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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. So I sit here…. I am suffering a bit (a lot) with the insecurities of not having a job or a clue what will happen in the future – my future. Firstly there are very few to no jobs to actually apply for. Secondly they all want someone with a Masters. Now I have 6 years of experience that I feel is equivalent to a Masters but I think I am the only person I can convince of that. Ha. I need a kick in the pants and a “how to ...

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poseamonkey | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. I was 9 years old. So here are my utterly self-indulgent memories of the historical moments surrounding Madiba, that I cling to fiercely in order to remember the rare and remarkable way in which he walked through this world. To see a man walk out of jail? It befuddled me. Why would the world stop to watch a man walking out of jail? I do remember Mandela’s inauguration and speech. I think this was the first time I fe...He whos...

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Thank you Madiba. | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. This is something I wrote years ago, I think I posted it before. I never finished editing it. It is not perfect, but it is truly from the heart. Life is a sentence. Can a sentence contain a small man. Bent over a hammer. A sentence cannot bind a man. Whose roughened hands remould. The dust and gravel and blood and bones. Of a wasted, sentenced place,. A man whose tongue digs past words. In men whose words are shackles. You ar...

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In the name of the father… or the mother? | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. In the name of the father… or the mother? Rebecca at Girl’s Gone Child. Wrote a post about whether or not to take your husband’s surname, and whose name the kids will get. Imagine we had some kids. Not just one because multiple spawn make the name game more interesting, and actually less complicated. I have considered many of the alternatives people mention on Rebecca’s blog, and some others:. The BFG suggested just picking a...

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Untangle this mess if you can. | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. Untangle this mess if you can. I’ve never been good with tension and drama, my immediate reaction is to ostrich myself away from those kinds of situations. However BFG has arranged to meet up with some kind-of family this weekend, and no matter what we do, the situation is going to be awkward. What makes it even more awkward is that recently one of BFG’s cousins had a major altercation with this brother, relating to wor...

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Mayan renewal? | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. Er… where did the time go? I did a duck and booked myself on a last minute overland tour to Namibia – I know, what South African would do that? You can just drive there. Well, it was awesome and I had a blast and it was affordable too. I am thinking about doing similar things to Botswana and behond in the future, if I can afford it. I highly recommend Acacia Africa. This year I travelled to seven new countries:. The reason I ...

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The art of the struggle. | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. The art of the struggle. I went for an interview last week, and suddenly it hit me – work. Yuck! I don’t want that! All this time I have been struggling with unemployment, the guilt, the anxiety over not knowing what is in my future, feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem, surely no one would hire me, I can’t do anything…. Lying in bed sounds so much better. Oct 29, 2012. Oct 29, 2012. Never were truer words written!

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Learning to read. | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. Do you remember learning to read? It’s weird but I don’t. When I was small, kids in South Africa started school really late. I started big school the year I turned 7. I don’t know what it is like now, but I know that kids in England start formal education when they are 4. When do kids start school in SA now? Do you think kids should start school earlier or later? I think it depends on the kid, but I think age 6 going on 7 is ...

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Myers schmyers. | Spindrifting South African seamonkey.

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Spindrifting South African seamonkey. It all comes down to hamsters in the end. Have you ever done one of those Myers-Briggs type personality tests? In my current state of mid-life crisis, unemployed and trawling for jobs, thinking,. Do I really actually want to do these things they advertise? Do I even want to continue in Science? And if not Science, then WHAT? I have been reading a lot of advice along the lines of: find the things you love, your passion, what you enjoy doing and blah. As to the other t...