A strange week, but the best is yet to come… June 5, 2007

The past week most certainly ranks high on my top 10 strangest week lists… It certainly felt like one of the longest weeks I’ve had in a very long time.

First my roommate put me on the spot by revealing she knows my secret… she knows which guy I like… clearly I’m not as good at hiding my feelings as I thought I was…

Secondly my friend, Bettie, and I went to see two movies on two consecutive nights (which I don’t think I’ve ever done) of which the one was a total waste of time and the other one was so amazing that I sent an sms to my whole phonebook to try and get people to go see it…

Thirdly I watched a Will Farrell movie (upon my roomies insistance)… I’ve never really been a huge fan of his… but his kind of funny in a really stupid way… no offence…

Also, a few old friends have made contact again… quite nice to hear from them… didn’t expect it at all…

And finally, a good friend of mine’s father passed away yesterday. It’s sad. I’m going to miss him. He was such a good man, with such a good heart. I can’t imagine losing my father, especially not at this age. I can’t even start to imagine what she and her mom and brother are going through…

I hope your week has kept you going, and that the week ahead holds many a good thing for you and your loved ones!

By this time next week I’ll be very close to my final destination… London, England… I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All alone April 28, 2007

So today I’m all alone in a town that is usually bursting at the seams with students and such like. It is a long weekend in South Africa – we had a public holiday yesterday and there’s another one coming up on Tuesday, so everyone went home for the weekend… everyoen except me and one or two other random people in res. I could have easily flewn home, but it’s too difficult this weekend at home. My parents are attending a wedding and the fact that we have lectures on Monday just made it that much more difficult to go home.

 Although it is quite nice to be alone. I can sort out myself… you know, get my room back into a liveable state (actually, I’m much neater than I expected I would be) and do some interior decorating… the walls are a bit blah at the moment.

 Also, there’s washing to do and one or two projects and work pieces, etc that need to be completed, so I think I’ll enjoy the quiet time!

To all of you out there, anyone who’s reading this… I would love to read your coments or visit your blogs, so please drop me a line…

And to all you students: I hope you have the time of your life… I know I sure am…

Does anyone know what this is about? February 13, 2007

Why is it that, whenever there is something that has to be organised or done within a certain organisation or group, it is always the same people that pitch up to do it?

We had a function in res tonight where we as first year residents had to serve a meal to our House Committee. There are 45 first years in my res. Only 20(and it’s always the same 20) of us did the actual work of decorating the room, serving the courses and cleaning up. The other 25 or so didn’t even come downstairs when we made an announcement to ask for additional hands when we had to move the tables…

Nikita (a good friend of mine) and I decided to have a drink at Bohemia (only the best place to hang out at, any night in the week). Once again there were no open seats available – it was just after 9pm and we didn’t feel like walking to one of the other places, so we stood outside, practically on the street and had our drinks.

To get back to the walking thing… South Africa is not like Europe, the US or Australia where the public transport systems are efficient (and actually in existence) or where people walk around in towns, especially at night. But in Stellenbosch everyone who’s anyone walks to wherever they want to go, because everything is close and finding a parking spot is hectic if not impossible.

That was yesterday…

Today hasn’t been so good. I feel terribly ill, and I still have one lecture to attend at 2 o’clock. And then we have an obstacle course (“Crash and Burn”) to complete at 5. It’s one of the final orientation activities that the entire first year group of the University has to take part in… You may or may not understand why I’m not particularly excited about taking part.

The highlight of tonight will most definitely be the braai (South African barbeque) that is being held at the church for all the first years. Hopefully I will be able to spend some time with the friends I made on the first years’ camp I attended before the orientation programme started… I haven’t really had time to catch up with them…

I can’t wait for the dance on Friday night. The House Committee will be waiting on us (a reversal of last night) and we’re all dressing up to impress our dates (luckily I’ve known my date for years, so I don’t have as much impressing to do as others… )

Gotta run…