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Reading Time: 6 min With everyone in SA now becoming serious joggers as an excuse to get out of the house during lockdown, the 9Lives team thought it was an appropriate time…
Reading Time: 4 min This Valentine’s Day I decided to be proactive. There are still two weeks to go, but I’m already logging out of all social media to avoid the wave…
Reading Time: 2 min Jako Meyer, van Moses Metro Man en Flip a Coin-faam, het onlangs sy langverwagte solo album, Middernag Kantoor, bekendgestel. Die 12-snit album is ‘n nostalgiese avontuur van alles…
Reading Time: 6 min I’m a sucker for love. Any kind of love. During the lockdown I thought a lot about the love we gained, the love we lost and all the…
Reading Time: 7 min We’ve had such a good rainy season in the Cape, that we decided to celebrate the last few weekends of the rainy season with some of our favourite…
Reading Time: 3 min Just like most self care routines this year, my skin care routine was basically non-existent. Last week I Googled quotes on success (I had a moment) and came…
Reading Time: 3 min Just like most self care routines this year, my skin care routine was basically non-existent. Last week I Googled quotes…
Reading Time: 2 min Jako Meyer, van Moses Metro Man en Flip a Coin-faam, het onlangs sy langverwagte solo album, Middernag Kantoor, bekendgestel. Die…
Reading Time: 3 min All my life I never really invested a lot when it comes to my skin regime. Spending loads of money…
Reading Time: 2 min King of the small screen, Ryan Murphy, is back with talented, American Horror Story regular, Sarah Paulson as the feared…
![[Heloise]: Allow me to introduce myself, “Hi, I’m Heloise, the new girl.” How did I end up here?
Well, I think it’s safe to say that 2020 threw us all a curveball. What started out as a terrible turn of events eventually gave me the opportunity to explore new options for the timeline of how I chose to end my student life and start my career.
I started the year as a final year student, and a House Committee member of my residence at the Northwest-University. It was supposed to be a series of lasts: The last house dance, the last exam in a clammy classroom, the last time I attended a black tie event at the Snowflake. Unfortunately full-circle storylines are reserved for few. Covid forced me to go back to the drawing board and that is what I did.
I took a leap of faith, landed an amazing job in the most romantic town in South Africa, packed my bags with some of my Superbalist-hauls, a blue typewriter and sweet memories captured in polaroids, and made my way a 1300-kilometers south to Stellenbosch.
Sometimes it does best not to dwell on the could-haves and should-haves. The only way to move forward when you hit a dead end is to adapt and overcome and find a new path to the end goal. I’m still finishing my studies remotely, so keep in touch to find out how I juggle my studies, work and the Stellenbosch social scene. #9livesteam ##9livesblog #sablogger #blogger #livestylewebsite #newgirl #stellenbosch #travelblogger #moving](https://9lives.co.za/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)