friends and enemas : Brett Fish

How a Plate of Spaghetti and an Argentina football player hold the Hope for South Africa.

i do not have adequate words to describe last nite. i am scared that the ones i use will do it injustice as there is no adequate way to capture what went down at our home as some friends from Sybrand Park, Khayelitsha, Kayamandi, Wynberg, Nyanga, Manenberg and Southfield came together for a meal and some intense conversation. Spaghetti is a contradiction food all in itself. It is NOT good first date food. It is [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-09T10:38:12+02:00May 9th, 2015|activities, change the world, Food and foodlike things, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, things to wrestle with|17 Comments

Just the Impromp2 of us… [with Megan Furniss]… we can make it if we try…

i met Megan Choritz, wow, 17 years ago? As you can see, it started out quite daunting - the person who brought Improv to Cape Town in the form of TheatreSports, now Improguise, Cape Town's longest running show [and best kept secret somehow]. But pretty soon i had gained confidence and the tables had been turned... Although some might not use 'daunted' in quite the same way, but i'm telling you, behind those fingers-in-ears is [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-05T10:02:38+02:00May 5th, 2015|activities, friends and enemas, humour'ish, silly things|0 Comments

Highlight Moment from my life #27: Airports

Many years ago, i went to visit two of my greatest plutonic girl friends, Sam Gardyne and Debbie Payne. i met them at a Baptist Youth Summer Camp in Kimberly and for some reason we just clicked and they became two of my favourite people in life, and remained that way for ever, despite us hardly ever getting enough time to see each other. But about once a year […]

By brettfish|2015-04-27T07:24:56+02:00April 27th, 2015|activities, friends and enemas, fun, humour'ish, silly things|0 Comments

Sometimes love…

Every now and then i will post a status on Facebook or the Twitterer that starts with the words 'Sometimes love looks like...' Which will then go on to mention something [large or small] that my wife, tbV [the beautiful Val, yes folks the 'b' does not stand for 'lovely'!] has done for me as a way of celebrating her more publicly. The latest one looked a little something like this: Sometimes love is walking [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-26T09:33:14+02:00April 26th, 2015|activities, change the world, friends and enemas, humour'ish, inspire-ations, love and chocolate|0 Comments

Book Launch Round 4: Durban

This was the 4th book launch i have done for 'i, church' and the first one in Durban. And what another incredible evening it was. Firstly, we decided to do a small change with this one and focus on the Q & A aspect of the evening which was a highlight for me from each of the previous launches. And as a bonus, i got the chance to preach at 3 Westville Baptist church services [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-15T03:56:01+02:00April 15th, 2015|activities, church, friends and enemas, God stuff, inspire-ations|1 Comment

Lay your phone on me…

On friday nite we had some mates around for a meal and some in depth conversation. The picture above is not a group selfie but rather a close-up of the phone basket that was my wife's idea. We emailed everyone beforehand to let them know, and as they arrived at the party we held out the basket and they muted their phones and dropped them in and got them again as they left at the [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-06T08:40:35+02:00April 6th, 2015|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, friends and enemas|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Dealing with the grief of losing someone you love – Meet Dimakatso Lukhele

This is a post Dimakatso posted on the Education Ambassador's blog which you can find over here, but she gave me permission to post it in this section as well, sharing the story of someone who lost a best friend in Claire: The 7th of April is fast approaching and I’m already feeling a wave of emotions that sometimes cannot be adequately explained. When I feel like this, I know prayer helps and another remedy would be [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-30T06:45:27+02:00March 30th, 2015|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

the joy of friends who hurt you

This is my buddy Dunc, who is my best friend from school and who tbV and i are currently staying with while we try find a place to live [as well as his wife Megan and sons Connor and Ryan]. Three times a week he intentionally causes me a lot of pain... ...and it's great! Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Well, to be more accurate he ensures that [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-15T22:31:55+02:00January 15th, 2015|activities, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|0 Comments

How can man die better – part brotherly pact

From Chapter 20 of 'Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better' by Benjamin Pogrund: 'We [Robert and Benjamin] had three days of incessant talking and sharing emotions and thoughts. My dominant sense about him was his optimism about himself and South Africa. It helped him to endure the experience of being plunged back into the reality of everyday apartheid living. We also went through the details of a brotherly pact. I would continue to do [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-09T00:25:38+02:00January 9th, 2015|friends and enemas, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|4 Comments

How can man die better – part enemy thoughts

Continuing sharing some thoughts and extracts from the really great book i just finished, 'Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better' by Benjamin Pogrund and if you missed the first ones, you can catch up over here. Who better to kick us off on the topic of criticism, than my good friend Jack Handey: This extract is from Chapter 20 and this is Benjamin, the author, speaking: We had to delay our first meeting. I [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-07T09:24:21+02:00January 7th, 2015|friends and enemas, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|2 Comments