BUSY

Today has just been one of those mad mad mad mad days!  I cannot explain, but when I get home all I am going to do is SLEEP!  Ooooo finally have like a 2 min break for tea, but just to busy to even have my tea :( - sad cos I really love my tea!

 

EVERYONE LOVES SA

KINGS OF LEON ARE ALSO COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA!

Yeah yeah yeah – One more sleeps till we know the dates of the concert!  I can not wait yeah yeah – 2011 is going to be one rocking year!

 

Spreadsheets

I have been sitting with one evil spreadsheet to do for the work.  It has been over 1000 pages worth of editing and FIXING!  I am so tired and feel as if I am drained of all energy :( Cant wait to kick back tonight!  I just wanna have some fun!

 

Thought for the day

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.

-Johann Wolfgang Von Geothe

 

4 years...

4 years – WE MADE IT!

This has been the most exciting 4 years of my life – Thank you for being apart of it Matthew – Would not have wanted it any other way.

May we grow old together…. But like REALLY OLD!

 

www.moistcake.co.za

So finally braved the chance to Google and check this site.  It is part of Cell C’s campaign to show how fast the internet is, new service desk etc.  So yes its just a site for a recipe for Trevor’s Cappuccino Cake hehehe LOVE IT!

30STM ROCKED

Now this was a concert to remember!

Mom flew up from Durban to join me – this was a pre birthday gift to rock out one last time before hitting the big 50.

Needless to say it was an amazing night :) Thank you mom for sharing this with me, had allot of fun!  NEXT YEAR IT’s U2 TIME!

 

 

LMAO

HOW TO BE A GRACIOUS BITCH Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement - not even her parent's nasty divorce. Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear, and would be the best-dressed mother-of-the-bride ever! A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father's new, young wife had bought the exact same dress as her mother! Jennifer asked her father's new young wife to exchange it, but she refused..  ''Absolutely not! I look like a million bucks in this dress, and  I'm wearing it,'' she replied. Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, ''Never mind sweetheart I'll get another dress. After all, it's your special day.'' A few days later, they went shopping, and did find another gorgeous dress for her mother. When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, ''Aren't you going to return the other dress? You really don't have another occasion  where you could  wear it." Her mother just smiled and replied, ''Of course I do, dear.....I'm wearing it to the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding.''

 

IN DA NEWS

Is it just me or does this headline seems a little ride?

PhotoBooth

OLD SCHOOL = New School (Class of 2003* Sorta)

At Nicole’s wedding we were lucky enough to have a few of our old school friends there – so we had to take a picture.  Wearing funny hats etc was such a good idea – Photo Booths are always tons of fun – THANKS FOR THE BRILLIANT IDEA!

(Back L-R: Me, Petro, Pieter, Ruwald, Thomas, Nico * Front L-R: Monique, Viki, Nicole & Erika)

 

Nicole & Pieter 30/10/2010

Nicole and Pieter’s Wedding was such a special and fun day.

Wishing you both years of happiness and blessings – Love you lots and cant wait to see more of the fun pictures that where taken.

 

 

 

 

 

SUN HALO

How lucky where we this month in Johannesburg to see a SUN HALO.

This photograph is from www.news24.com just love it – I got in some good shots too and wont forget this awesome site any time soon.

I must admit I thought it was strange? Thinking what it could be? Luckily for me the online sites where running stories and articles to explain the awesome sun and halo.  It is caused by water/ice particles in the atmosphere.  It reacts like a rainbow with the sunlight shining down.  It looked amazing and faded as the day went on.  This was amazing – We live in a awesome planet with so many interesting things happening all the time.

2 MORE SLEEPS

Then my parents are in Johannesburg – YEAH YEAH YEAH!

Mom and I will be rocking out to 30 Seconds To Mars on Friday night – Gonna be dancing, jumping, singing and waving our hands!  This will be the last concert my mom attends before hitting the big 50! So she is ready to party like she is 49!

LOVE YOU MOM & DAD

Hopelessly in love

WITH YOU!

