Done and Dusted

Another year of study done and dusted, but this year it’s different.

I have two assignments and one presentation left, and then I will be done with my five year course in Public Relations Management.  I have my PR Diploma = check, now I will have my Degree = check – or I hope so!! 

It feels like a dream.  I will have my Degree, so the world is my oyster (or what’s that saying again?!)  I feel relieved, satisfied, happy and just flabbergasted that I actually did it!!

In these past few years I learned a lot, lost a lot, met many new people and also said some goodbyes.  I never thought I will be able to complete my studies, as everything felt like a huge mountain to crawl over, but after you give that assignment in or wrote that test, I realised it wasn’t that bad.  Could I have done more and wasted less time, ofcourse I could have, but hey … being the ordinary student who does just enough to pass is also part of the experience!  J

What’s next you might ask?  Well, I will be off doing a Photography course next year.  It will be a part-time, 10-week course at a Photography School in Cape Town.  I am extremely excited, as I have wanted to do this for a while now.  Before you know it, I will be using this blog for my photography blog instead!! 

It was fun, but now I am done.  Here is a little something to keep you inspired:

You Can Be Whatever
You Want To Be!

There is inside you
all of the potential
to be whatever you want to be,
all of the energy
to do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,
doing what you want to do,
and each day, take one step
towards your dream.

And though at times it may seem too
difficult to continue,
hold on to your dream.

One morning you will awake to find
that you are the person you dreamed of,
doing what you wanted to do,
simply because you had the courage
to believe in your potential
and to hold on to your dream.

~ Donna Levine ~

The last lecture

The last lecture.  What a thought? 

This can be taken literally and figuratively.  Literally I am having my last lecture in Media Studies for BTech Public Relations Management tomorrow night.  I can’t believe it!  I enjoyed the class this year and especially my lecturer’s funny sense of humour.  I am going to miss the Media Lab with its Apple Computers and the uber cold air-conditioning.  It was fun while it lasted, but now it is time to move on.  I don’t know what to expect, I mean we are going to class to give a presentation and give in an assignment, but other than that, I don’t have a clue on what to expect.

Figuratively I feel that the last lecture would be the lessons you can give others before you pass along to the better life.  This is the last message you can give your spouse, children, grand children, great grand children, friends and other family members.

The last lecture.  What a thought?

It’s time …

It’s time.  Time for what?

I believe you reach a stage in your life where you find yourself yearning for something.  Whether it be personal or professional.  Each of us are different so we will be ready and wanting different things in different stages of our lives.  Too some being complacent is just enough, while others (me included) need more. 

Professionally I became irritated with my situation and made it clear.  Too my surprise it all worked out well.  It is time for me get out of my comfort zone and really focus on what I want from life.  I know I can be an AWESOME PR Practitioner, but I need to find what I am good at, find my niche.  For others this might be an easy exercise, but too me it means putting myself out there.  (Breath in)  I am ready for it.

Personally I am ready to settle down.  I was the hopeless romantic in school who wanted to get married ASAP, but to my surprise found it difficult to get use to the idea after I matriculated.  These past few weeks, I catch myself thinking about it … A LOT.  When did this change?!  There are still a few hurdles to get through, but hopefully everything will work out in the following two years – that’s my plan.

So, yes, it IS time … time to get serious.

Watch this space

What will my future look like? 

Isn’t this a question a lot of us ask ourselves?  What will we do next?  Where will we be in five years time?  Will we be happy?  Will we be successful?  Will we have job security?  Will we have a family?  And SO much more.

I believe that my future holds many more amazing and wonderful things.  I believe that I will make a success of anything I take on, because I can and will make use of the opportunities given to me.  Sometimes it feels as though it will take forever to get to where I aim to be, but I believe enough in myself to become the best I can be.  I am not sure where I will go or what I will do, but I am sure that it will be a great journey.

Watch this space, because it’s going to be heck of a ride ...

Travelling

I always wanted to travel, although I am SUPER scared of aeroplanes, but travel this little Afrikaans girl will do.

I have a list of places I really want to go to.  These places include Ireland, Scotland, Paris, New York, India, Australia, Mauritius, England, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, a game lodge in South Africa, Sun City, Durban and a few more.  It’s quite a few places and I will ideally like to go before I am thirty with kids!!

The only negative I have from the idea of travelling to all these wonderful places is the expenses!!  It is SO expensive to travel in South Africa, not even to mention abroad!!  I decided that I will have to close my eyes and DO this.  I am only young once you know. 

