Bring on the hot chocolate and marshmallows!!!

The sky is solid white with cottonlike greyish-coloured candyfloss. The roads occassionally get drenched in downpours and sloshes of raindrops... bliss!

Today is the very first rainy day of the season... it's beautiful, absolutely gorgeous weather.
Perfect for making yourself comfortable on the couch with a nice bEEg mug of Hot chocolate. I have been looking forward to this weather all month, the wind has finally gone to rest:)

OOh not only has the lurvely weather arrived, but it's also long weekend!! Yeah baby..
Tomorow is Freedom Day - It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first democratic post-apartheid elections. Held in 1994, they saw Nelson Mandela elected as President.

So yeh for Freedom Day!

Then we have another day off next week tuesday, because it's May Day - which also used to be called Red Nose Day, an initiative started by http://www.comicrelief.com/ to raise funds. We haven't celebrated it in years, because somehow it has died out in South Africa. it's really sad actually because every year we would buy red nose thingy's to wear on your nose and car bumper red noses... it used to be super cool, plus they used to raise so much money which was brilliant.

Hmmm, i think a lovely hot pot of Chicken and Corn Soup with some lovely garlic/herby crispy bread is in order. Definitely!

Pity it doesn't snow here.. it does, not really, not like it does in other countries, besides that, we have to drive all the way up to Ceres -somewhere in the mountain range enroute to Worcester. I think the last time i went to see the snow was about 10 years ago, because each year we plan to drive up but by the time we are available to go, the snow has already melted since there usually isn't that much of it to begin with.

Right now all i can think about is getting home and hopefully find lovely hot soup..

Chocolate features somewhere on the menu tonight, no doubt about that.

Anyway, 1 more hour till home!!

CHeers

is this a trip down memory lane??

I tried something new and i'm continuing with this new pastime, it's very interesting and even though it's time consuming, it's quite fun.

I dislike feeling like i'm missing out on something and somehow it makes me miss college days because college was so much fun. Really a big adventure and because my college was situated in the cbd it was like being in one big play ground!

All of my friends and myself included used public transport. OK let's clear that one up, i was told i was chauffeur driven everywhere -> my parents or anybody going to cbd would give me a lift BUT when there was no lift or people going in that direction i had to use public transport. And in cape town or South Africa on the whole, public transport is not the best. Using public transport is an experience all on its own.

Anyway, since we didn't really have cars to drive around in, we walked everywhere, but it's really nice cos u can get to everywhere u wanna be by walking, cos if u had a car, then u would have to look for parking etc etc which is always a pain in the cbd.

The other cool thing about walking everywhere is that you will find interesting and places worth finding like the pizza place where u get 2 huge slices of pizza for R9 and believe me, their pizza was good (perfectly suiting college students on a budget and tasting really good any day of the week! There was a place where we would go to buy the yummiest, hottest, fresh-out-the-piping hot oven muffins. Actually, they were a bulk buying biscuit store, but they sold muffins and pies and cheap coffee too. (cheap coffee meaning the not so nice coffee).
There are also art galleries, too many to name or count that i never really got the chance to visit, but give you a taste of the talent and beauty of cape town's artists.
If you felt like throwing your budget out the window and spoiling yourself, then there was always taking a lovely stroll up to Kloof street, the most moder, busy, exciting street during the day... This is where you will find a variety of kitch stores, selling the most unsual modern strange artsy things, coffee shops (3 of my favorite) and some other exciting eateries and film schools and there's the E-tv studio and there's a nice pasta place.

There's one place that i love and will never forget but at one period in my life i feared visiting because therein lies so many memories good and bad. Come to think of it, i haven't been there since. This place is the Gardens, a pleasant hide away, a peaceful picnic spot, a cosy place to go to when your'e having morning coffee, a place to chill out and avoid being chased by bees, rats, and or big birds *unfortunately i had an incident with all of the above, and for those of us who have just sat and watched the animal life parading around the Gardens, will have found it most amusing if you perhaps caught the site of seeing a squirrel fall out a tree (i don't mean in a vicious "i hope that squirrel got hurt way"). Some pointers though, if you go to the Gardens during winter, make sure you have tissues with, because finding a dry bend during winter is as hard as finding the person who took the last caramelo bear!

Earlier i spoke about missing my college days, however strange this may sound.. that does include the assignments and tests!

Anyway, i think that's enough nostalgia for one day.

Something short and true.

" There's purpose for each petal
That graces every flower,
There's a purpose to each second
In each minute in each hour,
That lights the sky each day -
And a purpose to each trial
We find along life's way,
And although a purpose might not be
Revealed at once to man,
Nothing in God's Kingdom
Is without a perfect plan!"

Just a reminder that matter what happens, it happens for a reason.

Also whatever it is that you have and whatever comes your way, you need to feel greatful, because it may not have come your way at all.

Ok i sound like i'm preaching. I'm not trying to preach but i use this to remember to keep my head on and try not to feel like things are about to fall apart - or that they are falling apart, but just feel ok with things.