This is one of the first pictures I have gotten from our photo shoot on Sunday

– We are just a bunch of crazy kids madly in love!  This was such a fun shoot to do, I was so worried that Matthew would not feel comfortable.  But he was a dream to work with and made me laugh the whole way through!  He also looks pretty good on the more closer shots. 

LOVE YOU MADLY BABE THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME HAPPY – THANK YOU FOR BEING MY BEST FRIEND, THAT I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH YOU!

 

STRIKE A POSE

We had a fun shoot on Sunday afternoon – can not wait to see the pics!

 

 

I LOVE YOU...

I love hearing those three words every morning.

Matthew is the love of my life and I really don’t know what I would do without him – He is a stubborn mule but it is all level as he is more funny, silly, content, level headed, kind hearted, loving and most of all a MATCH for ME!  We are two peas in a pod – Happy to be together and happy to be so similar.  Where I am adventures he is more reserved, where I am a loose canon he is the steady rock – we just fit!

After this weekends photo shoot (so much fun with my little brat) I realized again – I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YESTERDAY AND LESS THAT TOMORROW! I WANT TO GROW OLD WITH YOU – I LOVE YOU!
I am so thankful that you came into my life, you calmed the storm in my heart.

BACK ONLINE

Been without a pc at the office since Monday – sooooooooooo bad! I was dying! I mean I could not work at all, I was begging borrowing and stealing some time to work on other pc’s.  Must say I am so glad that I saved allot of my data on the Server – SO YEAH! Not too mush information has been lost and saved all my pictures from this year – Would have died if they went missing!

SO NOW IM BACK!

BROODY

Lee-Ann and Me

Oh my… I just LOVE babies!  Vicky at our office brought her new bundle of joy to the office – Boy oh boy she is a cute little thing. 

Now the problem is with all these precious little bundles I GET BROODY!  Yes, I AM BROODY!

Well Matthew will have to sit with me now tonight, being all broody!  Thank goodness I am sensible enough to know – NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME!  I will have to wait it out!

 

 

TEST

I have given up chips, coca cola and biscuits for the next month!

WISH ME LUCK!

 

 

I.C.E.

I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency)

 

Do you have an I.C.E. card in your wallet???? Get one ASAP!  This is so important if you are in any kind of emergency.  Anyone that needs to assist you will have the most information right on hand.  Also save your next of kins as ICE on your cell phones.  It will be there for IN CASE of EMERGENCY!

Get it done TODAY!

 

I wanna be a BILLIONAIRE so freaking bad!

I just read an article about a famous business man in South Africa spending a cool R700,000.00 for his 40^th birthday party!  That is an insane amount of money to be spent – WHY WHY WHY??? Who are these people trying to impress??  I think it’s shocking – That is what people pay for a brand new house in Johannesburg!  But I guess if you have the money to spend – why keep in right??? 

So I guess ill just grin and say “HAPPY BDAY” I hope the waiters got their 10% tip?? Maybe I should get back into waitressing?? Hehehe

Well all is fair in the life of BILLIONAIRES??

NKOSI VILLAGE

This is who I teach every second Saturday during School Term – MY DARLINGS!

 

These are some of the children that live in NKOSI VILLAGE -  a non-profit organisation that assists people with homes, food and getting back on their feet.  I love these kids as they have such a grateful outlook on life.  They are the future!

 

If you want to know more visit http://www.nkosishaven.org/

MAKE A DIFFERENCE – I DARE YOU TO SHOW YOU CARE!

THANKFUL...

1.       MY FAMILY – I have been so blessed with an amazing group of people.  They know me and have guided me gently through this crazy journey of life.  They have always supported EVERYTHING I do.  I am truly blessed with each and everyone of them!  MOM, DAD AND NADINE – YOU ARE THE BEST I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR!

 

2.       MY LIFE – I have been up and down, but more up than down.  So grateful to have had lows - as I have always grown and had the support from friends and family.

 

3.       MATTHEW – Yes, he is part of my life and family, but if it wasn’t for this amazing person I would have never been able to be so happy!  Thank you for always supporting me and being my NO. 1 MAN!  Love you with all my heart!

