Be careful of your aspirations because even after you achieve them, they come with terms and conditions, as Gasant Abarder will soon find out when he moves house to the Southern Suburbs this week. He writes in his latest #SliceofGasant column that while a childhood dream will be realised, his Cape Flats heart is sad.
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It was crazy. Laylaa and I had to alternate and leave work early each day, taking turns with another couple, to pick up kids from schools with staggered dismissal times and alternating extramural schedules that made me go cross-eyed. Our bosses have been amazing. But there is only so much liberty one can take.Our new house will be just 300m from my daughters’ school and on all the routes to my eldest’s high school.
But their conversation reminded me of several of my favourite Cape Flats things and behaviours I am going to miss and the adjustments I will have to make in the ‘burbs, where by-laws are taken a little bit more seriously.
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