Diwali with The Singh's

We have just arrived in JHB, well to be exact, Rustenberg.
But on Wednesday night Ryan decided we had to go and take pictures of the Diwali fireworks. At first, I was not impressed. I had to pack and iron and sort issues out before JHB but after having one of the most memorable experiences of my 2011, I was only to happy to have got to bed at 2am.

We found a beautiful home in Umhlanga decorated with lights and a backdrop of fireworks.
After being caught by the eldest daughter for taking photo's, we were invited into Mr and Mrs Singh's home.
Greeted with sweet meat eats on a silver tray, invited into the prayer room to witness the prayer, blessed afterwards and stayed on for the amazing fireworks.

Picture by RyanMatthewAdams

The Singh family are amazing people and I would like to thank them for their wonderful hospitality, friendliness and allowing us into their home to share Diwali and explain the actual meaning of the celebration.

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Double dates....order the pasta.

Tonight was a dinner at one of my regular half price special restaurants Plate in Hotel 64 on Gordon road with an old friend.

In front of us was a table of four. Two guys and two girls. A double date.
While I am sure they were only but too happy to be listening to our conversation of cussing, sexual conversations and heightened voices as the wine kept flowing ( as us girls do- please note the sarcasm in my typing voice), I had to stop and watch them as four individuals and as two couples.

The two guys were trying ever so subtly to compete with each other. Talking about their jobs, flashing their car keys around and lastly, one of them pulling their iPad out.
While the girls kept chatting quietly in the corner; I am sure acting in a very similar way to the boys but I could not hear them.

I'm a people watcher and I was so enthralled by the human behaviour of these four people. Both couples ordered exactly the same thing. One couple the pasta dish and the other the fillet dish. And the men ordered for the ladies.
Now this made me wonder...did they always do this while dining out or was this something they did only when meeting with friends and they felt insecure about themselves?

Nevertheless, my meal was amazing, the company phenomenal and an all round good evening. Try it out sometime.

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African Fashion Week

So it has been African fashion week and the tweets, facebook statuses and fashion websites have been going crazy with who, what and how to wear it is hot and who is taking the lead.

I think its awesome and so important that Africa is included and have our own fashion week.

It makes me proud to be a South African.

Good luck to all those designers that worked their blood, sweat and tears into their designs and I hope everything worked out.

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my life at the moment

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RyanMatthewAdams

The boyfriend has just launched his blog, company and business card and I am only but so proud and happy.
It has been a long, long road to get there but he is doing it precisely and cautiously and I know he is going to be brilliant because he is brilliant.

He is a photographer who catches what his subject is thinking, feeling and experiencing all in that single click of his camera. And his photo's really do speak a thousand words.

Anyone needing any kind of photography work...he is your man.
(yes I am his agent and I do get a cut)

http://rmadams.blogspot.com/

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Home semi final for the Sharks

The excitement last night was very hyped up while we watched the Sharks thrash the Lions at Kings Park last night. In my excitement, I ran to the car, grabbed the laptop and wanted to try and book tickets for the home semi final...but alas, they were not for sale yet.

So this morning, I grabbed the laptop and went online to book tickets for our home semi final only to see that the tickets had gone from R60 per person to R150 per person.
Surely, if we all support our rugby boys the ticket prices shouldn't increase?
Im not impressed at all and would rather have a nce dinner out than pay that price for tickets.

One unimpressed rugby fan over here!

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Yikes...the weeks just disappears!

I know, I know...it has been over a week since my last blog post but when I say I am busy; that is the understatement of the year.
So today is just a quick hello and chat about my favourite thing of the week which is, um....oh yes, I have just entered the cool competitions on the House and Leisure website and I hope I get to win one of them.
This easy to use and neatly presented website is a quick and easy reading website to look around.

Pic courtesy of House and Leisure

Go and enter the competitions! Click here

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