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	<title>Nunnsby's Bantering Blog</title>
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		<title>Day 4 &#8211; Table Mountain</title>
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Picture 1: The bottom of the mountain at the cable car station.
Picture 2: The view of one of the most beautiful cities in the world!
What more can one say?
Nunnsby
Easy Going Guy  
Loving Living Life
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/03/09/day-4-table-mountain/</link>
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		<title>Day 3 &#8211; Chilling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank God! 
Can give the liver a rest.  
Nunnsby 
Easy Going Guy  
Loving Living Life
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/03/09/day-3-chilling/</link>
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		<title>Day 2 &#8211; Rugby and The Strip (Claremont)</title>
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STORM SAAM!
The Stormers take it 33-0! Great game.
Dinner at Cubans. 
Then . . .
  
Nunnsby
Easy Going Guy  
Loving Living Life
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/03/06/day-2-rugby-and-the-strip-claremont/</link>
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		<title>The Scotsman Arrives &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
A week of Drinking and Debauchery awaits!
Day 1: The Waterfront!
Nunnsby
Easy Going Guy  
Loving Living Life
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/03/05/the-scotsman-arrives-day-1/</link>
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		<title>Angola vs Algeria &#8211; Luanda Stadium &#8211; COCAN 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to see a COCAN 2010 match LIVE!   
 
Luanda Stadium, in all its glory! It IS a stunning stadium!
We got tickets to see the last match of Group A, Angola vs Algeria in the Luanda Stadium. It was a big match for both as they both required a win to go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/01/20/angola-vs-algeria-luanda-stadium-cocan-2010/</link>
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		<title>COCAN Kicking Off &#8211; 1 Day &#8220;To Go&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
One day to go to till the kick off!
It’s really sad news for Angola today as Togo pull out of Cocan due to a massive attack on their team bus in Cabinda.
However, the tournament appears to be going ahead as normal – I have yet to be informed otherwise – and the government is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/01/09/cocan-kicking-off-1-day-to-go/</link>
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		<title>Change is Coming!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not much time to get into things right now, but keep an eye out for updates.
Few changes up-and-coming over the next couple weeks.  
Plus . . . I&#8217;ve got some long stories to tell. Starting with WTF happened after my previous post about me getting back in the whole blogging thing and back on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/01/09/change-is-coming/</link>
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		<title>New Year &#8211; New Challenges &#8211; New Goals = Time for Change!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year to you all!
I&#8217;ll let you all know what this entails very shortly!
I&#8217;ve got my site back up and running, and it&#8217;s going to be a very &#8220;interesting&#8221; year for me. Stay tuned . . . BIG changes are on the way!  
Nunnsby
Loving Living Life!  
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2010/01/03/new-year-new-challenges-new-goals-time-for-change/</link>
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		<title>360 Days!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that is how long it has been since my last post! Man, WTF??? I can&#8217;t believe it.
So, wow, what an age. That&#8217;s like just short of a year. Time has literally flown by!
I&#8217;ve just logged back into my site for the first time in ages, don&#8217;t tell anyone but I even had to look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2009/09/01/360-days/</link>
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		<title>5th September &#8211; Angolan Election Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Good Day for Angola! A BAD Day for us! The day started quiet and slow, without any issues. No gunfire, shouting or misbehaving. Fine so far.  
&#160; 
Election Flags; Election FLAG! (The size of a car)
The roads outside the house were really quiet, and it was around lunchtime that we decided we were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/09/06/5th-september-angolan-election-day/</link>
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		<title>The National Public Holiday &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So yesterday Wednesday was a National Public Holiday. No one however knew about it. The entire country was only informed of this decision at 18h on Tuesday evening on national TV. Classic.

