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Monday, March 22, 2010

Ooo er.... haven't written on here for ages! Ooops! Oh well, I guess that means that life has been a tad busy of late, which is a good thing really. I've been back in Blighty for 4 weeks already and I can't believe how quickly those 4 weeks have gone. It's been absolutely fantastic being back home, I didn't realise how much I missed the place until I came back. I missed my friends so so much, it's been so great spending time with them again. My very good friend Charlie, who I am very lucky to have as a friend because she is just so wonderfully lovely, got married this weekend. The wedding was stunning, and Charlie made a beautiful bride. She had asked me to be one of her bridesmaids along with my other wonderfully lovely friends Isi and Kate, and I felt truely honoured. Many congratulations to the fabulous Mr and Mrs Rollingson! Love you guys!

Most of Sunday was spent recovering from the copious celebratory drinks, but my Monday a big adventure for me! While down in S.A. I decided to enrol on a course at the London College of Fashion. It's a week long course in learning to "drape on the stand" - basically how to create patterns for dressmaking by pinning to a dummy.... or something to that effect (I will hopefully understand it a bit more by the end of the week). I was a bit nervous about doing the commute into London as I have never done it before, but I actually really enjoyed it! I was just so excited to be going to the London College of Fashion! I love London, I love its hustle and bustle and eclectic mix of people and cultures. While riding the tube to Shoreditch I had a certain buzz in me, I felt like one of those girls in one of those movies about the small town girl with big dreams moving to the big city to persue her dreams, I even had my own 80's style soundtrack running through my head, for some reason Journey songs seemed to be heavily involved... aaa, Journey.... "Don't stop believin', Hold on to the feelin'", that song gives me goosebumps.
Sooo yeah, in summary, its a very exciting time for me at the moment, South Africa really does feel far away and not just in miles......