I dropped off Robert at the day care, and because I had a few hours to kill I stopped with my laptop at a coffee shop that has a free wi-fi zone. I was totally out of place with the beautiful rich people, killing time and sipping coffee, but at least my laptop measured up. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Cape Town’
May 20, 2009
Cream Cupcakes, Not Guilty ?
When I emailed my mother yesterday and mentioned Robert’s runny tummy, she said maybe he is teething. I dismissed the notion immediately, because my boy is almost fully grown, how could he be teething again? Besides I was too busy blaming the cream cupcake. I guess I was brainwashed by my ex, who used to [...]
May 20, 2009
The Gross Out Phenomenon
Yesterday was another day off school for Robert. He started the day with a terrible bout of diarrhea and went on like this for the rest of the day. I spent considerable amount of time at the changing table trying to prevent a leaking nappy disaster.
Scientifically, an ailment of this nature can only be caused [...]
March 18, 2009
Last Days of Summer
Truly amazing how we moved from 40 degrees plus last week, to low 20s this week. Robert and I are struggling with early cold symptoms and a nagging dry cough because of this drastic change.
We are starting to think hot cereal, and hot milk bottles, when a week ago it was a question of how [...]
February 5, 2009
My Days Just Outside the Spotlight
I rarely do interpreting in Cape Town, because I cannot trust myself to simultaneous interpreting, and other interpreting jobs do not come up as often. One of those rare ones came my way in the past two days, and the bizarre thing is that I ended up on the set for a commercial. The ad [...]
January 17, 2009
It Puzzles Me
My ex has been nice to us in this past month, and as much as it is a relief for me, I am still puzzled about his latest incarnation as a caring father, when not too long ago he told me that I was not able to look after our son AND called me many [...]
January 4, 2009
Summer in the City
I did not plan to foot it all the way to Camps Bay today, but the weather and the scenery beckoned me along. I only wanted to avoid a desperate situation such as yesterday’s when I wasted so much time trying to get Robert to catch up on his daytime naps without success, so today [...]
January 1, 2009
Can I ask you Something
I sometimes bump into a woman walking around in Sea Point. She looks old; her mouth puckers because she is missing quite a few of her front teeth, and her white hair is trimmed short. She always wears black and white clothes, usually too warm for the weather, but she doesn’t look like a [...]
January 1, 2009
Cape Town on January 1st
In South Africa the first of January is when most people especially Africans head to the beach. I do not know where this custom came from, but it is a fact mentioned often even as far up the coast as East London.
Today I decided to investigate this phenomenon myself and walked towards the promenade with [...]
December 31, 2008
Old Year’s Eve
As I was getting ready to take Robert for the weekly Pram Jam at the Sea Point library, we get another text message from his father. He wondered again about our plans and thought we could take Robert someplace. I arranged for him to meet us at the library then to go to the Company [...]