The Elections are Coming! Both MPLA and Unita flags proudly displayed in the capital. The pic is a bit out of focus.  
We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/09/04/the-national-public-holiday-luanda/</link>
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		<title>How to Handle Language Differences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this whilst browsing. Thought I would share it.
I love it, especially up here in Angola. Reminds me of my attempts at Porra!  
From the site:  http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
Credit where credit due!  
Click.
Nunnsby
Easy Going Guy  
Loving Living Life!
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/09/03/how-to-handle-language-differences/</link>
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		<title>Back in Action to get Flat! &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I am back in Luanda, weighing in at a meek 87Kgs. The heaviest I have ever been in my life!! and I thought the bulges I was seeing on my tummy was my six pack developing. It was developing alright! Just not the way I was wanting it to!  
So I have decided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/09/03/back-in-action-to-get-flat-luanda/</link>
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		<title>82 Days . . . Let&#8217;s Do IT &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I am back. Have been for just over a week now. I am blogging again too, as my WordPress is fully working again now. Thanks Andre!  
What did he do to fix it?? 
(11:08:06 AM) Andre: try it
(11:09:00 AM) Nunnsby: busy trying . . . angolan telecoms f*cked, so net access tempermental
(11:09:13 AM) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/09/02/82-days-lets-do-it-luanda/</link>
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		<title>WordPress has BROKEN all my Permalinks :(</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I recently upgraded my system, and shortly afterwards it appears that all my permalinks have broken.
I now get 404 permalinks errors for all pages outside of the front page! Not cool!  
I tried changing the permalinks structure to a custom one and away from the index.php/%date%/%postname% I kept gettting, to just a /%date%/%postname%/ link [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/07/16/wordpress-has-broken-all-my-permalinks/</link>
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		<title>Having a Whale of a Time Fishing &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I managed to get to go Deep Sea Fishing today with a few of the BP guys, and it was pretty cool. We didn&#8217;t get any fish, but we did see a pod of 3 whales! Nice!
 
Shipwrecks &#8211; Ilha &#8211; On the Beach, and in the Bay!
The Angolan coastline, and ironically enough the inner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/07/06/having-a-whale-of-a-time-fishing-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Luanda Landscapes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I finally managed to get right onto the building roof, and remembered to take my camera.  

Looking down on Luanda! 
This is not so much a blog, as just a series of pics of what Luanda truly looks like. Well the CBD that is.

The SanLuanda hotel construction site.
A new Luxury Hotel with about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/07/03/luanda-landscapes/</link>
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		<title>Getting Out . . . To The Ghettos &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So on Sunday we, PG and myself, went to Bellas to go see a movie: The Incredible Hulk, which was actually really good. I thought it was cool. The really scary thing for me was how much we actually just take really good special effects for granted nowadays.

The &#8220;This Is Africa&#8221; German Coke Truck!
After seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/07/02/getting-out-to-the-ghettos-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Back on Land &#8211; Launda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bummed!  
Well here I am back on dry land. The flight back from the Rig was fine, and direct, which made a change to having to route via Soyo. This we were told when the pilots arrived on board with the inbound flight. They said the Wind was good and they still had enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/06/25/back-on-land-launda/</link>
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		<title>Offshore 2 &#8211; GSF Explorer &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After arriving back in Luanda from my quick excursion to the FPSO, I was immediately bundled into a little 12 seater twin prop and was flown off to the GSF Explorer.

A CGI of the GSF Explorer &#8211; for size compare the height of the Derrick to the size of the Heli deck. It is massive.
So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/06/22/offshore-2-gsf-explorer-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Offshore &#8211; FPSO &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I managed to get scheduled for a trip to the BP Greater Plutonio FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel just offshore from Luanda. At this stage I unfortunately don&#8217;t have any pics, as I wasn&#8217;t sure what the procedure for pics was, and I know they are pretty tight about it, but I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/06/21/offshore-fpso-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Living Luanda &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;M BACK!   I have already added a few more posts since the last time, and prior to this one, which those of you with RSS would have already picked up.
Well, this is just a quick few lines to report on the a bit of nothing actually. Well, not really nothing. It is more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/05/30/living-luanda-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) &amp; a Sad Day for my Car! &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to get access to the FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessel, or any offshore rig/vessel, you have to complete at least Helicopter Underwater Escape Training, which is exactly what it says it is.

