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Shirley
@minisplat
Caffeine-powered, design and food obsessed, intelligence optional. Lover of all things with paws.
DurbanJoined February 2009
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SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE: Organise your own work Secret Santa by getting shit-faced, buying something online and see what turns up.
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If anyone is still following this account, know that I'm no longer using it, I use @CuizineDurban instead. So follow that if you want.
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Its language, technology and very large age gap. He doesn't understand most of what I do, although he tries.
The saddest & most frustrating thing with having a foreign dad is our language barrier. I cant explain exciting things happening in my life.
This weekend in Durban: cuizine.co.za/?p=288
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Looking forward to the berg this weekend. Want to escape. Not a fan of this work thing.
Hey Cape Town, anyone got work for my just retrenched mate . Mad editing skills & book knowledge + BA Law, Eng Honours. Pls RT
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Nelson Mandela is in a "serious, but stable condition". Yes, it's also known as "getting old". #Madiba
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"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." -- Julia Child, celebrity chef and cookbook author
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This blog is the best thing Ive ever done! Every day has opened a new door, such exciting things happening. I found my calling!! :D
Tired.
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Im just going to turn the squeaking up a few notches ;)
This marketing thing is tough. Trying so hard to get bloggy out there but its a tough crowd! But the squeakiest wheel gets the grease.
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Sutherlands business ethics are ridiculously bad and go against the CPA laws... Read this post bit.ly/11AXCg4
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New Wacom Intuous 5 just arrived. Wooohoo! Come to mama!
Latest stats from the US: 90 percent of employers use social media sites to help screen applicants.
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Hailstorm in Jozi: Outsurance website crashes. Hailstorm in Cape Town: Instagram crashes.
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Fresh hooves to a pup is like a dummy to a baby. Blissful silence, other than the sounds of an intense chewing.
Spent last night getting drunk for blog research purposes, I swear: cuizine.co.za/?p=116&preview
Today an important and courageous friend is donating his kidney. I hope it goes smoothly and everything is a success.
What an epic evening! Worth the R200 hairdo for the night, if just for the free cocktails alone!
Sitting outside trying to calm down. Brain all over the place, cant focus on anything. Too much coffee, I think :p
This is how you do a wedding party photo... twitpic.com/cu8sju
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Haha, need to whatsapp her outfit ideas in advance because its a very shmancy affair tonight. Getting nervous!
Getting to leave an hour early from work to have my hair did, and fashion guru friend wants to see pics of outfit for approval.
You guys seriously rock. :D
On the weekend when it launched it was just under 40 peeps so word is getting around! Thanks so friggin much for the support!
Finally got Google Analytics to work and holy crapola! Nearly 300 visitors hit up my silly little site yesterday, 200 the day before!
So excited, looks like I will be meeting one if the Masterchef judges at the event tomorrow. Wanted to vomit with the force of my squee.
I sent him a proposal for an idea for a regular feature and he loved it!
Getting so excited about this blog thing! Looks like Im going to a by-invite-only cocktail event by one of tge world's top mixologists.
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The Ladykillers at the Sneddon Theatre, go watch: cuizine.co.za/?p=102
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All pasta shots rejected. Balls.
But, HURRAH! I just got an email finally approving a grapefruit shot! Bazinga!
I've now tried to amend and resubmit so many grapefruit shots that it will be a long while before I bother looking at one again :P
Lighting too flat, underexposed, composition not great, cropped to close, etc. Good to get this valid feedback, at least.
6 food shots from my bloggy rejected by Foodgawker. Tough nut to crack, those guys. Woke up to four more rejections this morning.
Another gecko set the sirens and the madhouse off. Neck has cramped so I cant turn my head, waaah! I look like a robot at work! Great start.