wooo it has been a full week! we went to a cricket game and, even though we spent the first half of the game trying to figure out what exactly was going on, it was fun even though it reminded me a lot of baseball. it's a stadium just like baseball but in an oval, so you're pretty much in a good spot no matter where you sit. cricket is unbelievably popular here but there's so many breaks in between the action. maybe i'll grow to appreciate it a little more as i'm here, and it'll probably help to know the rules.

monday night me and my roommate went to a place called the armchair theater, which plays movies that you can watch on big comfy couches. they were playing faris buller's day off, which i hadn't seen in forever, but it sure made me miss chicago.

Wednesday was a public holiday, so no class! I went on a hike with the mountain and ski club to a place called the crystal pools, which is basically a beautiful pool in the middle of the mountains and as you climb up, you get to more and more. people went kloofing but i decided to pass this time. i borrow my roommate's camera, so there are pictures, but i'll have to work on getting some up. we were all set to get back in the car (me and my friend drove with three south african guys) and when we got back down, the guy realized that he'd left his lights on and the car was completely dead. so we tried to jump start it and the battery got a little power, but not enough to start the car, only enough to make the horn start blaring randomly for no apparent reason. so then we tried pushing the car up and down the hill to try to get it started (i don't know exactly how that would work...i didn't ask, i just pushed) and it was straight out of little miss sunshine with four people pushing a car down the hill with the horn going off periodically. in the end we had to call a tow truck (which, in true south african fashion, took two hours to get there) but i really didn't mind because we got to watch a beautiful sunset on the beach and the sooner i got home, the sooner i had to start writing a paper.

tonight we finally tried the restaurant down the street from us and it was quite good. i went on a really long run today, so i was starving and ate a ton of food. it's really nice there because throughout the night all the waiters/waitresses get up and perform, either sing or play any instrument, and one guy sang hallelujah and it was one of the best covers of it i have ever heard, so it made my night.