tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45223834981439827872024-03-13T08:06:21.857+02:00The Lions DenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-71142601497005075072017-07-07T13:05:00.000+02:002017-07-07T13:05:01.036+02:00Why do you live in South Africa? <div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have had the advantage of living in a foreign country for
a number of years. I am a firm believer in travelling as it broadens the mind
and opens you up to different experiences. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before we continue, it must be said that there are more expatriates
living in Dubai than there are locals. This is the backdrop to me interacting
with the charming people from the United Kingdom in an Arab country. Anyway, we
digress; the British may be many things, but unpatriotic they are not. One of
the most frequently asked questions that the Brits threw at me was: <i>Oi...mate...</i>w<i>hy do you live in Souf Africa? <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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After insulting the queen, I actually take a step back and
ask myself the same question. <o:p></o:p></div>
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South Africa is currently being run by Jacob Zuma. And while
he never had a terrible first term in office, he has completely lost his fucken
mind. It’s almost as if someone snuck into Nkandla and hit the reset button on
his big head.</div>
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Since I last posted on this site, he has been through a
significant investigation regarding his homestead and the misappropriation of
state funds to bankroll the upgrades to said homestead. He was in court a lot and
his responses to some of the questions were bloddy priceless. One of the
questions was regarding very expensive windowpanes installed in the rooms. His response
was: <i>how can I be held accountable for it…I
never asked for them. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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That’s great. Its faulted logic, but an excuse he gave the
courts none the less. Thank the pope he was actually found guilty at the end of
the day. If he didn’t, he would have had a stream of people appearing in court
on charges of not paying etoll bills because: <i>my lord (what we can judges in SA), we never asked for them. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Then there was the taxi scandal. For those not ofay with
South Africa…a taxi is not the international understanding of a taxi, it is a minibus
vehicle that can carry 14 passengers. The most popular vehicle used for a taxi
is a Toyota Quantum. The price of these has increased significantly, taxi
owners took exception to this so they went on a nationwide strike preventing
people from going to work or school. Here is there logic…appreciate it people…how
dare Toyota increase the price of their vehicles, we will stop EVERYONE from
going to work or school. We will make OUR problem THEIRS. If this happened in
Dubai, no doubt the people would have been arrested, charged and deported
within 2 days. Yet, we let our lot continue with the strike and only
intervening if there is violence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, we have the Ministers of Education. The Minister of
Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, tells students at a school in Alexandria
township that they need to put books away during school holidays because
studying too much causes Brain Cancer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, this is a matter where you can actually appreciate the
logic. She is speaking to people who think that witch doctors can summon
thunder and lightning to kill people. So they will believe any shit you tell them.
The ANC is against the ropes politically and is losing influence with every
election that is held. As people become more educated, the more they can see
through the bullshit that is being told to them. Therefore, it is in the best
interests of the ANC to keep people uneducated. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The problem is, the rest of the world is watching us and
seriously thinks of South Africa as a circus when they see the minister of an
education portfolio make utterances such as this. While I do think the Brits
are arrogant bastards, they cannot be blamed for thinking this when our
minister says what she says. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-28392951193130793462015-03-06T10:28:00.000+02:002015-03-06T10:28:12.538+02:00What goes on in a writers mind?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Sometimes a hiatus is the best thing for a writer. I don’t think
a person who is not a writer genuinely appreciates the troubles that writers go
through on a daily basis. The period of inspiration where you are dead to the
world and only the vision of a beautiful naked lady can draw your attention
away from your computer screen, the periods of non inspiration where you cannot
write for love or money because the words just wont flow. Then there are periods
when random words pop into your mind; you know that these words are gold,
provided they are put together in a sentence that makes sense. And herein lies
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I suppose that it is only fitting that I announce my
introduction with a post on the demons that writers struggle with on a
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I think one of the biggest secrets of being a writer is that
you are putting your heart and soul into essentially a piece of work that is a
gamble. You don’t know whether the audience you want to write to will necessarily
appreciate your work. If you talk to a number of people which jobs they think
carry the highest risk, a journalist/writer is far down on that list. I strongly
feel it should be higher up, especially of you are an author who essentially
becomes unemployed if your book is not accepted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure there will be an argument that says that
you do not have the lives of people in your hands as a lawyer, judge or surgeon
would have, but that doesn’t mean that the pressure is less. </div>
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One of the other challenges that need to be overcome is the
perception that people have of writers/journalists. When you tell people that
you are a writer, the most common response is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so when are you going to get a real job? </i>This irritates me a bit
because granted everyone can write, but not everyone can write well. There is a
little thing that people do not know about authors, they have deadlines to
meet. So I challenge people who say this to me to spend a day in my shoes. To wake
up in the morning and produce five thousand or ten thousand words by the end of
the day while keeping consistent to story flow, character developments, story
arc’s, good grammar and a style which is amenable to readers. I bet it doesn’t sound
so easy now does it? When you tell people that you are a journalist, the most
common response is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so all that you write
is lies? </i>There are certain degrees of truths, and a lot of the truth can be
lost in translation and the way that a journalist presents a story. But no
journalist wants to stand before a judge staring down the barrel of a massive
fine; so no, not all of the stuff that a journalist writes is a lie. I am
currently a journalist, and I can tell you honestly that 100% of most articles
are the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. There are those
journalists in the world who do make a living off fabricating articles, and yes
they do spoil the apple cart for good journalists. But we need to make a
distinction between gutter journalism and conventional journalism. </div>
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The next challenge is the unpredictable nature of
inspiration. Writers block is not a myth, believe me. There have been many
times where I stare at a blank Microsoft Word document thinking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">where the hell do I begin? </i>And there are
also days as a writer that you just know deep down in the recesses of your soul
that you must just not even go near a computer. But then there are times when
inspiration overcomes you like a tidal wave, a primal force of nature. You will
be woken up at two o’clock in the morning overflowing with words that just need
to be put down on paper. The best way to describe it is that inspiration does
not have a switch, it is like electricity flow in Africa, inconsistent in
nature. There is never a direct and consistent flow of inspiration, it is
always alternating. To illustrate how inconsistent in nature it is, I shall
tell you about myself; if I am writing about a topic I want to write about, I can
sit down and bang out five thousand words without to many interruptions, and I can
do it in a relatively short time given that it is five thousand words we are
talking about. But if I am writing on something I am asked to write about, I need
to take short breaks inbetween, and it can take me a whole day to produce two
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Finally, I can tell you one of the challenges that we are
thankfully not guilty of, and that is arrogance. Yes we know a lot about
different topics, but we need to have an open minded approach to a number of
topics or else we will just be pissing into the wind. A journalist or writer
that doesn’t know quirky facts that other people wont even dream of knowing is
not worth anything, it is like a supermodel women who has a below average intelligence,
worthless to many people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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At the end of the day I am back, and I will be posting more
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-85006499961933650002014-08-19T15:16:00.001+02:002014-08-19T15:16:10.993+02:00The worst three words in history<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t write on this site as much as I would like. That is
just the nature of the beast. I would like to focus on writing more of these
posts as it is an outlet for me to discuss issues I can’t talk about in the
office environment or with lady friends. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Some people just don’t deserve to live. I know that this is
bad coming from a good Catholic Boy such as myself, but if you really think of
it, there are certain people that the world could have done better without.
Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Osama Bin Ladin, Pol Pot, Steve Hoffmeyer. The list goes on and on. South Africa has
also recently produced two political additions to this list in Jacob Zuma and
Julius Malema. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a point to this post, I promise you .But first let
me ask you a question: what do Idi Amin, Fulgencio Batista, Louis XVI of France
and Marie Antoinette have in common. They all said three very detrimental words:
FUCK THE POOR. This is also essentially
what the ANC government says every day, but we cannot prove it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is another prize individual to add to your list. But before
we talk about him, let’s talk about his company. I’ll give you the remix
version. African Bank went on a money lending spree that would have made the
Yanks that caused the 2009 global financial crisis jealous. Basically, they were
giving loans to every Tom Dick and Harry who could not pay these loans off. The
house of cards fell in on itself and the company lost 90% of its value
overnight. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So obviously every media company in the country wants to get
hold of someone in charge at the <b><i><u>Fuck the poor!</u></i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
establishment to find out what they think
about the whole thing. They got hold of Tami Sokutu, former chief risk officer
at African Bank who took a leaf out of the books of the great dictators of the
world and said: <br />
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The following bit of information was taken from an article
on a prominent South African news website. Sokutu, who made more than
R50-million in share options and earned another R35-million in salary and
bonuses from his time as African Bank’s chief
risk officer, was asked about those who had obtained loans but were now unable
to repay them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The lives of thousands of borrowers have been ruined because
they have been listed as bad credit risks. In response to their plight, Sokutu
said: "Fuck them, fuck them."<o:p></o:p></div>
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Asked whether these people would be right to blame him for
not having done a better job of controlling lending at the bank, Sokutu's
answer was simple: "They will be right to say, 'I'm fucked.'"<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sokutu agreed to an interview with the Sunday Times this
week. He stumbled and fell to the ground while welcoming the newspaper's
reporter to his house in a gated complex in Centurion, Pretoria.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During the interview, he repeatedly boasted about how he had
made millions and was now globetrotting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He has three houses in South Africa, including holiday homes
in Port Alfred and Cape Town, and another in Portugal. He said he did not need
to ever work again. Sokutu also boasted about owning six cars, including a
Porsche, which he said was parked "somewhere in the world - I don't know
where". He also owns a Hummer H2, a turquoise Bentley, a BMW M6, a
Mercedes-Benz A-Class and a Mercedes S500. His Johannesburg car, the Bentley,
stood in his double garage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Who in their right mind would say something like this? A person
who knows that not a thing will be done to him, that’s who. He probably has
every law maker and custodian in this country in his back pocket. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Look, he does have a point in a sense. If you cannot pay off
a loan, don’t go and get a loan. It is that simple. But then again, if you - as
a chief risk officer - can see that the person applying for the loan will never
be able to pay it off, you have a moral obligation to refuse to give them that
loan. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That is the problem with the world. It has simply lost its
humanity. It’s also not a case of his salary is X and his expenses are Y. It’s
a case of his position giving him a taste for the finer things in life which he
simply cannot fund in a conventional manner. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Does this happen in the rest of the world, or only in South
Africa? Why can we not stand up as a country and bring people like this to book
to answer for what he has done? Another reason he can safely say Fuck the Poor
is because they will go after the CEO and the CFO before they come after him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-52371993361151289572014-06-13T09:56:00.002+02:002014-06-13T09:56:49.483+02:00Word of the Day<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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I haven’t done one of these posts in a long time, so I
thought I would revive one after listening to one of my favourite musical
artists…Lilly Allen. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I came across Ms Allen when living in Dubai. As stated on
this blog before, I worked with a bunch of posh London boys and had a bunch of
Geordie, Scouse and Sheffield Steel friends. The fact that Ms Allen really
sings about rubbish and doesn’t care what she says is very appealing, as are
her looks. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All of my definitions come from the bastion of slang…Urban
Dictionary.com<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Word:</b> Filth</div>
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<b>Meaning:</b> a
derogatory word for a police officer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Application:</b>
Riding through the city on my bike all day ‘cause the filth took away my
licence.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you come to think of it, the cops have it bad. I think
they must be the only group of people in the world that has so many derogatory
terms associated with them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Word:</b> Pig<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Meaning:</b> a
derogatory word for a police officer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Application:</b> Want
another donut pig?<o:p></o:p></div>
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There have been a number of other applications of
insinuations of the word pig in various movies. Two that come to mind
immediately are Training Day and Beverly Hills Cop. In Training Day, Denzel
Washington and Ethan Hawke corner my main may Snoop Dogg (or is it Snoop Lion
now?) he famously says “it smells like bacon in this mothaf##ker!” In Beverly
Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy is undercover and is trying to set up a major deal that
will entrap a drug cartel. When one of the cartel’s members comes to him, he
smells around him and says “it smells like pork, I used to be a Muslim, I know
what pork smells like!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is a word which Ms Allen uses in her song where you
think you know the meaning of it, but it has other nuances besides the obvious
one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Word:</b> crackhore<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Meaning: </b>a whore
that chases cracks no matter what shape or form it may be in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Application: </b>look
at that crackhore he would take anything home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is another word which I never knew what the hell it
meant, but now I know. Ok, it may not be the correct definition of it. But it
is a definition I will accept. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENarEuCs76hcmOwwk0sHrA6sNEloJQwUAAlpYdCortHEb4JbNrG0aNqi3cjipXTaOhM5qKaYL9ljDZQCjS9QOl7CnEtw05X8VmujPq_mkCfQDL5JJvyn9HF4UEtg4p0k-GnhUyItE1iU/s1600/say+swag+again.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENarEuCs76hcmOwwk0sHrA6sNEloJQwUAAlpYdCortHEb4JbNrG0aNqi3cjipXTaOhM5qKaYL9ljDZQCjS9QOl7CnEtw05X8VmujPq_mkCfQDL5JJvyn9HF4UEtg4p0k-GnhUyItE1iU/s1600/say+swag+again.jpg" /></a><b>Word:</b> SWAG<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Meaning:</b> The most
used word in the whole fucking universe. Douche bags use it, your kids use it,
your mail man uses it, and your fucking dog uses it. If you got swag, you
generally wear those shitty hats side way, and your ass hanging out like a
fucking goof cause your pants are half way down your white ass legs. To break
down the word, it means (Secretly We Are Gay). It is also a word that means to
represent yourself/ the way you represent yourself, baggy clothes, shitty hats,
small penis and basically a way to say you’re afraid to come out of the closet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Assface Magee: I got so much swag <o:p></o:p></div>
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Darrel: You got so much dick in your ass <o:p></o:p></div>
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Assface Magee: Fuck you, SWAG<o:p></o:p></div>
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The closeness of guys and girls have come under the
spotlight recently. And I blame Hollywood for this labelling a good friendship a
“bromance.” What would be the female version of this? A hoemance?<o:p></o:p></div>
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We digress. We all know that our girls have best friends
that they simply cannot live without. These are her besties….and get between
them at your own peril. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Word: </b>Besticle<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Meaning: </b>Term
referring to 2 men that are best friends. The masculine counterpart to the
female bestie.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Application: </b>My
besticle Mike and I are heading to the golf course then will grab some beers
afterward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the gayest thing I have ever heard in my life and I
will not be using it soon. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope that this has been enlightening and entertaining. More
so than the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Just goes to show that
sometimes you just can’t beat the Africans. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-82045588208820013852014-04-14T14:53:00.003+02:002014-04-14T14:53:54.824+02:00The great social experiment<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perception is a funny thing. One person will see a potato as
a source of nourishment while another person sees it as a dirty vegetable. Technically
both of these aspects of the potato are correct, it just matters on the point
of view you are looking at it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I must say that I have a unique mindset when it comes to
many things. I am not your conventional person <o:p></o:p></div>
who will think in one particular
way. In fact, many people ask me if I go home to a mental institution every
night. I think that my rationale is quite revolutionary, others beg to differ. <br />
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Take for instance night clubs. Many people think night clubs
are social gatherings. But there is no way on earth that a night club is
anything but a social experiment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A social gathering is a gathering of two or more people
where a variety of events can take place. A braai (which is a barbeque for you
non South Africans) is a social gathering. Here you can drink, dance, eat,
watch sports, hit on women and perhaps see some action. There are very rarely
fights at braai’s. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A social experiment is a situation where limited activities
are on offer in order to see the human reaction to things. Realistically, there
are only three things you can do at a club: drink, dance and hit on women. People
go to clubs and dance as some form of perverse mating ritual which will hopefully
attract the fairer sex. If this is successful and you get some action, you will
no doubt then get into another ritual of dominance with a guy that has had his
eye on her the whole evening. For you uneducated out there, this is called a
fight. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Dating in a sense, is also nothing more than a social
experiment in order to see if you can effectively pursue a relationship with
the other person. A relationship is nothing more than a social experiment in
order to see if you can marry a person. This is the ultimate social goal that
most humans aspire towards. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And this is just conventional dating. Now internet – or social
media dating – is even more of a social
experiment. With conventional dating, you get to interact with the person on a
personal level and you can see whether you are compatible. You make these judgements
on various factors such as her smile, her nature, her demeanour during the
dates, common interests and her personality. I recently joined Tinder and I
found that on Tinder, you make assumptions on a person’s look and nothing more.
