What a proud moment yesterday watching Bafana Bafana take on the French! Scoring three goals, one of which was outruled due to offside rule and Bongani Khumalo scoring in the first few minutes of the game. They has so many great opportunities to score more and they played their hearts out. Well done Boyz! What a way to exit the World Cup - with a bang!
I was beaming with pride and the excitment and tension was magical!
My Boerewors and Megan won free tickets to the FanZone at Monte Casino to watch the game on the big screen. They enjoyed live entertainment, dancers, singers and of course watching the game with thousands of other Bafana supporters. They said the atmosphere was electric - the constant drone of the vuvuzelas, whistles, singing, drums, chanting and singing Shosholoza. Everyone was full of Gees (aka buzz).
Will post some pictures of that soon.
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Youth Day in South Africa
16 June was previously known as Soweto Day.
In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the previous Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools.
The issue however, was not so much the Afrikaans as the whole system of Bantu education which was characterised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities, overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers.
On the 16th June in 1976, more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. In the wake of clashes with the police, and the violence that ensued during the next few weeks, approximately 700 hundred people, many of them youths, were killed and property destroyed.
Youth Day commemorates these events.
Anyhoo, enough of the South African history lesson and, more interestingly, this year on Youth Day our South African football boyz, Bafana Bafana, are playing in the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. Whoop! Whoop!
They will be playing their second game of the cup and the entire country will be watched as they play Uruguay at Loftus Versfeld at 20:30. So, out come the Vuvuzelas once again and our patriotic gear in order to support our team and scream at the telly.
Now thats so Ayoba! Click here to buy tickets and go experience the game live!
The Picture is Khune - Bafana Bafana's Goalie.
Happy Birthday for Monday, Itumeleng!
In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the previous Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools.
The issue however, was not so much the Afrikaans as the whole system of Bantu education which was characterised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities, overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers.
On the 16th June in 1976, more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. In the wake of clashes with the police, and the violence that ensued during the next few weeks, approximately 700 hundred people, many of them youths, were killed and property destroyed.
Youth Day commemorates these events.
They will be playing their second game of the cup and the entire country will be watched as they play Uruguay at Loftus Versfeld at 20:30. So, out come the Vuvuzelas once again and our patriotic gear in order to support our team and scream at the telly.
Now thats so Ayoba! Click here to buy tickets and go experience the game live!
The Picture is Khune - Bafana Bafana's Goalie.
Happy Birthday for Monday, Itumeleng!
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Blow Me!
So, at noon, stop what you are doing, get your Vuvuzelas and blow on it like never before. If you are in the car, hoot and let the sound be heard from Cape to Mpumalanga to Natal and from Natal to Limpopo!
The Vuvuzela moment is here, let it be felt.
This is our year to shine and shine we will.
Viva of Bafana Bafana!
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Some Arb Pix from This Week
We have been focusing on family and trying hard not to think about our horrid circumstances with my Boerewors' job on the line. It's hard but I have the most amazing little family. I have a wonderful husband, two beautiful little girls who make me smile every single day and friends and family who really care.
Thank you for all your messages and prayers. You have no idea what it means to me. This weekend we will be chilling at home with my wee family and recharging my very flat battery.
Kaylin, Gillian and Megan before school today
Pickles
KK
Kaylin playing with goggles and face mask. A MJ imperssionation...
Megan with her 2010 Soccer World cup Bafana Bafana Tee on
Pickles pondering over a book
My girls and Pickles
Thursday, 19 June 2008
South African Epiphany
I don't know about you but jislaaik I'm now getting really gatvol of all the bad news. South Africa once again seems to be falling through its own poephol. I think I'm going to puke if I hear any more shit about Jacob Zuma, Zimbabwe, Crime, Eskom, the Oil Price, Inflation, Soaring Food Costs, Bafana Bafana or even friggin Paris Hilton.
I've absolutely had it with all this negativity, doom and gloom! I'm really SAT of it all ek se!!! How about you? I mean it's not like I want to gooi the ostrich vibe and bury my head in the sand. This shit is real and it's serious and it's happening all over…but not to me….YET!!! Nevertheless I can't help but read it, hear about it it, see the headlines, hear the rumours…EVERYWHERE. It's like they are brainwashing me boet. And the worst part of it is that I feel totally and completely HELPLESS. Useless. Disempowered. Castrated (almost.) Frustrated (completely.) I keep getting this heavy ball of anxious dread filling my guts and it feels really KAK! And the worst part of it all is that I am a motivational speaker who needs to stay positive and optimistic.
