Indiana Jones and the Car Guard (Visually Expressed)

So this situation happened earlier today in text:

Yuvi:
Guard at Gateway staff parking boom gate:
"Back?" [opens boom without stopping me]
Me:
"Sorry?"
 Guard:
"Weren't you here just now?"
Me:
"... ... ... Yes." [Drives inside]

Sean:
Guard is racist. Trying to imply all indiana look alike.

(Yes, I know it was just a dumb typo and Sean meant to say "all Indians look alike" but I laughed so hard at this that I decided to make a picture and a blog post. IT'S MAH BLOG! I'LL DO WHAT I WAUNT!)

It's been a busy period

For those of you who instantly thought of a hard-working menstrual cycle after reading the title, shame on you.
But I high five you for your punny and filthy thoughts.

But really, these last couple months have been pretty damn busy.
I did lots of work and got a lot more responsibility in my job.
I didn't get to say a few things here.
Had an awesome birthday. Verushka spoilt me. :)
Met the guys at The Pavilion ON THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE YEAR or something. Took forever to find a parking. We had some lunch and stuff. It was good. I miss those guys on a daily basis.

I had some interesting training in Johannesburg.
All about Audio/Visual equipment and the science behind it. WENT INTO OHM'S LAW AND EVERYTHING.
WUT.

I started The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time again. In my opinion, still one of the best games ever made.
I'm a fan of the Legend of Zelda franchise and I played most of the games... unfortunately I haven't gotten to play the Gamecube, Wii and 3DS games...
Anyway, Ocarina of Time. Yeah, I've been trying to 100% it (That's right. It's a verb now.) but there's so many sidequests that take patience, many attempts or just searching so hard for things that it becomes quite a mission.
My favourite boss from the game is Bongo Bongo. (Thought I'd mention that.)

I've also finally watched some of Game of Thrones after being harrassed for years (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE). I do like it. I think it's a cool concept and that the slight supernatural mix with the relatively realistic take on that time period seems pretty awesome. However, I do admit that it lost its novelty very quickly with me. I've been hooked on series before. Scrubs and Friends are two long-running series that I've watched completely from start to finish in a month (or less) each. I've even more-or-less done this with Heroes and one or two other series (so yeah, not just comedy). But I don't think I could do this with Game of Thrones for some reason.
[Winces apologetically as Cavie falls to his knees, letting out a resounding "NOOOOOO!"]
^ Wouldn't be the first time I've brought Cavie to his knees though.

I'm sorry, Bloggy. I didn't forget about you. I've just been really busy and stuff.

Blog:
It's okay, babe <3 I love you

What??

Blog:
... Nothing. BYE. [click]

... Okay... Anyway.
Well, yeah. So, I'm still alive. Verushka's been really busy recently so it's been a little difficult. But she's been awesome and she's tried to make sure I'm not neglected etc.
Right now she's in Swaziland (since last Monday. She'll be back next Friday) and I miss her. Thankfully she's had some communication privileges. So I've been able to chat and occasionally phone.
She'll be back soon and I'll be happy to see her. Naturally, she ran into some trouble, but here's hoping it gets sorted out. [Raises coffee mug and promptly drinks from it]. The coffee was ice cold. GODDAMMIT.

Anyway, hope everyone's doing well. Good luck with exams to those who are writing. Good luck with results to those who are waiting for results.

See you in issue 48! Until next time, warriors!

Shmo

Good day, readers!

Today, I have decided to treat you to the magical skills of the amazing Shmodini!
No, that's not really her name. (No offence if your name actually is Shmodini.)
Simone van der Merwe (Shmo) has been a friend of mine since the good ol' days in primary school when I somehow enjoyed running into her fist.

She's now currently into animation and has produced some incredible works, whether picture or video.

Now that I think about it, she's always been interested in animation and even though she crazily thought that my Crash Bandicoot drawings were good, she has excellent taste and vision.

