Tuesday 12 May 2020, Day 12 of Level 4, after 35 days of Level 5 Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a 1000 x better day today than yesterday (celebrating with a glass of wine), being focused on what I had to face and do right at the start of the day; for another beautiful day with the most exquisite sunset, despite being slightly more chilly; for another excellent Exercise Time this morning, getting to 3rd Beach in Clifton before having to turn around, and receiving another generous 300 Discovery Vitality points for the Cardio exertion ❤️; for my exercising of this past week surpasssing that of last week, averaging 15000 steps and 11 km per day; for receiving the most kind and generous service from Jared Stein of Camps Bay Hardware, when he sourced Citronella candles for me, with a village values feel; for having a busy working day; for chatting to Chef Jenny Morris, trying to encourage her to do deliveries of her Yumcious salads and pork belly; for our nurses around the world, recognized through International Nurses Day; for discovering that two German shops in Gardens are operating (Hartlief and The German Grocer); for connecting with my Alex ❤️; for dancing to Kfm this afternoon; and for being happy and healthy 🙏💙

I wrote a strongly worded email to the other Apartment block owners first thing, for their nastiness and disparagement yesterday. It must have had its effect, as there was no response today.

There was a disgusting amount of dog poo on the Victoria Road pavement around Bali Bay this morning. I may head out with a rake tomorrow morning, to move it towards the fence. The downside of the dog walking. 🥵 Kauai keeps putting its board on the pavement to advertise its food delivery. When I asked the manager if he could move it out of the way, he told me to walk on the pavement on the other side of the road! 🥵 Its illegal to advertise on the pavement.

It’s great to combine shopping with Exercise Time, as I’m now getting more than enough steps.

I wrote a Blogpost about the Film and TV production industry reopening, something which was allowed a week ago, very quietly, not part of an official Government announcement. But the conditions of production are stringent.

Corona Virus Lockdown: SA Film and TV industry allowed to shoot again, under strict regulations!

My FitBit charger/tracker Charge 3 is playing up, my battery charge lasting for less than a day, when it lasted for 5 days or so in the past. It loses a lot of charge during the night. I’m not sure how to restart the tracker.

The rest of my day was focused on updating the Restaurant Food Delivery list, and selecting winners of the ADHARA Extra Virgin olive oil competition, reviews of FYN and Masala Café winning. Thank you Mayer Family and Janet Pillai. We are now at 408 restaurants on the List, which I started 10 days ago, and with over 3000 members.

I’m biting the bullet to apply for the R350 Sassa grant for unemployeds…. 🥵😱😷😂

It took 20 minutes for WebAfrica to answer the phone this afternoon. I had to be put on hold for the Sales person to find some info about being throttled/on threshold. I put down the phone after holding for another 20 minutes. I’m changing supplier! 🥵

SA Corona Status: 11350 cases 206 cases 😷😥

FitBit 16000 steps 12 km 👣

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The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this week to commence on 27 March and to continue until 16 April, subsequently extended to 30 April, and lowered to Level 4 from 1 May, is an unprecedented event in my lifetime. I am posting my daily Facebook post to journal this Corona Lockdown Journey, perhaps to serve as material for a future Book.

 

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein