Hello guys,
Possibly the last mail u will get from me this year. I hear some of u sayin whew thank goodness, to that i say kiss my .....
Must say this has most probably been one of the better years I have had. I guess passin board in Feb set the tone for the year, there were plenty of downers this year, and plenty of ups, met some great people, challengin people etc. Vacation in London England, visit to Paris via bus through the coutryside, not having a place to stay there, who would have thought a bush boy from Umtata, cruising the streets over the sea..missioning till the early hours for a place to lay my head...All in all a great learning experience! Definately blessed.
Anyway, I resigned from PricewaterhouseCoopers on Friday, gonna take up a Investment Associate post in the Private Equity department at a relatively youg company that may not have all its ducks in a row, called the NEF corporation. Its the challenge of it all and the thinkin behind what they are trying to do that is drawing me to them. In my dept so far there is just my boss, his PA and me. So basically we are gonna start the dept from scratch. Daunting, yet exciting, hey if it falls flat, at least i tried!
PwC was great, learnt a great deal, met some good people and a chop ;-), all in all a great experience, but I cant fake it, i aint no auditor! My mail address is still the same will change mid Jan, but I will keep ya posted
Leaving for Cape Town bright and early tomorrow morning, so if any of u are down that side, I would really like to hook up 082 857 4546.
On that note I wish you all a very peaceful and relaxing holiday, lots of laughter and fun. Hope u all get back to work feelin refreshed and rearing to go and have urselves the best year ever. When shaite dont go according to plan, learn the lessons, have a coke (not a line) and a smile, and move on! Travel safely if u r going anywhere.
Garth, please pass my greetings to your wife, wishin her a happy b-day on the 12th, Renier, happy b-day on the 18th, Steph, hope the 21st is a fantastic day. Maria, happy 24th on the 23rd, we have a drink at barazza on the 26th.
On that note i sign off, stay cool.
Oh wait quotes...
The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble
but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts
Friedrich Nietzsche
the best relationships--friendship and otherwise--tend to be those where you *can* say anything to the other person but you don't say *everything*. - Audrey Beth Stein
may have used this b4, but i like it so here we go again...
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. - Leo F. Buscaglia
Respek
Y
Monday, December 09, 2002
Monday, December 02, 2002
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand, and nothing oh nothing is going right, close your eyes and think of me and soon i will be there to brighten even your darkest night, you just call out my name and you know wherever I am, i'll coming running, o yeah baby, winter, spring, summer or fall(thats autumn for u Phil), all u gotta do is just call, and i'll be there.....
Hope u guys know this song as well, its so deep, brings a tear to a mans eye...
Hopin u all are more refreshed than i am, ag even if i aint the bright side of life for me is i am on leave from wednesday till next year, yeah i know u hate me, its a tough life, but someones gotta live it. the only question i have now is where to next year??!!
But i guess it will take care of itself....
Well seein as yesterday was world aids day, i think it only right to impart some info on this 'disease'.
As most of us know, other than our esteemed president, a precursor to AIDS is the contraction of HIV, which by the way is a biomedical condition, ie it is affected by the environment in which it is exposed. Or something like that
Anyway there are 2 strands of this virus HIV-1 with 9 subtypes, which is foundin first world, asia latin america and most of africa, then there is HIV -2, linked to West Africa, but it looks like my brothers from the west side are dividing and conquering more of the world, cos some HIV -2 strands have been located in Mozambique. HIV - 1 is more deadly in that it has a shorter incubation period.
Anyway what the virus does, is it attaches itself to the wall of a CD4 cells, which is a white blood cell, belonging to a class of lymphocytes(colourless white cells found in the blood) called T cells(a lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells). Well anyway what the cell does is it plays space invaders with the CD4 cells and destroys the CD4 cells hence the T cells resulting in the delayed response time for the immune system to combat infections (kinda like the South African Police and Telkom..delayed response). as the immune system weakens full blown AIDS comes into existence and then its only a matter of time.
The stages of the progression from HIV to Aids is as follows:
Stage 1 Primary or acute HIV infection
Stage lasts for like 3 weeks, this is the stage where the body's immune response gets the virus under control...well so it thinks, because mutation begins..
Stage 2 Seroconversion
During this stage the body develops antibodies to ward off HIV, HIV does eventually win the battle, but the body can manage to fight the virus for a few years. This stage lasts 6 - 12 weeks. The usefullness of the antibodies, is to reduce the concentration of HIV, but it unfortunately does not eliminate the virus.
Stage 3 Asymptomatic stage
This is the stage occupies like 80% of the period between infection and death. CD4 cell count in an HIV negative person is ordinarily between 700 - 1300 per m millilitre of blood, once it drops to below 300, its game over, cos at this stage the immune system looks like a scene from Braveheart...after a battle, infections reign supreme, thrush, shingles, TB weight loss, diarrhoea, fever and fatigue are the comon symptoms of this stage
Stage 4 AIDS
At this stage the CD4 cell count is below 200, here there is no hope really, u get pneumonia that is untreatable, meningitis Karposi's sarcoma (A cancer characterized by numerous bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that is endemic to equatorial Africa and often occurs in a particularly virulent form in people with AIDS.) Aids is not a disease, but rather a repository for many medical conditions, so people dont actually die of aids, but an aids related disease.
Ways to get contaminated are as follows:
1) Sex...this accounts for an estimated 75% of all contaminations, 75% are hetrosexual contaminations. In 3rd world countries, transmission through sex is >75%, hetro transmission is greater in Africa and the Carribean and in Latin America, its is more gay transmissions.
2) Blood to blood, unfortunately in third world countries due to the lack of technology for screening blood the infection rate from blood transfusions is quite high. The use of contaminated needles to inject drugs, doesnt help matters much.
3) Mother to child, this has gotta be the saddest of all 3 cases (well i guess so too blood transfusions), but an innocent lighty, not even askin to be born, has to come into a world with no pops, no moms, and a life of struggle and illness from day 1.
HIV, can be treated, but the key is catching it in its early stages, you may not get rid of the virus, but you could lead a drug induced normal life for somewhere up to 40 years or so.
You know i understand where Thabo Mbeki was coming from when he said HIV does not cause aids, the way he said it may have been wrong, but i understand what he meand. Basically what he was getting at is that the virus, and its spread has alot to do with the socio-economic environment in which it operates, hence it being a biomedical condition. The aleviation of poverty and education will go a long way in helping third world countries manage the epidemic. The virus is spreading at an exponential rate in third world countries, Why, cos 1) Education is alacking and 2)They dont know that the disease can be managed!
The effects of the disease on the country's economy is huge, firstly it will result in increased medical costs, ie subsidising anti-retrovirals, then there is the cost of aring for aids orphans, then all this is compounded by the depletion of the workforce. The rate of infections on the mines and amongst truck drivers are apparently astronomical, and imagine the loss of production time etc., should you lose staff, not to mention the loss of income for example what if u have a truck full of millions of rand worth of good, truck driver falls ill on the road, good bye truck driver, goodbye merchandise
The solution is simple, ROLL DOWN THE RUBBER MAN, or better yet, abstain hell roger rabit & danny dolphin(battery operated toys) and mrs palmers, apparently do the trick!!
If u have any friends that think they are cool cos they go bare, smack them upside their head and tell the mothaf**kers to smell the coffee, cos AIDS is real! Be responsible not only for your life, but for someone elses too!!
No recorded b-days for the week, but if its yours, happy happy.
Quote
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie
Well on that long note I am out, for all the medics out there if i got some facts wrong, please do correct me.
Respek
Y
Hope u guys know this song as well, its so deep, brings a tear to a mans eye...
Hopin u all are more refreshed than i am, ag even if i aint the bright side of life for me is i am on leave from wednesday till next year, yeah i know u hate me, its a tough life, but someones gotta live it. the only question i have now is where to next year??!!
But i guess it will take care of itself....
Well seein as yesterday was world aids day, i think it only right to impart some info on this 'disease'.
As most of us know, other than our esteemed president, a precursor to AIDS is the contraction of HIV, which by the way is a biomedical condition, ie it is affected by the environment in which it is exposed. Or something like that
Anyway there are 2 strands of this virus HIV-1 with 9 subtypes, which is foundin first world, asia latin america and most of africa, then there is HIV -2, linked to West Africa, but it looks like my brothers from the west side are dividing and conquering more of the world, cos some HIV -2 strands have been located in Mozambique. HIV - 1 is more deadly in that it has a shorter incubation period.
Anyway what the virus does, is it attaches itself to the wall of a CD4 cells, which is a white blood cell, belonging to a class of lymphocytes(colourless white cells found in the blood) called T cells(a lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells). Well anyway what the cell does is it plays space invaders with the CD4 cells and destroys the CD4 cells hence the T cells resulting in the delayed response time for the immune system to combat infections (kinda like the South African Police and Telkom..delayed response). as the immune system weakens full blown AIDS comes into existence and then its only a matter of time.
The stages of the progression from HIV to Aids is as follows:
Stage 1 Primary or acute HIV infection
Stage lasts for like 3 weeks, this is the stage where the body's immune response gets the virus under control...well so it thinks, because mutation begins..
Stage 2 Seroconversion
During this stage the body develops antibodies to ward off HIV, HIV does eventually win the battle, but the body can manage to fight the virus for a few years. This stage lasts 6 - 12 weeks. The usefullness of the antibodies, is to reduce the concentration of HIV, but it unfortunately does not eliminate the virus.
Stage 3 Asymptomatic stage
This is the stage occupies like 80% of the period between infection and death. CD4 cell count in an HIV negative person is ordinarily between 700 - 1300 per m millilitre of blood, once it drops to below 300, its game over, cos at this stage the immune system looks like a scene from Braveheart...after a battle, infections reign supreme, thrush, shingles, TB weight loss, diarrhoea, fever and fatigue are the comon symptoms of this stage
Stage 4 AIDS
At this stage the CD4 cell count is below 200, here there is no hope really, u get pneumonia that is untreatable, meningitis Karposi's sarcoma (A cancer characterized by numerous bluish-red nodules on the skin, usually on the lower extremities, that is endemic to equatorial Africa and often occurs in a particularly virulent form in people with AIDS.) Aids is not a disease, but rather a repository for many medical conditions, so people dont actually die of aids, but an aids related disease.
Ways to get contaminated are as follows:
1) Sex...this accounts for an estimated 75% of all contaminations, 75% are hetrosexual contaminations. In 3rd world countries, transmission through sex is >75%, hetro transmission is greater in Africa and the Carribean and in Latin America, its is more gay transmissions.
2) Blood to blood, unfortunately in third world countries due to the lack of technology for screening blood the infection rate from blood transfusions is quite high. The use of contaminated needles to inject drugs, doesnt help matters much.
3) Mother to child, this has gotta be the saddest of all 3 cases (well i guess so too blood transfusions), but an innocent lighty, not even askin to be born, has to come into a world with no pops, no moms, and a life of struggle and illness from day 1.
