jua kali

2008-07-22T13:39:00.000+03:00

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

2008-02-03T20:47:00.000+03:00

what happens when university work takes over your life

2007-11-05T18:17:00.000+03:00

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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check it out and i hope you enjoy it!

yay!

Living Darfur - Mattafix

2007-10-10T13:54:00.000+03:00

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.

2007-09-22T17:18:00.000+03:00

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!

2007-07-19T16:57:00.000+03:00

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

2007-07-03T11:05:00.000+03:00

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!

beautiful cover shoot photographed by annie leibovitz

2007-06-12T13:21:00.000+03:00

B-U-S-Y?

2007-06-02T02:17:00.000+03:00

hello all_yes, here is another post.
i wouldnt say i feel completely useless at the moment. maybe just 95%.
i wrote my first exam today.it didnt really go how i hoped it would. dont think i wrote enough info in my essays_i just hope they made sense_to the reader of course! my shit always makes sense to me!
um, yes...so....karen and i decided to go to the library and get the past papers of this course from previous years. we managed to get a hold of last years paper. read the questions, and actually felt really good about the paper. questions were do-able, i understood them! woweee! so i was like - yea, cool_lets write this sucker! while revising...i constantly referred back to last years paper. i wasnt second guessing (not exactly) or anything, but i mean, when i went through the questions...i didnt learn too much on the q's they asked on last years paper_why would they ask the same questions the very next year??? HA - they did! they actually did.
makes me sick.
i dont even wanna think about it.

ok_some random things for ya:

1) i just watched prison break on my baby (yes, he/she is still alive) :)
let me just make an official statement_I LOVE WENTWORTH MILLER
i just do. he's wonderful. oh so wonderful. oh so very very wonderful.

2) i watched a music video by barry white the other day. the one when the camera shoots him sitting at this white piano, from
all possible viewpoints (seriosuly) while he sings in this white suit, surrounded by clouds of smoke, with trees and fariy
lights. terrible. oh well. not sure what the song is called, but it is beautiful. i sat there watching it, yes, i did watch the
entire music video....and what happened? i cried_i actually cried. dont ask me why. anyway, then terri told me he died_i
was absolutely heartbroken. i didn't even know he died. what is wrong with me? where was i? cant believe im admitting to
this.

3) think i might get an internship at a business which is in my building! score! yes.

4) its 1:37 am on a friday night/saturday morning, and i am writing on my blog. i have no life.

going to make some tea. you are very welcome to join me.

i think im going to regret posting this nonsense sometime soon.

love love love

2007-05-24T10:12:00.000+03:00

seeing as I havent updated my blog in an entire month_i reckon i should! at this exact moment I find myself feeling nervous, really nervous and strangely excited. its a very weird feeling. and its been happenin a lot.
handing in my portfolio today. (deep long breath) hahahaha. no not really.
anyway, Im basically applying for a foundation course in production, next semester which i really want to get accepted into. Iv applied for the Screen stream as my 1st choice, and Interactive media as my 2nd. will let you know how it goes_or i wont_i dont know.

um, yes. so. what else, what else.

been reading about Scorsese, Italian cinema and film noir for about 2 weeks... interesting stuff actually. have an essay to write about 'Mean Streets', a film Scorsese made in 1973. its really, very brilliant. very little italy in new york, clear-cut characters, very cool soundtrack.. and a very very very young Rob De Niro. its great. its a low-budget one but his style is just so amazing...think it's when it really takes off!
also another movie i watched recently_'Annie Hall'.
Woody Allen, who I love, and if you don't like him...watch it anyway. you'll change your mind about that fantatsic man after the film!

i think il stop there. have to get my day started.
next update will appear in less than a month! :) oh_maybe it wont, got exams. hmmm....

love love love to everyone!

ice cream

2007-04-24T22:59:00.000+03:00

im craving ice cream...luckily there's some in the freezer...
im not really sure what to write but i had the urge to post something so i guess i'll type out whatever my fingers let me type...does that make sense? hmm...
there was a meeting today for all the students interested in applying for the production course next semester.... and of course making me even more nervous than i was already! :) need to write a motivational letter and include a portfolio. so im gonna put in all my creative stuff...my culture jam, storyboard,photographs i have taken....oh and some of my scripts! need to start working on it NOW...
karin arrived from nairobi last week and has been staying with me here in cape town. really great having her here... nice to have a slice of home on this side of the world. but she leaves on monday which is way too soon.
- sorry - iv just realised im telling you little bits of whats going on in my life...not really elaborating or making this an interesting post - its late...im tired(what an excuse)

exams in june - i write art on the 1st, film on the 14th and media on the 15th... just 3 this semester! 3 big ones....

