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the, to the equation. It brings lots of wonderful experiences, uh, of course evaluating your
culture in relation to others, and, uh, of course finding kinda solace and a home with your
friends from back home in a foreign country. That’s what it’s all about. Suster’s reflecting on
that some more when we get back.
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70. Clarence: It’s 104.9, the heart and soul of Cape town. From Al Jerreaux, ‘Get your boogie down.’ We
continue with, uh, our reflections on the P4 radio listeners tour of the Netherlands with Suster
in the studio, but first we, I gotta tell you about this wonderful thing that you’re going to
witness. Cape Town is about to witness the best in under seventeen knockout soccer action at
the 2005 Engen under seventeen knockout challenge. It takes place at the Steven Regan
sportsground in Mitchells Plain on the weekend of twenty three and twenty four July 2005.
Uh, this year a number of top teams such as Engen, Santos, Ajax Cape Town, Hellenic,
Peninsula, Avendale, Athletico, Mitchells Plain Eleven, Mother City and Vasco to name a few
will be represented. Join us, Engen and P4 104.9, together with our very own Nick Feinberg
reporting live on the action on the day. Engen, with us you are number one. Suster, where are
you taking us to next?
71. Suster: Um, man, in die, in die {man, in the, in the} Red Light District is daar nou winkels, wat
nou, nou goeters verkoop {there are shops that now, now sell things} like soes, soes (soos,
soos) {like, like} magic mushrooms and sulke goeters, verstaan jy {and such things, you
understand}. En toe het een nou ge-decide dat hy gat (gaan) nou, nie een {And so one now
decided that he’s going to, not one} magic mushrooms, maar sommer ses {but six}, but he’s
never done this before. Nou mense, nou julle moet wiet (weet) iets van {Now people, you
must know something about} magic mushrooms. Daai goed {That stuff}, it, it grows naturally
but = =
72. Clarence: = = It’s not Denny’s. It’s not the stuff you have for breakfast.
73. Verstaan jy {You understand}? It grows naturally, but it’s highly deurmekaar, verstaan jy
{confusing, you understand}, and one bite of these things laat vir jou goeters sien {lets you
see things}. Clarence, I mean, I mean you gave me an, an experience about something like
this.
74. Clarence: Somebody shared an experience with me so I can well experience, well understand what
somebody was feeling like after six. So you say it was one people, while my information is
that it was two people
75. Suster: No, No. Ja {Yes}, it was two people who bought six. It was three in a pack so they bought two
packs. It’s like two hundred grams or something like that, verstaan jy {you understand}? Uh
76. Clarence: Ouch.
77. Suster: Ouch, and, and
78. Clarence: Okay, you don’t have to say anymore [laughter] You don’t have to say anymore. Needless to
say, they were out for the count for the rest of the tour.
79. Suster: Ja {Yes}. [laughter] As a matter of fact they missed about a quarter of the, of the North Sea
Jazz Festival. Talking bout the North Sea Jazz Festival, for me, Clarence, it was one hell of a
personal experience.Verstaan jy {You understand}? It was, it was HUGE. It was, man wat
oek (ook) so mooi gewees het {man, what was also so nice}, it was so nice. Me, I had a
backstage pass for the Vrydagaand {Friday night}, for the Saturday and for the Sunday and
the backstage pass gives you access to ANY stage – backstage, front, whatever. Um of the
seventeen stages by {at} North Sea Jazz Festival, van daar was sewentien {because there
were seventeen}, ek was by, op {I was at, on} backstage by vyf van hulle {at five of them}.
Vier, ‘n nog ‘n vier het ek geweet waar hulle is en ek het gat (gaan) visit daarso {Four,
another four I knew where they were and I went to visit there}, so, so dinges {no equivalent
translation}. Die ander ag (agt) het ek ‘ie (nie) gewiet (geweet) waar dit is ’ie (nie),
verstaan jy {I didn’t know where the other eight were} because this place is huge and you,
you spend a lifetime just finding these places like in the bottom and the roof. Ek het gegaan
na, die na die dak terras toe en toe kan ek ’ie (nie) opkom daar nie {I went to the roof