Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Cool Facts About Tay Achs

Christina marries her husband twice

Apartheid had many frightening feeble-minded, but in between
something rather amusing moronic:

Christine Kaba (59) came illegally with her husband Matthew to Khayelitsha in 1984 starting a home garden on her own. She got training and was lifted by Abalimi in challenging positions she thought not to able to handle, but became the running power and inspiration for Abalimi's work how it is today. As part of the management team she oversees all running projects and activities.



Christina ist hier so unsere Mama (auch wenn ich zu Zig Frauen hier Mama sag, weil man das höflicherweise macht, wenn ne schwarze Frau älter als man selbst ist). sie ist super, ein bissel wie Sue, für alle die meine Host-mom aus USA kennen: eigentlich pretty much as Sue.
considerable concern to Eastern Cape (as so many here in Cape Town, the flow to go to find jobs) grew
, and there had met her husband.
(is drawn to him and then found that it is blatantly in'er policy: well informed, not good before:))
He [is later in the ANC have been in the armed resistance and has operations = attacks against vehicles planned and executed by the military: well, but how much of it is true then .....]
She married him in Eastern Cape and then there was the pass laws that we should not move to a adneren place, or at all because allowed to stay if you were not born there. Well, sort of his relatives came from Cape Town, but then so were allowed to go there (again, so ne story where I have 10 times the demand for then why were allowed to go there and have received no reply, which I understand, Ha!):
only then their marriage was not recognized and thus it has your husband got married for the 2nd time.
Very cool, right?
Well, her passport says that she was born 23.Dez 1948, where she was born a year as an official amount of bridge was built (said she, her mother) and was the 1947th So she is now 61 in December, as she says: "I do not care what the stupid ID says."



look at the pics you with us nem Braii bei ihr: super Hammer lecker!!! Danke Mama!

Mature Women Repair Men

Vati' Trip to Cape Town

Vati (eigentl. Vatiswa) ist eine Fieldworkerin bei uns bei Abalimi. Sie ist Anfang 50 und ist sozusagen die Chefin auf Nyanga Seite (das heißt Chefin über ziemlich viele Gemüsegärten (auch über einen der größten: Feezeka) und Backyard gärten) und unterrichtet über Landwirtschaft und hilft den Leuten live bei ihren Problemen mit den Gärten.

Hier stelle ich euch ihre Story vor wie sie während der Apartheid verfolgt wurde und nach Cape Town kam. Die sotry is in English, weil ich die hier auch auf'er Arbeit benutze, aber mit Ü-setzung von GoogleTranslator könnt ihr sie zur Not read in a reasonably good German. If Imagine that English is strange is that the meaning-context sometimes missing: so I EGHT Whatever the interviews:
For example, if you ask here for directions: "It's over there, by that street, where that small woman lives "or" It's very close, just on the other side of Khayelitsha "(?! this township but has just over 500,000 inhabitants, so where exactly)

short only at the beginning: Sewage truck (my favorite place in the history of = waste water truck, which just the waste water (toilets) from the houses empty inflated because many houses were not connected to a network (often countries is still in Draft: however, you must first have the money au den Truck vorbeikommen zu lassen).

Vati was born in 1956 in Keiskammahoek a t Gwili-Gwili location in Eastern Cape. All the parents of secondary school (standard 6 to9) helped to build the school with their own hands and own money, but when they started to have to pay more for building another 2 class-buildings, the money didn't reach the school, but the principal took it for himself, and told no money was left.

So students, among them Vati and friends, started to make a riot in 1973-74. The police came and arrested some of her friends, but she got away.

Few days later police men were looking for her at her home, but she knew it and got out before. So she had to leave and went to her sister in Port Elisabeth.

but the police tried to find her there, and knocked at her door: she opened and they were asking for Vatiswa, but she told, that Vatiswa is not here, and the don't know if she comes; she would have to call before.

So the police left again, but was coming back a few days later checking again: but by that time, Vati's sister's son had made fun of the sewage collection truck, and so this men had flooded the sister's house with sewage, so the police couldn't find anybody, because the house was flooded.