i wish i could walk around cape town with my camera and take photo's.....without having to turn my back every minute to see if anyone's noticed that i have a camera on me and decides to take it off me! hey_im not paranoid....just sensible. just had a thought_maybe i should make a wish list.... things i wish for, in the future...the things i have wished for in my past...
that would probably be a little too personal so it wouldn't end up on here...but i reckon i should do it...
amongst other things i should do....! **sigh**

:)

oh yes_i have been writing a script. for my scriptwriting seminar. its a nice story. i like it....i love it actually. im so glad i chose this seminar...jobs and tasks are so much easier when you have a passion for them. we get assignments every week but i love getting them...i love doing them...

sheryl, siri...i miss you and the times we shared together. things are not the same. i think...actually im sure... id smile a lot more if you were here.

love you all

gath - these pics are for you...memories....smiles....laughter....

nothing to tell you so here are some pictures from mombasa

2007-04-12T22:42:00.000+03:00

beautiful india

2007-03-07T10:10:00.000+03:00

scriptwriting

2007-02-28T22:20:00.000+03:00

today i had my first seminar on screenwriting and it was terribly exciting! learning about how to write screenplays and create scripts really captivates me. i think what appeals to me is that there are no constraints. i can construct and build on characters that have been developing in this little mind of mine…create stories that i have always wanted to put on paper and i now have the chance. so, yes…. it's all so very exciting. our seminar convenor’s name is Matthew (i am sure putting his name in here will help me remember it!) the seminar group is quite small, there are about 20 of us…nice people.

after our first 2-hour seminar i have been left truly inspired! i'm very nervous…that disgusting feeling i get before, or just as new things start to happen in my life, is definitely lurking somewhere inside of me. putting in all the effort i have into this seminar is not a problem. i need to do well. i want to do well.

i am going to try and start writing. vomiting all my ideas onto paper!!!! hmmm....strange image in my head...
random thoughts, compositions, scenarios…

CRICKET WORLD CUP in 11 days! YES! thrilling is not even the word to describe it!

chasing cars_the pursuit of happYness

2007-02-19T17:04:00.000+03:00

today was the first full day of my second year at varsity! when i say 'full'... i actually mean i had all my lectures...when i say 'all my lectures'...i actually mean i had 3 lectures! doesnt't sound like tons of work but im pretty sure the work will turn up a notch very soon. my courses for this semester are two film courses: writing and editing in the media and history of cinema. the third course im taking is an art history course called sacred art: visual, narrative, image and ritual. quite a mouthful that!
im not really sure what to expect at the moment, so im trying to take it one step at a time!

in my film lecture this morning, a couple of people were talking to us about different seminars that will be offered to us to take this semester. there were lots of options but we can only choose one. one of the seminars is called 'intimate blogging'...which obviously i can relate to because i myself have a blog! a very random and also quite strange blog that tends to border between the lines of insanity and really quite honestly just a waste of time...BUT... nonetheless, i still have a blog and therefore knew what the lady was talking about. it was quite funnny_she started off by saying that if you're a person who's tamagochi died...a blog would not be the right thing for you... and that if you are the kind of person that is shy of stalkers...having a blog would not be the way forward...if you live an ordinary life and are quite a dull person, your blog would not be SO popular! anyway...just something to share... no, i didnt choose to do that seminar. my first choice was introduction to screenwriting. so lets hope i get that one and more importantly lets hope i enjoy it!
to me, things seem like they are getting competitive for the second year film students wanting to do production... and as im part of that particular group...i cant help but feel nervous and unsure of myself... it honestly just makes me want to SCREAM!!!! i just want it over with....let me apply...let me get chosen.... DONE
:)

last night i watched pursuit of happyness at the cinema. first of all, let me say that will smith played his role fabulously. so so so so impressed. very heartwarming...very beautiful. it sort of led me to think about what happiness actually is... what the components are to actually allow one to feel 'happy'. if i thought about it a little more, im sure id come up with an answer. its all very good and well to appear to be happy...put on a smile... give em' a laugh... you know, do what you have/want to do. its just that deep inner feeling that strikes me. i have so much to be happy about...the big things in my life that i am greatful for.
there are so many little things...beautiful moments...inspiring people that make me happy. my family, pictures of poor people who look as though they own all the riches in the world, my buddha that sits on my desk, the james dean poster on my wall, the colour pink....i think i could go on and on and on.... my chasing cars/akon/tupac man...
let me stop there.

