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2 Editors Note T oday I woke up like this; Happier, more confident and content. Here I am in matric and every passing second draws me closer to the bigger world that awaits me, I won t lie, it sure does scare the bees out of me but I won t have that fear prevent me from living in the now. Matrieks, maak die beste van die tyd wat julle oor hetgeniet elke oomblik en bo alles: moet nooit van die Here vergeet nie. Wanneer alles n bietjie te veel vir jou raak, bid. Die Here sal jou krag gee, dit gaan ook vir elkeen van al my ander mede-dallers. Remember to be gentler with yourselves; Eat all 3 meals, take more baths if you desire and allow yourself to feel more deeply. Forgive yourself. And adore yourself, weather a Poet, Dreamer, Outsider, Music maker or maybe just a Misfit, because; You belong! Xoxo Jessica
3 The ultimate Daller High school survival guide. By Jessica Mtsweni High school is a nightmare for some! But with the correct guidance and tips, it may turn out to be just a breeze: Guppies and newbies this article is dedicated to you, with love. X When in doubt, visit the library. (works like a bomb! Believe me, I m speaking from experience) Moet nooit n sportbyeenkoms verlaat sonder om Juffrou Thalita se smaaklike slaptjips of Jessica se Ham en Snaaks te probeer nie. Never attempt to jump over the canal (Social suicide!) Moenie agter in Juf. Steyn se klas gaan sit nie. Try to avoid passing by the boy s bathroom! Never ever get on Mr Roodt s bad side especially if you are in Gr.8, you ll have the worst 5 years of your life! Sit with a smart kid in Mr Truter s class... It helps. LEER vir LO. And for the assignments Mr Viljoen gives, avoid Brainly.com like it s a deadly plague. Don t take any insult to heart. Never use the words, bad, sad, mad in an English class And lastly accept that you won t be everyone s favourite cup of tea.
4 Daller Of The Month!!! After scouting for a while, we were finally able to decide who was fit enough to be elected as our Daller of the month for the first quarter, and he couldn t be more deserving... he s the kid that walks on sunshine, the EXTRAORDINARY Tiaan de Klerk!!! And Mari and I got to spend a little 5 minutes with him and boooy is his personality contagious. Here are the answers we got to the questions we asked him. Q: How does it feel being elected as the Daller of the month, considering that there are hundreds of other learners in the school? A:It feels great, Fantastic Even! Q: As jy iets by die skool kon bylas, wat sou dit wees? A: n Ekstra uur van skool! Q:Wie is jou gunsteling onderwyser? En hoekom? A:Juffrou Kriek, want sy is streng, maar humoristies. Q:What do you do in your spare time? A:Uhhhhmm homework and watch my little brothers. [I have two-by the way] Q:As jy een ding by ons skool kon verander, wat sou dit wees?
5 A:Elke oggend kom ons bymekaar om te bid vir die skool, onderwysers, leerlinge en ons band, op die vierkant op ons knieë. Q:Who would you like to be stranded on an island with? A:Caitlin Atkinson. Q:Pizza or Burgers? A:Pizza Q:Tea or Coffee? A:Coffee is healthier, but I like the taste of tea better. Q:What s your favourite TV show? A:Top Gear. Q:Het jy jou oog op n spesiale iemand? A:Nee, ek het nie. How refreshing it was to have spent some time with this amazing kid!! This is hands down one of the best interviews I ve ever had to do, I most certainly can t wait to see what the next Daller of the Month has in store for us... who knows? It might just be you. Interviewed by Jessica Mtsweni and Mari van Rensburg
6 Huis Cheriè confessions Well if you ever wonder what happens behind the closed doors of the girls hostel, this is the MUST read article! We ve got the juiciest tit bits of the romances brewing in our little sanctuary, the ones we re not so sure about and more!! xx ENJOYYY Bianca and Hennie Q: Bianca, have you always had a crush on Hennie? A: Not at first but 3 months or so after we d met. Q: How did he ask you out?... Pleaseee spill the beans!! A: We were at his house and he woke me up at 5am, took me to the roof to watch the sunrise and after that sort of just asked me out. (Boys, I hope you re taking notes) Q: What sweetest thing has he ever done for you on Valentines Day? A: We don t really do the whole Valentine s day thing... We re too poor for that. [Laughs] Q: What special message would you like to shout out to him? A: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, haachuuu!!
