Comments on: Things you wouldn’t think you’d miss: all for one http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/ Positive Action Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:08:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kate Soans http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-67999 Kate Soans Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:28:19 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-67999 I have to create a magazine article about my best friend you know like those articles in magazines about movie stars praising them and their I have to create a magazine article about my best friend you know like those articles in magazines about movie stars praising them and their

]]> By: Shin Euertz http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-31415 Shin Euertz Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:37:18 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-31415 certainly like your web site but you have to check the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Many of them are rife with spelling issues and I find it very bothersome to tell the truth nevertheless I’ll definitely come back again. certainly like your web site but you have to check the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Many of them are rife with spelling issues and I find it very bothersome to tell the truth nevertheless I’ll definitely come back again.

]]> By: Jonty W http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 Jonty W Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:21:06 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4360 hahaha, yah... hahaha, yah…

]]> By: SA Rocks » Blog Archive » Things you wouldn’t think you’d miss: All for One Part 2 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4297 SA Rocks » Blog Archive » Things you wouldn’t think you’d miss: All for One Part 2 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:20:36 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4297 [...] my last column I wrote about isolation versus belonging, and missing the feeling of being part of the bigger [...] [...] my last column I wrote about isolation versus belonging, and missing the feeling of being part of the bigger [...]

]]> By: Kate Thompson http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Kate Thompson Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:31:37 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4221 Thanks Jeanne ,for lovely story that I think all expats will recognise! Sometimes just the thought of aromat is enough to get me going - so the Soweto Gospel Choir would have floored me! I'll google for that book and reviewing blog - sounds interesting, and, as you say, a great description of the expat problem. Thanks Jeanne ,for lovely story that I think all expats will recognise! Sometimes just the thought of aromat is enough to get me going – so the Soweto Gospel Choir would have floored me!

I’ll google for that book and reviewing blog – sounds interesting, and, as you say, a great description of the expat problem.

]]> By: Jeanne http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4217 Jeanne Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:40:41 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4217 I remember seeing the Soweto Gospel Choir doing a lunchtime concert on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral abotu 2 years ago and having tears in my eyes. Afterwards I went to shake the one soloist's hand and thank him, and we both slipped automatically into the "African handshake" (no idea what the new PC term is) - where you grip first the hand, then the thumb, then the hand again. The smile of recognition that split his face when he realised I was another Saffer was so great and then I REALLY wanted to cry!! I read a wonderful review on another blog of an excellent book called The Inheritance of Loss by Kieran Desai, which deals with the dilemma of the expat. The reviewer described the inheritance of loss as being the loss of access to people and places that you love, and the loss of a culture that undestands and accepts you, and which you understand and accept. It's one of the best descriptions I have ever read. I remember seeing the Soweto Gospel Choir doing a lunchtime concert on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral abotu 2 years ago and having tears in my eyes. Afterwards I went to shake the one soloist’s hand and thank him, and we both slipped automatically into the “African handshake” (no idea what the new PC term is) – where you grip first the hand, then the thumb, then the hand again. The smile of recognition that split his face when he realised I was another Saffer was so great and then I REALLY wanted to cry!!

I read a wonderful review on another blog of an excellent book called The Inheritance of Loss by Kieran Desai, which deals with the dilemma of the expat. The reviewer described the inheritance of loss as being the loss of access to people and places that you love, and the loss of a culture that undestands and accepts you, and which you understand and accept. It’s one of the best descriptions I have ever read.

]]> By: Kate Thompson http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4194 Kate Thompson Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:29:16 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4194 cool! :) cool! :)

]]> By: Nic Haralambous http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4192 Nic Haralambous Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:48:59 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4192 Hey Kate, I have already emailed Megan and told her to use the piece if she credits us!! :) Hey Kate, I have already emailed Megan and told her to use the piece if she credits us!! :)

]]> By: Kate Thompson http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4190 Kate Thompson Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:27:33 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4190 Muzi & M&M: thanks so much for your comments. SA is so wonderful that it is easy to write nice stuff about it! M&M: I'd be happy for you to use this in a newsletter [with a link back or two :)]. what do you think, Nic? Muzi & M&M: thanks so much for your comments. SA is so wonderful that it is easy to write nice stuff about it!

M&M: I’d be happy for you to use this in a newsletter [with a link back or two :) ]. what do you think, Nic?

]]> By: M&M http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4180 M&M Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:08:49 +0000 http://sarocks.co.za/2007/08/02/things-you-wouldn%e2%80%99t-think-you%e2%80%99d-miss-all-for-one/#comment-4180 Hey Katie/Nic Can we put this in a newsletter? Loved the way you put it. Let me know and obviously more than happy to put links to both your sites and bio on who you are and what you're doing. Hey Katie/Nic

Can we put this in a newsletter? Loved the way you put it. Let me know and obviously more than happy to put links to both your sites and bio on who you are and what you’re doing.

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