Why??? because that is the day i became Mrs Heather Cotterell!
It's the start of a brand new life with my husband and son, we're moving in to our new house this weekend and things are mooving mooving moooving!
i've started rambling about the wedding craziness on a seperate blog called "The Cotterell Carnival" so as to not blurp too much here so check it out if weddings interest you. But it was quite literally the craziest most fun day i've ever had.
Things in town are busy too, AFHCO has opened up two brand new shopping centres with major tenants, Shoprite & Cambride. you cannot believe you are in jhb CBD when you see the spaces.
Also our roof top garden is in full swing and getting a lot of attention. They sell salad packs every weekend from freshly picked produce grown in recycled tyre planters!
Exciting things happening so lots to be smiling about!
Happy Mo-vember everyone!
xx Mrs C.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Its all in the detail
Just picked up a nifty little mag, literally A5 size, full of interior revelant info :) can I hear a 'whoop whoop'
Testing 1..2..3
Just downloaded blogger on my android phone, if this works then i'll be a regular blogger ;)
Friday, May 28, 2010
Made in South Africa
If i got 20cents everytime somebody asked me what race i am i would be a millionaire by now. My whole life i have been confronted with this question and only until i reached matric did i come to terms with my heritage and truly embrace it.
I am proudly made in South Africa...
Quite literally i am the product of different raced parents brought together in joburg. my parents met many years ago in Johannesburg when they both moved from their respective towns seeking to fulfill their dreams and goals.
I usually call myself 'Chinese' to avoid any further questions from people because my roots are quite an entangled web.
not that i mind telling people where i come from, but because it becomes quite a long conversation or more a Q & A session than anything.
Do you speak Chinese? ----> NO!
Have you been to China? ----YES!
Do you eat noodles every night? ----> NO!
well you get my drift..
To be technical my father is half Chinese and half Afrikaans but more Afrikaans than he looks. He grew up on a farm in Port Elizabeth, his grandfather was the headmaster of the Chinese school in the town but he grew up speaking fluent Afrikaans and working in his dad's shop.
Since he works in construction his skin is quite tanned so during the apartheid era my aunt nicknamed him "Mario" so he could pass as a continental something and get work.
On my mother's side her father was adopted and then had an arranged marriage to her mom back in China. They eventually moved to Cape Town where they started up a string of family shops in Retreat. If you speak to the older generation of folk there they fondly refer to my grandad as the "mayor of Retreat" because of his influence and well known presence in the community.
Well put them in a pot and mix them around and you get my siblings and i.
We don't speak or write or understand Chinese but we love our Chinese roots nonetheless.
I love the new generation of proudly made South Africans.. you can see how we love our country and don't see race but embrace all no matter where they come from or how they were made.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ponte Love
While commenting on a fellow blogger's post it compelled me to source some archived photo's of a tour i took of Ponte back in 2007. These photo's were taken during the transition phase which promised a new and radically changed Ponte City however the deal fell through and the original owners were left to pick up the pieces and continue the refurbishment on their own.
The Ponte building has always been my #1 favourite due to various reasons, one being it guides me home whenever i get lost anywhere! i just look for that gray tower and head in that direction.. works every time!
Look out for a "Ponte Love" part two as i am trying to wrangle another visit of the tower to check out the new refurbishments.
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