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What defines a social event from a social experiment? Well
the presence or absence of controllable variables. To get me to like a girl on
Tinder, three things need to occur: Does she have beautiful eyes, does she have
an awesome smile, and does she have a good body. If she’s blonde, it’s a bonus,
but it will not exclude a girl if the other criteria are met. With a
conventional date, it is harder to manipulate the controllable variables
because your personality dominates. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A club is a social experiment because the controllable variable
here is alcohol and the lack of other activities to entertain our primitive minds
other than dancing and drinking. It is easy to manipulate these variables. The absence
of alcohol frankly makes a club shit. But the absence of alcohol at a braai is
not such a train smash. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You need to look for common denominators with all of this. And
the overriding one is emotion. Which is why dating is nothing more than a
social experiment, marriage on the other hand is less so because emotions are
settled down significantly from when you were dating. The overriding factor at
a night club is emotion (how you feel towards a song, how you feel towards a
girl, how you feel towards getting involved in a fight) there are far less
emotions involved at a braai. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How do you know the difference between a social event and a
social experiment? There is a very easy test you can conduct which I call the
Judge Judy test. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Judge Judy is a US television show based on a judge who
rules on court cases brought before her. She needs to do this unemotionally. I often
find myself sitting and watching Judge Judy and making my own mind up as to
whether the person is guilty or not. I do this without having any previous
training in law and I am only using common sense. This is also done
unemotionally. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So the Judge Judy test is: look at the situation or event
and UNEMOTIONALLY force yourself to look at it from the point of reason of
common sense and then make a judgement call on the number of controllable variables
are present. If there is more than two, it’s a Social Experiment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-58994111196928475032014-04-08T11:38:00.001+02:002014-04-08T11:38:09.760+02:00Being single at 30<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Being single in your 30s is not fun. It’s the time in your
life where a chilled night having a few drinks with friends over dinner looks
way more appealing than getting shit faced at a club. All of a sudden, the music at <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great lyrics bro! Took you all day to come up with it.<br /></td></tr>
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these places
are too loud, young thundercats are running around trying to make a name for themselves
either as the next big MMA fighter of his generation or the next big drinker of
his generation, the music that these thundercats listen to (that Hardwell
Tomorrow Land bullshit) has absolutely no soul, and it takes you three days to
recover from a hangover. <br />
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These are some of the challenges that being single at 30
presents. But there is another challenge, a far deeper one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What type of woman do you go after at 30? If you are
targeting the age group of 26 years and under, you will still have to go to
clubs and listen to that Hardwell Tomorrow Land bullshit music that has no soul. And do you really
want to be that 30 year old at the club? If you are targeting the age group of
26 to 30, you will find them at a hipster bar drinking a craft beer trying to ‘define
their life’ during their quarter life crisis. And if you are
targeting the age group of over 30, they come with the challenge of divorces
and quite possibly kids.</div>
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We live in interesting time my friends. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So…if the prospect of going to a club and a hipster
gathering scares the shit out of you, what’s left? INTERNET DATING. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are a lot of internet
dating success stories. I’m just giving you my point of view. My 8 things you
have to come to terms with when internet dating:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>11)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>There is no such thing as a free lunch. </b>You
will be expected to pay for internet dating. Yes there are free sites like OK
Cupid. But the decent ones will cost you. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>22)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Be prepared to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
</b>A supermodel or a cute girl can pick up a guy standing in the line at the Department of Home Affairs. All she needs to do is flash him a smile and lick her lips seductively.