But Vati then had to leave to her sister's friend for better security, who lived in Knysna. But before she arrived there, she found a truck going to Cape Town, picking her up and taking her there for free.

She told them to drop her in the Township Langa, where her brother lived. She got to his house, but he was not there, so she asked where he's staying. The people showed her his sleeping place, but it was a loft bed with people sleeping above him, and was very small. also there were just men staying in this hosue, so she could not stay there.

Her brother was called and came from work to her. They went to the community centre and he helped her renting a shack in Langa.

[...]

Then she built her own shack in Nyanga-K.T.C., and was unemployed. She heared about an agricultural training done by Quaker foundation. First day 64 people showed up, 2 nd day it were 24 people, 3 rd day it was 12 people left, completing the training. Then they asked her, 2 other women and one men, if they could come back to them and call them, so this 4 would do training to the community.

She was asked several questions how to plant, grow and do gardening, and she could answer them perfectly, because she already had farmed at her family in Eastern Cape.

So she stared doing training in 1996, and she was running all the trainings, with paper work, organising them and doing gardening, with some little help from this other three people.

In 2002 the Quaker foundation programme of agriculture ran out, and they didn't continue it. But the director of Quaker foundation in Cape Town ____ saw that Vati loved what she was doing, so he tried to find new work for her. He knew Rob Small from Abalimi and asked him if there would be an opportunity to employ her. So Rob (former head of Abalimi) took her Tel-number and called her soon after, offering her a job as a trainer.


Additional information:

KTC is in Nyanga and is called KTC, cuz there was a basar, belonging to the kasa family, and probably the basar owner's initials were K.T.C.: so they took the name of this basar for that area.

Caterers Hor'dourve Portland Oregon

Der Reverend als verlorener Sohn

Hier im Bild ist Reverend (Simon?, muss ihn Sonntag nochmal fragen, wenn wir in die Xhosa church von ihm gehen)
Er ist nur halb-tags Pastor und arbeitet sonst normal um seinen Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Ich möcht euch hier mal einen Teil seiner Lebensgeschichte kurz erzählen:

Er ist auf ner Farm in Eastern Cape aufgewachsen, mit seiner Familie, 1nem Bruder und 2 Schwestern. als er 4 war, konnte ihn seine Mom aber nicht gut versorgen und sein Onkel sagte dann, "gib ihn doch zu mir, zu mindest tagsüber". So ging das den ersten Monat und dann blieb er länger auch über Nacht bei seinem Onkel auf ner anderen Farm very close to his Mom.
Aber plötzlich an einem Tag entschied die Regierung alle schwarzen aus der Gegend zu "clearen" und brachte alle in ein Lager und dann später weiter in eine "Stadt". Sein Onkel und er hatten no chance to get out there first, and as she was then his mom came out with the family also restlchen "gecleared been".

So he lived with his uncle wieterhin, then moved later in ne other country and came to find jobs after NEN Guguletu, Cape Town. Everywhere he rumkam he left his Address and Phone Number to perhaps even to find his family.

A few years ago (after being separated 27 years) then a woman came up to him and said that she had found perhaps sien sister, because a woman had with her her phone number. stored and searched for a man with his past.
So he then directly to Khayelitsha (township next door) down, asked around where the house is added by the woman who asked him anch, and BAM, recovered 27 years after his mother. All his relatives were rounded up ziemlcih quickly and now he has his family back again.

Later in conversation, they found that after the "clear" is actually very close, only a few streets away from each other, had lived for a short time.

Krass, ne?

If you want to read more about Township-people stories click on Dad's trip to Cape Town or on I had to get married 2 times the same guy or on board in SA

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Mount And Blade Units Tree

Personalausweis

Hola!

you I would not deny that I am now officially a few weeks ago Chileans;)
Although female ....( See Sexo: Feminino)


Each one of has a visa, here, the Chilean bureaucracy run (3 times in 2 different offices) with eeeewig waiting times at some point then this "Cedula de Identidad" to obtain.

