hula dancers

 finally a pic from the hawaiian bash... more to come !

Hey! I'm STOKED to have my computer back. So stoked that i wasted a bunch of time doing stupid online quizes. uggg... getting up for work isn't going to be fun tomorrow.
Anway, at least my inner quirky child will keep me entertained.

Have a good night.
C

Your Quirk Factor: 57%

You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it. Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!

How Quirky Are You?

Your Inner Child Is Surprised

You see many things through the eyes of a child. Meaning, you're rarely cynical or jaded. You cherish all of the details in life. Easily fascinated, you enjoy experiencing new things.

How Is Your Inner Child?

further lessons in South Africanisms

In an effort to help my international readers really "get" half of what i'm talking about... please take a look at this brief tutorial, regarding some South African terms, phrases and expressions. ** I stole it from Madam and Eve... so this might help you understand some of the brilliance of future cartoons...**

This is a work in progress, so if anyone out there has any to add ... feel free.

SNOEK LADY - Like a "Mielie Lady", only they sell snoek.
SNOEK - Oh. It would probably help to know what snoek is. It's a fish.
ROBOT - No, nothing to do with "Star Wars." Here, it's a traffic light.
BOOT - trunk of a car.
BOOTS - You wear them on your feet.
HONK - Has nothing to do with the horn of a car. Honk means "smells bad". (That perfume you're wearing really honks.)
HONK - The sound the hooter makes on your car when you push it. Called a "horn" in America.
MINIBUS TAXI - The inventors of "road rage" here. Rules of the road do not apply.
AFRICAN TIME - Whenever someone actually feels like showing up for a scheduled appointment.
"I'M COMING NOW" - In South Africa, it means "I am coming... but not sure exactly when."
"I'M COMING JUST NOW" - I'm coming...but don't hold your breath.
"I'M COMING NOW NOW." - Forget it. You could be waiting days.

More in our next installment of "South African phrases and expressions made easy".

I'm ALIVE!

Fear not dearest friends! for i am not dead, just internettly devoid. That is to say that since the last time i blogged, i have moved homes, stopped going to school, constructed and destructed some important relationships, searched and interviewed for many jobs and now sit here, reaquainted with my computer, jobbed and INTERNETTED!! yippee.

It has been an interesting transition from living with 4 girls (plus 2 boys we couldn't get rid of, yet who wouldn't pay rent) in a big house, to living with my sis in a small basement suite. Different, but awesome. I'm really liking this new place, and i don't think AJ and i have ever got on so well. life is good. PLUS! I have a whole separate world in the bottom of my bedroom. You'll have to come over someday and i'll show you NARNIA. Its pretty exciting, i'm not going to lie. Additionally, i don't think much has changed. I've hung out with Karla more in the last 2 weeks than i did the whole time we lived together, and Mel has already come to visit (i like to think she's visiting me, but i know the truth ;) I like pineapples!)

As for jobs, yes, i'm back at the Dub. I know, i know. i said last time was the last time. but i guess its not. I've looked all over the place, and things just haven't opened up for me the way i wanted. but this way, i'm able to still work at McNab and make full time hours at A&W. so not bad - back to last year. haha. i'm REGRESSING. so much for my newly educated status. But i'm pretty stoked to catch up with old friends.

anyway - i'm going to bed now - got to savour every last minute of being in bed before i start the 7-3 shifts again... uggg.

c