Tag: Johannesburg

Moving to Joburg

I dreamt about horses last night. According to the dream books this is indicative of a "highly stressful time of change". Huh, it should have been a hundred wild stallions then. This moving to Joburg business is rather taxing and I've run out of single malt whisky. Fuck. Bitching and whining aside, I'm pretty excited.…
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June 28, 2010
I think I love soccer

We're exactly halfway through the World Cup 2010 and although the vuvuzelas aren't blowing 24/7 anymore, I still Philip (and feel it). I took my parents to the first match at Cape Town Stadium, which I found a little soulless, but the pre-match festivities along Somerset Road were fantastic. Dad, being an old school English…
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June 25, 2010
Jozi has soul (and golden hearses)

Ah, Soweto. A name that was invented via a public competition, the prize money being 10 pounds. Idiosyncratic and surprising, it’s a community of heartbreak, hope… and guys mowing the lawn on a Saturday morning. I was astounded by how much housing there is, even in the poorer areas, and the manicured green parks that…
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April 21, 2010
It’s (kinda) cool by the Zoo

About 90% of the animals are endangered and the zoo is involved in breeding programmes that help repopulate species in the wild.
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August 20, 2009