Archive for: December, 2011

So long 2011!

So long 2011!

I finished last year on a burnt out note – literally. Exhausted, over-worked, unhappy yet hopeful. Somewhere on the amazing NYE spent in Piketberg with family and very old friends, maybe even before we cracked open the Moet, I decided that the next year would be different. While 2011 was not without it’s challenges (some of them almost too big to process), it was certainly different. So without getting all retrospective and pensive about the year that was, instead I … Read More »

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Farewell Zakkie

Farewell Zakkie

Today, I found out that one of the Aghmat brothers passed away last Sunday. Zakkie was 16, and had been a fixture on Long Street for as far as I can remember. I’m glad I heard the news from my sister – it was marginally easier hearing the news from someone who loved him. I met Zakkie and his brother Mogamat about 7 years ago, through my sister. She was working on Long Street at the time, and had ‘adopted’ … Read More »

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Shark Cage Diving – I Did It!

Shark Cage Diving – I Did It!

Great white sharks. Those 3 words inspire a lot of feelings in most people. Fear being the biggest feeling. On Saturday I got into a small cage in Shark Alley, Gansbaai. I felt a lot of things, but fear was not one of them. Yes, there was the awe (even if there weren’t any massive ones around), but it was so much more than that. Yes, there was excitement too. The intense boat trip out to Shark Alley was enough … Read More »

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