The Simulated Helicopter Chassis, which they drop in the water and spin around!
The ESSA training facility is based at Cacuaco, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/05/14/helicopter-underwater-escape-training-huet-a-sad-day-for-my-car-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Avoid the Cops &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I got back to Luanda around 13h in the afternoon to find everyone at the house fast asleep. I was also knackered from my really late night the night before, like 2 hours sleep or something stupid . . . my fault, so I hit the bed too the minute I arrived. This was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/05/11/avoid-the-cops-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Cape Town Carnage :) &#8211; Time Off!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so as many of you know my last trip into Angola was a complete disaster the last week I was there. Things had just been getting progressively worse as the month progressed.

Cape Town from the Tampon Towers  
Luckily I managed to get back to Cape Town just in time for the 2 day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/05/11/cape-town-carnage-time-off/</link>
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		<title>My Week of Hell &#8211; Luanda!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t updated this in a while and I suppose it comes down to the last week I was there. My week of Hell. The last week of my last tour of duty was hell! Absolute Hell! And I&#8217;ll explain why.
We had 3 project guys arrive on the Sunday before I left, along with our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/18/my-week-of-hell-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Field Support Vessel &#8211; Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we, Warren and I, got a chance to check out the super new FSV for the FPSO. It is a huge FSV and has recently been refitted in Norway, and is a stunning vessel. BP only have one room, the size of a pantry, with 4 desks, but that is all that matters I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/16/field-support-vessel-luanda/</link>
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		<title>When you just CAN&#8217;T Win! &#8211; Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is more about work, and how sometimes you just can&#8217;t win at whatever you do. So, we have had a massive issue on the FPSO, network wise. We had a device failure, a router Supervisor blade failed. We do carry spares, and managed to get it up, eventually. 
On that note, a couple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/15/when-you-just-cant-win-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Warren, Another Braai, Bellas &#8211; Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, weekend has finally arrived. Thank goodness! The last 2 days have been seriously long and hectic with this bloody FPSO network DHCP issue! 2 Long Nights, and long day on Saturday!  

A typical roadside scene of rubbish everywhere.
Warren, a new engineer arrived on Saturday, and I went straight from work to pick him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/13/warren-another-braai-bellas-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Chillout to Dine &#8211; Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bruno from JHB flew in for a few days as there was a Telecoms Conference in Luanda and he was here to help out with a few things. Andile Ncaba (A big Chief of DD South Africa) came through, and on that note, a DD Dinner was organised at Chillout on Wednesday.
 
 
Chillout!!
Chillout is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/10/chillout-to-dine-luanda/</link>
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		<title>S T O P &#8211; It&#8217;s just petty &#8211; Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, this blog is not so much based on Luanda, nor Angola this time, but more on the one company I am here to support.

I don&#8217;t think they offer 1 Hour here!  
They have a process called STOP cards. Basically it is a HSSE (Health Safety Security Environment) thing. It requires anyone who sees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/07/s-t-o-p-its-just-petty-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Another Week Disappears, down the d&quot;rain&quot; &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it has been a rather calm week, apart from all the rain, and the issue of the National Criminal Investigations Building collapsing last Friday night.

The former DNIC building.  
I found this article, on a very disturbing website: www.safetynews.co.uk
&#8220;NCID building collapse kills 24
It is thought that the Angolan Interior Ministry may invite Portuguese Engineering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/04/06/another-week-disappears-down-the-drain-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Friday into the Weekend! &#8211; Luanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the Mix! Well, work was the same, but I am pretty fired up about what has to be done now. A few things have changed in my absence. We got another cabinet, so the area is now a bit cleaner, and less cluttered.

Another Weekend &#8211; Another Braai!
I have checked out our storeroom in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/30/friday-into-the-weekend-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Back Home &#8211; Luanda !!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in Luanda. The flight back was interesting. I flew Namibian Airways to Windhoek, and then TAAG to Luanda via Lubango, a seriously small airport on the way.

Back to another Luandan Sunset!  
It started badly with me only once again getting like 4 hours sleep. My bad for leaving it till the last minute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/27/back-home-luanda/</link>
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		<title>Ripping the Ring Out (of my throat) &#8211; 13 Days Home &#8211; Time out from Luanda!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I arrived in Cape Town on that Friday eve, the 14th March, just after 20h30 by the time we landed. It started with the few drinks on the plane, and then another at the Airport, followed by hitting Oblivion on the run.  

