Goodbye South Africa! (50 random things about me!)

Jip I have a date for you all! But I decided to announce it a little differently. If you want to know when I leave, keep reading to find out!

I thought it’s mandatory that my readers get to know me better and get an idea of who a I am. It just sounds fair….don’t you think?

So without further ado…

Here is 50 random things about me!

(PS: The date is in there somewhere. I guess you will just have to read through it all to find it.)

1. I don’t smoke. Never have and never will!
2. I don’t like the taste of alcohol. You will only find me drinking once in a blue moon…And I will never be drunk…ever!!!
3. I speak fluent Afrikaans and English and hopefully Russian soon.
4. I love both summer and winter, but if it gets too cold for too long then I wish for summer. In summer time, I love when it rains and gets cold after a really hot week. Then a fluffy blanket with a movie and popcorn is just the right thing.
5. I have both a sweet and savory tooth.
6. I recently discovered, and yes you will be shocked, the series “Friends”. Before you get a heart attack…I did know of the series, I just never watched it. Now I’m hooked! This is how comedy should be like. In some of todays comedies, they just aren’t done tastefully anymore.
7. I am a Big Christian and my Faith is very important to me.
8. I am a dancer. (If you don’t know that already!) I love both ballet and contemporary. In the last few years folk/cultured dances has become very interesting to me. I am also a choreographer and that is a very BIG passion of mine.
9. I am not a fan of hights, but it all depends on the circumstances. I won’t go up a 50 story building just to go and stand on a roof with no railings. But I love to paraglide! I have only done a tandem flight once and would love to do it again. Maybe one day I’ll get my license. This is me, doing a tandem flight, in the photo…sorry for the bad quality. 
10. I am not a fan of sodas. They bloat me like crazy and are full of sugars and taste…not  so good. I might drink sprite zero or 7 up zero. I know that the zeros are almost just as bad as the originals, but those I will drink if I really, and I mean REALLY want some.
11. As we are kinda on the topic. I don’t like junk food. Usually I won’t mind a burger and chips from KFC or Steers, but in recent times of eating a balanced and healthy diet, just the idea of junk food makes me nauseous.
12. I am the oldest child in my whole big family on both my Mother and Fathers side.
13. I have a Mother, Father and a younger brother of 2 years. That would make him 20. You can do the math as for how old I am.
14. I have many acquaintances but very few friends. I hope to make some more close friends when I go overseas.
15. Although kids are a lot of work and patience is required… In mass load, I will admit that working with kids (dance) has a way of uplifting your soul. They can make you laugh when you want to cry. They really are something special. So parents don’t wish they will grow up too fast, because they already do.
16. I can be a really goofy person when I’m in the mood. But only with people that are super close to me. So basically Family. Sorry rest of the world. My Father will even call me a goofball.
17. I love living a healthy lifestyle. Exercising and eating a balanced diet. It’s not always that easy, but anything worth having is never easy.
18. One day I would love to revisit the places I’ve been. (Internationally) This time with my loved ones. I would also want to go and see new places together.
19. I don’t have any tattoos but have considered it on more than one occasion. I am not a fan of tattoos that are weird, big, sleeved, dragon, skull head, evil, etc. Just a small elegant and meaningful tattoo. I still probably won’t get one, but this is just my opinion.
20. I don’t like horror movies. A good thriller on the other hand, I do. But not all kinds of thrillers. I mainly only like the murder, mystery kind of thrillers. Not these magical, mystic, ghost, supernatural stuff.
21. I love to laugh. Especially at the most stupid and weird stuff that we all do sometimes. It could be the things that made us so angry at first, but in all honesty, it just deserves a good laugh.
22. One day I would like to live out my wildest dreams of putting up International Productions with world class dancers. I want to give South Africa a world class dance institute where all the most necessary training in classical dance all the way through to folk/cultured dance can train with quality and prestige. Also with its own International standard Theatre.
23. I am team Apple.
24. I weep at movies, books, news, commercials, anything that gets slightly emotional.
25. I don’t always like calling people a nickname. Unless I don’t know your real name or I thought your nickname was your real name.
26. I’m a natural brunette and have only put color in my hair once. Don’t think I will again. Not soon anyways. But I do get blonde moments more frequent than not. No offence to all the blondes.
27. I’m an old sole. I think I was born in the wrong era. I‘m more of a 40’s/50’s kinda girl deep down. My dream car is a mint/turquoise/sea green/blueish 1965 beetle.
28. I am not allergic to anything. However I am super sensitive to dust and smoke. If we drive on a dirt road with open windows, my nose and chest close up. Then all I can do is to try to breath through my mouth but it’s like no oxygen will enter. This will also happen around people that smoke. Also even if I am around a fire and there is just too much smoke.
29. My booking is for Sunday, twenty nine October. The goodbyes are never fun! (I had to write the number out, just incase some of you tried to screen through to find a date somewhere.)
30. A place that is on my bucket list that I want to visit one day, is Amsterdam. I want to go see the Frank House. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just google Anne Frank.
31. I love giving presents to others. Shopping for them is fun and I can’t wait to see their faces when they open their gifts.
32. I don’t have a middle name. My kids won’t either.
33. Sleep is my favorite activity…Okay and anything active. What opposites!
34. I want to have kids one day. At least 2 and 3 at the most.
35. When I’m upset, I want to be alone. But I always wish for that someone to pop out and comfort me. But actually alone time is all I need.
36. This is my 5th post.
37. My blog name actually already existed since I was in primary school. It just wasn’t a blog back then. My dad came up with it by using a little more than half my first name and adding only the “J” from my surname. Chantalle de Jager = Chanta-J
38. I first used Chanta-J as my business name for jewelry I made and sold as an entrepreneur in my primary school.
39. My mom also makes a very unique winter kinda coat. Called the Chanta-J.
40. I love dogs and prefer big dogs. I want to own a Border Collie and or a Golden Retriever. But growing up with the clever, super friendly and lovable sheep dogs (Border Collie), I most defenitly will get one someday!
41. My favorite place in the world is Sedgefield in the Western Cape, South Africa!
42. I am a righty. (Right handed)
43. My name (Chantalle) means: Song of my Heart.
44. I don’t like swearing or hearing it. It hurts my ears!
45. My favorite color is a pastel mint/turquoise/sea green/blue….hence I want my dream car that color.
46. I have no desire to ever go bungee jump!
47. I love worship music.
48. I love the outdoors and doing fun and active activities.
49. I have dark brown eyes. (But not too dark)
50. I don’t wear glasses only sunnies.

And there you go! 50 Random things about me.

I hope you enjoyed them and please leave a comment if any of the above mentioned is you!

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Talk to you all later…..From Russia!

To Live is To Dance!

xoxo

PS: I’m really going to miss everyone I leave behind. If you are a close friend and family….I Love You!!!