Obligations

AAH the big ‘OB’ word…see I know we all have very different obligations and responsibilities and one that I’ve seen pretty often is bloggers obligation towards their blog!

Now because I have an obligation towards my blog, does that mean I have to post something new Everyday? Every-Second day? Once a week?..hmmm

I don’t think, like many things in life, there is a specific amount or definite answer to the questions I often ask myself! what if sometimes I don’t have anything to blog about or talk to you guys about?

To be honest I believe that it doesn’t matter how many times a week I post as I don’t think it makes you a great blogger! I obviously want to keep in touch with all my readers but Life does get busy and I also sometimes just have nothing to post about and I’d rather post about cool, fun experiences and new news and what-not than just randomly post about nothing really!

I hope you guys are okay with that?

Love you all loads!

Imzie xx

Tuesday Thoughts!

Hey Hey Guys!

Phwa life has been busy, like really busy! I finished writing pre-prelims and on Wednesday we get our results-eeek! I’m praying to baby Gandhi I did well as I enter university on these results for temporary acceptance…so if Iman doesn’t do well she doesn’t get to go to the University she wants to go to 😦

Speaking of University, I’ve been filling out my University applications and once I get my report on Wednesday I can send them through-woohoo! 😀I’ve been up to the usual though i.e School work, copious amounts of tea, gym and shopping 😉

Tea at school yum!

Friends at school- Culture day means no school uniform!

Tea at home! teehee

Actually on Saturday I had a mother-daughter day and went shopping! t’was super super fun! and lovely to spend some time with my mum 🙂 I’ve been doing Les Mills for a couple weeks now at the gym and it’s awesome! I do Body Pump, Body Combat, Grit Strength and Shibam! I’ve really been enjoying the change in my workout routine and I’m getting kick-ass muscle definition 😉

What else is new is the situation I am in…friends with benefits…I’m sure you guys know what that is so I don’t exactly have to explain it! 😀 It’s not a ‘new’ situation per say.. but it has now been officially ‘defined’ and it works for me to be honest! Him and I are great friends, besties really(no this isn’t the guy I went to the matric dance with!) and we have so many things in common but I don’t see the point in dating so this is what we’ve decided to do. The only thing is, I’m TERRIFIED of hurting him or getting hurt even-What do you guys think of the whole FWB(friends with benefits)?

I’m sooo excited for this weekend, I’m going to be having a proper fun weekend filled with friends, good music and a hella fun! teehee 😀

I tried out Almond Breeze Vanilla and Almond Breeze Chocolate last week..Oh my BABAY GANDHI! it adds a whole new dimension to breakfast, absolutely scrumptious and addictive! it is pricey though but uugh it’s yummy! 😀

I need to find a job soon for the holidays, I like to keep busy so I need something productive to do and it’s an added bonus that I’ll be getting cash!

I also found out I sometimes don’t have a filter! CRINGE# the little imanies in my mind work faster than my mouth so sometimes I just blurt whatever is being intellectually produced! for example: On Sunday I took my lil bro and his friend to get a take-away drink from this joint called ‘Dopio Zero’ and one of the staff there accidentally tripped and hit my lil brothers friend’s ass 😮 and she was so embarrassed and started apologising and what-not and I was like ‘haha! it’s chilled! just a lil grab there huh ;)’..now bear in mind this lady was like 50 years old and my lil bro’s friend is 16….hahaha! she literally cringed and ‘her face was like ‘! hahaha, it was pretty awkward but I laughed my awkwardness off anyways..as perusal!

I really need to be more mindful of the things I say 😀

Anyways! what did you guys get up to? How’s your week going?

Xx Imzie!

 

Wait whaat! how long has it been my peeps!

OH MA GREAT GANDHI!

It has been way too long my lovlies, excuse my absence will you! 😯

Toets not M.I.A on purpose, I’m busy writing pre-prelims -_- yeah they are pretty hectic and important exams! I’m using them to get into University…. Cue anxiety on my part!

