10 most unexpected consequences of being online.

·      Meeting someone from your past and you just can’t seem to get the bad memories off your mind.

·      Finding out disappointing information about someone who you thought was your friend.

·      Someone hacking into your account pretending to be you up-dating your status.

·      When you don’t have time to chat people take it the wrong way and then get offended.

·      Seeing pictures from your past that someone has been hiding and my my do you look SOO UGLY lol.

·      You find that your future boss is online as someone else and is/has been spying on you.

·      Blind date A HUGE CONSEQUENCE some people’s profile is not the truth.

·      Misunderstandings during conversations because there is no face to face interaction.

·      Vulnerability when chatting to someone else.

·      Accidently sending a wrong message to the wrong recipient OOPSY!!!

The day I got robbed… part 1

 

You know when some tells you about their experience of how they got robbed and in the same breathe say they HATE SA!!!!!!!!! You on the other hand are sympathetic and say it’s not really bad, it’s like that everywhere in the world, well at least they didn’t take your life and you ask the are they emotionally okay?

 

I got robbed this year let me tell you it was very unpleasant. A friend and I were walking towards her car, it was at about 7ish pm, in Gugulethu, now you need to understand my mom has warned me about this place several times (I admit) and it was rather busy. I had a shiny bag, wearing a bright blue jersey and really didn’t think much about the commotion. This guy jumps out of a white car (doggy I tell you), says something and I immediately turn around and run, he grabs my arm to grab my bag, I SCREAM!!! (Though I can’t even scream to save my life) and people look to see but do they stop to help NO??????? Anyway the car pulls away; I run towards the car and start banging on it (DON”T ask me what was I thinking cause it was oblivious I wasn’t thinking). My friends hear my screaming come closer ask me what happened I’m bitten shaken my friend explains for me. We then get into the perspective cars and head off to the nearest police station. Get there talk to a policeman, he asks what happened I explain,

then gives me a number to call to block my id I then walk away thinking that we’re done and then I’m like aren’t you suppose to issues me with a affidavit form? He responds “oh ewe nansi” (oh yes here it is).  I go home drink sugar water and go to sleep. I wake up in the morning dreading the up/down, ques and how many times I’m going to have to explain what happened to the various people at the  counters.  To top it all I lost my voice at my attempt to scream eish what a day I’m going to have. 

“Bunch of animals” is one comment on CPUT strikes in August. What is yours?

“Students gone wild” I tell you.  The students who were part of the strike that took place on campus. I feel have been meaning to express how they really feel about CPUT. Instead of acting in a civilized manner they opted to be barbaric about the situation.  I would like people to know that such behaviour is not what every CPUT student stands for or adhere to. We all from different backgrounds weather they are like this at home I don’t know and will not blame the way they were brought up as an explanation. Rather the influence of various mediums that have brainwashed them and allowed them to forget about the values of respect that they’ve been taught. What happened to sitting down and talking about things, the ethics, respect for the place you study and also the other students. These same students are the leaders that most CPUT students voted for to be our spokesperson. I know that they’ve tried to talk to the relevant department about the situation and didn’t get the answer they were looking for. Acting in such a manner doesn’t make things any better but rather worse. We are to go into the real world and display the skills that we’ve been taught at CPUT. I for sure know that protesting, attacking and acting in an unlawful manner are not among the skills that I’ve been taught at CPUT. Therefore I say that the situation was not handle in a proper manner by the students and if that is what they have to do to get a answer from the relevant people, what are we saying to the public at large. I know that some were punished (sent to jail/appeared I court) but the mere fact remains every single CPUT student was punished classes were canceled for a week. That’s why I say that this behavior was purely students gone wild.

Every day is a good day

The ending of day can only be determined by the way you start the day. If you plan to make it a good day then it will be, though something unexpected can happen and turn your day into a bad day. So you need to know how to handle it. I personally don’t think ever day is a good day; you have to some how go through a bad day. Those days make you appreciate life and fight the battles that you face every day. Over coming bad days is a test we go through in this journey called life. It’s the little things in life that make our days good i.e. friends, flowers, luxury and I think most importantly the fact that we’ve made it to the next day by god’s grace. Some people plan their days and things happen accordingly that could be called a good day. For me a good day well, is one that most would call a tiring day, a day full of work where lot’s of activities and keeping me busy. When a day goes by and I havn’t worked hard enough I feel down and wonder what a bad day I’ve had. Instead of resting on that day I want to work, I suppose it’s something that has become a norm in my life. I know people out there chose to differ well all I can say is my good day won’t really much up to some one’s else explaination of a good day. When the lady at the counter says have a good day does she really mean it or is it just customer service with a smile? Well I say it depends on her mood if you some how get on her wrong side, she wishing a good day well let’s just say won’t be sincere. We as customers should also wish her/him a good day imagine how many people she/he has to say that to and sometimes she’s/he’s not having a good day but just has to give service with a smile. Let’s try to make everyones day a good day start off with a smile and let it not end with a cry.

