First2Third

• Liedjies vir babatjies / Songs for babies
• Books
• Bars in Leiden
• South African Musical artists
• Music Artists
• Things to do in traffic
• Pet hates

Afrikaanse en Engelse kinderliedjies nie,FAK / volkspele kategorie, en sommige is Sondagskoolliedjites, Voortrekkerliedjies, en kinder TV programme-liedjies - hulle het almal oulike woorde en sing lekker.

´n ´-´ strepie dui op ´n lettergreep waar ek die woorde nie kon onthou nie. Stuur kommentaar via die blog as jy met die woorde hieronder verskil.

Afrikaanse kinderliedjies:

• Daar loop 'n skilpad in die pad

• Die padda wou gaan opsit by sy nooi in die vlei

• Die vissies die swem in die water

• Eensame lappop (net die refrein) (alle woorde hier te vind)

Sondagskool liedjies

• As Hy weer kom:
  

• Die Doornkloofse Wekroep (lied vir die plaas Doornkloof)
  

FAK Liedjies

Al die FAK liedjies se woorde staan op hulle website(http://www.fak.org.za/site/index.php), met ´n klankfile met klavier musiek sonder die woorde.

• Aai aai die witborskraai
• Al lê die berge nog so blou
• Blinkvosperd
• Bobbejaan klim die berg
• By Coetzenburg loop ´n waterstroom
  
• Daar onder in die vlei stap 'n mannetjie
• Dis julle wat die wind laat waai
• Dis net 'n worsie anderhalf duimpie
• Eendjies eendjies stap in 'n ry
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• Ek ken 'n ou ou liedjie
• Ek is 'n eensame krokodil (http://www.rsatalent.com/Lirieke/index.html)
• Ek´s ´n dapper muis
• Ek wil nog trek
• Groen gras groei daar om (boom in die gat, en die gat in die grond)
• Haasdas se nuuskas
• Handjie klap koekies bak
• Hansie slim
• Heidi
• Hiers ek weer met my rooi rok voor jou deur
• Hoe ry die boere sit sit so
• Hoe ry die trein
• Hulle noem my Liewe Heksie
•  Jesus se soldaatjie
•  Jou kombers en my matras
•  Jy met jou mandolientjie
• Kamma kamma
• Kom dans Klaradyn
• Laat jou liggie skyn
•  Loof hom met die tromme
• My oom se motor is ´n ou masjien
• My Sarie Marais
• O brandewyn (OK, nie eintlik bedoel vir babatjies nie!)
•  O die apie sit en droom
• O die liewe Marta'tjie
• O, die kat kom weer
• Oom Jan sny koring op die land
• Rokkies wou sy dra
• Rol die wiele wiele wiele
• Saai die waatlemoen
• Sannie sê Sannie sal
• Siembamba
• Slaap kindjie slaap
•  Slaap my kindjie slaap sag
•  So ry die trein
•  Sprokie vir ´n stadskind
• Stapsoldaatjie
•  Tant Hessie se witperd
• Tjoeke paf paf
• Twee ogies om die Heer te sien
• Vader Jakob
•  Ver innie wereld Kittie
• Voetjie links en 'n voetjie regs
• Wat maak 'n kamp so lekker
• Wielie wielie walie

English nursery rhymes and songs:

·        ABCD - song

·        Baa baa black sheep

·        Doh-a-deer

·        Edelweis

·        Eensy weensy spider

·        Eeny meeny miny moe

·        Favourite things

·        Hickory dickory dock

·        How much is that doggie in the window?

·        Humpty dumpty sat on the wall

·        Jesus loves me yes I know

·        Kay sera

·        Little miss muffet

·        My grandfather's clock

·        Old Macdonald had a farm

·        Rain Rain go away

·        Ring-a-ring-a-rosy

·        Rock a bye baby

·        Roll over

·        Row row row your boat

·        So so suck your toe

·        Supercalefragelistic

·        Teddybear´s picnic

·        This old man

·        Three little angels all dressed in white

·        Twinkle twinkle little star

·        Yankee doodle

·        You are my sunshine

·        Zippe-di-do-da

Ag please daddy won´t you take us to the drive-in

24 Bottles of beer

The farmer had a wife

Kersliedjies

• Jingle bells
• On the first day of Christmas
• While shepards watched their flocks by night
• Gloria
• Silent night
• Hark the herald angels sing

Indaba my Children by Credo Mutwa. 

The book is one interwoven tale of folklore, and history of mid- and Southern Africa, it is just too astonishing, I feel like I understand my fellow South African's a bit better now. The tale starts with the Great Spirit who is mother of all good things, and then there is the wicked emperor (father of all tokoloshes), representing all that is bad.  But then it gets interesting. Customs of marriage, initiation, adoption, burial, war, peace - they're all to be found in between the long neverending story, and that's what I find so fascinating, because these are things we don't understand of the Blacks in SA. I don't even know how much of this book is true and how much mr Mutwa created, seeing the reputation he has. (just google it). But still, I recognised the places, the tribes, and the characters in the book, and it made Africa sound so much closer, if only for a week.

The Dune Series

Consists of five novels: Dune, Dune Messiah, Chilfen of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune. I didn't read Chapterhouse: Dune. Aparently that was the last one Frank Herbert wrote before his death. This series definitely beat The Lord of the Rings, which isn't even on my top titles list. I just found the fact that the story stretches over thousands of years, with characters that to me became more real than real life... Paul Artreides became the ultimate man.  The spice, the Bene Gesserit, the Tleilax, genius.

