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Some drawing I found on a circuit board box at varsity #wits...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:14:22 +0300

Some drawing I found on a circuit board box at varsity #wits #art #wolf #graffiti #comics (at University of the Witwatersrand)

This song has over 1.2 million plays on soundcloud for good...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:35:32 +0300

This song has over 1.2 million plays on soundcloud for good reason. Check it out. #house #music #klangkarussel #jazz

Starred in a Harlem Shake video, this may just be my big break ...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:22:21 +0300

Starred in a Harlem Shake video, this may just be my big break  #panda #mascot #harlemshake

My mate’s mustang @king_dris #america #hipster #vintage...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:48:44 +0300

My mate’s mustang @king_dris #america #hipster #vintage #cars #shelby #mustang

One of the best things I’ve stumbled upon on sound...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:13:04 +0200

One of the best things I’ve stumbled upon on sound cloud… #Das Kapital #Bon Iver

Contrails being formed in the #sky above the Wits tower this...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:56:13 +0200

Contrails being formed in the #sky above the Wits tower this morning

Best birthday #19 #birthdays #hammer-time

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:37:41 +0200

Best birthday #19 #birthdays #hammer-time

Some movie reccomendations from a fellow volunteer I met on the...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:59:21 +0200

Some movie reccomendations from a fellow volunteer I met on the last day of the Youth Forum after I told her what type of movies I like. Even though she brags about her Zara blazer, stacks up beer cups and stands on them at concerts, has a weird thing for cows and tells me to stay up but then eats toast and falls asleep, she is still one of the coolest people I’ve met in a while and I’m glad volunteered that day and to the PAYLF in general.

And just like that, the intense and convicting experience I felt feels just that much less intense and a little less convicting… (Read below)

Pan African Youth Forum Johannesburg Walkabout

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:53:50 +0200

I have always wanted to go up to the top of the Carlton Centre, preferably with a beautiful lady by my side, but instead my first time visiting the landmark was with my group from the Pan African Youth Leadership Forum that I volunteered at during my first year university holiday. This was a day full of intense conviction as we walked about some of Johannesburg’s problem areas to experience some of the real life challenges that have to be faced instead of just spewing hot air about “being the change…” from comfortable air conditioned conference rooms in Sandton. One experience that will never leave me is when the Hillbrow community watch took us to a part of town that is known to be place where life’s so called failures wash up.

The scene was as follows: Deep Johannesburg, not too far from Ponte, a park on a picturesque hill over looking Ellis Park, tens maybe even just over one hundred adults, homeless, poverty stricken adults, all addicts… smoking, snorting and injecting whats left of their lives away as dealers are on standby and policemen turn a blind eye. As soon as I stepped in I saw an old man drop his crack pipe by accident on the hard surface of what used to be a basketball court. He let out a painful shriek in fear that his only escape from his harsh reality had been shattered. We spoke to some of these forgotten people, some were professionals, others prostitutes and even parents but all were human. Upon leaving the park (after being advised that after some time these people start to get aggressive because they cannot get their fix while the community watch is around) I heard my name being firmly called. He was a dealer, a master of human destruction, leaning against the fence with an arrogant grin on his face. Nothing has ever been more spine chilling, but then I realised that he simply read the name tag pinned to the left side of my chest. “How are you?”, he said. ‘Fine, how are you?’, I responded as a reflex. “I’m fine…” he muttered as I stepped closer to our ride out of there. I don’t think I have ever wanted to leave a place in more of a hurry, but I knew the whole experience would stay in my mind for a long time.

Carlton Centre, the tallest building in Africa is where this day ended; and as much as an emotionally intensive day it was and regardless how much conviction to make a change I felt, my warm bed, loving family, great friends, education and comfort makes this experience so easy to forget…

Looking to the West Rand of Johannesburg from the 50th floor of...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:49:38 +0200

Looking to the West Rand of Johannesburg from the 50th floor of the Carlton centre in Johannesburg.

The view facing east from the top floor of the tallest building...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:49:31 +0200

The view facing east from the top floor of the tallest building in Africa, the Carlton Centre in the heart of Johannesburg. You can see the famous Ellis Park Stadium in the top left and some other cool stuff.

On the 50th floor, the highest floor in Africa.

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:49:10 +0200

On the 50th floor, the highest floor in Africa.

View facing North from the Carlton Centre, the tallest building...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:49:00 +0200

View facing North from the Carlton Centre, the tallest building in Africa with all the northern ‘burbs in full view.

A bag rack at the Superdry Store in Westfield Centre, Stratford-...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:48:50 +0200

A bag rack at the Superdry Store in Westfield Centre, Stratford- Decions, decisions I sent this to my brother at home to choose which bag he wanted when I was last minute shopping in London. He picked the Orange one on the top shelf, good choice bro, good choice.

The sickest water features…

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:38:00 +0200

The sickest water features…

Outside the palace gates.

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:38:00 +0200

Outside the palace gates.

Buckingham Palace.

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:37:00 +0200

Buckingham Palace.

On the bridge between Big Ben (Queen Elizabeth Tower) and the...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:37:00 +0200

On the bridge between Big Ben (Queen Elizabeth Tower) and the London Eye.

Tribute to the women of World War II, edited my mom out of this...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:20:14 +0200

Tribute to the women of World War II, edited my mom out of this one sshh..

Along the walk to Trafalgar Square.

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:20:00 +0200

Along the walk to Trafalgar Square.