Andy Warhol: “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” You can’t choose the 15 minutes but why would you be world famous?

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For one, when I unfold this statement I can’t help but think of social media. Anything posted online is immediate and as we’re aware of social media is pretty much global and accessible anywhere, anytime. A typical ’15 minutes of fame’ story would be that of Jason Russell who was the face and ambassador of the Stop Kony 2012 Campaign.

Here was a guy who believed through spreading on the word and brining awareness on the horrific and abusive killing of children in East and Central Africa countries at the hand of a bad man named Kony and his floozies. These poor kids were given ammunition and trained to be killing machines. Surely the Stop Kony Viral Campaign (video) was a success in terms of exposure  and getting the word out there yet only a few weeks later the director of the project Jason Russell went all koo koo and bonkers as he couldn’t handle the fame! And there went his 15 minutes of shine. 

What is all comes down to is faces and people not known to the world as we know it will have a name, voice and identity and yes ‘Their 15 minutes in the lime light’.

Save me a seat please

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This was probably a line used by one of many people who issued tickets to watch the 2012 London Olympics months earlier, yet embarrassingly enough the first two days saw many venues with none vacant seats. So my whole thing is what was the real deal behind the selling of these tickets? Were they too expensive considering the Global crisis Europe and the rest of the world were hit by or were the games poorly publicized?

Either way it was a hit in the face for the organisers and waste of resources for sponsors.The worse part was when they got soldiers to fill in the empty seats, seriously! And the latest is the reselling of the tickets probably at a cheaper price. Honestly speaking, I haven’t watched a thing since the opening of the games and frankly at this point do not think I’m any much like to. Some things are just left unsupported!

A skill set called leadership

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Some of us believe that one is   born a leader while others argue that leadership is a skill that can be learned in time through experience. Taking it to another level, is the belief that people born under a certain star sign are believed to posses leadership skills i.e. Leos or individuals born predominately in the month August. My take on these arguments is for one, we are all born with a destiny that much is true.

A part of us reminds us that we were created for better, for greatness and success despite our circumstances. We are leaders of our own destiny. Then comes being a leader through experience, our family situations and background play a role and molding us to accumulate leadership skills or not. At times one will finds that certain individuals were ‘forced’ into responsibility and leadership at an early age i.e. through family structures or experiences, through being the ‘popular girl/boy at school, social status  etc…..

Our childhood plays a crucial role in building us into who were desire to be in future. Then there is the horoscope/ star sign debate. While there are traits that can be traced to people born at a certain time or under a certain sign, at the end of the day we can never judge an individual in accordance to their astrological sign. And as much as I have an interest in astrology, I try not to do this myself.

To conclude: Leadership is a skill that can be learnt just like any other, one just needs to have self belief, control and most importantly a true leader is a responsible leader. We all have it within us.

Why God Why?



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I remember yesterday morning all ready to go for yet another great church service when my bag buckle pierced a nasty hole in my beautiful knit. And the first words which were uttered from my mouth were: ‘Why God Why?’ here I was asking God why he basically messed up my top, the audacity and cheek I have!

But then again I’m not alone, many of us do it all the time. When things go wrong we always blame God, or in most instances anyway… but the truth is bad experiences are part of life itself. And even more true is the presence of God in all that we experience, whether pleasurable or not. All God wants to do is protect us, love and guide us.

The latter is hard to take in when we find ourselves in sticky situations, naturally speaking . Blaming God for most of my misfortunes is a habit I still need to break, but I know in the end it will definitely be worth 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Happy 94th Birthday Tata Madiba

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This marks a special day in differentiating between ‘real bloggers’ and those who blog for the sake of being part of the crowd. As any authentic, enthusiastic blogger would not miss this great opportunity in wishing one of the greatest men would’ve ever set foot on this earth a much blessed birthday. Yes, today is International Mandela Day. It’s our first democratic President Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela’s 94^th birthday.

Madiba is so great that his birthday is celebrated globally (talk about leaving a legacy!). Yet the respect and dignity attached to his name did not come easy. For twenty-seven years of his life Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island leaving his former wife Winnie and children, all in the name democracy and freedom. Freedom that one day all South Africans will live in peace and harmony regardless of race, age, sex, social stature etc…. 

