We went to the Hobbytech expo thingamabob that was held at a Hall near us.
(For the life of me I cannot remember how to spell the name of the Hall and I only ever walk past it every day! Pay attention Jo!)
Basically it’s a show, held on a random weekend once a year, that encompasses various tables / stalls showing off their wares on what hobbies you might be interested in and clubs you might like to join. There are many of these shows around Gauteng but, unlike most, this one actually had many and varied hobbies to look at and choose from! (The majority we’ve been to have basically been nothing but shrines to beading and scrap-booking! Take away all the tables that are repetitive and you might have one lone stall with some limber aunties showing you their yoga stuff…)
But again this year the expo didn’t disappoint and we left with a zillion (plus minus) pamphlets on a wide range of subjects from glass slumping, to making miniatures to things I can’t even remember but sounded good at the time.
There were quilting stalls, beading and scrap-booking (of course), artist stalls, model train builders, plant fundis, plane fundis, drumming experts and even a few tables that looked like their hobby was basically selling junk at a Hobby Expo!
With watching TV, playing video games and getting drunk as the three main hobbies of the ordinary South African (And that’s just the kids...) it’s nice to see that there are still people out there doing all these entertaining things. With stress, and children (Though those two are frequently the same thing) and a busy life, it’s still nice to make time (And you will make time Dammit!) for something fun and enjoyable to do that is your very own, unique (unless it’s beading or scrap-booking) interest. Everyone needs a hobby or two, don’t you think?
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