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Showing posts with label
university years
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6 April 2026
Memorable moments: The shrubbery vault and the digital near-miss
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I seem to have the luck of the Gods when it comes to robberies—a strange, recurring pattern where I lose everything, only for the universe t...
30 March 2026
Memorable moments: The snail sabotage
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During my first year at the University of Cape Town, I studied Botany and Zoology—a curriculum that required a fairly high tolerance for the...
25 March 2026
Memorable moments: The projectile presentation
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In 1992, for my final year of Marketing at the University of Cape Town, my friend Rory and I were assigned a presentation on the dark arts o...
Memorable moments: The lasagna lie
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During university, I was desperate to impress a girl I really liked. I decided the best way to her heart was through her stomach, despite th...
24 March 2026
Memorable moments: The smouldering scalp
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By eighteen, I was already losing my hair. My father was entirely bald, and seeing my future reflected in his shiny scalp every day filled m...
20 March 2026
Memorable moments: The ballroom bone-breaker
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When I joined the Ballroom Dancing Society at the University of Cape Town, I was the definition of a latecomer. The rest of the class alread...
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Memorable moments: The remote betrayal
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During my university years, my Cape Town housemate Oliver and I shared Willow Road with Andre. To us, Andre was ancient—at least thirty-five...
6 January 2026
Pure nostalgia: UCT Ballroom Dancing
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My favourite memories Joining in my 2nd or 3rd year of university. Maureen Shargey, our indomitable teacher, a live wire of wonderful energy...
1 December 2023
Nostalgic visit to University of Cape Town (UCT)
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I spent a wonderful couple of hours walking around UCT, taking photos of the places and buildings I frequented in my days there. It was a n...
24 November 2023
Nostalgic music from my 20's
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13 November 2005
Farewell to Willow Road
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Well, we've sold Willow Road, our Cape Town house, and it's kind of like the closing of a chapter in our lives. Home from 1990 to 20...
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16 November 1993
Graduation at University of Cape Town
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5 November 1993
My graduation from University of Cape Town
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Graduating with a Business Science specialising in Marketing.
12 April 1993
Grahamstown Festival
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