So, I am waiting for someone (who I will tell more about later if it all works out promise) to email me, and it is freaking me out because I don't know when they are and it is causing me to be unable to sleep.
So, I just thought I would share some Kreay/Weird/WTF things I saw online or that I heard/saw/did today :).
Okay, so firstly I was watching Sisterwives, or not watching I was busy doing my post about Dubai but it was playing on the TV and I was sort of listening to it and wife number 3 was like:
"I don't have a toaster because toasters kill more people per year then sharks"
:O
Is this lady for real???
Like, seriously. ...
Well, it does kinda make sense though. ...
Bread has already been baked so why do it again??
Who are the really crazy ones?
Us that bake the already baked bread (they say that doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result is a sign of madness (But each person has their own signs of madness, therefore there are no standards by which to judge. Who said they never learnt anything in school :P), but anyway if you bake a piece of bread that is already baked, it will just become more baked or burnt, so what is the point??
And why am I quoting from my Absurdism Drama notes!?!?!
Anyway, if you understood that then this will be a whole lot easier for me and please tell me exactly what I am meant to be writing about now because I got distracted. ...
And another thing I saw today that is a bit like WTF:
I was on Nicola Formichetti's Facebook page, just chilling and looking through his pictures and I saw this comment:
"Hey Nicola, I was wondering if your bellybutton was photoshopped in one of those pictures from the editorial, cause its much smaller here than on the cover?? :)"
. ...
WTF, like for real
I am speechless
Oh! This isn't really related to any part of what I had oringingally planned for this post, but if you read this blog you will know I absolutely love the french Clothing brand "The Kooples" (One day when they start human cloning and I get myself a clone, I will be in a Kooples Couple! Thats unless my plan with my friend Kylie doesn't work), but anyway, I saw this song on their Facebook page and thought you should all pay a listen to it :).
Okay okay okay, I know it has been a while since my last post about Dubai. ...
I get distracted easily and I have been busy with Christmas and stuff so here it finally is :).
(The big one, not the
one on my thumb)
(I work on African time anyway, so a week late is actually pretty early :P).
And then it was DAAAAAY 4 :D
We went to some kind of Souk place, but it wasn't a typical Souk, it was like a "modern souk", with like fixed prices and stuff. It was pretty nice, you got all the typical Arab stuff but weren't overwhelmed by people shoving their stuff to sell in your face. And I go this Ring there!! How hectic?? It makes me feel like an overpaid rapper with no talent (Like how Jason Derulo must feel like). I spent like most of the day there really. It was a nice place with good vibes and like music playing and stuff.
Day 5
I went to the Dubai Mall! (Again!).
Well, this time it was to meet up with my friends again, for the last time before I left to come back to Dirty, Dirtbin Durban. I had the most amazing day with them! AGAIN! Well, firstly we went for Lunch at this place called Ping Pong. It was really nice like Dim Sum and Asian food. Then we got Cupcakes from the Magnolia bakery (In Bloomingdales), and the red velvet cupcake I had was simply amazing. ...Like wow. Then we went to the biggest bookstore in the world. I can't remember what it is called, something beginning with a K or N and was in Japanese. we went there and laughed at the Romance Section books. I have never laughed so much in my life. One to remember was: "Get ready for a DARN Good Cowboy Christmas" and "If his passion is as hot as this, then bring on the Heat!". ...Like, are these for real?? And Why is the same guy on the cover of every. single. romance book. And he isn't even that good looking!! Well after spending a good like 30 minutes there, we went and like looked around more and just hung out and we watched the Dancing Fountains outside the Burj Khalifa. Then I met one of my friends other friends from school who was a really nice guy. We went to Master Chang or something like that and had dinner. One thing about Dubai is that wherever I went, the food was so amazing and they literally have everything there!! It was so sad when I had to go. I was really sad to leave them and I don't know when I can see them again before they leave for California or London, wherever they are going to study.
So, Day 6 :)
Burj al Arab
We stared off going for Breakfast at the Burj al Arab (The 7 star hotel that looks like a Sail).
And who knew that you could eat Dim Sum for breakfast?? Well now I do because thats what I had.
Not that I minded at all, since Dim Sum is one of my favourite foods (Along with Pineapple, Sushi and Foie Gras (Just in case one of you wants to take me on a Date one day ;) )).
Well, also at Breakfast, they had some of the absolutely most strangest fruit I have ever seen.
