Welcome to Juan-Thembie's Blog

So a lot of people have been asking me, “Thembie, whatever happened to your blog?” After going through many excuses, I decided to stick to my favorite - “It was called ‘Thembie in America’ and I’m not in America anymore.” The honest truth is that I was always dying to blog but with a busy semester, I never actually got any time. However, given that I always have something on my mind and I always want to say it, I figured I would start blogging again during my winter break. Coincidentally, I found myself on a trip to China right at the start of my break. Unfortunately, as most might have thought, this blog will not be called ‘Thembie-in-China’ or anything of that sort.

So what is this blog about? Well, this blog is more like my thinking space; a place where I can share my thoughts and views on different aspects of this crazy life of mine. Unlike my last blog, www.juan-thembie.blogspot.com will be more than just a travel blog. I am looking to make this a platform for discussions for a broad range of topics such as travel, entertainment, business, politics and just life in general. This blog will also serve as a platform for friends and family to interact and share their views on the topics raised here.

However, it should be noted that this blog is still under construction. For the next month or so, the blog will be undergoing several touch ups. Since I am going to be in China for the next 3 weeks (I’m actually on my way to China), I’m mostly going to be blogging on my experience here. I probably will not have time to put up finishing touches on the site. As a result, please bear with me if some of the stuff on the site does not make sense.

I hope you will enjoy the blog.

PS This post was meant to be posted about 2 weeks ago but I didnt know that Blogger was blocked in China. So please bear with me. Enjoy the blog

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My Apologies

So it has been a while since I posted anything on this blog. The main reason being that since my last post, I had been traveling a lot. I actually never simultaneously had a real internet connection and blogging time. However, I am back in South Africa with several blog posts that I wrote when I was traveling between, cities, states and countries. I will try post them every now and again rather than posting them all at once.

Once again, these are just experiences being shared.

Enjoy!

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READ IT, IT IS HERE....FINALLY!!

The hardest time to say something is when you have so much you want to say, but don’t know where to begin. It’s 11.40pm. The date is Monday, December 27, 2010. I have just finished my usual junk food dinner and I have my glassful of Dr Pepper next to my computer. For many days I have been in this same situation yet nothing has materialized. However, now I am out of excuses as to why I should put away writing this first article. I have no option, but to let my electronic pen bleed on this electronic paper…

On the 2^nd of December 2010, I left Cape Town to pursue a dream - more like a fantasy, that I had had ever since teenage hood. Over the years, this burning desire has been fueled by different raison d'êtres. At one point it was academic ambition, at another point it was romance. Later on, the motivation was to see the country and what it has to offer in terms of my future. More recently, with a new found love for travel, the drive to pursue the dream was merely just to see the country, no strings attached. However, by the time I left South Africa, all the above factors played a part in my finally putting my foot down and actually living that dream…

So, I would like to welcome you to my blog, an attempt to chronicle my time in the United States of America. I will be writing on an array of topics ranging from my life in this country and how I perceive life in this country to be, a comparison of South Africa/Zimbabwe and USA (the countries that I have lived in), my travels within the USA and many other topics. Please be advised that any views posted on this blog will based on what I would have experienced, mostly first hand, but will in no way be conclusive as I am only going to be in this huge country for a meager 3 months…

I hope that you will find this blog informative and will answer some of the questions that most people have been asking me about my trip. Feel free to send me any questions or topics that you would like me to write on. Being an engineer in training, my creativity in the writing department is very limited. So enjoy the blog. Next post will be up soon. Will try and write regularly so that I keep you all up to speed…

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