Guys,
I just need to tell this to someone. I am somewhat perplexed, somewhat angry, maybe a little jealous and just totally creeped out!
Do you know that "older Man" I dated a while back?
Well, my cousin has just dumped her fiancée and gone off with this oke!
I just can't believe it!!!
OMG!!!!!!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
40 tips to a better life :)
apparently these are the40 tips to a better life...
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the nagative blues away.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Next 20 after the jump.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Remember God heals everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _______. Today I accomplished ____.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
40. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the nagative blues away.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Next 20 after the jump.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Remember God heals everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _______. Today I accomplished ____.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
40. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
HALLOWEEN
I have finally come out of my cave and I have decided to update y'all.
Much has happened in the last few weeks, but I a
m going to concentrate on Halloween and Autumn.
Halloween was the shizness. I ate way too much sugar and as a result felt fat for days and days afterwards. In anticipation of the sugar binge I joined the gym! Woot for me. Really I joined because they have a pilates class twice a week that I wanted to join, but you have to join the whole friggin gym to be able to attend those classes. Good thing in the e
nd as they have a strange take on the term Pilates. It was a hybrid of pilates, yoga, horton and aerobics. Enjoyable nontheless, but a bit to hectic on this
damaged body. So I am limiting myself to one class a week and doing my own pilates sessions in the gym. Much to the amusement of the gym regulars as they are not accustomed to people taking over there floor space with a large ball and then s
tretching to ages at a time. I am doomed to elicit an irregular response at gyms. Oh well.
I do get derailed so very easily, sorry guys. Halloween. yes. I was in a state about what to wear...having left my trusty pink unitard in SA I was in costume limbo and felt very unprepared for these sorts of occasions. I mistakenly left it at home under the misguided impression that I was entering a new adult phase of my life where pink unitards do n
ot fit into ones wardrobe. I must have been insane. Honestly, I am lost without that thing and I have requested my mother to send it over immediately. So in the absence of the said uni I was stuck. I found a great silver mask and that was the e
xtent of my costume. Clearly a mask is not a full costume
and could be down right obscene in a teaching context. So I agonised for hours in front of my closet trying to figure something out...
You know those moments when you stand in front
of your closet and think "I have no clothes". AHHAHAHHHAH. It is such a terrible sinking feeling when that happens. It seems to be happening all the time at the moment. Especially as it is fast becoming Antartica outside. As a South African who was bred in a sub tropical environment such as darling little East London, I am genetically unprepared for such weather. Grahamstown had its cold moments. BUT IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS. I never want to stop wearing my red boots. oh dear. I am going shopping AGAIN this week end to make sure that I have enough warm clothing to last me for a while. We are planning on going skiing for Christmas - so warmth is imperative! I am the worst person to be around when I am cold. The w
orst. So I am simply making sure that I don't turn into a walking ice nightmare. I am so altruistic. really.
AHHAHHA. sidetracked again. apologies.
So, in distress I raided the school costume box in the hopes that there would be something to complement the mask. WOOP there was a clown wig.
Now I am not the biggest fan of clowns. In fact they scare me and unnerve me to the very core. I have not seen IT as I already had a fear of clowns and thought it wise not to feed that fear. But one must push past these fears when Hallow
een is upon one. So I did and I must say I was truly creepy. However, only the teachers and older
students found me scary - the littlies were enamoured and just loved this new Zoe Teacher. So that was a bit of a fail, but still fun. Danielle came as a Zombie. You will recall that Z is an issue for Korean's...so Danielle in actual fact came as a Jombie. A rather scary Jombie I might add. She glided down the passage saying "brains...brains" it was too too funny. I will forever call them Jombie's as I think it is a better term anyway.
Friday night we had wanted to have a chilled night in preparation for our big Halloween party on SAturday night. The best plans often go awry and we found ourselves at the loc
al Norea Bang (kareoke bar)...it was fantastic! We rocked that little room and sang until the wee hours of the morning. So Sat was spent nursing hang overs and trying to be a little bit productive on my behalf. I was so flippin excited for my first Halloween party I could ba
rely contain myself. I promptly arrived at Leigh's place for my make up appointment. She transformed me into the scariest clown ever. I was not recognised by many and had the time of my life as that freaky little clown. Danielle was a Zebra and Leigh was a Giraffe, So I felt right at home with a little game drive next to me all the while;) Sunday being the real Halloween the North Americans among us wanted to do something on that day too. Considering we had all hit Sat with a rather large stick we spent the day recovering and regrouped that night. Norae Bang was visited again and Monday found a rather croaky Zoe teaching the kindergarten
class. However that husky voice would probably have rocked Amy Winehouse - next time.
I think I can very safely say that Halloween was a resounding success in our little area. I love this holiday. How nifty, dress up and candy in one fun combo. Woop.
This Autumn, although excrutiatingly cold, is simply breath takingly beautiful. The trees have burst into flames and each one seems to want to outdo its neighbour. I have never seen such flamboyant foliage. The Gingko trees are like little sun beams all along the streets with their bright yellow leaves. They are complemented by the red, rust and dee
p bergundy leaves all around them in the other trees. I a gasp with joy each morning (the sharp intake of breath is partly caused by the freezing wind that hits me face too) as I walk to school. I am in love with Autumn.
