Jay Parbhoo
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Jay Parbhoo
@jayparbhoo.bsky.social
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Retired educator. Love sports - football (West Ham), cricket (Proteas), rugby (Springboks). Cooking, reading, travel, community.
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Well done to the Proteas Women team πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ on their excellent ODI World Cup run. Beaten in the final but fought gallantly until the end. Great talent coming through for the next time.
Congratulations to India Women's cricket team on winning the ODI World Cup for the first time in Navi Mumbai last night. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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Great having Trevor Manuel speak at the Diwali service at the Vishnu Mandir in Cape Town. #Diwali2025
Blessed and Happy Diwali to all. May light overcome the darkness, may knowledge triumph over ignorance and may good prevail over evil. #Diwali2025
The Annual Diwali festival at the VandA Waterfront, organised by the Hindu Association of the Western Cape and Consul General of India in Cape Town, was an enjoyable afternoon of music and dance by Cape Town performers. ...
Visited Red Cross Children's Hospital today for a tour of their Burns Unit. Was pleased to a full tour of the whole hospital - an excellent specialised public facility for children mostly from impoverished backgrounds. Thanks to Ms Solomons. πŸ™
Speaking at the Peace Jam discussion this evening in Cape Town, Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, expressed happiness at a woman winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize after Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela was announced today by the Nobel committee. Congratulations Maria! πŸ™Œ
Excellent win by Proteas Women to get their World Cup points going. πŸ‘ŒπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‘Œ
Proteas Women bowled and fielded very well against New Zealand in the World Cup. Now for the batters to get that score. Go South Africa. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦
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All eyes on #3I/ATLAS β˜„οΈ

Our Mars Express & ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter will observe the comet around its closest approach to Mars on 3 October 2025, when 3I/ATLAS will be around 30 million km from the red planet.

Stay tuned and follow esa.int/3IATLAS πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ
Great meeting some of the #WorldTestChampionship winning Proteas Men's team πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ this afternoon at the Cape Town leg of their national mace tour. πŸ™ŒπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ™ŒπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ™Œ
Still smiling after that Bok victory this weekend.
West Coast National Park's Postberg section is open for this month and the flowers are fantastic to see. Also saw a snake, a mouse, a horse with zebra stripes on its back and lots of birds. The sea and lagoon views are amazing too.
Visited an elder of our community, that owns an iconic shop in Simonstown, today.
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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn last night, viewed in Cape Town.
Lovely early morning stroll through Kirstenbosch gardens with group of bird enthusiasts.
@carlosalcaraz.bsky.social was in amazing form to beat Jannik Sinner in the final of the US Open. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
Watched the #LunarEclipse at the observatory in Cape Town.
Whale watching in Hermanus today.