PS I've added a new short video on the right. It briefly shows the bumpy ride in Alitplano some flamingos, and steam and water at the geysers .... click on it, then there a large view of it on Youtube

Friday, September 26, 2008

Musquito Like Bumps On Legs

..... Atacama Desert

9:30 am in Germany ...... good night!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Email Address Condoleezza Rice



Hello Germany.

How do I get to hear lately is with you even colder. That is, for me it is now only warmer.
Since I do not expect the heat was really, I've done to me in the North.
surprise .... the north of Chile there is unfortunately really nothing but desert .....

Since we had last week off we (three other exchange students and I) here we rented a pickup and are thus broken up north.

The pickup we got was new with 2000 km. But honestly it was a scrap box. Insgesamt hat das Auto aber seinen Zweck erfüllt und hat uns auch an mit normalem Auto nicht erreichbare Ziele gebracht.

Unser Ziel war eigentlich San Pedro de Atacama. Um das zu erriechen mussten wir zuerst 1800 km Panamerika bewältigen, was auch teilweise ganz interessant war. Ich frage mich zum beispiel was macht ein Mann allein mit einer Flasche Wasser in der Hand mitten in der Wüste?? (Nein, es war keine Fatamorgana) 100km vorher und 100 km danach gab es rein gar nichts!!
Natürlich kann es auch ab und zu ganz schön einschläfernd sein, stundenplan, hunderte von Kilometern einfach nur geradeaus zu fahren.

Unterwegs haben wir noch einen Tag in einem Natioalpark halt gemacht und am Strand gezeltet. (Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar).
In San Pedro we were 5 days and have billeted in a hostel. From San Pedro we made uncertain with our car the desert and the altiplano.
Every day we have emptied a tank (max. 500 km) walked just sometimes does not. Because there simply are no gas stations in the Altiplano;) Visit


we have. Lagunas Altiplanicas (4300 m) and the Salar de Talar (4500) also the Salar de Atacama (the biggest salt desert in Chile) and have looked at the sunset with the flamingos. Increible! Everything is reflected in the water, and volcanoes (more or less active) in Hintergunrd werden feuerrot. Auch haben wir wir verschiedene Oasen besucht, was auch sehr beeindruckend war. Zuerst fährt man stundenlang durch die Wüste ohne ein einziges Lebenszeichen und plötzlich kommt man an den Rand eines Canyons der erstaunlicherweise Wasser führt. Man schaut nach unten und......es ist alles grün!
Eines Morgens sind wir auch um 4:00 losgefahren um bei Tagesanbruch auf 4300m bei Geysieren zu sein. Diese sind nur bei Tagesanbruch bis die Sonne aufgeht aktiv. Als wir ankamen um 6:00 hatte es -15 °C und die Geysiere waren schon mächtig am Dampfen. Hier kann man sehr gut erkennen, dass die Anden vulkanisch noch sehr Aktiv sind.
Passiert haben wir auch noch Inka Ruinen, und die älteste Kirche Chiles (wirklich wie aus den Wild West Filmen)

Bei der Rückreise haben wir auch noch 2 Nächte an verschiedenen Stränden gezeltet. Was leider wegen des bescheuerten Küstennebels in der Wüste (incl. Wind) sehr kalt war.
Wir wollten dann auf eine Insel fahren um Pinguine, Delphine und Seelöwen zu sehen. Als wir aber morgens zum Fischerhafen kamen hieß es aber, dass es heute leider nicht möglich ist, weil der Wind zu stark sei und die Fischerboote umkippen bei den hohen Wellen. Tja, da das leider unser letzter Tag war, konnte ich wieder einmal keine Delphine sehen.

