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Christmas is a time to hang out with family and friends, eat until you are in a food coma and relax. I love watching movies and each year at Christmas I indulge in my childhood tradition of watching Christmas movies. Here is my ultimate Christmas movie list. </div>
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When we were little my aunt, uncle and gran moved to England. The year that they moved, they sent us a Christmas box filled with amazing goodies from across the pond. One such treat was The Muppet Christmas Carol video. My sibling and I watched this movie countless times and even use quotes from the movie in our everyday communication. I must admit that this movie is the only reason why I know the plot of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol and was able to impress my English teacher back in high school. </div>
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Watch this because: great songs, funny one liners and MUPPETS!</div>
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<u>The Nightmare before Christmas</u></div>
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I'm a sucker for anything by Tim Burton and The Nightmare before Christmas is one of his best. It's not your average festive season movie but fun to watch because it is gloriously weird. </div>
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Watch this because: Tim Burton. </div>
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<u>Elf</u></div>
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Buddy the elf lands up in the real world and hilarity ensues. Some of my favourite quotes include: <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002071/">Buddy</a></i>: You stink. You smell like beef and cheese! You don't smell like Santa.
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<u>The Grinch</u></div>
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Similar to Elf, this movie is funny because of the one liners (for adults and kids) and the Grinch's mannerisms. </div>
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<i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span class="character">The Grinch</span></a>:
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Watch this because: you will laugh and love the festive season. </div>
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My sibling and I were raised Catholic and as such had to attend Midnight Mass. For those that don't know this is where you attend mass at midnight just before Christmas. We would always watch Home Alone with my dad and after the movie go to sleep for two hours, only to be woken up, dressed up in our nativity scene gear and sleepily taken to church. Afterwards we would get back, climb into bed and only have to sleep for about five hours before we could wake our parents up so that we could open our presents. </div>
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Watch this because: brings back childhood memories and really funny slapstick comedy. </div>
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And finally a piece of Americana. When I spent my first Christmas in Taiwan with my American roommates they introduced me to A Christmas Story. It is an American staple at Christmas and they even have a channel that plays it on repeat.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-34693001434031515842014-12-08T12:05:00.001+02:002014-12-17T11:50:06.980+02:005 Books to Read this Holiday Season <div style="text-align: center;">
Black Friday came and went. And why would you argue do we celebrate this day in South Africa? So that we can get really good deals and buy stuff. That's why. </div>
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I was quite excited for these sales because I am an avid book reader and collector, and bargains excite me. I managed to buy most of the books on this list for half the price. Win win. Here are my suggestions for great books to read this holiday season. </div>
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A YA Novel for teens and adults alike - PAPER TOWNS</div>
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A business book with a difference - THE LEADER WHO HAD NO TITLE</div>
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A can't put this book down page turner - ADULTERY </div>
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The biography that will make you laugh - SO, ANYWAY...</div>
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A book for people who liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - WHAT MILO SAW</div>
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Bonus - for me Christmas would not be the same without reading Madam & Eve. Memories of chilling on the lilo and reading the entire book while getting sun kissed. Since then I've become older, I also enjoy Zapiro and My Name is Jerm. Keep it local.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-27777584403356486632014-11-17T14:10:00.002+02:002014-12-17T11:50:47.182+02:0013 Alternative Christmas Trees <div style="text-align: center;">
So the Festive Season is around the corner and if I go by shopping mall decorations, I should have already posted this in October. Here are a few alternatives to the beloved Christmas tree. And why would you need an alternative? Well if you're like me, I will be out in the mountains and that calls for an alternative to the Christmas tree. </div>
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<b>If you have spare space on your wall add some washi tape</b><br />
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<b> </b>Use your Christmas cards to create a tree or create an advent calendar. For the foodie, bake some festive cookies and arrange them in a tree shape. If said foodie is on a diet, use fruit or veggies to do the same. For book lovers, grab all of your summer reads and stack them up. (If you've joined the e-reader generation, then this is not for you). And finally for the wine connoisseur collect, those corks. Giving you a reason to try out new wines. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-21221747931327707842014-09-05T11:57:00.002+02:002014-11-17T16:42:48.126+02:00On Packing & Beating Jet lag <div style="text-align: center;">
