Why am i starting this blog? Hmmmm. I have always considered my person as being of the un-blogging variety, because, indeed, no one really needs to hear about all the stupid and quotidian things i happen to do or not do in my dreary and ordinary life. The honest truth that i have had to face is that my life was boring, sheltered, and my general outlook upon it was full of this shabby european skepticism which has permeated the old continent since the colonial days.
But how things have changed. I am writing this first blog entry sitting in a small cafe in Cape Town, more specifically in Observatory, a charming little neighborhood situated right under Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. The local inhabitants shorten the name to the rather crude sounding "Obz", which if you hear it standing alone, might not sound too bad, but in juxtaposition with the delightfully quaint-sounding "Observatory"(especially if you pronounce it the right way), sayings "Obz" seems almost sacrilegious. I don't do it.
I am in South Africa, and in general i feel better than i ever have since i was about 5. This country constantly fascinates, amazes, surprises and almost brings me to tears. This blog will stand as a journal in which i will try, to the best of my abilities, convey some of the wonderful experiences i am having in this strange and magical place.
I would also like to dedicate this blog to all of you, some strange, but all magical, people who have encouraged and supported me with this, it is you guys who have made this possible, and i am terribly indebted to you.
If you are a newcomer, have never heard of me, just stumbled upon this blog by chance, you can read about the project, and in general about what i am trying to do in South Africa, here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/South-Africa-Post-World-Cup-Tremors
Cheers,
oskar
But how things have changed. I am writing this first blog entry sitting in a small cafe in Cape Town, more specifically in Observatory, a charming little neighborhood situated right under Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. The local inhabitants shorten the name to the rather crude sounding "Obz", which if you hear it standing alone, might not sound too bad, but in juxtaposition with the delightfully quaint-sounding "Observatory"(especially if you pronounce it the right way), sayings "Obz" seems almost sacrilegious. I don't do it.
I am in South Africa, and in general i feel better than i ever have since i was about 5. This country constantly fascinates, amazes, surprises and almost brings me to tears. This blog will stand as a journal in which i will try, to the best of my abilities, convey some of the wonderful experiences i am having in this strange and magical place.
I would also like to dedicate this blog to all of you, some strange, but all magical, people who have encouraged and supported me with this, it is you guys who have made this possible, and i am terribly indebted to you.
If you are a newcomer, have never heard of me, just stumbled upon this blog by chance, you can read about the project, and in general about what i am trying to do in South Africa, here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/South-Africa-Post-World-Cup-Tremors
Cheers,
oskar
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