LIFE: observed: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Importance of Real Cheese

Why it is important to only eat REAL cheese and no, Velveeta is not real cheese.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

January Newsletter!

My January newsletter is now available for your gentle perusing!

If you find the image below hard to read, click HERE!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films.....
= a trip of a lifetime.

move, eat, learn

If you cannot see the videos below, click HERE!

Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing

Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound

Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Friday, January 13, 2012

The Piano Guys ft. Alex Boye

Coldplay - Paradise (Peponi) African Style (Piano/Cello) Cover - The Piano Guys ft. Alex Boye

If you cannot see this amazing video below, click HERE and turn your volume UP! What a beautiful song!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A great big THANK YOU!

Mercy Ships (http://www.mercyships.org) staff and volunteer crew say thanks to just some of the supporters who help us bring hope and healing to the forgotten poor. Mercy Ships is able to provide free surgeries and services because of the generous support from individuals, groups and companies from around the world.

If you cannot see the video below, please click HERE!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I love this advert!

Remember that vacation you took last year? The one with the camping and the screaming and the bears? Yeah, let's not make the same mistake twice. Join us aboard one of our "Fun Ships," which happen to be 100% bear-free.

If you cannot see the video below, click HERE!

Caution:

My ramblings might not inspire you.

You might not be emboldened to attempt anything more than making a fresh pot of coffee. There are plenty of blogs out there written by very courageous souls who have poetically broken away from main stream society to achieve their goals.

I am a South African serving with Mercy Ships currently stationed in the United States. Mercy Ships, a global charity who has operated hospital ships in developing nations since 1978, is following the example of Jesus, by bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving all people without regard to race, gender or religion.

This blog is simply the ramblings of a middle aged man viewing life from the sidelines and might not always be about my work with Mercy Ships.

Disclaimer: I serve with Mercy Ships. Everything here, however, is my personal opinion and is not read or approved before it is posted. Opinions, conclusions and other information expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of Mercy Ships.

Frequency

I will put some things "up," so to speak, on some days, and on other days, I will not put things up. Whether or not I put things up will depend largely on whether, on a particular day, I have anything to put up. For example, let's say that on Monday I have something which I want to put up. On that day, I will put that thing up. On Tuesday, though, I might not have anything to put up. I will worry for a moment about not having anything to put up. "Oh no," I might say, "another day has come, and I have nothing to put up. What will happen if someone visits this site and there is nothing new to look at? Will people be angry?" But then I will realize that, chances are, people will not be angry -- that, chances are, people will understand. Most people are pretty understanding. Then again....