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The Wild

Lioness in the Ngonyama Lion LodgeMy mother, younger sisters and I went to the Ngonyama Lion Lodge (Krugersdorp Game Reserve) yesterday afternoon. It is in our area yet we have not been there for many years; the last time  was when I was very young. It was fun, I really want to go there again and maybe Victor and I could go there sometime… I really enjoyed it yesterday…

We got to see monkeys, rhinoceroses, lionesses, various bird species, bucks, zebra and some squirrels… Well, I think they were squirrels… A strange duck had bitten my younger sister’s toe in the bird sanctuary, I found that really funny. The lionesses are gorgeous large animals with the most beautiful and enchanting eyes. The rhinoceroses are just…Really big. We were not able to see the hyenas, hippos, giraffes and the other animals that live in the reserve. I hope that I get to see the hyenas at least the next time I go to the reserve…

I wish I had a higher quality digital camera though; the photos I had taken did not come out great in my opinion… I need more optical zoom and higher image quality… Looking at the noise levels in the images makes me crave a better digital camera…

Date With A Vampire

Yesterday afternoon I went out to the mall to meet up with Victor, an online friend. As usual I was at home with nothing to do and Victor said that he wanted to meet me and would not mind coming over to this side to do so. We met up at Key West and spent our time conversing and got to know each other a little…

He is a Goth… Whom I find very intriguing, it really is not something that bothers me and I find it quite enticing for some reason unknown to me, yet… He has such gorgeous eyes, from a blood brown center flowering into a hazel green. He is nothing as I thought he would be. He is comfortable to be around and he has a great personality.

Not all Goths are what society makes them out to be. Not all Goths are Satanist, Goths do not “worship” Marilyn Manson and Goths are not “evil”… There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the Gothic subculture. Goths are frowned upon by those who are close-minded and uneducated about the subculture. Many people just go with what they have been told and think without really knowing the facts which is a shame, I think…

My desktop set had been delivered last Monday. I have not used it yet as I am saving it for when I have my computer setup in my room. I opened it though and had a look at it. I love it; it is dark, sleek and is of good quality… I had stained my wooden desk just like I had done with my bedside cabinets; it turned out lovely and suits my room very well… Now I am waiting on the delivery of the monitor and speakers that I had purchased…

This morning my aunt and I went to Pretoria to visit my uncle in hospital that is still recovering from the incident. We took him some lunch, chocolates, juices and bottled water. He really hates the food at the hospital and from the smell of it I assume that it really must not taste good at all. He is out of the wheelchair and now using crutches to walk and under going physiotherapy. He is in a lot of pain and walking makes him wince at the pain. He complains, he wants to get out of the hospital and get back to work, but in his condition he can not. His one leg is a bit shorter or something, I am not sure why but he complains about that too, I told him to just be happy that he is able to walk…

My aunt and I collected my cousins from school after visiting my uncle and then we were off to my aunt’s sister’s place for lunch. I was asked if I could install her new printer and modem for her… When we arrived, I got out the car and opened the back car door for my cousins to get out. While I was talking to my cousins as they were getting out, I heard their aunt’s dog growl and before I knew it, he bit my hand. I pulled my hand away and I was left with light red marks and gob all over my hand from his teeth…

My aunt was just getting out of the car when this happened and she asked if I was ok and to get back into the car, my young cousins were so scared but so was I… Usually when visitors come over the dog is locked in the back yard but he was not in sight when we arrived so we assumed he was in the back yard. My hand is fine though, the marks have faded away and I am just glad that I did not get hurt. I mean very glad…

I have a date with Victor tomorrow afternoon. I am eagerly waiting…

Two Brats and A Cat

My pregnant aunt had found out on Tuesday that she will be giving birth to a baby girl. This family has more females than males. It is awesome. I can not wait to meet my new cousin…

I was babysitting my two younger cousins (and their cousin too, again!) that night as my aunt went to Pretoria to visit my uncle in hospital. As my cousins were being collected by their aunt, my ex best friend, her parents, her brother and his girlfriend arrived.

My ex best friend’s brother and his girlfriend had previously asked if they could leave their truck in our garage and if we could look after their cat until the end of the week. They are moving from the coast to Nelspruit and while staying in town for a few days, they needed a place to leave their cat and truck. My mother told them that they could leave their truck and cat here…

Anyway, while they where here that day, my ex best friend kept following me around, trying to make conversation. When I walked into the study to shutdown my computer, she followed me. As I walked into the lounge on my way to the back room, she followed me. When my youngest sister caught my ex best friend’s attention in the lounge, I made my way into the back room and out the back door to our back yard.

She walked out the back door saying, “You know it is illegal to do that by yourself.” As I lit a cigarette. “So?” I asked as I walked away from her and yet again, she followed me!

I do not like her. She knows that I do not like her. Yet she tries to get close to me. After what she had done to me (that is another story), I do not want her in my life and she knows that too. I wish that she would stop trying to be my friend again, she just irritates me…

Last night I had to baby sit my cousins and their cousin. Their cousin took two of the gel stickers off of one of our glass sliding doors. She showed them to me in the lounge, “Were did you get those?” I asked as I looked at the chewed stickers. “I found them on the floor.” She answered. “Do not lie, I saw you peel them off of the sliding door.” I did not really see her. I knew where the stickers were from and I knew that she had peeled them off. She looked down at the stickers, stood up and walked off. When she returned I noticed that she did not have the stickers in her hands. I asked her where the stickers were and she told me that she had put them back.

She kept pinching and kicking my cousin while we were watching a DVD. My cousin would return the favor, a pinch for a pinch and a kick for a kick. I threatened both of them; I told them that I would smack whoever hurts the other first. Not even five minutes later, my cousin’s cousin mischievously looked at me and kicked my cousin. I leaned forward and lightly smacked her leg. “I told you that whoever starts will get smacked. Tell your mother that I had smacked you even though it was not hard. She will agree that you deserved it. If she were here, she would have smacked you really hard. Is that not true?” I said. “Yes.” She replied. She sulked for a minute or so and then sat next to my cousins and watched the DVD until her mother arrived to collect all three of them.

When my mom arrived back home from a Christmas event later last night, I told her what my cousin’s cousin had done. She looked at the stickers on the sliding door, “Ag, no! They have been chewed!” She was not impressed…

My ex best friend’s brother and his girlfriend arrived earlier to take his truck and make their way to Nelspruit. They left their cat here. Apparently my ex best friend and her parents will take the cat when they go to Nelspruit. I do hope that is soon. That cat is so fucking weird. She will walk by you, rubbing against your leg but when you pick her up she gets aggressive. She starts with my cat through the glass of a window and she has already gone missing twice, returning hours later. I assume she climbs out of a window to get outside. She meows at a door or window when she returns. I do not like that cat.

Today is World Aids Day. Many cities in my country are holding Aids awareness functions and many people have been donating money to HIV / Aids organizations. We donate clothing, food and toys to Aids orphans often. Reach out and help someone infected or affected by HIV / Aids. If you can not help others at least help yourselves…

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