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Words

cleodenecharles@yahoo.com — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Lol!!! Well that laugh from the gut was for YoungColouredMale who was quite insightful to my moaning. And yes, I did have to get that one off my chest for the record it was just getting too much for me to keep in and yes, I don�t like moaning but I do have a bad habit of doing some of my own moaning deep on the inside. Sometimes it just surfaces like a cockroach on your popcorn but very seldom.

But the New Year has brought with it promise of less road rage and even less economic stres [...]

On Love

gerrygerrry@yahoo.com — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Everyone on this planet has some idea of what the word �love� means, and its meaning for any one person is often contextual and is arrived at from life experience � and no further thought on it. Love is not easy to understand, though. Perhaps it is impossible to know what it is, although one can see it in action and experience it.

I see love as a force, a phenomenon, which exists outside of you and within you simultaneously. It has many faces and it is the driving force [...]

Stuff I like part 29 More DADA

pierre.theron@covidien.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Why the abrupt and unwarranted interest in having lunch with me? Why start the conversation with "Got a minute?" Why not simply say: "Can I talk to you?" Or better yet, simply save everyone time and announce what it is you are really interested in from the beginning?

Well, I think it is human nature, you know? By resorting to cliche, we rely on the comfortable and the familiar in a situation that creates nervousness. Thereby, we avoid embarrassing stutters and stammers as we search for new wo [...]

Interested in writing

pierre.theron@covidien.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Screenplays for TV, movies or theatre. These 4 books could assist:

Writing to sell, by Scott Meredith. A good primer on plot and characterization with an unfortunate title.

Adventures in the screen trade, by William Goldman. A funny, gossipy memoir with a couple of fine chapters on dramatic structure.

The Screenplay, by Syd Field. Another excellent discussion of structure.

Hitchcock-Truffaut, by Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock. Truffaut, himself an accomplished film-maker, int [...]

Stuff I like part 28 RINGDADA

pierre.theron@covidien.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Honored Fathers and Mothers. Forgiveness, please, that I send not tribute but pain to your kingdom. I am troubled by the when I now call home. Your children, hundreds of generations distilled from your seed, are hollow. Dressed in garish rags, peddling drink and spite to worshippers of money. The land of my birth is a playground for fools. I know this cannot be so everywhere. I feel it. The spirit of a people so proud, so gentle, cannot be erased, not even by the cruel tricks of "history". But I [...]

Thoughts on beauty.

girl4pmb@yahoo.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Blindsniper has some really awesome blogs going on beauty. Thought I'd just add my own thoughts.

I watched an episode of the Real Housewives of Orange County, on http://www.bravotv.com, and it seems extreme makeovers are all the rage these days, with botox injection parties. Plastic surgery is on the rise. Many people are trying to match the extraordinary measures actors and actresses go through to look perfect on the screen. These are shortcuts taken to try to create happiness with a s [...]

SoS!!

cleodenecharles@yahoo.com — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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It is miraculous that even in this, the New Year you still seem to find that nothing really changes for some people. I mean it! Some people are still haters who moan about everything from the hot weather to the rain and if that was not enough about politics.

I know that a lot of people don't do the resolution thing but is it like on some people's Christmas list to just become bigger idiots? Like they wake up in the morning and think: Ah! Today I am going to moan about everything. I a [...]

Government discriminates against coloureds

aplaatjies@parliament.gov.za — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Proof: Government Discriminates against coloureds

I wonder what number of people know that the government has the most gross racist policies and that the established, well known political parties does nothing about this (maybe because its against coloureds). I'm refering here to a regulation that was authoriesed on 18 August 2006 by the Minister of Labour .

This regulation demands that employers employ two "Africans" for each [...]

DERICK

gerrygerrry@yahoo.com — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

My car was parked at the bottom of a driveway which was adjacent to my cousin Peter's house and sloped upwards for perhaps forty metres to the road. It was time for me and my brother Rob to return to Cape Town. We had rushed to Durban after receiving the terrible news that our mother was dying - unfortunately we did not make it in time. She died a few hours before our arrival, at the end of May 1996.

I shall never forget the journey through the Karoo - it was so cold at night, [...]

Lessons from a spider

girl4pmb@yahoo.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

As a kid i loved reading as i derived much pleasure from doing so. I read through many picture books several times, like Little Bear and A Monster at the End of This Book. But my first real book, one with chapters, was Charlotte's Web.

I really loved this story as it unfolded. I loved the characters and the storyline. I could see the webs that spelled out "some pig". And this is why I was so disappointed in the ending.