But I have loads of news for you guys, a lot has happened lately, a lot of amazing things have been happening on my side 😉

So I last week Thursday was my last performance for the Young adult pantomime I was in! 😀 okay okay, it’s not actually “supposed” to be a young adult pantomime buut I thought it was like one so that’s my interpretation of the whole shinbingle! 😉 😀 I was super duper like a little trooper happy that it was FINALLY over! Don’t get me wrong, it was fun at times but gosh it was a lot of work! LIKE a lot of time, effort and in your final year of high-school those 2 aspects of your life are vital for good results. Anywho, I did happen to sort of get over my singing stage fright!…On the final night 😀 but hey! better late than never right? Plus the final performance is always the best one says me 😉

Straight after my performance I rushed home and got all my things in order so that I could go directly to my best-guy friends house to stay the night..why you ask? Well because at like 6am the next day(that was Friday) we were driving down to the Midlands for his matric dance! 😀 I was soo nervous to be sleeping at his house 😯 why? because I had met only his sister and mother once! and I had never met his father, plus he wasn’t there as he’s in school in the Midlands so I was a Lone Ranger 😀 and nervous that it would be as bad an experience as the movie Lone Ranger(Yes guys, I thought Lone Ranger was pretty crap! I love movies..and call myself a movie guru 😉 don’t get me wrong I absolutely adore Johnny; he’s my Idol, and kept me in the cinema as he played his part well! but the rest of it was well…horrendous! No wonder Disney lost millions- Sorry Disney!) Anywho, it went completely the opposite way I thought it would.

I had an absolutely FANTASTIC time! I don’t think words could give justice to how amazing the entire weekend and experience was! My best-guy friends family are exquisite and treated me like I was their own child, they wouldn’t let me pay for anything! and his sister and I got on like fire-crackers! We couldn’t stop talking 😀 She’s also a make-up artists and did my hair and make-up for the matric dance(prom), it was soo kick-ass! And she took the pics which turned out AMAZING, I had a way better time at his matric dance than my own and they treated us like it was our own Matric dance, legit we were treated on a par to how the boys were 🙂

Me with the best-guy friend and his mum and dad!

The car ride was about 6 hours long but I had so much fun getting to know his familia and everything 🙂 Not only did I love how my make-up and everything turned out but I defo turn’d up on the dance floor(Yo’ll know how much I love dancing no?), I was getting so wild that one of my other guy mates was like ‘woah, turn it down Iman :D’ and I was like ‘erm no! 😀 ;)’ … Not a lot of the peeps were getting as cray but personally you’re only young once, so I couldn’t give a dandelion! 😯 😉

The Midlands…. I was unsure how I was going to feel about the place as I had never been before but wow OH wow! The Midlands is GORGEOUS, so beautiful that the minute I arrived and soaked up the scenery(We were staying in this exquisite lodge!) I texted my mom a picture of the place with the caption “we have to come here for a weekend visit!” teehee! it is breathtakingly beautiful, seriously 🙂

The Midlands- View from the room

The cracker to my weekend however was that I got sick by the end of the Matric Dance(Prom) evening! 😀 can you believe it! 😯 😀 #funnyrepeats but amazing weekend non-the less! so far I’ve just been hitting the books! what about you guys? Anynews? Tell all!

First Performance and Lately

Hi Guys! how is everyone today?? Doing good? doing grand? doing absolutely dandy?!

I hope you are :)! So guess what today was…Our first proper performance of Alice in Wonderland! 😀 it went well! besides the fact that I have…singing stage fright!

It’s really funny though, the way I can act no problem and dance like it’s my profession, but when it comes to singing in front of people..No Buenos! well okay, I’m being overly dramatic(I can be, it’s the perks of being a drama student ;)!) and everyone was like ‘you did so well though? doesn’t sound like you do!’ What they don’t know is that on stage, my chest closes up and I can barely breath! #cringe 😀 I feel like Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown- No Air, is secretly playing in the background! No air, no AIIIIIIIR.

