Six weeks...

I am on holiday for 6 weeks now. What to do, what to do...?

Option 1: Watch TV

Option 2: Start a mass action strike to increase my holiday wages and use unsuspecting shop windows to get my point across.

Option 3: Sleep

Option 4: Hijack an aeroplane from Cape Town to Johannesburg

Option 1 and 3 are rather boring, so no. Option 2 requires too much work and I don't have enough support to declare a mass action. Option 4: some idiot stole my idea.

Yes, you heard me right. There was an attempted hijacking on SAA flight 322 on Saturday morning. Another UCT student (from Zimbabwe - dangerous people those apparently) decided that he'd rather head to Mozambique (who can blame him) than Zim. So what do you do? You take a needle that you've stolen from UCT med school, seeing as the third years are all learning how to take blood, and you 'scratch' the hir hostesses face with it. "Let me into the cockpit" you yell.

'Oh, okay sonny. No problem, chicken or beef?'

However, to show the Americans how it is done, three South Africans in business class, who had grown tired of reading about Mugabe and his gang, worked their own magic. Even before the needle emerged, they were thinking 'how can we take this Zimbo down?'. In fact, as the plane was boarding, the off duty pilot saw the Zimbo and thought: 'If only I was flying'.

Long story short. Minds were racing - Are we going to be flown into the Union Buildings? - No, too far, he would have only hijacked us later - That big tower in Hillbrow? - Too narrow, we'd probably miss, the pilot's not that good - The twin towers? - Idiot, they've already had that episode - Nelson Mandela Rylaan, Bloemfontein? - GOD NO! NOT THERE. GET HIM!!!

Two South African businessmen and an off duty pilot 'rushed' the man, subdued him (by pounding his head) and tied him back in his seat. The pilot pulled a U'y{?} and landed back in Cape Town. The story goes that the hijacker asked for some water, but, as is common on SAA flights, he was refused.

Because the entire sequence of events can be confusing to understand, I've included a photograph of the plane below, taken mid-action.

You can just make out the hijacker in the fifth window from the left. Notice the shocked expression on the pilots face and also, look at the kid with the big ears near the rear. It makes me laugh.

You may also notice that I am now able to upload photos. I'll try to upload some to my previous posting about the strikes etc.

Goodbye for now, see you soon.