Good morning world!
It’s weekend here in the Middle East. Friday is (mentally) a Sunday, while Saturday remains a Saturday but has a ‘prep for the week’ feeling on the tail end of it.
A friend of mine recently won a competition by answering the question, “how do u get yourself out of bed on a Sunday morning” with the answer ‘by setting my alarm to Waka Waka. As a Saffa the song gives us motivation and inspiration. I know its not a SA song but when I hear it, makes me feel like a proud Saffa for how well we handled the World Cup’.
Obviously she was angling to win the prize (and the free drinks and sushi were great), but she really has a point. When it first came out there was a bit of love/hate for it but emotional fallout from the World Cup in South Africa means that every time I hear this song I get a weird ‘heart expansion’ feeling in my chest and a little teary.
Kids, crowds, smiles, Africa. I’ve been feeling homesick enough as it is.
All in all a pretty good way to wake up on a weekend. And it IS a Saffa song – it’s Shakira and Freshly Ground.
Hey – yes the memory stamped into my head from 2010 Soccer World Cup was the wooden floor bouncing under foot at a bar balcony as all races danced around, drank beer and celebrated another South African last minute turn around!
Nice to see you blogging, Kim – will try visit and read more – Its Claire from the Cederberg trip iwth Shan. xc