7 I also attacked some of the hostel girls with a few personal questions. These are the answers I got. Jenique Q: Are you sure that you and Brönn are just friends? A: Yes, we re just Besties... That a all. Q: Would you like him to be your Valentine s day sokkie date? A: I wouldn t mind, but if there is any other girl whom he d prefer going with, I wouldn t mind. Evana Q: Do you know a Luthando? A: Yes, we go to the same school so, how could I not? And he s the only guy thus far to have caught my attention. Q: If you could pick any guy to go out to the sokkie, who would it be? A: Hmmm a guy from the Zulu Boys squad. [Laughs] Interviewed by Nontokozo Thwala
8 Huis Cherié; My Tweede huis. Huis Cherié is nie net nog n huis vir plaasmeisies nie, dis n tweede gesin vir elke meisie wat daar inkom. Jy begin as n baba wat behoorlik nog suig, maar gaan uit as n volgroeide, gemanierde tienermeisie wat weet waar haar morele waardes lê en weet hoe om haarself te gedra in die openbaar. Dit is alles te danke aan die vele moederharte wat saam worstel om jou groot te kry, hulle wil vir jou so lank as moontlik daarin hou, maar hulle leer jou ook om so vinnig as moontlik daaruit te kom en vir jouself n naam te gaan maak in die vreesaanjaende buitelewe. Vandag, wil ek in besonder, ons nuwer hoof mamma uitsonder, Juffrou Linda Steyn. Met haar liefdevolle ysterhand leer sy ons nét die beste! Sy is voorwaar n voorbeeld vir elkeen van ons; een, wat die kalm in enige situasie kan terugbring. Ek weet ons moet oor liefde skryf vir Valentyns dag, maar hierdie, is n ander soort liefde; n Mamma liefde wat nie raakgesien word nie. Juffrou, We see you, just as you see us; With the eyes of your heart. Dankie vir die ekstra Mamma liefdes! Xx Esca
9 What is Life without A little Guilt + Pleasure? My nuuskierigheid het my n bietjie rondom die skool laat toer om te gaan uitvind wat die guilty pleasures van my maatjies hier by die skool is... Hier is die antwoorde wat ek gekry het... Eating peanut butter straight from the jar while having a Harry Potter marathon. Stealing meat from the pot. Om koekie deeg uit n mengbak te lek! Taking long-ass naps in the afternoon. Drinking Ultramel straight from the bottle and putting the empty box back into the fridge... Spending HOURS stalking smoking hot guys on Instagram! Walking in my underwear when I m home alone. Om op sout crackers met roomkaas te binge. Stealing Romany creams from the kitchen and hiding them in my room so that my brother doesn t get a hold of them.
10 You re Gonna Make it, The Night can only last for so long -Britt Nicole Feeling lonely? Do all your friends have dates and you not? Well worry not, here are a few things you can do to keep the night, uh uhm INTERESTING. 1. Smartphone to the rescue Download some interesting apps and be busy with that the whole night. 2. During the small silence between a song change, point out the window, scream and say, Look everyone, SPIDERMAN 3. Observe people and try to guess their life stories by the way they are dressed and from snippets of conversations. 4. Organise a game, what s a party without a bit of spin the bottle right?
11 5. Find a friend- Misery loves company. 6. EAT!!! Have lots of food 7. Find a dance partner and when you see him dancing with someone else during the night, walk up to the pair and burst into tears, wailing, I thought you loved me, How could you? and run out of the room 8. Scream extremely loudly for every new different song that is played as if it is your favourite song, even if you don t know the song. 9. Walk up to a really cute guy and ask him to dance and if he says no, cause a scene and start shouting, Why? Am I not pretty enough, Am I not curvy enough? Am I not skinny enough? Etc
12 10. SLAY, BAE- DRESS TO KILL That way someone will have to take notice, but if not you have 9 other things to try. Enjoy the sokkie!! Grade11s are hosting and it is going to be okay!!! -Florencia
13 You Must Be Wake-Up No it is not a concord error It s an Accounting Joke.- Florencia 1. First, I threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then I ate the outside and threw away the inside. What did I eat. 2. I do not have any special powers, but I can predict the score of any football game before it begins. Why can I do this? 3. What starts with the letter t is filled with t and ends in t. 4. What has a mouth, but cannot eat, moves, but has no legs and has a bank, but cannot put money in it? 5. In a one storey pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower- everything was pink! What colour were the stairs? 6. What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? 7. I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. what am I? 8. You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I? 9. Jimmy s mother has four children, she names the first Monday. She names the second Tuesday. She names the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child? 10. A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor s son, the doctor is not the boys father. Then who is the doctor?
