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PSA about TB
Yet another week has rolled by here at the tip of this enormous continent. Cape town has truly turned into my oasis in this beautiful pocket of the world. Lately, however, the weather has been pretty rainy and chilly up until Tuesday. Fortunately, the winter in Cape Town has been really mild compared to how it normally is apparently. Yesterday and today had beautiful, warm weather that has been absolutely refreshing.
This week, again, has been really overwhelming with work and what not, which unfortunately will only proceed to get worse until following Spring Break (ha, I get two of those this year) in two weeks. It seems that this week I have literally been an inconvenience to myself. My clumsiness hit an all time high when I ate wood falling down the steps of my Political Theory classroom... yes it was full, and yes it was a 250 student class. Total brilliance? I live to amuse you my friends. The funny part was that I actually fell twice... I tripped, almost recovered, and then slow-motioned back into the stairs. Needless to say, I would have laughed at me... except for at the moment, the only thing I could utter was a crude curse word right in front of my 70 year old professor. It was a shining moment for sure. Among the other things that really didn't swing in my favor was 2 presentation assignments (aka I did one on the wrong topic and then revised it with the wrong topic), a continual back spasm from my lumpy bed, and for some annoying reason the fact that every printer within twenty feet of me decides to break down when I have something due in that hour. I guess that all just goes to show that no matter where you are, you can still be a nuisance unto yourself.
I had another great day on Monday volunteering at the Tuberculosis Hospital. This time I stuck with the toddlers who I'm pretty sure re-arranged my hair cut in attempt to give me a new hair do with a single scrunchy. Its amazing what knots one can gain after handing your hair over to 5 toddlers who are fascinated with the fairness of a light-skinned person's hair. It is their canvas... and my reason for leave in deep-conditioner. Over the weekend, I enjoyed my body-weight in Sushi. Last Friday, my friend Lindsay and I went to an all-you-can eat Sushi special in Sea Point for R99 ($13) as a place called Empire Asia. The place itself was extremely simple and not what you would expect to have unbelievable food, but boy did it have to fine cuisine. We were literally sushi-drunk after having eaten so much. We chugged spicy tuna and rainbow rolls and chased with shots of wasabi and soy sauce... total rager! And as if that wasn't enough, I went for round two Sunday night for a friend of a friend's birthday dinner. That night, it was half price sushi/cocktails at a really fun place called Beluga. The inside was really big with dim lighting and a young, modern vibe. We all enjoyed our classy dinner and then crashed soon after returning home.
So my friends, again its another short post! But in order to make it a little longer/ fun I decided to create a few Top 5 lists of things I love/don't like/miss/ want to do... etc.
Anyways, kisses from Cape Town!
Hopper Xoxo
**FAVE THINGS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA (SO FAR)
1) How the Mountains meet the Ocean
2) Braai (South African Barbeque) & Sushi Specials
3) The Music (you can find amazing electronic/dance)
4) Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route <3
5) The Bungee Jump at Bloukrans Bridge
**DOWNSIDES TO SOUTH AFRICA
1) Public Transport
2) How easy it is to have things stolen (I never locked a door until I got here)
3) The poor display of cereal diversity (all I want is Captain Crunch people!)
4) How slow service can be
5) Finding cheap, working internet and printers that actually print!!
**THINGS I MISS
1) Mexican food
2) 24hr Boatwright Library at Richmond
3) My mattress
4) My Car... :(
5) My friends/Family (duhhh!)
**Things I'll Be Doing in the Near Future!**
1) Rocking the Daisies Music Festival
2) Visit Durban
3) Tour Stellenbosch
(Will be going in 2 weeks!)
4) Make it to Robben Island (Weather... please pull through!)
(South Africa's Own Jordy Smith... Ay yi yi)
5) Spend a Weekend in J-Bay (Jeffreys Bay)
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