Here is just a sample of her superpower:
WATCH IT.

Hello, 2013

</2012>

<2013>

WELL, HELLO!

So, everyone's doing end of year posts and/or start of year posts. I figured I'd do one too.
I just read a long, personal and intricate post from a dear bro and understood a lot more about his year.
I'm not going to be as detailed in my recollections or as personal, but I will blab about 2012 a little.

Okay, so from this side of the looking glass, 2012 might have seemed quite a crappy year, a tiring adventure and overall, the end of my favourite era in life, but I think if I look at the positives, 2012 was great in some ways.

I'll try to be at least MOSTLY chronological so that things make sense here.

Anyway, so the year started off with me at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, finishing off my BCom ISTN degree.
As much as I was tired of studying and writing exams, campus life has been my favourite part of life.
There was enough freedom for me to enjoy everything and to feel liberated but not so much freedom that I had too much responsibility placed on my shoulders.
I admit that I'm able to do so much more now, but I think I will always miss that point of my life.
Well, I had a great time being with my friends and relaxing for most of the day, every day. I miss them so much and it's quite disappointing not to be able to see them often as I did before. I think that's why I miss this area of life so much.
Things were much more fun when I could wake up in the morning, get to campus and trot off to find Cavie and the gang.
I do so miss sitting next to them in the LAN or at a bench near the pond.
(Sigh... okay, yes, I did initially write that about Cavie and then I realised that it sounded mean to leave out the others. Guys, I loved hanging out with all of you. You all gave me company when I needed it and you all helped me have an awesome semester for 2012. Sean, Amy, Prashna, Cohen, Smee, Brad, Hen, Adrian, Byron, Sanchia, Jes and Yashaar. I'm just mentioning the people that I hung out with most often. Hope I didn't forget anyone. I know Tant wasn't physically with us, but she was always there to chat and stuff. WAIT. WE MET HER! I can totally say that now.)
Anyway, so I passed my final set of exams in June after much studying, sweating and staying up late (to play games between studying, of course).
I officially have a degree :)

Unfortunately for most of this time, my beloved Verushka had been working (since January) so I was unable to freely see her. That was the one real pain between January and July.
Although, since she was a lot more mobile than me most of the time, she popped in to visit a few times :)
-and thankfully, we were able to meet on weekends, etc.
I was so happy each and every time I saw her.
I thank her for the many times she went out of her way to see me or help me out.
<3

I realise now that I didn't enjoy my July holiday as much as I wanted to.
I wish I did. I SHOULD HAVE SLEPT MORE.

Otherwise, the next big thing was that I got a car and a job.
ERMERGERD.

Ifrit has been an incredible help. I've become quite used to driving on my own now.
I even enjoy it. Muse has become my driving music (Muse-ic?) recently and I'm quite happy about that.
I currently have all 6 of their main albums in the car.

Work has been boring and tiring, then hectic, then interesting and now boring again due to the lack of anything during the holiday season. I'm hoping to get back to more interesting work such as configurations and setting up other device software.

My parents and granny have been out for the holiday period so I've had to take care of more stuff at home.
Parents went to Egypt and my granny was in Johannesburg.

What I am really happy about is that I got to spend a lot of time with Verushka recently.
I even got to see her around Christmas and New Year.
Her and her family have been very sweet with insisting on having us over for supper, tea and anything else that they were doing at the time.

I also got to spend a lot of time with Previn and Daelin since they were down. In fact, they were awesome in inviting Verushka to their house as well.

Daelin was quite entertaining this holiday. Ironically, Johnnie Walker stopped him from walking.
He's fine now guys. Don't worry.

I watched some awesome movies (Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit, Life of Pi)
Found an awesome website (StumbleUpon)
Finally had a good drink on New Years Eve (driving set me back there. Thankfully I didn't have to drive on NYE.)
Played, laughed, loved, lived.
All in all, 2012 wasn't so bad. A lot of new experiences. A few things came to an end. I learnt a lot and experienced a lot of new things.
I know I mentioned it at the beginning, but I chose not to mention much of the negative stuff about the past year because there's no point starting this year with troublesome thoughts.

