Its not a Vacation, its a Study Week

Whatever you decide to call it, ahead of me lies a week of not having to attend university. A well deserved break from tests and assignments and everything else that fills my life with a sense of purpose. Oh, and a break from the crickets.

A little more than a week ago a plague of Biblical proportions hit the Western Cape. Apparently an unusual warm winter/summer (?) caused the local cricket populace to procreate like there is no tomorrow. The result? Millions of new crickets now have flooded towns in the Provence, including everybody's favourite little university town Stellenbosch. The Red Square was blackened by the little insects, shrubbery seems to serenade to you and lecture halls, computer rooms and even the cinema housed any amount of these musical little beasts. Although I am still quite far on the right side of sanity, other people weren't quite as fortunate. My only complaint is that the sweet sound of crickets chirping in the night time has somewhat been cheapened by the abundance. The glow of a computer screen in a dark room is no substitute for a log fire, but that doesn't stop you feeling completely out of environment with a cricket in the back of the room. Like my one friend said in the cinema, all we now need are some lions to complete the experience...

I have sleeping, partying and studying to do. These are the (nearly unique) luxuries of next week.