On for tonight

The weekend is here. All morning one song has been playing over and over in my mind. Weekend Special by the late Brenda Fassie, a South African artist. Now that was one hell of a woman, her music wasn't really my kind of thing (because I was 9 lol) but my mother loved her. At that age I was so shocked that she was a lesbian (forget the fact that she overdose on cocaine). However, I am so glad that does not seem so weird anymore. Progress...

I am no ones weekend special, or so I like to think. I do see my boyfriend over the week and spend some nights over, but I have noticed come the weekend, my schedule is freed up to fit his ever so important one. This weekend I quite fancy a good night out with the girls. I cannot remember the last time I had the time to just let loose. Get drunk. Come Saturday night I know I would have changed my tune. Ha Ha. And like Brenda with joy and delight sing "daddy's home" when I see him.

As the week goes on more and more planes seem to be going down, even one here in Botswana, apparently a plane today had to make an emergency landing in a small settlement called Mmopane on the outskirts of the Gaborone. Forget the struggle of trying to pronounce a name with double 'M's'.   And focus on what aviation is becoming. A scary thing. I'd rather go back to planning my weekend. I'm going to swing from the chandelier. Chandelier another favourite song, this time by Sia. An artist with the voice of an angel, who refuses to star in her own music videos. So I googled her. I hate sounding like a shallow cow, but I understood why she is so camera shy. Now that is a weekend song to live by. Everybody loves a party girl and every party girl is downing her sorrows just for the night, tomorrow is another story.

So hopefully Monday I'll have many a story to tell, many a picture to show and most importantly rediscovered fun in Gaborone. Promise to kiss and tell XOXO

Pretty Travelling

I just got back from what I would dub my " first " holiday. Sure I have been on holiday with my parents but those don't count because it was never really filled with anything I wanted to do. And this time it was with my boyfriend. My best friend goes on holidays alone. Well, she doesn't have a boyfriend and she hasn't had one for years, but I can kinda see where she is coming from. But all I can say is it must just be awkward the first time lol.

So we set off on Friday for the ever so beautiful Cape Town for four days. I can remember as we waited for our flight and I was reading the news and all I was getting was how another Malaysian aircraft has crashed .Mostly, I wondered, what could your last thought be as the plane went down? So sad but I cannot live in this bubble anymore.

OMG Cape Town is beautiful.  The mountains, the sea, the bays, the buildings, the roads, everything. This holiday was an adventure in so many ways. On our first night I tried lobster and scallops for the first time. I know it is not a big deal to most, but for a girl from a landlocked country with a prawn allergy and an obsession for watching Come Dine With Me.....Yeah, it is a big deal. All I can say is AMAZING. I love my shopping and compared to  the dusty town I'm from, Cape Town  is shopping heaven. I remember walking on the beach and thinking, who could be depressed in this place? Not only can you just look outside and become instantly happy, but there is just so much to do to fill your day, to make life better.  Wine tasting in the mountains of Franchhoek and lunch over looking vineyards. I fell in love with wine after years of just downing it. Breathtaking dinners on  Camps Bay.  Its just the atmosphere.

What's your favourite movie? I have two. Australia.  I love the storyteller.  A little mixed race boy called Nala. I love how cheeky he is, imaginative, curious and so trusting. He steals your heart right from the beginning and that's how I want to live my life. I want to express so much love that you cant help but love me back. Oh! I forgot to mention, Hugh Jackman is in the film too. ♥ My second is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Oh! What a story. So magical! What a trip. I want to live my life like that. To explore, to be curious, to love, to try, to never give up on what I believe. I guess I forgot to mention again that it has Brad Pitt in it....lol. nearly a three hour film, as is Australia,  but worth every minute.  These films demand for you to feel for the incredible lives we witness. I fell in love with my boyfriend even more. Putting aside the awkward moments like when I needed space to poo or wanted to pee in the bath but couldn't because he was in the bath with me lol. We truly bonded. We experienced everything together. It was the most romantic experience of my life.

Pretty Blocked

I can not believe its my first post ever and I do not know what to write about. When doing a little read up on other blogs I was in awe at how it seemed so effortless for some writers to write the 'about me' part. What about me? I am a 27 year old woman. I live in the dusty city Gaborone ( Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa...still don't know where?). I say dusty but I really mean dead. There is never really much to do, but we get by.

So that's where my blog begins. A look into my life and what I do everyday (if I can get myself to actually write something EVERYDAY). I'm a mother to a handsome 4 year old. I enjoy a good night out, mostly with my boyfriend, who seems as interested in good food as I am. He also seems to enjoy a good drink, as do most of my friends, I'm not too sure where I lost my dancing shoes but I have been known to 'cut a rug'. I love cooking, I dabble in gardening. Fashion. Thats just me. I am Pretty Curious how this will go... :)