A Plain Jane or a girl who is not looked at twice at school will be on the
internet. Don’t go onto the net expecting to find a supermodel or a cute girl. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>33)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Be prepared to encounter psycho’s. </b>There
is only one other reason that a decent looking girl will be on <b> <o:p></o:p></b></div>
the internet. She’s
mad. This girl has escaped from a mental institution and is completely Loony
Tunes. She might be relatively normal around you, but she has regular imaginary
conversations with Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>44)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Be prepared to enter the Twilight zone. </b>And
no, this is not the Twilight zone of teenage porn vampires and werewolves. This
is the Steven Spielberg Twilight Zone of freakiness. You must remember, to date
on the internet, you must lose a bit of shame. So, be prepared for weird
requests. I met a girl on Tinder and we got talking. Not even 10 whatsapp
messages later she tells me her prepaid internet is up and asks me to by some
for her. And then she still gave me shit because I asked her how she can do
this after only starting to talk to me. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>55)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>They will be needy. Sometimes needy as
F##k. </b>Because of points two and three above, there is a good chance that
these girls will be needy. I met a girl on OK Cupid and we got talking. And it
was nice for the first few days having someone to talk to, you know, to get you
through the long day at work. But there are times when you don’t want to talk
to a person who sits with their phone in their hands waiting desperately for
you to reply to them. And when you don’t chat to them EVERY SINGLE DAY…THE WHOLE
DAY you get messages like: Did I do something wrong? We don’t chat as often as
we did. And then when you don’t answer her because you are driving….you get 15
messages where there are just question marks (?)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>66)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>You will be asked stupid questions. </b>As
much as I love technology, it is a curse at times. It is definitely a curse on
relationships. But before you venture out and meet the girl from the internet
in person, you have to chat on social media first. The same girl who asked me
if she did something wrong once asked me if she was awesome. Now I mentioned to
her before what she was awesome to talk to because we had a lot in common. But I
don’t feel that there is a need to tell a person that they are awesome every
day unless you are dating them and are serious about them.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>77)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Don’t expect the perfect woman</b>.<b> </b>Ok. This applies to both real dating and
internet dating. Just like the <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
perfect guy is a unicorn, the perfect woman is a
unicorn. A mythical creature! But this is even worse with internet dating. A girl
you meet at a social event usually attends social events and has a relative
idea on how to carry herself in such environments. A person you meet on the
internet does not have this skill. Be prepared for awkward silences, the
dreaded one word answers to questions like: yes, no, ok. And don’t expect to
talk for hours on end without stopping. More like, be prepared to sit in silence
for hours upon end without talking. <br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b>88)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><!--[endif]--><b>Make sure you are on the same page with
things. </b>Interests are funny things. Many people share interests, but there
are some people who have specifically unique interests that cannot be shared. I
have very unique interests. I love sport to the extent that I am a fanatic
about it. I am also very interested in ancient civilizations. Now to find a
girl that has the same level of interest as me is hard. And if you cant. You will
be able to communicate for the first week, and then it’s the one word answers. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Relationships are hard work at the best of times, but to
date the female version of Sheldon Cooper is another beast altogether. Internet
dating is definitely not for everyone. One thing you do need is a well-planned
exit strategy. Talk and get to know her
on whatsapp or BBM. There is a great function on these apps called: Block
contacts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s like bug spray on steroids. Because sometimes you use
bug spray and they just keep coming back at you. With block contacts, only you
can unblock them, and why would you if they are bat shit crazy?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is there hope for people who are single in their 30s? Of
course there is. You just can’t use the same tactics you did when you were 20. At
20, you wanted to bang anything that had beautiful eyes, a cute smile, and
licked her lips seductively. At 30 you need to be a bit more selective. Look for
inner beauty as opposed to outer beauty. Because if shed is smoking hot…but
single at 30, someone kicked her to the curb for a reason.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-43292902218751608942014-02-12T07:21:00.002+02:002014-02-12T07:21:26.643+02:00Are the Brazilian champions trained by Superman?<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V_byNapvx0aaa-ELv0KgHrKby6CZKVjB0sZVQ9xruoHDiM0pLFWrfiW4nUioIbD8DbjzbNd2qkA1QT5IbFlAgpeXHMiu73OBlr5oG4vsPpvmWmfppP-YxbbBJsgbSvC7hJtDZyevKP0/s1600/Jose+Aldo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V_byNapvx0aaa-ELv0KgHrKby6CZKVjB0sZVQ9xruoHDiM0pLFWrfiW4nUioIbD8DbjzbNd2qkA1QT5IbFlAgpeXHMiu73OBlr5oG4vsPpvmWmfppP-YxbbBJsgbSvC7hJtDZyevKP0/s1600/Jose+Aldo.jpg" height="151" width="320" /></a>Well, what can we say about UFC 169 that hasn’t already been
said in the international press? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, let’s start with the fact that it was a FRIGGEN
AWESOME event which lived up to all of its expectations. I mean, what else can
you expect from a card which features two of the best fighters in the business
today in Renen Barão and José Aldo? Um,
maybe let’s throw in a former two time Heavyweight Champion in Frank Mir as
well as an up-and-coming star in Ali Bagautinov. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ladies and Gentlemen…sit back and enjoy the latest edition
of <i>The Rear Naked Choke</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the best fights I have ever seen in my life was at UFC
166 where Gilbert Melendez and Diego Sanchez unloaded on each other for five
rounds. The result was one of the bloodiest fights in MMa history, but also one
of the best. The great thing about it was that the punches that Melendez and
Sanchez were throwing at each other were not technical punches, but rather <i>what did you say about my mother</i>
punches. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The first fight of UFC 169 between Abel Trujillo and Jamie
Varner proved to be the same. As usual, the <o:p></o:p></div>
fighters spent much of the first
round feeling each other out. And then Trujillo unleashed fury on Varner that
few have ever seen. How Varner survived the round was a miracle, but he came
out in the second round and paid Trujillo in kind. After spending 10 minutes
with my jaw on the floor wondering if I was in a dream, Varner came out and
almost knocked out Trujillo, but he got cocky and Trujillo caught him with a
perfect overhand right which hit him square on the jaw. Varner hit the mat like
a ton of bricks and the fight set the tone for the rest of the evening. How
could any fight get close to that for fight of the night?<br />
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The next fight was between the man from Dagestan Ali
Bagautinov and Brazilian James Lineker. The two fighters are known for their
passion and the way they approach their fights. This was always going to be a
tale of contrasting styles because Bagautinov is a stand up fighter while
Lineker is a high level black belt in Brazialian Jujitsu. The first round was
dominated by Bagautinov while Lineker completely turned it around in the
second. It came down to the final round where Bagautinov threw Lineker around
like a rag doll. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuMXhOhqLICtul1NIgmyxupwBi5udR2cKTAhYYtC855mTxsXXHdUQkMK6a4TLfeA7ZGEACpRIktGYaSVcbugZ8G_liT1Cfk5PVjE-bHjiksy-lLWFrs_k7iWtifxJIlfqfOW1IjbmQng/s1600/Renen+Barao.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuMXhOhqLICtul1NIgmyxupwBi5udR2cKTAhYYtC855mTxsXXHdUQkMK6a4TLfeA7ZGEACpRIktGYaSVcbugZ8G_liT1Cfk5PVjE-bHjiksy-lLWFrs_k7iWtifxJIlfqfOW1IjbmQng/s1600/Renen+Barao.jpg" height="150" width="320" /></a>Bagautinov won the fight and showed in the process that he
is a force to be reckoned with in the flyweight division. He has high level
combat sambo to back up his skills which is paving the way for a new breed of
elite Russian fighters who are proving that wrestling is not the only backbone
to a MMA fighter. For those of you who do not know where Dagastan is…it is in
the South-Western corner of Mother Russia and is bordered by Georgia, Chechnya
and Azerbaijan. Basically, if you blink your eyes, you will miss it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We then move onto the main fights of the evening. Alistair
Overeem took on the former two time Heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Like the
Bagautinov fight, this fight was the stand up brawler (Overeem) versus the
ground dominant (Mir). Overeem ended up winning the fight, but what impressed
during the fight was that he paced himself well and didn’t gas out lie he did
in his previous fight which was a loss against Travis Browne. In my opinion,
Mir is over the hill and should hang up his gloves while he still has the
respect of the dressing room. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Flyweight champion José Aldo take on the divisions third ranked fighter Ricardo
Lamas. While Lamas came into the ring with a hairstyle that looked like the
miniature version of Billy Ray Cyrus’ mullet, it looked like the boy could bang
a bit. But Aldo came in and literally kicked the shit out of Lamas. Basically,
if Lamas cut off Aldo’s legs, he would have won the fight. But he also would
have won the fight if he managed to submit Aldo in the fifth round. Aldo was
clearly struggling and spent the majority of the round on his back defending
Lamas’ half mount. If Lamas had managed to do a bit more damage in earlier
rounds, I think we would have seen a new Flyweight champion. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The main event of the evening was my boy Renen Barão versus
Urijah Faber. This is going to be the shortest <o:p></o:p></div>
write up because they came out,
Barão caught him badly early in the first round and unloaded on Faber who was
on his ass. Faber got out and Barão caught him again, but managed to get
referee Herb Dean to stop the fight. There was a bit of controversy after the
fight. Faber accused Dean (very gracefully I might add) of sloppy refereeing.