 

4.       FRIENDS – Who would have thought that I would have so many amazing friends.  Even though I might not see everyone you are in my hearts.  I also have friends that are angels on earth and in heaven – I AM BLESSED!

 

5.       LOVE – I have experienced love on so many levels – I am thankful that I have learnt that there is True Love out there.  That one can not live without love, that one is empty without it and that my life is filled with it! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

 

6.       WORK / JOB – I never know how thankful I was for a work/job till I didn’t have one.  This was and still is a scary thought.  But a job and working fills me with happiness.  I love knowing that I contribute to a bigger picture, that I can make a difference!

 

7.       ABILITY – The ability to do so much and GIVE BACK!  The joy of giving is truly a blessing.

U2

Oh my word they are finally coming to South Africa for a show!

I just can’t wait!  But as my luck has it I cant get to the shops in the morning – I have to give extra lessons in the morning!  Holding thumbs that mom is one of the many thousands that will get up early to get tickets.  MOM YOU ROCK!  Can not wait to do this concert with U2! 

My mom is the best – we will be rocking out at 30STM this November and next year U2 – LOVE IT! Could not have asked for a better mom.

 

 

 

20.10.2010

*Twenty Ten – Twenty Ten *Loving today’s date

JOKE OF THE DAY!

When something good happens, We drink to celebrate!

When something bad happens, We drink to forget!

But when nothing happens, we drink so that something will happen!

 

P.S. We can not go on like this people… Come over a little later bring your own drinks and lets talk about this problem!

BEER GOGGLES

Drinking beer = BEER GOGGLES!

 

 

 

BEER FEST - Pretzels

How I love beer festivals!

 

I think there is some German in me – because as soon as I heard BEER FEST I wanted to be there.

 

Knowing that it was not the best time of the month (money wise), but FREE BEER is still FREE!

 

So I gathered the boys and Nicola – off we went for some fun!

The beer was terrible, so instead of complaining I got some lemonade and made Beer ShandysYUMS!

Now that is how I am going to do Beer Fest from now on – Pros TASTE BETTER – LESS BLOATED! Cons DOESN’T HAVE THE SAME EFFECT – DRINK TOO MUCH hahaha

 

LIFE IS LIFE AND LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF IT!

 

PROST!

 

P.S. Pretzels make me thirtsy!

 

I LOVE BEING KISSED AT SUNSET

 

 

10.10.10

Sunday was a pretty unique date, being the 10^th of the 10^th on 2010.

Nothing special happened, except Johannesburg finally had its first mini-storm for the summer.

We usually have strong winds, hail and rain – so was exciting!

SUMMER IS NOW HERE!

 

TIME TO PARTY!

 

STUPID ME!

I have lost the login password for this blog – how bumb can I be???

I must find it!

I JUST MUST!

 

So will have to settle with mailing to the blog for the time being – THANK GOODNESS FOR TECHNOLOGY!

 

 

TESTING

Is anyone out there?

 

Model Behavior (Take 2)

Felt like getting some nice pictures taken, while Mel practices with her camera.
Loved the fact that we caught the sunset for perfect lighting!

Mel was so very patient with me and all my qualms- I really was not all that comfortable the first hour of the shoot! But think in the end it turned out pretty nicely!

CASUAL DAY!

I just love South Africa :)
We get a NATIONAL CASUAL DAY!  Yes a day where you can dress casually for work, school etc.
This year's theme is DRESS FOR LAUGHTS!

This is what I'm wearning - nothing special just chucked on almost every bracelet and necklace I could find!

WHOOP WHOOP CASUAL DAY!

30STM

GOOD NEWS!
30 Seconds to Mars will be touring South Africa in November 2010.

We are all so excited, missed them the time they were here, now they are back!
Heard announcement that the Golden Circle tickets are sold out - Thank goodness I bought mine on Friday.
This is going to be an amazing show, with my best friends and my mom rocking out!

Whoop Whoop!