HIV, can be treated, but the key is catching it in its early stages, you may not get rid of the virus, but you could lead a drug induced normal life for somewhere up to 40 years or so.
You know i understand where Thabo Mbeki was coming from when he said HIV does not cause aids, the way he said it may have been wrong, but i understand what he meand. Basically what he was getting at is that the virus, and its spread has alot to do with the socio-economic environment in which it operates, hence it being a biomedical condition. The aleviation of poverty and education will go a long way in helping third world countries manage the epidemic. The virus is spreading at an exponential rate in third world countries, Why, cos 1) Education is alacking and 2)They dont know that the disease can be managed!
The effects of the disease on the country's economy is huge, firstly it will result in increased medical costs, ie subsidising anti-retrovirals, then there is the cost of aring for aids orphans, then all this is compounded by the depletion of the workforce. The rate of infections on the mines and amongst truck drivers are apparently astronomical, and imagine the loss of production time etc., should you lose staff, not to mention the loss of income for example what if u have a truck full of millions of rand worth of good, truck driver falls ill on the road, good bye truck driver, goodbye merchandise
The solution is simple, ROLL DOWN THE RUBBER MAN, or better yet, abstain hell roger rabit & danny dolphin(battery operated toys) and mrs palmers, apparently do the trick!!
If u have any friends that think they are cool cos they go bare, smack them upside their head and tell the mothaf**kers to smell the coffee, cos AIDS is real! Be responsible not only for your life, but for someone elses too!!
No recorded b-days for the week, but if its yours, happy happy.
Quote
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie
Well on that long note I am out, for all the medics out there if i got some facts wrong, please do correct me.
Respek
Y
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Hello Gang,
Below is a studly e-mail i received from a mate of mine and i thought it would be criminal for me to deprive you the opportunity to share in its word. Hope it lightens your load.
Later
Yaw
____________________________________________________________
A philosophy professor stood before his
class and had some items in front of him.
When class began, wordlessly he picked
up a large empty mayonnaise jar and
proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the
top, rocks about 2" in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar as full? They
agreed that it was. So the professor then
picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them in to t he jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles,of course, rolled into the open
areas between the rocks. The students
laughed. He asked his students again if the
jar was full? They agreed that yes, it was.
The professor then picked up a box of sand
and poured it into the jar. Of course, the
sand filled up every-thing else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to
recognize that this is your life. The rocks
are the important things - your family, your
partner, your health, your children - anything
that is so important to you that if it were
lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles
are the other things in life that matter, but on a
smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like
your job, house, or car. The sand is everything
else, the small stuff."
"If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar
first, there is no room for the rocks. The same
goes for your life. If you spend all your energy
and time on the small stuff, material things, you
will never have room for the things that are truly
most important."
Pay attention to the things that are critical in
your life. Play with your children. Take time to
get medical checkups. Take your partner out
dancing. There will always be time to go to work,
clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the
disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things
that really matter. Set your priorities, the rest is
just pebbles and sand. May there always be work
for your hands to do; May your purse always
hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on
your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to
follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always
be near; May God fill your heart with gladness to
cheer you.
Below is a studly e-mail i received from a mate of mine and i thought it would be criminal for me to deprive you the opportunity to share in its word. Hope it lightens your load.
Later
Yaw
____________________________________________________________
A philosophy professor stood before his
class and had some items in front of him.
When class began, wordlessly he picked
up a large empty mayonnaise jar and
proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the
top, rocks about 2" in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar as full? They
agreed that it was. So the professor then
picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them in to t he jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles,of course, rolled into the open
areas between the rocks. The students
laughed. He asked his students again if the
jar was full? They agreed that yes, it was.
The professor then picked up a box of sand
and poured it into the jar. Of course, the
sand filled up every-thing else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to
recognize that this is your life. The rocks
are the important things - your family, your
partner, your health, your children - anything
that is so important to you that if it were
lost, you would be nearly destroyed. The pebbles
are the other things in life that matter, but on a
smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like
your job, house, or car. The sand is everything
else, the small stuff."
"If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar
first, there is no room for the rocks. The same
goes for your life. If you spend all your energy
and time on the small stuff, material things, you
will never have room for the things that are truly
most important."
Pay attention to the things that are critical in
your life. Play with your children. Take time to
get medical checkups. Take your partner out
dancing. There will always be time to go to work,
clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the
disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things
that really matter. Set your priorities, the rest is
just pebbles and sand. May there always be work
for your hands to do; May your purse always
hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on
your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to
follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always
be near; May God fill your heart with gladness to
cheer you.
Monday, November 25, 2002
My, my my my music hits me so hard, makes me say oh my Lord, thank you, for blessing me with a mind to rhyme and a.... remember that? Old school jammin at its semi-best.
How u all this mornin, must say i am a broken man, thursday to saturday, late nites are us.
Anyway as usual new addition Nasrin, Nana and Stephanie, if u want to be removed drop me a line and if u want to pass any comments, either to me (reply to my mail box) or to everyone else (using the site http://mondaymail.blogspot.com).
Before I go on, must make it clear that this is not intended to be a cheap shot at anyone. We had our year end function on friday, I had this lovely las organised for the event, I was gonna be the man. But at the last hour, i got dropped like a bad habbit, she had her reasons i guess, a man was dissapointed, it was too late to even try and organise another las, just too much of a mission. . So a brother hooked up his brother from another mother, Rudi. At least the night would be full of laughter if nothing at all. Anyway we got there, my attitude was negative i was thinkin eish i should have just stayed at home. Anyway the nite began and so too the jokes, meeting new people...I must say that man from Tennesse, uncle Jack, had a big role to play. Friday nite was arguably one of the best nites I have had this year. It was just a ripper, brother even got down and dirty on the dance floor, not something u c too often.
There are 2 points i wanna highlight from this, and i have mentioned them both plenty times before.
1) After every cloudy day, there is a brighter day to follow, except if u live in England, cos after every cloudy day there is another, or if u r a bok on the Nov 2002 European tour. Things may seem bad at the time, but more often than not some good will come of it, so dont dispair, the big guy has always got your back!
2) In my eyes, there is no subsitute for friends or family, other than a friend, who will understand and still laugh with u about it, after being left at a bar to go pay a visit to a las, cos she called ur ?ss.
Anyway enuff of that
I have beed this morning, like most other mornings, but anyway. Tell me what the kcuf is going on in this country called South Africa? Cos this stuff is really of concern to me. The past few weeks, making news is the attack on tourists. There was a british tourist killed, then there was a tourist that had to endure a 14hr rape ordeal at the hands of group of idiots, then today i read that 2 German tourists are hijacked and another is killed for R1000.
I dont understand what goes through some peoples minds, other than air. Tourism in SA is one of its hugest revenue generators not to mention employment creation. If u keep killing or attacking tourists, thats definately gonna kill the industry, resulting in more job losses, weakining the economy, after it has shown some positive signs in the past few weeks. I think the solution is education, gotta educate people about the consequences of their actions, they might make R1000 rand now, but it will only take u so far, then what?? Government really has to step in and protect the industry, before the issue gets out of hand. The UK has already started issuin statements that SA is not safe for tourists.
Not sure when it was, but i read something that just confirmed that uncle Bob has totally lost it. He has passed a law that forbids anyone for passing derogatory comments when his motorcade passes. The law states that no words should be uttered when the motorcade passes and citizens should stop whatever they are doing and I am not sure if it is look at the procession or look down at the ground. I mean what the kcuf?? SA has spent 43 billion on arms and a mercedes benz jeep, i think its about time they tested some of their arsenal on our neighbour
Haphazzard, long and all over the show this email was. Appologies.
U all have a peach of a week, got plenty interviews this week, so hows about u spare a brother a thought, need to get out of auditing, its killing the spirit.
Maximum respek to all the masses, and Cape Town, c u all in like 2 weeks or less, heee heee heee heee
Quotes
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference. Dalai Lama
How u all this mornin, must say i am a broken man, thursday to saturday, late nites are us.
Anyway as usual new addition Nasrin, Nana and Stephanie, if u want to be removed drop me a line and if u want to pass any comments, either to me (reply to my mail box) or to everyone else (using the site http://mondaymail.blogspot.com).
Before I go on, must make it clear that this is not intended to be a cheap shot at anyone. We had our year end function on friday, I had this lovely las organised for the event, I was gonna be the man. But at the last hour, i got dropped like a bad habbit, she had her reasons i guess, a man was dissapointed, it was too late to even try and organise another las, just too much of a mission. . So a brother hooked up his brother from another mother, Rudi. At least the night would be full of laughter if nothing at all. Anyway we got there, my attitude was negative i was thinkin eish i should have just stayed at home. Anyway the nite began and so too the jokes, meeting new people...I must say that man from Tennesse, uncle Jack, had a big role to play. Friday nite was arguably one of the best nites I have had this year. It was just a ripper, brother even got down and dirty on the dance floor, not something u c too often.
There are 2 points i wanna highlight from this, and i have mentioned them both plenty times before.
1) After every cloudy day, there is a brighter day to follow, except if u live in England, cos after every cloudy day there is another, or if u r a bok on the Nov 2002 European tour. Things may seem bad at the time, but more often than not some good will come of it, so dont dispair, the big guy has always got your back!
2) In my eyes, there is no subsitute for friends or family, other than a friend, who will understand and still laugh with u about it, after being left at a bar to go pay a visit to a las, cos she called ur ?ss.
Anyway enuff of that
I have beed this morning, like most other mornings, but anyway. Tell me what the kcuf is going on in this country called South Africa? Cos this stuff is really of concern to me. The past few weeks, making news is the attack on tourists. There was a british tourist killed, then there was a tourist that had to endure a 14hr rape ordeal at the hands of group of idiots, then today i read that 2 German tourists are hijacked and another is killed for R1000.
I dont understand what goes through some peoples minds, other than air. Tourism in SA is one of its hugest revenue generators not to mention employment creation. If u keep killing or attacking tourists, thats definately gonna kill the industry, resulting in more job losses, weakining the economy, after it has shown some positive signs in the past few weeks. I think the solution is education, gotta educate people about the consequences of their actions, they might make R1000 rand now, but it will only take u so far, then what?? Government really has to step in and protect the industry, before the issue gets out of hand. The UK has already started issuin statements that SA is not safe for tourists.
Not sure when it was, but i read something that just confirmed that uncle Bob has totally lost it. He has passed a law that forbids anyone for passing derogatory comments when his motorcade passes. The law states that no words should be uttered when the motorcade passes and citizens should stop whatever they are doing and I am not sure if it is look at the procession or look down at the ground. I mean what the kcuf?? SA has spent 43 billion on arms and a mercedes benz jeep, i think its about time they tested some of their arsenal on our neighbour
Haphazzard, long and all over the show this email was. Appologies.