Other than that though it was really great! So fun, but I’ll also be happy once it’s done! 😀

On Thursday night, after my last performance, I am going to my guy friend’s house to sleep over(he isn’t there, he goes to boarding school), because I’m going to his Matric Dance(or ‘Prom’ for some!)..why do you ask? Because his boarding school is 6 hours OUT of Johannesburg, so we are leaving sooo early on Friday! 😀 he goes to like the ‘Elite’ boys boarding school, it’s sehr sehr formal..sense my lil posh accent there 😉

It’s going to be fun though! And guess what else I plan on doing this weekend…the day I come back from my guy friends boarding school- I have to go there on Friday morning, go to the dance, sleep over with his parents at some place..yeah they’re taking me down..6 hours in a car..I’ve met them once…moving on! and after I sleep over my ex-best guy friend’s mom is driving me back home- how WEIRD is that! I was like ermm..okay! 😀

Why is this all happening? well because my mum was suppose to take me down but she has a business trip and my father is a restaurateur so he can’t just jump on his sleigh and santa me up to the place the Matric Dance(or Prom ;)!) is being held! 😀 pheew, what a wordy explanation! lolz 😀 :’D

Totally side-tracked but the finer details had to be explained, so you have some backstory ya know 😉 anywho! the day I get back, that night as a matter of fact, there’s an after party for another schools matric dance(or Prom), and Iman wants to go clubbing! not sure if it is a good idea though 😀 what do you guys think? to HIT IT UP or to not hit it up?… 

I’ll leave you with a couple HILARIOUS pics from the performance of me in my Mock Turtle costume- it’s a Turtle cross Cow..Like CatDog! Anyone else remember that Nickelodeon show? it was the bombfizzleday!

wow we look silly

Question- how has your week been? should I go to this party?!

Have a grand day! xx

Imzie!

First MIMM!

OLA AMIGO’S!! 😀

It’s my first MIMM post, teehee! and I’m a tincy bit excited to share my Monday with you! 😉 I’m sitting in my bed right now, exhausted! got home from school at 20:30..can we just reflect! yeah and I start school at 7:30! I had rehearsals today..as I will be having till the 13th march(Which shall be the end of our production! yayayayaya!) 😀 not sure if I told you, buut we are doing Alice In Wonderland the musical..it’s a weird take on the original and is really messed up and crazy- Love that part of it but it is taking up soo much of my time, like I have a proper test tomorrow for Biology, the English Olympiad and have to prepare for my Drama practical! So I had rehearsals, but guess the cracker!….I didn’t get to go on, no actually Act 2 in general didn’t get to go on as they “ran out of time” so for hours we were there for nothing 😀 aaaah! it kills my soul! *Namaste Iman, Namaste* hehehe, but that’s how my days seem to go nowadays, anywho!

Moving on Swiftly! My day was pretty funny, long! but funny 😀 Like on a whole other level!

1st Marvellous thing was that I was up by 5:00, which meant I was ‘suppose’ to be on time for school, which I was! but had to walk in the rain 😀That’s my view from my study! 😀 how lovely, it reminds me of Ireland(I lived there for 2 years) 😉

2nd Marvellous thing was tea! I had copious cups, as per usual! and had this kick-ass cup of Lemon and Ginger tea, aah man t’was tasty!

Tea in my study like a boss 😉

Lemon and Ginger Tea! Yum

3rd was the laughing fit my friends and I had when I informed them that processed products that are cheap that happen to be labelled as ‘raspberry’ or ‘cherry’ or contains any red colouring is coloured by BEAVER ANAL JUICE!  😮 but labelled as a natural colouring (or Castoreum) because it is from a Beaver! Don’t believe me ey? look it up on google 😀 I found this out over the weekend and doubled over in laughter and then when I told them we started questioning it by saying- But how is the juice extracted? and My good friend Gaby started imitating a beaver and then we all joined in like we were in grade 3 again!, t’was hilarious 😀

Beavers probably thinking ‘Óy, what you looking at human, I colour your food! :D’

4th Marvellous thing to occur in my Monday was being able to do prac in drama today! woohooo, which meant practicing :D!

