by The Volkstaat Republic » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:26 pm
by Kwadai » Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:52 pm
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by New Judah » Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:31 am
by The Volkstaat Republic » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:16 am
by Kwadai » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:46 am
The Volkstaat Republic wrote:Jaakub Mkumibi - St. Cyprian Private Boarding School - Cape Town
I heard the door open and I turned around quickly to see who it was. It was a sharply dressed... Well better dressed then me anyway as I was wearing some indigo blue jeans, a DC shirt and a hat. He looked like he was of European decent and that was confirmed when he said his name. It definetly wasn't Afrikaans in origin although it did sound similar in origin he was probably from Central Europe.
"Hey there I'm Jaakub. I take it your my new room mate?" I asked him as I put the last of my cloths into the shelves and I shook his hand. My voice had the typical accent you would here from a native Xhosa speaker although I couldn't really pin his down like you could most people who pass through here.
by New Judah » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:57 am
by The Iberian Peoples » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:21 am
by Antrema » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:55 am
by The Royally United Provinces » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:52 am
by The Volkstaat Republic » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:11 pm
New Judah wrote:The Dorm
The door swung open in front of Mulatu to reveal a teenager of similar skin colour to him, however with shorter hair and a thinner body than him, instantly making Mulatu feel like the least cool person in the school. This would be awkward. Mulatu took in the look of the room whilst he thought of what to say.
Plenty of cloth is what hit him at first. Mulatu really liked the colours - loads of green, red, orange, that was great. It made him feel at home, which was was a welcome feeling for Mulatu. It wasn't as if he ever got homesick, no, he just enjoyed the feeling of being in places that reminded him of home. Blue, too, was situated in the room. Not as familiar as the other colours, but nevertheless a good combination. The room was also adorned with posters of people who liked like Skateboarders, or whatever the sport was called. If it even was a sport. Mulatu got a look around, and noticed another teenager there, one who he could only presume was this Austerlitz person.
At that point, poor Mulatu realised he was fatter than both of them. Mental note number 1: stop being fat.
The one who opened the door then began to speak in a very bizarre tongue that Mulatu could only imagine was Xhosa or some other African language. Unfortunately, Mulatu had no idea how to speak any South African language at all. However, he could speak Dutch, so he decided to try that instead.
"Wah gwaan!" He grinned, and then realised that the man in front of him probably didn't speak Tafaican Patois. "Uhm... Spreekt du Engels?" He looked at Jaakub and hoped he had spoken the words right.
The Royally United Provinces wrote:Heilige Oranje Privet University, Dorm rooms
"23C" Peter opened the door to his room he saw someone inside. "Are you K. D. Oranjezouteur? I'm Peter Kinsman, your new room mate." He set his bags on his bed and began hanging posters mainly of football players and teams. He put some trophies up. His own trophies from football teams he had played for. He was planning on playing for the University team. He heated up a microwave meal and sat on his bed eating it. It had been a long day. From the flight from Winston to here.
by The Royally United Provinces » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:43 pm
by Kwadai » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:44 pm
I looked at the kid trying to hold in a giggle or two as as I tried to figure out my next move. Would I continue the little joke a bit longer or tell him him that I can speak English. My knowledge of Xhosa was extensive as a native speaker thanks in part to my parents. While they loved Volkstast they were also heavily into phrase raving African culture in the nation meaning I was brought up in a traditional Xhaso household aside from religion since we were members of the Christian Church of Zion but everything else was very traditional so with Xhaso my only language until I was 10 I knew it really well and could keep this up for days. Then I heard him speak Dutch... While not an Afrikaner I knew that the people here tried to get away with not learning the language plus some key phrases and words not to mention pronunciation and grammar were all in some way different from its daughter language so I chose to keep it going for a little bit longer.
"Andiva, Uyakwazi ukuthetha isiXhosa?" I asked him as I grabbed him and let him into the room with Lukas. I then shut the door and looked at the two of them.
"First off nice to meat you Lukas, and I'm guessing you are Mulatu, it's great to meet you two. As you can see I've taken the liberty of decorating my third of the room and you guys can do what you wish. Also just some quick info, don't try to get around speaking Dutch it pisses the locals off you will do just fine speaking English alright. But yeah I'm Jaakub and I'm your new room mate guys. So while where here why don't we take a trip back to pre-k and tell each other a little bit about ourselves.
