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Describe your most memorable vacation.

     “Aunty’s Rules: No regrets , no sleep, no boring nights,”

Passport, Party, and the Hangover Safari.

Let me take you back to the day I earned the official title of “The Drunken Tourist of Johannesburg.””” It all began with a plan so smooth it could’ve been in a travel brochure. Me and my aunty—AKA my favourite partner-in-chaos—got our passports, marched to the airport like two queens on a royal escape mission, and hopped on a flight to South Africa 🌍✈️

We arrived, booked a fancy hotel where even the soap smelled like it had a college degree, and decided to treat ourselves to the full VIP experience. We had a delicious meal that made us want to thank every chicken and spice involved. Then came swimming time—though I mostly floated like a sleepy croissant while my aunty did synchronized swimming moves like she was auditioning for the Olympics.

Fast forward to nightfall—the moment everything went from vacation mode to reality TV-worthy. Aunty looked at me and said, “Tonight, we dance.” I was like, “Sure,” not realizing she meant dance until your knees file a complaint.

We hit a local club where the music was loud, the lights were dramatic, and the drinks were flowing like they had somewhere urgent to be. That’s when it happened: my first encounter with vodka.

Let me tell you—vodka doesn’t say hello politely. It grabs your tastebuds, smacks your sense of balance, and throws your self-control out the window. After two shots, I thought I was Beyoncé. After three, I believed I could speak Zulu fluently. Four? I tried to order a burger from the DJ booth. 🍔🎧

My aunty? Oh, she was just recording every second of my downward spiral like she was filming a documentary: “When Vodka Attacks.”

At one point, I challenged a barstool to a dance-off (and lost), tried to teach strangers a made-up dance move called “The Jellyfish Wiggle,” and—allegedly—tried to climb a light fixture because I thought it was “the North Star.” Security didn’t know whether to throw me out or offer me a reality show contract.

The next morning, I woke up with a hangover so bad I thought I had been bitten by a hyena. My head felt like a marching band had rented space inside it. I asked my aunty if she also felt sick. She said, “Nope, just sore from laughing.”

But the trip wasn’t over! After downing two bottles of water and making peace with my liver, we headed out for a wildlife safari. Lions. Zebras. Elephants. And me, in dark sunglasses, looking like I’d survived a music festival in the jungle. At one point, I swear a monkey looked at me and said, “Rough night, huh?”


Lesson learned: Never underestimate your aunty, never trust vodka, and never go on a safari while slightly hungover—unless you want a lion to side-eye, you like it knows all your secrets. 🦁🥴🍸

“What happened in South Africa ……lives in my Aunty’s camera roll“

What are you most worried about for the future?

What problems do you worry about future generations having to deal with?

Economy: Every 10 years, there seems to be a market crash. And we are right at that 10 year mark.
I’m not worried about over-population (there’s plenty of room on the planet).

Love: If I’ll ever marry and have kids. I am picky about dating and have no desire to “settle” or get married because I’m “supposed to”. It has to feel right or not at all.

Family: My parents aren’t old but they are getting older. It is hard to imagine my life without them.

I’m not worried about climate change or energy (we’re an adaptable species. Our ability to create resources out of previously useless materials will continue, and we’ll develop new technologies and innovations).

I’m worried that we’re losing our ability to make real connections and develop meaningful relationships. Social media does not create such relationships. Texting doesn’t bring people close. Only face-to-face interaction can do that.

I’m worried about our mythical quest for equality of outcome. Equality of opportunity is essential, but only a dictatorship can ensure equality of outcome.

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What are you most worried about for the future?

I’m afraid of future generation youths.

*They are not worried about their academics, career, or parents, and they are living a carefree life. Not all, but most of them.

*They lose virginity even before stepping to college. On top of that, multiple relationships and partners are to each of them.

*Marriage is all about business, credentials, and properties.

We are the last generation of people who witness the long life of marriages and witness silver jubilee, gold, and platinum jubilee marriage anniversaries.

In the upcoming days, children’s will probably be raised by single parents. It’s difficult to find a family.

People will be earning good, but it is difficult to witness the bonding in love, life, and marriage.

I’m not biased, but somewhere, I feel this exclusive socializing nature destroying our culture. Women empowerment is good but not at the cost of divorce, alimony, independent women, or equality.

Isn’t it beautiful, when dad was earning and mom was managing household works, life was beautifully balanced.

Today, Dad’s and mom’s both are working, both have self respect, self esteem, ego, attitude on top of that they are equally busy, they dont like to behave submissive with each other. Parents are busy earning, and their kids are being raised by maids. People are financially stable but emotionally detached.

Earn more, save more, and spend less because not your son or daughter is going to look after you in your old age days because emotional bonding is deteriorating among youths.