My mates practicing and smiling for the photo-op 😀

tea in drama practice! obvies 😉

5th Marvellous thing was finally making that tiramisu oatmeal(porridge in my books)! but guess what was such a fail! I FORGOT TO SNAP A PIC! I was soo excited I just dove right in! has that happened to anyone else when trying a new recipe? how embarrassing x_x! **shocked**

6th Marvellous thing was finding out Inspiral Lounge(http://www.inspiral.co/) delivers globally! I LOVE THAT PLACE! I went to it like everyday(not joking) when I was on holiday in London, I love Camden it’s soo retro! Last year I went on holiday by myself basically, so it was a really independent experience for me, I adored it to the MAX! If you are ever in London and happen to stumble into Camden Market you BETTER make a trip to have a coffee, buy some goodies and just soak up the amazingly friendly atmosphere in Inspiral Lounge! BEST EXPERIENCE EVER, not even going to lie!

Camden Lock!

and lastly the 6th Marvellous thing to occur in my Monday was sitting in a warm bed, updating you lovely people and on the verge of sleep!

Have a fab Monday All! or what is left of it! xx

Imzie 🙂

TGIF!

Why hello, hello you guys! Excuse the absence of my posts, It’s been a hectic school week with hectic tests and projects buut the week is done(sort of, I have rehearsals on sunday! IKR!)

But my week was filled with an abundant supply of highlights! so don’t stress 😉

My week highlights in pictures 🙂

Highlights! Well to start off with I had a kick-ass gym session, I wasn’t too motivated but once I got there I really got into it and took my first ‘phone’ selfie that I’m actually using! 😀 how embarrassing! I did cardio and then a total body workout, something like this-Courtesy of Tone It Up(http://toneitup.com/) 

I also enjoyed many cups of tea! and my mums friend came back from her venture in India bearing gifts, specifically this really amazing Tulsi Ginger tea and it is delicious! it’s also organic- how amazing! It’s packed full of flavour, no jokes!

Those apples, yeah green are my favourite apples like ever! I added some PB2 to them, simply a spoonful of PB2 with water, mix and pour- best tasting snack eveeer! 😀 try it! you will thank me 😉

I got some of my tests back, and I was pleasantly happy! All is well that Ends well right! Also last night I had rehearsals till LATE but what was a highlight in those rehearsals was the fact that my scene went soo well! ALMOST flawless with no mishaps, I was chuffed like a baby in a pram! 😀 T’was really really awesome!

Hehe! I laughed when I saw this, resonates soo well with out play

This is our poster for the production! the lil tickets also look like it, how cool!

Stayed up till 1am finishing off my homework as these rehearsals take up SO much of my time, but the Production is next week so I can’t wait till it’s OVER 😀 😉 I might just pull out my MJ moves

He is MY IDOL!

Sheperds Pie! yes I made good’ol sheperds pie but I pimped it out and made it vegan! it turned out amazing, with a few changes of course! like a dash of that BBQ Indian spice mix I mentioned before 🙂

In my fav bowl! sorry bout the bad lighting

Recipe; adapted from Fat Free Vegans ‘Skillet gardener’s pie’.(http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2008/05/skillet-gardeners-pie.html)

And this is my take on it!

Ingredients

• 1/2 head of cauliflower
• 1/2 cup soy milk (or other non-dairy milk)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/2 can of ready cleaned and cooked lentils(in water)
• 1/3 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 carrot, diced
• 2 ribs celery, diced, leaves minced and reserved
• 2 cups fat-free vegetable broth
• 1 handful of green beans, cut and washed
• 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced (or 1 tsp. dried)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon dried sage
• 2 tablespoons water (or veg. broth)
• 1/2 teaspoon of Arrowroot
• extra rosemary for garnish

