In the beginning...

So, this is the start.

For a while now I have been contemplating to create this blog, as I feel that the world is currently such a confusing place that I need to write down my understanding of it bit by bit in an attempt to understand it, and to under- stand my place in it. By explicitly stating my understanding of the world, together with the insights to be gained from others that read these writings/ rantings, I hope to come to a more clear realisation of what the role is that I should play in the world.

This will also be my first attempt at blogging in general. As someone who is passionate about technology, one whould assume that I would have gotten on the blogging-wagon a long time ago. For some or other reason I have taken quite easily to most other social media technologies like Facebook, Twitter, etc. but never to the blogging-thing. So here goes...

...but first I suppose an introduction is in order.

I am part of (I would image) the least loved minority group in South African society (for those of you who do not know, South Africa is at the bottom end of the African continent, the home of Nelson Mandela and Caster Semenya (*wow*, some extremes :-)) - the white, Afrikaans male. A few decades ago, and with vastly different political views, I might have been the typical "face" of the Apartheid regime. But, back then I was barely lucid - being born in 1979, I was a child during the '80s and only realy became aware of the concept of racial inequality sometime during the '90s. So I am living a a world where I face a lot of underlying resentment and contempt because of the sins of my fathers. This I find unfair (and as my blog entries progress, it will come apparent how livid I can become at unfairness in general).


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Furthermore, I believe in God as my Creator and Jesus Christ as the Saviour of my soul. I also believe that God's Holy Spirit has been placed in me to guide me in living according to His will and to do good to others. I deliberately did not say that I am a Christian, because of the warped view that exists of the Christian faith, and the erroneous assumption that Christians always live holy lives. In this view I might be seen as a 'flawed Christian' or a 'doubtful believer' - I do make mistakes and accept that others make mistakes. Maybe the focus must rather lay in how we react on those mistakes than on the mistakes themselves. But this is discussion for another time. For now, I will leave it at saying that I try to be very slow to judge and to not try and to not portray a 'holier-than-thou' image of myself.

I work in the technology sector of the healthcare industry. By training I am an engineer, so I am very focused on processes, problem solving and putting structures in place that is sustainable (both in my professional and personal life). This is not always constructive, and on numerous occations I have found that being a 'family engineer' is much more challenging than being a 'business engineer' as family life can't necessarily be engineered. That said, I can state that I have been more-or-less happily married for almost five years (which is quite an accomplishment in this era of quick-divorces), and we currently only have a Scottish terrier as the rest of our family. I enjoy watching most types of movies and sport, listening to most types of music and reading. I furthermore like cycling, and playing computer games, although I am actually facinated by anything technological.

And that is my introduction. In the following posts I will comment (or rant) about things that I see, hear, or happen to me. I do not swear and are against sexual explicitness, but where required (and if I am upset enough :-)), it might happen.

Let's see where this goes...