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This is a quick one.
I just have to share this music with you.
Its a South African band called a King.
I just L
VE it!!
It makes me feel so calm. and relaxed. and soothed.
Love.
Lemeno what you think
I just have to share this music with you.
Its a South African band called a King.
I just L
VE it!!It makes me feel so calm. and relaxed. and soothed.
Love.
Lemeno what you think
OK so its official!
Basically we (my man and I) have been thinking about immigrating out of South Africa for a while now.
For several reasons.... Mostly because the future of South Africa is more than uncertain.
Crime rates are exorbitant, corrupt political leaders and general apathy from the public.
Sooooooooo my sister suggested that we move to Israel, it is easy for us being Jewish, the government offers a lot of help when a Jew wants to move there.
Basically the exciting news is that we are going to visit Israel in early October to check it out!!!!
If we love it then we will get on the process of moving there permanently.
It is so exciting!!!!!
More music for you, my new favourite!!
Basically we (my man and I) have been thinking about immigrating out of South Africa for a while now.
For several reasons.... Mostly because the future of South Africa is more than uncertain.
Crime rates are exorbitant, corrupt political leaders and general apathy from the public.
Sooooooooo my sister suggested that we move to Israel, it is easy for us being Jewish, the government offers a lot of help when a Jew wants to move there.
Basically the exciting news is that we are going to visit Israel in early October to check it out!!!!
If we love it then we will get on the process of moving there permanently.
It is so exciting!!!!!
More music for you, my new favourite!!
Life is amazing.
You really never know what is around the corner.
I know its such a cliche but when something happens that you least expect you can't help but marvel at the unpredictability of it all.
I will fill you in when I know more.....
Exciting stuff!
Some music for you...
You really never know what is around the corner.
I know its such a cliche but when something happens that you least expect you can't help but marvel at the unpredictability of it all.
I will fill you in when I know more.....
Exciting stuff!
Some music for you...
OK pics from my Vegas trip...
Here goes!
Only in Vegas can you play slots in the airport!
The gorgeous pool at the Wynn hotel
Elvis lol!
Me and Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari (sic) at Tau Beach
My sister and I
Beer Pong... We spent loads of time playing various drinking games. Fun!
The beautiful Las Vegas strip
Phil Ivy
The man, the myth, the legend Doyle Brunson
Scotty Nguyen
Gus Hansen
I had so much fun and met so many people.
In general I was either drinking, drunk or asleep....
I flew for 23 horrible hours home and I am now sad and jetlagged in the office.
It feels like I got off a 2 week rollercoaster ride!
Here goes!
Only in Vegas can you play slots in the airport!
The gorgeous pool at the Wynn hotel
Elvis lol!
Me and Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari (sic) at Tau Beach
My sister and I
Beer Pong... We spent loads of time playing various drinking games. Fun!
The beautiful Las Vegas strip
Phil Ivy
The man, the myth, the legend Doyle Brunson
Scotty Nguyen
Gus Hansen
I had so much fun and met so many people.
In general I was either drinking, drunk or asleep....
I flew for 23 horrible hours home and I am now sad and jetlagged in the office.
It feels like I got off a 2 week rollercoaster ride!
OMG I just found out I am leaving for Las Vegas tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sister is there playing poker so she and my best friend have been planning this for months as a surprise birthday present (how lucky am I???)
I have never been to the States so I am so excited!!!!!!
I am there for 10 days.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
If you have any things I should see/do while there I would love your tips.
Are there any good concerts?
Shows?
Clubs?
My sister is there playing poker so she and my best friend have been planning this for months as a surprise birthday present (how lucky am I???)
I have never been to the States so I am so excited!!!!!!
I am there for 10 days.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
If you have any things I should see/do while there I would love your tips.
Are there any good concerts?
Shows?
Clubs?
I am feeling so dispondent at the moment. I am so frustrated with Member review and the whole structure.
I feel like we are back at school and we are waiting to be picked for the team to go and play.
I thought this site was about embracing alternative beauty and not about comment counts and campaigns throughout the site.
There are girls who are 'popular' and their set will inevitibly go up and the other girls show their boobs for free in member review waiting eagerly and hopefully for enough votes to get them in.
My next set will be put up for staff review ONLY.
I am sorry but this whole MR thing is getting me down.
Anyway I have not given up yet so my set Domestic Goddess is up in member review, Go have a look, lemeno what you think <3
And if you already have left me a comment, thank you.
Each comment brightens up my day.
P.S Sorry for the rant... I am sick and annoyed right now...
I feel like we are back at school and we are waiting to be picked for the team to go and play.
I thought this site was about embracing alternative beauty and not about comment counts and campaigns throughout the site.
There are girls who are 'popular' and their set will inevitibly go up and the other girls show their boobs for free in member review waiting eagerly and hopefully for enough votes to get them in.
My next set will be put up for staff review ONLY.
I am sorry but this whole MR thing is getting me down.
Anyway I have not given up yet so my set Domestic Goddess is up in member review, Go have a look, lemeno what you think <3
And if you already have left me a comment, thank you.
Each comment brightens up my day.
P.S Sorry for the rant... I am sick and annoyed right now...
