Putting the 'Dan' in Dance

Heya peoples!

How is things going in Fiji? Things in Swaziland are pretty cool. Exams are over. Think they went ok, but I am not going to talk about them (especially maths). I take pride in my maths, and my maths mark is almost as important as my total mark. Ok, I promised Tango pictures this time eh? I got plenty! I put some at the end of this post. Proof that Daniel Naidu does tango. Hahaha. Haters.

Part of the performance... Girls being checked out by the guys lol

Raymos after the maths exam: ‘Bros, we’re never going to mention that paper ever again. Agreed?’

Love it!

Hey, ALL BLACKS WON THE WORLD CUP! Mr Tinney, our rugby coach invited the rugby team over to his house to watch the match (at 10am Swazi time!). Most people were behind All Blacks, but I am sure I was the only genuine supporter! Steven was going for All Blacks because he was still so incensed that France squeezed past his beloved Wales team!

Watching the match was fun, with popcorn, crisps, soft drinks, etc and the rowdy rugby players. We had all anticipated a beating, but it turned out to be so so close and nailbiting! Everyone was laughing at me, I was just a little ball of tension and stress on the sofa! When we won, I jumped up and screamed. To put into perspective, this was the first time the All Blacks won the world cup since I have been alive on this earth!

Why do we say on this earth? Are there other earths? I actually mean on earth.

Moving on (for Marcus’ and Itu’s and Sekaia's sake) Eli the American and Leo the German have started pulling off absolutely massive pranks on each other. It all started when Eli spread a facebook rumour about Leo having herpes. Leo changed all the contacts on Eli’s phone to Stone. Eg. Stone 1, stone 2, stone 3, and tied string all around Eli’s room so it was barely possible to walk through. At the moment, we’re at this:

now note, more than half of these cups, which are filled to the brim with water are stuck down with blue-tack

It must be said, this is pretty darn epic.

Emily and I have exactly the same mindset, seriously. It’s quite brilliant. We were studying maths the day before the paper the event which was very foggy and lightning-y. Conversation after about 3 hours of hard studying:
Emily: Let’s go for a walk. To the dam.
Dan: Wait WHAT? In this weather? Are you serious?
Emily: Yeah I’m serious.
Dan: Ok! J
We went out to the dam, which was a less brilliant idea than it seemed back in the hostel, and the lightning started to intensify. When Emily gets worried that’s when you should be worried! We slinked on the side of the field, and got stuck near the music room, where we were stranded for about half an hour. Just one of many crazy adventures between us two!

Some songs I’m listening to now: Need you now, I love a rainy night, I’m Yours (my stress relief song), the Lazy Song (my theme song), Leaving on a Jet Plane (by Justin Timberlake).

We (as in Stephen, Eli, Emily, Ingrid, me) watched the new Johnny English on Sunday at the Gables, which is about 40 minutes by kombi (minivan) from town. Loved it, we were laughing the whole way through. Good thing about the only cinema in Swaziland, its ALWAYS empty! :D Hahaha. 

Er, yeah. This post is incredibly unstructured. I don’t have anything particular to write about that’s why. We are performing the Tango number again this week in assembly for some very rich Germans. When I say very rich Germans I mean Germans who are providing two billion Euros to help fund the new United World College in Germany. So yeah, big pressure much? Hahahaha. Looking forward to it.

Stephen bet me today that he could land a drop kick from 40 metres out. I told him I would shout him a pizza if he did (initial reaction: ‘what’s shout?’ LoL).  He missed the first one, and asked for three chances. He actually landed the third one, to my dismay. I’m usually the better one at drop kicks, and he gave me three chances to imitate the feat to get the pizza back. I missed the first two but landed the third one. 40 metres! Now THAT’S not bad! :D (barefoot as well)

A view of the school from up the mountain. THere's the rugby field, our hostel is
to the bottom left there. The classrooms are at the top right.

Have I ever mentioned what is the United World College? They are basically about 13 colleges around the world, in places like Wales, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Canada, Swaziland and other random locations where students from around the world attend, and usually provided with scholarships. There is (supposed to be) no discrimination in race, colour, sex, socio-economic status and so on. It is really cool.  Meet crazies from all around the world!

Ok. I'm looking for a funky way to sign off but don't have one.

Stay safe! (but not TOO safe!) J

Moce

DKN

Me displaying some soccer skills. ;)

My beautiful partner Ximena Buller and I...

     

Opening move, and here's me praying I can control the ball!

            

The final pose; Stephen is dead, noone else really cares!

"Just like in practice!"

Ingrid and Eli in the dress rehearsal.