The advice given to me was travel off a credit card.  Use your credit card ONLY to travel.  I though about the idea and it sounds like a plan.  Save up as much as I can beforehand and the rest – credit card!!  Hopefully this is a good plan …

So many places, so little time!  Wish me luck …

My favourite Cat in the Hat book is (???); because …

The title is exactly my favourite Cat in the Hat book.  I say this because I haven’t read the Cat in the Hat series.

Why?  The first reason is that I come from an Afrikaans household.  I grew up with other books to read – mostly Afrikaans.  I guess the Cat in the Hat didn’t fit into my upbringing.  I never even thought of reading it after I entered High School or University.  Come to think of it, I never read any Dr. Zeus book yet.  Maybe I should make a point of that.

I did watch the movie featuring Dakota Fanning and Mike Myers.  It gave me quite a laugh.  I did catch the lessons at the end of the film.  I wonder if all the books have a certain lessons. 

The second reason would be that it never intrigued me to read the book.  I heard about it, but never felt the urge should read it. 

Maybe I should go to the trouble and read the book.  Maybe there are some life lessons which I can take out of it.

Time goes by too quickly

If there is one thing I realised it is that time goes by too quickly.

Have you ever woken up to find that you missed a day somewhere?  Does a weekend feel like a day?  Does the one week flow into the other, flow into a month, flow into the end of ANOTHER year?  This is exactly what it feels like to me …

When I was in school, I thought ending up in matric would take FOREVER!!  Little did I know that once you reached grade 10, you are just about done and life is staring you in the face with a boxing glove.  (I’m only kidding about the boxing glove!)  After matric, I thought I had three long years of studying left, but before I know it I was doing my internship and got offered a job.  After my diploma I though I had another two long years of studying left for my Degree and “BOOM”, I’m almost done!

What happened to the time?!  Where did it go?

This made me realise that I must stop saying “next week” or “tomorrow”.  Life just passes by too quickly and before we know it our time will be done and another will realise the importance of time to late.

Live and Laugh.  Do as much as you can and make every experience worth it!!

Why I have conversation …

In my opinion a conversation is the exchange of information between two or more people. 

I believe we need conversations in order to survive.  Without conversations we will be left to our own accord.  We won’t get to know new people, ask for basic needs and live a fulfilling life.  To have all of this you need conversations.

I have conversations to:

-       Gain fresh ideas.  New people are interesting and have their own ways in which they view the world.

-       Better understand people and the world. 
-       Enrich my mind. 
-       Get to know new people.
-       Build relationships.
-       Voicing my opinion.

This is just a few reasons why I make the effort to have conversations.  In the end, it is to my own advantage.

Airports

I was waiting for my friend and colleague at the Cape Town International Airport this morning.  She was arriving from a visit to Johannesburg.

It is quite interesting to watch all of the people.  I find myself wondering what their story is, why they are at the airport and who they are waiting for.  Some are picking up delegates for a function, others are waiting for loved ones and so the list goes on.  So many different people in one place.

A shopping mall is busy, but quietens down.  At an airport it is quite a different story.  I always experience a certain buzz of excitement. 

Sitting there watching all these different people with their different stories, I am honoured to be part of the diversity.  If all the people looked the same, acted the same and was there for the sae reason, how boring live would be.  Diversity is key to our existence and I am glad to be part of it.

Know that I think of it, I wonder how many people wondered about my story?

My Bucket List

A bucket list is a list of the things you want to do before you die.

WOW, how long will my list be?  I think mine might be a tad too long!  There are quite a few things I would like to do before the day I die.  How to get there?  Well lots of patients, lots of moola and lots of guts!  We need to embrace the things we truly want to do, whether it is to prove yourself or to showcase what you have to give!

My bucket list will start as follows:

-       Getting married

-       Travel
-       Start my own company
-       Aspiring Photographer
-       Skydive
-       Visiting a Game Lodge
-       Doing the Orange River rapids
-       Hiking the Fish River Canyon
-       Having kids (if I can choose, two)

And so my list can go on and on.

I am sure that if I put my mind to it, I will be able to tick off ALL the items on my Bucket-List!

I wanna be a Millionaire

Bruno Mars has this song, “I wanna be a millionaire, SO freaken bad … “.  That pretty much sums it up for me.

I mean, how much fun would that be?  You can do anything, be anything and have fun ALL the time!!  No responsibilities, as you are looked after – or rather minimal responsibilities.  You have many people at the tips of your fingers, you can take risks and opportunities with a much easier heart.  You can experience great things, as you have the capital to do so.