Faber was on the floor and being hammered by Barão, Dean asked Faber to show he
was ok and Faber gave Dean a thumbs up which was behind Barão’s leg.
UM…FABER…HOW THE HELL IS DEAN SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS WHEN HE IS CLEARLY WATCHING
YOUR OTHER HAND? <br />
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But Joe Rogan raised a great point at the end of the fight
when he asked Faber where do you draw the line between getting hammered and
still being ok as opposed to getting hammered and almost dying. And Faber
answered the question beautifully when he said that the line is when a fighter’s
lifeless body is on the mat. Faber clearly was still ok and had a firm grip on
Barão’s leg. If his hold dropped, then fair enough, stop the fight. But Dean
has a responsibility to have the fighter’s best interests at heart and he was
just protecting Faber. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What UFC 169 proved to me, is that I am a bit of a doos and
have a lot to learn about the sport. In my last edition of <i>The Rear Naked Choke</i> I slammed Brazilian fighters. And it seems I
was amiss because Barão and Aldo are just head and shoulders above anyone else
in the sport. Even above John Jones and Cain Velazquez. Barão and Aldo come out
of the same training camp and they must be trained by a person who is the
combination of Fedor Emelianenko and Superman. The combinations that these boys
throw are amazing. One a fighter gets slightly behind against either Barão or
Aldo, they might as well not answer the bell, because they are in for a long
night of hidings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And their record speaks for themselves. Barão has a winning
streak of 21 fights and a title reign spanning 532 days. Aldo has a winning
streak of 16 fights and has a title reign which spans 1141 days. Simply amazing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fight of the Night: Abel Trujillo vs Jamie Varner<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-81910088061038383862014-01-28T15:09:00.001+02:002014-01-28T15:09:14.524+02:00Growing up in South Africa<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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So I turned 32 on Saturday. And while I am by no means over the hill, or overly experienced
at this whole <o:p></o:p></div>
thing called life, I can say that I have lived a bit and have experienced
things that some of my 30 year old friends haven’t. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DSO-DupFuDUafi1R0bDjcOEvRheFCc5yUZv2Lrsx3kbe-_P572UR9-3oBXdTdaj8Cm3I2LJScD8igOigXMEJrzstoxmpoLdn42e0NYskC4XWgfR8l_R3GeWSs7x43vMD5ueQlkKRwnY/s1600/Morons.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DSO-DupFuDUafi1R0bDjcOEvRheFCc5yUZv2Lrsx3kbe-_P572UR9-3oBXdTdaj8Cm3I2LJScD8igOigXMEJrzstoxmpoLdn42e0NYskC4XWgfR8l_R3GeWSs7x43vMD5ueQlkKRwnY/s1600/Morons.png" height="224" width="320" /></a>One of the things I have to deal with on a fairly regular
basis is stupid questions about South Africa. I meet people pretty often and
some of them are introduced to me through friends I have in other countries. I was
speaking to a friend in Northern Ireland one the weekend and one of the people
he introduced me to asked me if we have lions as pets and what do we feed them.
Another person, this time from Canada, asked me if Black People still walk
around with chains around their necks as if they are slaves. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I thought that they were joking and I told them that I find
their attempt at humor a bit dry for my liking…but humorous none the less. I was
then devastated to find out that they were in fact being dead serious. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This prompted me to write this post: <i>Growing up in South Africa.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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I was born in 1982, so I only really grew up in the 90s. And
the 90s in South Africa was an exciting time, Apartheid was coming to an end
and a bunch of old farts who previously had a stranglehold on privileges in the
country were coming to terms with the fact that these had to now in fact be
shared out. A frightening thought indeed for these people. These people were
easily identifiable, they always wore smart pants and button down shirts…even
to the local super markets. At these supermarkets, they could be found in the
aisle’s where the canned beef and baked beans were stocked. They would be
buying R1 000 (which was quite alot in those days) worth of the stuff to go with their R5 000 (a lifetimes supply) stock of
candles. If they were not at the supermarket, they were in church praying that
they be forgiven for their sins, or on their front yard
porches cleaning out their shotguns and rifles.</div>
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I know that the majority of my posts are humorous…but this
is not an attempt at that humor. I am in fact being quite serious. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The reason for this is that the National Party (the ruling
political party at the time), had made the firm decision to release the late
Nelson Mandela from prison. This would mean that democratic elections were
inevitable and that the ANC would take over control. This was a frightening
thought for the older white population as they feared an ANC apocalypse on
white people similar to that of the zombie apocalypse seen on The Walking Dead.
And this all had to do with the release of one man. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was a lot of hype about the release of Nelson Mandela,
and by the stories I was told of the man as a youngster….I was expecting a
psycho crazed mad man with 35 bombs strapped to his chest and an AK47 in each
hand to appear on the TV. I was quite surprised, and surprisingly disappointed,
when a normal looking….older black man appeared on the TV. I walked up to my
mom and grandfather and told them that they were full of shit for lying to me. Fast
forward four years to the first elections and we saw lines at voting stations
where people waited up to 5 hours to cast their vote. As with all countries,
old people, disabled people and people with babies get put to the front of the
cue. My cousin was three at the time, so we recycled her among all the family
members at one voting station and then took her to another and passed her
between 15 friends at other stations. That child had 19 mothers that day!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So while the 90s was a frightening time for the older white
South Africans, it was a great time for younger white South Africans because we
didn’t actually give a crap about blacks vs whites and racism and all of that
bullshit. We just spent the time laughing at the old people telling them how
full of shit they are…no matter what types of beatings we got as a result.
Every bruise was worth it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then came the lifting of sanctions, and OH MY WORD it was
like we were in heaven. We finally got to own a pair of Nike’s and Addidas! We
also had access to television shows and movies which were banned under the old
regime. MTV, VH1…..Rap Music….Motown. Lionel Richie could finally sing on the
TV without someone passing a derogatory comment. James Brown could finally sing
on the TV without someone throwing something at it. Stevie Wonder was still
subjected to racist jokes about why he smiles all of the time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Things got back to normal for us…but not for the rest of the
world’s perception about South Africa. After university, I moved to Dubai for
two years. If I had a dirham for every time an Englishman or Yank asked me a
ridiculous question about South Africa, I would not be working in the corporate
environment. I’d be sipping Pina Colada’s on a beach in the Maldives with not a
care in the world. One guy even had the cheek to bring up apartheid and the
fact that I ‘oppressed’ people in a job interview. Um….I was born at the end of
apartheid and never oppressed anyone. Take your head out of your pompous
English arse and live in the real world you prick. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And because of our political stability, which was due largely
to the wise leadership of Mandela, the country opened its borders to tourists
who had a blast because of the strength of their currencies vs ours. And it’s
always amusing to see people walking around Johannesburg city on edge because
they weren’t quite sure if there was still a chance of an ANC apocalypse on
white people similar to that of the zombie apocalypse seen on The Walking Dead.
