Random Pics of America:

- South Africans at the Indianapolis Grand Prix - took this picture because i could NOT believe in this day and age these people would have the nerve to sit in public sporting the OLD South African flag! my goodness!

- Me on swing in Charleston

- Atlanta the city

- My apartment and former ride

ATLANTA
Last weekend i spent some time again n Atlanta with a bunch of people, we had loads of fun, experiencing night life, some art, laughter, frustration, pampering and touristy things. The traffic is just manic though - not a city i want to live in for sure.

This week i played my first game of tennis in about 2 years and let me tell you it was no joke - the technique comes back to you with some pratice.. but the fitness level just gives your age and laziness away!

(The pic is me in Venice by the way.. I had no more pics of Atlanta!LOL)

Here are some interesting things about me alot of you dont know:

• I was a Junior tennis player in primary and middle school - had coaching for about 3 years
• I did Gymnastics for 1 year but i left because i couldnt do a dive roll!! Thanks Mr Smith :-)
• I played chess for our school and won the chess championships one year
• I did a hair commerical with my brother
• I did modelling - editorials only, i entered in a few pageants but due to the fact that i am a midget, that didnt work out - me and the Lord are still gonna have some words about that ! LOL
• I danced ballet when i was 5.. but i think was too fat cause i kept on rolling everywhere instead of floating as one tends to have to do!Ok ok i have been told i am a majoy over-sharer.. so thats all you guys get today!
  
  I am off to Wilmington Beach this weekend. Cant wait.
  

Iron Rose

Hello my Soul
In Sweetness i find you
The softness you bring
Fragile, peaceful
smile
Of the worlds of love
A heart been taken, protected
Loved
my Rose

Hello my Soul
In broken pieces
Storms of life
Come crashing dwn
blood strains, brokenness
Broken dreams & mistakes
unspoken, unwritten
where emptiness is fastened
A deep hunger for your affections
My Iron

My beauty, my pain
Me, My roses, my Iron, my life
Have me free..Have me in Chains
my Iron Rose

By Delise Moore

This week i had a job interview that went quite well, i also stood in the long queue to obtain my Social Security.. some useless information.. but information that will make me more American by the day!

Here are some pictures of Charleston, North Carolina.

History...

There is something so subtly powerful and significant about History. If we do not know and understand the facts about where our world, our cultures, our values, traditions, explorations, wars and legacies come from, we are actually living in a bit of ignorance i believe. To assume that history has nothing to do with us personally is very deceiving. I recently visited a beautiful little town called Charleston, filled with remnants of the American Civil War. Just to experience and immerse myself in the History that defines part of a nation was quite an awesome experience.

Historians do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve useful purposes, the functions of history can seem more difficult to define than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually indispensable, but the products of historical study are less tangible, sometimes less immediate, yet so very crucial to mankind.

After all what else do we leave behind on this earth other than our History? the mark our lives have made on this world and its people?

I am such a lover of History and seeing the greater purposes for which men have fought and died, alot of those privileges we enjoy today by no working of our own, but as a result of someone willing to give up their present "luxuries" in the puruit of a better future for mankind.. and today we call that 'making History"

Week 16 Update

I keep saying this... but time truly does fly by. Today i drove around looking for a particular address and got lost for the first time, it was really frustrating, but i had to laugh at myself because just 15 weeks ago, i didnt know where anything was - and now i am banging my head against the steering wheel because i SHOULD know where everything is! LOL

Well this month i await the arrival of my work authorisation which means i am going to have to say goodbye to my life of leisure. I look forward to yet another "new" phase over here. I look mostly forward to integrating myself with people, building relationships and seeing if i can actually still DO anything or walk in high heels for that matter!

It has become atleast 10 degrees hotter this week than it has been and quite unpleasant to be outside. After 6 Road trips and another one coming up, i really am starting to get around now and see alot of great things.

In this past few weeks though i have met a few really nice people, easy going and fun to be with and its been really nice to hang out and chat with people whom I have a few things in common. So i look forward to developing those relationships and giving of myself in some way.

I am also learning to speak Spanish.. ok ok LEARNING is a strong word.. i am TRYING to do it! I started out with French but since there are more people here that i can convcerse with in Spanish i switched to that and i think i am mixing it all up so thats not good!

I see that meeting people online is quite big here in the States.. thats probably because people have less fears of psychos! In SA that would hardly really happen, cause you have about a 90% chance of meeting a psycho! And if the people you meet are normal you know what that means hey.. that you ARE the pyscho.

Well, I have been watching this TV show called Project Runway that has truly become my favourite and i have decided to do something skillful or creative (stop laughing!!).

So we will see how that one turns out. A better update next time.

"Passion can make you crazy.. But is there any other way to live?"... Howard Hughes

Formula 1

One of my great loves as far as sport goes is by far Formula 1. Last weekend i had the priviledge of watching my first live race, meeting the drivers, hanging out with some of the team members and just soaking in all the hype and excitement surrounding the event.

It was so much fun to be part of this whole other world to see people so dedicated to perfection and their lives and dreams so drenched in their passion. it was really something special. I got a hectic tan, i am now a true African by far!