Zimbabwe!!

Soooo Saturday morning 3am... Its off to Zimbabwe; Bulawayo and Harare. Sunday I will be assisting in a fund raiser for cancer in Zimbabwe and will do a mountain bike race for charity. Then off to Harare for some business. Next weekend I’ll upload some shots with commentary.

J. P. B. B. 2010 Classic at Word Alive Church

So did my first Body Building Show on Saturday(09/10/10). I invited fellow semi-finalist Schalk van der Westhuizen and Anthon Raubenheimer along for the ride to Mmotla Village. 8am Saturday morning Schalk and Anthon arrived at my house, packed some goods and off we go, ready for a long hot day. We arrived just before 11am and there was already some people waiting for the action to start. We quickly got hold of Johannes Mnguni and Phineas Tshabalala that was hosting the show. There was still a lot to be done before the show could start. Everybody chose a different direction, Anthon started helping at the IT department where some technical issues occurred. Schalk and I started setting up and getting the hampers and prizes packed.

At 1pm the church was full and everyone was getting a bit restless. The final taxi arrived dropping off the last body builders. I was the asked to be a guest judge for the competition. When the first 8 contenders walked on to the stage... the crowd went mad, cheering, clapping and jumping... at one stage a piece of pap flew in some direction due to the excitement. After 30 minutes I realised that my mouth was completely dry because it was hanging open in astonishment. I was on a mission to find out how they get their bodies in such great shape. The answer: no I lift some stuff at the back of my house. What do you eat? Eh lots of pap and I like meat to. Stunned stunned stunned!

The rest of the day took off like a field fire; before I knew we were at the final stages of the contest and the big boys were blustery their muscle and the day came to an end. Schalk, Anthon and myself walked away with a new look at life and new friends.
And I started thinking again... by next year there will be some planning towards a gym in Mmotla Village.


I really want to Thank Schalk and Anthon for all their help to make this small but worthy dream come true! Many thanks to Bio-Anabolics you are “Naturally The Best”

Five or six months ago I gained a new friend Johannes. He works at Pick n Pay as a “Life-Style Nutrition Specialist”. The little man does not fall short in the communication department of his personality, and over the months we became great friends and he told me about his dream. Johannes wants to open his own gym in the township. He wants children off the street. Teaching them about important things in life and religion, he wants to keep them on the right track through exercise and ensuring that they look after their health. I immediately asked him how I can help and so the planning started. I could not wait to start helping Johannes making his dream become reality.
So our journey started…
Went back to my office and spoke to my boss Chris de Beer. I told him about Johannes and his dream and how I want to help him. Mr. De Beer then gave me the go ahead and said that his company Bio-Anabolics will come to the party and make sure that this show will be a great success.
The venue got booked, the pamphlets printed, all the sponsorship equipment arranged.
Saturday the 9th the show will kick off at 9am at “Word Alive Church” in Mmotla Village. Will keep you updated with photos after the weekend. If there is anybody that would like to join the event, please let me know.

Mr. South Africa 2011 Semi-Finalist

So I am about to embark on a new journey, that holds new challenges for me, new friendships to gain, increase my knowledge and build life experience. When I received the news last week that I managed a Semi-Finalist position for Mr. South Africa 2011, I really did not know what to feel. It was a weird feeling of sort. Complete mixture of emotions. Then all if it sunk in and got real excited about the next couple of months and all the surprises it holds. Next week Tuesday the big race start.