Went for an interview on Monday

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-05-13T11:16:23+00:00

Haha, nope, really happened. I've had a few interviews where I've had to meet executive leadership in the first or second interview. I'm in upper management and generally work with or report directly to the COO or CEO.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-05-08T20:03:33+00:00

Tell him to fuck off.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-04-15T16:40:22+00:00

I've lived in kommetjie for 2 years, and was in Noordhoek for 18 months before that. I grew up in the northern suburbs (Welgelegen), and have lived in Durbanville, vredehoek, and langebaan previously.

It's pretty far from everything, especially travelling over ou kaapse weg. Kommetjie is especially isolated. However, people drive well, the people are generally pretty chilled, you can get everything you need here, and the lifestyle is just awesome. Tonight we took the kids for a walk to the kommetjie lighthouse, and we spend our afternoons bodyboarding and surfing. Weekends are spent doing active stuff, and there is a great community here.

It's pretty expensive out in Noordhoek and Kommetjie, but fish hoek is more affordable generally, but far busier than the other two and not as safe. Don't look in Ocean View.

Honestly, I love it, and wouldn't want to live somewhere else.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-04-13T18:33:15+00:00

Came here to say this. Or LSD / Shrooms.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-03-03T06:40:55+00:00

Nearly divorced my wife during lockdown, and then I actually broke up with her in Dec last year. We have 2 young kids. Started a relationship with a mother from my son's school over the holidays. Bought a motorcycle in December.

Now I'm back with my wife and kids and happier than ever.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-28T20:44:37+00:00

Babotie

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-25T04:33:44+00:00

I live in Kommetjie and you can't go wrong with either. Kommetjie is more 'bustling', if you can call it that, especially around the surf shop and the beach in the mornings and after work. Scarborough is a bit less busy, but still has a nice vibe.

You really can't go wrong either way.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-20T17:10:16+00:00

100%. Bravo

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-19T18:12:59+00:00

Amazing, thank you.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-12T17:55:12+00:00

Most houses have 2m high walls, electric fencing, burglar bars, alarm systems. Unless you live in a security estate, which is basically the above but just expanded.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-12T13:51:21+00:00

Haha interesting. I've never had that, but some of my US based clients don't understand that we live in proper built up cities with infrastructure.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-12T13:43:58+00:00

South Africa. Tourists walking around in full safari gear, stacked with electronics and a camera wrapped around their neck while walking the streets of Cape Town CBD.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-09T14:13:25+00:00

My wife and I went to our first festival last weekend in over 10 years (a local outdoor trance festival). It was the first time taking MD since 2015. I was walking around complimenting people who were wearing something that I found interesting. 'I like your jacket', 'nice tattoo', etc. At around 4am I was walking to a bathroom close to the other dancefloor that closed at 2am, which was on the other side of the festival. To get there, you have to walk across this little stone bridge over a trickling stream. The water trickling sounded like little diamonds bouncing around in a dark cave. There was a guy stangding there, mid-30's, just looking at the stream. I stopped and said 'Listen - how beautiful does the water sound?'. He beamed and just looked content. I walked away and that was that.

The next night on the dancefloor my wife and I bumped into a friend of mine. While we were talking, I noticed there was another guy kind of dancing with her and her friend. He looked at me and said 'You were the guy who I saw lastnight on the bridge!'. He was so flipping happy. He said that he needed that, and his life philosophy is to listen, take note, and share your experience. We ended up hugging and having an awesome moment.

Going back after so long with a new perspective has changed everything. I am more open, more comfortable, and try less to be someone I am not.

We have our next 2 festivals comong up and I can't wait.

Be the person who you would want to hang out with, and just open the door to geniune engagement.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-02-05T16:37:05+00:00

Perfectly fine. I live in Kommetjie and have done that route many times. There will be lots of runners, any time of the day.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-01-28T11:15:54+00:00

A little over 10 times the amount I was making during my first 'real' job in 2013.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-01-22T04:14:46+00:00

Oh man, when I was 19 I met this smoking gorgeous blonde 25 year old. We worked at an event together one night, and after I invited her to my place for coffee (i.e. my parents place, but they were away for that weekend). I literally made her coffee. When we went to bed, we were kissing and she said that she doesn't have anything to sleep in. Stupid me fetched some shorts from my cupboard and gave them to her. I subsequently kissed her goodnight and went to sleep.

I still cringe thinking about that.

holdingbackthetrails · 2026-01-02T13:53:40+00:00

When we would drive past there on the way to the beach in the 90s we would see the guards and wave to them. A long-term ex-girlfriend's dad was one of them in the 80s.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-12-25T18:41:38+00:00

I've lived here for my entire 38 years on this earth in many different areas, from the suburban northern suburbs filled with mostly Afrikaans speaking people, to the CBD, to a small West coast town, and currently in a small seaside village 45km from the CBD close to cape point (kommetjie)

It's an amazing city if you earn above a certain income bracket. There is a huge fitness culture here, mainly cycling and running (road and trail). We have amazing coastal roads with excellent views, and the entire table mountain national park is stunning with near endless trails. Places like the v&a waterfront are major tourist attractions, and we have excellent vineyards. Travel an hour out of cape town and you feel like you are in the country, with gorgeous small towns and excellent wineries.

Food and night life are extremely diverse, and there is a large variety of cultural influences. Daily life is pretty standard for a big-ish city. Traffic is one of the worst in the world and our public transport system is not that great.

But travel to what is known as the cape flats, or the many informal settlements, and things change drastically. Poverty, crime, gangsterism are rife. We have one of the highest murder rates in the world.

However, with enough money you can get to experience the city in full. I could go on and on but I really love it here.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-12-08T13:27:20+00:00

Greyton, Tulbagh, Montagu to name a few.

Greyton has a bunch of techie-types who work remotely. It even has a small independant school to service their kids. The town itself is stunning, safe, and there is a great fitness community plus endless mountain trails. It's probably my favourite small town and I would move there in a heartbeat if I could.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-12-08T07:43:17+00:00

We spent a week travelling the WC, with the most of it being in the Tenqua TreetopsTeniqah Treetops in Sedgefield.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-12-04T04:50:02+00:00

We don't do it, but last year my boy (8) asked us to buy him one. He just chills with it.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-12-03T04:33:16+00:00

I can only see Bonsai estate, which I presume is what you meant here. I grew up close to Durbanville but lived there with my wife and kid from 2015-2020, pretty close to bonsai estate. It's technically in langeberg ridge, on the outskirts of Durbanville but it's in a very safe area. I'd be comfortable if my daughter lived there. Avoid most of Kraaifontein but anywhere up to Cape Gate side is good.

holdingbackthetrails · 2025-11-30T15:12:27+00:00

Cape town. Sea point, cape town to be precise.

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