Author Archives: nkhensanieditrix

Regular readers already know that I am obsessed with YouTube. I’ll go on to watch “just one song”, and then 5 hours later I will have laughed, sang and danced my way through the most random comedy skits, What The Buck episodes and old, cheesy I-swear-I-didn’t-know-any-better favourites. Well, this time I found something which IContinue reading “Piano Rock + Salsa Rhythms = AMAZING”

I’m sitting on my bed using up my dad’s last megabytes (bless him- he has his moments) and dying of the flu. Okay. Maybe not dying- but it is quite uncomfortable. I’ve been inhaling Vicks and washing my food down with Benylin for the past 2 days- not fun. And, as I am faced withContinue reading “It’s All Up In The Air”

South African music in 2011 has been absolutely amazing. If it wasn’t the DJs- Euphonik, Kent, and Monotone, to mention a few- it was the hip-hop artists telling us to stand up for a Victory Lap, or to Jiva Sfabulous. After that, we had Lira and Zonke making names for themselves abroad, making way forContinue reading “Saffa Tjoons 2011”

After being at home for a few weeks, especially when it gets around to Christmas and New Year’s, my  will to do much else but eat, watch TV and stalk people’s Facebook profiles is pretty low. I came across this old Cyanide and Happiness cartoon while I was reorganising the files on my computer (thatContinue reading “Cabin Fever Sets In”

I’ve been home for 2 weeks now, and in that time I have: Watched a whole lot of bad TV Tried to get back into reading newspapers Made, scratched, and re-worked fantasy holidays in my mind Bought a hula hoop (I haven’t actually used it just yet) Marvelled at the amazing first issue of Rolling StoneContinue reading “Quick Update”

After that dismal Psychology exam, and the hassle of losing my student card to that hungry vortex which Murphy so fatefully miscalculated, what I need is something to remind me that it’s just one bad day, and I will surely get over it. While most people (read: most university students) would automatically turn to alcohol,Continue reading “Woza Ngokushesha Bo, December!”

I’m not really into the smell of flowers- as far as I’m concerned they smell like the soil they grow in, and perfume manufacturers just say they use “extracts” or “notes” of a certain type of flower, when really what they do is make sweet smells from some top secret chemicals in a laboratory deContinue reading “Yellow”

This past Sunday was my 20th birthday. 20 years. It’s a long time, made even longer by friends’ quips of “centuries ago today, you were born”. I mean, I don’t feel particularly old. Except maybe when I go up a steep flight of stairs too fast and am out of breath by the time IContinue reading “The 4th Anniversary of My 16th Birthday”

I’ve been writing exams for the past 2 weeks or so, and that means I’ve been cross-nighting and using all my leftover energy on cramming. I’m done for. Here are the songs which have been keeping me semi-sane: It puts a smile on my face. Can you not just see yourself on a beach frontContinue reading “Cram-tastic Jams”

But first, I have to tie up a few loose ends.  First, exams. I wrote my third one today, so I only have one more to go- yay! My brain is so fried. I mean, I really feel like it’s done for, and I only have a mass of fizzled out nerve endings sloshing aroundContinue reading “Freedom On The Horizon”