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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 !