radio. This is thanks to the generous sponsorship by Worldspace to all the TEDGlobal 2007 Fellows. The Worldspace Satellite Radio service was founded by Noah Samara in 1990 with a particular focus to services the world where coverage of terrestrial radio is difficult or non-existent. I was trying to delay my gratification but I opened the box this morning because I just couldn't resist the temptation any more. One surprise for me was that I didn't realise I would have to take out a subscription to be able to listen to Read More →

Father and Son Life Perspectives

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son. "So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered: "I saw that we have Read More →

Photos of Snow falling in Johannesburg in 2007

Last night I came home from watching the movie Next. I was freezing by but off walking to mall from my car and back again after the movie. And only when I got home did I realise there were actual snow flakes falling and it was NOT rain. Anyway here's some photos I took around my town house complex this morning. I'd be keen to hear from anyone else who's experienced the unusual snow falling around Johannesburg.
snow on the car port Snow on my balconyRead More →

My Next Car: Mercedes-Benz SLK

Mercedes-Benz SLKI've been dreaming about an SLK for many years now and the day I'll be able to purchase my own is coming closer and closer. Especially after watching a film, The Secret. I started using some visualisation techniques like pasting a photo on my wall, and also making it my Desktop background photo. I missed out on a test drive two weeks when I was stupid enough to forget my drivers license at home :-( Well I'm going to do that test drive within the next few weeks. What's amazing Read More →

Free Hug Campaign

Jeanette Maw Goog Vibes CoachI received an email out of the blue from a life coach, Jeannette Maw, I contacted last year when I was going through an introspective period. Her core teaching is the Law of Attraction, a universal law that is the way the universe operates whether we believe it or not. And only now am I starting to tap into this myself. So many of my projects I've wanted to start-up is now happening because I have the financial resources and people to assist me achieve Read More →