i have already started to write 'to do' lists...my handwriting keeps getting messier after every sentence i write and every morning i wonder what i will cook for dinner that night. im sure my mum will LOVE that! :)

india was LOVELY_really enjoyed it. such a wonderful place. i discovered my true indian personality! fell in love with shah rukh khan.went to goa.fell in love with mumbai and hindi music!
will put some pictures up!

2007-02-14T22:03:00.000+03:00

so im back in cape town and the past few days have been quite hectic...but i am now a registered student at UCT for 2007.

i suppose once uni starts and i become busy with my courses and my life here in cape town the thoughts of being back home will sort of...and hopefully...vanish from my mind because i really don't think i can take this anymore!

lets just say christina can only be so strong

laziness~

2007-01-20T12:24:00.001+03:00

christina is too too too lazy to write about whats been going on in her life (probably because there is not enough time to write about all the drama, nonsense and scandalous behaviour that has occured in the past week or so) so she has posted some RANDOM photos for you to look at :)

pics

2007-01-06T11:38:00.000+03:00

happy NY!!!!

2007-01-04T13:05:00.000+03:00

happy new year! wow cant believe its 2007...how unreal! hope everyone had a fantastic night on the 31st. it was wicked awesome in kenya. galu beach was the place to be for new years...it was rockin!! such a gorgeous beach with so many beautiful people!! :) i took mingi photos which i would love to share with you all but uploading pics just takes too dam long in this country!

anyway, back to the new years party...6 hours of pure techno/house music...great stuff! the booze was a bit of a problem...there was only 1 bar, no ice and everything was warm AND at one point we resulted to drinking SAFARI CANE. dont ask! and then of course the usual_ there was the occurence of verbal/physical fighting, many hours spent getting down on the dancefloor and LOTS of people hooking up.. **sigh** hahaha. no flourescent pink underwear though. yea, so new years was definitely a hit!

what else went down in mombasa...oh yea, went swimming with dolphins! that was just so amazing! got a full body massage...yaya :) had the greatest sushi, met my 6 & 2 year old cousins from italy for the 1st time, got a wicked cool tan (ok it was a bit of a burn in the beginning but i now have a brown back) yea, im quite the loser. got attacked by donkey's...oh yes...and ate too much food.
hmmm....i sense a little jealousy over here so i will stop talking about south coast and the beach and the italian boys and all that.

i have pointless information that doesn't concern anyone...my apple CRASHED!! sob sob....so iv lost all my data. all my pictures, all my music...everything. its really not the greatest feeling in the world. um, nothing more to mention over here but i hope everyone is doing well!

much love
mwa mwa

2006-12-27T16:34:00.000+03:00

hello all!

it occured to me that because im going to mombasa tomorrow, today would be the day that i should actually write in my blog!
finally!

last week thursday was when my very exciting weekend began. i went to cape town to surprise nuraan for her 21st birthday. dj and I had been planning it for quite a while. i was going to stay with dj on the thursday night and friday would be spent getting ready for the big bash that night, as well as me avoiding nuraan at cavendish the whole morning! dj hired a limousine to take us to the party, nuraan didn't know about this either! so that evening christina was placed into the limousine and waited for nuraan to open the door. it was wild! she was ecstatic. it was so awesome....
once nuraan had calmed down, we got into the very pretty, elongated white car and went for a ride. too freakin cool! anyway that night was great fun. nunz went all out to ensure that we all had a fantastic time! i don't have pictures to share with you right now but il upload em' soon.

then i was back home on sunday, just in time for christmas! :) so it's been three days of eating and going to relatives' and family friends' houses for some more eating. i have one word for you - gym! which is where im off to straight after this is done.

i hope everyone had a lovely christmas and santa got you what you wanted!
happy new year as well. il be on the beach, far far far away from a computer! :)

mwa mwa love to all!