U all have a peach of a week, got plenty interviews this week, so hows about u spare a brother a thought, need to get out of auditing, its killing the spirit.
Maximum respek to all the masses, and Cape Town, c u all in like 2 weeks or less, heee heee heee heee
Quotes
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference. Dalai Lama
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Consider this an early edition, writers block seems to have been lifted...I was half asleep and i had a moment, couldnt lose it, but before i proceed, a welcome to Tommie, please do contribute in whatever way u deem worthy, to our little community, should you on the other hand wish to be removed from this list please do inform me and your wish shall be my command.
Week not yet over but plenty of drama, though a bit of positive news, but i'll wait till its concrete before i divulge, but i was called egotistical, typical joburger materialistic and wanting to be seen with the who's who of show bus, volatile and something else, 'hmmm' that was me sighing...but my question is, i have known a lot of u for most of my adult life, y have u never mentioned this to me??
You know, in south africa and this most probably applies to your part of the world as well. But i have been thinking and I have come to the conclusion that education can go a long way in aleviating alot of the worlds problems, but as we well know to every rule is an exception, ie Robert Mugabe, possibly one of the most educated leaders in the world, but i digress.
Lets start with the disease that is claiming the lives of so many of our people, who is dying the most, i am no expert on the situation, but i assume people who are not aware or are ignorant to the consequences of having unprotected sex or having sex indiscriminantly. Yes educated people are dying or have died, but the people fueling the exponential growth/spread of the virus are those that havent been thaught or dont fully grasp the consequences of their actions.
Empowerment, for empowerment to really work in this country, those being empowered need to be educated and trained in the field they are entering, that education is true empowerment, dont take a person merely cos they are black,use them as window dressing, set them up to fail, so everyone thinks u see how useless these blacks are?? Empowerment has to start at school or through some form of training. Same goes for unemployment, ya possiblyt the uninons have a large roll to play in the level of unemployment in this country, because companies will see the cost of labour as excessive in comparison to the cost of say capital goods ie machinery, but the main reason is the lack of skills posessed by the man on the street. now why does she/he not have the skills, education, training, perhaps not their fault, but that doesnt change the fact that skills are lacking, what is the solution education, just so simple....
Tell me how many of us would be where we are was it not for education, having parents who stressed the importance thereof, or some teacher that pushed us to realise our full potential through education. That takes me to another point, the world is losing focus, i know i am. Y am i not a teacher, cos the cash aint right, simple as pi r squared... There was a time and i was born during those times, when being a teacher or a priest or a positive contributer was the thing to be, maximum respect, and i honestly think that is how it should be, now being a CA, corporate financier, tax consultant, CEO etc, thats the real bus, but answer me this without your education and good teachers where would u be now, yes there are your bill gates' etc that made it without formal tertiary education, but they all had initial primary education which enhanced or developed their ability to think.
Right about now i think i am waffling, if i do think of anything else do believe i will write. But bottom line, education is the key, get good well trained teachers and promote education, so many problems will be aleviated as a result.
And another thing which is so totally off the topic, remember the world owes u nothing, if u r sitting at a pc reading this email, u have been given every opportunity available, what you do with it, the consequences you must live with
And I am out!
Have yourselves a pleasant thursday,and please feel free to comment on http://mondaymail.blogspot.com
Maximum respek to all the masses and please if you have any character analysis of me, please do forward them good or bad in all honesty, its all about learning.
Much love
Y
Week not yet over but plenty of drama, though a bit of positive news, but i'll wait till its concrete before i divulge, but i was called egotistical, typical joburger materialistic and wanting to be seen with the who's who of show bus, volatile and something else, 'hmmm' that was me sighing...but my question is, i have known a lot of u for most of my adult life, y have u never mentioned this to me??
You know, in south africa and this most probably applies to your part of the world as well. But i have been thinking and I have come to the conclusion that education can go a long way in aleviating alot of the worlds problems, but as we well know to every rule is an exception, ie Robert Mugabe, possibly one of the most educated leaders in the world, but i digress.
Lets start with the disease that is claiming the lives of so many of our people, who is dying the most, i am no expert on the situation, but i assume people who are not aware or are ignorant to the consequences of having unprotected sex or having sex indiscriminantly. Yes educated people are dying or have died, but the people fueling the exponential growth/spread of the virus are those that havent been thaught or dont fully grasp the consequences of their actions.
Empowerment, for empowerment to really work in this country, those being empowered need to be educated and trained in the field they are entering, that education is true empowerment, dont take a person merely cos they are black,use them as window dressing, set them up to fail, so everyone thinks u see how useless these blacks are?? Empowerment has to start at school or through some form of training. Same goes for unemployment, ya possiblyt the uninons have a large roll to play in the level of unemployment in this country, because companies will see the cost of labour as excessive in comparison to the cost of say capital goods ie machinery, but the main reason is the lack of skills posessed by the man on the street. now why does she/he not have the skills, education, training, perhaps not their fault, but that doesnt change the fact that skills are lacking, what is the solution education, just so simple....
Tell me how many of us would be where we are was it not for education, having parents who stressed the importance thereof, or some teacher that pushed us to realise our full potential through education. That takes me to another point, the world is losing focus, i know i am. Y am i not a teacher, cos the cash aint right, simple as pi r squared... There was a time and i was born during those times, when being a teacher or a priest or a positive contributer was the thing to be, maximum respect, and i honestly think that is how it should be, now being a CA, corporate financier, tax consultant, CEO etc, thats the real bus, but answer me this without your education and good teachers where would u be now, yes there are your bill gates' etc that made it without formal tertiary education, but they all had initial primary education which enhanced or developed their ability to think.
Right about now i think i am waffling, if i do think of anything else do believe i will write. But bottom line, education is the key, get good well trained teachers and promote education, so many problems will be aleviated as a result.
And another thing which is so totally off the topic, remember the world owes u nothing, if u r sitting at a pc reading this email, u have been given every opportunity available, what you do with it, the consequences you must live with
And I am out!
Have yourselves a pleasant thursday,and please feel free to comment on http://mondaymail.blogspot.com
Maximum respek to all the masses and please if you have any character analysis of me, please do forward them good or bad in all honesty, its all about learning.
Much love
Y
Monday, November 18, 2002
In the begining there was the start...
Hello to all u happy people on this scorching monday mornin, well scorching here in Jozi, assume overcast, wet and dark in London...ya i know 15.5:1, but i say whatever....
B4 we proceed another addition to our community. Refilwe, welcome cous, if u have beef with this e-mail, drop me a line to get it off your chest, we even have a site where u can post comments should u feel the need(http://mondaymail.blogspot.com). On the other hand if u feel this is cloggin up your inbox, drop me a line and i'll remove u, if u so wish.
I sit here today feelin like a friggin fraud. U know how i am always on that help your brother in need tip, well yesterday i let myself down in a big way. I was leavin my parents house and there was this elderly man with a bag or 2. All the man wanted was a lift to the station, i saw him lumbering up the road, assuming he was lookin for cash, i reached into the ashtray and gave him all the coins i had there, but all he wanted was a lift. The station was out my way abit and i was rushing. so i just smiled, said take care and off i drove. As i drove off i just thought, f**k men, its not like it is going to be a crisis if u r late for touch rugby, the station is only like 5 min in the opposite direction, thought about all this, and do u think i turned around to go fetch the man. Hell no!!!
How often do we find it just so much easier to choose the easiest option for ourselves, instead of chosing the right option that would mean getting your hands a tad dirty, yet be more beneficial. Anyway feel like a bit of a tosser, and the fact that it was boiling hot doesnt help matters much. Guess another imperfection to be worked on..
I was reading this article the other day...thank God for the web, anyway it had in it 4 truths about life that you should accept and work through or towards:
1) Suffering exists,
2) Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3) Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4) Freedom from suffering is possible through: being positive in mind, not lying, speakin a good game and delivering a springbok performance, not stealing, destroying life, earn a living in a way that harms no other, resolve and strive to prevent evil qualities from arising in oneself, abandon any evil qualities one posseses, be observant, strenuous, alert, contemplative, free of desire and free of sorrow...the last 2 r pretty hard, cos emotions tend to be out of ur control, but focus on thine mind and all is possible
Anyway nothing else this week
Birthdays
22/11 Sanguita - happy b-day girl
All da boys and girls writing board II on friday, give it stick, i am sure u all do fine, got my fingers crossed.
Quotes
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.Anatole France
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa of Calcuta
Sheesh at the end of this mail i have just realised i am getting pretty serious with these e-mails, there hasnt been much humour in the past few e-mails, there is just no way in hell i could be growing up, please no!! I think i'll put it down to el nino, there we go.
Fellas, Ladies, maximum respek and much love
Y
Hello to all u happy people on this scorching monday mornin, well scorching here in Jozi, assume overcast, wet and dark in London...ya i know 15.5:1, but i say whatever....
B4 we proceed another addition to our community. Refilwe, welcome cous, if u have beef with this e-mail, drop me a line to get it off your chest, we even have a site where u can post comments should u feel the need(http://mondaymail.blogspot.com). On the other hand if u feel this is cloggin up your inbox, drop me a line and i'll remove u, if u so wish.
I sit here today feelin like a friggin fraud. U know how i am always on that help your brother in need tip, well yesterday i let myself down in a big way. I was leavin my parents house and there was this elderly man with a bag or 2. All the man wanted was a lift to the station, i saw him lumbering up the road, assuming he was lookin for cash, i reached into the ashtray and gave him all the coins i had there, but all he wanted was a lift. The station was out my way abit and i was rushing. so i just smiled, said take care and off i drove. As i drove off i just thought, f**k men, its not like it is going to be a crisis if u r late for touch rugby, the station is only like 5 min in the opposite direction, thought about all this, and do u think i turned around to go fetch the man. Hell no!!!
How often do we find it just so much easier to choose the easiest option for ourselves, instead of chosing the right option that would mean getting your hands a tad dirty, yet be more beneficial. Anyway feel like a bit of a tosser, and the fact that it was boiling hot doesnt help matters much. Guess another imperfection to be worked on..
I was reading this article the other day...thank God for the web, anyway it had in it 4 truths about life that you should accept and work through or towards:
1) Suffering exists,
2) Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3) Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4) Freedom from suffering is possible through: being positive in mind, not lying, speakin a good game and delivering a springbok performance, not stealing, destroying life, earn a living in a way that harms no other, resolve and strive to prevent evil qualities from arising in oneself, abandon any evil qualities one posseses, be observant, strenuous, alert, contemplative, free of desire and free of sorrow...the last 2 r pretty hard, cos emotions tend to be out of ur control, but focus on thine mind and all is possible
Anyway nothing else this week
Birthdays
22/11 Sanguita - happy b-day girl
All da boys and girls writing board II on friday, give it stick, i am sure u all do fine, got my fingers crossed.
