i do have a perfect explanation as to why i havent written in my blog for months.
that is because i have another blog!
believe it.

for my production course we were asked to create a blog to write about our semester, the course, our projects and anything else.

last semester was a super busy one. and i have a pretty good feeling that the next one will be just as bad! write now, im doing an internship at a magazine which is based here in cape town. its called one small seed.
its pretty awesome.

university started on monday so prepare to not hear from me for a while!

unless, you would like to visit my other site.

love love love

what happens when university work takes over your life

1) you don't write in your blog in over a month.

2) you begin to realise that having airtime in your cell phone is actually a waste. no time to make phone calls, answer phone calls. smsing just takes too much of your precious time.

3) secretly logging onto your facebook is your daily treat. the only way you can keep in touch with friends and family, and the only way to make plans for the weekend.

4) these plans referring to the MAIN plan - which is walking to the shops to buy bread and milk.

5) sitting in the computer labs from 9 am to 5 pm has become your way of life.

6) your flash disk IS your life.

7) you sit at your computer writing absolute nonsense (like this i may add), when actually you are supposed to be studying for your exam..but the notes are right next to you. . . so it's ok! you'll pass

8) AND finally_after tremendous amounts of sweat and tears, in ONE semester...you are able to create something like this

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http://famstudents.uct.ac.za/~ENGCHR005/
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check it out and i hope you enjoy it!


yay!

Living Darfur - Mattafix

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only borderlines.
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise.

There's disaster in your past
Boundaries in your path
What do you desire will lift you higher?
You don't have to be extraordinary, just forgiving.
And those who never heard your cries,
You shall rise.
And look toward the skies.
Where others fail, you prevail in time.
You shall rise.

You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low.
You shall rise.

Sooner or later we must try... Living
You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low.

See the nation through the people's eyes,
See tears that flow like rivers from the skies.
Where it seems there are only borderlines
Where others turn and sigh,
You shall rise.

You may never know,
If you lay low, lay low.

i have been told that my blog is "seriously out of date" and i agree.
please believe me when i say that i actually used to be very good with posting stuff on my blog..
confession - i have become slack
moving on!

just got back from mozambique. yes, i went again...
thinking of building a little shack on the beach in tofo so i can go there for the weekends. haha.. no not really. it actually takes a weekend to get there! as we learnt on this trip.
quick story about the bus trip (oh_i havent told my parents this one) OK-something new for you both! :)
when we went last year, we took 2 bus drivers...simply because its a bluddy long drive! so they got to alternate when one was about to pass out.
this time - ONE driver.
we were well on our way to arriving at our final destination... we were in Xai-Xai (pronounced Shai-Shai), about a good 7-8 hours from Tofo beach. When the bus driver...i guess... was pretty exhausted and hit the brakes instantly as he was a little close to the truck infront of us...when Sam went full force into the chair infront of him, and slammed his ribs against the chair... he was in a lot of pain so we decided to take him to the hospital...at this time it was about 4pm and we had planned on being in Tofo at around 9.
we were falling way behind schedule.
eventually found a hospital and Oliver took him through. Apparently the doctors had no idea what was going on and started treating him for malaria! they even took blood tests.. ridiculous.
At this point the bus was parked outside the hospital and the group were getting very restless.. it was about 8pm.
The decision was made that we would not get to Tofo that night so we spent the night in Xai-Xai, in the bus, parked outside the hospital while Sam was being looked at. Went to a little restaurant quite close to the hospital. The dinner was paid for by Sean and Oliver....we got onto the bus and went back to the hospital...We left for Tofo the next morning while Sean stayed with Sam..
soon enough they found a doctor who spoke some english and could treat him and had to operate immediately.
His spleen was removed at about 3am... amongst power cuts and the usual....
He was then airlifted to Joburg in a little Mozambiquan helicopter! And he is doing fine!
What was meant to be a 22 hour bus trip..turned into a 34 hour trip! we left Joburg 11pm friday night and got to Tofo Sunday lunchtime! After the bus got stuck in the sand... and we attempted to push it...that didnt work...and we then carried bags and surfboards to Bamboozi. Was exciting stuff I tell you!

id love to share the stories from the trip with you but its time to cook so il post some pictures!

alright_enough talking....picture time!

so im not sure whats going on.. and to be quite honest, i don't really think anyone else in this country knows more than me.
i can tell you however that i am actually nervous about this whole thing... really really nervous!

the first time i felt the tremor was..monday night. sitting on my parents balcony and things started shaking!! and then at 3 45am tuesday morning i was woken up by my dads cell phone which was ringing away... got a call from a family friend saying geologists were expecting a major earthquake to hit nairobi at 4am, and that we had to go outside. first thing that came into my mind - what a joke! but ok...i went with the flow.
sat in the garden...was freezing...so went back inside to get my mums HUGE winter coat.
called karin to tell her to do the same....no answer...
call gathoni and she picks up! ... tell her to get her parents awake and to get outside!
i then went outside...and decided that if anything was to actually happen...the only thing i would be left with was the huge winter coat that was swallowing me.
SO i went back in...and grabbed my "valuables"... (at this point, i felt like a total idiot)
i thought of everything! laptop, camera, passports! AND lets not forget...my cell phone. ok, maybe i didnt think of everything.
went outside ...put the stuff on the grass and then realised my mums car was still in the garage. so...moved that!
at around 5 to 4...my dad, my brother, ruth, schola and i sat. and waited for the house to collapse.
4 30 - i called gathoni...to see if they felt anything..and what do you know...she was alseep! ASLEEP!
then decided to go into the house and try sleep myself. and pretend that the last hour didnt actually happen.

watched KTN last night in an effort to actually make sense of this madness.
the epicentre has been traced to a volcano which is in the north of tanzania. about 180ks from nairobi. and apparently if you are 150ks away from the epicentre you are out of danger.
ya_im not too sure about that. i dont really trust mother nature.
also found out that 90% of kenya's buildings are built by non-professionals. surprised...? NOT REALLY!

the whole of yesterday, workers were being evacuated from their buildings in town. and to this moment_no one knows what to do if the tremors start again. the radio dj's on kiss 100 are debating whether one should go under the table or not...

no tremors today though! spoke to my mum_she's in italy. and is missing out on all the drama. was going to the vatican today. yes_im just a tad bit jealous.

never a dull moment in this place i tell you

1 year

its official! my baby blog is a year old.
its quite nice to know i have been keepin it up and running for so long! yes, that is long!

my life in a nutshell - currently working as an intern at an advertising agency. very cool. good experience. nice to be busy.
loving cape town despite the strange weather!
wasn't going to go home this holiday but plans have changed_i am going home_just for two weeks. should be nice!

and the big news - i got into the production stream! :) very very happy about that. proud of myself...and thats a nice feeling.

anyway, my posts get shorter and shorter. but one day...il have so much to say you'll want me to stop.

love to all.
and happy birthday to my baby blog!