Well, they had the same sort of thing like apples, clementines, pears, oranges. ...all that boring stuff,
BUT
Then they had Dragon Fruit (Which was pretty gross I'm not going to lie, but it looked pretty cool)
Burj Khalifa
and SNAKE FRUIT! Who-ever hear of such a thing!?!?
The skin of the fruit really looked and felt like a real snake!
Pity the fruit part smelt really bad and tasted like Parmesan cheese.
So, if you are ever looking for a Breakfast of strange Fruit, Dim Sum and Asian Tourists, go to the Burj al Arab :D. Then, later that day, or not really later it was directly after we had been for Breakfast we went to the Burj Khalifa, (The tallest building in the World) and we went up to the 124th floor in exactly nearly 1 minute.
It was pretty cool, but just really cold up there! Dubai is an amazing city from the air (as well as the ground), but after the tall buildings, there is just absolutely nothing but desert out there! It is quite mind boggling!
After that we went back to the Dubai Mall and shopped a little, and I got the nicest Red coat from Zara for when I got to London :D.
So, that is just a summary of my 6 Days in Dubai.
I hope you enjoyed reading it :).
It s defiantly worth a visit there, just to see what is possible and the like general amazing things that Man can make and to see like the best, the largest, the tallest, etc etc etc.
(These are in no particular order and some of the songs are not from 2011, but I only heard them this year. I'm not saying like, these are the "Best" songs from 2011, but they are just ones that stood out for me.)
Hope you enjoy
:)
"GUCCI GUCCI": Kreayshawn
"Tell me what you're thinking": Say no more
"Rumour Has it/Someone like you Mash-up": Glee Cast
Someone Like you & Rumour Has it: Adele
(Note: Adele's "Someone like You and "Rumour has it" are also two of my favourites, but I put this video, because I love this Mash-Up and its like the best of both worlds.)
"Will you still love me, tomorrow?": Amy Winehouse
"Girl from the North Country": Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. The internet here is expensive and I have been having an amazing time so when I have been free I have been too tired and etc etc etc.
Dubai has been so amazing. I don't think i have been in a more bewildering and ridiculous city in my whole life!
Okay, so on day 1 I went to the Mall of the Emirates, and spent like all I my money at Zara. I don't think they had anything left in a size Small by the time I was done there. But, it was a mission to find anything in a small in the first place.
Curse my slender frame and lack of ability to gain weight.
My hotel has been so amazing! I have a view of the Palm Island and The Atlantis Hotel, and the staff are really nice too! Every time I walk past the guy that cleans my room, he calls me "Sir". Makes me feel all Official and like a Boss of some Multi-National business.
Day Two, was soooo awesome.
When I was in America on the GYLC (Global Young Leaders Conference) I met some girls that all went to the same school in Dubai and we became really good friends, so I met up with them here!
We went to the JBR (Jumeirah Beach Residence). And we went to this really good French Cafe there called "Paul", and then just went to the beach and chatted, it was so amazing to see them! I didn't believe I was seeing them in the Flesh for real in Dubai! Seems strange to say it now haha, but it happened for real :).
After seeing my friends, my Family (Excluding my sister who had to stay in South Africa and work) and I went on a desert safari, followed by a meal and traditional dancing and a belly dancer (who was quite pretty, but had bad teeth).
Hmmmm, Day 3 :).
We went to "The Dubai Mall", and holy wisdom teeth! That place is Creayyyyyyyyyyzeeeeeeeeeee.
I swear, wooooooooow.
After getting lost like 4 times, getting trapped in a food court, full of fast food (which is literally like my worst nightmare), I came to the conclusion that the Dubai Mall is like Hogwarts, because shops just kept on Disappearing! Its true, really!
I was walking a lot, just minding my own Business and trying to find Zadig and Voltaire or the Galeries Lafayette (I forget which one) and I looked up and saw Ladurée.
Remembering how absolutely amazing my Macaroons from there were, I rushed to the closet escalator (Which was like 100000000m away) I went upstairs and **padjlhbfcv`zjhscvs** it had disappeared O_o.
After shopping there, we walked to the nearest Metro Station, passed the Burj Khalifa (Which I am going to in the Morning), we went to somewhere which I don't know the name to. It was like a place that sold a lot of gold jewellery, like the sort o stuff the Indian people wear when they get married. There were a lot of fabric places there, but I felt like I was in like Little India rather then Dubai.
