Braai-day

I hosted a true South African braai last friday.
I'd been planning it all week and had invited everyone from work, a few friends who live at Entabeni and other friends from around Pretoria. The weather was awesome, hot, but not too hot, sunny and a nice cool breeze making its way through the CSIR grounds.
Everyone brought their own meet which Chad and myself then cooked. Jaqui, my boss, even showed up for a little bit and all of us UBC interns were finally in the same place as our South African bosses, as Tony Turton also came out for a little while.


Beginning of the Braai


Back Row: Sabrina, Kieran, Myself, and Wyianna.
Front Row: Tony and Jaqui


Bonex (from Malawi), Alfred (from Cameroon) and rob (from Canada)


Cooking the meat


Chilln' out waiting for the meet to cook



At about 9pm it was beginning to rain. It didn't last long, no longer than a few minutes, but it was enough to break off the braai portion of the evening as we headed back to Entabenin to drop off the supplies and then a large group of us headed out for a night on the town, starting out in Hatfield Square.


Wyanna and Ayanda


Me, Marijn, and Sabrina


Another group shot

After a bit, we decided to go to Drop Zone, the one "club" in Pretoria. Unfortunately, Sabrina couldn't get in because she didn't have ID, so Ayanda, his cousin Mfundu, Kieran, James, Wyanna and a couple of other girls went to Cool Runnings (a rasta bar) just down the street. At about 1am we decided to hit up Mamelodi again and dance to some House Music.
I was there until 3am. Good times.


Ayanda and I in Mams

Sat and Sun were very chilled days. I went to the pool for 3hrs on saturday and then to the gym in the evening. Sunday, i'm here in the office, surfing the net and blogging.
I'm moving this week, plus i'll be doing tons of work and looking for grants as well. So enjoy these pics and posts, because you aren't getting anymore for a while yet.