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Se-ve-n!

For those of you who are confused by that greeting, you have some reading to do below. Head back this way when you are done.

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Right, now that we are all at the same place, lets have a little read here. What I can guarantee from this article is warm smile once you have heard the message, and what is almost certainly a guarantee is that many of us will be getting our pencils out too, as we have a shopping list to write down. If you know what I am talking about when I start, fantastic! For the people that don’t – even better, this really is a win-win thing to read about.

Lets just dive in, Santa’s Shoebox Project (SSP)- started in 2006 in the Mother City, by a lovely lady: Dee Boehner.*Just a quick disclaimer: I don’t personally know Dee, but I am sure she is a lovely lady having started this!* In this first year, 180 shoe boxes were collected. Now, these are no ordinary empty shoe boxes…these are boxes filled with thoughtful gifts, for underprivileged kids across our country. In an email I received today, I read a sentence which blew me away. The SSP crew have decided to put a lid on the numbers of boxes they will be collecting, yes…you did read that right! Wait, there is more, the numbers of donations have doubled every year since the projects inception. I have included a graph adjacent to this text, it is simple but effective to show how amazing the people of this land are, those who start these projects, those which volunteer tirelessly and everyone who goes out and gets the things to wrap and put in the box. Then, they wrap the box, too.

Anyway, the focus this year is not numbers (so it has been set at 100 000!), the SSP people are aiming for a wider reach, by growing their satellites to areas where there are fewer donors and the needs are greater. AMAZING!

I was inspired 2 years ago, and loved it so much I couldn’t wait to do it again last year. I got a little carried away on the green and Ben-10 memorabilia, I sure hope the little dude who got it liked green and Ben-10. The box wrapping is definitely something I need to work on though. Third time lucky?! Challenege accepted.

Yes, so check out the website, read the ‘how to guide’, check out the gallery (click HERE for another link to it, especially now that you have decided you are taking part), go get shopping and good luck wrapping!

Shap shap!

Dave.

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Hola seven,

Whats up, whats happening fellow members of this fantastic country?!

That’s right, you will have noticed I changing things up with the greeting, this was for a few reasons. Firstly, change is as good as a holiday and who doesn’t like a holiday. Secondly, it’s time to beef (or tofu – for all the veggies out there) up our slang.

So, hola seven, much like eita – is also a greeting which knows no boundaries. It is pronounced, ‘hol-ah se-ve-n’. This greeting is multi-faceted, and can be accompanied by an extended thumb and forefinger pointing upwards and outwards. In addition to this, it can be said on its own, shortened to ‘hol-ah’ or ‘se-ve-n’, and for situations where verbal communication in not possible – the gesture works like a treat too. So go on, get out there and embrace this new lingo. Watch this space, we are really going to be getting into this. Shap!

Ok, now that we are rolling with the big dogs and speaking like them too…lets get down to business, well not really business as such…more the weather. Now, I typed “South African weather” into the Google search bar. Well, things are definitely not looking so good out there…and no matter where you go, you will always hear a “shucks, it is cold outside” or “I don’t remember the last time the weather was this bad”. Here is an approprite theme tune for the rest of your reading pleasure.

Here is my theory, no one remembers how cold/wet/rainy it was. Sure, the temperatures might be colder, or we might experience more rainfall this year in comparison to last. Nature and the associated phenomena are not static, thus we experience fluctuations.

Now, for everyone who knows me – they know that winter is not my favourite time of year. This has not changed, BUT in stead of complaining about it (which changes nothing) I am embracing it. I know that by doing this, I will appreciate my summer that much more this year, and every year after this. It really works, I suggest you try it. For those of you who love this weather, enjoy it twice as much because summer is just around the corner.

That is all for me, be safe, keep warm and do something nice for a fellow member of the rocking Republic of South Africa.

Shap shap!

Dave.

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