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Blog Post #124 // Ironman 70.3 East London | I am a buffalo [154 days to Race Day]

Ironman 70.3 Buffalo City, East London 2017: Registration Successful – Payment Complete.

154 days to Race Day. Almost 245 days since I last made a post.

Yes, I have entered again- and this time for [word has it] a tougher 70.3 than Durban. I think I might be suffering from OCD. The type where I have to do all three South African Ironman events in order to feel like I have completed this challenge…

Blog Post #106 | Imperfect Valentine's

Photo Library Shoots portray the perfect.

Just look at this happy couple kissing on the morning of Valentine’s Day. A scrumptious breakfast with health muffins, flapjacks and sweet strawberries. OJ, a bottle of champagne and everything covered in rose petals with soft white and dreamy lighting. Smooth skins and perfect hair. Toes that point delightfully at the touch of a lover’s lips. But let’s…

Blog Post #105 | Cupcakes and Coins

Tammy helped us to get away from our books.

Her intimate birthday party was hosted between 6000 others on the lawns of Kirstenbosch in Cape Town. Tammy [a fan of Matthew Mole] had gotten us tickets along with Carla and her mom, Suzette.

Tamzyn and Chris went to the same school. Even though Tammy is an English lady and Chris a Boeremeisie, they found some common ground and have become the best…

WI Magazine | Pure Chemistry

When Chris and I was approached to do an alternative wedding editorial for Lilac Photography we never imagined that it would feature in the Wedding Inspirations Magazine a couple of months later.

We salute Lilac Photography for taking a bold step in doing something different to the ordinary wedding shoots and praise this normal couple [an Engineer and a Teacher] for pursuing their passions and…

So we’re back, broke and between places.

On top of that Chris and I have become long distance first year students studying a General Bachelor of Arts Degree and majoring in Psychology and Anthropology.

Currently we don’t have a home to call our own and still our only opportunity of earning some money is the temporary selling of our faces, physique and feet in the fashion and advertising…

Blog Post #98 | Malaria in Muscat

Now I’ve survived Malaria 10 times and it’s no joke; more people in Africa are infected and die from Malaria than HIV | AIDS. Having had it 10 times prior to my latest infection, I knew the symptoms pretty well when it hit me like a knopkierie over the head.

I woke up with a head ache and mild fever that escalated and reached a peak around 19:00 that evening. The next 24 hours unfolded like this…

Blog Post #95 | Wadi Shab

Dad was still working in the desert, so mom decided to take us on a day trip. Destination | Wadi Shab

wa·di | ˈwädē/ | Arabic [وادي شاب] | noun

A valley, ravine, bed of a stream or channel that is dry except in the rainy season. Found in regions such as southwestern Asia and northern Africa; oasis: gully, wash.

A shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region [In certain…

Blog Post #94 | Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

It was my first time inside a mosque.

Mosque | mäsk/ noun

a Muslim place of worship

Devoted Christian man walking through Muslim place of worship admiring architecture. I found myself thinking about my own convictions.

If someone was able to see the architecture of my heart, would they also be moved by its beauty?

Would I be attractive on the inside? Would they also find peacein my temple? Would…