i have to have to have to brag about this...

rob started experiencing pretty nasty stomch cramps and a runny tummy - not good when you trying to break a world record...

so... after taking some lodium (similar to immodium) - rob took it not me!!!, i realised that this man needs some immidiate symptomatic treatment otherwise he's going to be a very unhappy chappie for a very long toim. and so, oh best beloved, this wee first aider wracked her brain to find a way to make a hot compress for the fellow. now bear in mind that we are in a radio studio and there is barely any coffee, tea and sugar. so, using two engergade bottles, i made a hot compress with boiled water and prevented them from melting by putting them in a sink of cold water...

my bad if i'm making a big deal over small stuff.. but at this point in time, i'm bloody chaffed with meself! :D
(check out previous post for details)

Read More

it's 2:11am and i'm at the rmr (rhodes music radio) studios on campus and doing first aid duty for a crazy (yet amazingly balanced) fellow who is attempting to break the world record for the longest dj stint. currently the record stands at 125 hrs and he's now through 66 or 67 ish hrs... more than half way - yay rob!

so... i have taken his pulse, which is at 90 - good and healthy considering he's had about 2 or 3 hrs sleep max in the past 3 days. also gave him a massage and helped him get some shut eye for 10mins... you cannot imagine how crazy the situation here is. it's literally a game of fantastic endurance.

check out http://www.rhodesmusicradio.co.za/rmr/index.htm for more info on this amazing... yet amazingly crazy bloke!

oh yes... and just in case you're wondering - rob is doing this all for charity... so - if you can, are able to and have the resources to, please contribute to this venture in any way you can!!! if you can't get hold of rmr, you can contact me on XXX or e-mail XXX thanks a mill...

Read More

oh life life life…

i am so loving student life at the moment!! on vac at the moment in joburg and loving every moment of being a busy student!

i’ve been doing a lot of fieldwork – interviewing various people for my fieldwork project on snuff (non-smoking tobacco)… and trying… trying oh so hard to relax!

life has been treating me pretty well… at major crossroads in my life – choosing between carrying on with honors next year or getting some experience and joining the working force. eish! tough decisions to be made relatively soon! what do you think? should i take a gap year or so, or should i just plough on with my studies? would love to hear what you’ve got to say…

also, exams are ‘round the corner and i’m already starting to feel the burn! it’s going to be a tough, long term – but in the old end… it’ll be worth it (or so i’d like to think!)

there’s not much to be said at the mo… life is good (relatively) and so we plod on…

adieu…

Read More

and now… for the looong overdue birthday update!

before i begin anything, i’d just like to send one humungo thank you to each and every person who contributed to my day in some way or another… you really made it amazingly special!

so… the big 2-1!! and my was is a big 2-1!!

it all began, oh best beloved, on wednesday morning outside oriel house (my residence/hostel) with a breakfast picnic at 8am. steph, jonno, sam and me-self sat and ate… and ate… and ate…ba surprised me and organized a few platters that sam picked up from pick ‘n pay, which included sandwiches, muffins and some awesome mouse-cup things… mmm yummy!

in the afternoon, sam and i went for lunch at gino’s where i had me favourite pizza – sundried tomato, olive and feta!!! i cannot begin to tell you how much i love love love that pizza!

in the evening, i went to meena mami’s, and ajima (grandmom), ajabapu (granddad), masiba, both mama’s and mami’s and the kids – priyanka and trisha were all there to have supper and open… wait for it… (drumroll…) 21 presents!! it was the coolest and sweetest thing! and i got some really awesome prezzies too!

and after that… sam, kish, steph, jonno and meself went out dancing to friars!

all in all – an amazing day, filled with lots of love – definitely one i’ll cherish for a long long time to come.

but wait… it doesn’t end there!!!

on thursday, left for joburg, and was thoroughly spoilt by my parents… here’s the cleft-notes version, or i’ll be here for years!

• thursday: room decorated with purple balloons, and a ginormous bunch of flowers!
• friday: woke up at crazy ass 5am… actually, at 5:30am! for a beautiful havan performed by my hero… mahendra bhai! i don’t want to single out any event, but the havan was simply marv! i couldn’t have asked for more! then, at about 1-ish, ba blindfolded me and took me to an amazing day spa, where i had a chololate body wrap! yummy! but, friday didn’t end there! in the evening, me folks, the wonderful folks that they are, booked out a vip lounge in monsoon lagoon at emperors palace in joburg! it was mind-blowing!!! had an awesome time with anj-bhen, j-b, sue bhen, pinto banevi, damoo, nischol, edwin and sam!! check out http://www.monsoonlagoon.co.za/.
• saturday morning was a tad sad! ha ha! mind you – depends on whose perspective that’s from! let me say that i was just a bit ‘fragile’!! tee hee! in the afternoon, went for lunch with sam’s sister, and after that, (got blindfolded again!!) was taken to the lemongrass – an amazing indonesian-dutch restaurant in benoni. i can’t begin to explain all the emotions that overwhelmed me… practically my entire family was there to share with me in this special moment. for once in my life – i was totally speechless!!
• sunday morning… early early, i began my trek back to g’town. and so, a very special, very sentimental weekend came to a close.

please feel free to have a squizz at my pics of the breakfast and the weekend at www.photos.yahoo.com/ykunvar.

Read More