At this time, things are all good except for the fact that i really and truly cannot stop itching because a flea or something chowed down last night!!
I don't really like fleas, they're kinda unnecessary. Especially when yor'e allergic to anything that bites ( lol ok maybe not everything ha ha ha ) but fleas, mosquitoes and such.
I have allergies so if they bite it gets so bad i end up with a fever sometimes, not cool.
And honestly, who enjoys a fever??

not really sure about a title for this post...

I really wanted to post this weekend, but somehow never got around to it.
Hopefully this is not gonna happen often.

I seem to have gone blank. I hate it when that happens. Everyone says i think too much, i agree.

It's the start of Autumn ( Fall ) and i'm not really fond of this weather because its somewhere between hot and cold. The skies look as if we're headed for sunny weather, but it feels like your'e standing in one of those walk-in refrigerators. Then again, here i am complaining about a little chill and other people live in countries where it snows.

Things to do that are good for you: (I try to do these)
> Eat all your vegetables - except mushrooms, i'm trying to get to enjoy those (yes, i know it's weird to be slightly anti-mushroom)
> Try knew things
> Do something that scares you as often as you can
> Make someone smile
> If your'e feeling down, cheer someone else up - Trust me it works, u'll feel better in no time
> Sit outside at night and watch the stars
> Spoil yourself once a month

There are some more things, but i'll get to them some other time. Seem to be getting bored with that list. oops.

Hmmm i wanna add some new stuff but let me first figure that out.

Cya ;)

No words today, i think i used them all up yesterday...

These are some pics i took at Seapoint in Cape Town.

The kinda pics i feel u don't really need to add a caption to, but u can just sit and admire the view the beauty.

Ok, meant to say few words, and not NO words.

the story begins * sneaky laugh

Right, so i said i'd fill in the blnks about who i am and such...
Well, this is my story

My career, my chosen career is that of a Chef, i graduated from High School in 2003 and followed my heart, head and trail of applications which lead to me college to study to become a chef. Now i know that sounds strange, studying to become a chef.. what on earth would you be studying?? Learning how to boil eggs? spread butter on a sandwich? hold a spoon?
That among other things. LOL
I had business subjects (management, entrepreneurship) too and some strange math-like subject - still have the images of the puzzled look on the faces of my classmates.. most of them thought they left math behind when they heard we were going to have practical class (class in the kitchen).
They actually equipt you with necessary skills to open your own business if you get tired of being barked at by ego-tripping angry chefs. [mind you, that is very very useful]
I slaved away at college for the next three years and graduated last year. During those three years, we found ourselves working for months FOR FREE trying to complete the required amount hours in order to complete certificate level 4, before carrying on to diploma level 5 where were had to work in hours - well this time 6 months!
When searching for a place to my 6 months in-service , i decided that i was really really not going to settle for a place that did not offer a salary.
Think about it carefully, and if you didn't know or realise how hard chefs work, then you will be shocked at the salaries we chefs get paid,, it peanuts.. you can't even afford peanut butter if you had a family to support - i do not have a husband or kids or anything but those chefs who do.
Anyway, if you are passionate, like really passionate then you accept it and carry on till when you work your way up the "chef industry ladder"... That was my plan
So believe me, i worked my arse off, and if you watch the food channel and you see how those chefs get anal and start yelling... it's worse, they can be down right nasty! But you learn to be less of a duckling along the way (yes, yes i WAS a duckling) and you learn to swallow your pride and speak up if something does not stick with you.
Yeah! More power to ya if you'r not a duckling.
My dream was to work my way up that "ladder" and someday open my own place..
Till the day my dreams got dashed>>>

I have medical issues, they had to fix my spine 7 years back and at the time they failed to let me know what kinda career choices you could make, they only specified that i would be ok after 8 or so weeks and i can carry on as per normal. Well they fixed my spine but 7 years on it gets complicated.. [starting to sound like avril lavigne, Why'd you have to go make things so complicated??]
Yeh so my spine specialist doctor person i went to see told me that " a chef no more is what you can be", ok no, he did not say that specifically, he just said "i'm sorry but i think you need to find a new career". Reason being there is too much pressure on my spine being on my feet like that all day, and we work very long hours.
Just like that, he took it away, just like. Now let me just say, that since i can remember my dream was to become a chef - a pastry chef (desserts, cakes, chocolate and sweet stuff).
Just like that!

So i let that simmer for a while, thinking what exactly i was going to do next..
The Gods must have been smiling down on me [i think i just always wanted to use that saying!]
Because by some stroke of luck, a job opportunity came knocking.
I now found myself being a receptionist for three different companies, all completely different.
The office environment was never really my thing, but i have to admit i am thoroughly enjoying it! Possibly because it's all new to me but i really dig challenges and one of the first challenges was figuring out how to work the fax machine! LOL
No but seriously i had to learn how to do business talk and meeting clients and dealing with all sorts of things out of my comfort zone.
Yeh, so I'm making the most of this opportunity because i'm damn lucky for something so quickly and it's something i'm honestly enjoying.
We'll see where things lead to from here on...
I'm now known as Nunu, the Recheftionist!

The very beginning...

I decided to finally start my very own blog... better late than never!
After many weeks and much thought that is.
I found the whole idea of blogging interesting and since i've started reading other blogs, the idea to start my own, grew on me.
I'm still unsure how this first post should have started, but since this is my own blog and my first attempt, it doesn't really matter, right?