But is it really the greatest life, being a millionaire?  How will you know if people really like you for you and not your money?  Being a millionaire, you might get the urge to have more.  Losing money in bad business decisions might ruin you financially.  You might become a target of fraudsters.  There are so many downsides as well.

I guess the best thing of being a millionaire is the road you took to get there.  All the lessons learned.  It can become quite an enlightening experience.

But if only I could be a millionaire …

My big fat BIG dream

Everyone has a dream.  A dream can be described as a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind.

I thought about my own big fat BIG dream.  I came to the conclusion that I had quite a few and it changed quite radically over the years.  I was the type of high school girl who dreamed about true love and I was lucky enough to find that quite early in my life.  Soon I started dreaming about finishing matric and have a beautiful, fantastic and great white wedding.  After the wedding a house in a suburb surrounded by a little white fence, with kids soon to follow, three to be precise.  It was a happy and fulfilling life in my dream.

So, I finished matric and entered this “world” outside my little bubble.  An amazing world with many possibilities.  I could be ANYTHING!!  Okay, not anything, but almost anything.  I decided on studying Public Relations and I am still quite happy with my decision.  Soon I began to realize that I was still so very young and although my dreams from school are still at the back of my head there is SO much I still wanted to do.  I dream of having a professional career, traveling the world, living comfortably, seeing new things, experience new things, live life to the fullest, give my everything and never look back. 

I still dream of my beautiful, fantastic and great white wedding, with a house in a suburb surrounded by a little white fence and kids soon to follow.  I decided to postpone that a little for my other big fat BIG dreams, maybe another two years.  Luckily I still have the love of my life who will make all that possible.

Letter to my Dad

Dad’s are amazing human beings (just like Mom’s!).  Here follows some great examples why they are SO great …

Dad’s are the “go-to guys” when Mom usually says no.  They are the one to help you with the manly stuff, i.e. the best option when buying a car, new tires, checking your car’s water, oil and tire pressure, hanging up accessories in the house, changing light bulbs, helping you carry heavy boxes, washing the dished (yes, my Dad actually does this!), making the BEST braai EVER and so we can go on for hours. 

But the reason I am writing this post today, is that it is the birthday of my Dad – the most wonderful, awesome and intelligent man I EVER knew.  My Dad is a quiet man (I am very much like him in this way) he is a strong man, a great leader, a sports fanatic (rugby very much, closely followed by cricket and Formula 1), he doesn’t show his emotions, but you get this certain look or smile and you know “I’ve done him proud”.  My Dad is loyal and a very good judge of character.  He is a good listener (not while he is watching TV though!) and hates to be centre of attention.  He LOVES to work on our families nerves – especially if he gets reaction out of it.  He washes his cars every week himself and he takes extremely good care of it – guess that’s where I learned it!  He’s that type of Dad who phones around to get you the best tire for your car, at the best price and he will leave 5 minutes earlier from his work to meet you at the place, so you don’t have to let new tires be put on your car alone.  My Dad is a perfectionist and he absolutely hates a dirty house!  He is a man of few words, but you definitely know if and when you are in trouble.  My Dad goes silent when he is upset.  My Dad NEVER lifts a hand towards me or my sister and he adores my Mom.  His quote whenever they go out for an evening or away for the weekend and I stay behind – “Ek soek nie enige nonsens nie”, which translated in English, is “I don’t want any nonsense”.  Funny enough, I can still remember the first movie my Dad and I went to watch – Lion King 1.  It feels like it was just yesterday.

I definitely have the best Dad in the world and I love him to bits!  He is the greatest man I will ever know and I treasure every moment we share. 

Happy Birthday Dad.  May your day and the years ahead be blessed with love and joy.  May we only make you proud.  You are the best Dad any child could ever ask for and we thank God everyday for a man like you in our lives.

Conventional is a good fallback position isn’t it

Conventional.  What does this mean?  I know conventional as being related to words such as conservative, conformist, straight, predictable.  A proper definition of conventional from Wikipedia are as follows:  “A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom”.

Having the background and the heritage of both French Huguenots and “Boere” and being an Afrikaans South African, I grew up with certain rules, guidelines or a proper way of doing … well, stuff.  This is a very stiff culture – you either do something this way or you are frowned upon by the older generation.  I guess this is starting to change with the new Afrikaans generation making its mark.  Personally I think it is quite sad, as there are great morals and values which are now being completely lost.  But, enough about that, it’s a whole other topic.

