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The Vicious Cuddles II

Posted: November 23, 2011 in Anecdotes
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Another video of the vicious Maltese poodle

The Vicious Cuddles

Posted: November 22, 2011 in Anecdotes
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The vicious Maltese poodle… don’t let its cuteness fool you…

HOT & COLD Neither. When it’s hot I wish it was freezing, when it’s freezing I wish it was hot… The best time of year is Spring and Autumn, when it’s neither too hot nor too cold. The type of weather where you can just walk around in jeans and a t-shirt and not break [...]

I was talking to my mother the other night while she was lying in bed. We were talking about random things from family friends to scholarships. At some point in the conversation I began telling her a story about my friend’s high school experiences when all of a sudden she picks up her blackberry and [...]

No, this is not a blog post about a sequel to the highly praised Avatar movie (nor is it about a sequel to the highly scorned Avatar: The Last Airbender movie). This post is about the bioluminescent plankton that have been on Llandudno beach in Cape Town. Some questions might be going through your mind [...]

Radio Talk

Posted: June 4, 2010 in Anecdotes, Journ Work
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This post is the script from my Radio Talk about my first experience at Rhodes University…enjoy: Quietness… stillness… shyness… this is what surrounded me. Talking to strangers was not an option. Yet how else are you meant to make friends, to make enemies? Idle chit-chat was not in my vocabulary, I could barely open my [...]

A man was seen sitting on the wall outside the 1820 Settler’s Monument in Grahamstown at approximately 19:00 on 28th October. The man appeared to be homeless as he was dressed in old, smelly clothes although he was carrying a camera and a cell phone. These items were most likely stolen. This man appears to [...]