About the Author

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist 

Well, with the rate people are mating, creating and spewing out babies, I sure as hell can't wait for the universe to come spoon-feed me a bit until I can stand on my own two feet.  Therefore I decided to create this blog: To help myself, even it is only in the littlest way possible.

Who am I, then?  The name is Fourie.  Frederika Fourie.  I am young.  I am passionate.  I want to go places.  It is about time, since I have been living in the Big City, Pretoria (don't laugh!), for four years already. 


I am passionate about many thins, most of which can be summed up as 'of the creative kind', like writing, films, design, music, etc. A jack of many trades, but master of most, if you will.  This blog is supposed to shed some light on the matter.

My skills:
* Writing (Afrikaans and English) and spell-checking (Afrikaans)
* Production managing
* Fashion designing
* Planning and orchestrating/Organizational skills
* People skills
* Stylist
* Aspiring (one can never be completely educated) food and coffee connoisseur

Future ambitions:
* An indie publishing company (2012):
- Gatsak Bundels (2012)
- Terugblik op Avontoer: 'n Seerower dagboek (2012)
- Adventure Wine: Fun! (2012)
* Masters degree in Visual Studies by 2013
* Holidaying/working/living in France for at least a year

Current projects:
* ILovePretoria - a blog abut the city
* Ambassadeur - Alternative Afrikaans culture blog
* Tricycle - my very own fashion line
* Sporadic production manager for Adam Heyns
* Pirouette - full length ballet documentary


Past projects & jobs:
* Superpeer (blogger), Vodacom Color (2010-2011)
* Production Manager for many projects of Adam Heyns (since 2010)
* Made a short film: Lunacy (2011)
* Made a short investigating documentary: The new Gold Rush (2010)
* DJ at Tuks FM (2008)
* Executive positions on University committees: Student Culture and Journalism Society
* Honors degree: Visual Studies (2011) @ University of Pretoria
* BA Journalism (2008-2010) @ University of Pretoria

My interests & hobbies
* Music: Especially rock&roll, folk, indie, blues, jazz and any and all combinations thereof
* Good food and eating out: discovering proper coffee, wine, restaurants, desserts, recipes and trying to duplicate them
* Counter culture (all my academic research focuses on counter or alternative cultures)
* Literature and books, especially Afrikaans novels and poetry
* History, especially South African history
* Films (the more pretentious the better)
* Picknicks

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