The Axe Effect

Rudo en Chantelle se Troue laas naweek

Eduard en Marleen se Troue

Paasnaweek by Kaapschehoop

Braai by die Krugers

My Crazy advertising peeps

If you're on of those people who works from 9-5, walk the dogs on weekends and hangs out in Cresta Mall - then you won't know any of these people. They're a special breed of advertising Copywriters, Designers and Art Directors who I've been fortune (or should i say unfortunate) enough to work with. They kept me insane and made the bad times worth remembering.

Clockwise from the left: Carl and Erika pouting; Life before Indesign by Carl; Suzanne and Carl; Theuns in a state of happiness; Theuns anticipating the deadline looming closer.

Susann's farewell at Moyo's

Susann Deysel, one of my co-workers and friends last day was on Thursday. A bunch of us went to Moyo's in Melrose Arch for her last supper in the dungeon. We also got our faces painted in true Moyo's style. (The pictures are a bit dark).

Here's what Susann had to say: "After 2 years I have to say goodbye to Osiris office life, and of course I’m a little bit sad. On a lighter note, I will definitely still seen in The Arch for those famous after work drinks. So, good luck and goodbye (for now)."

Top 10: Wedding No-No's

Something’s in the air and it's not necessarily love. All of my friends, Jaco's friends, family, acquaintances, frenemies and even people that we've only met once have decided to get married this year. Okay I know I can't really complain because I'm one of them, but really I've been to 12 weddings from October 2006 until now and there's still 6 wedding left before mine in August.

With all this wedding bliss going on I can't help but be over critical.

So here's my ultimate list of Wedding No-No's:

1) If you're friends of the groom (not the bride), they can't expect you to attend the kitchen tea just so they can get more presents.

2) Don't send your wedding invites out 5 months before the wedding. People will loose the invites and forget to RSVP.

3) A DJ can make or break your wedding so invest in a good one. A DJ who plays 'Slave to the Music' and 'De La Ray' clearly fails the test.

4) Give the DJ clear instructions of what type of music to play and compile your own play list to make sure he plays a variety of music. Remember that single people at the wedding won't hang around if you just play love songs.

5) Hungry guest aren't happy guests. Make sure there is enough food for everyone. (That includes enough salad and vegetables for the last 5 tables.)

6) Wedding speeches and toasts need to be short and to the point. Clichéd wedding jokes, are well a cliché.

7). If you're going to show pictures in a slide show format make sure that all your guests can at least see the pictures and that the picks are relevant and interesting. Rather play music than showing 10 baby picks where nobody's sure if it is the bride as a baby or the groom.

8). Don't be afraid to ask for money instead of wedding presents on your invite. If you don't ask for money or don't have a wedding register on the invite, people will be confused and end up buying you something you don't want.

9) Don't be vague on the wedding invite. I consider dress code: Strictly formal as vague. (Formal as in ties and smart jackets or Tuxedo's and ball gowns?)

10) If you're not the bride then don't wear white to the wedding. That's just rude.

* No brides we harmed in the making of this list.
* The list comes from my personal experiences from weddings and is all facts and not fiction.

Snowwhite

You may kiss the groom - my BGF is getting married!

My best gay friend (BGF) and his long time partner are getting married in May. I've been invited to the wedding and the pink Bachelors (now that’s something that I won’t miss for the world.) Being a girl I have only been to boring kitchen teas and you’ll see from the picture that the pink Bachelors won’t fall in the boring category.

Can't tell you how excited I am. When I tell most people that I’m going to my BGF’s wedding, they look at me in disbelief and ask me: 'but don't you think its wrong for two men to be getting married'. I've told them and I'll say it again, I believe if two people love each other, regardless of their sex or colour, they should have the right to express their love by getting married.

So why do I, a straight girl who’s also getting married to a man this year, have a BGF? I’ve always had girl and guy friends but since varsity I’ve had my very own BGF. I certainly couldn’t discuss the latest guy that I had a crush on with my straight guy friends and with girls it’s just different. They either try to steal the guy from you or they get jealous and say negative things to discourage you.

My different BGF’s have taught me more than Cosmopolitan Magazine about guys but don’t be fooled to think that’s all we talked about - Hollywood, fashion, politics, advertising and many other subjects where discussed over a Strawberry Daiquiri.

One of my favourite memories was when I went with a BGF to a gay club after the pride parade. I was wearing fairy wings and a guy came up to me and said: "OOh look, I found the only fairy in the club and she's a girl."I won’t call myself a fag hag but I’ve had my fair share of BGF’s over the years and each one’s got a special place in my heart. So here’s my cheers to the queers.

April Fool's Day

This year April Fools Day fell on a Sunday, so not many people where aware of it or even tried to prank other people.

I've always loved this day and used to think up elaborate scams with my sister. The one year we emptied out a coca-cola bottle and put coffee powder and water in it. It looked like the real thing and needless to say my parents weren't really impressed.

So yesterday morning I became the April Fool on my own account.

Here’s what happened:
I was sitting in church on Sunday morning when the minister asked the congregation: "Do you know what day it is." In unison everyone answered: "It's Palm Sunday", while I loudly yelled: "It's April Fool's Day." That was it for my fiancé; he was laughing so much he couldn't concentrate for the rest of the sermon.