Others, like the Americans, were arrogant enough to walk up to black people,
hug them, and then proclaim: <i>You’re free
my brother! </i>To which the black person would push him away and say: <i>Voetsak Mlungu!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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For those who don’t speak South African…please allow me to
translate that statement. <i>Voetsak </i>is
Afrikaans and is equivalent to telling someone to f##k off in English. <i>Mlungu </i>is Zulu which is a derogatory
term used towards white people. It quite literally means sea scum and is used
to describe both actual sea scum and white people because our forefathers came
to South Africa by sea. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What is it like living in South Africa today? The ANC has
been in charge for 20 years this year and black people are still calling white
people <i>baas </i>(boss) or <i>master </i>not because they are forced to…but
because it is so ingrained into them. And when you say to them: <i>you are free…I am not your boss or master</i>,
they say: <i>Sorry baas</i>. But we can also
have a laugh about racism as well. I regularly refer to any black male I come
across as brother and I get a huge smile and warm service. When a black cop
stops me, I roll down my window and ask: <i>is
it because I am black? </i>My success rate of getting out of fines by using
this statement currently stands at 56. The cops just laugh at me and let me go
because I made them smile. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-51103267599975674232014-01-22T13:52:00.003+02:002014-01-22T13:53:22.349+02:00I am Ragnar Lothbrok...and you will bow before me!<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>SOME PEOPLE YOU KNOW
THEY DON’T BELIEVE…..JAMAICA – WE HAVE A BOBSLED TEAM!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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While this post is found under the series critique label and
will mostly deal with the discovery of an awesome<o:p></o:p></div>
new series, as well as an
existing one that I don’t know why I hadn’t watched until now, I need to make
mention of the fact that one of my favourite nationals is going to be
attempting to fly their nations flag high at the upcoming Sochi Winter
Olympics. <br />
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As you can gather by my intro, Jamaica has qualified yet
again for the bobsled event at this year’s games. But unlike in 1988 where the
Rasta Island competed in the four man event, this year the island nation
qualified for the two man event. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What I find awesome about this story, besides the fact that they
have qualified for the games, is that they crowd sourced all of the money that
they needed to go to the games. If this does not highlight the potential of the
internet as a reliable funding method which can seriously rival that of
dabbling in the stock market, then I don’t know what my name is or my gender
for that matter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And now, onto the main purpose of my post. Since the last
episodes of Homeland and Sons of Anarchy, I have been desperate for a new
series to keep me intrigued until Dallas and Game Thrones starts again. So I was
looking around and came across <i>The
Musketeers </i>which is a British produced series loosely based on the works of
that insanely talented (although quite eccentric) Frenchman, Alexandre Dumas. The
first episode sees Cardinal Richelieu hatching a diabolical plot to discredit
the Musketeers with King Louis XIII and to plunge France into civil war. This is
done by framing one of the most prominent Musketeers, Athos. Athos, Pathos and
Aramis must not only prove Athos’ innocence, but they have to fight off the
vengeful thoughts of D'Artagnan who thought that Athos killed his father. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have always had MAD LOVE for the Musketeers so perhaps I
am a bit biased when I say that a series such as this is long overdue. The action
is good, the women are beautiful and the plots are easy to follow. And the fact
that D'Artagnan is having an affair with the woman Athos is going depro over
sets the series up for an ironic twist. D'Artagnan wanted to kill Athos in the
first episode over an imagined crime, later in the series Athos will no doubt
want to kill D'Artagnan over a proven offense. Fascinating Stuff Indeed!<o:p></o:p></div>
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However if one had to be critical, there are some flaws. The
fact that it is an all English cast is slightly off-putting when one considers
that the majority of the story will be based in either France or Spain. So if
you can look past a bunch of poms posing as Frenchmen, the biggest hurdle of
the series is already overcome. While the plot is easy to follow, this could be
a double edged sword. There are times when one wants to watch a show with a
complicated plot, like CSI, and there are times when you want to just zone out
with a series where you won’t have to think too much. But the hallmark of a
good series is to make each episode end in a cliff hanger so that you would get
a consistently good viewership every week. Perhaps I will be surprised, but I don’t
see that from <i>The Musketeers</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are some critics who are overly critical though. Jim
Shelley, who writes for the Daily Mail, heavily criticised the programme,
saying: "The Musketeers didn't take itself too seriously but was still so
bad it bordered on self-parody" and that "the quality of the
sub-plots hardly merited its 9pm slot in the schedule rather than (like Merlin
or Robin Hood) much earlier.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Please do me a favor you pompous twat. Please take your
head out your ass and just appreciate the fact that the Brits have finally
unearthed a series which is worthwhile watching. Just think…no more will I have
to be subjected to bullshit about <i>Monty
Python</i> or <i>The Black Adder</i>. And don’t
get me started on what I think of that utter rubbish you call <i>Doctor Who</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The second series that I have watched is <i>Vikings</i> and I could absolutely kick
myself for not watching it sooner. The reason I didn’t was that I thought there
were more than nine episodes in the season. But apparently, there was only
nine. And the second season is coming up, so I had to watch it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>OH MY LEATHERY SACK…WHAT
A SERIES </i>not only is it a historical series (which is right up my ally),
but it is about a warrior race who were thought to be savage barbarians who
never had a brain cell between them. However, Ragnar Lothbrok is proving to be
a strong character who is very calculating. He does have his flaws, sleeping
with beautiful women while being married to a lady most men would give their
left ball sack to be with, but then so do all protagonists: Jax Teller, Tyrion
Lannister, Carrie Mathison. What is a series without an imperfect protagonist?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What I am looking forward to in the new series is how Ragnar,
who is aligned with King Horik, will respond to the rebellion of Earl Borg
which now includes Rollo who is Ragnar’s brother. Perhaps now Ragnar will be
kicking himself over the fact that he trusted his brother enough to not make
him swear on his arm ring. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The only critique I have of the series is its paganism. Yes I
understand that the Vikings were pagans, but I did struggle watching the
episode which included the rituals at the temple of Uppsala. In fact, I didn’t finish
watching that episode. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then there is that disgusting Viking ritual of passing
around a bowl of water. The warriors wash their hands, and then they take a sip
of water to wash their mouths out…which they spit back into the bowl, they then
blow their noses into the bowl before it is passed onto the next warrior who
follows the same process. I first came across this in <i>The 13<sup>th</sup> Warrior</i>, and the look on Antonio Banderas’ face
was priceless and basically said what we all felt at that moment without saying
one word.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Dallas</i> will need
to be interesting if they are looking to extend the series beyond this third season
and <i>Game of Thrones</i> probably won’t
have to do much to prove its utter awesomeness. However, a few steamy scenes
with Khaleesi or one of my all-time favourites – Natalie Dormer – won’t hurt. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-46831543755871793822014-01-17T11:11:00.001+02:002014-01-17T13:04:36.651+02:00Starting the year with a bang<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Things are heating up in the UFC ahead of UFC 169, which is
set to start of the year with a bang. There is also significant movement in the
middleweight division with call outs and challenges. And we have Benson
Henderson making his first step back towards the summit of the lightweight division
after his loss to Anthony Pettis at UFC 164 in August last year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I stated in the last edition of <i>The Rear Naked Choke</i>, the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions
are <o:p></o:p></div>
currently the drawcard divisions for the UFC. While the Welterweight
division takes a break from the spotlight until UFC 171, where Johnny ‘Big Rig’
Hendricks takes on ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler, the Middleweight division is
making all of the news. Since the epic conclusion to the rivalry between Anderson
Silva and Chris Weidman, there have been a number of fighters jockeying for
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Currently, Vitor Belfor is the Number 1 contender to
challenge Weidman. But there is a lot of
movement below Belfor. After Luke Rockhold’s win over the hard hitting Costas
Philippou, Rockhold called out Michael Bisping to settle two ‘small’ matters. The
matters in question is of course getting closer to challenging Belfor’s top
contender status, but the other matter is settling the debate over Bisping
calling himself the unofficial Strikeforce Champion. The comment in question
was made by Bisping during a 2012 appearance on Spike TV’s short-lived <i>MMA Uncensored</i> program after recently
sparring with Rockhold, the then Strikeforce king. Though the remark appeared
to have been made in jest, Rockhold would nevertheless like a chance to settle
the score.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From my experience of Bisping (which was gained while
watching The Ultimate Fighter 3), Bisping is a light hearted Brit who likes to ‘take
the piss’ out of his opponents and just have fun with them. But it is one thing
‘taking the piss’ with a regular person on the street or one of your mates, it
is a different thing altogether to ‘take the piss’ with a fellow cage fighter
who has a trigger temper and cant wait to beat your ass like you stole
something. Now Rockhold has called Bisping out and it will be interesting to
see Bisping’s response. To me the fight may well prove to be a great fight as
both men have shown their abilities in the ring, but it may also turn out to
be a major disappointment as Bisping is currently on the comeback trail after
suffering a detached retina last year. Like Anderson Silva, I think Bisping
should shelve his pride and just call it a day before a more serious injury is
done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But there are two other fighters we simply cannot ignore.
