Haven't blogged in a while....no excuses really....lots been happening!
So if you don't know you will now know that we are officially pregnant!
We are very excited and just can't wait for the little bubbles to arrive. It is definatly a blessing and we are just in awe at the beauty of new life and the hope that it brings....
In other news we are heading home to SA soon which is great! But only after a mad tour of the UK! We travel around Scotland with a coach tour check it out it looks exciting - we'll let you know if it was!?! We also head of the Bath and Belfast - I want to do the CS Lewis tour of the place should be interesting!
Well thats just a brief update on some news......
Friday, 19 October 2007
Friday, 20 July 2007
Hope for Zimbabwe?
After spending the last hour or so reading news stories on whats happening in Zimbabwe I feel the need to express myself here - gather my thoughts on the matter.
just do a quick search on Zimbabwe and have a read....
We still have family in Zim...and the reality is that this is all actually happening!
It feels surreal to imagine that disasters happen all the time, earthquakes , hurricanes and wars - but its all just news really. It's something that the CNN and BBC can employ people to report on. Right?
Another excuse for a telemarathon to raise funds for the emaciated pictures of black African children. A reason to let a single tear form in the corner of your eye because the symphonic background music crescendo's just at the point a widower buries her husband. Hmmm?
Its all just a 'sign of the times'....isn't it?
Well it has hit me quite hard that this is possibly not the case. A bit of a stutter in my hazy world of butterflies and roses - a damning reality on my own insensitivity and callous human nature.
So what do I want to do....well in essence the problem is so huge and the international outcry so astonishingly ineffective, that all we can really do is get on our knees.
This is another silent cry to action and prayer. A call to end the tyranny and madness of another African dictator. To stand in the gap for a nation held in the grip of poverty, death and deep darkness.
I can't help but pose the philosophical question - Where is the justice? Is there justice?
This is not a dramatised plea for aid and UN relief, but a heartfelt desire for freedom and light to burst through the haze of deception that has hidden the plight of real people in a real place!
just do a quick search on Zimbabwe and have a read....
We still have family in Zim...and the reality is that this is all actually happening!
It feels surreal to imagine that disasters happen all the time, earthquakes , hurricanes and wars - but its all just news really. It's something that the CNN and BBC can employ people to report on. Right?
Another excuse for a telemarathon to raise funds for the emaciated pictures of black African children. A reason to let a single tear form in the corner of your eye because the symphonic background music crescendo's just at the point a widower buries her husband. Hmmm?
Its all just a 'sign of the times'....isn't it?
Well it has hit me quite hard that this is possibly not the case. A bit of a stutter in my hazy world of butterflies and roses - a damning reality on my own insensitivity and callous human nature.
So what do I want to do....well in essence the problem is so huge and the international outcry so astonishingly ineffective, that all we can really do is get on our knees.
This is another silent cry to action and prayer. A call to end the tyranny and madness of another African dictator. To stand in the gap for a nation held in the grip of poverty, death and deep darkness.
I can't help but pose the philosophical question - Where is the justice? Is there justice?
This is not a dramatised plea for aid and UN relief, but a heartfelt desire for freedom and light to burst through the haze of deception that has hidden the plight of real people in a real place!
Saturday, 07 July 2007
Sunday, 01 July 2007
Something old, Something new, Something English??
Well Justin and I went to my team leaders (from work) wedding reception yesterday. We actually went to the "after the reception reception-party". We arrived at the beautiful venue, Dunston Hall a bit earlier than the rest of my team, we felt like we were crashing an event actually. There were table settings so we all thought well maybe we should find a table. But we realised that the tables were all used by the reception attendees so we skittled outside onto the terrace. It was cold and spitting rain drops, but it was so beautiful, which made up for the weather.
We were expecting that there might be maybe a speech or an announcement to introduce the new bride and groom - but nothing happened, except more and more work people arriving! So the pace of the evening was set - drinking, talking, drinking, dancing and the continual flow of the booze. So we were at a loss really. It was quite a culture shock.
We were expecting that there might be maybe a speech or an announcement to introduce the new bride and groom - but nothing happened, except more and more work people arriving! So the pace of the evening was set - drinking, talking, drinking, dancing and the continual flow of the booze. So we were at a loss really. It was quite a culture shock.
What we are used to is being invited to a wedding ceremony - the most important part of the beginning of marriage (at least in my perspective) - and then if you are close family and friends you are invited to the dinner and after party. It was just so odd to be invited to celebrate the marriage of 2 people that you didn't even see get married!!
After getting over the differences in culture, we had a really good evening. Got to dance to a live wedding band and got to dress up to do it all!!
So here's to the new - cause you can't always live in the past, and nothing is the same everywhere...
*tam**
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