Cape Town CBD from the Tampon Towers! (Disa Park)
Oblivion! Man what a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/26/ripping-the-ring-out-of-my-throat-13-days-home-time-out-from-luanda/</link>
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		<title>The Nervous Poppie &amp; The Irishman! &#8211; Homeward Bound &#8211; Day 27</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NB, I am completing this at Windhoek airport on my way back to Luanda. 27/03/2008.
Well well, I had one hell of an interesting trip home that&#8217;s for sure. I landed up next to 2 completely entertaining individuals on each flight. The first from Luanda to Windhoek, and the second from Windhoek to Cape Town.  A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/14/the-nervous-poppie-the-irishman-homeward-bound-day-27/</link>
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		<title>Last Night (for a while) &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 26</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I ended my Tour of Duty last night. 
&#8220;What&#8217;s the Significance of 1?&#8221;
 I just had to say it I guess, even though it doesn&#8217;t actually mean much to me right now. The honeymoon phase you see. 

Another Typical Block of Flats
 So, it was just a typical normal night at home. TV and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/14/last-night-for-a-while-luanda-day-26/</link>
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		<title>Ashton&#8217;s Birthday! &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so 2 days ago I commented that is was Andre Van Schalkwyk&#8217;s Birthday. He said:&#8221;Yeah I Know!&#8221; Now how the hell could he know. Andre used to work with us in the DD Cape Town Office back in 2000 before becoming part of IS (Internet Solutions) and then going to join DD CH (Switzerland) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/12/ashtons-birthday-luanda-day-25/</link>
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		<title>Sly&#8217;s 1 is Up! &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Sly&#8217;s 1 is Up!What the hell does that mean? Well, the saying here goes:
&#8221; What is the significance of 1?&#8221;
The answer my friends is: &#8220;One more sleep!!&#8221;  

Pot Hole Protector! This was the hole in our road. The only picture we managed to get of the hole. You can&#8217;t actually see much, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/11/slys-1-is-up-luanda-day-24/</link>
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		<title>Onasis Arrives &#8211; Eventually &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Onasis calls today to let us know his flight has been delayed out JHB. He was on a 09h15 flight, and now they have disembarked the entire plane due to technical faults and now it is only due to take off around 12h30. That&#8217;s over 3 hours! In JHB International!! Sorry for him. Such is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/10/onasis-arrives-eventually-luanda-day-23/</link>
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		<title>Another Chilled Weekend &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Well, it was a chilled day today. Just relaxed at the house again. Really hot though.

They have Spin!!  
Sly got some bad news about his kid in the morning. Apparently he had a really bad condition/fever too, just like Sly had. Weird man, really weird.
Well, the day petered out, and during the afternoon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/09/another-chilled-weekend-luanda-day-22/</link>
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		<title>Worse than Malaria Pills! :) &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Ash arrived yesterday as you probably know from the day before, and man let me tell you . . . If anything kills me here, it&#8217;ll probably be my liver. NOT because of the Malaria Pills, but rather the Alcohol! And I&#8217;ll be blaming Ash for that!  

Fixed &#8211; Luanda Style!
My head was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/08/worse-than-malaria-pills-luanda-day-21/</link>
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		<title>Ashton Arrives :( &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Sly woke feeling Hundreds! With the way things had been though, I told him to take the day off, and work from home if he wanted. He was cool with that.

When your campaigns might not have a big impact.  
I did leave work at 15h though! Yay!
Ashton arrived that afternoon, and I just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/07/ashton-arrives-luanda-day-20/</link>
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		<title>The White German Witch Doctor &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we took Sly to the doctor again. He hadn&#8217;t slept much and had stated that his joints were on fire. Not good. I took my laptop this time so I could at least go straight to the office afterwards. Wasn&#8217;t going to muck about in traffic again. We got to the clinic far quicker [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/06/white-the-german-witch-doctor-luanda-day-19/</link>
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		<title>Sly&#8217;s Kinda Better &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Sly was feeling much better this morning, so he pulled through to work with me. Well, that was good to see. At least he was better and not worse, so obviously NOT Malaria. That&#8217;s a good thing!  

