Natsukashi and y'know kinda kawaii

So I'm doing some spring cleaning when I found some farewell cards from my students at Niitsu High School. These are all about 4 years old and they're so cute... but there are also some hilariously random things in them that I thought I'd share.

• Girl: "Dear Natasha Thank you for everything!!" then some bits of paper pasted down and written in tiny print way at the bottom are these words: "In fact. I can't swim."
• Boy: "Natasha. I'll miss you. Please say hello to John. You must come back. Good bye. Take care." So... WHO THE HECK IS JOHN????
• Boy: "I'm poor at English. But I like English a few now. Thank you." So sweet.
• Girl: "Dear Natasha. I love English!! Thank you very much. I've really enjoyed the evening very much indeed (?????? - N). It was very nice talking with Ms Natasha! I love you. Good luck." That whole letter was so sweet but that little bit in the middle was so very...
  
• Boy: "Dear Natasha. Good bye. Please bring me a present when you come back. See you." Don't think he QUITE realised that I was leaving... forever. I keep thinking about him waiting and waiting for me to come back with his present. Oh the guilt.

I really, really loved my Niitsu students. Niitsu High and Bunsui High will always be my all-time favourite schools. Great students and fantastic teachers.

Aaaaaaaawwwwwww!

So Tomo-kun is a cool boy, he puts up this front of toughness for all to see. He does up his name card all sparkly like and looks extra kewl cos of it... he's a 2nd grade 中学生 kid.

BUT... on the inside of this kewl, awesome name card (where his buddies can't see it) is the following super secret message written in the tiniest print ever... which just MELTED my heart. MELTED it I tell ya... into a puddle of chocolatey goo.

Bless his darling little heart for totally making my month!

Freshlyground - "Pot Belly" Music Video

I loveloveLOVE this song!! And the video is super cute. Zolani has the most amazing voice. She sings so effortlessly.

SHOUT SA

Let's make SA a better, safer country for all!

Nagaoka winter. Shudder

Now as all y'all know, I'm not one for the cold and snow, which is why it's kind of ironic that I'm playing the snow queen (or yuki onna) in this year's musical. Worse than that, we're also experiencing Nagaoka's worst snow in 27 years. Oh joy. Some pics for your delight... cheers.

Kinders van die wind

Takes me way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaaay back. Beautiful song.

Another classic Sound Effects!

So funny...

Madam and Eve - SABC

Good times in Ojiya

Some pics (and a vid) from the Ojiya Summer Festival in August, Steve's birthday and Diet Challenge BBQ...

Escape from work camp

I've been watching a lot of WLIIA clips on youtube... and I love Sound Effects and Scenes from a hat... but this frikken clip had me laughing so much I literally had tears streaming down my face. That good laugh when you feel like you're going to bust a gut or something... great stuff! I love Ryan and Colin. They were always my faves.

Eish Wena!

Firsts

First surgery : Tonsilectomy
First piercing : Ears
First best friend : Liesl Williams (for one year, then Annabelle for the rest of my years)
First sport you joined : Softball club
First pet : Dog of course (Sheba)
First vacation : Beaufort West with Auntie V. I (allegedly) cried the entire time "I want my MOMMMYYYY"
First concert : Some church christmas gig.
First crush : I can't remember (yes that's a lie)
Very FIRST memory? : Secretly running to the stoep to spit out the cough medicine my granny gave, moments before Mom brought Nathan (the interloper) home for the first time.
First person you had a fight with?: Carol something or the other (she wanted to meet me behind the girls' toilets and donner me. Yikes. I ran away)
First time you rode a bike?: My BMX Mongoose... Yissus that was a cool bike.
First car: ... a bus
First person you slow danced with: I honestly cannot remember his name. Tall dude, dark... wore glasses.
If your house was on fire, first thing you'd grab?: In SA - my dog. In Japan - my laptop (and passport)
First Movie You Saw: I think it was something with flying piranhas in it. Thereby starting my lifelong love of b-grade horror movies
First time you were afraid: I was petrified...
First song you remember listening to: Probably a Queen song. Maybe Bohemian Rhapsody. Queen was/is ALWAYS on at our house.
First thing you'd do with 5 million dollars: Buy Mom a new house. Then travel.
First thing you notice when you look in the mirror?: Any new weight gain
First impression of your bf/gf?: Have no current S/O

As of now...