I think someone not acting in a conventional manner can be described as a rebel.  A rebel is daring, unique, an individual trying to make a mark in society – this is how I see a rebel.  Why shake hands the conventional manner when greeting a stranger when you can just, well, hug him or her?  Why drive on the right side of the road, why not the left?  Why work when you are done studying instead of becoming a beach bum? 

It is just SO easy for us to fall back into our conventional manner when we are uncomfortable.  We lose our uniqueness.  Don’t take the easy escape road of quickly changing to conventional.

Come ON, BE a Rebel!!

Fantasy Worlds

I am a sucker for a good book or film.  I am talking about the fantasy type of books and films, not necessarily romance, adventure or comedy – although fun to watch.  I absolutely HATE horror – I won’t sleep for weeks.

I am currently busy reading the Harry Potter series.  What a fantastic story!  I watched the films before I read the books.  As we all know the books are always better than the films.  I was SO upset when I found out how much information and details was left out of the films! 

Not only in the Harry Potter series, but in all I read and watch, I live myself into this amazing world of magic and danger, magical creatures and a whole range of different characters.  I love putting the puzzle together, just to find out that a crucial part is missing and plotting what will happen next.

How wonderful would it have been if such worlds did exist?  Or do they exist?  Sometimes I wonder by myself of this possibility.  I wonder if we really know of everything happening around us. 

I admit, I have one wild imagination.

You cannot chase 2 rabbits at the same time

Thinking about the strange scenario of chasing two rabbits at the same time just seem utterly ridiculous.  I have this image in my head of me trying to split into two, just to be able to run in different directions, falling around, slipping though heaven knows what and in the end not even catching one rabbit. 

Impossible?  Maybe not, but hell, it’s going to be one heck of a mission or is it?  This image makes me think that we are usually trying SO hard to get around in doing as much of as many different things we possibly can at once, that we do not plan accordingly, do things half-heartedly and completely miss the point. 

We have to priorities our personal and professional lives to be able to cater for more than one “rabbit”.  

My First Congress

My place of work gave me the opportunity of attending my very first Congress at the end of August.  Imagine my surprise when I received the e-mail of confirmation.

A colleague was busy putting together a poster on a Bluetooth exercise he did at one of the Universities.  As the information he gathered was lacking, he asked me to add some of the information I had on my companies Facebook and Twitter sites.  I included the information and to my surprise he added me as co-author of the poster. 

It was one of the greatest feelings ever.  I am 23 years old and I have the opportunity of doing a poster at a Congress.  Although my Manager highlighted to the committee that the poster should have been a presentation, her suggestion was turned down.  Even this could not bring the excitement down, as I will still be “visible” at the Congress.

It just goes to show that with hard work, good ideas and good relationships you will get rewarded in some way or the other.

The Dangers of an Idea

Alain made the statement that “nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea”.

In my opinion this is a very true and strong statement.  Put yourself in the position of having a fantastic idea.  You are extremely excited, but yet, you do not know what to do with this idea.  Hence, your brilliant idea is wasted.

An idea needs other ideas to formulate it into becoming a reality.  We have to keep trying to think of new ideas to keep our creativity flowing.  If not, we might risk the danger of becoming complacent in with the way things usually are.

Have an idea?  Write about it, blog about it, sing about it … just don’t let it be the only one.

Enough is enough … but is it really?

I am usually a very optimistic, happy-go-lucky type of girl.  I don’t have an issue, do what is expected of me and get the job done.  Nowadays … I am just tired.

 

 

I only have two months left of my BTech Degree, but it feels like two years.  This past weekend I had one of my “down” times.  I try, I really do, but when the clock strikes 04:00 on a Saturday morning and I am still busy with an assignment I get very irritated with the assignment, myself and the lecturers.  I mean, I work full-time as well.  When can I sit down, relax and just breathe?  When can I go out with my friends?  When can I just have my weekends to myself without worrying about an assignment due?  I feel like throwing in the towel and screaming, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”!!  But then I sit back and think to myself …

Is enough really enough?  I have the opportunity to still study after school.  I have the opportunity to better myself and my education.  I have the opportunity of attending classes in a safe building.  I have lecturers who care and actually attend the classes – no matter how they feel.  I have the opportunity which many do not have. 

Enough isn’t enough.  I can do more, be more and strive for more.  Watch out world … here I come!

Have you figured out the second head fake?

