Maja update

Wow, its so great to see that some of us are in contact again … there are a lot of you who have made an impact in my life and am so glad to be in contact with some of you again.

I’m sad that some friends are not out of the woodwork yet, like Melpo Theodorou, Barbara Cason (now married and with twins), Genevieve Laubscher, and many more.

Mary, I’m still to hear from you … c’mon girl (I’ve emailed you) … and Sadia, lol, just recognised you and was floored at the update on your life … often wondered about you and Connie.

Although I enjoy sharing about myself, I honestly don’t know how to sum-up the last 30 years.

Prep School was amazing, I think it was the innocence of those years that makes me so nostalgic (yip, I suffer from nostalgia often which is why I think I love finding old friends and acquaintances).

Unfortunately for me and regrettably, I found discipline and the system too boring and a waste of time, so it wasn’t long before I was school hopping high school’s to outrun my arrogant reputation … (however, we also moved to Rivonia when I was in Std 4) which is why I lost contact with a lot of you. Then there’s the time factor, the jorl factor, and not to mention life itself, boyfriends, kids….

So I eventually went to Damelin in Bree St, and that was liberating, but still ended up leaving in the first term of my matric year (how crazy is that?). I ended up completing my matric at night-school over three years!!! Sucker!!! I’m still in the ripples of that decision today, having to do an extra year with Unisa for a degree!

So some of you will remember my wild ways in high school, and my craziness in prep - some of you were lucky to escape that, he he, but for those who did not, please accept my sincerest apologies should I have mistreated you in any way ☺

Whew, now that that’s off my chest …

I now live in KZN, near the 1000 hills and Hillcrest/Pinetown – that’s about 30kms from the beach. I’ve been here for about 12 years and since lost my brother and my dad (still have another bro who is in jhb and mom is with me). I’m relieved we left Jhb, and can’t see us returning to such a rat race.

We ended up in the Bible belt of SA, and I have since become a born-again Christian – basically saved my marriage from the, then, impending doom! Those of you on face-book, I’m sure have pretty much written me off as a radical/extremist; hey I’ve always been one, its just a safer journey now ☺ (eg. getting high and drunk in the Spirit, instead of narcotics). Its quite amazing to see how we’ve all matured and the diversity amongst us. The religious, spiritual, humanist… what a quilt, huh!

I am happily married to John who is Cecilia’s oldest brother (some of you will remember little celia with long plaits) and we have two seriously gorgeous kids! John and I met in ’88 and married 6 years later (this year makes 20 years relationship).

I do have an income, but basically my husband runs a business that affords us a comfortable life-style. Kids go to a government school (is that what they call them these days?) and we are hoping for the best, most of us made it through, huh?

Demi is near 14 and Marco is 11.


And thought the blog should definitely have a pic of the old bats that shaped some of us into who we are today ☺

Keep in touch y’all.

Love Maja (Marijana Ignjatovic)
PS. I’m on face-book and skype and msn – search by my email majav@telkomsa.net