The Ephemeral Life

Today, I stepped into the Indian Ocean.

And it was cold. I couldn’t really believe that I was actually in the Indian Ocean. I never thought I would ever actually be in a place where I could do it. Sometimes I still wonder whether I’m really in SA. But I really am here, and it really is true, and I was in the Indian Ocean. So far, I am extremely happy about my experience. Its had its ups and downs, but overall I think I’ve been learning a lot of things and haven’t regretted a thing. However, I’m sad too, as I know for a fact that in three weeks, I will be gone from this place. Also, I haven’t done enough I feel, for the job that I’m supposed to be doing here. I’m afraid of leaving and not knowing if what I’ve done will really make a difference. I don’t want to go back, but I do at the same time. I miss things from home, things that hurts me a lot living without.

Today, I was almost “robbed”.

Not the knife on the throat and threatening kind of thing, but more like being abused as a tourist. I am currently writing this in Durban, another city in South Africa. I am visiting it with a friend I’ve met here, an intern my LC has from France named Lucas. We saw a lot of things, which I will blog about later!

Today, I am missing my South African Home

Most people probably won’t believe this, but I miss Qwaqwa, the town I am staying in for my CEED. Durban is great, and I’m loving my time here, but in the end it’s just another city. Qwaqwa was everything I wanted when I came to SA. Developing, beautiful and not completely urbanised. But once more, I will blog about Qwaqwa another day.

Today, I didn’t think about AIESEC (until now…)

And it was weird, but refreshing. My whole time here in SA has so far been with AIESECers, and Lucas too is an AIESECer, but we didn’t really talk about it. However, I will not lie, I really like AIESEC UFS, and I miss them a lot. I can’t wait to go back and get to trying to work. I also can’t wait to get back to my work in Canada, and servicing the companies I should be working with. However, AIESEC UFS will also be blogged about later.

Today, I bought a belt with a buckle of the Union Jack.

This is the second article of clothing I bought with the Union Jack on it. I don’t really know why I like it, but I do. In fact, there are a lot of things I’ve been doing and I don’t know why. But there are things I worry about back home. I wonder how my housing situation is. I wish I could do more to help. I wonder how school will be when I get back. I hope that I can do better this year. I wonder how Toronto, my friends, all of my life will be. I know the ones that matter will still be there for me!

I’m on a timed computer so I can’t blog too much, so I’ll leave it like this for now. I’ll get more up here when I have time. On a side note, I will be going to Cape Town before I leave, which is a plus. I plan on seeing Table Mountain, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope and Rubben Island in…2.5 days LOL I’ll see if it’s possible. But yeah, I will blog again!