For me I'm a 4 year student of St. Cyprian and I'm the future dagga smoking, X-Games loving politician kids dream about. I was born in Kimberly and I didn't speak a second language till I was ten. What about you guy?" I asked smile and chuckling and talking in a genuinely friendly manner.
by The Volkstaat Republic » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:59 pm
The Royally United Provinces wrote:"Mountain SC (soccer club because I'm an American). By far my favorite. If I don't end up being a doctor then I'm going to play football. He threw the meal away. "So, you want to come and check out the town with me before the game. It seems like a cool city to me." He grabbed his keys, "Come on!"
KwaDai wrote:I looked at the kid trying to hold in a giggle or two as as I tried to figure out my next move. Would I continue the little joke a bit longer or tell him him that I can speak English. My knowledge of Xhosa was extensive as a native speaker thanks in part to my parents. While they loved Volkstast they were also heavily into phrase raving African culture in the nation meaning I was brought up in a traditional Xhaso household aside from religion since we were members of the Christian Church of Zion but everything else was very traditional so with Xhaso my only language until I was 10 I knew it really well and could keep this up for days. Then I heard him speak Dutch... While not an Afrikaner I knew that the people here tried to get away with not learning the language plus some key phrases and words not to mention pronunciation and grammar were all in some way different from its daughter language so I chose to keep it going for a little bit longer.
"Andiva, Uyakwazi ukuthetha isiXhosa?" I asked him as I grabbed him and let him into the room with Lukas. I then shut the door and looked at the two of them.
"First off nice to meat you Lukas, and I'm guessing you are Mulatu, it's great to meet you two. As you can see I've taken the liberty of decorating my third of the room and you guys can do what you wish. Also just some quick info, don't try to get around speaking Dutch it pisses the locals off you will do just fine speaking English alright. But yeah I'm Jaakub and I'm your new room mate guys. So while where here why don't we take a trip back to pre-k and tell each other a little bit about ourselves.
For me I'm a 4 year student of St. Cyprian and I'm the future dagga smoking, X-Games loving politician kids dream about. I was born in Kimberly and I didn't speak a second language till I was ten. What about you guy?" I asked smile and chuckling and talking in a genuinely friendly manner.
Taking a mental note of not to speak any Dutch, Lukas faced both Mulatu and Jaakub. "Well I'm from KwaDai, Tripoli to be precise and my mother is a native Arab and Muslim KwaDaian and my father was German. Therefore I grew up speaking Arabic from my mother and German from my father then in school and from friends I learned English and have become accustomed to a little French also.", Lukas says in a typical KwaDaian accent before continuing "I love writing particularly journalism related things that's kind of why I'm here to experience school and way of life within another culture"
Antrema wrote:Capetown
After arriving at the airport, Sgt Nicholas 'Glasses' Molloy took a cab to his apartment downtown. It was ideally situated: 10 minutes in each and every direction were shops, the beach, a bus station, shops, restaurants and pubs. That gave the Special Branch operative plenty of things to see and do and lap up the sun while he was at it, if he got lost there were plenty of signs in English and people who could speak it. He had heard from previous tourists not to wonder in the Delft flats a lot of drugs, violence and guns were in that area although some places had seen vandals and designer drugs taking a foothold. Molloy always went mob-handed in any event it was better to be prepared than caught with no trousers on. Lucky for him the Oranjezicht district was for the most part a safe haven. Molloy arrived at the apartment block he was to stay at and paid off the cab driver.
"Dankie vir die lift boet."