Insgesamt war die Reise aber richtig gut. Mit dem Auto zu fahren war genial, weil wir überall anhalten konnten wo wir wollten. Ich habe jetzt nicht alles told in detail, but the impressions to show better, I have uploaded quite a lot of photos and always wrote it. So to see more durchgklicken easy! Plus, I have still have something to tell when I return.

go now but first the university next life. There are, as always, on tests and homework. But the next trip is certain;)

Until then
Fabi

Friday, September 19, 2008

Letter Of Service Completion

Town and Coutry houses?

no, non-whole, Tow and Country may as well times build hier'n house, where the Locations in "Camps Bay" schon danach aussehen (mit eigenem Aufzug von der Straße hoch zum Haus).
Aber hier will ich euch mal 2 Township Häuser vorstellen. Das eine wurde 2001 gebaut, und die Türen wurden versprochen, aber nunja: war halt kein geld mehr da. Sie hat von Freunden alles mögliche geschenkt bekommen: Kühlschrank, Herd, TV, Sofas und was sagt sie, von wem sie's hat?: J E S U S.
Joa, so läuft's hier: aber geil is bei diesem Bild, der kleine "Schrein" von Jesus und Mari, und direkt dadrüber: Mekka, Yeah! " i really liked the picture." she said :)

Jo, und viele der Township häuser werden an die Stelle von den Hütten gesetzt: siene Hütte (shack) darf man abuen wenn man MAterial hat UND den "Aufseher" im Viertel gefragt aht. Der darf i.d.R kein Geld nehmen, weil das Land nicht ihm sondern der Stadt gehört, macht's aber trotzdem. Kein PLan was die Stadt macht: die provided nämlcih i.d.R nachdem veile Hütten da sind, Strom und Wasser, zu mindest community tabs wo Leute mit Eimern holen können, und stellt WCs auf, (ohne Scheiß: mitten auf'n Gehweg wird'n an die Kanailsation angeschlossenes WC aufgestellt und die Anwohner dürfen/müssen/sollten dann'n Häuschen drum bauen, so dass man da seine Privatsphäre hat. Am Tag als die aufgestellt wurden, sah's genial aus. Find aber das Pic dazu grad nich, sorry

Joa, und dann wird da gelebt.
Man lebt gern in den Townships, zu mindest oft, weil die family close ist, man ne gute Gemeisnchaft hat,d ie Nachbarn kennnt und sich gegenseitig hilft, mit Material, Essen oder auch Diensten (ich helf dir im Haus, dann du mir: "Ilima" nennen sie's wobei das Ilima was ich kennen gelernt habe noch etwas anders ist,...)

Manchmal leben bis zu 13Leute in nem Haus, oder zu mindest hinterm Haus dann noch: Zimmer sind manchmal SUPER leer (nur'n Bett oder ne Matratze und'n Plastikstuhl), manchmal super vollgepackt mit sofa, DVDplayer, Stereoanlage, Kühlschrank, TV, Fotos, Schränken, Geschirr,....
Also super unterscheidlich: je nachdem wie "reich" man ist. Allerdings ist man schon super gesegnet wenn you have no house and eben'n Schack more, but more blessed if you have ne wenisgtens Schack and nciht s just a plastic bag with you again in the evening An'n place to kip returns.
So far from the houses
Soon more pics of Khayelitsha and other townships on my picasa site

Enjoy

Friday, September 12, 2008

Read Online Sasusaku Doujinshi

lang lang ist her .... Cajon del Maipo

hey!
What do you feel?

First of all, I wanted to apologize that I have written anything for so long. But you have to understand, unfortunately, here we say simply because tranquilo, tranquilo ....
Unfortunately, I had no real Time. Here you'll find some way to always do and what to do. If no degree at university, then here in the house. Since there is always something going on ... are now at least 12 people here. Of course I have a few things here and I looked in the area and was again in the mountains snowboarding. Even today it is already quite late, because once again was going on so much. I'm a little drunk and have grad still packed in the middle of the night in my backpack ....

times so I'm going to you a little story to tell ....

Dunas de Con Con



One day we have visited the dunes that exist around here. One is actually in die Wüste versetzt. Die Dünen befinden sich natürlich direkt am Meer. Warum die da sind weis ich nicht. Jedenfalls sind sie ziemlich rießig...so 100 m würd ich schätzen. Wir sind dann auf die doofe Idee gekommen ein Wettrennen die Dünen runter und wieder rauf zu veranstalten. Die Größe haben wir dabei leider unterschätzt. So sind wir, noch alle mit einem leichten Kater vom Vorabend, die Dünen runtergerannt. War natürlich total einfach. Unten angekommen umgedreht und schon nach 10 Schritten im Sand ging bei den meisten nichts mehr... Als alle dann nach geraumer Zeit oben ankamen mussten wir uns erst einmal 1 h auruhen. Eigentlich wollten wir noch Sandboarding betreiben (ja, sowas gibt es hier), aber dazu war dann keiner longer able.

