Wednesday, September 22, 2010

My Heritage Day


In honour of Heritage day, which we South Africans celebrate this Friday, 24 September, a few fabulous bloggers have decided that we would celebrate our heritage by doing a little post about our favourite childhood outfit or toy. So here goes!

I wasn't really a fan of toys, despite having a room that overflowed with stuffed animals and a gigantic collection of Barbie’s (which I hardly ever played with). So what did I do for fun you ask...I read (well, paged through) the Colliers set of Encyclopaedias that I received when I was two years old. Yes. I would lie for hours belly flat on the carpet, legs in the air, crossed at the ankles, and devour each and every page. My family still talks about this and how weird I was am. My other favourite thing to do was to watch movies, not cartoons since I didn’t care much for those either, real movies. My Gran had my favourites which included, The Sound of Music, Salsa, Dirty Dancing, Girls Just want to have fun, and My Girl, recorded on VHS tapes, and I used to watch them over and over again, memorising the words and attempting to act out the scenes and dance routines.

My Girl was released when I was about 8 years old, and I became completely obsessed with having a mood ring just like Vada Saltenfuss (Anna Chlumsky's character), even though her friend was stung to death whilst attempting to search for the damn ring! Yes. Again. I was am strange. In any event, I searched high and low for a mood ring and finally found one when I was about 10. This was my absolute favourite toy/accessory, I would wear it whenever I had the chance, and would take it with me to school and carry it in my pocket, since we were not allowed to wear any jewellery at School.

Nope, not at all a typical child, but that’s just me!

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Happy Heritage Day! Check out the other blog posts on this theme, on these fabulous blogs:



Fable Fairy: http://fablefairy.blogspot.com/
Glossary :http://glossaryzine.blogspot.com/
Bobbylicious http://www.bobbylicious.co.za/
Gorilla is my friend http://gorillamefriend.blogspot.com/
Kiss This Twice /http://kissthistwice.blogspot.com/
Lucky Pony www.superduper/lucky
Embracing Style http://www.embracingstyle.co.za/
Farm Girl http://plaasjapie-farmgirl.blogspot.com/

Love, me
xx
Posted by Chantel at 2:53 PM
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28 comments:

  1. kSeptember 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    oh...my girl. flashback!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:07 AM

    Oh I also wanted a mood ring after that movie. Ah memories...

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  3. AntheaSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:10 AM

    OK, we have a lot in common. I was the same with encyclopaedias. Loved My Girl, Dirt Dancing and Sound of Music. Great post, made me smile :)

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  4. FarmGirlSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:37 AM

    Aaah, Dirty Dancing!!! Probably watched that 20 times.
    Lovely post!
    xoxoxo

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  5. -TheseJadeDays-September 23, 2010 at 1:52 AM

    My Girl and Mood Rings = ♥

    lovely post,

    :) xx

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  6. Robynne MaySeptember 23, 2010 at 3:09 AM

    I ADORED my girl...I remember being so sad when he died...lol, fun reading this post :)

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  7. LouiseSeptember 23, 2010 at 3:21 AM

    Me too! I always wanted a mood ring! but never got one (boo!) xx

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  8. Janine / Being BrazenSeptember 23, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    I loved My Girl, Dirty Dancing and Mood rings. I always ending up breaking my mood rings by sticking them in the freezer and forgetting about them :)

    Have a wonderful long weekend x

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  9. Lauren SetterbergSeptember 23, 2010 at 6:06 AM

    You know, I don't know if I actually watched My Girl but I really want to now. It seems to be a bloggers fave! I bet you were cute as pie reading those encylopedias:)

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  10. michelle_September 23, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    these are awesome pics !!

    GLISTERS AND BLISTERS (DOT) COM

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  11. michelle_September 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    great pics !!
    the first photos is reallly sweet !

    GLISTERS AND BLISTERS (DOT) COM

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  12. nooneSeptember 23, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    ohh the sound of music was a cute movie, one of my fav as a kid! great blog, I followed ya ;)

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  13. Gorilla Is My FriendSeptember 23, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    Mood RINGS rock!!Bought my 4 year old daughter one the other day, and when she wasn't looking I secretly put it on, I could only put it on my pinkie finger!but still, I was wearing it!!!

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  14. KatSeptember 24, 2010 at 4:42 AM

    Cute, I love mood rings too! except mine always go purple : (

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  15. A BRIT GREEKSeptember 24, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Total flashback, i remember 'My Girl' too!! Mood rings, i had one too! What a sucker!
    If you wanna go right back you have to see Ferris Bueller's Day off, Goonies and The Breakfast Club too!
    x.o.x.o

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  16. LauraSeptember 24, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    Very sweet post :)

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  17. SassiSeptember 26, 2010 at 5:58 AM

    great pictures!
    X

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  18. GraceSeptember 26, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    Ah My Girl. :) I cried so hard during that movie.

    Love Grace.

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  19. style-hausSeptember 26, 2010 at 6:54 PM

    thx for sharing your childhood stories with us. sounds like you were quite mature for your age!

    http://style-haus.blogspot.com/

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  20. UnknownSeptember 28, 2010 at 5:54 AM

    i just found ur blog - WOW from South Africa - i'm intregued! - u have NO IDEA how badly i wanna visit Africa - i hear such wonderful things !!!!

    PS: i'm hosting my FIRST give-away - come on by and enter!!! - $45 worth of goodness!

    *kiss kiss*
    Erika

    ~Tiptoe Butterfly~

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  21. UnknownSeptember 29, 2010 at 2:21 AM

    AAAh the memories:)hope you well!

    xx

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  22. La Jodi3 & La Couture Also Known as Jaelin B. and Tiara H.September 29, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    i love the movie my girl, even though i haven't seen it in a while!

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  23. SarahSeptember 30, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    ahh I love all of these!! Especially dirty dancing!

    http://wearingitonmysleeves.blogspot.com

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  24. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 2:46 PM

    Loved My Girl :)

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  25. AroojOctober 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    Hi
    very interesting post...sweet and nostalgic
    so do all the south Africans celebrate this day by recalling their childhood.?

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  26. mariskaOctober 3, 2010 at 7:02 AM

    i love The Sound of Music too!
    =D

    xoxo

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  27. Jane-AnneOctober 3, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    This is a lovely, nostalgic post which I so enjoyed reading. Thank you very much for visiting my blog Chantel. x

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  28. Cristiana COctober 6, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    I like these photos! if you want to see my first video, look at my blog!
    we could be followers each other, what do you think?
    obsessedwithglamour.blogspot.com

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