My Story

Welcome to my blog

I always liked writing about things I experience and so I thought to myself: "Why not create an accessible blog where I can share my thoughts, experiences and my adventures?"

As a child I had the opportunity to travel to a few places all over the world (except the east) mainly Europe and America. These trips are some of the best memories I have with my family and sometimes I wish I had known how to blog sooner to document my experiences with photos. But now that I'm older I realise my journey is not quite over yet so better now than never. 

I am currently at the beginning of the biggest adventure of my life. I finished my studies and had a very enriching learning experience. 5 years after leaving high school and being in a world class University,  I'm officially part of the world's so called educated "elites". It is one of the most extraordinary experiences no one can take away from you. It's an experience where you get to know yourself, make difficult decisions that will influence the rest of your life and you learn that you don't need to always know everything but it's important to admit when you are wrong. Besides for that you learn how to think for yourself and how to be disciplined enough to do what is necessary and expected of you and you also learn how to live a balanced life (very important). One of the first things you learn in University is how much you should work and how much you can party in order to pass. And my dad actually taught me that. Thus the "work hard, play hard" type of thing. 

I am 23 at the moment and although I've stayed in Stellenbosch in a few flats and digs with fellow students I never quite left home. Stellenbosch student life was amazing and I can honestly say it was the best time of my life thus-far.  But 30 min from the love of my parents is not far enough to keep me away from my my mom's food and my dad's hugs and my brothers determination to become physically bigger. I grew up in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town, went to school here, did everything for the first time here and got my first set of rules here too. Nonetheless. Its is fantastic to have the option to go  home and to know that it's possible for your parents to support you whenever heartbreak or academic difficulty take over. 

Yes I have learnt a lot but now it's time to spread my wings and fly away from the nest to learn a hell lot more from the world. Books can only teach you so much. Staying in the warm loving nest is fantastic and although I'm going to fly I know that my nest might move but the 2 most important people in my life will always be there. 

I'll be travelling, meeting new people from different cultures across the globe, seeing new interesting, historically rich places. I'm going to be a little butterfly, fly around the world in search of the life I want to live as well as being exposed to a whole new field of knowledge and learning experiences. This is my time to fly solo for the first time in my life and I want to share this journey with you. Like a butterfly I'll be independent in a world so unfathomably big. 

I hope it will inspire you to fly too. 

Enjoy my "Little Butterfly" Blog