shocking

2006-12-10T12:00:00.000+03:00

ok, i really do have an explanation as to why i've been so quiet...internet in kenya is a bit unreliable, which means it is quite a mission getting online and then waiting for pages to upload and blah blah blah. i don't complain.
um.....ya.

anyway, been home for about 2 weeks. its wonderful. siri is here. and its so exciting! i have shown her a couple of crazy nights out in nairobi. there is always so much going on. i have been sick for the past week! so yes, i was a little sick on my birthday. boo-hoo. had a good time though. my fam, siri and i went to tamarind for my b-day lunch. how awesome! lots of crab and oysters...and that's about it sheryl....dunno what else i can tell you. i miss you!

random - gwen stefani's song 'wind it up' is crap.

im feeling much better at the mo! the weather over here is fab!

sorry no pictures this time!

p.s - please remind christina that the next time she writes in her blog it isnt complete balls.
love you all.

awesome shizzel

2006-11-24T22:02:00.000+03:00

i have my apple back! yay! im so very happy. and it cost *jack* :) hmmm....am i lucky or just really lucky? my room is so much more brighter with my powerbook sitting on my desk! so, my exams ended on the 14th and therefore christina has been celebrating since then! yes, i am still in cape town...finding it rather hard to leave actually. but it must be done! flying to nairobi this sunday, for a very very long holiday of a little more than 2 months! don't worry, this kenyan doll will keep herself busy. my darling mother and i are going to dar on the 1st of dec for the REDDS fashion show finale. that should be fab! then siri will be in nairobi and i cannot wait to give her the biggest hug ever. then on the 8th, its my birthday. yup! keep four things in mind...
1) christina
2) 19th birthday
3) friday night
4) in nairobi
that pretty much sums it up.

my brother and i are going to mombasa on the 11th of dec because he is playing a golf tourney. so for a couple of days i will be a chaperone to my brother and his little golfing buddies...
and then christina is going to outdo herself in terms of being an awesome person! cant say anything right now...but all will be revealed soon!
and then its new years in coast! how fantastic!

by the way - amongst all this excitement christina will get her putting stroke back and kick some serious ass on those golf courses...

before i forget - it was thanksgiving at the house of love last night. lindsey cooked this FANTASTIC meal. it was really really lovely! check it out!
right now its party time in cape town. dj, lindsey and i are going to tear this place apart. cheers!

oh, and on a final note....let me just mention what a DON alan jacobs is. he is the best thing since sliced bread. i have no words to explain the magnitude of how powerful this MAN is. ah yes... mwa mwa...thats me kissing his feet.

no title, nothing, nada, ingenting

2006-11-12T17:15:00.000+03:00

so, two more exams left...art history tomorrow and social anthropology on tuesday. and by 8 pm on tuesday there will be no more studying till february. pretty schweet right? but at the moment, its learning about performance art and the issues of queerness and identity that two south african artists, nicholas hlobo and steven cohen address. rather interesting stuff actually.

on friday night, the entire house went to a party and christina stayed home like a loser becase she had to work (yes, i did get a lot of work done!) so it wasn't a complete waste of a friday night. of course the party people would question me on that statement! saturday - oh dear - saturday. i tried to learn, i really did, but for some strange reason i could not concentrate for more than an hour yesterday! it was quite a joke. i tried to learn my art but it just didnt happen! so, yesterday consisted of me pretending to study, watching the rugby, sleeping, going for a walk and eating mcdonalds (i know, SHOCKING!) the entire house had a lovely dinner last night, everyone cooked something, it was wonderful. camilla, britt and i had a photoshoot! pure boredom, procrastination, vanity, silliness or fun! call it what you want! i'd like to think it was a bit of everything :)

this morning, camilla, britt, julia and i went to church at st. georges cathedral. that was so nice. we then had coffee at a very cool place called Sundance, britt and i went to greenpoint where britt bought lots of awesome stuff for her friends and family in norway, we THEN walked to the waterfront, where i went into the apple store to find out about my beautiful powerbook which doesn't want to work at the moment, i think its a little sick, i also think its too tired of christina over-working it...and now i dont wanna talk about it anymore. its too depressing.

siri is definitely coming to kenya! yay! how exciting. um, ok, my head keeps turning to look at my art notes so i better get back to the studying...awesome...! can you hear the excitement in my voice

chonga viazi

2006-11-03T15:45:00.000+03:00

if you don't pay that bill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLdxu2JrGqk&mode=related&search=

the weekend!