Randy Pausch was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction and Design at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Furthermore he was a son, brother, husband, father and to top it all off a best-selling author.  He received word wide fame for his speech, The Last Lecture.  This was indeed his last, as he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had only three to six months left to live. 

During his speech he asked the people in the auditorium, “Did you figure out the head fake”?  He explained that it is not about how one achieves your dreams; the head fake is how you lead your life.  Pausch was a strong believer in karma.  He believed that if you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself.  Your dreams will come to you.

He also asked if the audience figured out the second head fake.  He indicated that this was not a speech for the audience, but for his kids.  This was a very personal matter.  He wanted his kids to know who he was.

I found the recording of this video on YouTube and will definitely be buying the CD.  I feel this man had a wealth of good advice one needs to follow.  This way each of us can figure out our own second head fake.

Why I will never leave SA

I am a young working professional.  Many of my fellow young working professionals dream about working and living overseas, i.e. immigrating. 

Personally, I have a problem with this train of thought.  Don’t understand me wrong - there is nothing wrong with experiencing new countries and cultures for a while or gaining overseas working experience, but it’s the immigrating that has me upset.

I agree, South Africa isn’t moonshine and roses

all the time.  We have our

issues, whether it be political, economical, social, etc.  But doesn’t EVERY country have that?  South Africa is a Third World country, but look at what happened in England this past week, a First World country.  Our people strike and burn tires, but the English break, burn and hurt their fellow Englishman.  There is war in the Middle East, starvation in Somalia.  Australia and New Zealand is being hit by earth quake after earthquake. 

Greece and France has VERY hectic strikes. 

America has the debt issue and is hit by MANY

hurricanes.  And so it goes on …

South Africa, although not perfect, is in my opinion the most beautiful country in the world.  We have mountains, sea, vineyards, the karoo, the farms, the West Coast, the Garden Route, the N1 Highway, the history, the City of Gold, the Mother City, the sunsets, the sunrises, the night-life, the day time and best of all … the people. 

Oh, what joy and warmth my country brings to my heart.  I will NEVER desert it, unless I have a VERY legitimate reason. 

My point being - South Africans, you know what have; you don’t necessarily know what you will be getting.

How hard is it to follow instructions?

I am one of those people who find it hard to follow instructions.  Is it truly THAT hard?  I gave it a bit of thought …

I was thinking of some scenario’s where instructions are given. 

Scenario 1 - I am sitting home in front of the television, cradled in my love’s arms.  It’s nice and warm.  My mom asks me to hang up the washing for her, because she has been running around the WHOLE day.  I roll my eyes, sigh and say okay.  20 minutes later, my mom hangs up the washing herself.  I get worked up because my mom just couldn’t wait, my mom is upset because I don’t help in and around the house.  Here both of our day is spoiled.  If I had just followed the instructions given, we would both be laughing and enjoying our day. 

Scenario 2 – I am at work, in a meeting and asked to follow something up.  I agree and a few weeks later I am asked about this.  Red in the face I have to get my way out of the pickle.  If I had just done it when asked, I wouldn’t have this extra stress.

Moral of my story … we receive different instructions, whether it be work, personal, study, or other.  It will be so much easier if we only followed the instruction correctly the first time.  It will save time, money, stress and a whole lot of tears.

Giving back – So much more

Do you give back to your community?  Do you try and think about someone else instead of the usual “me, myself and I”?  Do you REALLY make an effort?

I didn’t.

Awful to admit, but it just wasn’t my type of “thing” to do.  I kept convincing myself that I never had the time to do something for myself, let alone someone else.

This weekend I had the opportunity of giving back.  As a team from my place of work, we gathered at our Head Office early Saturday morning.  We loaded all supplies in a truck, jumped in a company car and made our way to one of Cape Town’s teaching hospitals.  There we painted the Men’s Psychiatric ward.  The Ward needed a fresh coat of paint and we were more than happy to help make the environment a bit more bearable for the patients. 

When we were done - a good seven hours later – I had this sense of fulfillment coming over me.  Is this what it feels like, helping someone unknown with a gesture this small?  It felt GREAT!! 

What an amazing feeling it is to give back to the community you live in.
 

15 Minutes of Fame

Andy Warhol, an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker, said, “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”

If I can’t choose the precise 15 minutes I want to be famous, I would prefer to be caught in a moment where I am compassionate.  Why compassionate you might ask?  Compassion is the art of the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy.   It can also be regarded as a strong part of love.  It is said that compassion is the foundation to the highest principles in philosophy, society and “personhood”.

