STOP THE PRESSES!! BBC Africa has posted an article detailing the opportunity to have TEA with NELSON MANDELA. The event will be auctioned off on eBay to benefit a Johannesburg hospital. If anyone loves me, they will most definitely fork up some serious dough for me to have tea with Nelson. Have I mentioned that he's one of my top 10 heroes? Ok, just checking. I thought that I had. And, of course, I'm all for aiding hospitals. So, if you have a ridiculous wad of cash sitting around, please know that I have the perfect place for it to go.
In other news, Ryan McDonnell, one of the students currently studying at Wits, sent a package to me by way of his parents including the graduate studies catalog as well as information on Wits in general. It has been extremely helpful. I'll post a link to his blog sometime tomorrow. I am currently deciding whether to go through the department of education or history to obtain my admittance to Wits, and I will spend most of tomorrow researching programs, downloading Skype, and looking for a microphone for my computer. I'm getting really excited about all of the prospects, though I'm also getting relatively overwhelmed...imagine that. It looks as if I'll be in Africa from mid-January to more like November now, so I'm having to readjust to that idea. I like it pretty well, though. Again, I'll just return for a year and then go to grad school. Not bad.
I haven't heard back from the embassy about a visa, but I'll try again tomorrow. That's all the news for now.
If you can't afford the plane ticket, this is the next best thing!
About Me
- LG
- Recently FUNemployed and looking to cut costs, I'm an adventurous cook, baker, and market-goer striving for happiness one gourmet meal at a time.
Time in Jo'burg
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My Favorite Sites
- Rotary/Rotaract AIDS Hike 2007
- BBC Africa
- Rotaract Club of Johannesburg
- A South African in San Diego
- Una Aurora
- My Africa Buddy in Hong Kong
- UMC Nothing But Nets Campaign
- Rotary homepage--Ambassadorial Scholarship information
- Lenwa from Down Under...or the Magic City
- Stephanie
- Soulmate
- Keith's photography
- Wits homepage
South Africa Required Reading List
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu
- My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan
- My Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
2 comments:
dude...nelson mandela...freakin awesome...awesome...there are no words...none that are effective enough :o)
if you seriously get a pot going, i'll contribute to your ebay bidding...
...on the condition that, when you have tea with nelson, you mention that you have a brilliant lawyer-friend that would love to pick his brain about politics and then maybe obtain a letter of recommendation for *fill in the blank for any law firm/law-related job imaginable*
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