from stellenbosch to mowbray, i encountered:

  1. the singing blind man, who walked up and down the carriages once, singing one hymn i could not recognise, guided by a female companion. one person gave money.
  2. the preacher man, who wanted to speak with us about jesus, but i wasn’t quite sure what he was talking about when he got going, but what do i know. he proceeded to pray really really loud and then talked for about 25 minutes before he got off, when he thanked us for our time, which seemed ironic but was nice nevertheless.
  3. the portable electric keyboard playing blind man, who made two holes in to a keyboard powered by 4 D sized batteries, and slung the machine over his shoulders playing a tune i could not recognise but was agreeable to my ears. no-one gave money.
  4. the girl alongside of me who explained to me how to get to the station i had two, as i did not know. It turns out i am to switch at Soutriver, and then it’s the second stop. the girl on the other side of me came to sit there after she was harassed by two other guys.

then i was at a braai where everyone was dressed up as something starting with the first letter of their name. i was lady diana, and my friend emma was notably an erection. other notable appearances were explorers that dressed up so by wearing a scottish hat and elephants by wearing a piece of material that had elephants, amongst others.

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