Fiction books read (Old Mutual years: 1994 - 1999)

•  The Beach  (Alex Garland)
• High Fidelity, (Nick Hornby)
• My Uncle Oswald (Roald Dahl)
• A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer)
• Along Came a Spider (James Patterson)
• Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
• Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
• American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis) 
  
  

Spiritual moments (Old Mutual years: 1994 - 1999)

Being

• Motion meditation in room

Spiritual

• The desert in India on the dunes
• Butterfly Valley
• Steam Bath (Istanbul)
• Cliffs of Moher
• Monsoon Palace and the swifts at sunset
• Sunset on the Turkish castle on the Mediterranean
• Jaisselmer walls (India)
• The Monastery (Petra) - looking out from the roof
• Jerusalem
• Taj Mahal
• Reading and summarising "A Vision of Power and Glory"
• Peace in the plane flying to India

Emotional releases

• Schindler's List
• Shawshank Redemption
• Dad in hotel room with Ally
• Jenny Mallet at funeral

Wisdom

• Mantra on PSION
• 7 Secrets of Spiritual Success (Deepak Chopra)
• Vision of Power Glory (John Kehoe)

Camping at Palmiet River

This is a very special photo. It's from one of our camping trips to Palmiet River. Don't we all look so young! It's one of the only photos I have that has Peter Holliday (top right) in it (he passed away tragically about 8 years ago). It also has Eleda (bottom right) who we have now lost touch with - but have wonderful memories of her exuberant personality. That's Julian Rusconi in the top middle. I wonder what's happened to Steve (top left).

My first laptop

I bought a very portable but expensive laptop when I joined Old Mutual. It allowed me to work on reports when I visited the branches. I didn't use it that much, though, and it was stolen from my desk at work a year or so later.

Affirmation (Old Mutual years: 1994 - 1999)

Speeches

• My wedding speech
• Ivor wedding speech
• Jo wedding speech

Old Mutual

• New rep project
• Farmers market
• Reports early on
• Pieter "You write so well."
• You're like Steven
• Pass ILPA

Ally's 21st

Needless to say, the theme of the party was "Pirates".
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Xmas video (1993)

Graduation at University of Cape Town

My graduation from University of Cape Town

 Graduating with a Business Science specialising in Marketing.

Cards Ally made me

Favourite treats: Peppermint Crisp Blizzard at Marcel's

Professional Communications: Part of a presentation

You are ...

Ally, 1993

You are ...

You are the the twinkle in my eye

The smile on my lips

The happiness I feel

And the song I sing

You’re the warmth that wells up inside

The word I cannot express

The joy that makes me laugh

And the beauty that makes me gaze

You’re the idea that makes me dream

The thought that makes me swoon

The feeling that makes me breathless

And the love that spins me around and around and around.

Written:  1995

Dolphins
If you ever get lonely, my love,
close your eyes and imagine that you are a dolphin and so will I
Living in a warm sea with a lush tropical island close by
We spend our days surfing the waves and exploring the coast
While at night, we float in the gentle currents and watch the stars above
Mates for life, our love is as deep as the ocean floor
While our being together is as inevitable as the ebb and flow of the tide
And our spirits fly as free as our abandoned leaps into the sky.
So when you’re lonely my love, imagine that you are a dolphin and so will I
Because then our minds will meet in a warm sea under a blue sky.

Written:  1997

If I was a bird

Paradise Island, 1996

If I was a bird
If I was a bird and so were you…
I’d kiss you with the gentle pecks of a parrot
I’d dive down for you with the lightning speed of a falcon
I’d shout out my adoration for you with the piercing calls of a cuckoo
I’d run towards you with the powerful strides of an ostrich
I’d sing for you from the highest tree with the sweet melody of a nightingale
I’d dance for you with the up and down bobs of a love-struck albatross
I’d cry out for you with the plaintive lament of a lonely fish eagle
I’d swim for you with the splashy kicks of a grebe
I’d soar to reach you with the majestic glides of a Martial Eagle on a rising thermal
I’d hover above you like a kingfisher before its plunge
I’d look at you with the unblinking gaze of a forest owl
I’d woo you with the gentle coos of a turtle dove
I’d prepare a home for you with the meticulous care of a weaver
I’d stroke your feathers with the soft caresses of a love bird
I’d fly south – across ocean and land – with the single minded purpose of a swallow seeking out the summer…
To sweep you up in my wings and hold you close.

Written:  1996

Jo´s 21st

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Grahamstown Festival