I'm leaving on a jet plane tomorrow. The last time I did a half way round the world trip, was because I had spent a rather large sum on getting my pet back to South Africa. I decided to save some cash and get the cheapest flight back. It took me about two days and four flights to get back to Johannesburg. This time I'm off to the US of A via Dubai. I am a lot older than I was when I did that trip, so I wanted to see how I could make my flight there fun.<br />
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I like to think I'm good at packing. The last time my BFF and I went to Cape Town for a long weekend I only brought a backpack. Paulo Coelho describes the luggage you carry around with you as the "weight of your vanity" and I wanted to carry as little of that as possible.<br />
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<li>pack a sarong or large scarf. You never know when this will come in handy - you can use it to keep yourself warm, as a headband, shawl or little blanket. </li>
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<li>the most obvious is stay hydrated. Not with fermented grape juice or potatoes, but with water. As my Dad used to say when we were kids and complained that we were thirsty, "Drink what the lions drink". </li>
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Read more by Tim Ferris -<a href="http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/08/08/carryon-luggage/#more-12751" target="_blank"> How to never check luggage again</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-65865867442747929552014-09-01T20:22:00.002+02:002014-09-01T20:25:59.521+02:00Time to unplug and read <div style="text-align: center;">
So recently I've taken up a little social experiment. I try and switch off from the digital world after 8. That means no twitter before bed. I really think the medium affects our brains and I wanted to see if I would sleep better and read more real books. </div>
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Although I work in the digital space and love spending time online, I really think it is important to unplug. See <a href="http://twitter.com/ariannahuff" target="_blank">@AriannaHuff</a> and her book #Thrive for awesome tips (which I got via Twitter). I don't always stick to this but since I have started, I've managed to read more and experience the thrill of having to finish a book to see what happens. That doesn't really happen when you read Twitter. </div>
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Here are my two Young Adult (YA) novels I read last week which I highly recommend. </div>
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<span style="color: black;">This book sounds weird and it is, but in a glorious way. It tells the tale of Nobody Owens, or Bod as he is affectionately known, who grows up in a graveyard among the dead. </span>As the book progresses, Bod has some great adventures and the reason his family were killed is revealed. A definite must read with great quotes like the one above. </div>
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Markus Zusak is best known for The Book Thief, and this is his YA novel. I remember always seeing this book among one of the few English books in my small Taiwanese town bookstore. I always read the back but never bought it. I found this copy in my favourite second hand bookstore and once again it piqued my interest. It was as Jimmy Carr jokes, a page turner. (Yeah, I know how a book works.) An underage cab driver is sent an Ace with addresses on it and has to figure out how to help those people that live at those addresses. The plot thickens and it keeps you guessing until the end.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-29610663444570497852014-08-28T11:27:00.002+02:002014-08-28T11:27:22.376+02:00A Healthy Chocolate Mousse Recipe <div style="text-align: center;">
I have such a sweet tooth. Instead of giving up on my love for sweet things, I thought I would try and make "healthier" versions of the chocolate goodness that I love. Now before you judge this here Chocolate Mousse recipe, I urge you to try it. I did an office taste test and didn't tell people that the main ingredient was avo, and once I had told them, the were shocked. It tastes that good. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-74736789158609464852014-07-30T13:47:00.000+02:002014-07-30T13:51:24.182+02:00Cool Stuff - Post It Notes<div style="text-align: center;">
Whenever I have to use a post it I always think of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, where she claims to have invented post its and everyone knows 3m did. </div>
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<i>Allow to me digress and share a little factoid: Post its were invented by accident when a scientist was trying to invent super strong glue but instead came up with a sticky tac type of glue that could be reused. </i></div>
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The humble post it is an integral part of office life. Here are my 5 favourite post it related things. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The post it is the medium. Created by <a href="http://www.russellelbert.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Russell Ellbert</span></a>, this took 14,000 Post-it notes. You can make your post it art here >>> <a href="http://www.postitartcreator.net/" target="_blank">post it art creator </a></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-24173208547836413062014-07-04T13:41:00.001+02:002014-07-04T13:41:10.302+02:00Easy White Chocolate & Cranberry Cookie Recipe<div style="text-align: center;">
The weekend is here and the living is easy. Time to unwind, relax and enjoy some good old soul food. This recipe is adapted from my friend's super famous and delicious <a href="http://galoobzzz.blogspot.com/2012/05/best-choc-chip-cookies-ever.html" target="_blank">Choc Chip Recipe.</a> I decided to change it up with some white chocolate and cranberries. </div>
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3 cups flour * 1 tspn bicarbonate soda * pinch of salt</div>
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white chocolate * dried cranberries </div>
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5. Now for the fun part. Use your hands and mix it all up into a giant doughy ball of deliciousness. </div>
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7. Bake at 180C for 10 minutes. Allow to cool. Note that depending on how crunchy you like your cookies, you can add more (crunchier) or less (softer) bicarb. </div>