Quotes
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.Anatole France
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa of Calcuta
Sheesh at the end of this mail i have just realised i am getting pretty serious with these e-mails, there hasnt been much humour in the past few e-mails, there is just no way in hell i could be growing up, please no!! I think i'll put it down to el nino, there we go.
Fellas, Ladies, maximum respek and much love
Y
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Another week, half done, what a pleasure. I trust you guys are all doin fantastically well.
The reason i havent written till now, is cos i just dont have anything to write about. The only thing on my mind right now, other than being on holiday, is the standoff between Iraq and the UN.
I am sure you are all aware that the resolution sent to Iraq was rejected, even though not formally by Saddam Hussein, it seems that a millitary strike is on the cards. I am not sure where i stand on this issue though. My reasons are there are other countries that have more nuclear and other arsenal than that which Iraq has, but will the UN send them resolutions....hell no, y cos they are the US' best friends. Take whats going on in the middle east for example, to be consistent with their past record of military action, something should have been done there years ago, but noooooo.
Anyway, whatever.... U know life is just so simple, it really is. Just be nice to people, it honestly is so much easier to have a smile on your face and say hi to someone than to have to always need to remember that u r angry with mr/miz X so everytime i c that person i must put on a straight face and ignore them. Help your fellow man if u can, c someone beggin and u can help em out, hows about u get them a loaf of bread or sumtin, hell its only R4 or whatever, nothing to u but a world of difference to another.
Simple philosophy, do unto others as u'd like them to do unto u, even better, just do good expecting nothing in return.
Anyway, very arb mail i know, but seems i have writers block, so u all be good
Birthdays
11/11 Rachel, trust it was a good nite. we drink this weekend, perhaps even tomorrow.
Quote
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Have a great afternoon and enjoy the rest of the week
L8r
Y
The reason i havent written till now, is cos i just dont have anything to write about. The only thing on my mind right now, other than being on holiday, is the standoff between Iraq and the UN.
I am sure you are all aware that the resolution sent to Iraq was rejected, even though not formally by Saddam Hussein, it seems that a millitary strike is on the cards. I am not sure where i stand on this issue though. My reasons are there are other countries that have more nuclear and other arsenal than that which Iraq has, but will the UN send them resolutions....hell no, y cos they are the US' best friends. Take whats going on in the middle east for example, to be consistent with their past record of military action, something should have been done there years ago, but noooooo.
Anyway, whatever.... U know life is just so simple, it really is. Just be nice to people, it honestly is so much easier to have a smile on your face and say hi to someone than to have to always need to remember that u r angry with mr/miz X so everytime i c that person i must put on a straight face and ignore them. Help your fellow man if u can, c someone beggin and u can help em out, hows about u get them a loaf of bread or sumtin, hell its only R4 or whatever, nothing to u but a world of difference to another.
Simple philosophy, do unto others as u'd like them to do unto u, even better, just do good expecting nothing in return.
Anyway, very arb mail i know, but seems i have writers block, so u all be good
Birthdays
11/11 Rachel, trust it was a good nite. we drink this weekend, perhaps even tomorrow.
Quote
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Have a great afternoon and enjoy the rest of the week
L8r
Y
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
If u have seen this before, appologies, but it all makes sense, so i thought i'd send it to u all, thanks Sharpie
Life is a Theatre...Invite Your Audience Carefully.
Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in our lives that need to be loved from a DISTANCE.
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not going anywhere relationships or friendships.
Observe the relationships around you. Pay close attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?
Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill?
When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know or appreciate you?
The more you seek Quality, Respect, Growth, Peace of mind, Love and Truth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.
Remember that the people we hang with will have an impact on both our lives and our income. And so we must be careful to choose the people we hang out with, as well as the information with which we feed our minds. We should not share our dreams with negative people, nor feed them with negative thoughts.
So, I ask the question....Who's in your front row?
take care
Y
Life is a Theatre...Invite Your Audience Carefully.
Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in our lives that need to be loved from a DISTANCE.
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not going anywhere relationships or friendships.
Observe the relationships around you. Pay close attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?
Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill?
When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know or appreciate you?
The more you seek Quality, Respect, Growth, Peace of mind, Love and Truth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.
Remember that the people we hang with will have an impact on both our lives and our income. And so we must be careful to choose the people we hang out with, as well as the information with which we feed our minds. We should not share our dreams with negative people, nor feed them with negative thoughts.
So, I ask the question....Who's in your front row?
take care
Y
Monday, November 04, 2002
Boyz and girlz, ladies and gents,
Before i go on, lemme just say, 'life is a rollercoaster, u just gotta ride it...' have had that song by Ronan Keaten stuck in my head for about a week now, such a feel good song.
Anyway how u all this foine monday mornin, Jo'burg is another bright sunshiny day, after a rather overcast weekend.
Briefly about me...just for a sec or 2, last week was a pretty 'cuffening week for moi'. On monday i think it was my boss gave me a letter, informing me of my promotion to management...yes that is right, negro with some power, watch the f**k out, and to top it all off they offered me what in afrikaans is termed a 'kakhuis vol geld', translated, even though it loses a huge part of its aggression, (a shaitehouse full of money). Then on tuesday, the Gods smiled down on us again and we got tickets to the winex from one of our bosses, so a semi big pissup, there was some other stuff inbetween, but i forget, I think it was on thursday a mate of mine from Cape Town, dropped in, to tune howzit, very welcome visit, then also on thursday, I got and offer from SCMB into their corporate banking division, as u can imagine thursday nite was pretty ugly, plenty consumed, oh what fun it is to be young and irresponsible (i guess semi irresponsible)...again. My laptop got struck by lightening which was a huge blessing, no disguse needed, cos that meant on friday a negro could do no work, so i went into the office, handed in my laptop and chilled the whole day. Today got a call from RMB about an interview for the 'class of programme' so we see how that pans out.
Enuff about me, and happiness and blah, now back to the usual story, yes thats right Magill and Lambley, biatchin and moaning...On my way to work, i was listening to 5fm, and Mark Gillman, the DJ at the time, was running like a survey, askin folk to call in and say who is more racist, the minister of sport(who recently made an outburst that has been splattered all over the media. Basically he was up in arms cos the cricket board has decided to scrap quotas, without consulting him etc,. The person he was up against was a man called the 'Wit Wolf' his name is Barend Strydom, his claim to fame/infamity(if such word exists) was he one day got into a car, bus whatever, got out, pulled out his gun and mowed down 9 negros, i think it was.
And the results of the poll 10 callers and all 10 say the minister is more racist!!
Am i crazy, am i missing the plot, i mean what the f**k!!! Something is definately amis in this society. Lets start with Mr Strydom shall we, the man wakes up in the morning with a plan and he sets out to fulfil this plan, he had plenty opportunity to think his actions through, yet he didnt change his mind
Now minister of sport, no defence is going to be offered, but i do understand where he was comin from, cos i also want to see some players of colour being given a chance, what he said was wrong, but how many of us in a rage have said things we wouldnt have ordinarily thought to be true for one, or said?? I know we have all been guilty of such. Anyway whatever the case might be, what he said shouldnt have been said, but for 10/10 callers to say the mand is more racist than a cold blooded murderer of people of a different race, i just dont know anymore...
But other than that life is great, except for the bomb blasts in Soweto, but that is for another day when the facts are clearer, other than there is an extremist right wing trying to throw this country into some sort of anarchy!
I think now might be a good time to sign off, but before i do go a few happy b-days:
1 Nov - Zara, sorry i missed it, but hope it was great none theless.
6 Nov - Dear sis, looks like stuff is fallin into place for ya, all thats missin, for me, is my little neice or nephew that i can parade at the malls to get some adoring female fans. Anyway happy happy and hope the Gods keep smiling on u, they gave u me as a brother so they definately are smilin on u still...
10 Nov - Shan, u beaut, looks like things also feel into place for u, glad to hear, hope your good fortune follows u into your new year.
If i missed yours ooops, but hope its fun!!
Quotes
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
- Helen Keller
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun-and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist, that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. - Paulo Coelho
Remember the site for all comments, that are for public consumption http://mondaymail.blogspot.com.
And to all an eventfull week be-eth my wish to u.
Later
Y
Before i go on, lemme just say, 'life is a rollercoaster, u just gotta ride it...' have had that song by Ronan Keaten stuck in my head for about a week now, such a feel good song.
Anyway how u all this foine monday mornin, Jo'burg is another bright sunshiny day, after a rather overcast weekend.
Briefly about me...just for a sec or 2, last week was a pretty 'cuffening week for moi'. On monday i think it was my boss gave me a letter, informing me of my promotion to management...yes that is right, negro with some power, watch the f**k out, and to top it all off they offered me what in afrikaans is termed a 'kakhuis vol geld', translated, even though it loses a huge part of its aggression, (a shaitehouse full of money). Then on tuesday, the Gods smiled down on us again and we got tickets to the winex from one of our bosses, so a semi big pissup, there was some other stuff inbetween, but i forget, I think it was on thursday a mate of mine from Cape Town, dropped in, to tune howzit, very welcome visit, then also on thursday, I got and offer from SCMB into their corporate banking division, as u can imagine thursday nite was pretty ugly, plenty consumed, oh what fun it is to be young and irresponsible (i guess semi irresponsible)...again. My laptop got struck by lightening which was a huge blessing, no disguse needed, cos that meant on friday a negro could do no work, so i went into the office, handed in my laptop and chilled the whole day. Today got a call from RMB about an interview for the 'class of programme' so we see how that pans out.
Enuff about me, and happiness and blah, now back to the usual story, yes thats right Magill and Lambley, biatchin and moaning...On my way to work, i was listening to 5fm, and Mark Gillman, the DJ at the time, was running like a survey, askin folk to call in and say who is more racist, the minister of sport(who recently made an outburst that has been splattered all over the media. Basically he was up in arms cos the cricket board has decided to scrap quotas, without consulting him etc,. The person he was up against was a man called the 'Wit Wolf' his name is Barend Strydom, his claim to fame/infamity(if such word exists) was he one day got into a car, bus whatever, got out, pulled out his gun and mowed down 9 negros, i think it was.
And the results of the poll 10 callers and all 10 say the minister is more racist!!
Am i crazy, am i missing the plot, i mean what the f**k!!! Something is definately amis in this society. Lets start with Mr Strydom shall we, the man wakes up in the morning with a plan and he sets out to fulfil this plan, he had plenty opportunity to think his actions through, yet he didnt change his mind
Now minister of sport, no defence is going to be offered, but i do understand where he was comin from, cos i also want to see some players of colour being given a chance, what he said was wrong, but how many of us in a rage have said things we wouldnt have ordinarily thought to be true for one, or said?? I know we have all been guilty of such. Anyway whatever the case might be, what he said shouldnt have been said, but for 10/10 callers to say the mand is more racist than a cold blooded murderer of people of a different race, i just dont know anymore...