After check-in he dropped his gear at the apartment room D-10 and then took a few bits and bobs before heading for the beach. First sign of the beach he immediately memorised his location, to the east were apartment blocks, clubs and more shops. To the west an open cafe with a BBQ grill running and an upstairs pub. He decides a snack is in order before sunbathing, he orders a hoisin fried pork sandwich and a cup of gunfire - tea laced with rum. This is the fucking life big man.
by Kwadai » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:12 pm
"Well you came to the right place if your looking for culture, cape towns got almost everything you could imagine from multiple African cultures, the Afrikaans, Cape Malay, you name it we got it here. I'll tell you guys what, since we got three days to get settled in you guys want to head up west to the main part of the city and chill out up there?" I asked looking at the two of them. Mulatu didn't say anything but that was fine with me I liked to pick people's brains over a good Gatsby.
by Antrema » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:32 am
Antrema wrote:
As the day started to progress in Cape Town the place started to come alive with people walking around and going around dancing around and people playing music on the street corner. The small pub was getting pack with people looking forces good time. And with that people started to get a little rowdy with one person getting pushed into Nicholas knocking over his drink.
(Sorry I don't have anything better for you right now, I'll try to see what I can get for you)
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KwaDai wrote:"Well you came to the right place if your looking for culture, cape towns got almost everything you could imagine from multiple African cultures, the Afrikaans, Cape Malay, you name it we got it here. I'll tell you guys what, since we got three days to get settled in you guys want to head up west to the main part of the city and chill out up there?" I asked looking at the two of them. Mulatu didn't say anything but that was fine with me I liked to pick people's brains over a good Gatsby.
Listening to Jaakub's brief explanation of Cape Towns culture Lukas paid close attention. "That would be great thanks. It will be good to get to know the city a bit before school starts." He grinned. He looked over at the stuff he brought from KwaDain before casting the thought aside "I'll decorate and arrange later", Lukas thought to himself. He didn't have an excess of items with him, he preferred to not carry around heaps of unnecessary junk. Some things he did have though included a KwaDaian flag and a picture of a (widely celebrated in Tripoli) KwaDaian tennis player.
Aurora Confederacy wrote:Capetown harbour
high tide Slackwater
It had been a long voyage south to new fishing grounds and a good trip with good tonnage of Cod and Herring and now Bryn now has a new position, a new harbour and now new fishing waters to continue the family legacy of fishing. With the trawler tied up and the catch emptied Bryn looks at his crew "One week shore leave whilst I work on getting a new skipper as I am going to be running things from shore, I plan to get a second boat as well, so expect bigger things from me" he says to his crew, "now just got to sign for the offload"
Bryn looks at his deck boss "do the figures match?" he asks
"yes Sir" came the reply and that put a smile on Bryn's face, "before you all get off, I will need to pay you all" he says. and so off he goes to the office where he signs the catch over and picks up the payment and 20 envelopes, each one with a paycheque inside, one by one each one of his crew gets given his paycheque, then once the last paycheque is handed over, Bryn goes to the bridge and turns the key and so the ship responds with the 2 Transmash diesel engines falling silent.
With the ship shut down Bryn smiles as he follows his mostly black crew off the ship, "eh whit simbo minn, you git us gid skipper, yis?" says one of his crew with a slight afrikaans accent to his english, and so the crew head off their seperate ways to spend time with loved ones as Bryn heads off to catch a taxi to his new home and to ensure that his removals crew have done the job right.
"TAXI" he says at the taxi rank as a yellow cab heads towards it.
The Royally United Provinces wrote:Peter pulled out his keys and unlocked his car. It was a used Mercades Benz C-Class. His parents got it for him. He turned the car on.
"Where to K.D?" He asked as he pulled out of the parking lot.
(Sorry bout the short post. I didn't know what to post)
by Kwadai » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:30 am
"Alright let's go!" I said as I picked up my keys and walked out the door taking my time walking down the coradoor through the school. The big question is where would I take them? Bo-Kaap was a pretty cool place what with all the colorful buildings and great street food or maybe we could head out to the beach front and chill out their with it's great night life and fresh seafood to boot.
I would probably make my choice as I drive down the road plus I had a full tank and nothing to do so it would be good for them to see the city while I drove around. I walked up to my blue Ford Contour SE and unlocked the door.
"Come on guys get in and let's get going"
As they got into the car I started it up and drove my car and out of the parking lot. It was a really short trip out to the beach front so that's where I took them driving around the city letting them see the cities sky line and the bright colorfully painted houses just before we hit the beach district.
"So guys there's a place just down the road the serves food and has live band you want to hit that up?" I asked as I pulled over to the side of the road and parked my car.
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