IRENE FARM

I really love the farm life...
Guess living in the big city makes you realise that - there must be more!

So guess my new dreams are starting - I want to live on a farm one day!

DOING YOUR BIT

Are you doing your bit?
You know the little things in life are the things that truely count!

I started this year with the hopes and dreams to be more ME, to become the person I want ME to be!
This has not been a easy journey, I have had to say to myself - YOU CAN DO IT and did it!

One of the things that I really wanted to do this year is COMMUNITY WORK.  I used to do allot of these types of things at school - and actually liked it allot.  To make someone smile is a true blessing to the soul.

Mandela Day 18 June 2010 kicked it off for me - I spent the day in the park with children from shelters, played, face painted, jumped on jumping castles and gave 100x hugs!
It was such a fun day that I signed up with Nkosi's Village to assist the children with Afrikaans lessons.

I must say it is a challenge, we are basically helping with HOMEWORK on a SATURDAY - YUCK!
Who wants to do homework on a Saturday?? Well THEY DO!  I was surprised that they were really getting into it and LOVING IT! :)

This weekend we have another lesson and I am very excited - Hope we have fun and learn allot.

So my thoughts are that you should do something...
It could be big or small, like even picking up litter HELPS!

Come on be a sport - DO IT!

Open letter...

Open letter to our Foreign Media friends

by Peter Davies 09/06/2010 09:09  

Dear World Cup visitors,

Now that you are safely in our country you are no doubt happily realising you are not in a war zone. This may be in stark contrast to what you have been bracing yourself for should you have listened to Uli Hoeness or are an avid reader of English tabloids, which as we all know are only good for wrapping fish ‘n chips and advancing the careers of large-chested teens on page three.

As you emerge blinking from your luxury hotel room into our big blue winter skies, you will surely realise you are far more likely to be killed by kindness than by a stray bullet. Remember that most of the media reports you have read, which have informed your views on South Africa , will have been penned by your colleagues. And you know what journos are like, what with their earnest two thousand word opuses on the op-ed pages designed to fix this country’s ills in a heartbeat. Based on exhaustive research over a three-day visit.

Funnily enough, we are well aware of the challenges we face as a nation and you will find that 95% of the population is singing from the same song-sheet in order to ensure we can live up to our own exacting expectations.

We are also here to look after you and show you a good time. Prepare to have your preconceived notions well and truly shattered.

For instance, you will find precious few rhinos loitering on street corners, we don’t know a guy in Cairo named Dave just because we live in Johannesburg , and our stadiums are magnificent, world-class works of art.

Which is obviously news to the Sky TV sports anchor who this week remarked that Soccer City looked ‘ a bit of a mess’. She didn’t realize the gaps in the calabash exterior are to allow in natural light and for illumination at night, and not the result of vandalism or negligence.

The fact that England, the nation which safely delivered Wembley Stadium two years past its due date, is prepared to offer us South Africans advice on stadium-readiness should not be surprising. The steadiest stream of World Cup misinformation has emanated from our mates the Brits over the past couple of years.

If it’s not man-eating snakes lurking in Rooney’s closet at the team’s (allegedly half-built) Royal Bafokeng training base, then it’s machete-wielding gangs roaming the suburbs in search of tattooed, overweight Dagenham dole-queuers to ransack and leave gurgling on the pavement.

In fact what you are entering is the world’s most fascinating country, in my opinion. I’m pretty sure you will find that it functions far more smoothly, is heaps more friendly and offers plenty more diversions than you could possibly have imagined.

In addition to which, the population actually acts like human beings, and not like they are being controlled by sinister forces from above which turns them into bureaucratically-manipulated robots.

Plus we have world’s most beautiful women. The best weather. Eight channels of SuperSport. Food and wine from the gods themselves. Wildlife galore. (Love the Dutch team’s bus slogan: “Don’t fear the Big 5; fear the Orange 11”).

