Cape Times Big Walk

So 10 kilometres isn't that much, but it's something and it beats my usual sleeping in on a Sunday...actually, it doesn't...but it was for a good cause, so it doesn't matter.

Dragging myself out of bed at 6am on a Sunday is sooo not my idea of fun! Seven of us decided to do the 10km fun walk from Cape Town to..uhm.. let's call it Mowbray because not many people know where St George's Grammar School is. The plan was to get to the Grand Parade at 8am and finish the walk by 10am. Did we get it right? Read on. In true Cape Town style, the race race started 5 minutes early (for those of you who remember the premature implosion of the cooling towers) even though there is a massive clock at the top of Cape Town Central Library overlooking the Grand Parade. See exhibit A:

07h55 and off we go

So the walk started out very slowly - we were all trying to squeeze through the streets of Cape Town until we got through the Company Gardens. From here it was free sailing.  I wasn't long before we saw a "6km to go" sign. I'm not sure how we reached that so quickly. A few minutes later we were at the halfway mark sipping Coca-Cola.  There's not much else to say except, we walked and walked and walked until we reached the finish line.

It was a fairly easy walk - not too long and not too short. Pics say it all:

The contestants :-)

The starting point

Thousands of people getting ready for the walk

This means nothing - I just thought the birds looked cool

Just past half way!

Smiley faces at the finish line :-)

Winners!!

Me and my medal.

Love is in the air...and friends everywhere

This is one of my favourite pictures of the people I spend most of my time with. It was at our friends' wedding on 9 October this year. Beautiful wedding, amazing food...wonderful people. The speeches could have been shorter... but I just like to complain :-).

Us at Danyaal and Sakinah Davids's wedding.

Been there, done that

I'm on a local "been there, done that" mission.. so here's my first Cape Town must-do. I'm kinda embarassed to say I've never been to Robben Island - so I'm guessing that has to be added to my to-do list. Another random one is to take a pic with Just Nuisance in Simon's Town.

So this is me after my fish and chips queueing at Mariner's Wharf in Hout Bay..on a sunny Sunday afternoon nogal!!

This was yesterday.. haha. I promise I've been there before though.

Some of the cool people who queue for their food

A pretty blue boat

This Sunday I'm doing the Cape Times Big Walk, I consider that another good one to add.... watch this space :-) 

Santa Shoebox Project

I think this is a really cool initiative and I'll encourage people to take part in it when it comes around again.  Basically, you get a shoebox (standard size), fill it with cool stuff (guidelines are provided). Wrap the box....and you've just made one child smile.  I think you're too late for this year's shoebox project but maybe next year you'll wanna give it a go? www.santashoebox.co.za

This box came to about R90 (Cheap cheap) but some of my colleagues spent about R250 on theirs (I'm not THAT generous).  Hahaha.

This box is for a 12-year old female. I don't know if girls that age still play with dolls but this is the only toy I could find to fit in this box!

The box must have a facecloth, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste. There must be one item of clothing, a toy, sweets and some stationery and they all have to fit into a medium-sized box.

Pretty cool. My birthday's in December - you're welcome to give me an age-specific Fatima Shoebox.

Thank you :-)