Karneval in Kapstadt

Vor ungefähr zwei Wochen war der neue Deutsche Karneval in Kapstadt bei Roodehek Terrace. Es war hauptsächlich eine Spendensammlung für ein Kinderheim. Der Eintrittspreis war etwas sehr hoch, aber dafür war das Buffet sehr schön sowie der Komiker und die Musik. Es waren leider etwas wenig leute dort wegen Eintrittspreis. Was nicht so gut war, war die sache das da nur ein Mann war der die besten Kostüme für Männer und Frauen beschliessen musste und er war auch nich Schwul. So wie er sprach, ging es mehr darum über welchen Mann er Attraktief findet was nicht so gut war. Allgemein war alles zusammen nicht schlecht für das erste mal. Zwei Mitglieder vom Matieka Karneval in Stellenbosch waren auch offiziel anwesend.

German Club Cape Town / Deutscher Klub Kapstadt

[English] I have finally found the location for the German Club in Cape Town:
The street name is Roodehek Terrace
In Google Maps, search for: Roodehek Terrace, Cape Town, Western Cape
Streets around there are:
Scott, Buitenkant, Hope and Roodehek.

[German] Der Deutsche Klub in Kapstadt is in der Straße: Roodehek Terrace
In Google Maps zu finden mit: Roodehek Terrace, Cape Town, Western Cape
Straßen rundherum sind: Scott, Buitenkant, Hope und Roodehek.

Lots of financial issues and bad luck lately

My car (silver Mazda 323 series,  Hatchback) is a 1998 model. Recently I had to replace the radiator which was still original.

One week later some weird starting problem came along which looked like the brushes and solenoid in the start because those have been last replaced somewhere around 2006/2007. During the starter fixing, the relays of the hooter also had to be swapped out. I knew about this problem, but it was a lower priority since I hardly use the hooter.

After the starter fixing, the starting was better but still not good so I went the next day to get the battery checked as advised by the auto-electrical company that fixed my starter. It turned out that the battery was dying and it was dated 2007 and we currently have 2012. Normally these batteries last three or four years at most.

All of this of course costs money and I was busy with financing a new PC when these unexpected car issues came along. My washing machine also decided to die which is either an electronic or mechanical issues. Either way it is not worthwhile getting someone to fix it. I also had to collect something at customs which is usually 40% of the item price.

This was all in January which ended with blocked toilet pipe from the neighbouring building and wonderful smell (stink) all over. Now if February I got another thing to pay, plus dentist bill from December and my usual debit orders plus more Municipality due to extra water usage. Last night my PC decided to blue screen and give me issues plus one partition got formatted incorrectly which caused 2TB data loss.

Bachelor party doll suit idea

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Warning: This post is a bit of an adult theme.

I often hear about various bachelor parties where people sometimes dress up the future groom for some fun. What sometimes happens, but I hear less about it is that some people get a stripper to perform as well.

Instead of a stripper, I was thinking of one of these latex love doll suits that someone can wear to do a similar show to a stripper or even combine the two. The only problem with these doll suits are expensive and made based on exact measurements which means that not just simply anyone can wear them. Cutting up a normal inflatable suit does not really work so well.

Supreme Commander 2 strategies against normal difficulty computer

This last weekend I was trying some different Surpreme Commander 2 skirmish games in 1vs1 maps against normal difficulty opponents and DLC units enabled and no restrictions.

Noticeably the different AI opponents tend to have different preferences from my findings.

What commonly happens at the start is that the AI is going to send up to three vehicles and then some more. It helps to have at least two cannons ready early on to survive. Some AI players send airplanes, so having at least one anti-air is good if there are planes. Some AI players do not seem to use planes at all. This also seems to depend on the map as well.

My most effective strategy to stay alive against huge waves of attacking units was lots of cannons. To get them, I had to hold out until I could research mass converters. The important step here was to have the energy ready which meant lagging behind due to building lots of power generators at a safe remote location right from the very start. This obviously slowed down everything else because the power generators are so cheap and research stations are expensive. Once the first three mass converters are running, then production really started going which also meant more research, more cannons, shields, artillery, more planes and more ships if water map. This strategy should also work in cooperative multiplayer with a player team against a computer player team.