Just a Random Saturday Dressed In Vernac

All images by: Lorna Kalimashe

When You Discover New Talent... Thank you Internet

I happened to be on YouTube when I discovered this golden-haired sensation. She goes by the name Jillian Hervey and she's an 89 baby like me. She's part of a band called 'Lion Babe' the name is fitting considering her amazing mane. I came across her EP on the net and I had a listen, great stuff I tell you, my favourite song on the EP is 'Treat Me Like Fire.' If you love Erykah Badu then you'll love her music. Thank me later!

...Oh and I think the dude posing with ther is also part of the band, maybe their doing the band thing together?... no clue anyway... plug in your headsets and listen up.

Pic credit: Google images

Empty Bedrooms & The Things They Communicate

I hope I make it in time for my 9 am business meeting.

Brand new day, what am I doing today?

The room all girls thought their 'first time' would happen

I'm not sure where my cereal bowl from yesterday landed up.

It's Saturday, let's stay in 

I wish my nights weren't so lonely.

First, a fresh cup of coffee before my gallery opening.

It's been 30 min how long does it take to get doughnuts? Men!!

I'll finish writing this book one day...

Early morning cold showers...

What is your bedroom saying?

This Life Thing

I disappeared for a whole month trying to figure out this life thing. Not that I've figured out the life thing but I couldn't abandon my blog any longer. So much has happened the past few months that I haven’t shared. Beginning of this year I started a new job, something completely different to what I used to do. I wanted a challenge, something new. Don't ask me how it's going because I can't give you an answer, not yet anyway. Something really amazing also happened. I purchased a vehicle... Yes! She’s a RunX 160 RS and her name is August, why I chose to name her that you ask? Well... I'm a Leo baby born on 12 August and strangely enough my license plate numbers sum up my birth date and birth month. It's silly I know but it's something truly special if you were with me the day I went to pick her up you'd understand. The sales guy at Toyota actually made me realise the license plate thing, he's a numbers guy and I guess after that encounter I have come to find meaning in numbers. 

I should enter the lottery... hmmmm... Anyway the sales guy’s name is Fanie, he said some pretty out of this world things to me that day, very spiritual guy so you can imagine. The man and I left the dealership feeling so inspired, I wish I could carry Fanie in my handbag to get me through my worst days. I'll tell you the things Fanie expressed that day just not yet, I'm still speaking to the man upstairs about them and their truth. Anyway. It's been a strange year for me and it's only 7 months into it.

My cousin passed away around about the same time I bought my car and for weeks I couldn't share it with anybody, well the day I bought it I told my mom but as for the rest of the family, I could only formerly make the announcement a week before the funeral but most people found out about August a few weeks after the funeral, I mean you can't really be rejoicing about a car when  a dark cloud has fallen upon the family. My mom's cousin also passed away around the same time so I went to the Eastern Cape for two funerals, yea! I didn't really know my mom's cousin, uncle to me, all that well, we were apparently really young the last time he'd visited home. As for my cousin, he was like an older brother to me and I never cried when my mom broke the news to me, he had been really sick and so a part of me felt that at least he is resting, I did ball my eyes out a few days later though, I'd just finished washing dishes and was getting ready for bed when my eyes started welling up and I cried in solitude, the man was at work, I guess that's a good thing cause I had a good cry. I still think about him almost everyday and I want to cry when I do, it's still quite surreal but ke part of me has accepted. Uthixo umcinile.

I'm also really struggling with where I am in my career, I feel like I’m losing grip of everything - I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing or where I'm going. They say you're not supposed to have it all figured out by 25 oh well, in my case 26 because that is my soon to be age. I don't know. I had envisioned a better life than this, I’m nowhere near where I wanted to be. Where did I want to be again? 

It doesn’t make it any easier when you have people younger than you doing really incredible things, I know we're not supposed to compare ourselves to other people but in some cases I think we need to, that's how you realise where your life is and what kind of changes you need to make. My current state of mind has brought me a little closer to the man upstairs though, I speak to him sometimes even at times when I don't realise that I am. It's not really prayer, more like a conversation; something like "dude so what's the plan, where are we going exactly? What should my next step be because I'm not entirely sure at the moment and you need to help me out with that, I mean that's what parents do, I mean I'm all about helping myself so that you can help where you can and everything but I’m not exactly sure what it is that I need to do, anyway, amen, let's chat again later, I've been in the bathroom too long"

 I've always considered my relationship with God to be quite awkward, I mean I'll go to church and everything but a really good friend of mine told me that church is not where you go to find God it's where you go to rejoice him. She told me that God is in you, God is the word and the only way to build a relationship with him is to speak to him, read the bible to understand his word and most importantly pray to him and not only in times of need but in good times too. She's the only person to ever make me get it and it makes getting to know God a lot less complicated. I thought if I went to church then he would see me, that I could hear him when he spoke and that he would whisper to me too like he does to the prophets, but that's not the case. I honestly get bored being in church unless it's a really good service with praise and worship songs (those that I actually know and can sing) and if the sermon is something so touching where I forget to even look at the clock, that happened in January 1st day of the year, a service I was invited to by the man's fam. That was a great start to the year. 

Anyway I've been quiet because I'm figuring out this life thing and getting to know the man upstairs, even though I haven’t figure it all out as yet and some days it's darker than its ever been and I can't find my way towards the tunnel but I'm always happy that I woke up to make a second attempt at finding the light and there's only one person to thank for that. August would not have existed if it wasn't for him and I wouldn't be where I am today so I thank him.

Aromat Commercial: Guess Who's Coming For Dinner

Our Aromat commercial. The best team I've ever worked with. Acting debut :-)

The Weekend Getaway: Langerbaan

Two weekends ago my man and I decided to take to the open road for a romantic getaway. We were en route to Langerbaan, the perfect small town for a couple's escape. We booked in at Langerbaan Lagoon Lodge owned by a super-friendly couple, who made our stay there a very pleasant one. 

We met a group of friends who were also there for a couples retreat and they were also at the same lodge with us and we all immediately jelled cause we were all coming from Cape Town so a lot of Wine, Whiskey and Vodka was had. It was a truly amazing long weekend, it was mostly cold so we didn't really visit their beaches which seemed pretty amazing, so we'll defs be going back for the summer. 

There's not really much to do there, so if you're expecting a party getaway then Langerbaan is not the place to go but if you're more into a restful weekend with your significant other then it's the perfect place. We spent most our days sipping on sundowners and eating the most delectable seafood dishes at Club Mykonos where there is also a casino for the avid gambler but also some really amazing restaurants by the harbour for the foodies and for those that appreciate the sea breeze and the refreshing smell of the salty waters. Below are some snaps we took, not really much to see but if I could photograph the ambiance of the place then maybe you'd get it, but you truly have to be there to appreciate the place for yourself. 

What my boyfriend wore

Club Mykonos

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The Market

Lupita Nyong'o Slays The Red Carpet Once Again

Black is just too damn beautiful!! Look at that Gucci green against that skin! Lupita, we're bowing at your excellent choice once again!