2006-11-01T09:06:00.000+03:00

due to technical errors this blog was supposed to be 'published' some time during the weekend but it just didn't happen! oh well.....you have two new entries to read! lucky you.

having a great weekend so far! the weather has been fab.

i got home from varsity very irritated on friday because our film screening was cancelled and nuraan and i sat on jammie steps for hours waiting for our 2 o clock screening which never happened! then greg came over and he practically forced me to go to camps bay with him to meet up with the swiss boys....! but i dont regret it cos it was awesome! we went to la mad after that and had drinks while we watched the sunset! on saturday camilla, britt and i went to a beach somewhere near gordon's bay. it was beautiful and i got a little bit of a tan. yay. and we took photos! as you can see...

i spoke to lollzy (one of my best friends) on the phone which has put me in a great mood!

on sunday nuraan, dj and i went to cavendish to watch 'devil wears prada'. wat a chick flick! :) shoes, bags, clothes.....**sigh**

yes, i still have exams. but right now im feeling ok about them. which is strange. normally i would be stressing but im ok! i think its all the andrea bochelli music iv been listening to.
oi...don't hate! he's a legend!

ok bye bye

lots of love me

the p word is back!

2006-10-31T23:48:00.000+03:00

so...

first exam - saturday
which is - sociology
but i am now studying - anthropology
because - its SO much to learn
weather - wet, windy, might as well be WINTER
irritated - because its supposed to be SUMMER
wish it was - the 14th of november
so i could - stop learning and start partying.

christina = the queen of procrastination!

ladies and gentleman... indeed ... christina's good old act of procrastinating is back, when she should actually be learning for her end of year exams, but in actual fact is sitting in her room, at her desk, typing up yet another very random blog in order to laugh herself to a standstill because she is wasting people's time...although she is very grateful that they do read her blog because then she would be wasting her time. and we don't want that...

siri & sheryl - i don't care what you say. you are coming to kenya. like i said...not even a question.
mum & far - i love you lots
siri & sheryl - i also love you 2 lots!
students an peeps that know me - wasssup! ;)
random people that don't know me - hello, my name is christina...take no notice of me. i am just a crazy kenyan studying film and thinks she can play golf but still needs to realise that if she can't putt, she can't play!

awesome...cheerio!

p.s - check out the procrastination pic! yea...i ate them all once i was done taking procrastination pictures! :)

2006-10-22T13:14:00.000+03:00

feelin incredibly random right now.

my art essay is...boring me half death i really am trying to finish it asap so i can pull out the fork thats stuck in my neck...
its my dads birthday on tuesday
its sheryls birthday on wednesday
and i cant be with either of them, unless of course i call sergio and ask him to send the jet to cape town so i can fly to nairobi for tuesday and then massachusetts on wednesday
but if i did that i would be seriously screwed for my sociology essay which is due in on thursday.
did i mention that i have exams in one and a half weeks?
yea...
i have exams in one and a half weeks time

and in all this you would probably assume that christina is a tad bit irritated/stressed/over it and needs to build a bridge type thing but hey, let me tell you something...i have built that bridge. and let me tell you how i did that -

went to the east african society formal on friday night. hence the pictures...you think id wear a kikoy as a top on a random evening? ya...ok! it was a challenge wearing that thing! played golf with 'the boys' yesterday...that was cool. and we are probably going to la med later...

so i guess if you were some random person who saw me this weekend, you probably wouldn't think that iv been an irritated/stressed individual.

ha ha ha
i fooled you all

once again

NT photography

2006-10-16T18:44:00.001+03:00

hello everyone! how goes it?
please do yourself a favour and indulge in the beauty of what surrounds us. especially us africans!

www.neilthomas.com

look for the lady washing her baby - my fav!

see the world through this mans eyes!