Coming this year:
-Graduation
-Metallica
-more work stuff
-more blog posts

And... um... yeah. Think that's about it for now. Gonna have some lunch and stuff.
Cheers.

Bl-Bl-Bl-Blogs... Bl-Bl-Bl-Blogs...

Hope you read the title in the tune of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

So, I've never really been such a fan of specific blogs.
You know... like a blog solely dedicated to some topic. Even intellectual stuff has somehow become slightly boring to me after time. I think I'm just a fan of variation. I guess you're supposed to browse something else and then get back to the blog in order to break up the monotony.

Meh.

Anyway, so I think I was introduced to blogging by Cavie. (See http://cah-vie.blogspot.com/ )
I enjoy his ramblings.
However, I realised that so many blogs don't capture the person I know (and am fond of).
[Waits for Cavie to jump back in horror/confusion]
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that I don't like your blog. It's just that you're witty and cheerful in person and then suddenly your blog sounds like you in 50 years. I know those thoughts are part of you too, but that's not ALL you are.
I don't like how everyone's blogs have somehow become a way to express deep and emo shit.
I want more random posts and quick thoughts like I see in Adrian's (http://awesomenessincarn8.blogspot.com) and Sanchia's (http://supersanchia.blogspot.com) blogs.
Simple and yet awesome.

Anyway... just a thought.

A little while ago, communicating with a LAN not so far away...

Conversation with Sean:

------------------------

Sean:  dude, a pretty girl just sat next to the computer next to me, i was searching for star wars wallpapers at the time, she left soon after. she didn't seem so pretty after that.

 me:  She went from Leia to Jabba in 1.6 seconds.

 Sean:  lol. the force was not with her

she wasn't gonna feel my force. :P

 me:  Star Wars? She doesn't give a sith.

 Sean:  it wasnt the wallpapers she was looking for.

 me:  Once she saw the Star Wars wallpapers, she was Qui GONE.

 Sean:  she felt as if she was in alderaan places.

 me:  LOL

She left you to park off, Solo.

 Sean:  she just ewok up and left.

 Sean:  it was a pretty darth situation after that

she was just another c3p Ho

 me:  LOL at the ewok one.

Maybe she thought you were a little too tall to be a Stormtrooper.

 Sean:  lolololol

 Sean:  i was a lil Hoth under the collar though

 me:  LOL

 Sean:  my hyperdrive didn't need fixing when she was around.

 me:  Lucky she just left though. If she was really bad, she could have sprayed you with Mace... Windu.

 Sean:  that would've been some Grievous bodily harm.

 me:  :D

Was trying to think of a way to use that.

 Sean:  lol, i got nothing now. can't think.

 me:  Maybe she only goes for guys that have a tattoo...ine...

 Sean:  i can't even try, coz there is none.

lol

 me:  She was like Obi Wan KeNObi

 Sean:  she walked out the door and left it aJAR JAR.

 me:  Maybe it's because you weren't wearing a Tie.

 Sean:  lol. And i pictured us eating coruscants in paris too

 me:  SHE SENSED A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE (How did we not think of that one?)

 Sean:  lol, it's the obvious ones that elude us.

 me:  Did she walk out normally? Or did she leave while dancing Gungan Style?

 Sean:  she seemed a lil Fett though.

 me:  Maybe she didn't think your lightsaber was long enough?

 me:  Maybe she thought you were The PhanTOM Menace.

 Sean:  LOL, nah, i think i just underestimated her power to resist me.

 me:  Maybe it's because she said I and you said RRRRRRRRRRRR

*hi

 Sean:  maybe it's coz of the food i had in my mouth at the time, it was a bit Chewie.

me:  Caveshen:  Do or do not make jokes, there is no try.