If I have the privilege of being famous for 15 minutes, I would like people to see what it looks like when you put someone else’s needs before your own.  Hopefully I will be able to teach a few people in the wonderful world we are living in, what it really means. 

Our earth revolve around ourselves, so much so, that we forgot what really matters.  We need to look after each other and genuinely care.

My 15 minutes of fame?  A lesson to the rest of humanity …

Climbing up the Ladder

  During this week I was privileged enough to be informed that I received a promotion!!  (YAY!!)

If you are an employee at my current place of employment, you will understand the MASSIVE achievement it is.  During the almost 80 years of the company’s existence, no one in my department had EVER received a promotion.  I am so very much blessed. 

My new position entails me to work on my very own projects – events, community newspapers / radio stations, social media, website, artwork, campaigns, newsletters, etc.  This makes a huge difference in my professional life, as I am now able to start a full on career in Public Relations and learn as much as possible during this new phase.

It feels like I am turning to a new page in my life - a wonderful, unknown page full of possibilities.  Yes, I am scared, (I mean, this is HUGE) but I feel ready for it.  It’s sink or swim and I am very much ready to swim.

I am not a “baby PR” anymore, but a mature and professional PR!  Wish me luck … I think I might need it!

A skill set called Leadership

Leadership is defined as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”.  It can also be defined as “ultimately creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen”.

All through history and in all walks of life one can find a leader.  In historical times, leaders were fierce and strong.  They came in forms of kings, chiefs and many more.  Today, our leaders can be identified as presidents, kings, queens, CEO’s and many more.  Even the animal kingdom has its leaders, some more fierce than others.

Some people are blessed with leadership as a skill and others are followers.  Leaders are necessary, as they need to keep the followers on the right path to whatever the aim is.  In today’s world, a leader is not necessarily the strongest or the most intelligent.  A leader is the person who guides.

Being a leader has many advantages, but as the saying goes, “with great power comes great responsibility”.

Life is like a Highway

When thinking of a highway, my mind immediately jumps to the N1 Highway. 

The N1 Highway is a South African National Road, which runs from Cape Town to the border of Zimbabwe.  It also forms the first section of the famed “Cape to Cairo Road”.

I think of like as a highway.  We start out at one point with a mild idea as to what our destination will be.  We sometimes get a flat tire and are stopped in roadblocks.  This can be identified as problems or issues we might face in life.  It is necessary for us to “change the tire” and “stop at a roadblock” to learn some of life’s lessons.  Then we also have to remember to stop for some petrol, food and something to drink.  This can be identified as people who support us, a bit of “soul food” and some “water of life”.  Without petrol we won’t be able to continue our life’s journey, without food we will starve and without something to drink, we will dehydrate. 

We travel on this “highway” of life, until we someday reach our destination.  May you have the trip of your life and may your destination be a wonderful one.

My opinion on Rock Journalism

Frank Zappa, an American musician/singer/songwriter, is of the opinion that rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.  He made this statement on Linda Botts’ show, called “Loose Talk”.

I think Rock Journalism can be defined as criticism and reporting about a specific type of music genre, called “rock”.  Can it be people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read?  In my opinion “rock” is a certain culture.  Those of us not understanding the culture might find it difficult to grasp and we might render journalism on the topic as unimportant.  To the “rock” culture, it means something.  I am no professional, but if someone renders my culture unimportant I will certainly make a fuss about it.

Just as in the case of films, news, celebrates, etc. we need journalists who are able to understand and write about the “rick” culture.  It is important that we all have knowledge of all types of cultures.

Summer VS. Winter

Which season do you love the most?  I am struggling to decide.

When thinking about summer, I think of the following:

1.     Beach

2.     Tan
3.     Swim
4.     Bathing suites
5.     Shorts
6.     Sleeveless tops
7.     Cocktails
8.     Long summer days
9.     Yellow
10.  Watermelon’s
11.  Volleyball
12.  Tennis
13.  Outside braai
14.  Camping
15.  Fishing
16.  Holiday

And many more.

When thinking about winter, I think of the following:

1.     Fire place

2.     Rain
3.     Cold
4.     Blankets
5.     Movies / Series
6.     Coffee
7.     Hot Chocolate
8.     Christmas bed
9.     Reading
10.  Boots
11.  Cocktails – again
12.  Long winter nights
13.  Cuddle
14.  Marshmallows

And many more.

I love both of these seasons for various reasons.  Many people can tell me “Summer” or “Winter”, but I guess I am one of the very few who are comfortable with both seasons.