I went to the Market Theatre in Johannesburg to watch a dance show called Exit/Exist. It was the story of Chief Jongumsobomvu Maqoma an 19th century Xhosa military commander who fought against the British when they tried to take his land and his cattle. He died on Robben Island prison. The dancer was Chief Maqoma’s […]

For people who don’t know about Fortnite Battle Royale I have written a quick introduction. If you don’t like Fortnite don’t worry we will get onto why this is actually a blog about food and travel very quickly but you do need to know a little bit. If you do like Fortnite you are my […]

It was my dad’s birthday. He was turning 58 years old. I made him a chocolate and raspberry pie because he is in love with a piece of computer equipment called a Raspberry Pi. It is not same sort of pie as my chocolate and raspberry pie. He loves the Pi so much he would […]

Last week I had to do a project for school about the sun. So, I did all the usual science stuff –  layers of the sun, chemical composition etc, etc – and then I did a section on different myths about how the sun came into existence from all around the world. My favourite story […]

This weekend I did a lot of things. I started by going to the Ditsong National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg with my dad. At first it was quite quiet and calm there was hardly anyone there so it felt like our own personal experience.  Then some little kids arrived who were running around […]

This weekend was the first weekend of the school holidays so we decided to go to Chinatown in Cyrildene, Johannesburg to have some lunch. . When we got to Chinatown we couldn’t decide where to have lunch so we looked through all of the windows and one of the restaurants had ducks hanging in the […]

This weekend me and my friend Thuto went to a cooking class at the Prue Letih Chefs Academy in Centurion. The class was about pasta making. I was excited and curious because I have made pasta before but I wanted to learn how to do it better. In the car on way to the class […]

Last week I went with my parents to a new restaurant called as Greek as it Gets in Menlo Park in Pretoria. The chef who is in charge is called Stavros. I know him because he also has a restaurant in a place called Cullinan that I have been to before.  I haven’t been to […]

  I wrote once before about going to Blue Ocean Virtual Reality Centre in Bedfordview, Johannesburg. So you already know that it is very cool there. But guess what?!! This time was even better. My dad got me a few sessions as a present. When I am an adult I want to design computer games […]

  My dad likes bats. Some people think it’s weird but I think it is a reasonable hobby. They seem like nice enough creatures. He belongs to a club called the Bat Interest Group. They have trips where they collect, study and then release bats. This weekend I went to a bat meeting with my […]