Spring in south africa

A beautiful spring day in joburg south africa, showing the blue skies, green leaves and peach blossoms...mmm you can almost taste the air...I love spring

The Perfect cup of Coffee

You think that making coffee is easy, and not an art form...And that it is 'just a cup of coffee' think again

Steps to making me the perfect cup of coffee:

1. The coffee must be proper coffee, the kind where when you inhale the fine aroma it lingers in your senses for long after....mmmm

2. The mug must be the tallest, longest and thinnest that you can find. This makes the coffee taste much better, trust me on it

3. Add two, almost level, teaspoons of the coffee into this mug

4. Make sure that the milk is straight out of the fridge and that it has the lowest fat percentage possible (i.e. Fat Free Milk)

5. Add the milk into the mug over the coffee, till it is about 2.5 cms high. No more and no less.

6. Make sure that the kettle has boiled till it is steamy.

7. Pour the water from the kettle into the mug along with the coffee and milk, do it slowly, and stop when the level i about 0.8 cms away from the rim of the mug.

8. Now take the teaspoon and stir the coffee very slowly, until everything has dissolved.

9. The coffee should now appear to be a very light golden brown colour. The colour of liquid gold (which it really is)

10. Serve coffee immediately, because it is now the right temperature and texture

Still think making a cup of coffee is easy?

Fashion Week

I was brimming with excitement this year for fashion Week. After missing the spring/summer one, I had already made up my mind to go the Autumn/Winter one.

But which show should I choose to go to?

I was just deliberating this all important question, when suddenly a little message popped up in my FaceBook inbox.

It told me all about the Barbie 50th anniversary fashion show, and how there were tons of different designers all showing on the same catwalk.

Needles to say, they had me at "Barbie"

Ever since I was a little a girl, I always used to design and make clothes for my own Barbies...And here I was able to finally see what designers would design if they could dress their very won Barbie doll. Talk about a dream come true.

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I already knew the whole history of Barbie. So as a tribute to the first ever Barbie doll, I decided to wear a black and white outfit, a long flowing handkerchief style dress.

The exhibit before the show was amazing. All the collaborations of designers in SA showed me that they are more united than overseas designers. Their designs were all so original and all made use of clever ways to save on resources.

The Barbie show itself was more than amazing. I was so excited to be sitting in that area. And even more over the moon that I was sitting in the row behind the designers themselves, JJ Schoeman, Malcolm Kluk, Black coffee etc, and our very own UJ.

From my excellent vantage point, I could also see Dion Chang, Tiaan Nagel and other famous fashion icons.

It was just too amazing to be true.

The show started with a slide show of Barbies through the ages, and then all the models appeared. All sporting such amazing outfits that is literally blew my mind away.

Some designers had even used fake blonde hair to create dresses and such. Nut my highlights were definitely JJ Schoeman, Kluk and UJ. All of who completely took the true spirit of Barbie and embodied it in their designs.

Afterwards goody bags were handed out to the very lucky few, of which I was one...

This was truly an amazing night and I was so fortunate to be able to attend it and get tickets for such a limited event.

And hopefully when Barbies 60th anniversary rolls around, I will be called upon to design clothes for her...

Maths Class

Maths Class

I sat in the row behind you in Maths class
last night....
I couldn't stop looking at you...
Your hair is always perfectly styled everyday, and that
suits me just fine
because that is almost always what I see of you....

I sat in the row behind you in Maths class
last night...
Your clothes hugged your body and fit you perfectly...
I blushed when I thought you realised that I,
was staring at you
but you didn't....unfortunately

I sat in the row behind you in Maths class
last night...
Your relaxed attitude put me at ease...
The way your hand moves over the page as it writes....
You make me want to hold that hand,
of yours
But I cant...not yet

I sat behind you in Maths class
last night...
Your laugh is amazing....
it send shivers down my spine...
You make me want to be perfect,
for you
And I really am trying to

I sat behind you in Maths class
last night...
I really want to ask you out...
But maybe I must get to know you first...
And then when the time finally comes,
and its right
I'll sit next to you


(Dedicated to someone special)

Lena

On 27 August 2009, the day I had been wating for all year finally arrived. And no it was not about passing my drivers (which I did) but rather about our 'mystical' exchange student from Germany who was coming to stay with us.

So Lena arrived.

She is honestly the bestest friend anyone could ever ask for. She fit right into our family and we have been having crazy times ever since. She has taught me to read in German, which is NOT AT ALL like Afrikaans, and which I truly tried hard at, but can never talk as fast as she does.

We have laughed and giggled and shared secrets and gossiped. And suddenly I feel like all my cares have been lifted away. When I am with her, I dont have to be the responsible adult who goes around working and dropping off children. But instead I can be silly and childlike...Completely carefree...

Lena is slowly become my best friend...one that havent had in a while...she is also my sister...And I am going to cry my eyes out when she leaves...

We have already done so much together...Taken photos of zebras at the zoo...eaten pizza...Shared hair and make up and horrible allergy stories...Watched a ballet...Watched too many movies together...And laughed ourselves sillly when we couldnt understand each other or other people....

Many more amazing times are sure to come....I just wish that she could stay longer...