I’m an centravert which means that I’m not as secretive as an introvert but not as open and exuberant as an extrovert. Parties and mass crowds scare the hell out of me! I prefer one on one friendships and enjoy inviting friends out for a cup of coffee at a local coffee shop with intimate conversation.
My life has been a roller coaster ride of mainly happiness with many pleasant memories. I grew up in Port Elizabeth but we were forced to move in the early 60’s as my father lost his business, to the town of Benoni in what was then known as the Transvaal now as Gauteng. There a whole new lifestyle awaited as I experienced coed school for the first time after having been to a boy’s only school for the first 6 years of my life. After my schooling I started an apprenticeship but didn’t get on with the foreman who was abusive and so I walked out of the apprenticeship and went back to Port Elizabeth to start afresh. I got married in my late twenties but divorced 7 years later as my wife preferred a relationship with her boss. Job-wise I’ve been there worn the t-shirt and more and now I find myself out of work once more in an economy where if you are white, male and over 50, that has dire consequences for you.
Both my parents have passed on and only have a sister with whom I live. Most of our relatives seem to have forgotten that we exist even that they happen to reside in the same city and country!
In my last job I was a senior manager at a backpacker which enabled me to gather much information on the travel and hospitality industries of which I’m now blogging and have started an on line booking agency. The first time I ever travelled to the former Transkei was in 2005 while I was working as a manager and it opened up a whole new world for me in that I could travel and stay inexpensively, one of the perks of working in this industry.
My hobbies include cars as would be seen from my second blog, as is hiking, a passion of mine, of which I’ve done so little these past few years. Also antiques, these are mainly Victorian as this was what was used in South Africa in the 19th century. I have 2 cars at present both being classic minis. One currently on the road, the other awaiting rebuilding as I strive to find a garage to house it. I also enjoy texting friends on my mobile and in doing this , am confusing most people as they say that people my age don’t even know what a mobile is let alone chat on it!
Most people I find have a strange attitude to life in that when a person reaches 62 years of age they must retire and become a vegetable waiting to die! That is the last thing on my mind as I seek another job and next adventure. There is so much to still accomplish out there and I want to do that.
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