Swot week, exams and holidays...

Hey everybody!

I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't be too disappointed in me if you aren't seeing as many pics as you'd like to over the next few months - I think swot weeks, exams and holidays are going to be declared downtime for me and my camera...

...but feel free to add any at any time you have a cool pic to share.

Love,
Kayla

Monday, 25 October 2010

...and with that, swot week commences!

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Once a semester, every res-rat rushes to the dining hall for the most amazing, mind-blowing meal they will enjoy all year. Yes - it's BRUNCH SUNDAY!

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Celebrating the end of a successful week of SHARC Peer Education workshops with a picture of some eager beavers displaying their L33T condom application skillz!

Friday, 22 October 2010

Terri and Nich from Life of Riley wow the audience at Singing for Soup III, held at Cafe Blanca on Wednesday 20 October.

Thursday, 21 October 2010

...and it is still too hot for my brain to function properly.

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

A couple of SHARC Peer Educators waiting outside Ntsika Secondary School to facilitate schools workshops promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and education.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

When the weather's this hot, there's only one place to head in Grahamstown - and everyone did!

Monday, 18 October 2010

Me too, dude. Me too.

Sunday, 17 October 2010

On Friday night at Slipstream there was one wild Halloween party! There were many zombies, for some reason, and a cheerleader, a pirate, Wednesday Addams, a lawyer for the mafia, Anna Wintour, a 1920s pin-up girl and a lot of under-covers who didn't know we were celebrating Halloween this early.

[Taken by Dwayne Venter]

Saturday, 16 October 2010

Wednesday night's "Lumo Party", held in order to raise funds for an exhibition of second year artworks, was a major success! Here are Jessica Herbert, Chanel van Rensburg and Ixora-li Thandiwe Nash in all their luminescent glory!

[Taken by Ixora-li Thandiwe Nash]

Friday, 15 October 2010

The twins of John Kotze House are two lovely white cats who - while they don't really like us humans - love each other very much and can always be seen snuggling up.

Yeah, yeah. I love cats.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

All I feel like doing today is staying in with Jack Kerouac's On the Road and drinking this delicious blackcurrant tea. That is all. Life should really stop when the weather is like this and one does not have an umbrella - not even the kids' kind with ears on them.

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

It's a rainy day in Grahamstown today, and to bring in current affairs, it's also environmental week. Here's a malfunctioning storm drain coupled with a students idea of conserving water.
 (Gregory Peake)

Winter is a not so distant memory today, with temperatures of 12 degrees at noon. Here's a memory of the real winter, back when everything was dead and barren and baring your skin was an invitation for disease and infection.
(Gregory Peake)

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

In honour of the official Rhodes University Environmental Week, I thought I would post you a awesome picture of a butterfly I found yesterday... Enjoy your week, beautiful people!

PS: I found the butterfly, not the photo. I took the photo.

Monday, 11 October 2010

Food Focus on Sunday - Common Ground, GRASS and LMS's joint effort at a beautiful day event complete with scrumptious veggies and kick-ass bands - was a great success! Woop woop!

Sunday, 10 October 2010

The African Dope party at Tunnels was freezing... But luckily some awesome African drumming warmed the evening up a little!

Saturday, 9 October 2010

Heroes Wear Red take to the stage for ROAR & LMS's charity gig, at the Union on Friday Night.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Lizzie Gaisford, who sings like a sweet nightingale, providing some lovely live acoustic jams at Pirates.

Phil on guitar (which was absolutely banging!) and vocals and Kirsten on vocals also proved to be quite the crowd-pleaser...

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Kink, a cozy little clothing shop behind Reddits Book & Coffee Shop on New Street, sells awesome second-hand and vintage clothing as well as some amazing designs by Nene and Gunga. They had a half-price sale on Wednesday night, with some wine... Wine!

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

An awesome picture of Thomas and his beautiful didgeridoo at a lovely Friday afternoon DrumSoc gathering. They are every Friday at 16h00, if you are interested in chilling in the Botanical Gardens and playing some drums while the sun sets, ushering the new weekend in...

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Monday evening's "No Fur Streak" was a huge success - despite the cold - and saw tons of Rhodents running naked, semi-naked or simply naked in spirit through the streets. The streak, which was part of ROAR's Animal Rights Week, was a protest against fur clothing and accessories - the streakers claiming that they'd "rather go naked than wear fur". They wrapped it up at Cougar Monday at Pirates (some still donning - or not donning - their protest gear). Check out the rest of the week's activities and events here.

Excuse the tag on the bottom corner of that picture - trying out a few picture effects websites, not finding any awesome ones just yet...

Monday, 4 October 2010

Looking decidedly out of place amongst the fluorescent skulls in the background of Slipstream's Stage, Duncan Park gets the crowd ready for Margaret's Daughter.

Folklore entertaining the crowd at Saturday's Acoustic gig. Joel (right) and Duncan (left) team up for some joint strumming and singing.

Sunday, 3 October 2010

19 March 2010 - Human Rights Week

A photo from Human Rights Week in March. One of the posters up on the wall of our dearly missed Old Gaol. The week ended with a party hosted at the gaol by Amnesty International Soc. A fun, poetry reading, music making, expression filled night at Rhodes. And a great way to start off our first term here! I leave with what the poster says :)

Saturday, October 2 2010

Hey everybody! As any of you who follow my personal blog know, I love charity shopping. The Sunflower Hospice Shop in Grahamstown is a beautiful little shop situated at 67 Bathurst Street - and right in my heart. All proceeds from shopping there go to patients of the Grahamstown Hospice. Shopping there makes me happy for not only the most obvious reason - Oh my god, I love these clothes! - but also because the money I spend there goes to a good cause. Find anything from books to curtains, from evening gowns to suspenders, from pots and pans to jewelery, at this quaint little store. They even had a beautiful vintage fashion show last year!

I know these first few pictures have been taking quite the cause-slant, and I would like to reiterate my invitation to anyone with some nice photos and cool ideas to come on board as authors of this blog, or merely once-off contributors.

Friday, 1 October 2010

A beautiful tabby cat sitting outside Guy Butler House, Nelson Mandela Hall. Click here for a blog about stray animals in the Grahamstown community by Lynne Avis and see if you can make a difference. There are lots of things you can do, such as get involved at the Grahamstown SPCA with your friends or your student society. Contact them at spca@geenet.co.za or (046) 622 3233.

Thursday, 30 September

The Graham House guys hard at work in their very own vegetable garden. Seedling student society Common Ground is aimed at promoting food growing in digs and on campus next year - hit them up on Facebook for more information or to have your say.