Today is Mother’s Day in South Africa and once again I can’t celebrate it with my mom, as I have not been in South Africa for Mother’s Day over the last couple of years, however this time, I’m in South Africa, but mom dearest is the one travelling. I guessed our roles are reversed, but … Continue reading »
I have a category on blog called language fails where write posts about funny language related episodes I’ve been a part of or come across, however there has been a particular series I’ve wanted to write about for some time now. This series has all to do with my experience of working with Brazilians and … Continue reading »
You know when things don’t go as planned and people try and cheer you up by saying “When one door closes, another one opens” and you think to yourself, yeah right. Well it is what I thought when I got a rejection from the first job I interviewed for here in South Africa. When I … Continue reading »
No I wasn’t shot in Jozi. Or maybe I was. Only in the good way though. Raquel and I have been living here for just over three weeks now and we are slowly growing accustomed to the city and even though we haven’t had time to enjoy it much, but we are happy here so far, as … Continue reading »
I might be incurring the wrath of recruitment agents everywhere, but one of my biggest obstacles since moving back to South Africa has been with these sector of professionals in the country. Now, I don’t have extensive experience with recruitment agents apart from the one which got me my first job in London and she … Continue reading »
Travelling Tonito is back after a little hiatus, caused initially by theft of all my blogging equipment (see the post) and then, pure frustration on a personal front caused by a lack of activity on the job hunting front. All of this left me completely unmotivated to blog for the first time since starting this … Continue reading »
When we moved back to South Africa, I made a promise to myself that I was going to explore this country and make sure I didn’t miss out on the amazing things it had to offer! Having already done a few things (like exploring Jozi and catching up on South Africa’s diverse culture), but they … Continue reading »
The other day while on the phone to Home Affairs to find out about the status of Raquel’s visas, I was once again reminded of my own reasons to hate apartheid. Yes, I do hate apartheid for the reasons we all know, but I have a very personal grudge against those in power at the … Continue reading »
Well, South Africa didn’t steal my Apples, some idiot with a clever gadget stole my Apples. This idiot thinks that stealing my Apples means that I will stop loving this country, but he is heavily mistaken. You must be wondering whether I’ve been smoking something quite potent, alas I wish I was, but no. Well, at this point you … Continue reading »
When Raquel and I got to South Africa, we had a grand plan of road tripping to various Southern African countries, as I wrote about in this post. However, when we arrived in South Africa, and started calculating the costs of this road trip, we had scaled back the trip to only heading to Swaziland … Continue reading »
I consider myself a nice guy (who occasionally can be an idiot) but we all know what happens to nice guys… We finish last and don’t get the girl. However a couple of weeks ago I had some proof that being a nice guy sometimes, and only sometimes does pay off.
My brother got married last weekend and for his wedding he had a few friends come in from abroad, which meant that as was brother was getting this organized for the big event, I was given tour guide duties and make sure that the friends got a see a bit of South Africa.
This past weekend I was busy playing tour guide, showing around some of my brothers friends who were in town for his wedding. One of the places we decided to see, is the Lesedi Cultural Village close to Hartebeespoort. I am going to write a post about this experience, but wanted to leave a photo of our … Continue reading »
It’s been over two months since Raquel and I moved to South Africa after our long honeymoon travelling in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Macau and Hong Kong. It’s been a strange two months for both us in many ways.
Just after Christmas, Raquel and I together with her family who were visiting from Portugal spent an afternoon at the Pilanesberg Game Reserve for a safari. For her family it was something completely new which they have never done and loved, however, for me it was yet another reminder of how much I love the … Continue reading »
I haven’t posted any photos of the week for a while now (I think since October) as I was busy catching up with the honeymoon posts, but seeing as that is done, and we’ve started in a new year, I reckon I might as well return to posting a photo every week. This week, I … Continue reading »
When Raquel and I started dating and things became more serious, we said that 2012 would be a pivotal year for us; a year in which a few decisions about our life would be made.
It has been quite a while since I’ve blogged a while about how things are currently in our lives, but I wanted to get the honeymoon posts finish before the end of the year, which fortunately I finished this week. I’ve also been busy with other things, like job hunting and preparing for the in … Continue reading »
Hi Everyone! I’m up for the South African Blog Awards again this year and need your help to win. All you need to do is click on the image below, which will take you to the voting link and put in your email and click submit. They will send you a confirmation email which you need … Continue reading »
After a fantastic five days with Jing and Li in Macau our trip was coming to an end. We still had one full day in Hong Kong before catching our flight to London and thereby ending our amazing honeymoon.