Instructions

1. Rinse the cauliflower head and cut it up into small chunks, add it to a pot over a stove and cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer until cauliflower is tender.  Place in a large bowl, add the non-dairy milk, and mash until smooth, Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste and set aside in a warm place.
2. While the cauliflower is cooking, make the “pie” filling. Heat a large non-stick or cast iron skillet  on a medium-high burner and add the onions. Sauté until onions are translucent. Add the garlic, carrots, celery, and sauté for 3 more minutes.
3. Add the vegetable broth,lentils, green beans, and herbs. Simmer on medium heat for 15-20 minutes and preheat the oven to 180’c whilst they do.
4. Once Veggies are tender, Add salt and pepper to taste (I added my BBQ spice here! 😉 ).
5. Add the Arrowroot and stir until it had thickened
6. Place in an oven safe dish and top with the cauliflower mash
7. Place it in the over on 180’c for about 5 mins until it is golden and crispy
8. remove and transfer into a bowl(like mine!) if so desired 🙂
9. Enjoy!

How easy is that recipe! and it’s delicious, nutritious and healthy! 🙂

Let’s just reflect once more on how PB2 is a gift from the yummy heavens! 😉

WOOHOO

Question: Are you happy it’s Friday! anything exciting going on?

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Contraversial Talk…

So, Today’s Topic is Health, more specifically “What is the definition of you being healthy?”…

Well, Is there really a definition? is it Working out strenuously every day just to fit the apparent quota of “Healthy”? erm.. I don’t think so! When exercise starts to feel like a chore or job- You are either 1.Doing it too much and your body is saying ‘Oy! I’m not a machine!, I wasn’t created by a group of crazy scientists that can keep going like a yoyo!’

Hehe! Thought you’d enjoy that 😉

Or 2.Aren’t Enjoying it as much and should most likely stop! Dear Gandhi! I mean, why force issues? I quite enjoyed Amanda from running with spoons(www.runningwithspoons.com/) approach on the whole issue 🙂

Just don’t force issues 😀

Besides, when does working out 24/7 qualify you as being healthy exactly?  I mean since when is there a list of requirements for you to be able to say “Yeah I am healthy :)”…You’re right, there isn’t 😀 And now on to the second half of the qualification of being a healthy person…Healthy Eating, okay hold-up peeps don’t go ape just yet 😉

Healthy Eating, so what are the do’s and don’ts… You know there are soo many different opinions on this topic- too many for me to actually list all of them, I’d be at this computer for forever days and personally ………

But I do have the ability to name a common one like…laptops keyboard clicking which is like a drum roll…the ‘No carbs’ diet! is it just me or do most people who actually believe this works are simply deluded 😀 I mean honestly now, I could not do without All Bran Flakes, grains, Cereal(in general) and fruit?- Erm yeah, all you ”I don’t eat carbs’ people, that apple you just ate.. it has carbs in it! *Gasp!* hahaha, on a serious note though, the no carb-high protein diet does not even work, I personally have never tried it but I have A LOT OF friends who have and you wanna know the inevitable truth? Most of them didn’t see a difference in anything, they just felt more sluggish and drained and looked it too! wanna know why? Carbs, grains- yeah them…they give us Energy! 😀 *gasp!* and we don’t actually require that much protein that, we need to eat high-protein #fact. Look it up if you think I’m talking Banana splits but it is true 😀 But if eating that way makes you feel happy then by all means do! I’m by no means a qualified dietician or anything, it’s my own opinion 🙂

Next is that if you are a Healthy person you ONLY eat veggies and fruit…erm since when? 😀 I mean yeah I love veggies and fruit- on a whole non-human way!, I wouldn’t be a Plant Based eater if I didn’t…’Plant’ Based 😉

But that doesn’t mean I ‘ONLY’ eat veggies and fruit, I also eat grains, legumes, protein sources such as tofu and egg whites, nuts- The list goes on people!

A couple other things I enjoy! 🙂

So personally I don’t think there is a criteria to being healthy! you are the healthiest YOU! only you can feel healthy and happy and that’s defined by you, so don’t let outside sources form your own opinion!

And I want to add a little ode to my fav snack bar ever! Nakd Bars(http://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/nakd/) are my Jam! If only they knew how much I love them! too bad AGAIN South Africa doesn’t have an abundant supply of the flavours so, if natural balance(http://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/nakd/) would here me and send some Nãkd bars I’d love to try their other flavours!

