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Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Year 2009

The Year 2009

Wow wee what a year! I can't believe that a whole year has already gone past!

What is even more scary is the fact that I have now lived through 2 decades. I was born at the start of the 'nineties' (such horrible fashion) and then lived through the 'naughties' (which at the beginning had its own fashion crimes). But what makes me feel really old is when I look at my i pod and it has a playlist called '90s classics', like wow, the nineties are classics now? before it was like the eighties or seventies...

So another year has gone past and what a year it was too.

for me the year 2009 will be remembered for the following things:


  • I went to varsity for the first time
  • I finally got my drivers license
  • I met some really awesome friends (Tim, Tom, Matt, Rigs, Binks, Nic, and so many more)
  • The person I was together with for almost 2 years and I, had a break up
  • I became closer friends with my best friend in the whole world
  • I nearly lost the same friend, when she got struck by lightening
  • I found out my sister was going to live in France for a year
  • I taught piano to lots of children, and had to run a piano school on my own for 4 months
  • I failed a subject for the first time in my life
  • I lost a great grandfather, an aunt, and two close friends
  • I had to give my rabbits away to a zoo farm
  • I started to blog (';')
  • I started pilates and jogging every morning
  • I took part in my first figure skating show
  • I began to tackle my dream of becoming a fashion designer by studying fashion design part time
  • I finally found myself
  • I learnt to appreciate life and now I absolutely love it, my new saying is "isn't life wonderful?"

In retrospect 2009 was a wonderful time for me, even though there were some really dark moments, it turns out that we can all cope with what life throws at us...

So now that the decade is over (the decade that many people thought would never even come along), here's to another one, one which I will exit from being a lot a lot older, something I don't even want to think of!

soooo...

Happy New Years everyone! May it be fantastic and blessed, and in every way 2010 times better than 2009
(';')

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

13 December

Sunday 13 December 2009

My best friend was struck by lightening on this day.
She was dead for 1.5 mins.

She was dead....

How can you possibly deal with that....
A few hours earlier she was busy on facebook, enjoying life and updating her Facebook status...
And then it happened...

I'm not sure about the details....
But somehow it just didn't matter.

It was so sudden, so unexpected...I had planned her Christmas present, was planning on seeing her...in fact I had already started on planning for her 18th in March...And somehow, in a few seconds that was all taken away...

Granted, she came back to life a minute and a half later...Which I will be thanking God for every single day...But still...she was dead..

I cannot believe how fragile life is...and how I just didn't expect it...to a 70 year old grandparent who was sick? Yes....but to my healthy 17 year old best friend...never...na ah...no way....

And yet it did happen....

Needless to say I was - am - in shock....In fact I had to drink a whole bottle of rescue remedy just to help me sleep that night...
And telling other people...well that is probably the hardest thing...how do you tell someone that your best friend is lying in ICU because she got struck by lightening???

It sounds so unbelievable doesn't it?...I mean my sister actually laughed from pure disbelief and shock the first time I told her....


And so I sit here now...a whole two days later...and I am still in shock...yet I want to make my best friend's life even more amazing than before...I want to make sure that I treasure her and tell her how much I love her every single day....because I honestly can't believe how unexpected life is...

Love you k my Angel

Friday, November 13, 2009

"write love on your arms"


My input for international 'write love on your arms day' (13 november) which helps to combat depression by letting people write on their forearms instead of cutting them. A matter very close to my heart.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

My first corset


This is the first corset that i have ever made. Created and sewed it yesterday in about 8 hours. Not perfect, but better than most, and absolutely gorgeously stunning. Complete with silver ribbon tie in the back

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Looking around

Looking Around

So I've been looking around the web for blogs and been doing a bit of research on them. Yet I can seem to figure out how you can get more traffic to your blog. It is dam well disheartening to know that you are sharing your life with the world, and yet the world does not want to sit up and take notice.

Could this possibly have anything to do with the fact that I dont live in America...hmmm makes you think.
But maybe my blog will be more popular next year when the worlds focus will be upon South Africa.

Another point I noticed about blogs was that the popular ones are usually quirky, and that the bloggers are usually not afraid to speak their mind. I'm not sure about the quirkiness part, but I definitely have my very own definite if somewhat explosive personality, and I always speak my mind.

So I have begun to decorate my blog and make it more personal, even adding another blog to my profile which I one day hope to turn into a mini novel. Purely because I have so much to say and I just want to share it with the world.

So to all of you who read this and understand where I am coming from, please follow me or just leave a comment. I want to know what I am doing right and what I'm not.
And if you just want to know what life is like in South Africa before you come here next year, then follow me as well. I am an uncensored and blunt version of th goings on and beauty of my country.

Signing off yet again

Friday, October 23, 2009

Hail or snow?


Just one of the many pictures i took of the hail while driving. It came down so hard and so much that it covered the entire road in a thick blanket. All traffic came to a standstill and everyone was taking pictures. Just another strange occurrence in 32 degree weather in south africa!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Varsity


The centre court of my varsity. Green grass, green trees, clean lawn and a fountain. What more could you ask for from a government institution? Awesome!