To top it all off, winter is coming so I can't even feel good about the lekker weather any more! Peter de Villiers, our new Springbok Rugby Coach, was quoted in a Sunday Times interview published on 4th May as saying: "The local media thrive on negativity. They have nothing good to say about their country. If there is something bad about this country the local media will break a leg to be the first to write about it. They're a bunch of negative people who live in a world of their own, and are merely there to earn a living and not make SA a better place." I agree completely with the ou. I'm think that most of our journalists, reporters and editors are uninspired, negative, disaster focused, sensation seeking, sad sorry scumbags. They find fault in everything and never propose any workable solutions.
Many of the ordinary people of South Africa are busy doing wonderful little things every day, but none of it is newsworthy.
Here's the truth:
There are roughly 6.6 billion people on planet earth. And according to the World Health Organization, some 56 million deaths occur per year, at the current global average. That works out to about 153 400 per day. That's right – 153 400 deaths every 24 hours! So it's not really hard work to find disasters, accidents, catastrophes, murders, muggings and general mayhem to fill the headlines. It's actually pretty easy. But during that same 24 hours, about 350 000 babies are born. That's right, every 24 hours, around 350 000 beautiful, miraculous, perfect, pure, happy, untainted, precious little beings begin their journey on this planet.
And what do journalists write about this? Fuck all that's what!
Unless of course a six month old baby is stabbed to death – then we never stop hearing about it! Every day about 48 million of us get up, take a shitt, clean our teeth (hopefully) and get on with our life. And many of us perform little acts of respect, compassion, kindness, service, giving, helping and creating.
As Cath Jenkin wrote recently in her blog: "There is noise and joy and emotional honesty in the way we live. When we as a nation are happy, we celebrate. When we are sad, we are sad together. Does anything else really matter? At least we are together in the queue for petrol and/or torches." But for our media this is not newsworthy. It's just life.
So I gave it all a lot of thought. Then I did some more real deep thinking. And guess what - buggerall happened! So I stopped thinking for a while, by learning to meditate. Then I stopped reading most of the newspapers. Then I stopped watching the news on TV and listening to the news in my car. And I stopped listening to people with negative chirps and bad energy. And I stopped focusing on what was going wrong in my life. Then I started to meditate every morning, after doing some simple yoga stretches and synchronized breathing exercises. And I replaced my morning cup of coffee and cigarette with some herbal tea and a dagga joint. (OK – joking about the joint!) And I re- read the Power of Now and Conversations with God and a Short History of Nearly Everything.
And I began to visit an awesome positive website called http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/ And MAN did I start to feel better. MUCH BETTER. Then I started to watch every sunset possible, ride my bicycle, watch funny video's on Youtube, work in my garden, walk on the beach – I fu&%#ng started living again BRU! From the inside out!
And it finally hit me between the eyes, an epiphany:
You can't change your thinking in order to improve your behaviour. You need to change your behaviour in order to improve your thinking.
It's taken me many years of searching and many many books, self development courses and personal growth experiences to come to this simple truth.
So if you, like me, are feeling anxious, concerned, depressed or gatvol, why not try changing your behaviour and DOING something differently, from today. For example:
Greet every SAP policeman you meet with a friendly smile or handshake and thank them for protecting you and your loved ones. Boy do they need some motivation!
Trust me, it's there! (Pheeew it feels good to have got that off my chest!!!) I wish you an awesome day.
Choose to make it that way!
I've absolutely had it with all this negativity, doom and gloom! I'm really SAT of it all ek se!!! How about you? I mean it's not like I want to gooi the ostrich vibe and bury my head in the sand. This shit is real and it's serious and it's happening all over…but not to me….YET!!! Nevertheless I can't help but read it, hear about it it, see the headlines, hear the rumours…EVERYWHERE. It's like they are brainwashing me boet. And the worst part of it is that I feel totally and completely HELPLESS. Useless. Disempowered. Castrated (almost.) Frustrated (completely.) I keep getting this heavy ball of anxious dread filling my guts and it feels really KAK! And the worst part of it all is that I am a motivational speaker who needs to stay positive and optimistic.
