Merise Afrikaans - Februarie/Maart 2017

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DIE NUWE JAAR IS HIER!

En so het 2017 sy opwagting gemaak. Die geharwar van pendel tussen werk, skool, huis en winkels is in volle swang en die heerlike somervakansie is ‘n vae herinnering. As jy met jou hande in jou hare sit oor jou skoolkind se skielike vreemde gedrag, is dit dalk ‘n goeie idee om die artikel op bladsy 2 te lees.

Het jy al van die drywende woud in Sydney gehoor? Jani Rousseau skryf oor hierdie unieke verskynsel wat in die eertydse skrootwerf van Homebush Bay ontstaan het.

Vir ervare reisigers lê die waarde van reis in die belewenisse wat bybly lank nadat vergeelde foto’s van vreemde plekke en vreemde standbeelde stof begin vergaar het. Tinus van Staden gesels hieroor.
Papsak is in vervoering oor ‘n heerlike rooiwyn wat hy onlangs ontdek het. As jy eers meer oor hierdie smaaksensasie te wete kom, sal jy dit beslis ook wil uittoets.

Suid-Afrikaners en biltong is onafskeidbaar en stel dit graag met groot trots aan hulle nuwe landgenote bekend. Maak Mufasa se heerlike biltongslaairesep vir vriende en familie. Dit is ‘n treffer!

Lekker lees tot volgende keer,
Suzette

Merise Afrikaans Magazine Description:

Merise is a digital family magazine and was started in 2011 to inform, encourage and assist each other as we together face the challenges of settling and integrating into our new community. We talk openly about the different aspects of our lives that take strain through the migration process – from helping our kids to adjust to their new schools to leaving parents behind in another country and changes in the dynamics of our personal relationships.
We provide valuable information about financial and visa matters, inviting specialists to write articles about topics which would be beneficial to our readers. Merise writes about the beauty of our new country by featuring different geographical areas in Australia and New Zealand, thereby giving would-be migrants or readers who are planning holidays or moving interstate a better understanding about what to expect in their new place of residence.
Merise is a new friend to you and your whole family.
The ascending aircraft is symbolic of her desire to reach for the stars. Even her name is symbolic. By dividing the word in two, you get “me rise”, accentuating her desire to make improvements to herself and her life.
It is important for Merise to support her friends, not just newcomers, but all expats in Australia and New Zealand who left their homeland to find new means of livelihood “Down Under”.
Merise lends a hand in almost every way. She’s been through the immigration process and experienced it all first hand. She is thoroughly aware of difficulties that may arise for both newcomers and experienced expats and knows how to overcome, or should we say “survive”, these difficulties.
Merise is vivacious and enthusiastic and lives her life in her new country to the full. She loves exploring and is always on the lookout for new challenges and new experiences. At the same time she enjoys sharing her experiences with her friends, always encouraging and inspiring them.
Merise is fully bilingual and she has English- as well as Afrikaans-speaking friends. She divides her time equally between the two groups of friends and shares the same information with both groups.
You will have to go quite far to find a friend as special as Merise . . .