Tumblr beats blogspot

new blogsite:

http://inmyeffortstoremember.tumblr.com/

wishful thinking

(mostly) inspired by UCT global citizenship function

fairies and such

reflective portfolio

so - i had to present a reflective portfolio for Allan Gray and this is the series of 12 photos i presented...

camera

some of my pictures and what they mean to me

returning the favour

So a few weeks ago I was in the horrible situation of being broken up with. it was sudden. and unexpected. and over sms. it was quite devastating actually. but what i learnt that day was how amazing my friends are. i sent out an sms to everyone at 9.00 and by the time it was 9.30 J-lo and lilly were at my place and we had cracked open the first bottle of wine. and throughout the day i had people stopping over at my place, with treats in tow. we basically spent the whole day sitting in the sun, drinking copious amounts of alcohol , smoking Lady J (may she rest in peace)and giggling at amelia's stories. we scoffed on steers and spoke about the injustice of it all.

It was the weirdest thing - on a day that is meant to make you believe there is no such thing as love, i have never felt so loved and filled with love before. All of us have busy lives - most are studying masters or working (Shiffony - who was at work, came to me in the evening to monitor me during "the night shift") but somehow everyone pulled through. (you can read more about this day here)

But since then i seem to have been so self-absorbed, i seem to have forgotten to be a friend. this realisation suddenly hit me when i got a "TT alert" sms which informed me of a friend in need. I have been so wrapped up in my own life to notice the things that have been happening in my friends lives. so as i was driving to KLA from buying Axanthe some roses I decided it had to stop. I gave my pity party a huge "fuck you" and stormed out (taking, of course, all the alcohol) and went to visit my friend.

and there we sat, we didn't talk about the issue at hand - everyone there knew the kind of saddness she must have been feeling. so instead we shared a rose moment. we sat and once again giggled at amelia, we came up with revenge tactics on Sorbet (don't ask questions, but you are NEVER, EVER, allowed to go to that beauty salon) and we drank some champagne and smoked Justice Tshaya (aka JEALOUSY). and it was what was needed. i know that being there for Axanthe meant a lot to her and it was the best feeling in the world being able to show my support after everyone had been there for me.

and in the end, it was just so good to be a friend again!