One of the many construction sites around Luanda. Please note the shortcut which even we used. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/05/slys-kinda-better-luanda-day-18/</link>
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		<title>Sly&#8217;s Sick! &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we got up and headed through to Sagrada Esperanca. It is a hospital located on the Ilha and this is where the SOS International clinic is. It took us ages to get there, close on an hour, due to traffic, which was crazy.

Traffic Lights &#8211; Luanda Style!
There was no queue so we were in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/05/slys-sick-luanda-day-17/</link>
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		<title>Angola Offline &amp; Sly&#8217;s Sick &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So first of all, I have now been in Angola for just on 2 weeks, and I&#8217;m still in the honeymoon phase!   The appeal is still here and I am still getting to grips with the place, so I can&#8217;t complain, and I&#8217;m not particularly missing home, or Cape Town for that matter. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/03/angola-offline-luanda-day-14/</link>
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		<title>Enlightenment &amp; My First Shower &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Days 13-15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday had been rather uneventful for us. It was a fairly quiet day, and I did see one interesting thing. The Angolan Work Philosophy! By the time 15h01 rolled by, the building was practically empty! One minute they were there, the next, all gone! Legend!   We obviously stayed late for a bit of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/03/02/some-old-some-new-a-lot-different-days-6-10/</link>
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		<title>Blythe and Brad&#8217;s Braai! &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Blythe and Brad have one sleep left. Blythe is the DD Project Manager at BP, and is responsible for all new projects from DD&#8217;s perspective. Brad is the A/V VC guy DD onsite (Audio/Visual Video Conference), and my one house mate. Well, both of them are looking really forward to getting outta here, even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/29/blythe-and-brads-braai-luanda-day-12/</link>
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		<title>Our First &quot;Shop&quot; Lunch &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we decided to go out and get our own lunch. After having spoken to Blythe about where he goes, he recommended a SuperMercado &#8211; store, very similar to a Seven Eleven / Spar/ pretty much a cafe type shop. He said you could get rolls and cheese and meats and you make your own. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/28/our-first-shop-lunch-luanda-day-11/</link>
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		<title>My First Issue &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well today I had my first issue at BP. Not a personal issue, but a work related one. As in a site was down. And for the first time it was truly apparent how on the other side I was. Firstly I have pretty much always been in a technical role. Always getting my hands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/26/my-first-issue-luanda-day-10/</link>
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		<title>Holy Shit &#8211; 101 Hits in one day!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, now that&#8217;s got nothing to do with Luanda, but man, that is seriously impressive. Not even I thought that I would get that many hits. In fact I didn&#8217;t even think I would get any hits. Okay, maybe a few, but not quite like this.

That means that my blog is even more popular than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/26/holy-shit-101-hits-in-one-day/</link>
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		<title>A very quick day &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today was just weird. Last night Bradley went outside around 03h00 for a quick smoke, and he said it was surreal. There was no traffic anywhere. The entire was quiet. No cars on any of the roads. That&#8217;s just plain weird!
Today I went with Barrie through to the airport to see him off. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/25/a-very-quick-day-luanda-day-9/</link>
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		<title>7 Days Down &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 8!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So one week in . . . Well, today we just chilled at the house most of the day. We went shopping at Bellas Shopping Centre after finding both Fresca and Shoprite to the North closed. Bellas is amongst Talatona, the really new cluster housing complex area. With a proper suburb feel and all, except [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/24/7-days-down-luanda-day-8/</link>
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		<title>Paradise &quot;Island&quot;- Luanda &#8211; Day 7!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today we headed to Mussulo Island, or Ilha de Mussulo. We met Blythe and the BP folks we met the other at the Chicala residences and headed from there in a BP Organised bus with driver. Gotta love the Petroleum Industry!  

