Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Love Letter to Mzansi

A few weeks ago I started a kind of "I love uMzansi" campaign on my FaceBook profile where every once in a while I would share what I missed about SA that day.  The aim was to make my fellow South Africans sitting at home realize some of the things they take for granted daily and how much, living as an expat, you miss those things when you are away.  It's really the small things that appeal to our hearts. Here are some random things, in no fancy order, that I miss about a place I'm proud to call home:


I miss drinking tap water - I would't say the water here is poisonous but I have been discouraged to drink tap water, carting heavy litres of water from the store is not fun

English (or even Zulu) Magazines - It can be so uninspiring at my age to only look at pictures

Listening to radio on my way to and from work - I love feeling part of a conversation even when I know they can't actually hear me

I miss Koo baked beans in tomato sauce on a slice of toast - actually make that a Wimpy Breakfast

Sunrise in North Beach, Durban - watching the surfers give new meaning to the term "the early bird"

Sunset in Camps Bay, Cape Town - none can compare

Old Biscuit Mill on a Saturday morning - beautiful people, beautiful place, beautiful food, beautiful vibe

uJeqe - Zulu (homemade) steam bread - plain, buttered, toasted, with curry or beans - it doesn't matter, its that amazing

South African comedy - South Africans know how to poke at each other and still have good laugh about it. Oh yes, coloured is not a racist term in South Africa.

 And of course, I miss my soul mate

Only a few more days till I board that plane home. The excitement, I can no longer contain! 

Final Thoughts 
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to - John Ed Pearce




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