Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
life is beautiful.
fact.
as much as so many of us bitch and moan (me included) about the shittiness and complexities of life, the undisputable fact is that life is beautiful.
one of the most amazing things is that no matter how many times we chose to ignore or reject the eternal divinity, when we are ultimately ready, it reveals itself to us in a grand manner. i think that in a lot of ways, we need to change or adapt our mindset and how we chose to view the world and the things that happen in it. should we see life as a collection of experiences, tailor-designed to help us learn and grow – life becomes a rich tapestry of interwoven, interconnected life-lessons.
ok, that’s my bit of existentialising for now…
week update:
the funniest thing happened. on monday, sam, kish and i went to debonairs for pizza and as we drove up to res (from debonairs), my mouth started getting all itchy and a bit swollen. slowy it got worse as it traveled down my throat (yes, but this stage i was going slightly kookoo – itchy throat not good eeaaagh!!). so because i couldn’t phone ba that evening, kish (aka the darling) phoned his dad (who is a doc) and asked him what the course of action should be for an allergic reaction (to mustard). after some strange anti-vom pills, lots of water and listerine the situation ‘calmed-down’ so to speak. except that now i was buzzing from the listerine!!!
but it gets funnier…
and so, oh best beloved, after my test on tuesday i went to sam's and was super duper starving... so, i made a nice steamy cup of noodles for meself and settled down on the bean bag to enjoy them... then, dearest sam cracks some wise-ass joke about mustard and oh-so-casually looks at the ingredients on the pack of noodles... need i say more? luckily, i had only had 3 spoons, so the reaction wasn’t as bad as the whole pizza, but hows that for irony!!!
and jai shri krishna for wednesday. hope everyone had a special, wonderful... blessed janmashtami!Monday, August 14, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
it’s 1:30am on a friday morning and i’m wide-awake - like a 5 year old on red bull. oi. save my hyperactive ass.
rhodes is a bad place to be sober. sam, kish and i went out tonight (to get into the vibe of tri-varsity) and because it’s shraavan (hindu holy month) none of us were drinking (yes, we were stone sober… J). i can honestly say that it was one of the most painful nights i’ve had out. no really… flat boring… not a pithering of emotion – not even irritation with all the drunken rhodents falling all over the place, nada, niks, nothing, bugger-all.
am i turning into an old lady?
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
i solemnly swear not to ignore my blog…
well, the upside is that now that i’m back at uni, things in terms of internet should be easier! for those of you who are otherwise uniformed… i have a lan internet connection in my room… yay for technology!
vac update:
for the first week of vac, i did absolutely bugger all!! and guess what, it felts bloody good!!! *yogs grins inanely!*
apart from doing nothing (which one can never finish doing!)… i changed my fieldwork topic about 3 times and feel like i’m still getting nowhere really really fast. background: in anthro 3, we’re required to do a field work project on a topic of our choice, accompanied by a research proposal etc etc etc. sorta makes us feel like mini anthropologists! tee hee! so, this so-called mini-anthropologist feels minute…
in the second week, i went to ermelo, a small (but rapidly growing), practically frozen town in the middle of mpumalanga, just half an hour from bethal. you’re probably thoroughly confused by now… so let me clarify a few issues. no, ermelo is not in deep dark africa, it is in fact one of the most swiftly developing mining towns in south africa. recently, a few previously closed mineshafts were re-opened and this has brought major industry into the town. yay for development! i am also proud to say that i have 148% vision. that’s according to my jija (brother-in-law) who is an optometrist in ermelo. and now i have a super cool set of polo sunglasses!
in the third week, my folks went on holiday, which was a well-deserved break for them… and so, i manned the kunvar fort! working in the shop was an amazing experience. i can’t say that i thoroughly enjoyed it; it had its perks and downfalls – like everything. but i learnt a lot and now know that i don’t ever (never say never!) want to go into retail business!
and the fourth week? well… let’s not go into that. the drama, oh the drama! after much swelling, pain and lots of myprodol, i had a cyst that had found a home in my gum (eek – yes, my gum!) removed. the procedure’s called an apicoectomy (‘scuse my fetish for big fancy words!). i really don’t want to go into it much – for the sake of my liver and all those queasy ppl out there, so the important thing is that i’m doing fine now, and the stitches are healing nicely. according to bapu (my dad), i have a left-hand smile, according to emese i have an aristocratic smile and according to me, i look like a lopsided chipmunk trying to smile! tee hee!
righty’o, that’s it from me.