So this is my long overdue update. Sorry it took me so long, I had a wobbly patch where I missed home more than anything and realised just how far away I am from everyone who means so much to me. The friends I have made here are so wonderful, they rallied around and made me feel less lonely. Which was heart warming and such a comfort. Although nothing beats
lonely. Nothing beats home though.
Love and peace to all of you special people. Keep being magnificent.
Couldn't resist putting this pic in. I took this in August, waaaayyy before Autumn struck, but this little tree just couldn't wait. Loved it and snapped it, those are just a sneak preview of what it actually looks like now.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Bridesmaid"zille" of death!
Hello happy people, as you all know, I attended Candice and Steve's wedding last weekend in Hogsback (More about that later).
Now that I am a professional toastmaster and all , I thought that I would share my bridesmaid - of -honour speech with all of you!
Feel free to cry at any point. Also, my bridesmaid services are available to hire ( for you guys ,I can arrange a special rate)
Just think how special I will make your day!
Good Evening,
Before I start I would like to say that Candice, you look absolutely beautiful my friend. For those of you who don't know me my name is Tania and for those of you who do, I'll have the usual, just put the bottle next to my purse.
First I would like everyone to join me in commending the groomsmen & bridesmaids for their stellar performance today. You did an amazing job and I know that the Bride & Groom truly appreciate all your support.
I would also like to thank you both for asking me to be part of your special day (not that I had much of a choice). It meant so much to me to watch my best friend marry the man of her dreams this afternoon and it was an honour standing for both of you in your wedding.
This day came so quickly, I hope you both take the time to enjoy each moment.
Many years ago way back when I was in standard 7, there was this girl at school that was straight out the mean girls’ movie! You know the one I’m talking about. She was blond, beautiful and had an entire gang of girl friends that followed her around, she even drove a BMW!
I on the other hand was the poor, yet innocent brainy girl with pigtails and glasses that everyone picked on. And I didn’t like those mean girls one bit!
Then one day in STD 9, through a mutual friend, we figured out that just maybe we had more than one or two things on common! This was the start of a beautiful friendship!
As we got older we taught each other many things
Candice taught me about makeup, shoes, riding a scooter how to sew your own outfit for numbers, making lists and even plucking my eyebrows.
And I taught her about laughing till you cry, making sure your hair is out of the way when reaching over the toilet bowl and making prank calls (so if you ever get a call from someone trying to sell you some curry or atcher, don’t say you weren’t warned! )
She has taken a few punches for me and I have even be cattle prodded for her, so Let it be known to all that we are now officially even!
As it goes I went off to varsity, and it was on one my vacations when I came home to east London that it happened. That night we decided to go out for drink at the Swiss loft. We had a few drinks and when I looked again she had disappeared only to return a few hours later with Steve in tow! And well I guess you know the rest.
Now, I thought I should offer some words of wisdom to the newly married couple about married life, but since I've never been married I can't draw from personal experience, so I had to go to outside sources.
I found a lot of advice on the Internet, one of which suggested that a good wife should always greet her husband pleasantly when he comes home from work and ensure that she listens to all his problems before she discusses her day with him --- but somehow I don’t think that is going to happen!
So, I thought I could pull from some of my own previous experience.
Then I remembered that all you need to know - you learned in playschool! So…
Share everything (including the bed covers), play fair, don't hit people, put things back where you found them, say please & thank you, clean up your own mess , say you're sorry when you hurt someone, wash your hands before you eat, and most importantly, FLUSH!!!
Steve, I suggest you take up Judo -- the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of judo is, 'Yes, dear.'
With every ending there is a beginning. While the end of your singles days may certainly have changed the nature and the frequency of what we do together, it has not changed the nature of our friendship. We have gone through good times and bad. We have had many fights but yet so many more hugs. So to you my dear friend Congratulations and enjoy each day of your marriage and I look forward to all the new experiences we will share in the future.
I've heard that when two people get married, their nuptials have a positive effect on the people around them. Like someone dropping a pebble into still water, may your love sends out ripples of happiness to everyone around you. May it bring joy to those who have already said, “I do” as they fondly remember their wedding day; hope to those who are still looking for that special someone. And may it show young children what they have to look forward to when they grow up.
So I'd like to make a toast. And I'd like to make it with this thought in mind: If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. So this is to you, Steve and Candice, and a wonderful life together. My love to the both of you.
As matron of honour, I still have one further privilege and that is to toast the groomsmen and bridesmaids. So to Greg, Grant, Duran, Dina and Tatum, thanks you for making this all possible.
And Finally Steve and Candice, May you continue to grow in love and... May all your ups and downs.....come only from the bedroom!!!!
Thank you
Now that I am a professional toastmaster and all , I thought that I would share my bridesmaid - of -honour speech with all of you!
Feel free to cry at any point. Also, my bridesmaid services are available to hire ( for you guys ,I can arrange a special rate)
Just think how special I will make your day!
