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In this blog, I mostly write in English, although when I write about things that may also be important for my grandparents, then I also translate my posts into Estonian.

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"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Nietzsche

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Inter house athletics and a science fair...

Tervist,

Hommikul ärkasin veerand seitsmest ning pärast enda korda tegemist vms, suundusin kööki, kus ajasime hommikul Helen'iga juttu kuni Paula ja tema sõbranna, kes ööseks jäi, samuti kööki ilmusid ning hommikust sõid. Seejärel viisime sõbranna poole kaheksaks koju ning ise läksime koos Paula ja Heleniga Wits'i ülikooli hoonetesse, kus täna toimus gümnaasiumi astme loodusteadustealaste katsete näituse Johannesburgi linnavoor. Aitasime seal Paulal tema projekti üles seada (ta uuris seda, milliste vahenditega taimede kastmisel, kasvavad taimed kõige paremini - kas vee, koka koola, õlu, piima või kohviga kastes) ning mina ise vaatasin veel ringi, mida teised olid lahedat teinud (pean tunnistama, et seal polnud midagi liiga erilist). Lõpuks poole üheksast viis Helen mind Parktowni, kus toimus kooli oma ühiselamute vaheline kergejõustiku võistlus ja kus poisid võtsid mind rõõmsalt vastu ning põhimõtteliselt jätsin nendega hüvasti, sest rohkem tagasi vist ei lähe järgmine nädal (ainult lähen vormi tagasi viima). Vaatasin natuke aega seda võistlust ning peamiselt rääkisin lihtsalt poistega juttu, sest nagu on teada, siis mind ei eruta see, kui ma istun kuskil ja vaatan kuidas teised sporti teevad (pigem teen ise sporti, kui vaatan seda kõike pealt).
Lõpuks kolmveerand kümnest tuli Helen mulle järgi ning kuna ta ise sõitis kooli, et seal lõpetada eksami hinnete registrisse panemist ja seega läksin mina taaskord Rosebank'i kaubanduskeskusesse, kus vaatasin ligi kaks ja pool tundi ringi ning lõpuks ostsin ühe raamatu ning avastasin, et need kindad, mida eelmisel nädalal Diesel'ist vaatasin, on mulle siiski väikesed. Pärast väikest šoppamist tõi Helen mind koju ning ise läks Angelale ja vanaema Nana'le Pretoriasse järgi ning mina jäin koju, et veidi lugeda. Lõpuks oli möödunud juba päris mitu tundi ning Helen ning teised jõudsid koju ja me jõime teed ning rääkisime juttu. Vahepeal tuli Paul meile ning tõi ära hüpikgaselli liha, mille ta oli ise Kalaharis paar päeva tagasi maha lasknud. Seejärel lugesin ma natuke veel Sherlock Holmes'it ning seejärel oli aeg õhtusöögiks ja enne seda mängisime veel Nana, Georgina ning Angelaga Scrabbles'it, mille mängu ma võitsin :P. Pärast õhtusööki rääkisime veel veidi juttu ning seejärel tulin siia, et kirjutada blogi ja nüüd, kus see valmis saab, lähen varsti magama, kuid nagu ikka, vaatan veel enne oma sarja ning räägin veidi juttu Angelaga.

Parimate soovidega,
Sander Gansen

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Hi people,

In the morning, after making myself ready for the day, I went to kitchen, where we had a nice conversation with Helen, until Paula and her friend, who was here for a night, also came to kitchen. Next we ate some breakfast and at half past seven we took the friend back to her home and then went to Wits, where they held a science fair, where Paula was taking place in. When we arrived there, Helen and I helped Paula to put here things up (she did an experiment on plants and watering them with water, coffee, bear, coca-cola and milk) and I gave a little look on all of the other experiments, which I didn't think that were so amazing either. At half past eight Helen took me to Parktown, where the boys had inter house athletics contest. The thing was fine, but I really went there just to say goodbye the guys and just talk to them a bit, as mostly I don't really enjoy watching sports, but I like to do it myself. 
Then at quarter to ten Helen came to fetch me and then she drove to her school, as she had to do some more marking of the exams and put the to some kind of a register and so I went to Rosebank Mall, where I just chilled for two and a half hour and then in the end I bought one book and unfortunately couldn't buy the gloves I would have liked to buy from Diesel as they where a bit small for me. After this little shopping, Helen took me back home and went to Pretoria to fetch Angela and granny Nana. At home I just read a bit and when they came back, we had some tea with Nana and talked about life. In the mean time Paul came to here to give us a springbok, that he had shot for Anthony in Kalahari some days ago. After that I read a bit more Sherlock Holmes and then we played some Scrabble with Nana, Georgina and Angela - I won the game :) (they are native English speaker and I'm not). Later we had supper, talked a bit more until others went to sleep, so I wrote the blog. Now as it will get ready, I'll be talking a bit with Angela, then watch some How I met your mother and then go to sleep.

Best regards,
Sander Gansen

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