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Feed your face. These cookies are best shared with friends. They make quite a lot, so you can freeze half of the dough and use it later. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-57647134481634706142014-06-13T07:00:00.000+02:002014-06-29T19:31:52.654+02:00Fun with Taxidermy<div style="text-align: center;">
I saw someone retweet something with the twitter handle @CrapTaxidermy and knew that they had me when I read Crap Taxidermy. As the name suggests, it is a feed that showcases the worst (read best) of the taxidermy world. </div>
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For some of the images I really wonder what people are thinking. Words fail me. You can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/CrapTaxidermy" target="_blank">Crap Taxidermy here. </a></div>
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Then there is this guy, who spent 13 days inside a taxidermy bear. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=2943073077&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=1451323&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">Hello Charlotte</a> for making me aware of such art. </td></tr>
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Like my wise sibling always tells me baking is an exact science, unlike cooking, where you can throw a few ingredients together and get something really good. As such here is a simple fail proof chocolate cupcake recipe that is quick and easy to make. </div>
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Every so often a book comes around that you totally judge by its cover. The first time I saw the blue and black cover I grabbed the book from the shelf and read the back. Another. Cancer. Story. Not quite the head space I wanted to find myself in. </div>
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A few weeks ago a good friend told me to read this book as it was totally my kind of book. I was not having a good week, and said I really did not want to cry. She assured me it was a happy story. I took the book home with me and forgot about it. After messing around on my iPad for way too long one evening, I decided to start reading a book before bed instead of Twitter. I started with The Fault in our Stars. </div>
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I read the first chapter and smiled. It was a great story. After each chapter you want to read more and more. I took this book with me to read while away in the bush for the weekend. At times I became so engrossed in the story I was the rude kid in the braai area trying to have a conversation while finishing the book. I don't want to give anything away but this is not a typical love story, it is a story that will make you think, laugh, cry and at the end be pleasant to remember. </div>
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My roommate first introduced me to Ideas magazine, and since then it's been on my must buy list. Last month, the cover caught my eye as did the freebies. Each mag came with six beautifully illustrated postcards. </div>
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The idea is that you sign up on postcrossing and get given a profile of a person to write to. The joy of a postcard is that you have to keep the message short and the type of postcard you send is part of the message. I signed up and got given a teenager living in Russia. I kept my message short and sweet and of course had to draw my signature sk8erg8er. I shall continue to do this.</div>
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This is a sk8er g8er and was invented during my days at university. This particular specimen was drawn in Hong Kong outside the panda enclosure. Everyone was writing messages to save the panda, I decided not to. Such a rebel like that. </div>
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I sent my new Russian postcrossing friend a postcard from the Ideas magazine. I got to experience the South AFfican postal service and the inefficiency of the lunch time service. Two people stormed out, one dropped the f bomb and another kept on repeating the same story over and over. She had stood in the wrong queue for over an hour and was making it everyone's problem. </div>
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Keen to add to my postcard collection, I headed to Exclusive Books and they had a sale. I collect books and am constantly buying them even when I reach the end of the month Salty Crack stage. I found a Where's Wally postcard book for only R40. </div>
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I got a response today that my postcard had arrived. It reached its destination in <span style="font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;">27 days</span> after traveling <b>8,581 km</b>! Now I wait in anticipation for mine. </div>
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Last weekend, after a games night that got rather out of hand, I was meeting up with my buddy Les. I was super slow but functioning. Up until Les mentioned the movie, I hadn't really heard much about it or seen much coverage. Don't get me wrong I love Lego (who doesn't) and even have a Lego Snape keyring. </div>
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The movie is brilliant. We caught a 16.45 show and although we were surrounded by children, you could see the adults were enjoying the movie too. There are so many one-liners and different layers to appeal to all. If you would like a laugh this long weekend then pre book your tickets and go watch The Lego Movie. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-36790921401239201152014-03-11T16:32:00.001+02:002014-03-11T16:32:10.641+02:00Tomato Soup aka Twighlight Soup<div style="text-align: center;">
The best quote I ever heard regarding soup was "He is like a man with a fork in a world of soup" - Noel Gallager about his brother Liam. </div>
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When it gets cold and rainy, it's time to whip out comfort food. Soup is one such food. This recipe is adapted from a vegetarian cookbook my BFF gave me when I was in my five year vegetarian phase. To those who hate tomato soup, this recipe is delicious and unlike any tomato soup I've ever tasted. </div>
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You never really know what to expect when you go and see someone perform live. Some artists sound terrible, while others sound exactly the same and sometimes they'll sound even better that their album. Eminem falls into the better than his album category.<br />