But other than that life is great, except for the bomb blasts in Soweto, but that is for another day when the facts are clearer, other than there is an extremist right wing trying to throw this country into some sort of anarchy!
I think now might be a good time to sign off, but before i do go a few happy b-days:
1 Nov - Zara, sorry i missed it, but hope it was great none theless.
6 Nov - Dear sis, looks like stuff is fallin into place for ya, all thats missin, for me, is my little neice or nephew that i can parade at the malls to get some adoring female fans. Anyway happy happy and hope the Gods keep smiling on u, they gave u me as a brother so they definately are smilin on u still...
10 Nov - Shan, u beaut, looks like things also feel into place for u, glad to hear, hope your good fortune follows u into your new year.
If i missed yours ooops, but hope its fun!!
Quotes
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
- Helen Keller
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi
We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun-and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven't perceived that moment, that it doesn't exist, that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. - Paulo Coelho
Remember the site for all comments, that are for public consumption http://mondaymail.blogspot.com.
And to all an eventfull week be-eth my wish to u.
Later
Y
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Now here's a little note i wrote, u might want to read it note for note.....
How u guys? Life here in GP is just peachy. Weather has been great, bit of welcome rain here and there, 1 more month of articles(which really doesnt provide any huge answers on my future, but more questions...), oh how time has flown. Anyway...
New addition Rudi, cous welcome to our little world, should u have any comments, please go to the site whose address I will post at the end of the mail, and add your comments there alternatively give a brother a call or mail me. If you want to be removed lemme know and i will do just that
You know I was thinkin the other day, yes rare occasion, har har whatever, and actually even had a discussion about it with some rather deep brothers, and it dawned on me....
How often have you thought to yourself or asked a friend this question..."whats the meaning of Life?" or even still "what is my purpose?" "why am i here"...
My answer to those questions are what does it matter? you are here, and thats all that should matter. We tend to live our lives trying to categorise everything, trying to find a meaning to everything...place something in a box so we can understand it better..., i think by us doing this we tend to miss out on the full experience of life and whatever else we are trying to categorise, and fail to see the whole picture. I guess its human nature to want to classify something as X so it helps us relate to it better, but I think that is a crock.
Life is here to be lived right here right now, forget about the what ifs, the why's..., the whatevers, if u had an unfortunate incident, trust me, u r not the first neither the last that will have such an incident, the key is to learn from it and move on. We are so preoccupied with giving meaning to things and experiences, that we tend to lose the plot and also block off the things that we could experience. The why me's, the what is s\he actually up to detracts(if i used it correctly ofcourse) your attention from fully experiencing what is going on. I say experience it, if it doesnt sit well with you discard it and move on.
I say live for the moment, be good to your fellow human, dont kill, steal or comit adultery(hard for some), think good thoughts and promote good thoughts, focus on what u r doing, and follow the teachings of YOUR God. Bottom line all that lives will die, once u accept that, focus on the time inbetween. The key to your life is within u..it is what you make of it....everyday u experience life in a different form, so live it up!!
Hope this all made sense, there were just so many thoughts floating around my head...
Birthdays
Nothing in my diary, but if its yours, have a splendid day and year to follow
Quotes
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. - Buddha
He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. - Yiddish Proverb
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
Think thats enuff for this week my good friends, take care, live life, and be happy.
Much love...
Y
How u guys? Life here in GP is just peachy. Weather has been great, bit of welcome rain here and there, 1 more month of articles(which really doesnt provide any huge answers on my future, but more questions...), oh how time has flown. Anyway...
New addition Rudi, cous welcome to our little world, should u have any comments, please go to the site whose address I will post at the end of the mail, and add your comments there alternatively give a brother a call or mail me. If you want to be removed lemme know and i will do just that
You know I was thinkin the other day, yes rare occasion, har har whatever, and actually even had a discussion about it with some rather deep brothers, and it dawned on me....
How often have you thought to yourself or asked a friend this question..."whats the meaning of Life?" or even still "what is my purpose?" "why am i here"...
My answer to those questions are what does it matter? you are here, and thats all that should matter. We tend to live our lives trying to categorise everything, trying to find a meaning to everything...place something in a box so we can understand it better..., i think by us doing this we tend to miss out on the full experience of life and whatever else we are trying to categorise, and fail to see the whole picture. I guess its human nature to want to classify something as X so it helps us relate to it better, but I think that is a crock.
Life is here to be lived right here right now, forget about the what ifs, the why's..., the whatevers, if u had an unfortunate incident, trust me, u r not the first neither the last that will have such an incident, the key is to learn from it and move on. We are so preoccupied with giving meaning to things and experiences, that we tend to lose the plot and also block off the things that we could experience. The why me's, the what is s\he actually up to detracts(if i used it correctly ofcourse) your attention from fully experiencing what is going on. I say experience it, if it doesnt sit well with you discard it and move on.
I say live for the moment, be good to your fellow human, dont kill, steal or comit adultery(hard for some), think good thoughts and promote good thoughts, focus on what u r doing, and follow the teachings of YOUR God. Bottom line all that lives will die, once u accept that, focus on the time inbetween. The key to your life is within u..it is what you make of it....everyday u experience life in a different form, so live it up!!
Hope this all made sense, there were just so many thoughts floating around my head...
Birthdays
Nothing in my diary, but if its yours, have a splendid day and year to follow
Quotes
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. - Buddha
He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. - Yiddish Proverb
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
Think thats enuff for this week my good friends, take care, live life, and be happy.
Much love...
Y
Monday, October 21, 2002
Whats happenin boyz and girlz??
Trust u all had a jammin week and a blissfull weekend. We up in Jo'burg were blessed with great weather and guess what i had absolutely no drama last week. Yes thats right!! But the question really is, if a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, will the sky still be blue??
New addition Themba, Chaks, welcome to our little rant and rave community, please by all means feel free to send some comments on any aspect and should u wish to be removed, a little note stating that and your wish beeth my command.
Before i go on, i need to clarify what i was trying to say last week about Sani Abacha's kids, i think i was a bit ahead of myself and forgot to complete my sentence. Basically what happened was the state offered them $100mil of their fathers riches and the rest was to be returned to the state, to this the children's response was HELL NO!! hope this is a tad clearer.
Have I got a conspiracy theory for ya'all.... U c how America is struggling to gain support for its campaign against Iraq. Well what better way to get Australia and the rest of the world up in arms, than to throw a firecracker into a nightclub at a very peaceful holiday resort.
Yes it sounds far fetched and all, but how has Australia changed its tune, and is now up in arms, waving kangaroos around and waging war on terrorism. Think about it...
How hard would u work, if at the end of the day u would earn R25 for a hard days manual labour? My guess is not helluva hard, u say what R25/day, and to my friends in the land of the pound, that translates to a mere 1.52 quid a day. That is insane right. What can u buy with that, some will say but that is better than a kick in the gonads.
But honestly imagine spending the whole day in the blazing heat, doing some brutal manual labour, energy reserves hugely depleated, and then its payday, woo hoo. Most probably will cost u R7 in terms of transport to and from your place of work that leaves u with R18 for the day. Then u get home, wife and kids to feed. Bearing in mind that a loaf of bread costs R4.50 and a litre of Milk roughly R5.00. Lets not forget about gas to cook, school fees, etc... At this rate who will live beyond 40 years??U spend most of your day slaving away and u don't earn enuff to replenish the lost energy, go to bed, wake up with depleated energy levels and the cycle continues....trust me if u r sittin at a PC reading this mail life really aint no where near bad, and i doubt it ever will be for u.
I find it so sad that this could happen in a country as advanced as this is, and trust me South Africa aint no Africa, this is bloody heaven, compared to some actually most african states! A country that can afford to spend billions on arms, millions entertaining certain african leaders to broker a peace deal in their country, a country that can spend millions to enquire about what happend to its currency and yet produce no results?? On the other side of the tracks there is a mother setting up a fire, placing a pot of water on the the fire, her kids grouped around the fire with the hope that maize meal will follow into the pot, with this in mind they drift into a peaceful sleep....
Birthdays
25 Oct...a pretty lovely las called Karina, happy birthday girl, hope next year brings with it success, joy and plenty confidence
26 Oct...my brother from anada mada(another mother), my bro may u keep on getting joy and success from saving lives
Anyone else who i may have missed, hope your year ahead brings you more of what u want, and deserve.
Quotes
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference. - Dalai Lama
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. - Mark Twain
Now i am gonna sing a song that i hope will be catchy and u will all sing it for the rest of the day....and a one, two, a one, two, threee.....ooooh, oh mercy mercy me, things aint what they used to be no more....been singin it the whole weekend, hopefully now its your turn..
Aight then fellas, maximum respek to all ya'll and have a laugh or two its so much better than the alternative.
Y
Trust u all had a jammin week and a blissfull weekend. We up in Jo'burg were blessed with great weather and guess what i had absolutely no drama last week. Yes thats right!! But the question really is, if a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, will the sky still be blue??
New addition Themba, Chaks, welcome to our little rant and rave community, please by all means feel free to send some comments on any aspect and should u wish to be removed, a little note stating that and your wish beeth my command.
Before i go on, i need to clarify what i was trying to say last week about Sani Abacha's kids, i think i was a bit ahead of myself and forgot to complete my sentence. Basically what happened was the state offered them $100mil of their fathers riches and the rest was to be returned to the state, to this the children's response was HELL NO!! hope this is a tad clearer.
Have I got a conspiracy theory for ya'all.... U c how America is struggling to gain support for its campaign against Iraq. Well what better way to get Australia and the rest of the world up in arms, than to throw a firecracker into a nightclub at a very peaceful holiday resort.
Yes it sounds far fetched and all, but how has Australia changed its tune, and is now up in arms, waving kangaroos around and waging war on terrorism. Think about it...
How hard would u work, if at the end of the day u would earn R25 for a hard days manual labour? My guess is not helluva hard, u say what R25/day, and to my friends in the land of the pound, that translates to a mere 1.52 quid a day. That is insane right. What can u buy with that, some will say but that is better than a kick in the gonads.
But honestly imagine spending the whole day in the blazing heat, doing some brutal manual labour, energy reserves hugely depleated, and then its payday, woo hoo. Most probably will cost u R7 in terms of transport to and from your place of work that leaves u with R18 for the day. Then u get home, wife and kids to feed. Bearing in mind that a loaf of bread costs R4.50 and a litre of Milk roughly R5.00. Lets not forget about gas to cook, school fees, etc... At this rate who will live beyond 40 years??U spend most of your day slaving away and u don't earn enuff to replenish the lost energy, go to bed, wake up with depleated energy levels and the cycle continues....trust me if u r sittin at a PC reading this mail life really aint no where near bad, and i doubt it ever will be for u.
