The place where I live ...

I was just thinking that I have not put up any posts on the "where are they now?" blog for awhile, so of course no-one is going to bother even signing in. I know everyone is really busy with their own lives and work and stuff, but it would be really cool if everyone would just send in a short story about where they live and maybe a photograph. I know I would be interested to hear all about it, even if nobody else is and just because you live in Jo'burg or Alberton doesn't mean you don't have to send in something. There are loads of people out there who would love to hear about Jo'burg.

I'll start off by telling you all a bit about Dublin.

A note from Karen

Name: Karen

When did you leave Premier? Dec 1999 (remember the hype 'year 2000')

What have you been doing since then? Own business - export into Africa

What country to you reside in? SA

Who would you love to get in contact with from Premier?

Anything else you want to tell us?

I just realised that I only have one photograph from Karen, which I already have up on this page, so while we wait for another one, here is a joke she sent me a while ago.

Thank You !!!

Thanks Maria, Gwen and Lucia for posting messages in the "Guest Book" it would be great if everyone who visited the page would put up a message.
Thanks again!

PAUL DOCHERTY - My ex-ozzie Jo'burg buddy

Well here's a story for you ... one day a while ago, I was installing "Skype" onto the PC at home and it picked up the name Paul Docherty as maybe being one of my contacts. Turned out that Paul lived in Melbourne and I had heard via the Grape Vine that Paul and Amanda were living in Melbourne.

So I get into contact with "Paul" and it turns out that it is not OUR Paul but another guy who lives in Melbourne, we get chatting and to cut a long story short but just to show what a small world it is out there, Paul tells me that he is a genuine Ozzie and is moving to South Africa. And No not to Cape Town but leaving Australia behind him to settle in Johannesburg.

Paul has been in Johannesburg for almost 2 months now and loving it.

I have never met Paul, but he and his partner Elliot live in Johannesburg and we have become quite good skype / email buddies. Every time I get an email from him he talks about Johannesburg with such passion that it makes me home sick. He says that Johannesburg just has the best vibe and a wonderful place - now please tell me how many people you know can be so passionate about Johannesburg.?

WELL DONE DAVE

Dave guessed it ... AB it is and here are some other pictures he sent in:

Dave has won a week-ends accommodation for 2 at the Rowe B&B in Dublin !!!

For further details contact me.

AND THE ANSWER IS:

Just a nice picture

New closing date for competition

Decided that maybe we need to give everyone an extra couple of days to find out the answer, so the new closing date for the competition will be Wednesday 20th September 2006.

Competion Closes at Midnight on Sunday

Thanks for all the entries - 4 so far, and some are quite funny ;-) - I thought I had better put a closing date and time on the competition, so you have until Sunday Night 17th of September to enter, Midnight GMT for those of you in strange time zones.

The winner will be announced on Monday morning 18th September 2006.

GOOD LUCK !!!

COMPETITION TIME

Guess who the ex-premier employee is in the photograph and win a week-ends accommodation!

Please post your answer under the comment section of this page.

Alan, Johan & Vic

Lynn Z

Lynn's Portfolio

Name: Lynn Zieseniss

When did you leave Premier? July 1998

What have you been doing since then? I arrived in the UK the 26th September 1998 and started work for a BPCS consultancy firm 5 days later. Work for them for 18 months then worked for an American company Xelus for 12 months and now work for De La Rue going for 5 years on 10 September. I am living in a terrace house which I purchased 4 and a half years ago. Have done loads of travelling and was in Dulles VA for 11 months working on a project in a print manufacture environment. Just completed managing a large project implementing IFS into a paper factory.
What country do you reside in? England, United Kingdom

Who would you love to get in contact with from Premier? Everyone

Anything else you want to tell us? NO COMMENT

News from the Middle East

Shaheed

Name: Shaheed Nair
When did you leave Premier? 1996
What have you been doing since then? Moved to IBM-za then to Al Rajhi Bank
What country to you reside in? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Who would you love to get in contact with from Premier? Paul Doughty
Anything else you want to tell us? I have been giving the management thing a bash got the last few months... Seriously thinking about moving back MVS... No a more serious note - Man Utd is going to win the Premiership this season.

While we wait for a shaheed to send us a picture, here is some information on the city he lives in, you can also click on the title of this page which will take you to a link of photographs.

Riyadh

Riyadh, which lies in the Central Region, is the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and now rivals any modern city in the world in the splendor of its architecture. Broad highways sweep through the city, passing over or under each other in an impressive and still growing road network. Trees now bedeck the broad streets and avenues, giving pleasure to passers-by and shade to those who linger beneath them. Today the city extends for some 600 square miles (1600 square kilometers) and has a population of more than 4.7 million.

The name Riyadh is derived from the Arabic word meaning a place of gardens and trees ("rawdah"). With many wadis (a former water course, now dry) in the vicinity, Riyadh has been since antiquity a fertile area set in the heartland of the Arabian peninsula.

Of all the Kingdom's developmental achievements, Riyadh is perhaps the most obvious and accessible to the foreign visitor. From the moment he lands at the King Khalid International Airport, itself a marvel of design wedding the traditional Arab style with the best of modern architecture in a happy marriage of spacious practicality, the traveler is aware that he has reached a city that must be counted one of the wonders of modern times.

Ina

Here is a pictue I found of Ina taken back in 2003 at my stork party! Can you see Daryl in the background, and Trevor & Kirsten directly behind us?

The Ostles

Sydney, Australia

I hope Melina and Lawrence don't mind us puting their picture up, if you do please let us know. It's a beautiful picture.

FOUND

Found these pictures on SAReunited of Jay Vousden

AKA Marilyn Manson

Name: Jonathan Vousden
Surname at School: Vousden
Nickname: Vousie
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
City of Residence: Norwich
Date Last Updated: 9 Jul 2004

Notes:

Been back England since '99. Remarried with four Kids. I work as a senior technical analyst on AS/400 computers with Norwich Union in duh! Norwich. Drop me line, it's interesting to hear what old mates are up to. See ya. Jay(Vousie)