Having said all that, Jo’burg is undoubtedly one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Just ask those Taiwanese tourists who got out of their hire car to take close-up snaps of tawny beasts at the Lion Park a few years back. Actually, ask what’s left of them. And did you know the chances of being felled by cardiac arrest from devouring a mountain of meat at one of our world class restaurants has been statistically proven to be 33.3% higher in Jozi than in any other major urban centre not built upon a significant waterway? It’s true. I swear. I read it in a British tabloid.

Having recently spent two years comfortably cocooned in small town America , I’m only too aware of how little much of the outside world knows about this country. The American channel I used to work for has a massive battalion of employees descending on World Cup country. It has also apparently issued a recommendation to its staff to stay in their hotels when not working.

Given that said corporation is headquartered in a small town which many say is “best viewed through the rear-view mirror”, I find the recommendation, if it’s true, to be utterly astounding. In fact I don’t believe it is true. Contrary to the global stereotype, the best Americans are some of the sharpest people in the world. The fact they have bought most tickets in this World Cup proves the point.

Of course I have only lived in Johannesburg, city of terror and dread, virtually all my life, so don’t have the in-depth knowledge of say, an English broadsheet journalist who has been in the country for the weekend, but nevertheless I will share some of my observations gleaned over the years.

Any foreign tourist or media representative who is worried about his safety in South Africa should have a word with the Lions rugby fans from last year, or the Barmy Army cricket supporters (lilywhite hecklers by day, slurring, lager-fuelled lobsters by night). They managed just fine, just like the hundreds of thousands of fans who have streamed into the country over the past fifteen years for various World Cups, Super 14 matches, TriNations tests and other international events. Negligible crime incidents involving said fans over said period of time.

Trivia question: which country has hosted the most global sporting events over the past decade and a half? You don’t need me to answer that, do you?

In addition. Don’t fret when you see a gaggle of freelance salesmen converge on your car at the traffic lights (or robots as we like to call them) festooned with products. You are not about to be hijacked. Here in Mzansi (nickname for SA) we do a lot of our purchasing at robots. Here you can stock up on flags, coat hangers, batteries, roses for the wife you forgot to kiss goodbye this morning and a whole host of useful merchandise.

Similarly, that guy who runs up as you park the rental car outside the pub intends no malice. He’s your car guard. Give him a buck or two and your vehicle will be safe while you refuel for hours on our cheap, splendid beer. Unless someone breaks into it, of course.

We drive on the left in this country. Exercise caution when crossing the road at a jog-trot with 15 kilograms of camera gear on your back. Exercise common sense full stop. Nothing more. Nothing less. If you want to leave wads of cash in your hotel room like our Colombian friends, don’t be surprised if it grows wings.

Bottomline. Get out there and breathe in great lusty lungfuls of this amazing nation. Tuck into our world-class food and wines. Disprove the adage that white men can’t dance at our throbbing, vibrant night-clubs. Learn to say hello in all eleven official languages. Watch at least one game in a township. You will not be robbed and shot. You will be welcomed like a lost family member and looked after as if you are royalty. Ask those Bulls rugby fans who journeyed to Soweto recently.

With a dollop of the right attitude, this country will change your life.

It’s Africa ’s time. Vacate your hotel room. Join the party.

Waka waka eh eh.

WORLD CUP

Enjoying the celebrations at Soccer City (Fri 11 June 2010) for the opening match of the SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010.

Mexico vs South Africa.

Amazing atmosphere and blessed to share this awesome day with Matthew

LOVE YA BABE XOXOX

IM BACK!

Wow wee it has been a while, not that I actually think anyone reads my blog!

But it is good to be back!

HERE IS A SHOUT OUT
.... HELLO........

Johnny

 

Johnny is a very wise and funny young boy and a good listener too.

One day his teacher gave the class a test like this:

a) 7+5=
b) 19-8=
c) 8+8=

And Johnny wrote his answers:

a) 7+5= Jesus
b) 19-8= Jesus
c) 8+8= Jesus

After marking the test the teacher quite amused called Johnny and said: ‘Can you please explain to the class how you got
your answers’

Johnny stood up, smiled and said: ‘That’s very simple. In Sunday school we’ve learnt that Jesus is the answer.’