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.