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Festive Lights and Moody Skies at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
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[image: Giftbox-themed Christmas illumination at Melrose Arch]
Seasons Greetings! Merry Christmas! Hanukkah Sameach! We are in
Johannesburg and visited t...
4 days ago
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Champions Chess Tour 2024 – Oslo
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17th December -21th December2024 Chess in Oslo – see the link below in this
entry. The players above and the format below Schedule Click on this link
to fo...
1 week ago
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Parys, Frankryk
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Aan die begin van die maand het ek na Parys op vakansie gegaan. Mens kan
maklik en vinnig op die Eurostar ry en net uit die venster na die
platteland kyk...
4 weeks ago
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Outside
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The late summer terrace, under a faintly wildfire-sky. The little bergamot
tree has three fattening fruit, and some more small ones to follow. In the
wi...
4 months ago
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My Daughter is 42 Today
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*Time is just running away. My first born is 42 years old today and I dont
feel much older to the time when I gave birth to her, on this day so many
years ...
4 years ago
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Ek/almal is SOOOOOOO besig!
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Aan die einde van die jaar, kyk ek terug en wonder hoekom ons kinders so
besig geraak het. Baie keer "te besig" om deel te wees van aktiwiteite wat
vi...
5 years ago
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Mmm
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*“To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the
devil.” – Jack Gilbert*
5 years ago
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Chateau de Chantilly - A Day’s Escape from Paris
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By the time we arrived in the town of Chantilly it was mid-morning. The
cloudy sky and cold breezes that blew down the *rues* of Paris had given
way to...
5 years ago
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INSERT BRAIN HERE OR MAYBE NOT.......
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Last year-ish, I noticed I was getting 'the shakes' in my left hand.
Nothing hectic mind you, just kinda trembly, which made holding or carrying
somethi...
5 years ago
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I have been playing with thumb tacks/drawing pins... lots of them... in
fact, 400 of them for this Gae of Thrones dragon's egg!
It's actually quite soot...
6 years ago
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Prime Minister Announces Mauritian Citizenship for $1 Million
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On 14 June 2018, the Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnaut, announced two schemes
to attract High Net Worth Individials:
Scheme 1: Contribute USD1 000 000 to t...
6 years ago
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New Zealand it's been 2 years now
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Morning Folks It's been 2 years all ready that we arrived in New Zealand,
the Land of the Long White Cloud. Beautiful with all the green grass and
lots of ...
6 years ago
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Mask of the week 5/52
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After a lovely vacation in Cape Town, it’s time to settle back into my
regular schedule, which includes the traditional Sunday evening mask.
However, while...
6 years ago
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Testing... testing... is this thing on?
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It's been a while.
I've been offline, figuring out life, staying under the radar.
I did a handstand the other day; it was the highlight of my day.
I took...
7 years ago
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A Free Goodie Basket for you and you and YOU!
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7 years ago
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Spinning Reality
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4 years ago this week was when Milord quit his job while being sole
provider for the family. I’m not angry any more, but I am disappointed and
a bit distru...
7 years ago
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More than just a butterfly
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This review was published by Frank Rumpel in CulturMag on November 7, 2015.
More than just a butterfly From an endangered species of butterfly to the
crime...
8 years ago
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Hairdo and Glasses Tricks
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If youve ever battled with searching for the very best hair do (and i think
nearly all ladies have at some phase in their lives), youre going to
discover h...
8 years ago
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WE HAVE MOVED.
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Hi,
We have a new home and you can link to it here:
*https://africanwanderlust.wordpress.com*
Thank you for reading!
9 years ago
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Tonito Returns… Albeit briefly!
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It has been a very long time since I last blogged. Too long in fact, but
over the last year changing circumstances in my life has made blogging
very, very ...
9 years ago
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Stories from My First Offshore Race - Vasco 2015
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Animated Race Tracker from YB.TL
The 2015 edition of the Vasco da Gama race ran 400 nautical miles (741kms
for the landlubbers reading) along the east c...
9 years ago
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Mees populêre voorstede in Australië onder Suid Afrikaners gebaseer op 2011
sensus
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Goeiedag
(Skakel na hierdie bladsy)
Ek het dit goedgedink om weereens 'n bladsy te maak wat die nuutste
Australiese sensus-data van 2011 gebruik om 'n paa...
9 years ago
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Bietjies van my gevoelens
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Ek het hierdie stuk raakgelees en wou dit deel omdat meeste van die tyd al
hierdie goed is hoe ek voel. (wel ek het net een kind en dit sal baie
waarskynl...