devil drinks white

2006-10-10T14:54:00.000+03:00

so this is the title for my storyboard. just so you know, i didn't choose it. it was from one of the 4 scenario's us film students could choose from. it's not a bad title come to think of it.
anyway, just to let you know, a storyboard is a series of sketches in the form of frames, that show the plot, action, characters and the setting of a film. its basically a print rendition of the final film! seeing as i really want to get into the production stream in my film course next year, this assignment = very important! normally, a storyboard just needs to be rough sketches...in order to get the idea across, but seeing as christina has not inherited her father's drawing skills, she has decided to take pictures! yay! (note to self - don't talk in the 3rd person, its just stupid)

so my little 'photoshoot' happened last night and it was great. didn't manage to take all the pictures i need for my sb because not all of my 'models' were at home last night, so hopefully il finish it off tonight! oh by the way, all 14 of my housemates are my models! they were absolutely brilliant last night. really helpful and easy to work with. i guess they had to be! but anyway...
i got all the girls to dress up, which, let's face it...is awesome fun and the guys went all out as well! i set up the living/tv room area to look like a cocktail/dinner party section of the house, put a ‘bar’ in the corner and placed all the alcoholic bottles that we own onto this table, as well as rob’s fish! also lit all these candles we had lying around the house and put them everywhere.
so i think i managed to depict the kind of scene i was going for. now all i need to do is choose the right pictures and put them together! lets say im in the editing phase of my little scene in my film!

my pics of moz

2006-09-23T16:04:00.000+03:00

mozambique

2006-09-21T08:07:00.000+03:00

well...where shall i begin? i would really love to tell you all the tiny details but that would just be too much of a mission :) so il try give you a bit of the scoop. a couple of days into the trip I started writing a journal/diary thing so il jus write down some of what was written while I was actually there!

due to me having a film test on the friday afternoon i had to fly to joburg to meet everyone there instead of taking the bus from cape town with the rest of the gang! and in fear of being on a bus for 20 hours straight marissa joined me. so on the saturday morning a very perky marissa and christina jumped on the bus to find everyone either exhausted, hanging or still drunk! it was so classic. at around 9am we left joburg and got to the border that night. the visa is styling. anyway took us a couple of hours to get to maputo and we were staying at a backpackers place there just for the night so we didnt get to see much of the capital. the next morning we set off to TOFO :) the road was never ending

we only got to tofo in the early evening so it was a bit of a drive.

journal - so sunday night consisted of everyone drinking tipo tinto (the best rum in the world), dancing to various sounds of nick’s trance music, a few went skinny-dipping in the ocean (but i would never do that)….
and the strong peeps stayed up until 6am the next day to watch the sunrise. (i was one of them! cha ching) the sunrise was just so stunning. OTSS.
note to self - if you do not manage to get a tan here there is really no point in going back home. tan tan tan :)

bamboozi (the place where we are staying) is just beautiful.

iv been trying to figure out whether the bar tabs we each have are a good or bad thing. I must admit, my tab is completely dismal compared to some of the boys. (will not mention names in order to keep ego’s at a normal level) :)

there is definitely an amazing vibe going on here. I must say we are all in a happy place!!

a little highlight for the week was when I went swimming with whale sharks. I was very very nervous…don’t really do the whole underwater thing. just because fish freak me out. don’t ask!
but it was a fantastic experience. I know my dad will be soo jealous when he reads this! sorry far :) they are such huge creatures, but very harmless. you wouldn’t think it if you saw them…one of them was swimming towards me…cant even explain what I was feeling right then! gives me shivers just thinking about it...

on the friday night we went to a party down the beach at a place called Dino’s…had a great time. half way through the night christina decided to step on a piece of broken glass and that was followed by the ladies bathroom floor being covered in pools of blood and my right foot being covered with an entire roll of plaster! the next morning I highly regretted dancing all night and now walking has certainly become a great challenge! it really is something to laugh about. (i am still feeling the pain)

there were quite a few ‘hook-ups’ this trip. im really not very surprised!
yea, I probably shouldn’t go into much detail! -random-
well, I think that’s all I have for you! final verdict... it was a stunning trip. been a highlight of my year and I loved every second of it!

these are the 'ass hut' members!! best hut ever!

getting high on coke?

