Wow! What a journey! I’m not going to lie. I still have this feeling that I’m going to wake up and realise that I had actually been dreaming. Instead, I’m still sitting in a Home Affairs office, fast asleep because I’ve been there for hours waiting for nothing to happen. Yeah being here is weird […]
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Final days in Cape Town | Migration Tales
We finally got our visas – all of them – last week Thursday! A year and two months after making the decision to leave, we are off and we leave in ten days. Ten days! I think we are somewhere on a spectrum between brave and absolutely completely insane. I think probably more insane. We’ve […]
Freaking hell, is this for real? | Migration Tales!
So after one hell of a fight with Home Affairs, we finally got my passport last week..did you see me jumping around like a crazy person with my passport? I can’t believe this fight is over! FINALLY!! In perhaps even more exciting news, my visa was also granted by Immigration New Zealand this week and […]
Meet Amelia: What it’s Really Like Being a Content Writer!
I had a little laugh as I chose the featured image for this article. A photo of a type writer – the glamorous idea of what it means to be a writer. When actually, it’s hours at your laptop drinking copious amounts of coffee often late into the night trying to meet deadlines. Nope, no […]
What it’s like being a high school secretary and PA to the principal
Unlike the rest of my posts during this career series, this one was submitted anonymously. Having worked in schools around Cape Town, though through a role in a non-profit, I know first hand how hard working in public schools can be. I once was at a school when a student stabbed another student. Another time, […]
Meet Janis: Real Estate Agent
Janis, one of my oldest best friends from school, was always destined to be someone – she always worked harder than anyone at achieving anything she set her mind to and although I was heartbroken when she told me she was moving all the way across the world. I knew she was chasing dreams and […]