9 years ago
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Tamborine Mountain Botanical Gardens
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We just had to take a drive up the mountain on this beautiful day before it
becomes too hot and humid! Laziness just kicks in if you don’t do
something v...
9 years ago
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And just like that it is over
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The end of a friendship is always difficult. When do you finally close the
door and walk away ? After 17 years I have decided to walk away.
9 years ago
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Letter to Volvo on the release of the 2015 Volvo XC90
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The new 2015 Volvo XC90.
The world’s safest car echoes ancient values – before utilitarianism
trumped beauty.
This is written in gratitude to the shareh...
10 years ago
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Stay updated
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Just a quick note to say that I won’t be updating this blog now that I have
left Dubai. Rather than delete it I have parked it in a sub-directory, so
pleas...
10 years ago
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Hekkie verjaar
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Baie geluk met jou verjaarsdag, Hekkie. Mag die jaar wat voorlê gevul wees
met al die mooi van die lewe. Mag die milksolids ook by jou soos reën in
di...
10 years ago
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Die 2014 FIFA Wêreldbeker: ‘n Sokkerfees in die land van Samba
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Vier jaar terug was dit Suid-Afrika se beurt om die wêreld se grootste
sokkerskouspel aan te bied en die gedreun van vuvuzelas, die klanke van
Shakira en d...
10 years ago
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we spent a lot of time together, she and i. it was obvious that she was
always going to be overshadowed by the big guy, he and i came along at the
same ti...
10 years ago
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IT'S GO TIME.
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If I told you that this has been i...
10 years ago
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Verlies van 'n ouer
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Een van die moeilike dinge wat ons expats moet deur maak hier alleen in die
verte is om die verlies van 'n ouer te verwerk. Die verlies is veral
moeilik o...
11 years ago
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Dryf vierwiel deur die drif met sêgoed
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*Gepubliseer in Beeld as rubriek op Saterdag 7 September 2013*
Sekere lesers weet miskien dat ʼn lunsriem ʼn smerige mens is maar hoeveel
weet vandag dat ʼn lu...
11 years ago
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To quit or not to quit
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Gosh! I wish I can just quit this job just like that! But I think too much!
So many pros & cons! First & foremost I don't wanna be a burden to anyone,
not ...
11 years ago
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Jessica reading "have"
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One of Jessica's sight words this week is "have". So naturally she sounds
it out like h a v e, but I told her that she shouldn't sound the e out. Why
mommy...
11 years ago
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The long walk to freedom
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Before we moved to Australia I made the decision that if I found that I
really didn’t like the place I would face the truth, suck up my pride, pack
up my b...
11 years ago
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Die Weckaroos is nou amptelike Aussies
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Na meer as 4 jaar in Perth het ons uiteindelik formeel regte egte Aussies
geword.
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Ons het ‘n eed afgelê saam met 90 ander mense en aan...
11 years ago
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Woestynreën
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(Briefie van ‘n sendeling-vriendin in die Midde-Ooste)
Reën is iets so wonderbaarliks.
Ons het maande lank daarvoor gewag. Die wolke het weke lank vr...
11 years ago
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Fagan Park - New South Wales
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Fagan Park bestaan uit 55 hektaar land in Galston, NSW Australia.
Die park is deur die Fagan familie aan die publiek geskenk en bestaan uit
groot areas waar...
11 years ago
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My Baptisim - 28th October 2012
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It seems odd to think that there is a positive side to being diagnosed with
Leukemia but in fact for me there has been. I think something like this
will ei...
12 years ago
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Christmas 2012 !!
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What a wonderfull Christmas we having - not going to lie we MISSSSSSSSSSSSS
all my lovely family back in South Africa - greatfull we got to chat to
them a...
12 years ago
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R U OK?
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I should have known something bad was bound to happen. Earlier this week I
got an email from the HR lady at work informing us of the R U OK? campaign
and e...
12 years ago
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Vrydag-song 32 (op ‘n Donderdagaand)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpUxO_ZaTBc
Brilliant SA talent! Mal oor die song en moes dit nou dadelik hier opsit
anders vergeet ek en / of het weer nie...
12 years ago
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Afrikaans is nie meer in Skotland nie, maar agtervolg my gerus na
Kalifornieë
12 years ago
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Cruising the Pacific Dawn
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It sounds like a lovely metaphor, doesn’t it? But no, in fact it’s what The
Husband and I did – …
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12 years ago
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Inspiration: Helping Kids to Fly
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I really like this excerpt from *How to help your child fly through life*
by Andrew Martin:
*"...life is a lot like flying (in the aeroplane sense). Some ...
