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Only Oscar Wilde can turn even the most dismal situation into beautiful poetry. Likewise, although this apple falls far from the tree, you are a big part of the person I am – I credit my most cherished qualities to you.

Three’s a crowd

Only when we want to take a group picture.
Per contra, the encountered risks of spending time with BP and GB:

They always, always gang up against me.
Their pet names repulse my nonpartisan view on public displays of affection.
Their intimate knowledge of each other makes me feel inadequate.
I overeat.
I lose sleep due to extensive Photoshopping of our [...]

Adolescence

Teenagers – they numb my cynicism and aggravate my nausea.

Home is where the heart is

Coming out of an eight-hour flight and arriving at midnight, I was already knackered. A shower and much-needed shuteye – simple things to ask for, but things rarely turn out as planned. Instead, Vanessa, Christopher and I stayed up and talked… All night.
Needless to say, I was a walking zombie completely comatose on my first day in [...]

The stars align

People consider me very fortunate and I find it impossible to disagree – I’m healthy, my parents do more than provide for the family and things always magically present themselves. But I feel more blessed to have Kay-Lene, who, among other things, keeps me grounded through her ability to persevere past closed doors.

Trade secrets

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MUM AND DAD!
Along with other things, I hope to inherit my parents’ secrets for a lasting marriage. 27 years of quarrels, in-laws, money-management, three (awful, awful) children and with only the prospect of 27 more years of heartache… It does not look easy.

Yin-yang

You are, without a doubt, my better half – your optimism to my pessimism; your conviction to my disenchantment; your calm to my crazy; your past to my contemporary; your Peter to my Wendy; your faith to my lack of it.

Fringe benefits

The best piece of the graduation pie still eludes me (pending Honours), but at least I have savoured the biggest part – I handed in my last assignment this afternoon, with the feeling of rounding up my university education finally sinking in.
And coincidentally, the day I take my first step towards graduating is the same [...]