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The first time I heard Eminem, was when I was a teenager and MTV still played music videos. I remember getting the CD as a gift, putting it into my CD player and hitting repeat all while perusing through the album art. Oh how times have changed. Want to feel even older? Here's a fun fact: Eminem is 40 years old. </div>
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At this point it got really cold and started to rain. We decided we would buy an Eminem hoodie to keep warm during the show, but the queue for the Official Merch was insane. Onward and upward. By the time we found our seats, we decided it was selfie time. Once the stadium had filled up and the stage was almost set, you could feel the vibe. </div>
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The white sheets hung low, with EMINEM in large black letters and then the music started. Eminem's shadow appeared as part of the I and the crowd went crazy. Eminem has such stage presence and gave the crowd what we wanted. There were some lesser known hits, but he didn't disappoint and performed his hits. The backup singer that did all of the female singing parts was amazing! </div>
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At one point Eminem did a medley of Hi My Name Is, Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up and Dear Stan and at that moment I thought it doesn't get better than this. That was until the same large dude we had been acquainted with in the beer queue, was coming back from a beer run and fell onto us. Drenched in beer we helped him up, and carried on singing. </div>
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Of course Marshall Mathers came back and did an encore, and sang "Lose Yourself". We went full gangster, our arms were doing the gesture. The show ended with fireworks and we started the mass exodus. It took us a while to get out of the stadium, and we headed straight to the buses to catch a ride back to Park Station. Chaos ensued. Bus drivers had been instructed to only let people in at the front of the queue - this despite the fact that all 50 000 plus people left the stadium at about the same time. People started shouting, standing in front of as well as hitting moving buses. No one was allowed to get on. After about 20 minutes we decided to walk and find a taxi. </div>
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All the taxis we came across were either booked or going to fetch someone. We followed the traffic jam and after about 15 minutes of walking, we found another crowd and they were walking to Park Station. So this is what we did - took a walk through Joburg CBD in a group. I saw one Gautrain bus pass us on our way back. After 40 minutes of brisk walking under the night sky - we arrived at Park Station and hopped back on the Gautrain to get home. </div>
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The train was crowded but everyone was talking about Eminem. After Marlboro we were free to sit down and hilarity ensued. Two individuals who had driven up from Margate and had come to Eminem to celebrate their first anniversary, but had been together since she was 14 and he 20, had had an amazing time but were also really intoxicated. It started with a make shift phone boombox that played all sorts of music, and each time the song changed the wife would move to a different person and ask them to sing. The husband was babbling on about politics and hugging a lot of his new friends, while taking selfies. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-49832182348496098192014-02-25T14:01:00.003+02:002014-02-25T14:03:51.849+02:00Mosaic: make your own jewellery holder <div style="text-align: center;">
I love to craft. Anytime that I can sit down and get lost in crafting, I am happy. My sibling knows this all too well and got me an awesome DIY mosaic kit for my birthday. After spending the better part of four months on my desk, I decided to finally open it up while binge watching Suits. </div>
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I found it very therapeutic (could also have been the red wine) and decided to try some more. A few years before, while writing my thesis, I tried my hand at mosaic. I had a lot of time on my hands, and made a photo frame. It came out pretty well and sits on my mom's bookshelf. I then tried to make coasters for my dad, and when I gave them to him, and said I made them, he said "I can see that". That was the end of my mosaic. </div>
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On a Saturday, I was running errands like grown ups do, when I decided to stop at the hardware store to get nails. I wondered around after at least three people asked if they could help - I must've had that helpless rookie look about me - when I discovered a mosaic studio. JACKPOT. </div>
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<b>Allow me to digress: on entering competitions via social media </b><br />
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Before I tell you about how awesome <span class="st"><em>Jamiroquai</em></span> was, let me tell you that social media competitions in South Africa are an untapped resource. Granted I have never won anything over R1000 but I must've won about 7 competitions in the last year. I alerted my sibling and her significant other to the competition to win tickets to Delicious Fest, and guess what, they both won. My sibling got VIP tickets and her boyfriend won the ones us common folk get. He was nice enough to give me those.<br />
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We arrived at about 3 in the afternoon, and as with all outdoor gatherings, traffic was bad. We sat along a single lane road, inching along while those in luxury SUVs and taxis used the shoulder on the side of the road as the express lane. At first I was angry that they were pushing in, but then my anger turned to jealousy because my car would never make that road.<br />
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The queue separated the mere mortals from the importants, because VIP got special arm bands and us plebs just walked in. It was hot. Like mid 30 degree hot. I always wonder why outdoor events never have enough people manning the bar or why there are so few toilets. I was parched and eventually we had to settle for some weird never heard of flavoured water (read coloured sugar water) that was cold and didn't have a queue the length of a small country. </div>
