Linken Park... What happened?

Excited fans have been waiting for months for the day to finally arrive, and finally it has, Linkin Park has come to Cape Town. The atmosphere was filled with thrill and anticipation, and when the show kicked off everyone sang along and enjoyed song after song. Sadly, unbeknownst to all the LP’s beloved fans another fan had lost her life just outside. After the Cape Town wind began blowing, it just didn’t stop, and was further the cause of the loss of a life.

As they say: The show must go on, and so it did!

A bittersweet experience for those fortunate enough to attend the concert J

7de Laan????

I do not understand the fuss about this ridiculous soapie, I find myself having to watch it ever so now and then when my parents force me too, and although I only watch it now and then the plot never seems to improve. It is just unacceptably predictable and sad! Can someone please explain how it stays on the air, and still has so many people tuning in?

Please note that I do understand and speak Afrikaans so it has nothing to do with the language. 

ABBA!

Everyone always has a good laugh at me when I say I thought that ABBA was a hit in my day, added to this my favourite song ABBA is non-other than DANCING QUEEN J

And here are the lyrics for you –

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life 
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen 

Friday night and the lights are low 
Looking out for the place to go 
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing 
You come in to look for a king 
Anybody could be that guy 
Night is young and the music's high 
With a bit of rock music, everything is fine 
You're in the mood for a dance 
And when you get the chance... 
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/abba/dancing+queen_20002554.html ] 
You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen 
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine 
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life 
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen 

You're a teaser, you turn 'em on 
Leave them burning and then you're gone 
Looking out for another, anyone will do 
You're in the mood for a dance 
And when you get the chance... 

You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen 
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine 
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life 
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen

The last lecture

Today was my last lecture after an enjoyable and educational BTech year. I have learned so much during the course of this year and do not regret taking the risk and opportunity to become a student again. I have done so much during this year and in hindsight I can definitely say that I will a life-long learner. After this it’s a short course in a little bit of this and a little bit of that and there after it is me against my Masters! YEAH looking forward to that!

What a great year! Thank you to everyone for joining me on this gorgeous journey.  

Dr. Gordon Livingston was a US author and psychiatrist, who wrote a critically acclaimed book called: Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, wherein he discusses 30 truths or life lessons. He believed that every individual is in control of his/her destiny, despite their past or current situation. The fourth chapter in his book was called 'The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas' (Thomp, 2011).

This is exciting to know, as we all have things in our past which we feel might come back to bite us in the ass one day. So now thanks to Dr Gordon Livingston, there is a greater understanding that no matter what trauma you might have gone through in your past you now have the power to control your destiny and move up and on to greatness!

The power is in your hands! Do not let past traumatic events affect the success you are destined to achieve! 

If I could get a message to a large group of people…

I am always grateful to my Heavenly Father for granting me the opportunities that he has given me as well as the grace that He grants me each and every day. I am also grateful that one day I will meet Him and spend an eternity with Him, nothing could be better than that, no matter how wonderful your life may be on this earth, nothing can compared to what awaits you.

It is for this reason that I would like everyone to experience this same feeling that I do. Furthermore, I would like to spread this message to as many people as I can. Everyone needs to know the joys of knowing The Lord! 

How old would I be if I didn’t know how old I was?

Well, I am a tiny little person, who has been mistaken for a younger version of myself far too many times. So, if one day I woke up and couldn’t remember how old I was or anything about myself I would be added to my own list of ignorant fools who accuse me of being younger than what I am, or compared me to someone far younger than me. Shame on those people!

On the flip side of that coin, I do believe that if I looked at my mind and how I deal with situations, I would probably be about ten years older than what I am. That’s probably because I’ve always be surrounded by people older than me, and my father has always tried to instil in his children, the attributes of an old soul.

So, basically, physically I am a teenager, and mentally I am an old woman. Lol J

Of all the forms of courage the ability to laugh is the most…

Encouraged! When you are faced with diversity or unexpected personal situations where you are faced with negativity, it is only the bravest of hearts that have the courage to laugh at themselves and move on. So, when you are put in a situation where people are under-minding you, always remember your potential and laugh the negativity off. When you possess the power to laugh you have the courage to succeed!

Only bad things happen quickly

I have to agree to disagree with this statement; of course we know that many good things take time to happen. So in terms of this statement I would have to say it all depends on the situation and which good things you would like to happen to you. Some of the best things in life happen at an unexpectedly rapid pace. However, it must be said that one should never just expect good things to happen to you. Hard work and dedication is what is required in order to achieve success! Don’t doubt yourself; anything is possible with the right attitude and enough hard work! BE BOLD! 

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid

The author Basil King, once said this when he spoke about overcoming fear, and I must say that I completely agree with him. However, I must add that one should not be bold in situations which do not require boldness, don’t be bold just to be bold. Be bold when the situation calls for your boldness. For the public relations BTech’s, I say that now you are required to be bold! So go out there, be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid! The future is now!