Hayibo.com – the news site with a sense of humour – takes an alternative look at some of the highlights, and lowlights, of the past decade with a series of “extracts” from the diaries of Zuma, Dan Brown, and Osama Bin Laden amongst others.
A highlight also worth mentioning, but not included in the article, is the publication of the Hayibo collection, The Best of Hayibo.com: Breaking the News into Lots of Little Pieces in 2009.
Hayibo. Just watched Obamas inauguration on TV. Still bummed that my invitation got lost in the mail. But, wow, talk about giving me ideas for my own big day. I was initially thinking I would go with something traditional – like a rendition of Umshini Wami and a stripper jumping out of a cake but, having seen the scale and sophistication of Obamas shindig, Ive changed my mind. Among other things he had a Chinese guy playing a massive violin. Trevor Manuel said his name was Yo, Jou Ma. Typical Trevor: you can take the boy out of the Cape Flats, but you can never take the Cape Flats out of the boy.
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December 29th, 2009 @22:24 #
Hysterical. Sample gem (from Mbeki's 2004 diary): "Mustn't seem too eager with Bob, though: don't want him to think I'm easy. Will practise my signature. Thabo Mugabe. Mr Robert Mbeki. Call or text? DILEMMAS!!"
I see the hand of the Master (i.e. Tom Eaton) all over this.