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Verbasend staan ek stil, my eie lewe, die van 'n dromer. 'n Gedagte wat vir agt minute in my kop rond karjakker. Hierdie gedagte 'n spruit van 'n wete. Potjiekos vir die siel in hierdie wete.Naasteliefde lê wel vêr, maar in hierdie liefdebande word jy groot. 'n Tyd van kompos en eie voete vind, 'n glimlag in die son want ek weet mos, sy abba my soos haar eie kind. Twee jaar oud had hy nou, die

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I knew it was going to be a good one when it started with a story beginning with "once my grandmother went to Thailand." It started in Miami. Two crazy people staying with others....sort of similar minded, but yet completely different. Only words come to my head: Sushi, Lincoln, Sushi, Delano, Sushi, Bacardi, Sushi, White, Sushi, Beach, Sushi, Photos, Sushi. oh....cruise, sushi. Yes, it involved

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It definitely has been a while since I last wrote on here, and to be fair, I've had a lot of fun while not writing. I was living it up in Pensacola beach, tangoing (if there is such a word) with a beautiful dutch girl on the beach, and had the best food in the states. Life back at Olemiss is good. I am working right now (guess you can guess how much i am actually doing right now) at the Alcohol

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Have you ever walked in your favorite shoes till your feet feels the gravel through the soles? And what happens then? You are sad because you have to chuck them. This thought brought to my attention that so many people walk their soles off and buy new ones....what I'm getting to is that we don't really appreciate the ability to walk. I was thinking of a good friend and great person in a

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Conversation. Chinese. Conversation. Arabic. Conversation. Hebrew. Conversation. German. Conversation. American. I am for the first time in my life realizing how much I am learning at this point and time. I am influenced by so many cultures and lifestyles, and the term I can think of that describes towards what I am heading is "world-wise." Not only do you learn about other cultures, but you

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Today I feel like boiled water. Yesterday I made the mistake of going to the pool at 12pm. It was a bit cloudy, and I haven't really before tested this American sun, but I thought that it should be fine, because it is cloudy and not really that hot. STUPID MISTAKE! I am red to my ears and burning up every second. haha. I guess I am lucky that I have someone to care that brought me some really

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A good thing happened this week! I took one of my paintings to a gallery on the square in Oxford, and they liked it! They said that if I paint more they would hang it! Guess what I am doing next week....

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somehow in the minute you are there. here.you came in the last few, my wine, my smoke, my ashes.i breathe in, you breathe. your smell, the wrinkles on your hand.you are here, present, far.in a sip, out a breath, for this minute, 00:14.a photo in my head, a touch on my hand,for a second you are.from summer to winter in this minute,from the cold of nothing to the heat of your skin, a second.i need

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I am still on a plane...somewhere in the world....this holiday home felt like seconds....and yet I am still in this merely awake state of being in America. I guess I am somewhere on a plane...flying...dreaming. To be back in Oxford is fun....on the one hand...academics is taking its toll, but somehow I tend to always entertain myself....even if it is summer break and me and my class mates are

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I know that life has taken some twists and turns since I've been writing here, but believe me it was good. I am now on holiday for three weeks in SA. SA welcomed me with sunshine and a tear. I am happy. I was home for about 4 days, then left with a good friend to Cape Town to stay with three other friends that took almost a week off work, and one flew up from Jo'burg just to spend the week with

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Ruin,Ryan,Eruin,Raun,Druin,Rian,Runye,and just now got another to add to the list : URINE!Seriously! Who calls their child urine??? I can just smile on my face while agreeing to all these names while bursting out of laughter when people try to pronounce it.Oh, and also this weekend someone told my mom the most thing they were facinated with was the aboriginals in South Africa. hehe! Another said

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Smile. A smile. A permanent smile. An everlasting smile that makes people think that you are the most happiest living creature in the universe. What if there was a second of sadness? What if there was a month of sadness? The eyes show it you know!We were in Atlanta this weekend. Not the greatest city I've ever been in, but it was good to see. We were in the Coke meuseum (and yes I've tasted 39 of