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There were loads of food trucks and different snacks, but if you go to these foodie festivals, you tend to see the same people. The chickpea fudge people, the olive people, the turkish delight people, the list goes on. We headed to the main arena, a lush field of grass surrounded by a hill, with the fancy Michellen star restaurants to the right, and the bars & Checkers cheese and bread stand to the left.<br />
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They announced the main act would be on in an hour. As I mentioned before, I did not have the bracelet that would grant me access to the VIP area, however this did not stop me.<br />
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"What if I get rejected? That will be so embarassing."<br />
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One of the best things about seeing live music, is that you can sing a long. And boy did we sing. His tunes took me back to the late 1990's and the early 00's. I was commenting on how cool the Virtual Insanity music video was, when I got told "That's how you know you're old. You're talking about a time when MTV still played music videos." Well the band is amazing, and they even poked fun at themselves "Here's a song that no one has ever heard of and that the record company didn't like".<br />
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Once moving into digs, my friends and I cooked all the time and even harvested mullberries from the neighbour's garden to make a pie. I was on lookout duty. After varsity I moved to Taiwan. My new roomies and I went to a concert and got a free book. My friend Lauren suggested making a recipe book out of it, and that is how this one was born. </div>
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The iPhone 5C now comes in the same colours as crocs.</div>
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Nokia had the best response, hands down! Some twats did go a bit crazy though, like "No one has bought a Nokia phone since forever". That may be so, but kudos to Nokia. </div>
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But what happens if you burn off your finger prints? Need to activate voice dealing because your hands are tied? These questions need to be asked. :P </div>
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I found this awesome and super easy origami heart bookmark on How About Orange's blog. They have the most awesome DIYs - origami and non related origami posts. For more info on how to make this super easy heart >>>> <a href="http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2013/01/heart-shaped-page-marker-origami.html" target="_blank">click here</a></div>
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If reading a real book and using a bookmark is not your thing, you could also use the heart to make cupcake toppers:</div>
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Or stick them together and make this funky garland: </div>
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Fun fact: <span class="st"><em>Origami</em> (折り紙, from ori meaning "folding", and
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875957641751612248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202800744752400550.post-57285431287926692832013-08-26T13:00:00.000+02:002013-08-26T13:00:03.338+02:00Easy Choc Chip Cookies<div style="text-align: center;">
About two weeks ago, I took a bit of a vaykayshan. I went back home and did nothing. I really believe that a vaykayshun can be summed by this beautiful quote:</div>
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So I did just that and got my bake on. Recently I have had a series of unfortunate epic fails when it comes to baking, so I was hoping to get my baking mojo back. </div>
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* 125g butter * 30 g castor sugar * 125ml condensed milk * 210g flour * 80g choc chips *</div>
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1. Cream 125g butter & 30g castor sugar using an electric mixer </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I learned from my friends that they had read it in high school and it was one of those "must read" books. I remember laying by the pool and not being able to to put the book down. Usually this is a good thing, but I couldn't even put it down to put on some sun screen. Lesson learnt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway you should read it. It is a good book and you wouldn't want to be caught out when someone says "Have you read Catcher in the Rye?" </span></div>
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Here is a letter that the reclusive author, J.D Salinger wrote explaining why. To read the entire letter, <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/2013/03/29/j-d-salinger-explains-why-catcher-in-the-rye-shouldnt-be-a-movie-1957/" target="_blank">click here.</a> <u> </u></div>
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Hi. My name is Jade and I like watching trashy reality TV shows. I got into Jersey Shore a while ago and was introduced to people who GTL (gym, tan & laundry) use words like DTF (down to f%^k) and get drunk a lot. </div>
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After this I found it it was not just an American thang, there was something across the Ocean in Europe called a Geordie and yes it had a shore. </div>
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They have a similar code but getting to understand their lingo took a while. There was some parts that I had to rewind because I had no idea what they had just said. "Tashing on" means to kiss someone and if you would like to become educated in the lingo that is Geordie, <a href="http://geordieshoreweb.com/geordie-shore/geordie-lingo" target="_blank">go here.</a> <br />
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One of my favourite lines ever "Poetics"</div>
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Every once in a while, a local South African movie will come out which everyone says "you have to see". Past movies include Totsi and District 9. I'm usually apprehensive about watching these movies, but am always pleasantly surprised. </div>
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