I pasted the convo to him.

 Sean:  Lololol

 me:  :/ can't think of anything else.

 Sean:  yeah, i think we've exhausted it. there's only so much star wars in my head.

 me:  I find our lack of jokes disturbing

 

Sean:  me sa think so too.

==========

Conversation with Caveshen (after pasting most of the conversation with Sean):

----------

Caveshen:  ROFLCOPTER.

This is one of those I wish I was there moments.

EPIC.

 me:  We're both stuck for jokes now.

 Caveshen:  Lololol, it was fucking funny though.

So no harm done. :D

No need for FORCE it.

*to.

-____-

 me:  LOL FIRST JOKE AND THERE'S A TYPO

 Caveshen:  Do or do not make jokes, there is no try.

==========

FUJIN...

So, for a long time, I've promised a certain someone that I'd write a blog post about her.
I've actually put this on hold for a while, not just because I had to write exams and all the other stuff I mentioned in the previous post, but also because SHE had to write exams and stuff.
THEN SHE'LL FUJIN BLAME ME IF SHE DOESN'T DO WELL.
FFSISFGYDUIFGY

Ahem...

Hi, Tant :)
How are you?
So, like, I figured that you should have some time to read this in between your hubbly sessions and obsessing over puppies and stuff.

So, yeah, I know you've been busy with a lot of stuff this year, just like me, and this post is sorta saying thanks for still being around for me and stuff. You've helped me through a lot of shit :) I appreciate it.
LOL "through a lot of shit"
Well, I might as well return the favour and get you through the following shit:

:) ?

You always tried to help out and also tried to teach me some common sense stuff, hey?
 Even though sometimes you say "I HATE UOU"

But, yeah, thanks for being there and stuff, fatty. You should "come here" and meet up with us for that. We owe you a hubbly session, and a party and shit, hey?

LOL "party and shit"

[Something about green tea here]

Also, you're a
FPoSDP.
^ You know what that stands for. :)

Okay, that's about it.

And I'm eating a Tex. Hope you're jealous. :D

I mean end of post is and for happy and you know?

OH AND
Before you go, you have to see this guy. He's so cute!

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/4AUIIgH-m64/0.jpg

DEGREE. AMBUSH. WEDDING. DRAKENSBERG. BIRTHDAYS

Okay, so I've had a relatively busy period of life since exams.
Here's a summarised version:

THE DEGREE

So I passed all my exams this semester and because of that, I completed my degree :)

CONFIRMATION OF DEGREE

Rather happy that that's over but it's not fun to be without campus friends and stuff now.
Especially since the gee-eff is in Mozambique since last week.
I feel so alone :/

Took forever to finish campus stuff by the way :/
With the amount of checking and confirming I had to do.
Apart from having to deal with staff replying to my emails with "goway" :|
Seriously. WHO DOES THAT?
Otherwise, it's been job hunting and stuff. Bleh. It sucks. DO NOT LIKE.

---

So anyway, the reason that everything's been busy and stuff since exams is not just because of campus stuff or job hunting. It's mostly because my cousin, Reuben, was getting married! (Again, congrats/condolences!)
I have a relatively large amount of overseas relatives so because they were down, we were trying to see them almost every day.
I got to see Mary Rose, Indran and Caelyn. Got to take care of Caelyn for some time this holiday.
Hayley, Sastri, Devak and Jai were also around and we got to see them for a while too :)

Before I got to hang with them and stuff, however, I was ambushed.