&#8220;Paradise&#8221; &#8211; Ihla de Mussulo
The journey of about 15kms took us around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/24/paradise-island-luanda-day-7/</link>
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		<title>Friday = BRAAI &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 6!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today I worked from home as I had a meeting with Tonie and Barrie and it just made sense to stay here and not really have to bother about going to the office. Especially with the traffic as always. Shame though as Maria was on her own pretty much as Sly was off, on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/23/friday-braai-luanda-day-6/</link>
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		<title>Then the Slums &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 5!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today was just another day. Work was good, but shame poor Sly &#8211; Sylvester &#8211; landed up not going to the FPSO. He was scheduled to leave by helicopter, then they changed the location to the harbour, and due to travel permit issues, he couldn&#8217;t go. So he was rescheduled for tomorrow by chopper. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/22/then-the-slums-luanda-day-5/</link>
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		<title>Traffic from Hell &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 4!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traffic took about 35 minutes to get to work this morning, a distance of less than 2.1 kms as we drive! It is literally just insane. Reminds me sooo much of Egypt, but just with Black People as opposed to Arabs. Really intense.

The Shower at Miami &#8211; A great vantage point!  
Work was cool, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/21/traffic-from-hell-luanda-day-4/</link>
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		<title>A Brave New World &#8211; Luanda &#8211; Day 3!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, today I started my new job in earnest. Man, weird to be back in it. Thrown straight into an operational issue that morning, that was interesting considering I was now responsible for managing the issues, as opposed to being responsible for solving them. So quite tough in a way to have to hold back, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/20/a-brave-new-world-luanda-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Bom Dia Luanda &#8211; Day 2!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, last night actually got really wild, and even though I was in bed by 21h, I was wrecked! Barrie finished a whole bottle of Brandy, pretty much on his own, and Ashton got hammered! haha I woke up a few times during the night, due to being seriously hot, before I realised that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/19/bom-dia-luanda-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Luanda!! &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, right about now, I am currently in Luanda, having just been sitting around the table with a real class bunch of guys, getting slightly pissed, as one always does on his &#8220;Introduction&#8221; to a new environment!
My first Angolan sunset from the House:

But, let&#8217;s go back to where is starts . . .
Saturday afternoon: I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/18/welcome-to-luanda-day-1/</link>
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		<title>What the F#ck??? &#8211; Really</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So on my way home 2 days ago I came across this on the road next to me and I just had to get a picture!! I mean REALLY!!

