“nothing in any life, no matter how well or poorly lived, is wiser than failure or clearer than sorrow. And in the tiny precious wisdom they give to us, even those dreaded and hated enemies, suffering and failure, have their reason and right to be…” Shantaram

Who would have thought the 4th of December so soon this year, man its so clichéd but its been one helluva a whirlwind year, where did it go and where is it in such a hurry to go to? Its been a pretty eventful so far ey.

Both personally and in the world as a whole. I have quite enjoyed these 4 mth hiatus from formal employment I cannot lie, and dear Leila you were so right, the creator does provide if you trust in him to. In these 4 mths I have read some interesting books ey.

The journey started off with a book called the 4 hr work week which I just rounded off to the zero hour work week ☺ ok not entirely true but it made for good reading no. Great book about increasing efficiencies if you have your own business whose processes can be streamlined. Another well advertised book that I read was called Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. I found the book rather interesting in the points that it raised about what disappointed me was the follow through on those points. They just didn’t seem to go anywhere.

2 other noteworthy books I have kept myself busy with were Catcher in the Rye and most recently Shantaram. I don’t think I can tell you enough about this book. For me it was such an enchanting read man, I was spell bound, even when I was at gym trying to look sexy (just the body ofcourse) I was thinking of Prabu and Linbaba ☺. There are parts of the book that I think are extremely Ramboesque and far fetched but on a whole the book was deep. The philosophical and life lessons it delivered man…wooow read it.

What else, I met a wealthy haphazard Englishman who I am trying to do some work with but man is he a breaker??!! Drama personified I tell you. Days of our Lives have nothing on this man.

Anyway a huuuuge thing I have come to grips with lately as well is that I am really a fake Christian. Its not something I am proud of in any way and its something I am working on but man I preach the good speak about God and I truly believe in a being higher than myself who I have been brought up to believe takes the form of a Christian God. I read my Bible daily. I try walk the talk as best as I can, but in my heart of hearts there is something just amis. And I try but then I analyse and I fall short. I want to believe that the only way to God is through Jesus but then I think about my Muslim friends who walk the walk and talk the talk very religiously. I look At Buddhists, I think to the actions of some really good people who aren’t necessarily Christian, but their hearts purer and their actions more Christian the most Christian will they be cast into the fiery pits of hell because even though their lives was lived according to Gods way, they hadn’t accepted Jesus as their saviour? I believe my God to be more just than that? But anyway Aluta conituna, found a new church in Rondebosch thanks to Simone, that’s also a funny story, a week before, my bro and my cousin were lamenting the fact that we were struggling to find a church that speaks to us, then honestly no jokes less than a week later I got a message from my friend Simone who haven’t spoken to in a loooong time. She was just saying hi then she asked if I was still going to church I said nope cos I am struggling to find one that speaks to me so she told me about this Common Ground church. Tried it out last Sunday it was a ripper so will give it a shot again…happy days…

The best thing I have done though is I have finally started going for swimming lessons. Started last week after 5 or so years of failed new years resolutions. But the more I go the more I realize this fat as$ was built for land. Breathe, kick, arms…floating whats that ☺ but ey we persevere.

Tsk tsk tsk, whats this world coming to. Mr Squeaky clean Tiger Woods, extra marital relations, I don’t know no more man, just in the week I decide ok enough now, let me see if I can sommer find me that ordinary girl (but extraordinary for me ofcourse) like Lionel Richie sings about. But nooo tiger had to go and play out of bounds whats the world coming to I ask??

Another thing that grated me for a while a few weeks back was this Reitz 4 thing. For those of you know the story there were these 4 students at the Free State university who thought it would be interesting to initiate some of the university workers. Now from my view point. These workers are quite elderly and seemed to participate in these events of their free will. From where I sit, I think they could have said no at anytime but they didn’t and they looked like they were having fun. But alas, it became a big racial thing and there were criminal charges drawn up against these 4 dudes. Anyway a few mths later I think what transpired is the university rector decided to drop the charges against the 4. Well done to him I say.

These are 4 youngsters, I think they have learnt their lesson in these last few mths. To consistently pollute my ears and eyes with random headlines about political parties getting involved in the Reitz 4 scenario, come now peeps?? How many of us laugh at Leon Schuster when he ridicules unsuspecting people. I lie we don’t laugh we roll over hysterically. Nehooo

Anyway when I started writing this on Monday I had so much to write and now on Friday, I look outside at this beautiful day we have been given. So on that note I say to you peace out and you all go have yourselves a gem of a weekend!!

Birthdays
23rd Mukthar, Cobbs
27th Juzzy Moore
30th Chelsea, Acha Leke
1st Emmanuel Wayoe
3rd Scotty G

That’s me till next time.
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