My set Domestic Goddess is up in member review, Please go give it some love so it can make it to the front page!!
Some fun facts about this shoot:
#1 It was shot in my kitchen
#2 The house you can see in the background is also made of glass and they can clearly see my shower... Lucky them
#3 By the end of the shoot there were so many sprinkles everywhere digging into me that it hurt!!
#4 I burned the cupcakes
they were as hard as little chocolate rocks...
Some fun facts about this shoot:
#1 It was shot in my kitchen
#2 The house you can see in the background is also made of glass and they can clearly see my shower... Lucky them
#3 By the end of the shoot there were so many sprinkles everywhere digging into me that it hurt!!
#4 I burned the cupcakes
they were as hard as little chocolate rocks...
*Edit* My set is up for member review on 10 June!!!!
In other news Joburg weather has gone mad. Mad I tell you.
We NEVER have rain in winter and it has been raining for a few days now and horribly cold.
Global warming is a bitch!
Work has been sooooo good, I have been selling like a demon and if things continue this way I will be on my way to relaxing about money (a feeling I am not very accustomed to)
I started gym last night (in the anticipation of summer) and I am so stiff, I think I pushed it a little too hard for my first time in a while....
Here are some random pics off my phone.
My little toy pom Killer. He is the best in the whole wide world. And he looks super cute in his AC/DC hoodie!
Killer and I in bed on a lazy Sunday.
Me and an elephant on a shoot I did aaages ago.
A king cheetah I was fortunate enough to meet on the same shoot.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA got you!!!
A buddy and I playing silly buggers in our regular pub.
My man and I at our regular club..
Okay thats enough for now.
Hold thumbs my shoot gets accepted!!!
Love you bye!
In other news Joburg weather has gone mad. Mad I tell you.
We NEVER have rain in winter and it has been raining for a few days now and horribly cold.
Global warming is a bitch!
Work has been sooooo good, I have been selling like a demon and if things continue this way I will be on my way to relaxing about money (a feeling I am not very accustomed to)
I started gym last night (in the anticipation of summer) and I am so stiff, I think I pushed it a little too hard for my first time in a while....
Here are some random pics off my phone.
My little toy pom Killer. He is the best in the whole wide world. And he looks super cute in his AC/DC hoodie!
Killer and I in bed on a lazy Sunday.
Me and an elephant on a shoot I did aaages ago.
A king cheetah I was fortunate enough to meet on the same shoot.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA got you!!!
A buddy and I playing silly buggers in our regular pub.
My man and I at our regular club..
Okay thats enough for now.
Hold thumbs my shoot gets accepted!!!
Love you bye!
Yay I have just confirmed my shoot for Sunday,
Its going to be soooo cute!
I will give you a clue...
Mmmmmmmmmmm Chocolatey goodness!
Have a rocking weekend!
P.S
Its going to be soooo cute!
I will give you a clue...
Mmmmmmmmmmm Chocolatey goodness!
Have a rocking weekend!
P.S
Those of you who regularly read my blog know that my company donates each month to various charities.
This month our charity was to the red cross in aid of the victims of xenophobic attacks.
Copy pasted from CNN this is the crisis that we are facing in South Africa at the moment...
"The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.
Clashes overnight resulted in one death and 15 arrests and the evacuations of 420 foreign nationals, a police official in Cape Town said.
"Crowds of people went on a rampage, looting and carrying out acts of violence," said Cape Town Police Superintendent Billy Jones. They were charged with public violence and are to appear in court Monday.
One foreign national, a Somali, died when he was run over by a vehicle as he tried to escape the angry crowds, Jones said. Twelve people suffered minor injuries.
He said Friday was tense but calm, with state and local police stationed throughout the area.
Jack Bloom of the opposition party Democratic Alliance told CNN on Friday that government troops were helping police ward off violence in Johannesburg.
Aid workers and volunteers were providing tents, food and supplies at the police stations. Bloom estimated that about 2,000 foreigners had sought haven at those locations.
It was the first violence in the coastal city since a wave of xenophobia began about two weeks ago in Johannesburg, resulting in at least 42 deaths.
The foreign nationals were transported from the city after angry crowds formed at a public meeting seeking to calm tensions, Jones told CNN. They were being housed at community centers and churches.
The attacks in South Africa have forced thousands of immigrants to flee, prompting neighboring Mozambique to declare a state of emergency on Friday. Desperate stories of those fleeing violence
The country's Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi said the decision was taken after about 10,000 Mozambicans fled from South Africa.
CNN's Robyn Curnow reported long lines of people -- including many from Zimbabwe and Mozambique -- waiting for buses in Johannesburg to take them home.
Bloom, from Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said the attacks on foreigners who fled to South Africa for a better life has become a "humanitarian crisis."
South African President Thabo Mbeki has approved the deployment of the army to help stop the attacks, which have drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders.
About 28,000 people have been displaced by the violence, Hangwani Malaudzi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Safety and Security said. And more than 400 have been arrested for crimes ranging from murder, to causing a public disturbance, he said.
The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of "necklacing," which was widely used in the townships at the time.