I find it so sad that this could happen in a country as advanced as this is, and trust me South Africa aint no Africa, this is bloody heaven, compared to some actually most african states! A country that can afford to spend billions on arms, millions entertaining certain african leaders to broker a peace deal in their country, a country that can spend millions to enquire about what happend to its currency and yet produce no results?? On the other side of the tracks there is a mother setting up a fire, placing a pot of water on the the fire, her kids grouped around the fire with the hope that maize meal will follow into the pot, with this in mind they drift into a peaceful sleep....
Birthdays
25 Oct...a pretty lovely las called Karina, happy birthday girl, hope next year brings with it success, joy and plenty confidence
26 Oct...my brother from anada mada(another mother), my bro may u keep on getting joy and success from saving lives
Anyone else who i may have missed, hope your year ahead brings you more of what u want, and deserve.
Quotes
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference. - Dalai Lama
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. - Mark Twain
Now i am gonna sing a song that i hope will be catchy and u will all sing it for the rest of the day....and a one, two, a one, two, threee.....ooooh, oh mercy mercy me, things aint what they used to be no more....been singin it the whole weekend, hopefully now its your turn..
Aight then fellas, maximum respek to all ya'll and have a laugh or two its so much better than the alternative.
Y
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Hey all,
Thanks alot to those who mailed me this week plenty appreciated. I tell u that is what is missin in this world now -a-days, people who actually care.
I just dont get it anymore, i mean fok it, I so aint no saint, but what is going on in this world?? I hear stories and i....i just dont know!! For instance i hear that Sani Abacha (former Nigerian President)' s kids have been offered by the state an amount of $100 million and the rest of their fathers 'wealth' which most people are aware or lemme watch my words...what is alleged to have been obtained at the peril of his people. Now for the state to actually agree to this i think was very noble of them, but you know what the kids say..."No", its too little, bloody hell $100mil is enough to keep a small third world country going for decades!! but they say NO!!
Then there is the bomb blast in Bali, Ba-friggin-li, what is the worst thing a person in Bali could do, say please could I have a pina colada, but use an orange umbrella not a pink one, for petes sake, what goes into a persons mind to decide, eish those people on holiday in Bali are really pissin me off, lets go drop a bomb in a nite club!!
Then there is the Ivory Coast, one of the most peaceful african countries (well used to be anyway), brothers are hungry, but would rather spend money on ammunition than feed their families, i care not what reason u give me, it just dont make sense.
And to cap it offf, we have a psycho sniper floating around in washington potting off people like he is at a fair and shooting those clay pigeons....
Oh wait but to put the cherry on the top, some smart ass has decided that no they are gonna pull Smirnoff Ice from the shelves.....cut a brother some slack y dont u.
I just dont get it
I think we have a lot to do with the wrongs of this world. Nobody seems to give a flying f**k anymore, I mean like here, child abuse and rape is just an everyday thing, u read about it u say oh well, poor kid and then u ask Melanie next to u what she had for breakfast...
U know the song, sing it with me..."what the world needs now, is love sweet love..." and this is so a time for it cos war is upon us, and i think its gonna b nasty!!
On that note i sign off, hope the other half of your week is as fulfilling as u make it....
Thanks alot to those who mailed me this week plenty appreciated. I tell u that is what is missin in this world now -a-days, people who actually care.
I just dont get it anymore, i mean fok it, I so aint no saint, but what is going on in this world?? I hear stories and i....i just dont know!! For instance i hear that Sani Abacha (former Nigerian President)' s kids have been offered by the state an amount of $100 million and the rest of their fathers 'wealth' which most people are aware or lemme watch my words...what is alleged to have been obtained at the peril of his people. Now for the state to actually agree to this i think was very noble of them, but you know what the kids say..."No", its too little, bloody hell $100mil is enough to keep a small third world country going for decades!! but they say NO!!
Then there is the bomb blast in Bali, Ba-friggin-li, what is the worst thing a person in Bali could do, say please could I have a pina colada, but use an orange umbrella not a pink one, for petes sake, what goes into a persons mind to decide, eish those people on holiday in Bali are really pissin me off, lets go drop a bomb in a nite club!!
Then there is the Ivory Coast, one of the most peaceful african countries (well used to be anyway), brothers are hungry, but would rather spend money on ammunition than feed their families, i care not what reason u give me, it just dont make sense.
And to cap it offf, we have a psycho sniper floating around in washington potting off people like he is at a fair and shooting those clay pigeons....
Oh wait but to put the cherry on the top, some smart ass has decided that no they are gonna pull Smirnoff Ice from the shelves.....cut a brother some slack y dont u.
I just dont get it
I think we have a lot to do with the wrongs of this world. Nobody seems to give a flying f**k anymore, I mean like here, child abuse and rape is just an everyday thing, u read about it u say oh well, poor kid and then u ask Melanie next to u what she had for breakfast...
U know the song, sing it with me..."what the world needs now, is love sweet love..." and this is so a time for it cos war is upon us, and i think its gonna b nasty!!
On that note i sign off, hope the other half of your week is as fulfilling as u make it....
Sunday, October 13, 2002
Howzit my cousins,
Hope you all had a well enough week and are lookin forward to this one.I on the other hand had one of those weeks from hell. Yes thats right yawza is about to vent...again. U kno how shaite happens in 3's... well I was unsuccessful with my application at JP Morgan, was gonna be a ripper deal, i applied for a trainee investment banking post, 12 weeks in SA and then 2-3 years in London/New York, would have been a blast, getting to travel and still move on career wise. Then my car gets keyed(someone took a key/nail and deliberatly scratched a line), from the left panel over the wheel, a huge part of the boot, and the right panel, R3000 odd later, wonder who i pissed off, and to top off a fab week, yes u guessed it a woman. Must admit i would have even considered doing the backstroke from Cape Town to Robben Island...ya i heard that...but Yawza u can't really swim...yes i know. I hear some of u guys saying, Yaw u big gay, and i say maybe...i got it a big red hot chimango(i am sure u all can decipher that, if not its similar to getting carrots, but Umtata flavaoured carrots) and i am not gonna act like a hero about it, but i suppose lesson to be learnt!! Guess i should have been more aware, bloody hell i wrote about it only 3 weeks ago!!
I guess i should look on the bright side and say at least i am blessed enuff to have a car, fortunate enuff to have even been considered for the position, and at least spent some time with the las, but today i say F**K THAT, lemme find or catch wind of the mother that keyed my car!! The other 2 i guess i cant do much about, just shaite to think u aint good enuff. Right nuff said, anger and dissapointment shelved moving on....
For those who dont know this week saw Jimmy Carter, a US president that most thought of as pretry arb, being awarded the Nobel Peace prize, my first response was who the..., what the....why the...(think it was after i cound my car keyed ;-)). Anyway did some research and here is what i found about the man.
Born 1st Oct 1924, James Earl Carter, grew up in the deep south (Georgia) as a farmers son. In 1977, he was elected as a democratic president after Nixon, which couldnt have been easy after Watergate and all. So he gets elected makes his speach, in which he quoted from the bible "but to do justly,and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God" gets off the podium, says sorry for the bullet proof Limo and off he strolls 1.5 miles from Capitol to the White House. Pretty Brave. On his first day in office, he pardonned all Vietnam draft evaders ( i am sure the great Muhamed Ali was one)...that was a indication of the man's character. Anyway his greatest achievement in office was bringing Menachem Begin (the then Isreali president) and Anwat Sadat (the then Egyptian president) to Camp David for peace talks. The 2 countries had been technically at war for 48 years, anyway after 12 days of negotiations they reaced an agreement that led to the withdrawal of Isreali troops in Egypt and free passage of Isreali ships thru the Suez Canal. Another part of the deal was supposed to lead to peace in the Middle East as a whole...guess that one failed somewhat! Begin and Sadat won the '78 Nobel Peace Prize. Anyway this wasnt good enuff for his people cos there was high inflation and huge unemployment in the States during his tenure as president, and in 1981Ronald Reagan gave him a hiding in the elections.
Boy should have taken a chill pill and start playing golf, but not Mr Carter, he was circling the globe lookin for opportunities to do good. He started a Carter Centre in Atlanta and this centre has been moitoring elections in third world countries since '89. It has observed 36 elections in 22 countries. The centre also looks at ways to improve agriculture as well as reduce diseases in Africa.
One of his aides had this to say :"someone once said that he is the only American to use the presidency as a stepping stone to greatness".
I think he has done well, doing good and all, but one cant help but wonder if he received the award as a swipe at Bush and his insitance on using millitary action against Iraq...that whole millitary strike action i guess is a topic for another week.
Signing off now, for those who can make it and i hope all of you, i am planning to have drinks at the clubhouse in our complex next saturday ie (26th October) please do all come, get a chance to meet all on this list. Featuring on the decks will be DJ Wickins, who i think plays some kick a*s house tracks, he is havin a jam on the 2nd Nov, which promises to be a party with a difference from midday till midnite, pools Jaccuzis and the whole schweet deal, so that will be an opportunity to hear his stuff. More on both of these later.
I am so sure that its someones birthday this week, but unfortunately my diary says it not, so to all u all celebrating a b-day this week, plenty happy returns!!
Quotes as always
Couldnt help myself....
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. - Leo F. Buscaglia
Back to the topic of discussion
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. - Jimmy Carter
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. - Buddha
As always much love and maximum respek to all of y'all
Y
Hope you all had a well enough week and are lookin forward to this one.I on the other hand had one of those weeks from hell. Yes thats right yawza is about to vent...again. U kno how shaite happens in 3's... well I was unsuccessful with my application at JP Morgan, was gonna be a ripper deal, i applied for a trainee investment banking post, 12 weeks in SA and then 2-3 years in London/New York, would have been a blast, getting to travel and still move on career wise. Then my car gets keyed(someone took a key/nail and deliberatly scratched a line), from the left panel over the wheel, a huge part of the boot, and the right panel, R3000 odd later, wonder who i pissed off, and to top off a fab week, yes u guessed it a woman. Must admit i would have even considered doing the backstroke from Cape Town to Robben Island...ya i heard that...but Yawza u can't really swim...yes i know. I hear some of u guys saying, Yaw u big gay, and i say maybe...i got it a big red hot chimango(i am sure u all can decipher that, if not its similar to getting carrots, but Umtata flavaoured carrots) and i am not gonna act like a hero about it, but i suppose lesson to be learnt!! Guess i should have been more aware, bloody hell i wrote about it only 3 weeks ago!!
I guess i should look on the bright side and say at least i am blessed enuff to have a car, fortunate enuff to have even been considered for the position, and at least spent some time with the las, but today i say F**K THAT, lemme find or catch wind of the mother that keyed my car!! The other 2 i guess i cant do much about, just shaite to think u aint good enuff. Right nuff said, anger and dissapointment shelved moving on....
For those who dont know this week saw Jimmy Carter, a US president that most thought of as pretry arb, being awarded the Nobel Peace prize, my first response was who the..., what the....why the...(think it was after i cound my car keyed ;-)). Anyway did some research and here is what i found about the man.
