The Office - Dark moon

Another week, can you believe it!! Time is flying at the speed of sound and this was aided by the occurrence of a glorious public holiday yesterday (Thursday). I, the Winner, demonstrated my winning ability by being the only man left in the office today…abandoned by the others to fend for myself! Needless to say, the week has provided some amusement.

On Monday, on his way to work, the Weather Man saw that the surf was great and succumbed to temptation! Mr. Couta had some heart breaking news; his girlfriend broke up with him for undisclosed reasons. This made us all take a long, hard look at ourselves… then agree that we were all extremely good looking and it was her loss! Glorious! The Weather Man offered his condolences and so did the Jew who promptly asked if he was getting anything out of it (typical).

Tuesday saw the Weather Man, Mr. Couta and a man we have dubbed Faggel (from Superbad) all head off to Sodwana bay to help the Weather man find good waves... and collect data J This meant that myself and the Jew were left alone… MAWHAHAHA (evil laugh)

Very soon after that an opportunity presented itself to play a trick on Faggel, who we love pranking! Last time we let loose 1000’s of fruit flies in his office… it was awesome! ANYway, they had just bought a new fridge for the kitchen and this came in a box. The Jew and I then had a glorious idea to put everything on Faggels desk into the box. So we got the key from security and proceeded to pack his computer, printer, stationary and documents into the box. Its going to be legen…DARY!!

 Faggel took this photo with Winners camera, of a picture of himself on his laptop...

Wednesday was a great from a lack of work point of view and the Jew and I shared some witty banter. Comments from the Jew included one on people looking for work here “tell them to go feed the f***in dolphins, they must eat a lot of fish”. Amazing.

He also commented on his money-saving scheme of cycling to work where he noted that the only draw back was not having 5fm…

The reason I am alone today is because in true Jew style, he managed to organize a free weekend in the Kruger National Park a week before­ his birthday. He also said that while he was there he intended to come up with a quote that he would be remembered for and written on the bottom of diary pages… ridiculous!

Wednesday night saw a glorious lunar eclipse take place which really was stunning (for all of you in Cape Town who didn’t see it). Makes you wonder what else is out there when the moon took on that reddish glow.

Yesterday saw me meet up with a best mate of mine, Danger, and tuck in at the Oyster Box in Umhlanga. If you have not been there, GO!! The food is amazing and the bathrooms are incredible...really they are!! Anyway...

Danger and Winner (Tash in the mix haha)

That’s it for this week in The Office; upcoming events include the Winner’s chapter hand-in, a trip for all of us to Maritzburg and all the usual knee-slappers!

Till then, safety first… then team work!

The Office - Life Choices

It’s a rainy Friday in Durban and things in The Office are going well, some say very well! The week has been filled with fun, excitement, many a personal attack on fellow Officers, and one or two of us have even managed to get some work done in between all the action (not really).

MONDAY... was a Monday and doesn’t even deserve a mention.

TUESDAY was great…

·        The Jew (in an attempt to save money) began cycling to work, which he claimed was a great success and has planned to do more often.

·        Mr Couta bought a fishing ski, that’s right he might stand a chance of actually catching one now.

WEDNESDAY was team bunny day. All (except Mr Couta, who has no money for the month due to his purchase) enjoyed a bean bunny from Omas canteen.Its good....real good! R10 for a delicious bunny!! Deals like these are like finding R100 in your washed pants.. 

THURSDAY was the day The Weather man wore hair gel (that’s right, hair gel!) He claims that it was because he knew the south wester was going to be pumping (wind guru) and didn’t want to have a bad hair day, but Winner soon corrected him and brought to light his underlying metro tendencies.

AH…FRIDAY is today, and what a great day! Winner and Mr Couta managed to get into some line-fish meeting (they both know nothing about) and scored free lunch and tea time eats. They also wasted the entire day, as I assure you they learnt nothing! The Jew did his second favorite thing, dissecting prawns (also a wasted day, good job!) and The Weather Man had The Office to himself, guess what he did…..the winner gets a FREE BlackBerry, oh ja!

So all in all I guess you could say it was a pretty successful week, little was achieved, but a great time was had by all, and in the end that’s what counts!

Till next time….. Safety first, then team work! 

The Office - Pilot Episode

The Office - Pilot Episode

The Place: An office of four master’s students, each in search of glory and the perfect means to do nothing and get paid for it.

The People:

Stu – Masters in environmental economics a.k.a. The Weather Man

He describes himself as an integral part of the office structure and management thereof. His homepage is WindGuru and has an uncanny ability to look busy.

Personal Quote: “Have you seen the waves today?”

Brendon – Masters in fisheries science a.k.a. Mr Couta (self-proclaimed)

Although he has never caught a couta (it’s a fish), he aspires to capture this elusive creature. He enjoys News24 (only the comments) and talking about couta.

Personal Quote: ”Have you seen News24?”

James – Masters in fisheries science a.k.a. Robenstein or, The Jew

His ability to dissect prawns is only surpassed by his unparalleled abilities to accomplish nothing. He enjoys Free – Cell and the greatest game on earth, Bubbles.

Personal Quote: ”Relax, it’s a Firday night” (applicable at any time)

Alan – Masters in fisheries science a.k.a. The "Winner"

He has personally handled two shark species in the wild (unsupervised) and he knows stuff (that he learnt off the internet). When he’s not at the gym, Alan enjoys eating and strolling the office corridors.

Personal Quote: “Hello, you welsh?!” (ofcourse you are)

 This series will not only take procrastination to a new level, but it will open your eyes to what can and does go on in the world of science (and other stuff).