Merise Afrikaans - Maart/April 2016

I denne utgaven

Die Australiese son het ons hierdie somer behoorlik laat braai, met temperature van 35 °C en hoër oraloor. Om alles te kroon, het my en manlief se lugversorger die dag voor Kersfees sonder enige waarskuwing gegroet en ons enigste lafenis was die spierwit strande en helderblou waters wat binne gerieflike stapafstand van ons huis geleë is. Ai, dat ons nou so moes suffer!, soos tannie Stienie van Agter Elke Man altyd gesê het.

Hoe het jy hierdie somer oorleef? Laat weet ‘n bietjie!

Baie Suid-Afrikaners wat na Australië verhuis het, woon al tien jaar of langer in die land. Die gesegde “jy kan ‘n persoon uit Afrika haal, maar nooit Afrika uit die persoon nie”, is hier uiters toepaslik. Die bewys hiervan is orals te sien. Ons is so gelukkig om op die oomblik die vertoning van die Manne wat Glo te geniet, en teen die middel van die jaar kom Heuwels Fantasties kuier! Danksy kykNET en ShowMax, het ons nou toegang tot 12 000 Afrikaanse reekse en programme en deur ONStv kan jy Afrikaanse films op jou rekenaar aflaai.

Daar is baie van ons lesers wie se lewens deur onder andere die grensoorloë van die sewentigs geraak was. Dis so lekker om te sien dat ons oorlogshelde steeds geëer word, al woon ons nou in ‘n ander land. Dankie, SAMVOA, vir julle inisiatief!
Afrikaans is ‘n hartstaal wat wêreldwyd geniet word. Wat ‘n vreugde!

Tot volgende keer.

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 . . .