These past few weeks have been hectic as a local South African would say. Apparently the end of September is a popular time for NGO funders to want projects wrapped up and reports turned in. So in South African time that means things get done mid-October. I did two survey analyses and two reports for funders - one survey on hunger and land access for farm workers in the Rawsonville area and the other on labour rights and wages for farm workers and farm dwellers.
After the busy week, I was eager for a break! This past weekend I went to a three day long music festival called Rocking the Daisies, just an hour and a half from Cape Town. It is a huge deal, happens once a year, and is probably the most well know music festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. It is pretty much a modern Woodstock. Anyway, I went with a few friends. We camped all weekend, listened to music, laid out in the sun around a reservoir, and enjoyed the outdoors. Besides being extremely hot, we had beautiful weather. The only downer to the weekend was Sunday morning's Rugby World Cup game where the South African Springbok's lost to the Australian Wallabie's in a tight 9-11 match. The entire festival crowd got up at 7am (or just never went to bed) in order to gather around a huge screen and cheer on the Boks. The South African unity and pride when it comes to the Springboks is really amazing actually and I have loved getting into the game. I have never seen so many people wearing the same green and gold jersey - no matter what age, gender, race, social status, etc. This is a pretty big feat for South Africa.
And now I am hanging out in the Dubai airport enroute to Saint Louis! I'm taking a little 2 week holiday mostly because my aunt and cousin will be in town from Switzerland as well. I got jealous at the thought of everyone hanging out together without me... and I could really use some quality Panera time. I get in Tuesday evening and am in town through Wednesday the 19th!
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