It's a wild wild, matie world

I have recently moved back to Stellenbosch, after being away for 4 years. A lot has happened in these four years, both to me and Stellenbosch.

First I will tell you what happened to me... isn't that what self reflection is all about? Self reflection shared with THE WORLD WIDE WEB. Anyways... After I graduated, I went to South Korea for 13 months (no, I cannot say '1 year' because that extra month made a difference) to teach English to a bunch of cute, yet naughty, 6 year olds. After that I came back to the rainbow nation, the land of wild animals and even wilder people, to became a qualified game rangers (since my undergrad was in BSc Conservation Ecology). So, for the past 18 months, I have been in the African Bush (No, not THAT kind...wink wink). Confusing sexual innuendo aside, I have to say I miss it with every fiber of my being. More on this later... Now, I find myself here, in this 'lab' full of computers and people.

I cannot help but draw certain parallels between wild animal behaviour and "wild matie" behaviour. I am sure this insight (for lack of a better word) will go away over time, but for now, I still find myself needing to analyse animal behaviour, and since there are no pride of lions, or herd of impala's around, the jocks, nerds, 'poppies' and misfit maties will have to do.

This is not all I will be writing about on the blog. I am passionate about a lot of things, and mildly interested in even more. So, since this platform is here, I will use it, as often as possible.

Peace out!

Photo: 2 male dung beetles fighting over this very well constructed dung ball. How acuurate!