14 Answers: 1. Corn on a cob 2. The score before any football match is always zero zero 3. A teapot 4. A river 5. No stairs it s a one storey house 6. A deck of playing cards 7. A stamp on the post card 8. A telephone 9. Jimmy 10. The doctor is the boy s mother
15 Gr.8 Shout Outs!!! Vir wie wil ons Guppies n special eboodskap gee?! Michelle Kock you are the most beautiful women I have ever seen!-thego Megan Maxted is die beste en is so nice! Dankie vir alles-marli Lessing. - Bacuntris Nienke jy is die beste hoofmeisie wat ons ko ngehad het! Jy is baie oulik. U is n dierbare, saggeaarde, beeldskone, liefdevolle, goedhartige wonderwerk en ek sê nie net so omdat die bacuntris gediggie so gaan nie, maar omdat ek dit bedoel.baie dankie dat bacuntris ons als leer van die koshuis en so goed na my kyk. Al mag ons nie altyd opkyk nie, kyk ek maar partykeer en sien hoe mooi bacuntris is. Ek hoop bacuntris se dag was baie lekker en dat more ook sal wees. Dit is u se laaste jaar van skool, maar dit gaan ook nooit weer gebeur nie so ek hoop bacuntris gaan dit geniet. Dankie dat bacuntris luister as ek n problem het. Dankie dat bacuntris partykeer kwaai met ons is, dat ons kan leer! Baie dankie vir alles wat bacuntris vir my doen. -Elske du Toit. Mari van Rensburg
16 Valentine s day gift Ideas For Him 1. Personalized mementos. 2. A jar filled with notes on reason of why you love him. 3. Homemade cupcakes!!! 4. 'On the hour' gift envelopes. For Her 1. Fruits with cute messages 2. A Damon Salvatore T-shirt if she s a fan of TVD. 3. Spa and pampering in a jar. 4. Surprise her with an under the stars picnic. 5. Cozy treat filled slippers Enjoy and Savour every moment this Valentines!!!
17 You d be perfect with... Ek en my vriende het uit die bloute uit besluit om n matchmaking speletjie te speel, en ek moet erken, daar was nogal n paar interessante voorstelle... Hier is die mensies wie ons dink PERFEK vir mekaar sou wees! Remario Johnson en Saadiyah Gopole Ian Hüsselmann en Nienke van der Merwe Sibusiso Ratlou en Mmachego Leshika Beyers Rossouw en Janet Grobler Khosi Yende en Mohudi Tshego Rachel George en Emmanuel Varghese Jenique Bronkhorst en Ludwigh Lubcker Jessica Mtsweni Nontokozo Thwala
18 OH SO EMBARRASSING!!! We asked you to share some of your most OH MY WORD crush stories and this is what you gave us! Ek het die ou waarvan ek gehou het in n winkel gesien, saam met sy boetie, ek weet nie wat my besiel het nie, maar ek het uit die winkel uitgehardloop asof ek n mal mens was. [ek dink hy t my gesien]...- Patsy We were at a party and someone told an absolutely pathetic joke, I,however, was the only one who found it funny, I laughed so much I accidentally farted. My crush was sitting right besides me!!!... I guess in the end it was all jokes on me.-sammy Ons was by n rusoord vir die naweek en onder een van hulle bome was daar n vrek mooi ou wat aan die slaap was. Ek en my vriendin het toe ons nommers op n piepklein stuk papier geskryf en net toe ons die papier by hom wou gooi, het hy wakker geword.- Nancy My friend had a crush on a guy and every time he walked past I would make a weird gagging sound at the top of my lungs, and now I have a crush on him too... And he thinks we re the creeps because whenever he walks past us, we both make the weird gagging sounds- Yetti
19 We were at a little family get together and the guy who I m crushing on is a close family friend of ours. But anyway, there was a little stage where we could dance and go crazy, the only problem was that there were no stairs, the only way up was to climb a bust bin. Clumsy me should ve known better than to try and climb that dustbin because when I did, I went straight into the trash can and he was the one person that laughed at me the most!!- Cath I had a crush on a guy in my class, my feelings for him deteriorated quicker than I thought they would and when I was no longer interested he plucked the courage to ask me out... I said nothing but laughed straight to his face, poor guy looked so embarrassed!!- Noreen My beste vriend was my crush, so op een Valentynsdag het ek vir myself n bos blomme en n teddy gekoop net om hom jaloers te maak. Op die heel einde het hy vir my iets gekoop,. Ek het n bietjie sleg daaroor gevoel.-reni Fake names used to protect identities of learners Done by Jessica Mtsweni
20 5 Min met ons hoofleiers. Dit was vir my n groot voorreg om n rukkie met ons twee hoofleiers te kon geselks. En ek dink dat ons maar kan spog, want hulle is beslis enig in hul soorte! 1. What s your favourite story about yourself? Nienke: Toe ek 3 jaar oud was, het my ma op my afgekom, toe ek besig was om my oom wat kanker gehad het se naels te cutex en hom te make up. Ian: My gunsteling storie oor myself, is dat ek nie Ian Hüsselmann sou wees, as ek nie oor die Here gepraat het nie. Hy is, was, en sal altyd my storie wees. 2. What misconceptions do people have about you? Nienke: Ek is bederf, want ek is die enigste kind. My kamer is altyd netjies. Ek hou van oefen. Ian: Meeste mense sal dink dat ek heeldag, en al dag leer. Hulle vergeet ek móét eet en slaap ook [HaHaHa!] 3. Name one thing that no one knows about you. Nienke: Ek lag in my slaap. Ian: As ek iemand vir die eerste keer ontmoet, let ek dadelik op hoe hulle tande, hande en voete lyk.