THE AMBUSH

It was a dark and stormy night.
Okay, no. It was a calm and relatively average day.
I went to visit Verushka in order for her to help me with my CV and job hunting.
We spent most of the morning doing that. Suddenly and unfortunately, Verushka received some stressful work-related news (her own work, that is) and I decided to stay a little longer and make sure she was okay. Not too long because her family was coming over for supper that evening.
It was getting towards late afternoon and we had just about sorted everything out when SUDDENLY... some family arrived. :/
Panic stained the air.
Thankfully, Trishanta and Yulishka arrived first. I knew them and apart from seeing their disturbing faces, I was okay with them being there.
I needed to escape quickly so I started getting ready and then was struck with another blow when I heard a second car pulling up the driveway.
[Horror movie music starts playing in the background]
Relative after relative was introduced to me. I received stares, nicknames, and then... compliments, jokes, warming smiles.
This family wasn't so bad :)
In fact, they were very much like my own. A large family, but one that I enjoyed being around.
Of course, I was not used to everyone yet, but they seemed like actual good people.
Slightly calmer now, I managed to mingle a little and to even laugh and talk.
All in all, an okay experience.
Perhaps I would not mind seeing these people again.

---

ANYWAY, the actual big event. The wedding:

THE WEDDING

Reuben's wedding required us to help out quite a bit and to see most of my family very often. I don't mind seeing my family as I'm very comfortable with most of them.
I would say everything went swimmingly: the bachelor party, nalangu, and the wedding itself.

I don't have a picture of the bridal couple, but I managed to take this delightful pic of Jai feeding Caelyn.

Anyway, glad that everything went well and all the best for Reuben and Kemsila in the future. :)
They do, in fact, make a wonderful couple. (Good luck, Kemsila. You'll need it.)

---

DRAKENSBERG

So after the wedding, we were free to spend more time with Indran, Mary Rose and Caelyn.
We actually went to Drakensberg for a couple days. Thought I'd just briefly mention it (LOLbrief).

Caelyn on the swing

Mum, Orisha, Mary Rose, Papa and Indran during our short hike.

 Yep. Was rather entertaining. The little lady kept us busy and when we actually got to spend time with Indran and Mary Rose, they were excellent company as usual. :)

---

BIRTHDAYS

After we got back, I attended two 21st birthday events. Yashaar's and my cousin, Brandon's.

The traditional cake photo. (Well, him as well, but I meant the birthday cake that is ON his face.)

Sorry, Brandon. I didn't take any photos at your party :/
Oops.
But another happy birthday for each of you! All the best, God's richest blessings, etc etc.

---

Um... I think that's about it for the holiday summary?
Yeah, okay. More posts to come shortly. Then after they're done, they'll appear on this  blog. Yay.

Because YOLO

I mean, this post and, you know?

I mean, introduction to post and is you for the hurdle is hard and, you know?

Confused?

http://www.foddy.net/WinnervsLoser.html
^ PLAY THIS (it's 2-Player, though.)

In fact, all the games on Foddy.net have helped me de-stress throughout this semester.
Silly as they are, they're pretty damn addictive.

Foddy's been famous for QWOP for a while, but we killed it this year by visiting it every day.
Sean and I competed daily in Winner vs Loser, Pole Riders (where we added our own rules to make it fair) and 2QWOP. Even the 3 best one-player games (QWOP, Too Many Ninjas, and Little Master Cricket) had us competing via high scores.

My high score in Too Many Ninjas.

Eventually, Winner vs Loser became a meme for us where we ended up talking like the end-of-race speeches.

IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY IT YET, GO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU READ THE REST OF THIS POST.

Example of the awesome winning/losing speeches.

Well, he posed for it. I had to.

(Yes, I'm aware that I should be studying for exams. I took a break. This didn't take me long. I swear.)

Okay, okay.
I'm going.
BYE.

... ... ... you know?

Ya, Brad?

Taking a break from studying to write something here.

Since I made something for Brad, it seems fit that he also gets his own blog post in order to receive it.
I'm not sure how long this link lasts, so download it sharp-game, Brad.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0j7mgb98g5iybp/PoekmonGaem.exe

Sameer and my dear Cava may also appreciate this so you guys should dig in. (Cava, you may also wanna download this after you dig in.)

