I keep forgetting about the tiger...

Hey everyone, pretty fun day today. Matt and I have (keep your fingers crossed) nearly hired our replacement. We think that this guy is the best choice to ensure that our project keeps on keepin' on after we leave. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, he will accept the offer and we can train him next Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday. There has been so much progress this last week, its a big overwhelming; seems like everything in the past week outweighs the success we'd thought we had. Sorry if that sentence sounds awkward, I'm just trying to say that this past week has been fantastic, haha, and we thought we had fantastic down weeks ago.

Yesterday was Matt's birthday, so I'd like to take this time to publicly wish my co-worker a happy belated birthday (I told him happy birthday yesterday, but there's nothing like shoving that kind of private information out there on the ol' internetz for all to see). As such, we spent last night "on the town" to celebrate. Tara, Collin, the birthday boy, and myself ate at one of Melissa Paulsen's favorite restaurants, the Das Anker. It is a Belgian food restaurant located at V & A Waterfront. It was really good; I had duck, which I don't believe I have ever had. I think our favorite part of the meal (aside from the stealing of a bib, haha) were the desserts. We all got something different but ended up sharing with each other (crepes, cheesecake, apple pie, and chocolate mousse). It may have not been "the greatest pizza idea that [Collin] ever had" (inside joke), but it was still pretty damn good.

Afterwards, we went to see The Hangover, as Matt wasn't with us the first time, and he's been dying to see it ever since. If anyone hasn't seen it yet, do so. It's like SuperBad (sorry, SA friends, I know you're getting tired of me talking about that movie) or Role Models, it just gets funnier the more you see it. Matt, the Bar-One man himself, seemed to really enjoy the movie.

Fast forward back to today: Dag and Tara (ND interns at The Business Place) joined Matt and I for lunch at our favorite restaurant, The Kitchen. Longtime blog readers will remember The Kitchen from way back as Matt's and my favorite restaurant here in Cape Town. Tara and Dag also thoroughly enjoyed the great food and, even better, cheap price. It is worth noting that Matt and I are such regulars there that one of the waitresses/cooks offered us a job for our finals days. Depending on how training goes, I might think about taking her up on the offer (I really want to get my hands on some of the owner's, Karen, recipes). Well, that's it for today, my friends. I think we're going to Nando's tonight for dinner, so two great meals in one day is always cause for feeling great. Super rockin', duuude!