So Britney shaved her head...

Here's Madam and Eve's take on that overly-hyped media incident:

(as always - click image for a larger view)

The Party

So... Sam had a party at James' place and it went like this:

People drank.
People danced.
People talked.
People laughed.
People's nipples got tweaked (or rather Phil tweaked his OWN nipples).
People got spanked (but that's just cos Liz and Tiff were there).
The music blared and the cops did not come (making James' house the ideal party spot).
It was faaaaaaaabulous!

Cheers to Sam for having a birthday and to James for having a house!

Sum pics:

Happy Birthday Lorinda

Nothing more to add to that! I think I said it all in my drunken 3 am phonecall to you on Saturday morning! I hope your braai was lekker!

Miss you! Love you! Take care...

PS. That last New Year's Eve pic of us is incredibly NASTY isn't it!? Hehehehe... nevermind, you look okay in the rest of them.

Valentine's Day

As my Valentine's Day experiences haven't changed much since last year, I refer you to THIS page! Scroll down to the Valentine's Day entry and all with be revealed!

Yes, this is the ultimate in laziness... and I don't care!

Happy V Day. Yes, that could be Vagina Day, Venereal Disease Day, Vermin Day, Villain Day, Vice Day, Virginity Day - take your pick or add a day!

Hugs

Natasha

Learn Cricket

Sorry, I laughed so hard when I saw this! Learn cricket from Willow and Stumpy! Get ready for the WORLD CUP! Cos I'm going to be waffling on about it for the duration!

Remember: I don't like cricket... I LOVE IT!

Howzit?!

I recently got an email (as did most of the rest of you) about a project that a certain ALT is conducting down in Joetsu! It didn't take much thought on my part to realise that "Howzit" was the (South African)word he was looking for. But being me, I wanted to give the dude an in-depth reason as to WHY we South Africans use this word with such regularity! I didn't find a reason, but I DID find the following hilarious article (written by a Texan).

Check it out

OMG

Okay I must be homesick because I cried BUCKETS when I found this!! I've been looking for this song for AGES! It SO reminds me of my last month at home (specially of Chevon, she kept singing "I will meet you at the reeever... I will meet you at the reeever!). I had the cd (Patrick now has it. He's had it for about two years now! So I'm thinking it's his now. Nevermind, anything to culturally enrich Mr Alaska) and this is my favourite song off the cd... a lovely little love song. Awww sniff...

After the Rain

Extremely talented group Freshly Ground with my favourite song of theirs, Nomvula ("after the rain" in Xhosa). Wish I could have found a better copy :(
This girl has an amazing voice! She makes singing seem so effortless! Love em, I have their cd! YAY!

Hallelujah and all that!

"Soweto Choir wins Grammy
February 12, 2007

The Soweto Gospel Choir has been awarded the Best Traditional World Music Grammy for its second album, Blessed.

The award was presented at the 49th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The 26-member choir was formed in 2002 has toured Germany, the Caribbean and the United Stated in the past three years, under the direction of producer Beverly Bryer and musical director David Mulovhedzi.


It was judged Best Gospel Choir at the 2003 American Gospel Music Awards. - Sapa"

Hey congratulations to the SGC!! I've heard some of their music and they're fantastic!

State of the Nation

So the president gave his State of the Nation address at the opening of Parliament on the 09 February.

Now as any South African will tell you, the nation is not in a great state at all! The main thing the people of South Africa were interested in was how strong a statement he would make against the violent crime in the country. Would he even acknowledge how very huge the problem is?!

A complete transcript of Mr. Mbeki's speech to be found here for anyone interested in reading it! A sample:
"Certainly, we cannot erase that which is ugly and repulsive and claim the happiness that comes with freedom if communities live in fear, closeted behind walls and barbed wire, ever anxious in their houses, on the streets and on our roads, unable freely to enjoy our public spaces. Obviously, we must continue and further intensify the struggle against crime."
Well duh...
A report on his speech here if you want to skip the long-windedness and get down to the chase.

Happy Birthday Nuriatjie!!

I hope you have a fantastic day! Still miss you like crazy!!

I can hear the tune in my head...

It's Thuuuuuursday (dance a jig)!
Yeah Thuuuuuuursday (dance a jig)!
Fuck! I still have to get through
Friiiiiiiiiiday (the jig dies a sudden, tragic death)!

:(

It was a good tune while it lasted!

Happy Birthday, Vonnie

To Chevon:

Veels geluk lewe maatjie

omdat jy verjaar.

Mag die Here jou seen

en nog baie jare spaar!

You're 30 years old!!! Hahahahaha... God, I LOVE being younger than my best friends!

Anyway... what was the deal with calling me at woteva time in the morning (my phone was on silent! Jammer, ne)?! Were you drunk again?! Will give ya a call when I get home tonight!

Soentjies, drukkies en baie, baie liefde!!

New family pics, YAYYYYY!

My brother, Nathan, finally sent me some family pics! Am so excited that I had to put em up on the blog! Taken last month!

Mum n dad on Christmas Day

Nathan

Wandile (cousin)Andrea, Lauren and Lance (cousins)
Fidel (of course)

Nathan and his buddy (Imraan)

Mid-year seminar

Sheesh, another year gone by! It was weird being at the mid-year seminar this year and looking for certain faces, only to realise that they'd all left... nevermind, there were OTHER familiar faces and even a few new ones! So it wasn't too bad... although Mary, Joyce, Nu, James, Vams, Hiten et al... you guys were sorely missed!

Anyway, so there were the usual workshops (I presented one, can you believe it?! Bottom of the barrel time), followed by the usual LOOOOOOOOONG, NEVERENDING speech, followed by the, by-now traditional, musical fundraiser at Shame! This year's theme was back-to-school (slightly creepy, when you consider that we're all teachers)... It was fun. But no tops came off this year, no dancing on the bar... no people dragging other people into closets to kiss them (as per 2004/5). It was all very tame and I found myself without a hangover on day two of the seminar for the first time in two years! Nice...

Some pics...

I've fallen and I can't get up...

So last Saturday I went to Myoko with Ros, Johanna and Kristen! The idea was to go snowboarding... and while that is what the other three wound up doing, I ended up doing a very classy version of butt-skiing (it's a new sport! It's the only way to get down a ski slope when you have a defective snowboard that you're just plain unable to stand up on!).

Sighhhhhhhhh... I had only two runs on the slope, because it took me a painstaking hour and a half to slide all the way down (on my arse, yeah) the first time and then another hour or so the second time! Although I did have more success on my second attempt, even with the constant falling down and hitting my head on the hard snow - which sucked! Every time I hit my head I saw stars and I ended up with a huge headache by the end of the day and a pretty damned sore neck the following morning (it still hurts a bit). I am now sporting a HUGE hand-sized bruise on my left inner thigh (I was pretty excited about that! It's proof that I worked really hard at that snowboarding lark, see?). All in all... I HATE giving up on anything, and I am determined to gain SOME kind of basic snowboarding skill, damn it!

Tanjobi Omedeto (+1 day)

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Should I stay or should I go?

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