Mark ‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ Munoz and Lyoto ‘The Dragon’ Machida.
Munoz has just come back to his best after a long layoff and it has been proven
that if you give a fighter a reason to fight (in Munoz’s case overcoming depression)
they may be as dangerous as ever. And Munoz is no regular bum off the street
corner, this boy can bang with the best. Machida is also trying to resurrect
his career by making the drop from Light Heavy Weight to Middleweight where he
may prove to be a problem. His fighting style suits the division and his experience
may give the younger guys sleepless nights. Again, Machida is no regular bum
off the street corner, and Rashad Evens and Quinton Jackson will confirm this. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before we get to UFC 169, we see the return of Benson
Henderson who is hoping to get another shot at Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis. Many
thought that the loss to Pettis was a shock, but again, Pettis had the real
motivation to win that fight. And he will now want to keep the belt for as long
as possible. Henderson will want to prove that he is worthy of the top contender
ranking when he takes on Josh Thompson at a UFC Fight Night event just before
UFC 169. But while Henderson should make light work of Thompson (who is ranked
number 7 in the division), there is a lot of talent stacked between the two
fighters. Gilbert ‘El Nino’ Melendez is simply a machine and proved in his
fight with Diego ‘The Nightmare’ Sanchez that he is one bad ass mudda. Granted,
while there is nothing like seeing two Mexicans unleash all hell on each other,
if Melendez can come anywhere close to finding some of that form in a possible
fight against Henderson…Henderson better have his last will and testament in
order. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then, finally, it is time to see Bruce Buffer completely
lose his shit at UFC 169. And it is a highly anticipated event. Renan Barao is
set to take on Urijah Faber for the Bantam Weight crown. This is a great fight
because both fighters are exciting to watch. While I am not the biggest fan of
Brazilian fighters in the UFC, Barao is one Brazilian I do enjoy watching. He proved
his worth against Eddie Wineland (who himself is a former WEC champion Boxer)
when he was not intimidated by Wineland and knocked him out with a cracker of a
roundhouse kick to the head. Faber is no slouch himself. He has fought a number
of top fighters in the division and prevailed over most of them. The only two
that he lost against was Barao and Dominick Cruz. My prediction for the fight, a
Barao victory within the first two rounds. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The undercard for UFC 169 is stacked with talent as well. The
co main event of the evening sees another Brazilian champion Jose Aldo taking
on Ricardo Lamas, while the fight before that is Frank Mir against Alastair
Overeem. That is a great fight as both fighters got the better of Brock Lesner.
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It will be an interesting event and a great way to kick off
2014, although there was disappointment when Dana White revealed that the card
would not feature the upcoming matchup between Jon ‘Bones’ Jones and Glover Teixeira, the fight between Barao and Faber is a great
filler. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-89594510872513588732014-01-15T15:05:00.001+02:002014-01-15T15:05:37.070+02:00I am stumped<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Have you ever sat and wondered whether there is an unwritten
language that men and women have? A language which is audible…yet indistinguishable
by the other party.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i> I dont want you to do that.<br />That was a soft no BTW<br /></td></tr>
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I am faced with this question today after spending the
greater part of the evening with a girl I am really fond <o:p></o:p></div>
of. Things got a bit
tender and we ended up kissing. I tried to steer the evening into other
activities, but she was not keen. And no, the activities were not sex related. After
trying my luck a couple of times, I relented. <br />
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Predictably I got the firm talking to I deserved by the girl
who spelled out what exactly it was she was not impressed with. I can see her
point as immediately after she went home last night I was feeling guilty. Yet,
just after the firm talking to, she told me that she was not fighting with me…we
were merely discussing an area of concern. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I explained this to a female friend of mine who is
always available to lend an ear to my concerns, she said that while I was wrong
- I was not completely wrong. She then explained the concept of the ‘soft no’.
This is a no that women give their men when they want them to stop something,
but not really. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She then asked me a few simple questions. The first question
she asked was whether the girl was fighting with me, or if we were talking
about the situation in a relatively calm manner. Well, the girl that I like
already pointed out that we were merely talking and not fighting. The next
question my friend asked was whether we were talking. Because if the girl I liked
was really pissed off with me, she would not be talking to me at all. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If there is the concept of the ‘soft no’ to me it is bladdy ridiculous.
