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Comment on If you like it, put a ring on it! by Wedding craziness |

Wedding craziness | — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:04:12 +0000

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Comment on All you need is…? by Susan

Susan — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:26:34 +0000

Yay Paige – thanks for letting me know. Now that was all I needed…
It’s just like LOVE!

Will let you know what I thought as soon as I’ve gobbled it up. xxx

Comment on All you need is…? by paige

paige — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:52:09 +0000

Hey darling, sorry to comment irrelevantly on this post, but i see you won the competition at the book club blog, and a copy of A Million Miles from Normal will be on it’s way to you soon. well done. can’t wait to hear what you think of the book. well done.

all my love

paige.

Comment on All you need is…? by John

John — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:09:45 +0000

Interesting the only time I hear this is when it is a guy in chaps saying it to me.

Comment on Betacup – an easy way to do good by Paper Cups

Paper Cups — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:45:08 +0000

Is it not perfectly possible to recycle all paper cup waste now? Due to the PE / wax coating it is simply a matter of correctly sorting the waste surely? Robert Daniel Paper Cups

Comment on Leaving the city. by Hayley

Hayley — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:38:31 +0000

Oh my word, I was even crying a bit then. Just think how lucky you were to have those three years….I would kill for that

Oh and a very Happy Birthday from your fellow 18th of February Birthday Girl….we just rock, dont we

Comment on Leaving the city. by Sidney

Sidney — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:50:20 +0000

This was a wonderful description of how it felt to leave NY Susan!
I hope you are continuing to settle in London and that you had a great trip to Paris for your birthday!

Comment on Leaving the city… by Seymour Cox

Seymour Cox — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:55:56 +0000

darling – i’m not one to normally comment – but as the unofficial mayor of new york, and as one of its biggest fans, I’m wondering about “like the boy you love but know you have to leave for there is definitely another one out there that will treat you better”.

I am wondering how London can treat you any better than New York did. You had a PRETTY good deal here – and this city really looked after you in the 3 short years that you were here – do you know how good a job you had in this town?? what lovely group of friends you made? I can only hope that this new love of yours {London} treats you even REMOTELY as well as New York did – if it does, you will be in very good shape.

i, for one, think the breakup with NYC is too soon.

you will be missed.

Comment on Leaving the city… by Chantel Louw

Chantel Louw — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:42:09 +0000

Suzie Q, my hart breek saam met jou!!! Al was jy vir die afgelope 3 jaar so ver van ons af, het ek elke oomblik saam met jou geleef, vas ‘geglue’ aan die laptop skerm, net om te sien of daar nie nog ‘n interessante ervaring is waaroor ek nou kan lees nie!

Maar soos jy se, nou’s jy ten minste ‘n paar duisend kilos nader aan die huis! Sterkte met alles wat voorle, ek weet dit gaan sommer ‘n great experience wees! Keep us posted!

Love ya lots
Chantel
xxx

Comment on Invictus… by Susan

Susan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:56:03 +0000

Johan, thanks for your comment. My mom is a doctor and I remember her telling us a story one day when I was about ten or so. She said that when a patient lies on the operating table and is already prepped for the surgery, the only thing you can see is the area where the incision will be made. That area has usually been swabbed by Betadine and is pretty much orange or dark yellow because of the disinfectant, so skin colour doesn’t make much of an impression. The surgeon doesn’t necessarily see the patient’s face and, once that incision has been made, what the doctor will find inside is the same – regardless of whether the patient is black or white.

I’ve often thought of this story through the years, especially when I was faced with situations where the seemingly natural racial point of view that is taken by many (black and white) Southern Africans have come to the fore. As long as we hold on to the old beliefs and the old way of thinking, nothing will change – not for the black nor white people in South Africa.

I have to disagree with you that Invictus was full of political propaganda. It was both written and directed by white men (John Carlin’s parents are Scottish and Spanish) that are not directly involved in the South African government. I think the message of the movie showed the kind spirit and absolute open heart of someone who was locked in a prison for 27 years – simply because he was black and wanted a better life for himself and his family – as well as the power that lies in combining forces and working together.

I agree with you completely – farmers being killed on their farms is a horrible, horrible occurrence and something that no one should ever have to live with. Living in New York it’s also easy for me to forget how hard it is to live in the ‘fenced in’ society that many white people in South Africa live in, due to security threats. What we have to remember, however, is that these actions are the result of many years of oppression and a whole ‘lost’ generation who was denied an education or the chance to have a better life. By working together to build a better future, everyone will benefit.

(As an aside, if you’ve recently been to any of the great Afrikaans music and arts festival – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees in particular – you’ll know that Afrikaans as a language and culture is alive and kicking! And yes, it’s alive and kicking amongst many of Southern Africa’s ethnic groups.)