2006-08-31T23:18:00.000+03:00

ok...so its thursday night and britt and i have an anthropology test tomorrow. at 8 in the morning. and yes sheryl, i do go to ALL my 8 o clock classes. its beautiful. slightly moving off topic but il get back to it now now :) last semester i had this big problem with getting up to get to class before 8. it was purely psychological. i think. i was so jealous that sheryl got to drop her 8 o clock english class and siri had like four politics classes a week and i was the ONLY one who had to wake up at half six. im over that now.

getting back on the bus...so the three of us are sitting in camilla's room (previously owned by sammy) :) milla is reading something for her history paper and it looks like she's being productive with her time, i am sitting on the floor gradually soaking up the beautiful anthropological notes that are just oozing off the pages next to me. and britt...hmmm...dear britt...is high on chocolate and coca cola. or COKE haha...see the link with the title?? see it? yea, i thought of that myself...pretty awesome huh? ok, il just stop right there.
she has actually not begun studying for our test tonight because she is still writing her social work paper thats due tomorrow. i think britt and i might just pull an all nighter here...and trust me, thats the last thing we wanna do cos we are just so tired!

anyway...

so, if you have managed to read this entire post, i commend you. just because all you people out there that do know me from a bar of soap will know that when im stressed i get like this...start talking about absolutely nothing and rant on and on.

oh, i do actually have something exciting to share with you all. its our vacation next friday and im going to MOZAMBIQUE....it will be absolutely fabulous and il take lots of pics as well as have some great stories to tell! :)

back to studying...
:)

bring it on

2006-08-28T11:03:00.000+03:00

yes. the week has started and iv decided that there is no point in being negative about it. i look on my calendar to see what i have due in this week and its not so hectic. suprised? yea...me too. although i do have a social anthropology test on friday which i really need to learn for. oh, and a sociology assignment due, but apart form that im all smiles.

got a squash match tonight. i dont even know who we are playing against but we gonna kick some UCT ass. yup yup.

about the weekend, lindsey and i went 'bar hopping' in obs :) it was very cool and we got home at a reasonable time! saturday i pretty much did my reading for this week. i was so stressed last week and i think its because i did absolutely no work the previous weekend. dont want the walls to close in on me now do we? about that - im sorry about the previous post, i really am relatively normal, so no need to be freaked out - sat night was fabulous. it was DJ's 21st at rhodes house. theme was glitz an glam so everyone had to go all out basically. it was the best night out iv had in a while. chad had a bit too much to drink...which was hilarious...but he had 3 of us girls looking after him so he was sorted. he is not gonna live that down. haha. sunday was chilling day...camilla, britt and i went to the arnold house to lie by the pool in our bikini's. the weather was beautiful so we couldnt waste it! i think im browner :) yea yea i know...wishing! last night rob, helge and i went to SUSHI ZONE...we ate something ridiculous like 50 pieces of sushi. that was excellent.

im gonna go cook breakfast now...um...cook? cough cough

procrastination at its best

2006-08-23T20:05:00.000+03:00

been sitting here, with my baby on my lap, trying to write this sociology paper on affirmative action. and yes, you guessed it…its not going anywhere. I have this really strange issue…yes…you guessed it…I will tell you about it.
when im pressed for time or more specifically, when i have to write an essay and am 100% sure that i wont make the deadline… i feel like im being suffocated. like the walls are closing in on me.
that’s probably why im sitting in the lounge upstairs, and not in my room. ah ha…I knew everything happens for a reason

moving on...oh yes...the walls... so, once i experience this feeling the only way i can actually ESCAPE is by letting out this humongous groan or scream and then i feel much better. until of course i stare at my screen for a while and realise that what im writing is complete and utter bollocks. the walls jus keep on comin closer and closer.

wow. im one crazy little person.
lindsey and i went to diva for dinner last night. i had an awesome salad…yes…i eat salad. then stones was calling from up above so we went upstairs played loads of pool games and that’s all you need to know.

right now, i wish i was here

the weekend!

2006-08-13T18:23:00.000+03:00

the weekend was pretty awesome! friday night, yashar, britt, milla an i went out to Pancho's for dinner. The food was great...a bit 2 much but anyhoo...was my little snack on saturday afti :) had frozen margarita's as well

then we went to srumpy's... of course... and craig hadnt slept for 2 days but had enough energy to smile for me! he is so great!

oh..and for the first time this year..i was the last 1 outta scrumpy's at about half 2! cha-ching

last night all of us went to a party in a township. I didnt know what to expect as we got there but i had such a great time, and could tell everyone did as well. it was excellent. saw the most amazing little girl who was only three years old and moved better than me! i was too impressed!

today i watched the cricket! KENYA vs bangladesh. that was cool, but we lost! got pretty close towards the end though. there is some crazy talent in that team of ours! mish u legend. um yea... not much to say so you can just look at the pics. until next time!