Born 1st Oct 1924, James Earl Carter, grew up in the deep south (Georgia) as a farmers son. In 1977, he was elected as a democratic president after Nixon, which couldnt have been easy after Watergate and all. So he gets elected makes his speach, in which he quoted from the bible "but to do justly,and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God" gets off the podium, says sorry for the bullet proof Limo and off he strolls 1.5 miles from Capitol to the White House. Pretty Brave. On his first day in office, he pardonned all Vietnam draft evaders ( i am sure the great Muhamed Ali was one)...that was a indication of the man's character. Anyway his greatest achievement in office was bringing Menachem Begin (the then Isreali president) and Anwat Sadat (the then Egyptian president) to Camp David for peace talks. The 2 countries had been technically at war for 48 years, anyway after 12 days of negotiations they reaced an agreement that led to the withdrawal of Isreali troops in Egypt and free passage of Isreali ships thru the Suez Canal. Another part of the deal was supposed to lead to peace in the Middle East as a whole...guess that one failed somewhat! Begin and Sadat won the '78 Nobel Peace Prize. Anyway this wasnt good enuff for his people cos there was high inflation and huge unemployment in the States during his tenure as president, and in 1981Ronald Reagan gave him a hiding in the elections.
Boy should have taken a chill pill and start playing golf, but not Mr Carter, he was circling the globe lookin for opportunities to do good. He started a Carter Centre in Atlanta and this centre has been moitoring elections in third world countries since '89. It has observed 36 elections in 22 countries. The centre also looks at ways to improve agriculture as well as reduce diseases in Africa.
One of his aides had this to say :"someone once said that he is the only American to use the presidency as a stepping stone to greatness".
I think he has done well, doing good and all, but one cant help but wonder if he received the award as a swipe at Bush and his insitance on using millitary action against Iraq...that whole millitary strike action i guess is a topic for another week.
Signing off now, for those who can make it and i hope all of you, i am planning to have drinks at the clubhouse in our complex next saturday ie (26th October) please do all come, get a chance to meet all on this list. Featuring on the decks will be DJ Wickins, who i think plays some kick a*s house tracks, he is havin a jam on the 2nd Nov, which promises to be a party with a difference from midday till midnite, pools Jaccuzis and the whole schweet deal, so that will be an opportunity to hear his stuff. More on both of these later.
I am so sure that its someones birthday this week, but unfortunately my diary says it not, so to all u all celebrating a b-day this week, plenty happy returns!!
Quotes as always
Couldnt help myself....
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. - Leo F. Buscaglia
Back to the topic of discussion
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. - Jimmy Carter
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. - Buddha
As always much love and maximum respek to all of y'all
Y
Monday, October 07, 2002
Mornin all
2 new additions Ingrid and Bontle, welcome to our little community, trust you will enjoy the read and also contribute. should you ever feel that this mail is clogging up your inbox, please drop me a line and i will remove you.
Short mail this week, really short and that will hopefully be the trend from this day forth.
Got this mail from Sarah, and i thought i'd share it with u all, cos i have nothing to write about, was gonna write about the imigrant/refugees story that was shown on Carte Blanche last nite, but i missed it so ooops.
"A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The
obsession is the obstruction. He does not really seek happiness,
rather, he seeks for a condition which matches his personal idea
regarding the nature of happiness. But happiness is not a mere idea,
for one idea will always have competition from another idea. That is
why the unhappy man chases for ever from one attraction to another.
Happiness will come when he stops chasing, that is, when he stops
thinking that an idea about happiness is the same as happiness.
A man enjoying the sunshine does so without analyzing it."
This my friends can be related to any situation in your lives, be it relationships, jobs, whatever, once u start lookin for deeper meanings to things u have lost the plot....anyway that passage seems very self explanatory...
http://mondaymail.blogspot.com/
for any comments, please go to the site above, otherwise you all have yourselves a bright sunshiny week.
Respek
Y
2 new additions Ingrid and Bontle, welcome to our little community, trust you will enjoy the read and also contribute. should you ever feel that this mail is clogging up your inbox, please drop me a line and i will remove you.
Short mail this week, really short and that will hopefully be the trend from this day forth.
Got this mail from Sarah, and i thought i'd share it with u all, cos i have nothing to write about, was gonna write about the imigrant/refugees story that was shown on Carte Blanche last nite, but i missed it so ooops.
"A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The
obsession is the obstruction. He does not really seek happiness,
rather, he seeks for a condition which matches his personal idea
regarding the nature of happiness. But happiness is not a mere idea,
for one idea will always have competition from another idea. That is
why the unhappy man chases for ever from one attraction to another.
Happiness will come when he stops chasing, that is, when he stops
thinking that an idea about happiness is the same as happiness.
A man enjoying the sunshine does so without analyzing it."
This my friends can be related to any situation in your lives, be it relationships, jobs, whatever, once u start lookin for deeper meanings to things u have lost the plot....anyway that passage seems very self explanatory...
http://mondaymail.blogspot.com/
for any comments, please go to the site above, otherwise you all have yourselves a bright sunshiny week.
Respek
Y
Wednesday, October 02, 2002
Greetings eager readers,
Additions to the list, Chief Mashile and DJ Rowett, boys i try send out a mail each week and i have added your names to the list, if u want to find out what this weeks mail was about, go to the site mentioned below, alternatively if you want to be removed from the list just mail me and i shall remove thee, all comments are very welcome, from criticism to praises, open to suggestions always. Respek!
Midweek, what a pleasure, lovin the way time is flying nowadays, weather is lookin great, could be a great December...God willing ofcourse! Anyway, big announcement, with the help of our technical guru amongst us, Charl Lombard, this email has gone online. So from next week onwards i will be posting my mail onto this site and everyone please feel free to comment, other than me, you all are supposed to be mature adults, so please bear that in mind when u post comments on the page. Actually write whatever the fuck u want to, express yourself!! Huh? pass comment, yip, with this new page, there is a comment tab at the bottom of the page, click it, write your message and post it. By doing this everyone can c what u have to say. Those that cant access the internet, please lemme no so i can carry on mailin u as normal, and if you want to reply just to me you are more than welcome to.
Attached below is the url you use to access the page:
http://mondaymail.blogspot.com/
Looks like this weeks mail was a bit of a stirer, just the way i like it. had a few responses, mostly from women who were up in arms, I will post 3 of the responses here, below, i think they make for a good read! Oh by the way, it wasnt about me, for sure i have been there...plenty times, but i thought i needed a topic that would get us talkin! You ladies might be right when u say its from both sides, but i aint no las, so i call it from a mans point of view, i will accept that it might be one sided, but hey???!!! And yes i do agree its all about communication, no games, just say what u think/feel.
Response 1
Oh my goodness I can't say enough how I DON'T agree with you. You are reducing male-female relationships to the worst kind of stereotype and at the same time failing to see how this problem arose. Men always complain that they don't understand women. But they don't really try do they? There is much more focus on understanding men. Most of our history is the study of male history, by far the majority of the great "people" of the last century were men. Not so much, I believe, because there were simply no female achievers, but because the world is geared to measuring and appreciating accomplishment on a male standard. Most of the films you see are directed by men, most of the plays you see as well. We are bombarded constantly by the male perspective. It's no wonder women know more about men than men do about women. How many "women's" movies/books/issues does the average guy show an interest in?
(as an aside, that Mel Gibson movie was the most insulting portrayal of what men think goes on in a woman's mind I have seen in a very long time)
And secondly, women go through just as much trauma as men do - they worry just as much, in fact I think sometimes more, about hidden meanings and will he, won't he, should I, shouldn't I, etc etc. And for every childish girl you meet who says she does this on purpose there is some prick doing it right back to the women.
My point is that you can't place the blame for misunderstanding between the sexes squarely at the feet of women. Gender-based stereotypes are harmful and insulting to both men and women. If we could all get past defining ourselves as men/women first and people second (just like we need to define ourselves as people before we define ourselves as a particular race/culture/religion etc) we will be a long way down the path to understanding each other.
Response 2
Don't forget that boys make me cry all the time too, and what's even worse
is that they can't admit to the fact that they f*ck with our heads, I
promise you it works both ways!
Response 3
The thing about chicks is the same as the thing about guys. The problem is honesty and communication. We, as a human race have lost the art of communication. It has become a technology which is now a predominantly visual medium. We no longer take the time to sit and listen (and hear) each other. Life is so fast paced, that we now have to express our intimate chemistry through little games, interludes, innuendos in the hope that someone may be receptive to them and follow-up in some way. As a female, I know, that if I express interest in a man or anyone for that matter, whether it be by saying something small, a look or even a kiss, it is the hope that I will have the opportunity to learn more about that person in the future. Whether that potential relationship would be a friendship, a lover, a husband or a simple acquaintance you get to bump into occasionally, it is all done in the hope of spreading love and interest, in whatever form that may be.
I think the key is to be honest though. If you want to know what is going on, ask! You don't have to necessarily ask directly, but it is very easy to get a good idea of where you stand with someone by spending a few hours with them. I have found day time best for this because there is usually less chance of the two of you getting sozzled and further confusing the problem with hazy recollections of gargled speech.
So now I've decided to tell people exactly what's going on. The problem is that we fear rejection, so don't always tell people how we feel about them. Rejection is inevitable, but acceptance is sublime! Speak to these ladies of whom you write. Tell them you are interested to know them, in whatever shape or form of relationship. Females like to have interest expressed, even if they may not be interested in the man as part of a romance, there is nothing wrong with being interested in a man as a person, and if they are not interested in the man as a person, then they are on a different path and should be left to follow that path. That is not to say you cannot meet them again on that path.
Hey, throw caution to the wind. Life is so full of mundane atrocities and dark places. We have no problem with watching death and destruction on TV and talking all about it, yet we are hassled about showing another human affection and love.
Really did appreciate all the mail, please do feel free to comment, and remember our new community site.
Take care and enjoy your wednesday,
Y
Additions to the list, Chief Mashile and DJ Rowett, boys i try send out a mail each week and i have added your names to the list, if u want to find out what this weeks mail was about, go to the site mentioned below, alternatively if you want to be removed from the list just mail me and i shall remove thee, all comments are very welcome, from criticism to praises, open to suggestions always. Respek!
Midweek, what a pleasure, lovin the way time is flying nowadays, weather is lookin great, could be a great December...God willing ofcourse! Anyway, big announcement, with the help of our technical guru amongst us, Charl Lombard, this email has gone online. So from next week onwards i will be posting my mail onto this site and everyone please feel free to comment, other than me, you all are supposed to be mature adults, so please bear that in mind when u post comments on the page. Actually write whatever the fuck u want to, express yourself!! Huh? pass comment, yip, with this new page, there is a comment tab at the bottom of the page, click it, write your message and post it. By doing this everyone can c what u have to say. Those that cant access the internet, please lemme no so i can carry on mailin u as normal, and if you want to reply just to me you are more than welcome to.