1) Who the fuck in the first place BUYS a new-shape beetle?
2) A PUKE GREEN one at that?
3) BUYS a personalised number plate with &#8220;LINUX&#8220;?
4) And then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/13/what-the-fck-really/</link>
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		<title>Not much going on today!! &#8211; Day 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I was pretty much given the day off today due to my Medical, which once again never happened. Helen is only back next week I am now told, and apparently I don&#8217;t actually need to forms for the Medical. So I cruised into work anyway, to get my laptop synched and setup on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/08/not-much-going-on-today-day-5/</link>
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		<title>Visa Application and LUNCH!! &#8211; Day 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, today was gonna be the day of the BP Lunch, with the DD and BP guys at the Portuguese Embassy (AKA Dias Tavern)!   But first, I had to get my Visa Application in. So, I arrived at town, just on 08h and met the Old Man at Baby G&#8217;s in Thibault Square. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/07/visa-application-and-lunch-day-4/</link>
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		<title>This REALLY is the working life!! &#8211; Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I arrived at work at 09h to begin yet another day. I was still waiting for my Flight Details and Visa stuff, and DD has been rather mum on this sort of info, trying to get down the processes I suppose. But, I was hoping to get it done today, as I had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/06/draft-1/</link>
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		<title>I could REALLY get used to working like this!! &#8211; Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, today was great once again. I arrived at the office at 09h and met Barrie Eksteen for a chat. Tonie is still in JHB, so we had a brief discussion about things and he kinda filled me in on what life in Angola was about! Well, from what it hears I will have my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/05/i-could-really-get-used-to-working-like-this-day-2/</link>
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		<title>I could get used to working like this!! ;-) &#8211; Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, just started my first day at DD. Arrived at 09h00, at Tonie&#8217;s instructions, and left at 09h30!   
We had a quick discussion around what needed to happen, and what I had to do. Also we needed to schedule a meeting time with Barrie, my current Angolan colleague, as he was on his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/02/01/i-could-get-used-to-working-like-this-day-1/</link>
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		<title>Off to Angola . . . at some time or other!! :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back to Didata, or Dimension Data for those not in the know. So, having been working for Portfolio as an IT Manager for the last 2 years I decided it was time for a change. I was once again getting restless and a bit bored of my job as nothing had really happened to motivate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2008/01/23/off-to-angola-at-some-time-or-other/</link>
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		<title>The Wild West (follow up)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well the rest of the night was peaceful and relaxed, and we only got sleep well after 03h as we had been watch Top Secret, a little light humour to help improve the mood I thought.
So there were definitely a few questions left regarding what had happened, and I wanted to try and find out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/15/the-wild-west-follow-up/</link>
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		<title>The Wild Wild WILD WEST! aka Cape Town!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, after last years&#8217; Armed Robbery at our office, in which I had a gun pointed at me and heard the guy say shoot him, and thought my  chips were up (I will recount that experience at a later stage), I definitely realised that we living in the Wild West. But after this evenings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/14/the-wild-wild-wild-west-aka-cape-town/</link>
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		<title>The Interview!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[01h20 interview!! Well, luckily I spent 2 days solid getting back up to speed on the things I needed to know for the interview, as it was pretty intense!
They asked loads of questions about loads of different things. From BGP, to DSL, to OSPF, to VPNs, to LANs and IP Addressing, to IPSec, to VOIP, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/13/the-interview/</link>
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		<title>R 3 516.09 worth of Shocks!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I just got my car back, and man, at R 3 516.09 worth of shock repairs, it was quite a shock!! Whoa, talk about steep. But having just driven it back from the repair shop, I must say that it is riding a lot better now! Man it&#8217;s is sweet. It was making a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/12/r-3-51609-worth-of-shocks/</link>
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		<title>Public Transport: WineBeg &#8211; Mowbray &#8211; Kep Teown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, ek is sonder motor vandag, as my car se voor linker wiel is mos heel stukkend. Dit maak a nie so good nie &#8220;klunk&#8221; elke keer as ek &#8216;n 3-punt-draai maak. En elke keer as ek oor &#8216;n gat in die pad of &#8216;n &#8220;speedbump&#8221; klap, dan &#8220;klunk&#8221; dit ook. Die ouen het gese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/12/public-transport-winebeg-mowbray-cep-teown/</link>
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		<title>UNISA: Programme in Business &quot;Damagement&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UNISA, hmmm, I was trying to think of a funny acronym for it, something along the lines of &#8220;u know you should have studied harder&#8221;, but it doesn&#8217;t quite work out that way, not in Afrikaans either, although I am sure there might be a way to get somehting out if in one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/11/unisa-programme-in-business-damagement/</link>
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		<title>Studying to Get that Job!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I am going to be rather scarce for the next 2 days, as I have a Skype interview, of all things, lined up for Thursday with a great company, Interoute, in London, and I would really like to get it as it&#8217;ll be an awesome position with great benefits!
But, I have loads of technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/11/studying-to-get-that-job/</link>
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		<title>A bit more done, but a True Techie&#8217;s job never is!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I have now spent most of the day completing the various options that need to be done, well, that I deemed necessary. So, let&#8217;s see,
1) Apache is now set-up, pretty much completely I must say. Only the default option is still set, but that I can change at any time. Just wondering what to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/10/a-bit-more-done-but-a-true-techies-job-never-is/</link>
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		<title>Finally, Finally, FINALLY!!! UP AND RUNNING! :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yay, I finally got my site up and running on my own machine in our office. Running off an Ubuntu 7.10 Server, with the default LAMP install. I am pretty chuffed that this is now working I can tell you. Man, it took a while, and it was soooo much easier in XAMPP on Windows, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/10/finally-finally-finally-up-and-running/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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		<link>http://www.nunnsby.com/2007/12/10/hello-world/</link>
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