21 4. Best compliment you ve ever received? Nienke: Ek hou daarvan om vrede te bewaar. Ian: Die kompliment wat vir my uitstaan, was toe iemand vir my sê dat ek haar so laat lag, dat sy heeltemal vergeet van haar probleme. En dis my doel, om mense te laat lag! 5. What qualities do you think a head boy/girl should have? Nienke: Nederigheid en selfaanvaarding Ian: Uithouvermoë, geduld, respek en nederigheid. 6. Which song do you get stuck most often in your head? Nienke: Vuuevas. Ian: Beslis n lied van Riana Nell. [HaHa!] Interviewed by Jessica Mtsweni
22 Admit it. You love cake!! And the one thing that happens after you have a satisfying fat piece, is feel absolutely terrible. But good news is, guilt tripping yourself ends today! I tried a 3 ingredient mug cake that s a healthier alternative and is just delicious! XX Ingredients: 1 Medium ripe banana 2 to 3 tablespoons Coco Powder 1 large egg Method: Mix the ripe banana, egg, and tablespoons of cocoa in a blender until everything is mixed well enough and batter is formed. Pour the mixture into a greased mug and cook in the microwave for about 1 minute [ depending on the texture you d like] Tip: Top it off with a tablespoon of peanut butter
23 And also found and tried peanut butter cookie recipe which is absolutely delicious. Perfect for you to savour with a cup of coffee whilst enjoy a killer read or having some you time. Ingredients 1 cup peanut butter ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 egg Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. And line 2 baking trays with wax paper. 2. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine. 3. Scoop the dough out with a cookie scoop and make hatches on top of the dough with a fork. 4. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the edges are set and middle is slightly puffed up. 5. Enjoy with a cup of coffee or glass of milk.
24 Maggy She wears oversized Harry Potter sweaters, thick rimmed cat-eye shaped glasses and bounces about as if everything and everyone will know her name someday. She sits on deserted benches till 2am under silver umbrellas, Staining like white wine against the blue-black November midmorning sky. Her hearts buoyant serenades echo through the night, bringing the moon to her knees. She ll remind you of Summer; warm adventerous blithely. Her name is Maggy. She s a small city girl, young, passionate, incredibly alive and in love- In love with something bigger, than any person could ever be; She, loves the world. Jessica Mtsweni
25 Die ATKV jeugtak gaan binnekort met hulle Handevat projek begin. n projek waar die meer bevoorregte die minder bevoorregte mense in die gemeenskap help. Indien julle ou leesboeke of skryfgoed by die huis het wat julle nie meer gebruik nie, bring dit asseblief sodat ons dit aan die kinders by Moosrivier Primary kan skenk om die glimlagte op hulle gesigte helder te maak. Ons gaan ook baie fondsinsamelingsprojekte gedurende die jaar hou om geld bymekaar te maak, wat ons dan ook met die opbou van die skool gaan help. Ons sal dit baie waardeer as julle ons ondersteun.
