A good way to look at it

"The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life." Vasudev

When one finds oneself in some four-star ten years ago lodge (the website for this place could be a lesson in euphemisms), in the middle of nowhere (I think a half hours drive outside of Polokwane qualifies as middle of nowhere), one does start to question what one is doing and if this is how one should be spending an otherwise perfectly good Monday afternoon. It's not all that bad as I am here to present at a client's annual conference, which will be a good experience and hopefully an opportunity to take our work from theory to real life. However, as the rain starts to fall by the bucketful and I contemplate the saturation I will incur by running to the main lodge area to get a drink (yip, no fridge in the room), the questions can't help but arise. But that is not such a bad thing either.

Happy weekend

(via here)

Happy weekend little chicks.Here are 10 links from around the web to get you through Friday afternoon.

I could very easily spend the weekend here
This hotel also looks fun
Best of Obama 2012 (love the Spider man pic!)
Cute dress (I have a weakness for dots)
Pinterset versus reality LOL!
If you live in Jo'burg, this is a must (yes, our very own meme)
Yum + pretty = a good combination
Imagine what it feels like to walk through a rain storm without getting wet...
This looks awesome but I don't think I would be brave enough
Pretty gold bowls you can make yourself (although careful of becoming a Pinterest fail - see above)

Have a good one.

xoxo

Hold your breath

We're in the middle of a sweltering Jo'burg summer. Even when the sun goes down the heat emerges into balmy evenings, sticky nights and bright mornings where you switch on the aircon at 7am when driving to work. Icy swims and bare bums and sounds of little kids partaking in the former and baring the latter. Mangoes and litchis for breakfast lunch and dinner. Magical skies.

I am the type that is usually a bit chilly and a cardigan is my constant companion. So the fact that I can don my sparkly sandals and leave all semblance of warmth at home makes me feel a free as a little bird riding the hot air currents outside my bedroom window. 

I love it. 

Gust post: Great advice for the new year!

Tralalalala Lalalala

Some pics from our Christmas escape...

(P.S How impressive is the husband's wrapping?)

New Year's Resolution

"For what it’s worth; it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change, or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

So long 2012. Hello 2013.

Wow. A brand new year. And I am going todo my very best to make this a great one.

{via here}

But before I get onto the future, I want to spend one last post on 2012. You see, for me, 2012 was pretty wonderful. Mistakes were made, new lands were explored,  friendships grew, loved ones got married, gardens were planted, inspiration was everywhere... so before I dive into 2013, here are some of the highlights of 2012...

1. January - spending new years with new friends and old, finishing my exams and starting a new job in a whole new field
2. February - celebrating the husband's birthday with a holiday in Cape Town, dancing the night away at this wedding and this wedding
3. March - celebrating these two tying the knot and making London my home for three weeks
4. April - weekend in the Cape to toast this marriage
5. May - the (dreaded) renovations began
6. June - work work work
7. July - our Indian escape
8. August - Snuggling up in my parents house during winter as the renovation continued...
9. September - spring sprung, three years of marriage(!) and our apartment was (basically) finished
10. October - NY. And turning 30 (whew)
11. November - my little sister got married
12. December - dinner parties, summer sun, family