I have to wrap it up now. I have an early start in the morning.
Breakfast at the Burj al Arab and then going to the Burj Khalifa.
I will report about days 4-when I leave tomorrow if I get the chance, or when I get back to Dirty Dirtbin Durban on Tuesday night :(.
Someone buy me for 1000 000 camels so I don't have to leave??
Okay, so I arrived in Dubai about 3 hours ago.
So far the city looks soooooo amazing.
(I have a view of the Gulf and The Palm Island from my hotel room (Which is pretty snazzy in itself
And if you are reading this now, and you are wondering why the punctuation is sort of messed up, its because my Blogger.com has been Re-Set to Arabic
Greeeeeeat
Hop you all have a super fantastic day
Its shopping time
:D:D:D:D:
Monday, 12 December 2011
Dubai Tomorrow.
I haven't been so excited since I discovered Topman. ...
...And it is even better because they have a store there.
And so does Zadig and Voltaire
and Givenchy
and Zara
and H&M
and Alexander McQueen
and there is a Galeries Lafayette. ...
I hope all those sessions on the Treadmill have paid off.
I'll Try do some blogging and update you all on my adventures there with some of the most amazing friends I have.
Well, not really. I just have a very bad habit of quoting lyrics from songs I am listening to, even if they have nothing to do with anything.
So, its time for another scribbling from this 185cm tall 64kg South African Undecided .kjs`bvdubsljcb ( I do that when I can't think of what to say ;)).
So, this week my social networking has been pretty productive, even if my life is just quite dull. Yesterday the Editor of a Magazine I love (Schön) followed me on twitter, which is pretty cool.
And I reached 1000 page views which is pretty awesome too :D.
Thank you ladies, Lady-Men and Men out there, you rock the republic that is my world.
I am on holiday for I have no idea how long, but I have some projects I am going to work on and will be uploaded here when they are done. I hope you will find them pretty darn snazzy :). I have a mountain of books that need to be read too. Currently unfinished are: The Outsiders, The Sweet Life in Paris, The Catcher in the Rhy and a lot more. And like thousands of Magazines too. At least if I can't build my muscles I can build my brain :).
Oh, I remember now why I am a Dungeon Dragon.
Its about the whole Arab Spring, especially the involvement of NATO in Libya, which I am sure everyone has heard about. Yes Gaddaffi, or however you spell his name (apparently there are like 13 different ways to do so) was a terrible man. But what about:
Zimbabwe?
Somalia?
Sudan?
The Democratic Republic of Congo?
Rwanda?
Burundi?
Uganda?
and South Africa during Apartheid?
Why has NATO or the USA never intervened in these places during times of War, Genocide, Political Unrest, Political Instability and Dictatorships?
Another quick thing before his sleepyhead gets some shut eye.
Have you ever watched CNN and during the weather reports, how they always focus on Europe and the USA. They never show anything about African Weather, only the temperatures and the stories about Africa are never really informative. Yes, there have been elections in Egypt, but what about the elections in the DRC? In my opinion, if the USA or Europe doesn't have anything to gain from your country, they don't really care about it and hence the rest of the world won't care.
Maybe I am just delusional or just tired.
Whatever, at least I hopefully made you think about something :)
Thursday, 1 December 2011
One day in the future when I live in 1941,
I hope to be the very "Boogie Woogie Bugal Boy in Company B that the Andrews Sisters sing about in this very song"
(Hello my little pineapples (Pineapples are my favourite fruit, so since I called you that, It means you fine lady, lady-men and men are my favourite things since you read my little blogity blog :D)(It makes sense in my head :P)).
Okay, so I wrote my last High-School exam yesterday. It was pretty easy, I knew what was going on and stuff so thats always a good sign. School is finally over!!!!! 12 years of absolute shit is over and I can't believe it. It doesn't really seem real now, I think when I wake up next year and people start updating their Facebook statuses about how much they don't want to go to school and I wake up and don't go to school, then it will seem real :).
Well, I absolutely hated school. All 5 of them that I went to.
I wish School was a good experience, especially my Matric year. I wish it could have ended off in a good way, instead of the way it did but you can't always get what you wish for :).