26 I admit it. I am a readaholic. My sister and I had some sort of reading competition during the December Holidays, and one of the books which deeply touched my soul was Elanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell and seeing that the month of Love has arrived on our doorsteps, I see it as a fitting read to warm ones heart this Valentines day. Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell E leanor- Comes from chaos and with her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, couldn t stand out more, even if she tried not to. Park is the boy at the back of the bus. Black t-shirts, headphones, head in a book and thinks pretty much that he s invisible to everyone. Everyone but Eleanor. Eleanor is portrayed as insecure in the beginning of the novel, and continues to be throughout the entire novel, therefore it takes her quite a while to make some friends but when she finally does, they turn out to be accepting of who she is and incredible, Park being amongst one of them. Set in 1986, this deliriously beautiful love story also portrays both Eleanor and park as two individuals who each felt that they did not fit into the typical high school student mould. There are also deeper, darker, hard-hitting and powerful subjects regarding self esteem, bullying, poverty, domestic violence and vivid threats of abuse. The darkness is,
27 however, contrasted by the heart warming, passionful love building between these 16 year olds despite the mad chaotica around their lives. Eleanor and Park is one of those novels which you ll still be thinking about a month after you finish reading it. It ll leave you breathless, speechless, strangely happy and in love with Eleanor and Park s unlikely pairing. I d read it a gazillion times over again if I could! So if you ve never read it, RUN to the library or bookstore and get yourself a copy. It will most certainly be well worth your time! XX Jessica. Hier is ook n lys ander boeke, wat jy voor die einde van die seisoen móét lees!!! Holding up the universe- Jenifer Niven Me before you- Jojo Moyes After you- Jojo Moyes Leota s Garden- Francine Rivers The Great Gatsby- Scott Fitzgerald
28 Study playlist. Ek het iewers n interessante feitjie gelees dat klassieke musiek jou intelligensie kan verhoog. Gedurend die vakansie het n karakter in n boek wat ek gelees het my inspireer om rigting te verander en na iets verskillend te luister. En raai wat? Ek dink ek s nou meer verlief op Beethoven as wat ek op Kris Allen verlief is... Ek grap maar net! Hier is die top 5 liedjies op my classics se playlist wat my help om deur al my huis- en leerwerk deur te kom. 1. Cry- Michael Ortega 2. Claire de Lune-Claude Debussy 3. River flows in you- Yiruma 4. Nuvole Bianche- Ludovico Einaudi 5. Inception- Micheal Ortega Jessica Mtsweni
29 The winter roars with chills The summer sighs with high temperatures But there is a time where I seem not to recognize the seasons A time when my heart melts down and turns red Matching with the dresses and Sunday suits in the community As I hold a rose which has no subject for the night, Like a bouncer in dry darkness I stand with eyes alerttrying to imagine the artistry that was meant to be in my presence But all I often see is how life paints the reality of things A chair reserved for a Zulu sunflower too beautiful for my metaphors to praise I will wait forever on this red day Crestfallen for your impossible return Your time is no more Nolthando A happy Valentines day to you indeed Theo Madubanyo
30 I bet you never knew... Language is remarkable. And in my opinion, there s nothing that beats the sheer joy of discovering a new word... Here is a list of some strangely interesting words I learnt in my vocabulary improvement quest, who knows? They might just come in handy one of these days for an essay or two. xx Jessica Collywobbles-(n) butterflies in the stomach Psithurism- (n) the sound of the wind through trees Frernweh- (n) an ache for distant places; longing for travel Alexithyma- (n) the inability to describe emotions verbally Pluviophile-(n) a lover of rain Hobbledehoy- (n) an awkward teenager Elysian- (adj) beautiful of creative Solivagant- (adj) wandering alone Sphallolalia- (n) flirtatious talk that leads no where
31 I ve only ever fallen in love twice in my life, with July and October. I met July in a bar when I was still 19 and naive, blinded by the walls that I d built behind the lenses of my thick rimmed glasses the walls that had become comfortable enough to call, home. He was sharp. Fast. Unpredictable. And dangerous. His eyes were backstreet ally s crowded by men in long black trench coats, broken vodka bottles, stale cigarette stubs and youngsters, roughly my age, that sang praises to an ageless night. I recklessly explored every single one of those dark alley ways, and sadly the journey left me cold, chewed up and spat out on a deserted concrete sideway street with broken stars in my eyes and a corrugated heart. The walls back home were even harder to jump over. They seemed higher, 5 storeys higher, at least, foreign and everything about them screamed in my face, at the top of their lungs that I, didn t belong there anymore. The climb back left me jaded with calloused hands, but that didn t matter because in that time being, I knew that I was safe again, in my sanctuary; ready to heal again; I was home. A while later I met October.
32 October held and cradled me when I cried and was too weak to fight the battles waging in the deepest parts of my being. He was compassionate. Affable. And incredibly alive. He smelt of honey and peppermint, loved holding hands, Twilight and waited patiently in book stores for me when I couldn t decide from which genre to pick. Being with him wasn t like anything else; I felt like Spring in full bloom. He was the type of guy who silently made you whisper to yourself before you went to bed every evening that, this one kiddo, might be the one With him, the scenery outside the guarded places behind my thick rimmed glasses felt familiar enough- safe enough to call, Home. Sadly the tides rolled in and the ocean called him home, he left me with nothing, but sand in my hair and a mouthful of words, because somewhere out there, was someone awaiting his homecoming... Jessica Mtsweni //An excerpt from a book that I ll never write//
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