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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.


Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

Generally I'm an open book. I can hardly keep my own secrets secret. I find that I have to share! I share everything I can, and I appreciate a willing audience... okay, I accept that most of the time my audience is compelled to listen... but the story is still the same... I love to share. If I were a celebrity, I would invite the press to my home.
I have a good reason why I love to share so much. Mainly I don't like gossip. And I loath rumours, especially if they are about me. So to circumvent that, I've devised a plan to kinda tell my secrets.

But that being said, I still love some privacy. I love keeping certain things to myself. There are some big changes in my life at present. Initially I had told just a few people, simply because they were intergral to having the secret thing happen. It's kinda like when you are planning a secret party of sorts and the baker and the florist know what's going on except the person in whose honour the party is being held. I had such a secret... Only in my case, the baker slash florist went and told the press... Now my secret has been headline news for some time now, so to speak!

I hate it when that happens. Why do people assume that just because I love sharing what goes on in my life, that that gives them permission to publish my news? So what if it's good news? We are conditioned from an early age to not say bad things about each other. And that apparently rumours are made up of bad things only. Well, if it's not your news to tell, don't tell it. Good or bad! If I don't mention it on FB, twitter of even the blog, please respect my right to tell my own stories.

That is all i had to say today... I jut wanted to vent!

P.S.
You will know the secret soon. Sooner than you think...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Life, Oh Life!

I also want to have more life in my years :)
Man… So much has happened. I’m back in town and online, but not for long. I don’t think I’ve even had the time to rest my little head and precious feet. I’ve got other adventures tugging at me from all sides.

The sick person I went to see is really sick. It’s a challenging condition both mentally and physically. So many people are affected. All I can say is that this is life-changing. It’s also weird that even though there is this challenging condition to deal with, life seems to be full of hope; full of promise and good fortune. I know that it’s prompted a few changes in my life.

For starters, my boyfriend’s mother told me to scrap my ‘lifestyle change’ – aka my diet :) hmmm…. And I must say I find that I enjoy food more. I feel happy when I eat. I feel so happy I went to buy some vegetables :)

For the main course, I’ve decided to resign. I’m handing in letter in a few minutes. It’s best this way. I’ve been talking about how unhappy I am at work since the beginning of this blog. I fear that I’m starting to sound like a scratched CD [my 17 year old sister won’t know what a broken record is]. So I’ve done what most consider unthinkable. I’ve resigned and I have not job waiting for me. Well, as far as I’m concerned, my sanity comes first. Few people understand how miserable I get because of this job. Maybe it’s not the job, maybe it’s my attitude. Either way, it’s almost three years and the status quo hasn’t changed. It’s time to move on. And moving on is what I will be doing.

Now for dessert, I’ve decided to go back to school. Well… Technically I’m still at school. Got my thesis to finish… But after that, I will be back at school doing another thesis, this time on Genetic Counselling. It’s a combination of three things that I love: talking, people and genetics :) I must just find the application deadline from their website… Otherwise I’m going to call in favours.

Aaaaahhhhh…. I feel so happy and light…
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Be Right Back

Hey guys...

Something dreadful has come up and I will be away for the rest of the week. I can't divulge all the details now but I will at a later stage. As I write this, I'm getting ready to leave town in 29 minutes. It's going to be a long journey through the night. I must say, this 9/11 weekend has been one I won't forget for a long time.

It's a mixture of both good and bad. My cousin had a brand new child on Friday! So it's safe to say I have a brand new niece! It's his first girl child and she has three older brothers. All children are named after family; and this one is named after my aunt, her grandmother. I know some of you are going to say... but it's not your niece and blah blah blah... Well when you are African like I am, then your cousin's children are as good as your sibling's children. Your mother's aunt is as good as your own grandmother... So... you find that African children have a multitude of grandparent, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces... Sometimes the lines are blurred! And everyone becomes a brother or a sister... That was the one good thing that happened this weekend.

We also had my cousin's funeral. I mention him in the post just before this one. It was such a huge funeral. I've never met so much family in one go. I can't even quantify it for you. I don't think I'll ever meet all my family in this life time. The service was great and I am glad that I had a cousin like Mandilakhe. We were just a few months apart and we did almost everthing together when we were knee high. He was my hero actually... lol... hahahahahahaha.... yeah! He didn't really do anything heroic but he knew karate and that was enough for me.

Someone close to me fell ill over the weekend and has been admitted to hospital. That is the reason of my pending absence. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to speak about it... Since a lot of people don't know yet; and of course it's not my story. I'm a sharing person and that makes me feel good. That is the reson why I started this blog. I wanted to speak the crap out of my life. I also understand that some people like a certain measure of privacy...

Guys let me be off... I'll be back soon.

Love you all :)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

Good day

I'm still learning this bloggin thing and it took a while to learn how to add text with this video that I want to share with you. A friend send me a link to this on youtube and I recognised the advert immediately. I'm sorry to say I didn't have a clue who Messi was at the time this ad flighted in my country. If I recall correctly, it was a few years back. My football knowledge has always been dismal so... Please forgive me.





This video just reminded me that nothing is impossible. We all have hardships and are sometimes put in difficult situations. However through all of that, we must remember that we have skills and talents. We have that at our disposal so that we can remove ourselves from tricky situations. Life is not always going to be easy, but it doesn't have to be hard either. So... I just want to live you with one word today... Go for it! Whatever it is that you are dreaming about... Just do it...

Surprise yourself.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Dreams and Resolutions

I just got news that a lady who is dear to me has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This news comes just days after I found out that my cousin is in hospital in a critical condition and is suffering from meningitis.

To be honest; I've lost touch with my friend and cousin over the last few months, and I don't think that a few occasional on their Facebook profiles count as keeping in touch. I still care deeply for both and will keep them in my prayers. The fact that your life can be so full and overwhelming and then in a twinkle be swiftly changed to an unfamiliar state scares the black out of me. Both these guys are young... Full of promise and aspirations; so much for them to see, do and feel.

However there is something about their present conditions which brings me to resolve a few things. Now I know that resolutions are things that we do at New Year's Day and then spend the whole year tryin to find reasons why we don't care much about fulfilling them. However since I've had to dael with some pretty disturbing news and I guess I've had to endure my own personal hell; which hell seriously puts in jeopardy my sanity. I must confess I have a new respect for mental health. Just yesterday another friend was telling me about how the doctor sent him off to a 'retreat' because he was under immense stress. I've had two friends that I know of who've been to this kind of 'retreat'. Both were sent there because of personal problems. My mental anguish however stems from my work environment and it is quickly spilling into my personal life. If I don't watch out I might have to go to the 'retreat' myself... I've said before that I'm losing my joie de vie. I guess to protect myself and those I care about I've decided to do the following thing:
  • regular exercise
  • finish my thesis
  • write regularly
  • read more
  • create more bookmarks and
  • dream BIG!!!
 I'm a fan of dreaming big! my dreams sustain me and give me hope for a better tomorrow. Right now my big dream is a simple one. I want to take some time off to just be me. So don't be surprised if one of these days you bump into me carrying a shopping bag during your work hours :)