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SOUTH AFRICA
" The Land of The Big Five "

Duration of stay : 12 weeks and 3 days
States visited : Johannesburg, Durban , Cape Town

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JOHANNESBURG

Arrived in the afternoon and headed straight to Aunty Zora's apartment. It was in an area called Fordsburg. Just 5 minutes drive to town, Johannesburg itself. Well, its just a traffic light away. There we were, 2 girls, all on our own. Aunty Zora was Shiela's guardian, she lives in Botswana and the apartment is only busy when they come down to Joburg or else it would be empty. We were lucky we had a place to stay :) Furthermore, its a private gated apartment BUTTT because its close to town, crime rate is higher around there! Yes, the closer you are to town, the higher possibilities of getting robbed or hijacked despite having the electric fences or burglar bars securing your home.

Introducing to you, the South African born Malays, from left to right, Aqeelah, the Mariah Carey die hard fan, Rafeeka, the soft, gentle, most eldest amongst the children and Kashiefa, the South African version of Shiela. Hehehe. They are such wonderful people! I can't imagine myself without them there. Feeka would drive down to Fordsburg and pick us up everyday to either hang out at her house or go to malls. One thing about South Africa, they like squeezing. A VW Golf can fit 6-7 people. Yes, if that's what you're thinking, they do sit on each other. Rafeeka here drives a Cooper and imagine when she comes with the other 2 monkeys to pick us up. Once, there were 6 of us in the car and I was the one who had to sit on another person ("__") Hahaha.

Aunty Wasila

Uncle Muhammad

Kashiefa and Tasneem

This was on Eid. Their celebration of Eid is not much difference as compared to ours. They also have the 'beraya' session with family and visitings from early morning till late night. What amazes me was the youth's way of celebrating Eid. In the morning, they put on kurta/ kurti/ abaya (cloak) to perform the Eid Salaah. The boys will go to the Masjid, while the girls stay home to clean up and prepare food for the big day. They will be in that outfit till about lunch time. After cleaning up, they'll change into their REAL Eid outfit which are casual wear. Yes, they'll put on the nicest, jeans, top, dress, bag, shoe, etc. and go to Zoolake (a big garden with lake). There, everyone will be flashing their cars, their designer's jeans or bags and hang out till late night. Funny innit? You go to a specific place to publicize yourself and your things. Haha. But luckily we didn't have to go or else I'd drown myself in the lake! As for the elders, some choose to stay home and continue having visitors/ they go visiting or they go out to the malls with family. As you can see, the pictures above were taken at Brightwatercommons,a mall with shops out in the open-air and a big outdoor skate park. Thanks to Uncle Muhammad and Aunty Wasila, we managed to visit yet another mall even on Eid day. Hehehe. They have 3 crazy children, Tasneem, Anis and Yassin. All of them are so talented! They can sing, dance and even tell a really good joke !

Of gold and independence

And off to the city for some fun.

Champagne,
simply elegant and classic.

Of cold feet and confusion

I dont want to leave :'(

But it's going to be a lifetime experience.

Well, if all goes as planned,

then I dont mind going.

But when its time to leave,

I wanna follow you home.

Please stay with me longer :(:(

Of days together

I want an anniversary date.

Its been years yet we don't have any.

I can't remember when exactly.

But I remember the month though!

So can I have an anniversary month?Hehe.

If that's the case, we shall celebrate for 30 days (day and night!)

Hahahaha.

Of drinks and gossips

I miss having a girls day out.
And yesterday was definitely worth the wait.
Brown Brothers was excellent.
Not forgetting, scrumptious Malibu :):)
Gathered early at Shazzy's and by midnight,
some of us agreed to continue the party elsewhere.
So we danced the night away at Loft Heritage (not Zouk, although they were having the final LapSap party)
I had an awesome time with my girls.
Thank you lovely ladies.
Should do it again before I leave to SA!
MWAH.

Of impulse getaway and fish bites

Pulau Kapas was great.

Qimi Chalet was love.

Kayak was exciting.

Snorkeling was awesome.

The unplanned weekend getaway was heaven.

Of dark noon and late lunches

Waited anxiously for the week to come to an end so I could finally have good quality time.

Thursday rolled in with a dark gloomy start.

1230pm seemed like 0700 in the morning.

Went to the immigration to get things done then off to the dentist.

A slight misunderstanding occurred and filled the day with anger.

It was late noon when all of us sat together for 'lunch'.

Surprised by the visit, yet relief and still playing hard to get.

Spent time talking in my room while he plays PSP and I pack.

He would have followed to the island if there weren't any practices.

Damn you test session! Lol.

Will update more soon. Pictures coming right up :)

Of love at first sight

Say hello to my new bestfriend.

The gorgeous and eye-catching item I met sometime last week :)

Of gadgets

I want this :

AND

But I think I have to settle for this :

OR

Its so hard to decide. Cant seem to make up my mind! Blergh.

Of cash withdrawal and guilt

Standing at the atm machine, keying in the pin number and amount to be cashed out.

*selects 'YES' to finalise the transaction and waits patiently for the moolah*

Retrieved money and walks away happily.

*great exciting journey ahead :)*

The large sum of rm*,000 was spent within a day.

Less than 3 hours, to be precise.

While standing on the escalator, heading back to the car,

a sudden rush of guilt swarmed my mind.

And the sweetest thing he uttered was

"i didnt take u out shopping to see the long face, so smile for me syg"

Thank you for always understanding and being patient with me.

There's no other way I could express my sincere appreciation

than a simple 'thank you' from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you, You.

ILYVMS.

Of 'done' blogging

I deleted my previous blog because I thought Iwas done blogging.

But as you can see, I have a NEW one now.

Which means I lied!

Well, the thought lied.

Hahahahaha.

Well, I thought I was and as much as I hate to admit this,

I am addicted to blogging!

Minus the irregular updates and jibberish topics I come up with.

Then again, this is my blog.

This is where I seek refuge and vent out what's bottled up inside.

You are welcome to read and enjoy this blog :)