Yes, disappointed. In fact, p [...]

The Resolution

cleodenecharles@yahoo.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The new year is once again upon us and a dear friend of mine, we will call him Track was telling me that it is just another day for him. That he doesn't need the hype of the new year to inspire him to be the best that he can be because he has 365 days of the year to do that. It got me thinking....

We do have all these days during the year to improve our lives, become better people and kick that tik habit we so wanted to on that birthday we missed because we were too high to remember [...]

A Perfect Love...

seegersn@thebe.rbg.co.za — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We met at a party and looking into his eyes I knew this was the man who I would spend the rest of my life with. His eyes told of a soul gentle and kind, a man who cares and loves with all his might. His arms said I will protect you and keep you safe from all harm. His kiss said I will never bring tears to your eyes and I will keep those lips of yours smiling.

We fell deeply in love almost instantly and I promised my heart and soul to him for eternity. As the days passed we [...]

TIME TO SHINE

gerrygerrry@yahoo.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The year draws to a close as I write this; a perfect time for reflection - not the run-of-the-mill reflection on a year gone by, but a starting point for what lies ahead for me.

When I look back at 2008, it is not so much a rewinding of a video recording of events I see but a sense of my life in fast-forward mode. Time is on a quick march, a beat and rhythm that seems faster and more exciting than it was a few years ago. It is as though I am rushing towards something big and life-altering. Ex [...]

Why i believe in miracles...

girl4pmb@yahoo.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This world is full of chaos and hurt; heartache and pain. Life isn�t fair. It�s easy to become cynical.

But I believe God brings us miracles to help us keep from losing faith. There are little things that happen every day that prove He is present. Miracles? Maybe. Coincidence? Possibly. But as disheartened as I might sometimes feel, I can always look back on the one profoundly indisputable miracle He gave my family and I remember that He is here and that He loves us. No matter how [...]

Swimming: Control vs Trust

tessagd@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The complex I live in has a pool and so I took a swim today, and boy did I have a rush of thought and a rush of emotion, let me explain. Until today I have never gone for a swim alone in this pool, Ive only swam when Ive had company. Why? Because something in me didn't want to swim alone and moreover to be seen swimming alone. Quite a contradiction for me as Ive always held aloneness as sacrosanct in my life. I moved here to be alone and have held up aloneness as a medal of honour [...]

A dog's life.....

duncanr04@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

This one's for the ladies who so often labels man as a dog and it's mostly the ladies who tries to keep their men away from the outside life who does this. I know some brothers who's not even allowed to leave home by themselves, the only time he gets out is when missus needs him to take her somewhere.

A wee quote to start with:

In the eternal words of a certain Mr. DarkManX (DMX as some know him):

A dog is a dog

Leave a dog Alone

WITHOUT YOU...

nataliemichelle.scheepers@vcontractor.co.za — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

I must admit, I am not much of a writer but just feel I had to get this out. Festive season again, family , giving and loving time. I should be happy yet I feel incomplete.

I can almost hear you singing in the kitchen xmas morning, off tune but still like ectasy to my ear. Smelling the delicious feast you preparing for lunch. Calling my name eventhough you nagging...oh how I long for it now. Your soft, warm hands and gorgeously painted nails busy with the food, you look like the m [...]

If I were a Boy!

cleodenecharles@yahoo.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Have you ever walked into a room and just stopped because the gorgeous being at the bar just caught your attention? You kind of look in that exact same direction and you can't help but stare because, damn, you really think you have come in contact with "the one?" don't stare at me and tell me you haven't. We all have those odd ball moments because as human beings we fall in love with the exterior before we fall in love with the internal.

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It's christmas time & it's not about me

girl4pmb@yahoo.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It's Christmas time. We can tell because of the increased traffic, the slammed malls (even in this time of economic turmoil), the Christmas lights adorning neighbourhoods, even the occasional church sign that mentions Advent. We know its Christmas because every jewelry store, toy store and car dealership are working overtime and drying up their marketing budgets with advertisements. Yes, it's the special time of year that can be so intoxicating that it makes you forget, quite often really, what [...]

A White Christmas

ehmorden@gmail.com — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Perhaps it will be a white one. Perhaps not. But it will certainly be a cold one.

My first Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere. My first Christmas spent away from my family.

Both are momentous. I've quite enjoyed the Christmas vibe - the lights, the markets, seeing things like roasted chestnuts I've only ever read about in books and seen in movies. It is exactly how it is.

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