April 7, 2011

7th April 2011

Thursday..one day to the weekend. Yay.  No work this weekend, really need the break. Don't have much to say tonight, am a little tired.
Todays story:

Trainsurfing to Jozi

When I met DYZ and told him what I wanted to do, he laughed. "You have to be joking" he said. "Why would you want to? Do you know how many young kids die doing this?"
When he realised I was serious, he told me I would first have to learn the language. "There are many different styles. Matrix, 2020,Svandals. The one we're going to do is Sbhujwa kuphela.
Trainsurfing or staffriding is a "game" that involves youngsters who dance on the roof of a moving train while avoiding electrocution from the overhead cables.

1 comment:

  1. Is this indicative of perhaps a 'wanting to die' syndrome or is it just plain old wild fun, like surfing the waves but surfing a train. It does sound very appealing......

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