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Am spending the day at home. Was up most of the night with a terrible migraine, & just needed to catch up on some sleep. It's so damn hot in Jo'burg at the mo. I friggin' HATE the African heat, & am sooo not looking forward to another scorching summer

Saturday afternoon we went round to Lara & Mervin's place for a braai, & to...
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Had a lovely chilled braai at Richard's place last night. Met his new housemate, Eugene, & Rich broke us the news of the new "interest" in his love-life. Her name is Roz. She used to go out with Ashton Nyte - the lead singer of the South African goth band, The Awakening. Very attractive girl, & apparently extremely down-to-earth as well.

Anyway, she recently relocated...
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Had a very cool time in "Durbs by the sea" After a successful presentation to the local advertising industry on Friday morning (where I also bumped into several old colleagues of mine from about 5 years ago), my mom & I went on a whirlwind shopping spree (La Lucia Mall & Musgrave Centre), followed by more of the same on Saturday (Hillcrest Heritage Market). I...
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"You're memorable or you're wallpaper - there's nothing inbetween anymore" - Reg Lascaris, TBWA regional president: Africa, Middle East, Mediterranean

Once again I find myself feeling pretty jaded. I think I need another holiday

My boss has asked me to fly down to Durban (the city where I was born & raised) this Thursday afternoon to help out with a magazine presentation to the local ad industry on Friday morning. I'll be spending Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights at my folks' place in Westville, then...
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Am supposed to be sitting here compiling my proposal presentation to the model agency, but have decided to wake up an hour earlier tomorrow morning & do it with a fresh head instead.

Have spent the WHOLE day sleeping off a Cellardoor / Teazers hangover

Lee, Julian [Lee's business partner] & I got to Horror Caf at around 10pm last night, & after briefly meeting...
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FINALLY heard back from the model agency And this is what they had to say:


Thank you kindly for your time last week. Was very cool to meet you as you said. Yes, we are back in CPT and now just making decisions. There is limited feedback I can give you at this point, but some feedback nevertheless

We thoroughly enjoyed your energy and passion,...
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Still no feedabck from the model agency Will give them till the close of business tomorrow, at which point I'm going to have to drop them an email or send them an SMS to find out whether or not they've made a decision...

My assistant started work yesterday. She is a Muslim woman (age 40, married, with 2 kids), & seems very sweet, but is...
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Yesterday after work I met with the two directors of the model agency I was telling you guys about; the ones who are relocating their Africa head office from Cape Town to Jo'burg. (They also have an office in Switzerland, & another in New Jersey). We basically needed to meet one another face-to-face, to discuss the rationale behind their proposed joint venture & exactly what...
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This morning I had a brainwave for how I'm going to write my biography. Because of the sensitive nature of some aspects of the story, & out of respect for the "characters" who are still alive, I have decided to put it together along the classic lines of "Little Women", by Louisa May Alcott. But instead of being sisters, the main characters will be friends....
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