13 years ago
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Possible Formula 1 races for South Africa?
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It seems that there is a real interest to host a Formula 1 race in Cape
Town and the South African government is giving their support. However, for
this to...
13 years ago
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Artistic projects
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I've got involved in some projects and there's been a lot of work lately,
which I do thrive on. But it also means that a holiday will be nice, now
we're o...
13 years ago
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Air Force 1 Lands in Canberra
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POTUS has landed! Yip, that's what the President Of The United States is
called amongst the security circles when he's about to hit town. Scott's
been runn...
13 years ago
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2012
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2011 taught me a lesson about Ultra Marathon running......it is not as easy
as it seems. I finished the 2010 Marathon des Sables in Morocco in 72
hours, an...
13 years ago
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Olifant dans
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Ek moes hierdie Video deel.
Jammer hy is skeef, maar ekt nou nie daaraan gedink toe ek dit met die ipad
afgeneem het nie.
Dit is so kosbaar, lyk asof hulle...
13 years ago
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Vullis!!!!
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Nou weet ek nie meer nie. Ek woon in ´n land waar rommel en vullis die
hoogtepunt van ´n mens se dag word, vir my altans! Toe ons in die Suidpunt
van Afr...
13 years ago
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Ouma Kate ons groet jou
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Ouma Kate
2 Februarie 1914 - 31 Maart 2011, ja 97 jaar oud. Dit alleen vertel die
storie van hierdie amazing mens se uithouvermoe .
Sy was nie gesond n...
13 years ago
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To Copy and Paste or not to Copy and Paste: that is the Question
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It has been a week where I was once again confronted with cultural
differences in interpreting core social values.
A popular, key Minister in the Cabinet ...
13 years ago
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Books and Music and Films I Love
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Listening to some Mango Groove on my earphones while doing some red-tape
tonight, I had an idea to put together a list of recent reads. I love to
take book...
13 years ago
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G'day. I'd like to take this rare opportunity to make an announcement.
African Down Under is going to retirement, or should I say "retired hurt",
as they ...
14 years ago
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Kaal boude op nat gras
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“Rotterdam is straks een homobos rijker”. ‘n Aanhaling uit ‘n artikel.
Woord vir woord. Ek sweer. Net toe ek begin worry dat ek nou behoorlik
ingeburger is...
14 years ago
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Friends from South Australia
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Denise and Eddie stayed on after the girls weekend in Maleny and Montville
recently and we had a great weekend with them taking them around Brisbane
to ...
14 years ago
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Today we got some decent pool time...yayness! And I delved in too, and was
pleasantly surprised by how warm the water was.
*AND*....we browsed in my most ...
14 years ago
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What's in a name?
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One of the strangest things about living back in South Africa is the
attitude towards relationships.
In London being single is not a crime. Being single in...
14 years ago
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An introduction
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I am an ex IT professional from Johannesburg South Africa. I have since
moved to middle-of-nowhere Croatia to be a farmer.
Farming IT will be about my disc...
14 years ago
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A Letter to Protektorvest
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http://london.thesouthafrican.com/sa-news/2010-fans-do-not-need-stab-proof-vests
Dear Protektorvest
I am a South African living in London. I am writing to s...
14 years ago
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2010. Woza Wanderer
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My SAKI wandering and wondering continues in my Woza Wanderer blog.
14 years ago
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Sunset at Goat Island
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As we left Auckland, a storm cloud was rolling in.
15 years ago
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'n Vinnige woestyn trippie
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Ons woon in 'n land wat sy eie tipe skoonheid het. Hoe die Israeliete dit
reg gekry het om vir 40 jaar te trek in die woestyn weet ek nie. Dit moes
maar on...
15 years ago
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Look, Skyrider!
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15 years ago
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Catching up on Blog
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Sjoe ek het lanklaas bietjie op my Blog geskryf. Dinge het die laaste tyd
maar dol gegaan hierso. Ek gaan nou nie lang stories maak nie, ek sit
sommer so k...
15 years ago
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Hoekom sal ons nou hier bly?
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*D*ie man wat die robbe toertjies leer by St Andrews se akwarium – kom ons
noem hom Andy – is onmiddelik meer spraaksaam toe hy hoor ons is van
Suid-Afrika...
16 years ago
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