I need a
card to enter the building in the mornings. I’ve been having to wait for
someone to come out or someone to go in, so I can slip in with them. Thembi
went with me to get my student card made and we went to sort out my Wi-Fi.
Apparently just having a student card isn’t enough to open the door, it needs
to be registered to a particular building.
Around 11 o’clock
I was introduced to Joel, a student working in the greenhouse, picked up the
rental car and waited for a tardy Rudo. Joel drove us to the Mamelodi township
and Thembi, Rudo and I went in search of street vendors selling coleslaw. I was
the only white person around…
Thembi told
me later that it was quite helpful having me around, even though I didn’t do
much more than stand around while they were talking to the people. Apparently
black people think other black people are stupid and thus couldn’t possibly
manage to get into college, let alone do a Master’s. The street vendors were
more inclined to believe that we were doing research when I was standing around…
After we got
back to the University without being mugged, I chilled with Thembi for a while.
Wynand came to pick me up and we drove to Rynette’s place. Rynette and Diets
arrived from the airport moments after we arrived, Rynette having been to the
Cape area for work. Rynette was pretty wired and told us hilarious stories
about her colleagues.
Wynand took
me to Ridgebacks(Jean avenue, Centurion), a local watering hole. It was jam-packed, with it being
payday and the first day of the March break. Luckily we found a table and had a
nice evening. When we got back, Diets told us that Rynette hadn’t even made it
to dinner before conking out to dreamland. We all soon followed.
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