the break up

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I heart Jozi

I've written about my love for Joburg - the City of Gold - before! And I thought, today i'll post the comment and a bit more which I left to an article by Jeremy Clarkson: I dare you to visit Johannesburg, the city for softies which i found on Nic Haralambous' site SA Rocks.

I moved to Joburg from Cape Town 8 months ago. Everyone in Jozi and Cape Town asked if I was crazy!!!! I always reply… Dude (just for effect), there is more to life than the ocean and the mountain! Now for those of you not familiar with Cape Town, it is a beautiful city indeed - with its mountains, beaches, winefarms, cheese festivals, and music in the park on a sunday afternoon.


I came to Jozi (mosly known for its high crime rate and smog) on holiday - yes, on holiday - to visit my best friends who took the plunge to live in the most dangerous city in the country. I loved it. I fell in love with the vibe, the people, the shopping, the energy, the vibrance and the beauty of this city. Yes, i said it - the beauty. Have you gone for a picnic at Zoo lake? Have you seen the sky line at night? Have you listened to the birds on Katherine street - chirping like they’ve just seen their first sunrise, and the afternoon thunderstorm, and amazing chrimson sunsets?

The cosmopolitain restaurants, the Mandela square side walk cafes filled with eclectic people, the amazing vibe at any cricket and rugby match, and the fashionista's you see in every shopping mall and coffee shop! And of course, the twitter/blogger get together's! What is there NOT to love?

Jozi is phenomenal… i came here mainly for a career move, and settling in has taken some time, but even been broken into, and robbed more than once in this short period of time, i’m not going to let that get me down. It’s all about the attitude and perception. Make the best of wherever you are!

Read about beautiful joburg and 5 things that make me smile! No matter where you find yourself, be positive and don't feed the negativity that everyone so easily buys into. When there is so much to be grateful and thankful for and happy about, focus on that!

I heart Jozi!

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA

• There are only 12 countries in the world that supply tap water that is fit to drink, and South Africa is one of them. Our tap water quality is third best overall in the world.
• South Africa is the sole producer of the Mercedes Benz, C Class, right hand drive vehicles
• South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world
• Walt Disney serves South African wine exclusively at its 73-acre Animal Kingdom Lodge in the United States.
• South Africa is the only country in the world where you can order something called monkey gland steak at a restaurant without the risk of a real internal organ being placed before you.
• South Africa has the longest wine route in the world, the R62 wine route
• South Africa is the world's largest producer of macadamia nuts and the nuts and oils are exported to countries across the world ***
  
• The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street in Soweto.
• South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world, just across the Vaal River near Parys, called the Vredefort Dome. The meteor plummeted to Earth nearly two billion years ago (Earth is said to be 4,5 billion years old), predating the heady days of oxygen and multi-celled life.

facts from AfriCorrs

*** from @nickjackson (on twitter)

I think SA is the 2nd largest supplier of macadamia nuts, after oz and ahead of Hawaii.

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i wanna be a rockstar

Zahiras space tagged me to do this cool album cover - I see The Jackson Files also did it and Angel's Mind...

Now you do it!

1 - Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random”
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to “Random quotations”
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

be the light

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness,
the astonishing light of your own being
-hazin

fun times!

:today: it's been a great weekend in Jozi so far! A fabulous morning at the Jozi food market - we were shopping till we were dropping... i just love all the fresh food and flowers and meats and cheese and cupcakes...

:tonight: now i'm going to prettify myself and go shake some booty at Movida's 1 year bday bash with some of my girl friends! nothing like a good night out! theme is Moulin Rouge! going to try curl my hair and have my sultry outfit ready!

:tomorrow: i'm going shopping for a new fragrance...still not sure what to get - any ideas? maybe Gucci by Gucci (which is what i currently have), Juicy Couture or Narcisco Rodriguez!!??

hope you are having a super weekend too! what you up to??

things u wish you saw last night at the Oscars!

video and miley, natalie and mickey images from http://www.blahgirls.com

Miley Cyrus looking phenomenal as usual

Natalie Portman looking breathtakingly gorgeous!

Mikey Rourke -- a very unique - as always



@aplusk and @mrskutcher -- as they're known on twitter, kept us up to date as to what was happening at the Oscar after party video which they hosted! Got to love them!

the hottest and most "real" couple in Hollywood


Ashton holding an Oscar - "Me and penelopes oscar"

The star couple have been keeping fans up to date with the latest Hollywood news and sharing their real lives with us, going where no camera's have been before! Up close and personal has never been so close to any celeb sharing their real lives with the world through twitter. They really are just a normal couple, who are fabulous and famous with real personality.
I heart Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore!

gmail = gfail

for the last hour and 30 minutes, gmail, now dubbed gfail, has been down. this has taken the world of technology by storm! The BBC News report that over 113 million people use Gmail world wide. some have managed to access their mail via iphone, while the rest of the web wait patiently wondering what is happening to their messages saved on google's free mail inbox.

get an update on twitter or twitterfall at an alarming rate -- everyone has something to say! is there life beyong gmail? is there life beyond google? how dependent have we become on the world wide web!?

latest from the UK Guardian - dark clouds over gmail

"Let's count the cost: 25m users, 33% affected; average of $50 per hour lost productivity = $415m per hour economic cost..."


when Gmail said they were going Off Line, we all thought they meant this. is it a PR stunt? Scott Jack thinks so!


The telegraph had this to say:

What has caused the service to crash? Google has declined to say what has caused the Gmail outage, but the crash is particularly surprising because the service is usually very robust. The last major Gmail incident occurred in October, when some users couldn’t access their Gmail accounts for almost a whole day. However, the problem appears more widespread this time around. It seems that the technical issues are affecting only the web-based version of Gmail, and that users are still able to send and receive messages using third-party mail applications, and mobile devices, such as iPhones and other handsets, many of which rely on Gmail’s IMAP (internet message access protocol) capabilities to handle messages, rather than the more common POP3 protocol.

hahaha... i had to just add that for effect :)

LOL cats.... how it works

TGIF

Happy Friday!
Can you BELIEVE we're more than half way through February! Time really does fly, so make sure you make the best of every moment!

What you up to the weekend?

freedom

The secret of Happiness is Freedom,
and the secret of Freedom,
Courage.
Thucydides