If I were I was a boss

OMG I would be feeling on top of the world. The power that I’ve always wanted is finally mine, I don’t have to work under anybody and I call the shots. Though I would repect my workers and make sure I treat them equally. You know being a boss does come with a lot of stress and pressure I can see from my boss. You basicallly play the role of a dad, businessman and that for your wokers mean you have everything under control including my salary. Some bosses though take their jobs for granted and don’t utilise their staus correctly. It also depends what company and who will I be bossing around. Bossing around is such a primary school term that my friends and I use to say to each other. Not knowing that one day we all would love to be big bosses. A boss doesn’t have to be big, a male and have a deep voice. There are soo many stigmas attched to it I for one don’t agree with all of them. A boss has to be strong, assertive and open minded. I bet a lot of people would battle to take me seriously because I look like a sixteen year old well I may look like one I surely don’t act like one. I remember when I use to work for a magzine company, when it came to meeting clients (by myself) they’d always looked surprised as to say, are you old enough and was I really speaking to you on the phone, It always craked me up. I’m going to be a boss in a industry in the near furture but right now I’m the boss of my life and I need to live it.

It is a poor idea to lie to yourself …

Poor, well it depends how bad the lie is, a lie is generally not a good thing to anyone. I would rather call it a shame idea rather than a poor idea a lie affects you personally. A lot of people within society have lied to get to where they are today, there are however consequences in the end. Why lie to yourself when you know it’s not what you really want to hear. One can lie to make themselves feel good but for how long will that lie hold. Lying to yourself could lead to dishonesty and could affect your daily life. Living in a lie comes with a whole lot of pressure. Take for example; a humble young boy from a rural area/poor background comes to Cape Town for a better life meets up with rich students who are living a life that he can only dream of, the pressure is for him to live up to that stand, he has two options to either work to get that life (forget about education) or pretend to be living that life (meaning he might have to steal or ask money from his poor family at home). Either way he would be lying to himself because that is not the life he had hope for himself and he is not being true to his character/who is. Chose your lie as it may affect you in the long run, lie when you have to. If you are honest with yourself you won’t have to lie.

Not all who wander are lost. 1/5

Wander, curiosity I call it, I mean you wouldn’t wander if you knew where you were going. Though you could just want to see what is beyond the wandering and try to find answers to the questions you’re asking. You can only get lost if you don’t know your direction. You need to plan and get all the necessary information that will lead you in the right direction. If you get lost, I encourage you to not be afraid to ask for direction from anyone as you never know what lies ahead. Though, if your path of life is filled with distractions you are most likely to get lost. Wander, but don’t wander too long time waits for no man, opportunities come once you need to grab them and give them your all. Wandering may have some stumbling blocks, challenges, disappointments and frustrations you need to be strong and determined about your journey as you never know where it may take you. As young people we tend to forget about our dreams, ambitions and aspirations only because the influences within our society seem to be the life but that is only because we as the young people don’t know any better, wandering to us is a norm and once we reach adulthood with out realising it, it’s a norm that needs attention

WE ARE WHAT WE DO

I would rather say it’s within our characters. What we do could just justify our actions and personalities. My doing differs from the next person and does not nescessary mean that I have to agree with what they are doing and same applies for them. The outcomes of doings could be bad or good depending on the person/individual. I personally feel that doings reflect on the kind of person you are. Take for example I love talking to people and that brings out the talkative side of me. If you love fashion or music, your designs/collecting of music defines the creative and musical side of who you are. Though your doings are influenced in one way or another and your doings could influence other doings. So are we what we do, yes to a certain point depending on what it is that we do. If you want to see good then do good. Also doings can also be done internally and externally basically using the sub conscience of oneself. Though we need to be aware of our wrong doings and allow ourselves to correct them or look for the positive. Wrong doings at most times are noted and good doings sometimes go unnoticed. Though doing something good will build your character.

Are we affraid of wrong things?

Wrong things well life is not perfect yet we know the difference between wrong and right. Wrong things always tend to bring pain and right things always happiness. I’d say it depends on the situation but in general we are afraid of wrong things we somehow wish that there was no word such as wrong in the dictionary. Sometimes we know the outcome is going to be wrong but yet we go ahead with ever we are doing. I know I’m afraid of wrong things whenever I’m about to do something wrong I think of my parents. We all do wrong things whether we forced to or do them out of our own will. I still remember when I was still little girl and if I had done something wrong, I would keep quiet for the whole day go to sleep and know that would kind of get me out trouble up until my parents caught me out. Now if you think of what I was doing, by keeping quiet that is wrong as well, I on the other hand thought as a little girl that was right. You know the most difficult part for most humans is owning up to a wrong doing you seldom get people who will admit they are wrong maybe they are afraid. What makes us so afraid that sometimes we don’t tell people about our wrong doings or even ask for advice. You know being afraid can cause stress and this is not healthy for ones life. So what is that you afraid of how wrong is your wrong doing/thing?

Colour of the wind?

Well i've always thought of the wind being a pale blue colour that reflects purity and freedom. The direction in which it blows determines where it will end up. In life we may have troubles and issues, we seek freedom and when we find it we wish it could take us to a place where there is no troubles. The colour of the wind also reflects your personality and how you react to situations. If you really think about the wind is not always care free, you get different types of winds. A gust of wind for me is grey it reflects hard times. I remember as child when drawing the garden (pre-school times) i'd always colour the wind light blue and not once did i ever draw leaves or litter blowing in the wind. When i think of those days now i wonder what i really thought the colour of the wind was did i look at the colour of the wind from the little girl next to me's drawing or did i really think that it was light blue (naturaly, like the sun is yellow,grass is green). Now that i'm older i say the wind is pale blue what happend to the light blue well i think there was no pale blue colour (or let alone did even know the differnce between pale blue and light blue) in my crayon box, i now understand what really meant. Well if you think about when you ask someone what is their favourite colour it always seems to reflect their personality. My colour of the wind says alot about how i handle situations i'm calm and just want to be free.