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I heard all about this article inteh news this morning and was wondering why the Church has not picked up on this and commented? Makes me wonder how complacent we have become and why politicians need to comment on the blasphemous aspect of other political parties.

It has indeed been a while. As you can see from the title, the next couple of weeks are going to be filled with exactly that. The first event was last night - the Halloween Couture party at a local club. It was fun! I dressed up again - quite the scariest member there, as most of you will appreciate :) The next event will be our annual fashion show, taking place on the 26th of November. I think this year will be a stunning event, even though the preparation will involve many more frustrations. There have been quite a number already, including trying to find a sponsor for R45000 a month before the show. Also, internal and external politics start coming into play and the sparks start flying. On top of everything, we were 6 colleges at one stage, but now only three are determined to see this project through until the end.... (as I said - frustrations) Next on the agenda are two wedding dresses :) My very good friends Liesl and Hanlie are using my services. No, I don't need to advertis

I have shared a few things in the past few posts. Here is more.... I have come to realise that music will stick in my head for a while and I'll wake up singing TruDog style :) For all those who have not heard TruDog, check out any TobyMac CD. So, because sleep is so important to me I think I will not listen to TobyMac for a little while... Other things that have come up are my article for my Masters in Education. I have struck a wall. The theorist we have to use has mentioned that one articular area is important in his theory but has failed to write anything more than a page on it. Go figure.... So, now I have to search for others who have studied his work and written on that one area. Quite frustrating. At least I have managed to write 1/4 of the article, but now need to look at the institutional material / curriculum and analyse the information (read data) So far so good. Being on holiday at the moment obviously helps, but I know myself that I will try to push all the things int

I like this picture just because of the stark contrasts it shows between the manipulated fabric and the harsh environment. Although it might be quite interesting how the model walked over the rocks in those shoes :) This picture is just as brilliant, but not because of anything but the manipulation of the fabric . The huge sleeves contrast very nicely with the tiny corseted waist. This one I like because of the lighting and the play on colour. Quite dramatic effects. I hope you enjoyed....

Anyone who ever thought that buying a house is an investment, needs to do the maths. Now, for those of you who are not good with that sort of thing, the maths has been done for you here . You need to register or log in to see the article (it's for free). I will be renting from now on.

It has been quite challenging to think about the painting I'm planning. Apart from the theme (Armageddon) to find the correct poses and armour proves to be more challenging than I thought. Why pick this particular theme? Well, a few years ago I heard a song in a church service called "Your Bride is an Army". It somehow struck a chord in me (pardon the pun). To this day the words echo in my mind - there was not much more to it than that, but it seems the Holy Spirit wanted to open my mind to something more, for which I seem to be ready now. Maybe it is that in the past few months the urgency of the gospel has touched me. There is so much warning and so much preparation in the Bible for that day, that we need to take the warnings seriously and start fighting the fight that God has prepared us for and that we need to anticipate. We need to become the Army that will engage in battle. We are so complacent in the here and now that the thought of battle and war does not affect o

I decided it was time to change the look of the blog. I stared into the green truncated squares a little too long. Hope you guys like it. There have been many developments in the past two months. For one, I passed my subject at UCT and so can continue with the next one. Registration took it's usual route, with the incompetence of staff members shining like the sun. Nevertheless they finally managed to register me. I also finished with the evening classes I was teaching and this time round the students were very cool. I'm thankful it's over. We moved offices (easier said than done). To move a fashion school is not for the faint-hearted. Needless to say, things will take longer than you think, even tough you might take this rule into account. (Thanks to Murphy's Law) I found a garage for my car in the complex. What a pleasure to not having to wipe the windscreen every morning and freezing my toes off, until the heating kicks in. This means I have a little bit of storage s

The odometer of the "old leaker" (thanks J9 for that expression) about two months before trade-in. The "old leaker" himself or is that 'herself'? Yes, yes, the big NAM sticker had to feature :) TA DAAAAAA! This picture was taken about 30 seconds before realising that I had just locked myself out and bout 30 minutes away from being scratched. The chip above the door has been painted, but, as many of you know, metallics are problem and the frame would need some spraying to regain it's newness and shine. *sigh* But overall, I'm very happy and still trying to get used to having all the controls switched from left to right. At 1500 km on the clock I can't complain about performance. Over and out.

Yes, ok, I succumbed. I have moved up in the world and bought a brand new car - out of the box!! In the moth I've had it, I have put on 1500km :) But definitely an improvement on the 12 year old Citi Golf which was leaking onto my feet every time it rained (usually in the winter). Not my idea of fun. I think the final straw came last year, when I was told that it would cost R7000 (!) to fix it during a normal service. Really not my idea of fun! I think the best part is being incognito - tehehehe The red Golf, with the NAM sticker you couldn't miss, is now history. Silver and CA number plates are the order of the day and feeling gooooooood (dara dara dara darara) Although I managed to lock myself out of the car last Wednesday (a very new experience for me, since you need to be quite unobservant to do that in a Golf, and by then you would have noticed that you do not have your key) I now have a new mantra - note to self: have you got the keys in your hand? Have you got the keys

Having fun in Kenya The Zapper - what a laugh that was.... This is the CURE for any scorpion or snake bite. Just a little electric shock (hahaha) and the molecules break down. Good going guys, and anyone brave enough to try it :) "Water! Water!" The local wildlife This is what happens when election posters can be nailed to anything and everything - there literally wasn't anything else in the vicinity except a two-track road.

Long awaited and anticipated :) Unfortunately I do not have the picture of the toilets on camp yet, but I can tell you that anything you have seen before in terms of long-drops is luxury – we wished for a seat…. The camp was put under the teaching from 2 Timothy and daily readings were taken from1Timothy. Grant taught the passages well and in each one he reiterated the gospel message and how it would apply to our lives. The result was that at least four young people gave their lives to Christ. Keep praying for them, as they go back to old circumstances and traditions, that they will stay strong and continue in the faith. I think the thing that struck me most with these young people is that they have the same struggles and desires our youth have. They have the same ambitions, and yet they live so much simpler and poorer than most of us. The girls are quite difficult to talk to, since they have a put-on shyness for respect persons, which only disappears when they get married – ove

Since I have so many impressions from Kenya I will have to post quite a few times for all the information to get written down. Those of you you have been at church on Sunday past, you will get a lot of overlap - actually you will get the exact same thing :) Maybe some elaboration that might not be the same, or extra. All I can say is, that the trip was GMT - good missionary training. But there were too many impressions – I wish I could import smells, sounds and turn the thermometer up a notch or three. Especially at night, where I'm sure the temperature did not drop below 25 degrees Celsius. Let’s start at the beginning: I’ve come from apathy and lots of prayer as well as lots of hard work (Hannah, Carine, Kim, Cathy’s sister) and all your contributions in terms of encouragement, asking about preparations and your finances of course (we were 27 000 rand over the budgeted amount when we left and could leave this money with Grant and Loki for the building of the pastor's house