Igumbi elinelanga, i-oasis ye-osis yokukhanya kunye nokufudumala, imele njengendawo ezingcwele ezikwikhaya. Le ndawo egudileyo, ihlanjwe kwimigca yegolide, imema i-BUST kwi-Bask kwi-BUSK yendalo, nokuba i-till yasebusika okanye ubushushu obucokisekileyo buba ngamandla ngaphandle. Ukucinga igumbi elinelanga, inye ibona i-agle yegugu enobuninzi beefestile, iipaneli zazo zibonisa umda oguqukayo wokutshintsha kwelanga kunye nesithunzi. Uyilo lwegumbi ngabom, ubugcisa bokwandisa i-infloux yokukhanya kwendalo, kuyiguqula ibe yindawo enekhephu ebonakala ngathi i-blur imida phakathi ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
Umlingo wokwenyani welanga, nangona kunjalo, ubuxoki kukukwazi kwayo ukunxibelelana nomntu ohlala naye ngendalo ngaphaya kweendonga zayo. I-windows ye-windows egudileyo, imbonakalo yangaphandle ithatha umgangatho oqhelekileyo, iguqula umsebenzi ophilayo, wokuphefumla kobugcisa. Entwasahlobo, umntu unokunikela ubungqina obutolileyo amagqabi atyiwayo, okanye umdaniso oqinisekileyo wezinto ezimibalabala. Ihlobo lifikile, igumbi lelanga liba yeyona ndawo iphambili yokujonga ukuntywila kwamafu amnyama esibhakabhakeni, okanye i-antics yentaka edlalayo emzimbeni. Kwaye ekwindla, abahlali begumbi banokuthi baphinde baphinde baphinde baphinde babonakalise amagqabi ngamagqabi, amagqabi afudumeleyo acoca kwiglasi ukuba ahlambe indawo ekuqhubaneni kwegolide.
Njengamanyathelo omnye egumbini langa, iimvakalelo zigutyungelwe kwangoko kwimvakalelo yokuzola nokuphindaphinda. Umoya, waphathwa ngevumba leentyatyambo ezifumbayo okanye ivumba lemihlaba eliyimigqabaza, linemvakalelo ephithizelayo yetyala. Ngaphantsi, umgangatho, oqhele ukujongwa kwe-hardwood egudileyo okanye iithayile ezipholileyo, gqiba i-thesmong ethambileyo, isimemo esithambileyo sokuntywila kwisitulo se-plungqe okanye i-sprawl ngaphandle kwi-spyled. Impahla yegumbi, ekhethwe ngononophelo ukuncedisa i-abrent ezele lula, inokubandakanya i-wicker okanye iziqwenga ze-ratch ezikhupha ububi be-verandad veranda, okanye i-gesh, i-sushions engaphezulu kwencwadi yeNcwadi yeNcwadi.
Ukusetyenziswa uqhelaniso nelanga kukuthintelwa ngokulinganayo, njengoko kunokusebenza uninzi lweenjongo ngaphakathi ekhaya. Ingasebenza njengendawo yokucamngca ngoxolo, apho ingqondo inokuthula kwaye umoya unokufumana uvuselelo phambi kokukhanya kwendalo. Ngenye indlela, inokuguqula ibe ngumqolo, igadi yangaphakathi, izindlu ngendlela eyahlukeneyo yezityalo ezikhulayo kwindawo egadelwe yilanga. Kumfundi onomdla wokufunda okanye umbhali onqwenela, ilanga elinelanga linika indawo egqibeleleyo, i-oasis ye-Serene apho umntu anokulahleka khona eLizwini elibhaliweyo, kunye nendawo eguqukayo engaphaya kwe-windows eguqukayo.
Ekugqibeleni, igumbi lelanga limi njengeTestamente kumnqweno womntu wokwenza unxibelelwano olunzulu nelingqongileyo lendalo, nangaphezulu kwendawo eyakhiweyo. Sisithuba esibhiyozela ubuhle kunye namandla okukhanya kwelanga, simema abahlali baso ekufudubeni kwayo, ukuphefumla ngokunzulu ngamandla ayo, kunye nokufumana imvakalelo yokuvumelana kwaye kulungelelwano lobomi bemihla ngemihla. Nokuba isetyenziswa njengendawo yokubuyela umva, i-rorture eqhelekileyo, okanye indawo engcwele yokucamngca kunye nobuchule, igumbi lelanga lihlala liyinkinganje yekhaya.
IXESHA LOKUQALA: AUG-15 ukuya ku-2004
