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Funnily enough, I updated my other blog yesterday (http://womenblogs.24.com/journeytotheinside) for the first time in months, so I will blog here again for bits and pieces of the day.

Whats news?

I have started writing my novel - well, more like planning, but I already have a plot with no holes that I cant cover up at the moment.

I had a dream come true over December - take a month long holiday to Europe. It was really fantastic and I am planning the next one already. Will do some things differently (less luggage, go in another season, take my loved ones with) but will definately do it again.

I have realised that this industry is not for me, I can cope, but I don't think I will like it, ever.

I have started on my next life dream i.e getting the body I deserve. Have been going to the gym more or less constantly for more than a year and have lost at least 13 kg's in the same time.

So this is my dream job/life: I want to be a lifestyle ambassador working for a big company, preferably a motorcar company. I get to engineer part time, to show that I am not a bimbo, I get to write my bestsellers, to keep me popular and my life desirable, and I get to drive a fantastic sportscar and wear designer labels in natural fibers. I get to travel all over the world, and everybody wants to be me, therefore they spend money on the things I have, like the car and the clothes, handbags, jewelry, and that kind of thing. If you know of a job like this, please let me know, I have a CV ready..:)

'Later!

Exams again

You would think that after graduation there is no more such thing as exams. In which case you would have thought wrong.

My first exam is tomorrow, about the world, mythology and literature of ancient Rome. Who would have thought?

It turns out that it is in fact much different from Engineering. So much in fact that it doesn't feel the same at all. Besides, studying about those Romans creates a good break from the everyday humdrum of contractors and projects...

So, off I go to another day of being me!

Comeback Time!

Jys reg Queery - laat ek maar weer begin blog. Tot my verdediging, ek het vir 'n ruk lank by 24.com beblog, oulike community daar, maar dit is stopgesit deur die firewall by die werk en die feit dat daar te veel politiek geraak het. Dalk, net dalk, sal ek 'n link na daai blog hier opsit. Dalk nie.

So, here is a short update of my life at the moment:

I live and work in the town I mostly grew up in. I returned from a few years of blissful student being and soulselling studies to take up a position in the firm of a local consulting engineer. The work is OK, but I do not think it will ever be my first love.

Speaking of love - My beloved moved here in September ( a month ago, today, actually) and started to work at a company here while he continues his studies through distance learning. He seems happy, and that makes me happy.

Studies, well yes. After graduating in Engineering, I thought I had done with this exam thingy, but it seems I was mistaken...

Somewhere in February I realised that I always had this notion of doing a BA once I am through with the soul-crushing reality of studying B.Eng. So I enrolled myself for a BA at Unisa, majoring in Classical Cultures and Theory of Literature.

So far so good, the assignments went well, but once again, I am plunged into that black hole called exams, this time with the added pressure of work, deadlines and all that.

Another thing I always wanted to do, was travel overseas, to Europe in particular. So I did some math and thought I could conveniently go on a Eurotrip in December, when our firm close for the "builders' holiday" and pay of my student loan at the same time. ( It was a small loan, lucky for me).

It turned out that I had the prices a little bit wrong, and at the moment my estimate is double the amount that I originally thought, and then I forgot to count in my airplane tickets (it was included in the original estimate). But, it is still worth it, and I am sure I will be blogging some more about that tour in the future.

Right, that is all for now,

I have to get to work ... Grr, and still some warpaint to apply before I go.

Exams - and all that jazz

And with this, the exams are upon us.

I admit I am slightly in denial about that ( I can see the pyramids, you know) but I find it the only way to cope without actually freaking out. People close to me can see me having more bad hair days than usual, combined with a general jittery-ness that could or could not be the effect of drinking to much coffee.
I think I should switch to hot chocolate....

As precautionary measure, I shall be leaving the beautiful town of Stellenbosch for the coast, i.e home, "where my music's playin' , home..." (sorry, got distracted for a moment) Where my mom can do the cooking and my room stays clean so I have no excuses not to study. As for blogging... I have been quiet enough lately to expect you to not miss me THAT much.

To those that is entering the tunnel with me, good luck. To the rest.. Darn, you're lucky

Rainy weather and napping

So.. It has been a busy term, with a lot of work crammed into a short time. Then comes deadlines, and they all happen to be in the same space of time...

Lucky for me, I handed in two projects today, and now I have an afternoon that can, and will be spent napping. Also lucky for me, it is a wet, rainy afternoon, so I do not have to feel guilty for not enjoying the last of the beautiful weather and sleeping the afternoon away!

That said, I think I am going to go not, and sleep.....

A silly joke, but funny

Have you heard about the guy that drowned in a bowl of muesly? A strong "currant" pulled him in.

Silence - Explained

So I have to admit, I have been quiet. To my defence, I did write a test series last week, and I am currently on holiday, and really lazy, so do you blame me for my silence?

I am currently discovering facebook, of have been discovering. Now I encourage all my friends to join, to make it easier to know what you are doing without having to go to 10 million blogs or read those newsletter emails. Dont get me wrong, I love both of the above and usually go visit the blogs and read the mails. It is more a question of getting all the news at once, specially when Time is short.

Like now for instance.. Have to go
Ciao!

Soul Searching - Meaning

I heard of someone that left her job at a restaurant after 20 years, and after she left, nobody even noticed she was gone...

I gues to have meaning in our life has 2 components:

• Having a meaning in what you do. In other words, do something for a reason, not just because. Why do you do what you do?
• Meaning something to others. Who will miss you when you are gone. What value do you add to the life of others?

I think meaning is what distinguishes wether our life turns out to be and aimless wondering to never strive for anything and not touching the lives of others, or not.