This weekend was our first without orientations of any sort! Though that was a necessary reward for the chaos of registration on Friday. UCT (and every South African University minus one, I hear) uses in person, queue based registration as opposed to the online systems we know and tolerate back home. This actually wouldn't have been a problem at all, if I had been enrolled in UCT. But apparently, I was not. This prompted several trips to several offices to talk to several people all as confused as I was. Ultimately sorted out (apparently IAPO missed me somehow in their tech input), but exhausting none the less.
We rewarded ourselves with a trip to Baxter Theater, home of UCT's fine art productions. UCT actually has a huge fine arts program, and the performances are really top notch. We saw "Noah of Cape Town," an a capella musical with environmentalist notes. I think Cape Townians have more appreciation/concern for ecosystems than urbanites back home, but that's easy to understand when you see the gorgeous views and wildlife here.
Saturday, we went to a market in Woodstock. Definitely not what we expected (mostly because all the other international students had found out about it too, so we made up 40% of the crowd- dagnabbit!). But the food was AMAZING. Dare I say, better (and cheaper!) than Eastern Market. No crafts though, which was disappointing, but we'll find those another day.
After the market, we took the train into City Centre to see the District Six Museum. The district has become a major rallying point for post-apartheid reparation and reconstruction, and it really epitomizes the effect of the Group Areas Act that the Apartheid government was famous for.
We rewarded ourselves with a trip to Baxter Theater, home of UCT's fine art productions. UCT actually has a huge fine arts program, and the performances are really top notch. We saw "Noah of Cape Town," an a capella musical with environmentalist notes. I think Cape Townians have more appreciation/concern for ecosystems than urbanites back home, but that's easy to understand when you see the gorgeous views and wildlife here.
Saturday, we went to a market in Woodstock. Definitely not what we expected (mostly because all the other international students had found out about it too, so we made up 40% of the crowd- dagnabbit!). But the food was AMAZING. Dare I say, better (and cheaper!) than Eastern Market. No crafts though, which was disappointing, but we'll find those another day.
After the market, we took the train into City Centre to see the District Six Museum. The district has become a major rallying point for post-apartheid reparation and reconstruction, and it really epitomizes the effect of the Group Areas Act that the Apartheid government was famous for.
Headlines on the wall
Me with art of the street signs of the old district six.
Today, I went to His People in the morning (a very boisterous, all-worship service) and Christ Church this evening (youth targeted/contemporary). Though the congregations were totally different demographics, they had some major commonalities that surprised me. Both really emphasized 'asking for spiritual hunger,' which was interesting, since most churches I've been to back home ask for the fulfillment of one's spiritual hunger. There were some other things but they're escaping me now due to utter exhaustion. I'll see if I can think of them tomorrow for when I blog about the first day of classes.
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