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Stop, think and realize that all was done in only one week. The past week was one of the most fast-paced weeks I've had in my life. So much happened in one single week. I am exhausted at this moment, but I would not want this week to be any different. First of all, my family shared this week with me. I am shocked and amazed by the energy my parents still have. There were times that I felt I cant

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We sat the other day in BBKing bar in Beale Street in Memphis. A great jazz band playing and a little dance floor. Two old couples are dancing on the little dancefloor while the rest of the place is packed. One old guy with a walking stick also decided to join the people dancing. Seeing old people dance is funny, yet so fulfilling in a way. It is good to see people still having fun at that age.

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Last week Thursday night at round about 1am an idea came up to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This idea took flight in the heads of 5 of us, and planning started. We left Oxford on Friday at about 5:30 pm, and arrived at where we were staying (in a parking lot of a hotel that some other friends were staying in) at round about 12:30am. We then decided to make best of the time we had and decided

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Its crisp outside....i feel the cold burn my skin.....definitely not a birds singing South African valentines....Nick, Jesse and me went to the international valentine's party (yes...what were we thinking.....for the very desperate people) walked in and turned around immediately. There was about 6 people in total, a valentines balloon floating alone in the room and a guy doing karaoke on his own

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So, last night after a long day of running around, chasing air, struggling to find a way to better my education and become a more successfull South African, I sat down with two guys from Jerusalem and had coffee and played cards. After a few rounds of cards and conversation where most of the time my response was "repeat that again" and try to fill in their sentences with words that makes more

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So, for the first time in my life, I was actually in a town where it snowed and I could actually see the snow on the ground. Yes, for some people this fact is shocking, but remember that Mossel Bay is the place in the world with the second most average climate. Not much snow there.Life in Oxford at the moment is funny. So much stuff is happening and I am just taking ground. I think that it is

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New York, Mexico......what can a poor South African bum say about that experience?! I have not been writing on the blog because the enjoyment and busy times kept me from it. New York is a city of not much physical beauty, but the best vibe ever. I had a great time there....mostly spent with an Austrian and Greek-South African friend. Yes we did all the sight seeing stuff like tourists, but also

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Didi and I arrived in NY on the 12th of December. We flew into White Plains, which is about an hour away from New York City…..yes because this is the cheapest tickets we could find. Being two poor students….we did not want to pay $30 for a taxi to the train station, so we sat in the airport debating what to do. I went to go get a drink at a little café in the airport and started talking with the

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This semester has come to an end and still I have not yet realized what I have experienced. I guess the fact that I am soaking up so much make me feel like everything happens so quick. This semester I have met great people...people from different origins...cultures....traditions and laughs. I have met someone who started crawling closer in my heart, I have met friends whom I honestly think I will

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So....some random day last week in a random place in the university in a random bathroom, there was this random toilet! The toilet...for no particular reason (as it was definitely not a disabled toilet)......was higher than the others. I sat on it and my feet merely touched the ground. I had a reflection on being young....had lots of inner laughs.....and just thought it good to share with you! :)

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So, everything is really going great with the new fraternity we have created! We are planning parties, charity events, etc etc. We got an article in the local daily paper about our fraternity which explains everything, and last week we got a shortened article in the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED! It is crazy how big this thing is turning out to be. Even the LA Times also wants to interview me and the vice

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So about two months ago, a crazy austrian guy called Florian came up with an idea that we should create our own fraternity/sorority for the international students. He came up with the name the awsome dudes fraternity, and so we decided to use the greek letters alpha delta for our fraternity......we took it a bit further and introduced the idea to the university.(yes, we know it sound crazy!) But,

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HI! Yes, it has been such a great weekend! We went to Nashville Tennessee.....yes where the Jack Daniels is made.......yes and we had lots.....yes and the rest I can't really remember.....hehe. We left Oxford at 8 am, drove 5ish ours to Nashville, went to the National Country Hall of Fame. It was nice to see all the pictures and clothes and listen to music and read and and and.(yes i did not put

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