2010 here we come

At home with the family for Christmas and I’m very happy to chill with all of them and to take a much-needed break from my Masters dissertation and the course I have to retake next semester.
Went to a friends traditional wedding proceedings this last Saturday and it was so bittersweet. In about five or so [...]

924

a sad truth, we keep learning lessons in life, some are easy and fun but the greater majority are tough and gut wrenching and at times, threaten our very core and indeed we feel like we would die…

the boy who knew too much

I was reading Ps.83:14-15 and i was just wondering is there a place for such prayers in this day and age? Like when can i set out to pray as follows
Like the fire that burns down the forest,
or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
chase them with your gale winds,
and terrify  them with your windstorm.
If [...]

two times lucky

today i said all that i have been thinking silently about for almost a week now. today i let you know what i feel, but what, if anything, did it achieve?
next time
losing patience
not for too long
losing myself

b r j

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
William Blake
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
Barbara Sher
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every [...]

blue

one bad day…a little set back and then a burst of fun and enjoyment and then back to square one and the vicious cycle continues as such… I found out that a friend of mine is going back home this past weekend and for some reason I will really miss her though I’m sure we [...]

scouts honour

I do hearby promise that if I get married I will never call my husband hubby! How gross it is

sharing is caring

These are a few things that have caught my fancy in the last couple of months!
How a little girl got caught up in a cultic movemement
I like the idea of sustainable trade
Nice idea, but really?
My sister gave me this book and its been a nice read
I wanna read this one
I wanna read this two
I wanna [...]

little pill on the hilltop

two things I do that I know I ought to stop: One, is looking at disgusting things over and over and having to commit it to my mind, the gross-ER it is, the greater the fixation! Two is feeling sad and making sure I play music that makes me feel worse about it or replaying [...]

im so foolish

My new game is to look at people and to come up with the least likeliest things about them. For instance in my exam yesterday I kept looking at my German 39 year old professor lecturer who was listening to music and trying to think of what he would be listening to. My conclusion, dude [...]

thinking hard

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~Nelson Henderson
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
 Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one [...]

random moments

How come no one tags me? anyhu….the rule is to answer this stuff with the first letter of your name but as this is anonymous..
What is your name: Gnovember but A* in reality
A four letter word: Alas
A boy’s name: Anthony
A girl’s name: Acheri
An occupation: Advocate
A colour: Auburn
Something you’ll wear: Apron
A food: Avocado
Something found in the [...]

grrrrrrrr

I have been getting the urge to go and work in a small town somewhere or go abroad and just be on my own. I love my family but being the youngest has meant that certain lessons I’ve been spared and while I dont want to go large, but I think I want to get [...]

100th Post

i used to be scared of  hearing it
i’m the first to walk away
              and the last to ever say it
You had me in your grip
when you showed up i’d weep
       NO more
       NOT now
      NOT ever
It doesnt have to be like this anymore
Now, it signals growth and a new beginning
I refuse to hang onto the [...]

chubby

I have learnt today that the devil wont always manifest in the way that we expect him to and when he does show his hand, you wont know what he is on about or what his next move. I guess its nice what the Bible says about flee from the devil rather than start to [...]

z

Finally the year has drawn to an end and I’m sad at having to leave this place, I never thought it would grow on me but alas! it has and well, I may be on and off for the next ten weeks! but good times, may they roll!
The thing I love about SA, is the diversity. I find, [...]

history

Two great things happened to me this week.
One I finished my Honours and so Im as free as a bird
Two Obama won the election!

thick days

Today I found myself
After searching all these years
And the man that I saw, he
wasn’t at all who I thought he’d be
I was lost when you found me here
And I was broken beyond repair
Then you came along and you
sang your song over me
It feels like I’m born again
It feels like I’m living
For the very first time
For [...]

A.G.E

i dont know why im obsessed with aging ten years ago i had this little not to self that i inserted in my journal about where i hope to be when im 23 years old- first off i could not imagine being that old and then now i am and thinking in a few months il be [...]

sunday mornings

I was just remembering the books that captivated me as a child.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats from NIMH. It has an odd title but dont bash it imagine.
Anne Shirley series anyone: Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne of Green Gables!
Secret Seven, Famous Five and Enid Blyton, oh and that series on Malory Towers.
Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys
Sweet Valley: [...]