Good Evening,
Before I start I would like to say that Candice, you look absolutely beautiful my friend. For those of you who don't know me my name is Tania and for those of you who do, I'll have the usual, just put the bottle next to my purse.
First I would like everyone to join me in commending the groomsmen & bridesmaids for their stellar performance today. You did an amazing job and I know that the Bride & Groom truly appreciate all your support.
I would also like to thank you both for asking me to be part of your special day (not that I had much of a choice). It meant so much to me to watch my best friend marry the man of her dreams this afternoon and it was an honour standing for both of you in your wedding.
This day came so quickly, I hope you both take the time to enjoy each moment.
Many years ago way back when I was in standard 7, there was this girl at school that was straight out the mean girls’ movie! You know the one I’m talking about. She was blond, beautiful and had an entire gang of girl friends that followed her around, she even drove a BMW!
I on the other hand was the poor, yet innocent brainy girl with pigtails and glasses that everyone picked on. And I didn’t like those mean girls one bit!
Then one day in STD 9, through a mutual friend, we figured out that just maybe we had more than one or two things on common! This was the start of a beautiful friendship!
As we got older we taught each other many things
Candice taught me about makeup, shoes, riding a scooter how to sew your own outfit for numbers, making lists and even plucking my eyebrows.
And I taught her about laughing till you cry, making sure your hair is out of the way when reaching over the toilet bowl and making prank calls (so if you ever get a call from someone trying to sell you some curry or atcher, don’t say you weren’t warned! )
She has taken a few punches for me and I have even be cattle prodded for her, so Let it be known to all that we are now officially even!
As it goes I went off to varsity, and it was on one my vacations when I came home to east London that it happened. That night we decided to go out for drink at the Swiss loft. We had a few drinks and when I looked again she had disappeared only to return a few hours later with Steve in tow! And well I guess you know the rest.
Now, I thought I should offer some words of wisdom to the newly married couple about married life, but since I've never been married I can't draw from personal experience, so I had to go to outside sources.
I found a lot of advice on the Internet, one of which suggested that a good wife should always greet her husband pleasantly when he comes home from work and ensure that she listens to all his problems before she discusses her day with him --- but somehow I don’t think that is going to happen!
So, I thought I could pull from some of my own previous experience.
Then I remembered that all you need to know - you learned in playschool! So…
Share everything (including the bed covers), play fair, don't hit people, put things back where you found them, say please & thank you, clean up your own mess , say you're sorry when you hurt someone, wash your hands before you eat, and most importantly, FLUSH!!!
Steve, I suggest you take up Judo -- the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of judo is, 'Yes, dear.'
With every ending there is a beginning. While the end of your singles days may certainly have changed the nature and the frequency of what we do together, it has not changed the nature of our friendship. We have gone through good times and bad. We have had many fights but yet so many more hugs. So to you my dear friend Congratulations and enjoy each day of your marriage and I look forward to all the new experiences we will share in the future.
I've heard that when two people get married, their nuptials have a positive effect on the people around them. Like someone dropping a pebble into still water, may your love sends out ripples of happiness to everyone around you. May it bring joy to those who have already said, “I do” as they fondly remember their wedding day; hope to those who are still looking for that special someone. And may it show young children what they have to look forward to when they grow up.
So I'd like to make a toast. And I'd like to make it with this thought in mind: If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. So this is to you, Steve and Candice, and a wonderful life together. My love to the both of you.
As matron of honour, I still have one further privilege and that is to toast the groomsmen and bridesmaids. So to Greg, Grant, Duran, Dina and Tatum, thanks you for making this all possible.
And Finally Steve and Candice, May you continue to grow in love and... May all your ups and downs.....come only from the bedroom!!!!
Thank you
Friday, October 29, 2010
the EC
Hello randoms, nice update cathicles, would be nice to hear from the rest of you at some point hint hint hint! So i was in the eastern cape last wk with the secretary and the it guy. Awesome it guy, less than awesome secretary. We started in durbs on mon and drove to kokstad. (this post has been edited extensively) Anyway the following day we went to the exciting metropolis of matatiele to train some ppl who hadn't got more that a gr7 on how to use our application. It was tricky. But my xhosa presentation went very well (thanks dad :-) ) and eventually everyone got the jist of it and they were all thrilled that we were going to kfc for lunch:-) . The rest of the wk went similarly and i can now say honestly that i am so over kfc! In other news i'm going to u2 next yr with the Tanj, who by the way i would love to hear from!!
This weekend promises to be exciting: going to a night market tonight, then tomoro working at my church's pancake stall at their market, then going to a bookclub meeting (it's the first one and I don't know anyone except emily the chich who invited me) then it's rugby time (STORRRRM SAAAAAM!!! :) and then zebra and giraffe in the evening...shu even writing that exhausted a person!!
goed gaan almal!!!
This weekend promises to be exciting: going to a night market tonight, then tomoro working at my church's pancake stall at their market, then going to a bookclub meeting (it's the first one and I don't know anyone except emily the chich who invited me) then it's rugby time (STORRRRM SAAAAAM!!! :) and then zebra and giraffe in the evening...shu even writing that exhausted a person!!
goed gaan almal!!!
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