Doing Good

Lately, there has been a trend on the Internet called neknominations. I'm not going to explain what it is (that's what Google's for) but there have been a few people who have been putting a positive spin on the whole thing and the place that I am doing my internship at, is one of those people (companies, whatever, you know what I mean.)

We went to a place called FORA which is a sort of "animal shelter" and they take in abandoned cats and dogs and assist in looking after them and making sure they are healthy so that they can get a new home. The company donated pet food, biscuits and cat litter and also some time to play with the cute animals.  It is incredible how much these animals just want attention because when we gave them doggy biscuits they would run up to the fence excitedly but they wouldn't eat them, they would just wait for us to pat them before they went back to their kennels. 

A litter of puppies was dropped of at the shelter and we got to play with them for a while, they are literally the cutest things that I have seen in my life.

Some pictures of the cute little puppies. Taking pictures of energetic little puppies is not the easiest thing on earth.

It's true when they say that you feel really good after doing some good in the world and I know it may not change the whole world but I believe that small acts like going to play with some abandoned puppies makes a huge difference to someone. And it does make the world that much better. 

What good things have you done lately?

That's all, Bye! :) 

Can I not just be a citizen of the world?

I do not understand why the UK has to be so stingy about South Africans visiting their country. I mean all I want is to intern there for a few months but I can't because I am not a part of whatever elite countries are allowed that privilege. Like, what are they afraid of? It's not like I plan to rock up there with a South African flag, stick it in the ground and claim the land as my own.

Come on England, help a sister out. Although I do also blame the South African government for not sorting itself out. They are not a part of all these agreements and things which would let me travel the world as I wish. And I know independence is great, but if we were still under British rule, this would not be a problem.

A part of me now plans to be an illegal immigrant, and swim from the top of Africa to the UK and somehow create a fake British identity for myself. I will then speak with a fake British accent for the duration of my stay or claim that I am the daughter of some famous African prince (it should work, right?)

So that's me, ranting about the world and its problems, and it honestly didn't help much.

That's all, Bye! :)

"The Intern"

So I started my internship earlier this week, which has been great. It is amazing to wake up in the morning and to not have to go to school. I kind of feel like a grown up an all, which means that I should probably start making good decisions and stuff (probably not gonna happen.)

Its strange because now I am referred to by my colleagues and supervisors as "The Intern", and strangely it gives me a sense of belonging (is that weird?) I always though that it would take ages for me to even get used to the idea of working but everyone here is really great and it makes it a whole lot easier.

It is an amazing learning experience and I don't think I would mind being "The Intern" forever. I have already mastered the skill of looking like I'm working, so I'm obviously on the right track.

This is a very bad picture of the one half of my desk that actually has stuff and my very small baby laptop (isn't he cute? and yes I did use a filter, sue me.)

That's all, bye! :)