To top it all off, winter is coming so I can't even feel good about the lekker weather any more! Peter de Villiers, our new Springbok Rugby Coach, was quoted in a Sunday Times interview published on 4th May as saying: "The local media thrive on negativity. They have nothing good to say about their country. If there is something bad about this country the local media will break a leg to be the first to write about it. They're a bunch of negative people who live in a world of their own, and are merely there to earn a living and not make SA a better place." I agree completely with the ou. I'm think that most of our journalists, reporters and editors are uninspired, negative, disaster focused, sensation seeking, sad sorry scumbags. They find fault in everything and never propose any workable solutions.
Many of the ordinary people of South Africa are busy doing wonderful little things every day, but none of it is newsworthy.
Here's the truth:
There are roughly 6.6 billion people on planet earth. And according to the World Health Organization, some 56 million deaths occur per year, at the current global average. That works out to about 153 400 per day. That's right – 153 400 deaths every 24 hours! So it's not really hard work to find disasters, accidents, catastrophes, murders, muggings and general mayhem to fill the headlines. It's actually pretty easy. But during that same 24 hours, about 350 000 babies are born. That's right, every 24 hours, around 350 000 beautiful, miraculous, perfect, pure, happy, untainted, precious little beings begin their journey on this planet.
And what do journalists write about this? Fuck all that's what!
Unless of course a six month old baby is stabbed to death – then we never stop hearing about it! Every day about 48 million of us get up, take a shitt, clean our teeth (hopefully) and get on with our life. And many of us perform little acts of respect, compassion, kindness, service, giving, helping and creating.
As Cath Jenkin wrote recently in her blog: "There is noise and joy and emotional honesty in the way we live. When we as a nation are happy, we celebrate. When we are sad, we are sad together. Does anything else really matter? At least we are together in the queue for petrol and/or torches." But for our media this is not newsworthy. It's just life.
So I gave it all a lot of thought. Then I did some more real deep thinking. And guess what - buggerall happened! So I stopped thinking for a while, by learning to meditate. Then I stopped reading most of the newspapers. Then I stopped watching the news on TV and listening to the news in my car. And I stopped listening to people with negative chirps and bad energy. And I stopped focusing on what was going wrong in my life. Then I started to meditate every morning, after doing some simple yoga stretches and synchronized breathing exercises. And I replaced my morning cup of coffee and cigarette with some herbal tea and a dagga joint. (OK – joking about the joint!) And I re- read the Power of Now and Conversations with God and a Short History of Nearly Everything.
And I began to visit an awesome positive website called http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/ And MAN did I start to feel better. MUCH BETTER. Then I started to watch every sunset possible, ride my bicycle, watch funny video's on Youtube, work in my garden, walk on the beach – I fu&%#ng started living again BRU! From the inside out!
And it finally hit me between the eyes, an epiphany:
You can't change your thinking in order to improve your behaviour. You need to change your behaviour in order to improve your thinking.
It's taken me many years of searching and many many books, self development courses and personal growth experiences to come to this simple truth.
So if you, like me, are feeling anxious, concerned, depressed or gatvol, why not try changing your behaviour and DOING something differently, from today. For example:
Greet every SAP policeman you meet with a friendly smile or handshake and thank them for protecting you and your loved ones. Boy do they need some motivation!
- Visit http://www.sagoodnews.co.za./ Often.
- Read an inspiring book.
- Write a poem.
- Get into nature (or walk barefoot on your lawn!)
- Write down everything you have to be grateful for. Every morning.
- Play inspirational music, especially when the news comes on your radio.
- Find some way to exercise your body a little more. (Endorphins are lekker!)
- Try out one of the 100 available techniques of mediation or relaxation.
- Watch the sunrise and/or sunset.
- Create a morning ritual to make your day beautiful.
- Find out and speak about the good news.
- Choose to be happy.
- And don't allow the media to fuck with your mind.
Trust me, it's there! (Pheeew it feels good to have got that off my chest!!!) I wish you an awesome day.
Choose to make it that way!
Mark Berger. (Trainer/motivational speaker)
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