history repeating itself

we went to robben island today. i've never been. it wasn't such a big deal that i've never been until today, because now that i have i understand just how much of the history i didn't know and it wasn't all "this was a horrible place". yasien mohamed's amusing banter and personal touches blended well with the stories he told, and it was an enlightening and inspiring experience.

one thing, though: you really don't need to arrive quite so early. we got there forty minutes in advance (we'd been told thirty), and the line only began to move forward at around a quarter past the scheduled departure time. at least they didn't mess with the experience; we arrived back over an hour later than we should have but we'd seen and done everything there was to see and do.

even penguins - although we only caught a glimpse of three of them rushing into the bushes.

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pg and i had another fight on the way back, that dragged home once again - pretty much the same fight. i've brought her all the way down to south africa and i've been doing my best to show her a good time, but she never gets excited about anything and i can't help feeling responsible; whenever i seek assurance that she's not having a terrible time, she gets irritated with me and that just pisses me right off...

apparently i'm just hyper-sensitive.

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we mostly got over it in time to go upstairs to meet my uncle, and i drove us to a new place on the camps bay stretch, picking his girlfriend up on the way. the sunbird bistro is very cool - the atmosphere, service and food are all excellent and the only issue i have with the evening is that i properly burned myself on my first bite of the fish pie. i *knew* i should have waited for it to cool down a bit. fortunately, i only took out one side of my mouth so the other got to enjoy the rest of it :P

after far too much chatter, we eventually came home and i skipped off to uct campus to play board games with a bunch of claw members (including shadowslight). we played one of the fluxx games, which was highly entertaining, and then a few of us were introduced to settlers of catan. it's a great as i've heard! finally, three of us sat down to strange synergy, a surprisingly intricate game and a lot of fun.

i came home all fired up from the games, and an interesting chat with shadowslight concerning my future plans, to hear that israel's been under attack, worryingly so, and there's been no mention in the international media. perhaps because our prime minister's showing restraint?