Memoirs of a Geisha

[my comments still coming]

Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi

If she can do it, so can I, figuratively speaking..

Losing my virginity by Richard Branson

I must admit I was inspired by this book.  I bought it for my dad so that he could be inspired too, but he hasn't read it. Its in his book shelf though inbetween Selous Scouts and an old South African history textbook of Unisa.

Mbokodo - Inside Mkonto weSizwe

Twala Mwezi spent 15 years being shunted around between ANC camps in Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique after joining Mkontho weSizwe to fight in the struggle against apartheid. What did he get for this sacrifice? Four years in Quatro camp - the most feared torture camp of the ANC after being labeled as a dissident, and not able to even once cross the border into SA to fight for his ideologies. I was a child at the time that this story takes place, and thankfully for me, people like him did not wreak war in SA. So by some strange coincidence the ANC actually helped keep the situation in SA during the eighties stable, through their own corruption and incompetence, but my heart breaks for a person who was failed by his leaders. Those self same leaders who gladly offer someone else's life for their own political ambition. Sadly Mwezi died of aids a few years after returning from exile in 199X.

The Happy Isles of Oceana by Paul Theroux

Enjoyed this one thouroughly, the history of the islands, mingled with Theroux's current day comment. I sometimes wondered if he was making it all up, it seemed to fantastic that he could be paddling between the islands. Made me want to take up sea kayaking and elope for a year.

The truth about bars in Leiden. All pictures taken by Antonio.

Barrera: older crowd, bit rough around the edges.

L'Esperance: you will often find people standing outside the cafe here making it look like the hang, but its not really the hang. 

M'n Broer: Cosy little restaurant-cafe. Had a pleasant dinner here.

Re-spons: I think we paged through some Playboy magazines here that was available to patrons.

Roebels: Our first bar we ever visited in Leiden, real student hang, only gets busy after 11pm.

't Keizertje: Lets just say that this place put me off olives for ever. 

Our favourite café: fresh air, easy access

Toegang Verboden: Had a very tasty cream cheese filled wrap here.

De Vriend - met here on a windy May day, sat outside.  What can I say about a cafe that I only had a coffee at?

Burgerzaken - serves a killer hot chocolate, very nice big tables out in the front if you're lucky enough to get a spot. Unfortunately closes at like 17.00 or 17.30 on a Saturday.

De Stallen - Burg

Leiden gate -

Other gate -

Glass house -

Leiderdorp cafe -

Cafe on other corner from De Vriend we went with Alma-

Cafe where Ant and I sat inside when there was a wedding -

newyears place 1

newyears place 2

3 october place

and in no particular order...

• Boo! and specifically Chris Chameleon They've broken up now, but I miss my Pineapple CD, or I think it had a picture of a pineapple on it.
• Koos Kombuis - vir voor-die-hand-liggende redes
• Valiant Swart - vir die song met die woorde "meisie met die sakkie"
• Tweak
• Springbok Nude Girls, also a thing of the past but I'm missing the first album
• Fokofpolisiekar - virrie cute naampie
• Hugh Masekela & Miriam Makeba - ek sal jok as ek se ek het sy CD by die huis, maar ons het noudiedag na hulle geluister by vriende en dit was amazing.
• Honeymoon Suites - "you're just another notch on my bedpost, baby"
• Tananas - the absolute most fantastic band, hooked me on seeing live shows with an awesome performance at the Grahamstown Art festival early nineties. Steve Newman, Gito Baloi and Ian Herman.
• Mandoza - have you ever seen white Afrikaans kids dance on kwaito, I saw it with my own eyes at the Aardklop music festival 2003.
• Sugerdrive - sounds a bit like portishead with a male voice
• Battery 9 - vir "Kiss the Machine"
• Die volk is innie kak song
• The Awakening
• Die ou wat sprokie vir 'n stadskind geskryf het
• Anton Goosen - vir die song met die woorde : "vistenk in die voorkamer" of so iets
• Henry Ate omdat die chick wat sing 'n angel stem het
• Cinema
• Gebou Gebou - my broers se band: Floyed en Hamman.  Listen up!
• Johannes Kerkorrel
• The Led
• Saron Gas, now called Seether
• Gert Vlok Nel - vir die song met die meisie met die wit rokkie
• Karen Zoid
• Jan Blohm - vir groen trui
• Freshly Ground - Nomvula en doo-bi-doo

• Hole - Live through this
• Veruca Salt - American Thighs
• Tori Amos - all her albums
• Kate Bush - all her albums
• Pixies - all the albums
• PJ Harvey
• Mazzy Star - the one with "Fading into you" on it

- sing along to the music on the radio, but really sing along in order to a) learn the words and b) harmonise with the melody

- turn the radio off and rap about the day

- guess that song (and artist) - the faster off the intro the better

- learn the model of cars on the road, by memorising the shape and then try to name cars at a glance from side, and back.

- put your makeup on

- eat breakfast

- eat pre-dinner snack

- pick crumbs off your lap from whatever you were eating for breakfast or snack

- make words using the letters of number plates. One word per number plate, using all the letters in same order. Longest word wins.

- memorise the exits on the highway, including number, and towns it exits to.

- count the number of bridges or highways you drive under.

- don´t sms

Gito Baloyi - musician (Tananas) - shot

Lucky Dube - musician - Oct 2007 - shot

David Rattray.- historian - Feb 2007 - shot

Pieter Pieterse - writer - March 2002 - stabbed

My pet hates...

• Cooking
• Washing dishes
• Broken umbrellas
• Car dirty on the inside
• Lonely socks
• People that say they´ll get back to you and then never do