Your ex and You: Don't speak
I am listening to: Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
Maybe I should: Put on some clothes
I love: Chocolate and dogs
My best friend(s): Annie, Lou, Chevs, Keith, Garth, Joyce, Johanna
I don't understand: People
I have lost my respect for: Tracey-Lee Lucas. That little bitch.
The meaning of my display name is: ... a shortened version of my name (according to my family).
I will always be: round
Love seems to: evade me
I never ever want to lose: weight... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... just kidding!!!
I get annoyed when: things don't go my way
Do you like parties?: yes
Today I: am okay
I wish: for world peace?
Are you neat or sloppy?: A bit of both
What kind of clothes do you like?: Blue ones that fit
Are you mad at someone?: No
What do you do in your spare time: All kinds of stuff
Do you have any medical problems?: Not that I know of
What kind of car do you have/want?: A blue one
Do you like to read? What?: Yes. Books :P
Do you cook?: I hate cooking... a LOT!
Would you do drugs?: No
Have you ever written a song?: Yes
Do you like poetry?: No
Have you written poetry?: Yes (what emo Arts student hasn't?)
Have you dated someone older than you?: Yes
How much older?: Five years

This or that

Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate (no contest)
Big Mac or Whopper: Whopper
Coke or Pepsi : Coke
Beer or Wine: Wine (red, thanks)
Coffee or Tea: Coffee
Apple Juice or O.J.: OJ
Facebook or MySpace: FB
Summer or Winter: SUMMER!!!!!!!!!
Windows or Mac: Windows
Cats or Dogs: DOGSDOGSDOGSDOGS (cats suck. And are creepy)
Boxers or Briefs: Boxers (yeah baby)
Rain or Shine : Shine
Chips or Popcorn: Chips
Salty or Sweet: Sweet
Plane or Boat: Boat
Morning or Night: Night
Movie or Play: Movie
Walk or Drive: Drive
Money or Love: Love... no money... no wait... love... no... I dunno!!!
Breakfast or Dinner: Dinner
Forgiveness or Revenge: Uhm... a bit of both. Passive aggressive forgiveness?
Paint or Wallpaper: Paint
House or Apartment: Apartment (for now)
Truth or Dare: Truth
Contacts or Glasses: Both
Root beer or Dr. Pepper: Both suck
Mud or Jell-O wrestling: Mud (Jell-o gets so sticky)
Skiing or Boarding: boarding... since I've never tried skiing. But can't say I <3>Silver or Gold: Silver
Diamond or pearl: Neither. Where are the sapphires?
Sunset or Sunrise: Sunset (since I'm never up in time for sunrise)
Phone or in person: no preference
Oldest, middle, youngest or only child: Oldest... what fun that was when we were children (Me: "Nathan you're not REALLY Mommy and Daddy's child!" Nathan: "Waaaaaah!!" Me: "Mwuhahahahahaha")
Indoor or Outdoor: Wherever I happen to be.

SAFRICA CHASING 435

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah... natsukashi!! Good old Herschelle and Graeme.

Happy memories.

Wedding Entrance Dance

This is the best thing ever! I don't know these people but their happiness and joy were just so contagious.

'District 9' Trailer 2 HD

This looks awesome!

This is home...

I can't believe I never posted this on my blog. I had it on FB but didn't put it up on the blog.

Nevermind, better late than never.

Blue Eyes - by Springbok Nude Girls

Neeeear. Faaaar. WhereEEVER you are!

Three years ago, when I was moving into this flat, Mary Coombes helped me move in. She and a lot of my other close friends would be leaving that same year. This month, my very last month in this flat, Mary C came back for a visit and now every time I come home she tells me chucked stuff out (kinda like three years ago when I kept coming home to find boxes unpacked). Talk about coming full circle, huh? Dunno what I'm gonna do when she leaves on Wednesday :(
So we were reminiscing and then thought about this little video we made for Joyce who would also left that year. We decided to sing her fave karaoke song (and sucked at it), here's that vid (and NO I'm NOT naked! A bit drunk but not naked).

Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp

The mini prequel to Peter Jackson's new project, District 9. I think it's hilarious that it's set in SA... after all my years of complaining to my brother that the movie alien spaceships only ever land in the USA.