Jane in South Africa

OEF! last week we had a week off to relax a little bit and recharge our batteries. So no school, no assignments, no tasks, all fun no games and loooool right wait for it. So easter was coming nearby and 3 of my roommates decided that they would go to Cape Town for a week to go on a real holiday. Max and I decided to stay in George because we both wanted to work for school so we could just FINALLY finish our assignments or at least make a good attempt haha The weekend started. Friday I dropped my friends off at the KFC where they would be picked up by a bus that drives to George every now and then. It was at 6 in the morning so I actually just went back to bed when I came home hehe. Afterwards Max and I worked for school the whole day and went to the supermarket. Really weird to be with just 2 people when you are used to living with 4 or 5 after two months but it was actually really relaxing. The first weekend flew by as we went on like some kind of beach stroll as we call it

Mollo! Is Xhosa for ‘Hello’. This is one of the many things I have learned this week. Though my Xhosa is still a little bit rusty (loool liar liar pants on fire) I had a very exciting and renewing week in South-Africa. We started our week at Ithemba Lobomi. Ithemba Lobomi is an organisation with multiple CEO’s who work in Thembaletu. Thembaletu is a community that enclosures 9 zones where A LOT of people live in. It’s also referred to as a ‘Township’, Something that will sound familiar to a lot of you. The things I saw this week were so touching that I can’t even describe them on paper. I always block my emotions away because I know that otherwise I will just take it home. Call me a little bit hypocrite because I only want to see the beautiful things in life but I just find it hard to see all the suffering and not be able to change it. The people of Ithemba Lobomi really try and do their best but the circumstances in Thembaletu are so bad that they often just don’t find the pe

Good God I realised this week that I've been in South Africa for a whole month now... Time seriously flies when you are having fun BUT I also started realising that I'm missing my friends really badly... All the stories, the gossip, the dates, just laughing really loud and feeling completely comfortable in my own happy Belgian life.That's why this week was a little bit harder for me because I don't want people to see me unhappy and sad... it does make me feel good that I can just talk about this with my roommates but still I would rather not think about it at all... Btw another fun fact for the people who know me and my shitty MacBook -> the charger died a few days ago so JEEJ no more schoolwork and Papers for me to write (lol would love it when this counts as a legit reason to just skip al the assignments but nope) On the other side... I finished my last days on ICU and I would like to thank the team because they were very warm and they didn't mak