And sure we still have quite a way to go in experiencing ‘true democracy’, but looking back South Africa has come a long way. Today I proudly hold my head up high, shoulders up and pronounce that I am gratefully and gracefully proud to be a citizen of South Africa. Thanks to you, Happy Birthday Tata MadibaJ.



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Wednesday the 11th



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Yep, today is Friday the thirteen yet not much ‘bad luck’ has occurred today (well nothing out of the ordinary to say the least!). Wednesday might as well been Friday the 13^th as I lost my baby, my Blackberry Bold.

Actually I didn’t lose it, it was stolen from me but to cut a long story short I’m without a Smartphone. Which means I’m limited to only two tweets a day, I can only text, receive and make out calls as my current phone’s value is no more than two-hundred bucks!

It’s been a miserable two days with plus minus three more weeks to go before I’m ‘start again’, I think so highly of myself… Happy Times (NOT).

And since my misfortune I’ve come to conclude two things: Smart phones are a true asset and the second is that whole mumbo jumbo about people having bad luck on ‘Friday the 13^th’ is just a sick myth or superstition. You believe it, you attract it, it comes your reality. Simply Put! Happy Friday the 13^th Everyone… ;)

“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read” (Frank Zappa)

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I had to read this title atleast three to four times before I figured out what Mr Zappa was trying to say. Seriously! There I was thinking which drug(s) this guy took before announcing such a statement. Once I got the true meaning behind what he was saying (or trying to say!) I realized there was more to it then what was at surface.

 Basically Frank Zappa in this statement points out that music is not segmented for a certain audience i.e. literate, people from different walks of life and background can enjoy pretty much any type of music. Rock music has always been associated with being crude, dark, ‘trailer’ music and pretty much unpleasant, a genre that only ‘bums’ and ‘losers’ listen to.

But once the so called ‘bums’ listened to it, it gave them meaning, a sense of belonging and relation. Yet these very same people could not be accepted in society or given the deserved human respect entitled to us all. And what Mr. Zappa also points out is although rock n roll gives purpose and meaning to individuals, but it can never be their voice in society. That’s it, Simply Put!

A little discipline goes a long way…

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Okay, so you’ve probably heard this saying a trillion and one times from those wise ‘forever correct’ beings called parents and you’ve just as much rolled your eyes every time ( I know I did!). Hate to say it but they were so right, a little discipline does go a long way. What people forget is we’re all ambassadors of our homes, the way we act and conduct ourselves out there pretty much says a lot about where we come from and where we’re heading.

So the next time you experience road rage and pop the f*&k sign out of the window of your car, dance on top of the table like a drunken demon, exchange words with the guy who cut the que at the supermarket, pull out your boyfriend’s other girl by the hair or screw a colleague over for empty compliments all in the name of kissing the boss’s ass! Reflect on the little girl or boy mom and dad used to spank and scold, for their parenting tactics were never to harm you, but to shape you into the young man or woman you’ve become and who you’re still yet to be…

My top 200 achievements

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 Well, for me to list my top 200 achievements would like take forever and would probably be a hectic thousand or more words which transforms to more of an essay than blog! So I’ll keep things very simple and rather list my top two-hundred achievements in 200 words (quite creative!)

Here it goes…

• Went to Rosebank Damelin one of the coolest high schools ever!
• Studying at CPUT which is just as cool!
• Completing my matric
• Completing my ND in Marketing and still yet to achieve my B-tech in PR
• Being a Marketing Assistant for a dynamic tourism company
• Getting my learners, next: License
• Giving my life to Jesus
• Pledging to be a faithful tither
• Befriending someone for seven years only to lose them recently! (sad)
• I’ve fallen in love at least twice in my life
• I’ve ice-skated once and never going again!
• Love this achievement: was brave enough to get an 18 inch weave lol!
• Created by own blog with other 35 posts in it.
• I own a twitter account with over 1650 tweets
• A member of WIL (Women In Leadership)
• Donate blood ( A good Samaritan I am)
• Performing live on stage with the late Brenda Fassie when I was five!(Not a lie!)
• Being a aunt to two of the most adorable kids ever
• Being the coolest last born ever!
• Giving my all in helping build my community by being involved in a variety of CSI projects.

That’s amongst many of my endless achievements, God willingly will extent the list by the day....