Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

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  • England also bans public smoking, at last

    English MPs did a brave and good thing yesterday by voting for a full ban on smoking in all public places. Subject to an expected acceptance by The House of Lords, it means that from 2007 if anyone is caught smoking in a public place they could be fined up to £2500-00. Readers of this…

  • Potgooi 21

    Op die vooraand van die 1ste game van die Super 14 lei Thinus Delport in die nuwe seisoen in. of laai af.

  • The best wildlife documentary(ies) …ever

    Whilst waiting at Johannesburg International Airport I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw they were selling the Emmy-award winning Eternal Enemies, by South-Africans Dereck and Beverly Joubert. I trawled the ‘net unsuccesfully for this DVD for 2 years, so I was absolutely delighted and instantly bought it. This is my best wildlife documentary of…

  • My 2 cents on the Muhammad cartoons

    I hope this post doesn’t offend some of my Muslim friends, but I do believe that freedom of speech is one of the cornerstones of a free society. No country – be that the US, China, South Africa, Denmark or Saudi Arabia – can ever claim to endorse real freedom for their people if they…

  • The old Steve Jobs: a bright star indeed

    Whilst reading up on Steve Wozniak, I came across some true Apple gems. Check out these video clips of Steve Jobs in his absolute element here. Look out for Bill Gates as well.

  • Potgooi 20

    Ons is uiteindelik weer op die lug. Ons wei maar net die nuwe jaar in. Potnotas: Kalahari Gemsbok Park photos Ricky Gervais podcast Laat weet van julle! of laai af.

  • Kalahari Gemsbok Park

    As promised, here is the link to my Kalahari Gemsbok Park photos. The Kalahari desert is part of the huge sand basin that reaches from the Orange River up to Angola, in the west to Namibia and in the east to Zimbabwe. The sand masses were created by the erosion of soft stone formations. The…

  • My Frappr page

    I don’t really get Frappr yet, but here is my Frappr page anyway. Please join (I think?) if you want to.

  • Shark attacks on video

    These clips might persuade you NEVER to swim in the sea EVER AGAIN. But although they are scary, they are well worth seeing. The 1st clip was taken in the Western Cape in South Africa, an area well known for Great White Sharks. This guy was lucky. The 2nd clip was taken in the US.…

  • I’m back

    Well I’m finally back in the UK after a month of R&R in South-Africa. It always takes a bit of getting used to, but this year seems more difficult than ever. The quality of life in SA is just so much higher than in the UK. Why are we still in this country?!? I’m just…