Sexy
undies, the Enneagram, the Bannerman questionnaire and the Simien mountains.
13 May 2013: I decided to go to Madagascar’s highest mountain but a week later, for some bizarre reason, I still haven’t found anyone who could assist me. I phoned a fellow traveller and e-mailed him my plans. Two days later, I received an invitation to attend a talk about age and memory loss at his house.
21 May 2013: I moved out of my comfort zone, filled in the Bannerman questionnaire he attached in the e-mail and attended the talk. According to my score – I am an extreme case. Ostensibly there’s hope – and the right diet can help! It is however, not just the loss of memory I suffered from. According to the enneagram, I am an extreme personality type 7 and I could do with all the help I can to stay focussed. Unsure if I’m being impulsive or spontaneous – I phoned her to say I’ll attend her workshop the next Saturday.
25 May 2013: I started off focussed – but for some unknown reason, I ended up in the Benoni industrial area instead of Houghton. Luckily, I was not the only one that got a little bit lost. The workshop started with Dr Van Zyl explaining how the brain works and according to her test, I must have a boyfriend in every port and I was way past a breakdown. Great – so I had a serious GABA deficiency and there was a scientific reason why my relationships did not last!
I start chatting to Amanda next to me, who enquired about my trips to Africa’s mountains. I lost focus and start babbling: “I’m not going to Madagascar … maybe Ethiopia … want to be on a mountain on my birthday … very impulsive … yes, I’m a Gemini AND I have a type 7 personality … blah blah blah … Why do you want to know when my birthday is? … 7th of June!”
“I’m also a type seven and we share the same birth dates. I’m coming with you to Ethiopia!” My mouth falls open. Blah blah blah …I’m going to sing happy birthday to myself on top of Ras Dashen – blah blah blah … I was kicked out of the choir when I was 6 years old and I must overcome my hang-up about it …
It turned out that she was also kicked out of the choir when she was in school and that we both stopped singing after that. This was past eerie.
During lunch we could not contain our excitement. We had to buy our plane tickets the next day. She needed to finalise projects before we could go and I wanted to be there before June when the rainy season starts. She also needed to be back for a radio show before the 16th of June.
The next speaker demonstrated how colourful scarves can dramatically change your appearance. She also emphasised the importance of wearing sexy underwear and wearing perfume and I left the workshop an inspired person. I had one week left to acquire a colourful scarf and sexy undies before we boarded the aeroplane to Ethiopia.
The next morning, I discovered that acquiring sexy underwear is not that easy.
The above was repeated 3 times before I decided to go for coffee instead.
I don’t give up easily, so I spent three more days shopping for the undies where I had to duck and dive the mall vampires. Finally, after braving Menlyn Park Shopping centre, I ended up with a big dent in my wallet, two sets of sexy underwear and two big blisters on my feet.
In the meantime, Amanda broke the news that she could not accompany me to Ethiopia due to work obligations and I had two days left before boarding my aeroplane. The only information I could get about Ethiopia is that I could only book my hiking trip once in I was in Gondar and that I needed flea repellent. Because of the time constraints, I just borrowed my Airedale Terrier’s electronic flea repellent device.
Of the
time I had to my disposal, I spend 85.5 % acquiring the sexy undies, 9% buying
food, 5% getting my necessary injections and only 0.5 % packing. Needless to say, this led to some interesting
discoveries once on the Simien Mountain in Ethiopia.
13 May 2013: I decided to go to Madagascar’s highest mountain but a week later, for some bizarre reason, I still haven’t found anyone who could assist me. I phoned a fellow traveller and e-mailed him my plans. Two days later, I received an invitation to attend a talk about age and memory loss at his house.
21 May 2013: I moved out of my comfort zone, filled in the Bannerman questionnaire he attached in the e-mail and attended the talk. According to my score – I am an extreme case. Ostensibly there’s hope – and the right diet can help! It is however, not just the loss of memory I suffered from. According to the enneagram, I am an extreme personality type 7 and I could do with all the help I can to stay focussed. Unsure if I’m being impulsive or spontaneous – I phoned her to say I’ll attend her workshop the next Saturday.
25 May 2013: I started off focussed – but for some unknown reason, I ended up in the Benoni industrial area instead of Houghton. Luckily, I was not the only one that got a little bit lost. The workshop started with Dr Van Zyl explaining how the brain works and according to her test, I must have a boyfriend in every port and I was way past a breakdown. Great – so I had a serious GABA deficiency and there was a scientific reason why my relationships did not last!
I start chatting to Amanda next to me, who enquired about my trips to Africa’s mountains. I lost focus and start babbling: “I’m not going to Madagascar … maybe Ethiopia … want to be on a mountain on my birthday … very impulsive … yes, I’m a Gemini AND I have a type 7 personality … blah blah blah … Why do you want to know when my birthday is? … 7th of June!”
“I’m also a type seven and we share the same birth dates. I’m coming with you to Ethiopia!” My mouth falls open. Blah blah blah …I’m going to sing happy birthday to myself on top of Ras Dashen – blah blah blah … I was kicked out of the choir when I was 6 years old and I must overcome my hang-up about it …
It turned out that she was also kicked out of the choir when she was in school and that we both stopped singing after that. This was past eerie.
During lunch we could not contain our excitement. We had to buy our plane tickets the next day. She needed to finalise projects before we could go and I wanted to be there before June when the rainy season starts. She also needed to be back for a radio show before the 16th of June.
The next speaker demonstrated how colourful scarves can dramatically change your appearance. She also emphasised the importance of wearing sexy underwear and wearing perfume and I left the workshop an inspired person. I had one week left to acquire a colourful scarf and sexy undies before we boarded the aeroplane to Ethiopia.
The next morning, I discovered that acquiring sexy underwear is not that easy.
- There are too many choices
- If you picked up/lost weight, it is not just a matter of getting a bigger/smaller size bra. Cup sizes increase/decrease as well.
- You can only take 5 garments in at any time.
I chose
5 bras, moved into the fitting room queue, made small talk with my fellow
shoppers, removed all my clothes once I was allocated a fitting room, tried on
all 5, got disgusted about the visible sign of cellulite and not exercising and
finally, put back all my clothes.
The above was repeated 3 times before I decided to go for coffee instead.
I don’t give up easily, so I spent three more days shopping for the undies where I had to duck and dive the mall vampires. Finally, after braving Menlyn Park Shopping centre, I ended up with a big dent in my wallet, two sets of sexy underwear and two big blisters on my feet.
In the meantime, Amanda broke the news that she could not accompany me to Ethiopia due to work obligations and I had two days left before boarding my aeroplane. The only information I could get about Ethiopia is that I could only book my hiking trip once in I was in Gondar and that I needed flea repellent. Because of the time constraints, I just borrowed my Airedale Terrier’s electronic flea repellent device.
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| Fluff wearing Storm's electronic flea repellent device |
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| I finally found a scarf! |