Sorry, guys. I was lazy to do the intro screen of it.

ALSO take note that it's 30mb.

UPDATE:
I changed a few things and actually put a title screen in now.

My Lucky Birthday 2012

So, today (11 May) was my birthday.

By the time I finish posting this, it'll probably be well past 12 so I had to add the date.

... So I remember when my birthday was...

No, I'm not that old. I just often have trouble remembering what I'm saying, what I'm doing, what is going on around me, and what I'm saying.

SO...

Was a relatively cool day.

Started off with some special people being the first ones to wish me. You know who you are. :)

Economics reared its ugly head and threatened to ruin the day, but some of my family, my awesome friends and that girl, Verushka decided to save me and stuff.

I was treated to many amazingly-well-thought-out messages.

Then... long story short :

Wasn't a complete disaster, though.

Whoever phoned me, I was able to answer without having to see anything on my broken screen.

In addition, I was able to see some awesome Facebook posts and tweets directed at me.

Of course, I was also able to see a few of my good friends at campus and they made sure to wish me in person. They even forced a Happy Birthday balloon and Nerd-card upon me, a slice of Bar-One cake which i definitely refused until I was forced (Shh! Verushka might be reading this!) and some even went as far as to give me a birthday Unreal Tournament game.

Yes. You, Thomas (Alright. Fine. "Sean.").

Adams waitress girl was pretty amped about it too. :)

Was phoned by Tanusha! YAY. She talked a lot of shit... but faeces is a common topic in our conversation, so that's no surprise.
I really should find out her name...

I was also taken to Spur for supper, where I enjoyed my second favourite rack. (You should know this one.)
Many phone calls throughout the day from people far and wide in the world.

End of the day? Who else could fill that position other than the same Verushka that started my day off?

Thank you for doing what you could for me. Your efforts are appreciated more than you know. :)

Even the smallest ones strike home. :)

---

My birthday balloon!

Prashna's "birthday card" (front)

Prashna's "birthday card" (back)

Cava's candle

DAT GUY

So I know I blogged less than a day ago, but today's the 23rd of April :)
That means that I have to blab about Caveshen Rajman for a minute.
I won't overdo it, but I just have to say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

MUCH LOVE AND STUFF (H)

Just a simple "card" wishing you an awesome day, from me :3

---

GUY LOVE (SCRUBS)

[J.D.]

Let's face the facts about me and you,

A love unspecified.

Though I'm proud to call you "Chocolate Bear,"

The crowd will always talk and stare.

[Turk]

I feel exactly those feelings, too

And that's why I keep them inside.

'Cause this bear can't bear the world's disdain,

And sometimes it's easier to hide,

Than explain our

[J.D. and Turk]

Guy love,

That's all it is,

Guy love,

He's mine, I'm his,

There's nothing gay about it in our eyes.

[Turk]

You ask me 'bout this thing we share,

[J.D.]

And he tenderly replies,

[Turk]

It's guy love

[J.D. and Turk]

Between two guys.

[Turk]

We're closer than the average man and wife,

[J.D.]

That's why our matching bracelets say Turk and J.D.

[Turk]

You know I'll stick by you, for the rest of my life.

[J.D.]

You're the only man who's ever been inside of me.

[Turk]

Whoa, I just took out his appendix.

[J.D.]

There's no need to clarify,

[Turk]

Oh no?

[J.D.]

Just let it grow more and more each day.

It's like I married my best friend,

[Turk]

But in a totally manly way.

[J.D. and Turk]

Let's go!

It's guy love,

Don't compromise,

The feeling of some other guy,

Holding up your heart,

Into the sky.

[J.D.]

I'll be there to care through all the lows.

[Turk]

I'll be there to share the highs.

[J.D. and Turk]

It's guy love,

Between two guys.

[J.D.]

And when I say, "I love you, Turk,"

It's not what it implies.

[J.D. and Turk]

It's guy love

Between

Two

Guys

One week. Many stories.

