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A Whip Made of Silk Can Still Do Harm

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Randi
on November 26, 2007
in Life, Photos and Shopping
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I’m not going to lie and say that I have been so busy that I haven’t had time for this website. Yes, I’ve been busy and I just haven’t really felt like posting a blog entry because I’ve been feeling off lately and was just not in the mood anyway. And this site isn’t listed really high on my priority list lately too.

So Victor’s new work still hasn’t called him in to work yet; some delay with the contract or whatever. It’s a good thing he’s applying at other companies because if this accounting firm is taking him for a ride… I don’t know about him but I’d be really pissed because they told him he has been accepted and will call him in to sign the contract when he starts there. We’ll see. Hopefully soon!

Almost a month ago I had ordered a couple things on Amazon with a couple gift certificates that I received for my birthday. The package was supposed to arrive here last Tuesday… But because I didn’t receive the notice for collection from the post office, I decided to go over there on Friday to find out what happened to my package. After having one of the post office officials check if my package was in their possession, I am told that the notification was in fact sent out. I complained that I didn’t receive it and handed over my identity document for verification, signed for my package and left.

The address on the package was correct but the address on the post office form was incomplete as it didn’t have my apartment number, only the building number and street name. So I’m wondering if the notification was slipped into the mailbox of the apartment corresponding with the building number. Fuck knows. I have concluded that some post office officials don’t have the ability to read and write the correct address. I mean, really, is it too complicated to just type out the exact address that is on the package?

If I didn’t go to the post office to find out where my package was, I would have never received it because after a certain amount of days after your notice is sent out and your package is not collected… The post office keeps it; and that’s not nice at all!

Tarot deck and book about tarotI bought a tarot deck and a book about learning tarot. I’ve always wanted to learn how to read tarot cards and now I can start learning, some time, I guess as it isn’t high on my priority list either. I like the tarot deck. The images are collages from artwork of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance; the golden gilded edging of the cards just make them even more lovely to look at, I think.

Special Treatment

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Randi
on November 14, 2007
in Beauty, Family, Friends, Life, Photos and Shopping
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Yesterday afternoon I went to Mirrors, my brother’s fiancé’s hair salon and got my hair cut, dyed and styled by my brother. My friend, David had sent me the money for me to get my hair done and because I only received it into my account yesterday, I made an appointment for that afternoon.

My appointment was at half past two yesterday afternoon with Alex, my brother’s fiancé but when I got there he told me that my brother will be doing my hair… I left the salon at around quarter to six o’clock that evening. My hair had to be cut first then dyed and then styled and thinned after that. Because I had thick hair I had to pay double for the amount of dye that was used. I think that he could have done all the cutting and then dyed. Then I would have had to pay less than what I had to… Anyway it came out really good; I shouldn’t have doubted my brother. He never cut my hair before so I was a little worried until I saw the final result. My hair is now thinner, shorter; definitely more manageable and black; my favorite color and I love it! The only thing that needs getting used to is my fringe. But all and all, he did a pretty fucking good job!

Woolworths gift card from my friend, DavidI had a couple hundred rand left so I bought a bottle of hair color protecting shampoo and conditioner for my hair. And a ceramic straightening brush that I can use with my hairdryer because I never have had one of those brushes before.

A little after six o’clock last night I received a big brown bag via courier. Inside that big brown bag was a credit card size Woolworths gift card; such a small thing delivered in a large bag… The lovely black gift card was sent to me by David and was to be used for grocery and necessity shopping! As Victor and I are trying to make it this month with the very little funds that we have right now, receiving this gift card was a really great gift and really made my day today…

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Meet Kairi

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Randi
on October 29, 2007
in Friends, Gifts, Life, People, Photos and Rants
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Kairi's not-so-good angleThis is my new “baby”, Kairi. She’s an ornament molded from plaster of paris and was painted by a man that has a stall at the B&B Markets at Hillfox. I’ve gotten comments on Kairi, saying that she looks like she is made of metal, but really she is just made of plaster of paris and paint. This man paints these molds really well, I think! She looks a little different in the photo to the right, maybe it was the flash of my camera, I don’t know. Victor bought her for me yesterday afternoon. That was when we took his friends, Riaan and Tanya to Hillfox because they were going to meet up with another friend of theirs before heading back to Welkom. They didn’t know how to get to Hillfox, so Victor and I thought that we’d show them the way and take a look at the B&B Markets while we were there.

My baby, KairiI hadn’t been to Hillfox for years; I don’t remember how old I was when I was last there… But I do remember that the last time I was there, a man had thrown his lit cigarette bud and it had landed on one of the toes of my right foot. I don’t know why I remember that… Anyway, it was nice to go there again.

We had Victor’s friends, Riaan and his fiancé Tanya over this past weekend. They stayed over from Friday night till yesterday afternoon. They are nice people but I just don’t like Tanya’s attitude. First she insulted me on my wanting to purchase a pair of white polka dotted black flat shoes while we were shopping at Clearwater Mall on Saturday night. Then after her raving about how “Adorable” the shirt that I was going to buy my niece for Christmas was, she comes up to me while I’m waiting in the queue and complains about how horrid the pink items I was buying as gifts were.

Oh and not to mention how she reacted to the little girl running down the corridor, yelling “Ah, ah, ah!” in Clearwater Mall. Tanya imitates herself strangling and shaking the child to death saying, “Ah, ah, ah… Oh wait isn’t that the noise they make when you stomp on them?!” And then she giggles. Also when I was looking for an outfit for my niece for Christmas, Tanya couldn’t help but go on and on about how she hated “The little brats” and that she doesn’t want any.

OK, Tanya! I get the point, you don’t want children; good for you. Now would you stop telling us how much you hate children every time you see one or something that is related to a child. It is fucking annoying to hear that more than anything else you happen to say!

I swear it’s like she could brainwash someone with the way she talks. Maybe she had already done that to Riaan because Victor says that before Tanya, Riaan used to really want children someday but now he doesn’t?

I wonder what, or should I say who changed his mindset…