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"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside." ~ Denis Waitley
Hello and welcome to my blog.

Thank you for taking the time out to travel through life with me. I'm still trying to discover blogging. Right now I'm going to use this as a platform to air my random views. I invite you to share your valuable insights and concerns by clicking on 'comments'. It might be easier to comment if you have a gmail account or are a follower. I will try to update the blog weekly.


Friday, July 30, 2010

Come Thou Fountain of Every Blessing

Hey guys....

I just love this hymn...  If you don't know the performers you need to keep up with the times. This choir is the best things since sliced bread...

follow the youtube link :)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Stupid Things I Do

I walked into a shop to dressed like a thug too see if they would throw me out; but I ended up posing with one of the floor managers :)

I take pictures of spiders I'm too scared to kill!
I adopt special friends...

Sometimes I make funny faces when no-one is watching!
I get my friends to see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil!!!

Friday, July 23, 2010

Bread & Butter

I’ve only be working for two years. In a few days I can add six months to that tally… So it’s given I don’t have a lot of experiences to draw form in order to offer an opinion that you can trust… However, I think I’ve learnt enough to share a few ideas for those who are still to start the rat race or even those who are just finishing their first lap… The following is a tiny list of things I’ve learnt so far… Most are bad but I tried to find some good in all.

1. Playground Politics – all the silly childhood things you thought that you will escape when you enter the adult world of working find their way back to you. Only… people don’t spit in your face, call you names, pull your pigtails and chase you away. They go Super Sayan 4 on you… They jeer and snicker, quote Acts and bylaws, hold meetings and systematically plot your downfall. I think I forgot one more; they suck bum. Tip: Be brave and don’t suck bum… Because no matter how much you sugar-coat it, crap is still crap.

2. Be Streets Smart –There is a lot to be said about good education. I mean why else would our parents sacrifice so much for us. But ke, some things just don’t come standard with a degree… like common sense and adaptability. Clever people will do really STUPeD things. They marry the wrong person, loose their money on horses and bring cake for tea! Tip: Embrace common sense; shun stupidity.

3. Health Hazard – Stupid people are bad for your health. You will suffer headaches, tummy aches, sore muscles, heart palpitations, dry throat, night terrors, ulcers and even incontinence because of the stupidity of some individuals in the workplace. Tip: Surround yourself with positive and intelligent people.

4. Join a Union That Functions – Trade unions are like that reprobate boyfriend that promised you the world only to dump you when you are 7 months pregnant having promised you the moon, the stars, nice pay, an AC in your office, ergonomic chairs, and a good health plan. When things are good, it’s good. When the going gets tough, the union gets going. Tip: Choose your arbitrator wisely.

5. Gossip Girl XOXO – okay, so it’s confirmed King P and L are more than just in cohorts; they are a modern day Bonnie and Clyde. Spotted: E coming in to work more than intoxicated; he’s…. drunk… and yes… N is sick today… again! S will never stop blowing that vuvuzela and Queen P just passed U and jumped straight to V! Careful Queen P there is one thing that U knows well, and that is revenge. Until then, you know you love me, XOXO... Gossip Girl. Wrong! Tip: Nobody loves a gossip monger in the work place.

6. Twinkle, twinkle little star – Truer words have never been spoken. There is always someone who wants to take credit for your ideas. Don’t be surprised when you find that your ideas are someone else’s accessories. The old adage is true: empty vessels make the most noise. Tip: Protect your IP at all costs.

Now, there is a lot I could have written here… but then you would have a hard time assimilating everything. Also, I don’t want you to think that work is all bad. I mean… You could be working for Google! Hello! But seriously, some bosses work hard at staff retention and others don’t give a hoot. Mine doesn’t. Some jobs pay well. Mine doesn’t. Some jobs are satisfying. Mine isn’t. Tip to self: find a job that makes me want to JUMP out of bed!

Working is good for you; moreover a good job is divine. It pays for bread and butter… And I loooove my bread and butter!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Losing Joie de Vie

I hate weeks like this.

Recently I struggle to get out of bed. I don't have a problem with getting up in the morning. I'm usually up just after 5am. Sometimes I force myself to get back to sleep. I wish it was summer because then I'd take a jog or something. Anyway... Usually I toss and turn, read some scriptures, toss some more and on a good day jump out at 7:15am. I know it's 7:15am because that is when they finish the morning news. It's not uncommon for me to get up at 7:40am. Mind you work starts at 8am. I'm not the fastest person in the morning and work is a 20 minute walk from my flat... FLIP! I take some chances. I thank Heavenly Fathers for taxis that take me straight to the front gate at work. Back to jumping out of bed... Some mornings I wonder why I have to shower... Hmmm... when that happens, you know that something is amiss...

It took a while to figure out the depressing feeling that overwhelmes me in the morning. I used to cry and wonder why am I so depressed. It felt like I had lost my joie de vie. I had nothing to be motivated about, nothing that inspired me, my enthusiasm sapped out of my very being... I was going through the motions because I signed a contract with my employer promising to show up on certain days, arriving at the said time for a prescribed about of time. And oh yes... promised to render a specified service. I don't want to do that anymore...

Initially I thought it was the job that wasn't me. I felt that it didn't complement my personality. It didn't challenge my intelligence [btw at high school some friends called me Einstein and I've also been called Megabyte], too much routine, no room for creativity. Simply put it was a mixture of all the wrong things. I am at a loss of wonderful adjectives so I'm failing to paint the picture for you but I sincerly hope you can see what I mean. Recently though there are interpersonal politics coming into play. Not mine per se... but I am noticing things, cliques, management styles, deceit, envy, gossip and lies. It's like I'm on a TV show.

I can handle my own demons... But a workplace where people wear smiles as they greet you, and then nestled in their secrete places whisper in hushed tones their objections about what you said and did; I can't take that. I would rather you be honest and not front at all. I appreciate the office mate that didn't greet me. I knew where I stood. But please don't make a mockery of me by pretending to be on my side when your intentions are just to bring me down!

This workplace sucks, but I refuse lose my zest for life on your request!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

To Myo: The Straw that Finally Broke the Camel's Back

Hey guys...

Earlier today a friend I met over an online game asked me a random question. "Do you have a blog Una?" I almost couldn't catch my breath. How did she know that I've been considering blogging? It's been a while. I've toyed with the idea thinking that maybe in a few months from now when I have the time I'd do it. Yolisa had urged me to go for it. Xolelwa had challenged that I approach this task with abandon. You know, let myself loose so to speak. I soon came to understand that a goal based on when-I-have-time will just never be realised. So I decided to view a few blogs... Belonging to friends and then... Thinking of Myo's question earlier today... Filled with excitement and enthusiasm I clicked Create Blog and the rest is history.

Initially I wanted to create a travel blog... That is why I wanted to wait a few months. I wanted to visit a few places so that I can have things to write about and to share with you. But since I didn't wait, I've decided to see which way the wind blows and I will then edit my profile or description or whatever it is that needs editing later on...

Oh btw I like to put a lot of... in my writing... It's a bad habit and I can't seem to shake it off. So you will just have to live with it.

I'm not sure what to say now and in a creative writing class I took two years back they said it is okay to write that you are going thru a block. Hopefully something will come up before I get to the end of the page... Actually something just did...

I dedicate this very first post to Myo. May our friendship last till the next life to come :) I love all my friends and I just want the whole world to know that life is a lot more fun with enduring friendships...

Cheers :)