So prepare yourself, readers, for a rather long post.
It is filled with tales of romance, action, magic and ... okay, no, not really.
... Well,  I guess in its own way, it actually is...
ANYWAY, point is: it's been an eventful week, so I figure a nice post would be ideal to cover everything.
No? Well then maybe just read the stuff you think is good.

VERUSHKA'S GRADUATION

So, Verushka invited me for her graduation on Friday.
I understood that it was to be 2-4 hours of sitting in a crowded room full of formal procedures and boring speeches. I understood that Verushka would not be with me during any of this and that I had to wear a too-tight suit all evening. I also understood that I would have to be stuck alone with Verushka's parents, the thought of which frightened me a bit. :x
The reason I cared not for any of these problems?
MY GIRL WAS GRADUATING. :)
I'd have gone even if it was in the desert. (for those of you who know me, you'll know I die in the heat/sun.)
WELL. It was actually quite a different story from my expectations. :)
I firstly and THANKFULLY got to see her before the ceremony. I got to talk to her a bit and make sure she was okay. (Okay, fine. She had to make sure that I was okay. Same thing.)
She looked stunning :)
(She also chose the one sari that I mentally tagged as my favourite. I am quite sure that this was done purposely to make me all sweaty and nervous when I saw her.)
Secondly, her cousin, Trishanta, came along to give me company. An incredibly sweet gesture that I shall not forget anytime soon. THANKS CHAMPS :)
Thirdly, Verushka's parents were awesome :) I should have expected no less. They were fun, entertaining and pretty sweet about everything. (More on this in a bit.)
Fourthly, the function itself turned out to be pretty light-hearted and fun :)
It was quite annoyingly loud and rowdy at times, but it was quite interesting to watch :)
Finally, my suit made it through the evening without exploding! :D
I held in my fat half the time and I couldn't button up my shirt's top button so I just pulled up my tie to block it, but I think I pulled it off well enough.

So anyway, Verushka graduated, hey. :)
She was in the second-to-last row of people, if I remember right, so it was a pretty long wait for us, but the time eventually came and although we didn't get the best view of things, we have some pictures, a video, and (more importantly) the awesome memory of that evening. :)

I wish I had clearer photos of the event, but this is what we saw:

The graduation ceremony outline/structure/proceedings guide thing.

Verushka getting her graduate (sigh... okay, GRADUATOR) name called out.

Verushka getting capped and getting the degree conferred upon her.

No, she's not getting strangled, that's the sash thing they have to wear.

Verushka's walk of success

Verushka glancing up at us proud audience members

So, yeah. That was her part of the graduation :)
I'm so very proud of her :)
Of course, we knew she had her degree already, but I was happy to see it again, and to see it being publicly acknowledged. I planned to scream; shout; make some sort of noise when they called out her name, but for fear of my voice breaking during my proud nature call, I decided against it. Also, I was trying to take photos, so I couldn't clap much either :(
Hope she was happy, though :)

After this event, when we finally found each other outside the heavily-packed Sports Center, we went out for a celebratory dinner. I had an awesome time with Verushka, Champs and Verushka's parents. We went to Spiga d'Oro on Florida Road.
I ordered "Tagliatelle Della Roma" with chicken, Verushka had chicken and mushroom lasagne, Champs had some awesome pasta thing, Verushka's mum had a steak or lamb roll, and Verushka's father ordered something he didn't enjoy with chutney in it. :/
All in all, an awesome evening, and I was really appreciative for the supper and stuff. (And the bubblegum-related entertainment from Verushka's father :P)
I'll be glad to hang out with them again :)

PREVIN'S VISIT

So during the graduation, Previn arrived in Durban and wanted to visit, but unfortunately, I didn't notice until after the function (at, like, 10pm) when we were going for supper. I figured I'd talk to Previn when we sat down for supper.
Because we live in such a small world, I got to talk to Previn in person, because, of course, he showed up at the same restaurant with some Nikita Reddy girl. :)