yashar u crazy! :)

back in ct

2006-08-08T16:13:00.000+03:00

of course..being back in cape town has lead me far away from my beloved computer and thats my reason for not writing in my beautiful blog! yea we all know how pretty it is. so, iv met my new housemates...great crowd. there are some very cool people and i look forward to hanging out with them some more! some of us have already had our 'bonding' ritual, involving us jumping on top of one another. lets just say the picture says it all.

anyway...about a week ago my family came down for a little holiday. it was nice having them here. on the weekend we went to stellenbosch, onto the wine route which was awesome. we were very lucky with the weather. it was beautiful. one of the vineyards we went to was the ernie els vineyard. stunning setting...my brother and i could have probably sat on those chairs all day.
what i really loved was the golf ball in the centre of the patch of grass in front of us. that was just great!

so not only did we taste wine on its own but we also had chocolate to go wth our wine! that was at a very gorgeous place called Waterford. that was quite an experience. one which i thoroughly enjoyed. such a breathtaking place.

anyhoo, i have left out many details. but il be sure to keep you in the loop! ciao

the 4 of us

2006-07-26T22:30:00.000+03:00

so tomorrow, chris and i are flying back to cape town. i don't wanna go! what can i say, the holiday has been a blast. just when we were all starting to get back in the groove of us being home together, it has to now come to an end. today gathoni, tanvi, bukky and i went to sarit for lunch and we were sitting at hidden agenda jus chatting and talking about the things us girls talk about. then it hit me... we have known each other all our lives and to this day, we have never grown tired of each other, there's never been a minute where we would rather be somewhere else and we still laugh at our childish ways and scandalous behaviour that has gotten us to where we are now. great friends. imagining another 18 years of all this is just to much to fathom right now.
as tanvi and gath are about to go off an experience their uni lives...i can guarantee that we will all be back together again...in december...ready to carry on where we left off

a part of me

2006-07-12T10:44:00.000+03:00

il never forget the morning we went to muizenburg. siri, sam, sheryl, uwe and i. for an experience neither sheryl nor i would forget. that crazy car, which thankfully got us from A to B! i almost wanted to take the weather as a sign. It was pouring with rain and i had my stomach in my throat... it was a hectic feeling. so, 5 minutes after i sat on that strange bed, i went from the idea...

to the reality

nairoberry

2006-07-10T21:50:00.000+03:00

my word have i got stories for you. lets start off with the not so hectic one first. superman was actually good, i thought. i enjoyed it. then after we picked up half of nairobi we set off 2 black..was great fun till about midnight and then the night just got out of hand. about 20 people...no lie..20...got their cell phones stolen from their pockets or handbags! it was crazy. when you in nairobi you are definitely dealing with the pro's! so my brother was a victim and is at a huge loss as his new 2 month old nokia is in the hands of the very crafty local community!! these crooks are all lions i say..waiting for the next individual they can pounce on and then sell the phones at the corner of uhuru highway and university roundabout, after of course, they have spent all your airtime. quite a clever scheme i must say! excellent. drama drama drama.

black cotton

2006-07-07T18:29:00.000+03:00

today is the day...first friday of every month that black cotton opens its doors. been the talk of the town for some days now, which is very surprising because we are all on kenyan time and only operate on plans made on the day.
anyhoo, stefan and i are going to watch superman returns tonight. i really dont know what to expect but my excitement levels are really and truly below par. soon after that we shall proceed to gathoni's house and then geoffery's house...AND THEN go to black. prolly get there at around 11 and it will be a couple of hours later that the party people of nairobi will be in full swing. a tusker here and a tusker there...will promise for an absolutely great fabulous awesome sawa night out.

what to say...what to say

2006-07-03T21:24:00.000+03:00

well this is my first entry into my blog. how exciting. first of all, i would like to thank siri for the inspiration i got from her own blog into starting my very own blog. thanx sirious :) im sure as i get into the swing of things, there will be no holding back and sharing all the details of my very strange but interesting life will soon come to the surface. let me start with the basics, for those of you who actually dont know me from a bar of soap...im in my first year at UCT-uni of cape town-loving it so far. i know i have all my housemates to thank for all the great times. right now im in kenya, my home country. this place is definitely one to visit. it is absolutely stunning. has been my home for 18 years and is still going strong. once you party in nairobi, it will hit you very hard and you wont be able to stop. some of my passions-photography, sport, travelling and lets not forget rafael nadal. hmm...thats all for now