Isla Negra

No, these are not an island but a village, about 100 km south of here. The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Nobel Laureate) had as a house, which we then looked at. The house was so nice to look at, but otherwise there was not much. The house is of course directly above the beach and the view from his bedroom is really huge.

Laguna Verde



Last Sunday we went from here 10 km to the south. They said there was a very nice beach. There was also the real. We hiked along the beach that is really only and we have another round in the sun. A nice English and I then met some divers who dive for crabs. It has been found out that there were only students who have dived her lunch. And since according to her down there teeming with crabs, they have given us third I knew anzufagen not really do with it, but knew the Spaniard, of course, with the crabs deal;)
so it came so that we have taken 3 of crabs and I've eaten my first cancer .....

La Parva - Ski



2 weeks ago I wanted to go back to the mountains for snowboarding and had to ask a few people at the university if they do not do come along. Somehow, the then rumgesrprochen among the exchange students, so we were at the end 14 people. I then got us a bus InlC. Organized, the driver drove us directly to Valparaiso in the mountains. Went well actually. And we are here at 5:00 aufgrebrochen in Valparaiso to bring in a mini mini mini bus 15 people to ski. Overall, a bit cramped and stressful. But quite fun and the Powder God has not deserted me.

Home



(Photos: fish grill, and compañeros de la Casa)
You may have seen the pictures of my room. Now I can tell you again detailed report on my living situation. So I live in a house with 11 other people. 4 of them study with me at the same university. We have 3 baths, a garden, a dog, a cat and a large kitchen. Of course there is never peace in the house so;) every night will make available here anyone of anything ..... So it happens that you start here, for example, to cook dinner, and suddenly joined by more and more people to bring food and drink une, and everything ends in a small house party. Overall, the atmosphere is so very good!

The Chilean food, are times one extra info. Since you have to be patient but you still. 'm Still not as deep in the Chilean Kitchen penetrated. Now I've

you tried concise descriptions of the events of the past 2.5 weeks to inform. Do I have to end now, unfortunately. It's half past 3 and I should sleep slow ...

Next time there is a report from the desert ... so do not miss;)

Best regards

Fabi

HP Right you find a new photo album with some photos of the last time!

Friday, September 5, 2008

Is It Nirmal To Be Dry Day Before Period

Best day so far

Hi, has lasted a while until I that day is now described , but Well:
The best days been here for me started Saturday N8, 23 August:'m with my bro on the phone and asked him if he had an idea for ne Church here with me:
Baptist Vineyard or the answer was right and I once googled:'s Vineyard was and I thought: Hammer! I've just entered Hillsong AND BAM: for 9 weeks there's Hillsong Cape Town http://www2.hillsong.com/capetown/home.asp
four services on Sunday, Hammer technology, cool bands, very cool speakers to bring over what in'er bible is and where's not boring, nice prayer sessions, and more.
All enuen will take place in Congress Centre of Cape Town, they have seen sich'n rented space for about 400 people for the whole Sunday, and the 4 times I had been there (yes I was 2 times on the first day, because it's said Hammer was) were always 250-300 or more people per Godi since: Hammer!

kip belongings Saturday can barely evening, I am without an alarm clock already aufgewacht, bisher nie passiert gewesen, hab mir Ida & Antonella geschnappt, und sind im Käfer losgefahren. Einfach Hammer!

Schade bisher ist, dass es bei so ner großen Gemeinde schwierig ist Kontakt zu knüpfen, aber mal sehen was da noch wird. Hab mich mal gemeldet für Sonntags morgens 4.30h Technik aufbauen helfen, ha! Mal schaun wie das da läuft :)

Enjoy
Matthias