When I am living in my huge townhouse in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, surrounded by beautiful things, a Wardrobe full of Lanvin and my beautiful Children, I will think about all the pathetic people I left behind and just laugh. And then pack my Louis Vuitton Trunk, come back to South Africa and give them a bad tip after those said people serve me as I get my Take-Aways from McDonalds. Maybe not McDonalds, I don't like any fast food actually. Maybe at like some restaurant that I can't think of right now.
And, how did I celebrate the end of 12 years of school??
By having to go to hospital and getting something removed from my Kidney that they had to put in when I had to get my Kidney stone removed. ...Get right?? It was made even better by the **** annoying people in my ward. The anaesthetic felt pretty good though hahaha, but never kid around with that stuff. Thats what killed Michael Jackson.
Well, I will tell you what my plans for next year are when I figure them out, and stuff.
I need to finish now. Extreme Couponing is on, and I need to do Fashion Friday now (brett-yves-fashion.blogspot.com). It will be up late tonight/day wherever you are in the world :).
"When a pony does a good deed, and he gets a horn and becomes a Unicorn, and he poops out cotton candy until he forgets he's magical and his horn falls off. ...And black Unicorns become Zebra's"
The point is:
A Unicorn is someone who knows they're magical and isn't afraid to show it.
No, for all you perverted people who are thinking of me naked right now, I don't mean naked as in not wearing clothes (I personally love wearing clothes).
By "naked", I metaphorically mean, I want to be bare, out there for everyone to see and feel comfortable enough in my own skin and not feel like I should have to explain myself for everything I do and the decisions I make.
The past year has been really difficult for me, and whilst I have gotten to be a lot more comfortable in my own skin, people have started to notice me more but I don't feel like it is for the right reasons. People now just notice me for what I wear and whilst I think it is good, they just don't see it the same way. Whether it is actually because what I wear looks completely hideous or they are just not as appreciative to see someone dressed well I have yet to figure out.
Speaking of the say that people dress. ...
Tonight I was out for dinner with my parents, and at the table across from me was a family of 3.
The father was dressed in a white shirt, buttoned down to halfway down his chest, with shorts and the son was wearing a vest.
Really? Is that really the way to dress when you go to a nice restaurant?
I really wish people would at least take some time and think about what they wear sometimes.
I wish people made more effort when it comes to fashion and the way you present yourself to people and the way you dress when you go out.
It would make the world a much more attractive place.
I don't have much else to say tonight. Sorry to disappoint.
I'll come up with something more creative
Tomorrow, when there are bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover and when the World is Free
(Took that from "White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn.
I was so born in the wrong century.)
oooooooooh, and remember to check out Fashion Friday today!
Today is Yohji Yamamoto, its a good'un, Checkit :)
And, totally and not totally breaking from subject, Nicki Minaj says check it out too (get it, the name of the song is: "Check it out", hahaha what a humorous fellow I am (You are so totally rolling your eyes right now. ...I am too. ...)
Well, it isn't totally unrelated, the Music Video is like Japanese themed and Yohji Yamamoto is Japenese too. ...Method in 'me madness I'ld say.
Today on the 13th November 2011, I officially turned 18 :).
It doesn't really seem real.
I don't know, over the years it just seems that Birthdays have lost their excitement from the one ones in the beginning of my life, the same is going for Christmas. Maybe it is just a part of growing up?
Well, I spent the night having dinner with 10 of my closets friends and then we went to a club afterwards. I had such an amazing night, with the best friends a person could ever want :)<3.
I love my friends soooooo much.
The past year has been extremely difficult for me, between eating problems, stress, being bullied and a whole bunch of other stuff, their support for me has always stood firm, and I will always be indebted to them <3.
I think in modern times, especially in a Country like South Africa, where Alcohol is pretty easily available and in Durban, most clubs and Bars aren't that strict with checking I.D, so not being 18 doesn't really stop you from going out and partying.
Being 18 in some ways takes away from the adventure of going to a club because that sense of risk you take when the Bouncer asks to see your I.D and you have to create a whole other identity on the spot is taken away. (I always pretended to be a Colombian, just saying :P).
It feels like this year has gone by extremely fast. This time last year, I was preparing to go to France on an exchange programme. It seems strange that it is nearly one year since I met my friends from there (I will be doing a special tribute to them on the 3rd of December, so someone please remind me :P). I mean, at this rate, (and if Einsteins theory of relativity plays any part), buy this time tomorrow I will be 52 and will be on Doctor 90210, planning my first facelift!
Thank you to everyone who has made me live these past 18 years.