Attached below is the url you use to access the page:
http://mondaymail.blogspot.com/
Looks like this weeks mail was a bit of a stirer, just the way i like it. had a few responses, mostly from women who were up in arms, I will post 3 of the responses here, below, i think they make for a good read! Oh by the way, it wasnt about me, for sure i have been there...plenty times, but i thought i needed a topic that would get us talkin! You ladies might be right when u say its from both sides, but i aint no las, so i call it from a mans point of view, i will accept that it might be one sided, but hey???!!! And yes i do agree its all about communication, no games, just say what u think/feel.
Response 1
Oh my goodness I can't say enough how I DON'T agree with you. You are reducing male-female relationships to the worst kind of stereotype and at the same time failing to see how this problem arose. Men always complain that they don't understand women. But they don't really try do they? There is much more focus on understanding men. Most of our history is the study of male history, by far the majority of the great "people" of the last century were men. Not so much, I believe, because there were simply no female achievers, but because the world is geared to measuring and appreciating accomplishment on a male standard. Most of the films you see are directed by men, most of the plays you see as well. We are bombarded constantly by the male perspective. It's no wonder women know more about men than men do about women. How many "women's" movies/books/issues does the average guy show an interest in?
(as an aside, that Mel Gibson movie was the most insulting portrayal of what men think goes on in a woman's mind I have seen in a very long time)
And secondly, women go through just as much trauma as men do - they worry just as much, in fact I think sometimes more, about hidden meanings and will he, won't he, should I, shouldn't I, etc etc. And for every childish girl you meet who says she does this on purpose there is some prick doing it right back to the women.
My point is that you can't place the blame for misunderstanding between the sexes squarely at the feet of women. Gender-based stereotypes are harmful and insulting to both men and women. If we could all get past defining ourselves as men/women first and people second (just like we need to define ourselves as people before we define ourselves as a particular race/culture/religion etc) we will be a long way down the path to understanding each other.
Response 2
Don't forget that boys make me cry all the time too, and what's even worse
is that they can't admit to the fact that they f*ck with our heads, I
promise you it works both ways!
Response 3
The thing about chicks is the same as the thing about guys. The problem is honesty and communication. We, as a human race have lost the art of communication. It has become a technology which is now a predominantly visual medium. We no longer take the time to sit and listen (and hear) each other. Life is so fast paced, that we now have to express our intimate chemistry through little games, interludes, innuendos in the hope that someone may be receptive to them and follow-up in some way. As a female, I know, that if I express interest in a man or anyone for that matter, whether it be by saying something small, a look or even a kiss, it is the hope that I will have the opportunity to learn more about that person in the future. Whether that potential relationship would be a friendship, a lover, a husband or a simple acquaintance you get to bump into occasionally, it is all done in the hope of spreading love and interest, in whatever form that may be.
I think the key is to be honest though. If you want to know what is going on, ask! You don't have to necessarily ask directly, but it is very easy to get a good idea of where you stand with someone by spending a few hours with them. I have found day time best for this because there is usually less chance of the two of you getting sozzled and further confusing the problem with hazy recollections of gargled speech.
So now I've decided to tell people exactly what's going on. The problem is that we fear rejection, so don't always tell people how we feel about them. Rejection is inevitable, but acceptance is sublime! Speak to these ladies of whom you write. Tell them you are interested to know them, in whatever shape or form of relationship. Females like to have interest expressed, even if they may not be interested in the man as part of a romance, there is nothing wrong with being interested in a man as a person, and if they are not interested in the man as a person, then they are on a different path and should be left to follow that path. That is not to say you cannot meet them again on that path.
Hey, throw caution to the wind. Life is so full of mundane atrocities and dark places. We have no problem with watching death and destruction on TV and talking all about it, yet we are hassled about showing another human affection and love.
Really did appreciate all the mail, please do feel free to comment, and remember our new community site.
Take care and enjoy your wednesday,
Y
Monday, September 30, 2002
So dawneth another week (so sure i have used that one before, oh well)
Nothing too hectic on the go this end of the world, just takin each day as it come, ofcourse with the goal that come December its the end of articles, and they take em shackles off my feet so i can make some serious cash so i can also be important...
Hope you all had a decent enuff week, me had a pretty interesting week, work, social and all, but i wont bore you with it all.
Got something which i think is more interesting that i would like to bore you with though, had a conversation with a mate this weekend,sure u r thinkin, Yaw, your mates have issues, maybe, but this is one issue that i am sure any guy on this list has had at some point or another in their life, yes u 2 Keith, Gooch, Degs. The issue is 'y do ladies gotta f*** with a brothers head'. Ooh am i gonna get some heat for this one. But anyway....Y cant it just be black and white when it comes to women, more often than not its all grey, and u have to decipher which colour its meant to be. I have sisters and some lady friends and i know for a fact they play this game(some even admited it), and on behalf of all the gents, I gotta ask you all Y?, Y?, Y? droping lines that can be interpreted in many ways, speakin all cryptic and s***.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
I've seen even the hardest of my boys in tears all cos a woman is f***in with the brothers mind, cant eat, cant sleep, all he does is think what did she mean by that, will she call, y hasnt she called, should i call, did i...should i....does she...do i have a chance... all these questions tossing around at pace, listen gents dont lie, there most definately has been a point in your life that you have been in such a position, some more than once.
Boy gets in a fight, may feel pain, in the morning, but he goes to his boys the next day they talk shait , he tells the story as he saw it or ideally would like to have seen it, he ends up lookin like a tough guy, game over. Boy who has just had a good mind f***, goes to his boys place, no matter how hard you try to act it can be seen, boy looks upset, hasnt eaten for weeks, just broken, there is no covering it, dont even have to say a word and your boys know, eish... mind f*** huh??
Someone told me the other day, a smart woman always knows what to do to keep a man guessing, definately come across some smart women in my time, but guess without that life would be far too simple...BUT what the F is wrong with simple???
Anyway guess u gotta love it, like we have a choice? suppose u do...get out the kitchen, but how boring would that be, hell there would be more obese males running around(no mind f***in and all). Oh, but if we had the powers Mel Gibson had in what women want...oh how scweet that would be, but alas, no such luck
Anyway I am out, just thought i'd drop u all a line bright and early this week just to say whaddup and wish u all, as usual a fantabulous week filled with plenty mind f***in, me excluded ofcourse, cos i cant deal with that sh**t, don't need no forced diet, hell negro is thin enuff already.
Eish now i think about it, i could be on my own on this one?? Nah, Phil, Jem, Degs, Ingo, Markie, u boys have definately been with me at some point...
Birthdays
4th October - Liam
5th October - Liz
To all my people, my party people...get on down, have a blast aight...respek
Thanks for the mail this week, particularly after the money makin u who u r mail, lovin the fact that we are on the same wavelength and i aint that coocoo! Heard a satement, one line that summarised it all well at least it did it for me...'Dont let your money define you'...
Here are some quotes to remind us y we keep gettin into these situations......
Quote
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. - Eleanor Roosevelt
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. - Bette Midler
You all have a gem of a week ya?! I am sure I will, even if i dont, I will, just by remembering... whatever is meant to be will be, and what is not wont be, dissapointment may be felt, but hey such is life, think life is supposed to be fair?...go tell the child that is born blind,/ deaf,/ confined to a wheel chair, life sure aint fair, so just gotta roll with the punches...where that came from i know not, but it came, so i wrote.
Much love, plenty peace and may your creators light shine on your path.
Respek
Y
Nothing too hectic on the go this end of the world, just takin each day as it come, ofcourse with the goal that come December its the end of articles, and they take em shackles off my feet so i can make some serious cash so i can also be important...
Hope you all had a decent enuff week, me had a pretty interesting week, work, social and all, but i wont bore you with it all.
Got something which i think is more interesting that i would like to bore you with though, had a conversation with a mate this weekend,sure u r thinkin, Yaw, your mates have issues, maybe, but this is one issue that i am sure any guy on this list has had at some point or another in their life, yes u 2 Keith, Gooch, Degs. The issue is 'y do ladies gotta f*** with a brothers head'. Ooh am i gonna get some heat for this one. But anyway....Y cant it just be black and white when it comes to women, more often than not its all grey, and u have to decipher which colour its meant to be. I have sisters and some lady friends and i know for a fact they play this game(some even admited it), and on behalf of all the gents, I gotta ask you all Y?, Y?, Y? droping lines that can be interpreted in many ways, speakin all cryptic and s***.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
I've seen even the hardest of my boys in tears all cos a woman is f***in with the brothers mind, cant eat, cant sleep, all he does is think what did she mean by that, will she call, y hasnt she called, should i call, did i...should i....does she...do i have a chance... all these questions tossing around at pace, listen gents dont lie, there most definately has been a point in your life that you have been in such a position, some more than once.
Boy gets in a fight, may feel pain, in the morning, but he goes to his boys the next day they talk shait , he tells the story as he saw it or ideally would like to have seen it, he ends up lookin like a tough guy, game over. Boy who has just had a good mind f***, goes to his boys place, no matter how hard you try to act it can be seen, boy looks upset, hasnt eaten for weeks, just broken, there is no covering it, dont even have to say a word and your boys know, eish... mind f*** huh??
Someone told me the other day, a smart woman always knows what to do to keep a man guessing, definately come across some smart women in my time, but guess without that life would be far too simple...BUT what the F is wrong with simple???
Anyway guess u gotta love it, like we have a choice? suppose u do...get out the kitchen, but how boring would that be, hell there would be more obese males running around(no mind f***in and all). Oh, but if we had the powers Mel Gibson had in what women want...oh how scweet that would be, but alas, no such luck
Anyway I am out, just thought i'd drop u all a line bright and early this week just to say whaddup and wish u all, as usual a fantabulous week filled with plenty mind f***in, me excluded ofcourse, cos i cant deal with that sh**t, don't need no forced diet, hell negro is thin enuff already.
Eish now i think about it, i could be on my own on this one?? Nah, Phil, Jem, Degs, Ingo, Markie, u boys have definately been with me at some point...
Birthdays
4th October - Liam
5th October - Liz
To all my people, my party people...get on down, have a blast aight...respek
Thanks for the mail this week, particularly after the money makin u who u r mail, lovin the fact that we are on the same wavelength and i aint that coocoo! Heard a satement, one line that summarised it all well at least it did it for me...'Dont let your money define you'...
Here are some quotes to remind us y we keep gettin into these situations......
Quote
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. - Eleanor Roosevelt
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. - Bette Midler
You all have a gem of a week ya?! I am sure I will, even if i dont, I will, just by remembering... whatever is meant to be will be, and what is not wont be, dissapointment may be felt, but hey such is life, think life is supposed to be fair?...go tell the child that is born blind,/ deaf,/ confined to a wheel chair, life sure aint fair, so just gotta roll with the punches...where that came from i know not, but it came, so i wrote.
Much love, plenty peace and may your creators light shine on your path.
Respek
Y
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