Anyway, I got to talk to him and Niki for a bit. Then we got to see him yesterday (Saturday) and again today.
It's always awesome seeing him. We just chill, but we have some good times. PLUS HE BOUGHT ME TIM TAMS. (H)

I also forgot to mention to most of my friends that he ran the Two Oceans marathon and got a Bronze medal.
EPIC, PREV! [Gives Previn a high-five followed by a click of the fingers]
I won't forget to mention Onashan (Onny) who also ran with an exploded leg and still got Bronze.
EPIC, ONNY!

Prev, we shall see you again soon! Have a safe trip back and an awesome time... at work :/

CAVA'S DBN GAMERS MEET-UP

So, on this same weekend, Cava went to a DBN Gamers event. It's a meeting for gamers in Durban (obviously) and I don't know too much about it, but it seems really interesting and informative as well. It also includes my dearest Caveshen Rajman, so of course I wanted to go. It apparently had a Star Wars theme and everything. I would have liked to go but unfortunately, it was quite a busy weekend (I'm also supposed to be studying for - ONCE AGAIN - Economics.)
Verushka and I will try to attend the next event :)
Promise.

Also... something's coming up tomorrow :)
Ya? You thought I forgot?
We'll be sure to do something this week or weekend.

YASHAAR'S SUCCESSFUL MEME

Next topic for today: Another good friend of mine, Yashaar, made a meme on videogames.memebase.com.
It's Mass Effect-related, so I'm sure Mass Effect fans will appreciate it more than me. No, I'm not against Mass Effect. I just don't have the console/PC capability to play it. Sii-iigh...

His post is http://videogames.memebase.com/2012/04/21/video-game-memes-picks-destroy-causes-synthesis/ if you're interested in checking it/voting for it :)

Well done Yashaar! :D

THE RETURN OF ARTEMIS FOWL

No, it's not about a new book in the series or something, I just happened to stop reading Artemis Fowl And The Atlantis Complex for a while and I finally got back to it when I should be studying :)
Can't think of someone who would appreciate the ideas and concepts of this book more than Caveshen Rajman. He really needs to read this series.
I was also quite interested in the twisted love story in the background of this story. No, I'm not gonna put up any spoilers. :)
Read it yourself if you're interested.
Anyway, just wanted to mention this before I got to the next awesome topic:

POTTERMORE. 'NUFF SAID.


So Pottermore came out this week. :D :D :D
WHAT?!
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS?!
WHAT THE ... [breathes and calms self down]

Ahem. So, yeah.
POTTERMORE...
THE Harry Potter interactive website.
Yes. That one.
That's out now.

I signed up :)
Got sorted into Ravenclaw. :)
I'm smart and shit, yo.
"I'm an intellect" :P
My sweet, wonderful, caring Verushka joined as well and got sorted... into... Slytherin... of course.
But it's okay. Even though I'm going to kick her ass at all the interhouse activities, I'll still love her :)
My good friend, Adrian Naidoo, helped me get into the sport of Duelling.
At the moment, only book one is out, and there aren't many other things to do on the site, but I'm sure there will be much more added once the website passes its beta stage.
Another thing I had to mention, being a very big Harry Potter fan. :)

So yeah. An eventful week.
More crap soon!

Seven. The most magical post.

Trying to find my awesome post about my friends and stuff? Well, unfortunately it is no longer here.

Why not?

Someone thought the picture that I had of her here wasn't the best picture and she asked me to please replace it because it apparently showed up as the first image result if someone Googled her.

Somehow, Blogger took my CTRL+V on her highlighted picture to mean "Delete this post forever" because I tried to undo, refresh the page and anything else I could think of...

...but alas... my post has disappeared.

Here, Dinisha. :)

Hope you're happy.

Look upon this terrible face. The face of the person that destroyed my work on this post.