A Very Exhausting Day, but so worth it!

RCHP!!!!!!!!

Don't you just lovedoing something extremely last minute! I know I do. And this was just the cherry on top of my trip :)

We started off the day going to Robben Island, saw the usually things; the prison cells, the houses, Nelson Mandela's cell. It was a shame though that our tour guide had a really thick Xhosa accent, because I wasn't able to get the full picture in my head of what the island used to be like. A few interesting stories did stick with me though. There was one about a lady who had managed to escape and swim to the mainland, 17k away, in under two hours. And if that wasn't impressive enough, she only had one leg doing it! Unfortunately her name has slipped my mind...

The afternoon was spent shouting 'war cries' at the Herschel interhouse swimming gala. The house Dani and I are in, is Rolt, So one of the hacka's that we had to sing was;

Rolties, wo nabo beyeza
This one's not for laaities
Or for sissies
Rolties, wo nabo beyeza
War paint and we're swinging
Our knobkieries
Rolties, wo nabo beyeza
We are coming
Beware, we are coming closer....

Sounds very Afrikaan doesn't it? But don't ask me what the words mean.... I wasn't really paying attention for that part. If you would really like to know, I have a great friend called Google Translate who would be more than happy to help you.


Everyone: "Tessa are you going to the concert tonight?!"
                 "What are you going to wear?"
                "Are you just excited as I am?!!"

Me: "Sorry guys, I can't go with you because we weren't able to get tickets, so I won't be getting dressed up. I am excited for you guys though!" This was the answer I had to give to all of the fan-crazed people going to the concert... But then:

Dani: "TESSA! I just got a called from my mom; we're going to the Red Hot Chili Peppers tonight!"
Me: "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!" Bare in mind that it is now around 16.00 and the concert gates open at 17.00. And so the story continues...:

While Dani and are getting all dolled up and wolfing down our dinner, we find out that Matthew and Pieter are sitting right next to us! So once we were there, they came and sat beside us, then Emma, Annick, Domas and Carlen (another friend) came and joined us. It was an amazing night. The music was great, the people were pumped, and considering that these guys are, what, in their 60's (?), they had an unbelievable stage presence. At one point, one of them was even doing a handstand.

The next day half the school was completely exhausted, but every single one of them said it was so worth it!