Mocha, Cacao Crunch, Cacao Delight, Banana Crunch- Soo many, too many to choose from!

Question- What do you think? Is there a criteria to being healthy?

Recap Sunday!

Alright, Alright, Alright! 😉 – Anybody remember that from MM(Magic Mike!)

Anywho! Today I went shopping..yes..again 😀 I needed to alright! I was feeling like I was in a bit of a slum and some retail therapy was needed to make me feel a bit better 🙂 it worked for a lil bit anyways….not too sure what’s wrong…just can’t shake this feeling I have 😦

I bought some awesome new gym clothes, can I get a woop woop! I love buying new things 😉

Shopping!!!!

My day was also productive in other ways :D! I got quite a bit of school work and studying done! and I practiced for my drama practical, getting the characters down and all that jazzingle 😉

Studying, homework..homework and ooo! more homework

Watched some telly! I luuuurv The Following, it’s twisted yet kickass! Masterchef is my jam..just saying! Girl Code on MTV, Girls you need to start watching it, teaches you soo much about Guys! 😀 😉

Rachel Khoo- anyone else think she’s really cool? 😀

I watched The Purge as well on Saturday night and let me just say…it’s a hectic yet thrilling movie! I highly recommend it 🙂

Did some blogging stalking…erm*clears throat*..I mean Reading! 😉 Read some really inspiring snippets like Amanda’s NEDA post (www.runningwithspoons.com) and then the usual blog reading which included drooling over AMAZING RECIPES, like this one Tiramisu overnight oats recipe(that I need to get jiggy with sometime soon!)

School tomorrow! Joy…. and I have rehearsals like this entire week, fitting everything in is soo hectic like it isn’t a joke, yet I sad laugh! 😀 I need to pull a bit of “Namaste” out the bag and tear a page out the monkey from the Lion Kings book!

Question: What did your Sunday involve? what hectic plans do you have this week?

Chat Later Lovelies! 🙂 x Imzie

Currently

Well, not to be a drag but currently I’m soo overwhelmed with school work, it’s not a joke! I guess that’s Final year of high-school though for me 😀 :’D aa

h man, besides that I do have other interesting things to talk about!

Currently watched: 12 Years a slave; oh my word, can I just say that this is a heart-beamingly good film, but it also breaks your soul, the entire cinema were in tears #notevenkidding! it was brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

Currently Loving: Cinnamon- I’m on suuuch a cinnamon kick! putting it on and in everything 😀 literally ❤

Currently Reading: Pure by Ethan Watters and really getting into it! I’m also reading the prescribed book I have to read for this English Olympiad I’m

writing on the 4th of March 🙂

Currently Listening to: The Cat Empire! I looooove the Cat empire! Loove!

Currently Preparing for: The Matric dance(also known as senior Prom) I’m going to with my really good guy friend- yes, we used to like each other but he’s an introvert and I kind of got bored and moved on, but our relationship has been CLARIFIED as I would not have gone if I didn’t establish our friendship status 🙂

Currently stressing over: Pre-prelims! oh my word, they start on the

19th march! 😦 also stressing over the scene and monologue I have to perform on the 5th of March!

Currently studying for: Biology, History, Drama

Currently compiling: Research for my Life Skills Project which is…drum roll…60% of my final year mark! can I get a whaat-whaaat! o.O hehehe- that’s my sad laugh

Currently and Will always love eating: Breakfast Foods, aah the joy It brings me!

Currently Reminiscing in: My prom that was on the 1st of Feb!

That’s me in the watermelon coloured dress, with the black shawl! #magnificentdance!

Question: What about you guys? what you up to? 🙂 x

Quick Recap of Saturday

Hi guys 😀 teehee, again!

Quick update of what I’ve gotten up to!

Well I did pretty much everything I said I’d do!

grocery shopping- check! and make-up purchase-check! teehee, now just to continue studying! 😀

Question: What you get up to?

Lots of love! 🙂 Imzie x