Writers Block

Although I have an interest for writing , hence my blogs , its certainly not something to sneeze at . And when writers block sets in ... well , the blank page just becomes an abyss of nothingness...... so , here goes nothing.

Some of you may have noticed , Iam a Polar bear chum , I love those creatures , hence my nickname ... "Bear" It all originated some 23 years ago , whilst doing my national service , in those days I had a thick white mop of hair , and always wore a short sleeve shirt, and so my trusted troops named my KPL Ys beer , and well the name has kinda stuck , but the english version shortned to "just Bear".

Beacause of my "writers Block " , I thought id write about something I know all to well .... and thats the whole rejuvination of JHB cbd . I have been involved now for 5 years, and let me tell you , working in the heart of jozi has its moments. I have witness some bizaar things from the slaughtering of a cow on the pavement , wheel barrows full of cows and sheeps heads ( smileys ) .... to the toy toying of the masses complaing about something or other. My office is 16 floors up , and trust me sound travels , most days the sounds of gun shot fire rings out... one would think iam in mogadisho , anyway , fatalaties are an everyday occurance here , along with the mob justice suystem we have in the city , its "fun" Its not all doom and gloom , my function really , is to design and build famlies respectable homes. Take 120 End street for instance .....  

  

Its the biggest comercial / residential conversion in the world , a total of 48000 sqm bulk, which interpretes to 924 residential units over 26 floors. that in turn , houses 924 families , multiply by 3 and voila , 2772 people living comfortably . As a result , iam now busy developing the ground floor , with 10 000 sqm of retail , including shoprite as an anchor tenant ... , and 54 line shops , ok its not gonna be Sandton City , but I pride myself in giving the public some serious retail therapy when they enter 120 End street shopping centre. Across the road to the west of the building we have just revamped and finished the park for the kids . On the other end of town , west side , iam busy with yet another shopping centre , where we will house Cambridge , as the anchor tenant , and for those of you that dont know the brand , it forms part of the "Wallmart" stable. Other than that , I have another 5 other buildings iam converting to residential , including a Heritage building , built in 1896 , guessed which one yet ... and no Christo , you dont count lol. 

yip its Stuttafords , we are aiming in completely retoring the building to bring it back to its iconic self .

    

Ok from Architecture to movies ......... Iam typing against the clock here , so sweet and simple , my movie of the week is .... ( drum roll )

DRIVE ANGRY .......... Nicolas Cage , brilliant , if you like semi sci fi with plenty action , be sure to catch this on

And with that its

ADIOS AMIGOS .... until next time