Used on suspected informants, the "necklace" is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person's neck and set alight.
The victims are mainly immigrants and refugees from other parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, where a devastated economy has sent at least two million people across the border in search of a better life.
Some say the attacks stem from a long-standing feeling among locals that the number of immigrants in South Africa results in shortages of jobs and essential needs.
Inadequate housing, a lack of running water and electricity, the rising prices of food, and escalating crime -- nearly 20,000 people were slain in South Africa last year -- add to the resentment.
According to South Africa's latest census, the country has about 45 million people. The South African Department of Human Affairs estimates that more than 4 million people reside in South Africa illegally, but that figure is based on a 10-year-old study and some feel the number of immigrants in South Africa is much higher.
Some say that millions have recently fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe because of violence there since the county's stalled election.
A presidential run-off between long-time leader President Robert Mugabe and his opposition challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, is scheduled for June 27 in Zimbabwe -- three months after the initial vote.
Zimbabwe also is in the midst of an economic collapse, with nearly 80 percent unemployment."
We prefer not to donate money as we are never sure it gets to the people in need so we go buy all the goods they need.
These goods were delivered to a shelter housing refugees from Zimbabwe, Malawi and other African countries.
The Red Cross said it would be too dangerous for us to drop them off ourselves so we sent the goods there and requested pictures of the drop off so we knew the goods got to those who need it.
Here are the pics.
I know it may seem insensitive to request such pictures but there are many stories about people who donate goods and they never reach the destination.
If anyone is interested in making donations you can message me and I will put you through to the right people.
Take care.
This month our charity was to the red cross in aid of the victims of xenophobic attacks.
Copy pasted from CNN this is the crisis that we are facing in South Africa at the moment...
"The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.
Clashes overnight resulted in one death and 15 arrests and the evacuations of 420 foreign nationals, a police official in Cape Town said.
"Crowds of people went on a rampage, looting and carrying out acts of violence," said Cape Town Police Superintendent Billy Jones. They were charged with public violence and are to appear in court Monday.
One foreign national, a Somali, died when he was run over by a vehicle as he tried to escape the angry crowds, Jones said. Twelve people suffered minor injuries.
He said Friday was tense but calm, with state and local police stationed throughout the area.
Jack Bloom of the opposition party Democratic Alliance told CNN on Friday that government troops were helping police ward off violence in Johannesburg.
Aid workers and volunteers were providing tents, food and supplies at the police stations. Bloom estimated that about 2,000 foreigners had sought haven at those locations.
It was the first violence in the coastal city since a wave of xenophobia began about two weeks ago in Johannesburg, resulting in at least 42 deaths.
The foreign nationals were transported from the city after angry crowds formed at a public meeting seeking to calm tensions, Jones told CNN. They were being housed at community centers and churches.
The attacks in South Africa have forced thousands of immigrants to flee, prompting neighboring Mozambique to declare a state of emergency on Friday. Desperate stories of those fleeing violence
The country's Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi said the decision was taken after about 10,000 Mozambicans fled from South Africa.
CNN's Robyn Curnow reported long lines of people -- including many from Zimbabwe and Mozambique -- waiting for buses in Johannesburg to take them home.
Bloom, from Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said the attacks on foreigners who fled to South Africa for a better life has become a "humanitarian crisis."
South African President Thabo Mbeki has approved the deployment of the army to help stop the attacks, which have drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders.
About 28,000 people have been displaced by the violence, Hangwani Malaudzi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Safety and Security said. And more than 400 have been arrested for crimes ranging from murder, to causing a public disturbance, he said.
The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of "necklacing," which was widely used in the townships at the time.
Used on suspected informants, the "necklace" is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person's neck and set alight.
The victims are mainly immigrants and refugees from other parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, where a devastated economy has sent at least two million people across the border in search of a better life.
Some say the attacks stem from a long-standing feeling among locals that the number of immigrants in South Africa results in shortages of jobs and essential needs.
Inadequate housing, a lack of running water and electricity, the rising prices of food, and escalating crime -- nearly 20,000 people were slain in South Africa last year -- add to the resentment.
According to South Africa's latest census, the country has about 45 million people. The South African Department of Human Affairs estimates that more than 4 million people reside in South Africa illegally, but that figure is based on a 10-year-old study and some feel the number of immigrants in South Africa is much higher.
Some say that millions have recently fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe because of violence there since the county's stalled election.
A presidential run-off between long-time leader President Robert Mugabe and his opposition challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, is scheduled for June 27 in Zimbabwe -- three months after the initial vote.
Zimbabwe also is in the midst of an economic collapse, with nearly 80 percent unemployment."
We prefer not to donate money as we are never sure it gets to the people in need so we go buy all the goods they need.
These goods were delivered to a shelter housing refugees from Zimbabwe, Malawi and other African countries.
The Red Cross said it would be too dangerous for us to drop them off ourselves so we sent the goods there and requested pictures of the drop off so we knew the goods got to those who need it.
Here are the pics.
I know it may seem insensitive to request such pictures but there are many stories about people who donate goods and they never reach the destination.
If anyone is interested in making donations you can message me and I will put you through to the right people.
Take care.
