I did it! I acutally managed to pack all my stuff, everything! In just 8 hours! Theres a lot there and either I've forgotten a lot, or its not going to fit in the car or.... it will never fit in my room and I'm never going to use it , anyone care to make guesses as to which? Move in tomorrow - sexisist uni has 2 seperate times - one for ladies ( Read more... )

Not long left, 3 more days till I start, *muses* perhaps I should start thinking about thinking of packing... and then again I still have tomorrow to think about it. During my 8 slave hours of work shuttling carts of books from boxes to shelves and visa versa. I now begin to understand how drone worker bees feel - the warehouse feels almost ( Read more... )

Meh so bored tonight - so bored that  I filled out 2 questionnaires and trawled the net for amusing junk.
First the amusing junk - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4748292.stm

And second the questionnaires, at least I can spell, but apparently my grammar sucks, meh half right.

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Everyone is leaving again - for me its the second time, for uni and other careers. And this time I'm joining them. I tried again today to get a temp job but there are still no jobs available even though lots have people have gone back to school, the agencies said to try again later in the week ( Read more... )

It has been about a week since I returned, seems strange, half of me already has settled back into a routine and doesn't seem to notice that aything is different and its as if there is no Africa because it is no longer an everyday place for me; it's just somewhere far away. The larger half never wanted to leave and wants to return as soon as ( Read more... )

Well now comes the end to the final chapter in the journey (extended) of South Africa. April was so long ago, yet the time has passed so quickly and there is so much more I wanted to do. It will be so different when I return, I know I've changed but I can't say where, why or how, I will have to wait till others can tell me. Going on a final safari ( Read more... )

I actually got into T-shirts and shorts today - yes I know big shock. But after accustoming to SA weather and Cape Town been 'cold' by SA standards, I'm now in Durban which is permanently hot, and at the moment in the mid winter it's pleasantly warm. Nick and myself left PE about 5days ago to Coffee Bay - and everyone I spoke to said I wouldn't ( Read more... )

Only 12days left...
My time here is nearly almost up and even after 4months I'm still not wanting to return. There is so much to do here, to see more. I want to stay but I have commitments at home and only now that my time speeds the coming of my departure that I really begin to appreciate the time I've had here and the people that I have met.

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Wow time here seems to pass quickly. It's been a week already here? Today I did something I never expected to do whilst in South Africa, I was allowed to "scrub-in" for an operation procedure in a hospital.

For the past week I have been in varying volunteer placements from schools to daycare for the disabled to old age homes, I have had the job of ( Read more... )

    Finally went to the orphanage on Monday - I had been putting it off as I really did't want to have to say goodbye to them for a third time, I will again after I return back from Port Elizabeth. I'm kind of glad I did go, it was nice to see it was still going and that the children were still there - although one child is in ICU in a coma and the ( Read more... )