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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Meeting the Author of Spud

Posted By Samantha

Last year I met Meg Cabot, the author of The Princess Diaries, when she came to South Africa. It was so cool and she was so nice!

Last week I met John van de Ruit, the author of Spud, during the launch of his latest book, Spud - Learning to Fly at this cool mall called Melrose Arch.

Photo: Sign "Spud is Back"

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Archery Lesson

Posted By Samantha

Look out, my sister and I are the new Robin Hoods in town! Last Saturday was a fabulous afternoon and we went to do our target archery lesson at Marks Sports Club in Emmarentia, a Johannesburg suburb.

Photo: Archery targets

Monday, June 8, 2009

St. Margaret's Day

Posted By Samantha

Today at school we celebrated St. Margaret's Day, and boy was it a hectic one.

St. Margaret of Hungary is the patron saint of the Lower Junior School - which means from Grade 0 (yes there is such a thing in South Africa, and we call it Grade Nought) to Grade 3, which is known as Form I. It's a school tradition, as is the celebration of St. Margaret's Day, in which the whole junior school participates.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

House Hunting

Posted By Samantha

For the past two months we have been looking at houses, apartments, and townhouses to move into. Unfortunately we haven't found anything yet, but we saw a couple of super awesome houses, but they got rented the next day.

Actually at the moment I have two houses because my mom and my dad don't live together. I live mostly with my mom, but get to stay over at my dad's every other weekend and one week day a week.

Anyway, looking for somewhere to live in Johannesburg means looking for something super-safe and secure because crime is a big problem over here. So we look for things like 24-hour security and electric fencing. Just to be on the safe side.

Monday, June 1, 2009

My Two Cats

Posted By Samantha

I have two cats that I love oh so dearly. They are named Bluey and Domino--two darling cats that live in my home, though sometimes they are not darlings but little devils!

I have known Bluey and Domino since 2005; I remember the day so clearly. I was going to watch the horror movie Anacondas with my friend Afua and it was so scary I had to borrow her jacket to cover my eyes. Since I was only eight friends started to cuddle me, I couldn't breathe and I was scared out of my skin.

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