I mean, as I found out last night, when you are caught up in the heat of the
moment…there is little time to sit and think: is this a ‘soft no’ or a ‘serious
no’. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is an area of concern in that unnecessary accusations,
which are based on partial truths, can very easily be thrown around in these
instances. It is then very easy to paint the person in a specific light. If a
guy is getting passionate with a girl and a ‘soft no’ is given, and the guy
stops…then he is not that into her. Or if the situation is discussed the next
day, the guy could be accused of having no respect. From the girl’s
perspective, the main thing is that the guy would be entirely justified of
accusing the girl of being a manipulator. Why establish lines and boundaries
which you don’t want to be broken, but don’t want them to exist either?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apparently guys are not easy to work out either. There are a
lot of non-relationship matters that we can discuss here, but because this post
is specifically regarding relationships, we shall not deviate from the topic. One
of the aspects of men which women cat figure out is why men have specific girl
types. The common question here is: why do you always want to categorise a
person? But it is genetics. One guy will be attracted to tall blonde women with
a body fit as a butchers dog while another guy will be attracted to medium
height brunette girls who have bubble buts and a good asset portfolio. And to
us, interests and likes can be developed during the relationship. It doesn’t matter
if there is an initial connection in that sense or not. And guys will overlook
failings in certain aspects if they make up for it in other aspects. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Guys also overthink certain things, an aspect which I am
very guilty of. Everything might be alright between a guy and a girl after a
disagreement, but if the communication is not the same as it always is the day
after the disagreement – in the guy’s mind there is automatically something
wrong. Guys also always want to be
fixers. For me, there is nothing more frustrating than being cross with someone
and not trying to come to a resolution to the matter. That person you are
fighting with must either be your friend (as they were before the fight) or
your enemy, in which case they must completely cut you out of their life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s funny how this post evolved from finding out if a
certain concept exists to trying to discuss some of the issues every guy and
girl has with relationships. I suppose this just reaffirms the fact that there
is no such thing as a perfect relationship just as there is no relationship
where both parties don’t work extremely hard at it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-88951410616421694922014-01-09T07:46:00.001+02:002014-01-09T07:46:26.159+02:00Did Anderson Silva Lose his Mind?<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu</div>
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Over the past few months I have become very interested in
Mixed Martial Arts and in particular the Ultimate Fighting Championship. And
while I am by no means an expert on the subject. I will voice my opinions on
the events as they unfold. </div>
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The latest event was UFC 168. This was a highly anticipated
event as it was the continuation of the rivalry <br />
between newly crowned UFC
Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and possibly one of the greatest MMA
fighters in the sports history, Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva. </div>
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There was much anticipation leading into UFC 168 with many
saying that at 38, Silva is quite simply a spent force. He faced alot of
criticism when he lost the title to Weidman where even veteran commentator Joe
Rogan - who has always been a outspoken supporter of Silva - said that Silva’s
fighting style of taunting opponents in the ring finally caught up with him. </div>
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At the end of UFC 162, Silva said that Weidman is a great
champion and that he would not be fighting for the belt anymore. The whole
world was surprised then when UFC President Dana White announced that the main
event of UFC 168 would be Weidman vs Silva II.</div>
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It turns out that the viewpoint of Silva being a spent force
was pretty accurate. Silva came in with a characteristic Silva leg kick, which
was blocked by Weidman and led to one of the most gruesome sporting injuries I
have ever seen when Silva’s leg broke. It is safe to say that we have seen the
last of Silva. When former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir broke his leg in
a similar fashion in a biking accident, it took him a year and a half to return
to full fitness. If Silva followed the same path, he would be pushing 40 and
would hardly be a threat in the division.<br />
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Whether Silva remains the best MMA fighter of all time remains to be seen. Sure he was great, and those affiliated with the UFC (Dana White and Joe Rogan) will obviously say that he is the best there ever was. But there is a small matter of Fedor Emelianenko who many other people within MMA circles consider considerably better than Silva. </div>
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Now that Silva is out of the way, Weidman can turn his
attention to Vitor Belfort. Belfort is a veteran of the octagon and made his
debut as a heavyweight. He is in fact a former light heavyweight champion, so
many would think that Wiedman will have his hands full. </div>
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The division that originally attracted me to the sport was
the light heavyweight division. This was in the glory days of the division
where ‘Sugar’ Rashad Evans, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Forest Griffon and Maurício
‘Shogun’ Rua where dukeing it out for top honors. But since the rise of Jon
Jones, no one has looked to threaten him for dominance. </div>
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To me, the division which is the most open in the UFC at the
moment is the welterweight division, but this was also due to the retirement of
Georges Saint Pierre. I am eagerly
anticipating the fight between Jonny ‘Big Rig’ Hendriks and ‘Ruthless’ Robbie
Lawler at UFC 171. </div>
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Another division which is more open than it seems is the
Heavyweight division. Although Cain Velazques has solidified his reputation as
possibly the division’s longest serving champion, there are alot of fighters challenging
this dominance. Travis Brown showed he can bang with the best when he knocked
out the sports youngest heavyweight champion, Josh Barnett, at UFC 168. His vicious
elbows and height will mean that he will be a problem for many fighters and the
sooner he gets in the ring with Junior Dos Santos to become the number one
contender, the better. </div>
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MMA is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide and I
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-53584663330533425892013-12-13T09:42:00.000+02:002013-12-13T09:42:04.961+02:00Christmas Carols and Women Kicking Men in the Balls<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Just because I wished everyone well for the Holidays, it doesn’t
mean that it is my last post for the year. At the end of the day…I am still in
the office or the next few hours and need something to do. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The topics today are old classics. Christmas Carols (yes
Christmas Carols) and pick up lines, but I question if they really work. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before everyone accuses me of being the Grinch and Ebenezer
Scrooge, let me just state for the record that I actually quite like Christmas
time. Not only are we on holiday from work, but it is a time when everyone is
generally nicer to each other and we can have a good old laugh about things. It
is also a two week period where telemarketers (a PET HATE of mine) leave you
the hell alone. It is also a time where you spend time at church reflecting on
the miraculous birth of a baby who would give his life for mankind. You also
get to spend a few days being drunk with family and a few days being drunk and
hurling abuse at cricket players. This year it is the turn of the Indians, and
I am not working! Ishant Sharma is going to curse the day they put him at fine
leg or deep third man at Kingsmead this year! I WILL POST PICS IN JAN!<o:p></o:p></div>
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But let’s get into it. And let the hating on me start…But I
cannot stand Christmas Carols! I don’t know what it is about them, I just do
not like them. But it is not your traditional Silent Nights or O Come all Ye
Faithful….it’s the bladdy I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause and Do They Know Its
Christmas Afterall. There is just something about them that pisses me right
off. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsiovf7XTrJ7bleCVqECqxt_1KGVQt-N8_1DIloFUA2ax2__V84ARMdX09N-OgDde8E9Wn2WmRNmWb-kcYTJna6AzvOjP_38dV0gSE-9vLExQwDqgOw4_8s8x1MSpR-5kWhjrx1nxAWg/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsiovf7XTrJ7bleCVqECqxt_1KGVQt-N8_1DIloFUA2ax2__V84ARMdX09N-OgDde8E9Wn2WmRNmWb-kcYTJna6AzvOjP_38dV0gSE-9vLExQwDqgOw4_8s8x1MSpR-5kWhjrx1nxAWg/s1600/download.jpg" /></a>I suppose you just can only take so much of hearing people
sing about shit. Highveld Stereo (the local radio <o:p></o:p></div>
station here in Johannesburg)
were playing a Christmas song every morning I think from the beginning of
October. And it was nice at the start. But since the beginning of December I just
put the car radio on mute because I couldn’t take it any more. NO MORE!<br />
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There are some great Christmas Tunes though. Boney M is
always good and so it Dean Martin. The thing with Dean Martin is that he was to
pissed all the time to try and get fancy with his singing. He just sang as he
was supposed to. And while we are on the topic of drunks, probably the best
Christmas tune is by an Irish band called The Pogoues and it is called The
Fairytale of New York. The song is about this drunk Irishman who is locked up
in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_tank">The Drink Tank</a> and reminiscing
about a girl who he is in love with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And what’s an Irish ditty without the lead singer sounding
dead molar and the featured female artist insulting him. I cut and paste the third
verse for you below. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>You´re a bum you´re a punk<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>You´re an old slut on junk<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>You scumbag you maggot<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>You cheap lousy faggot<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Happy Christmas your arse I pray god it´s our last.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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This is exactly why I love the Irish, they just don’t give a
shit! They will say exactly what they want when they want to. They also never
take life to seriously either. Here is the song:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York <br /><embed allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://pinochan.net/overbooru/xmas/103-the_pogues_feat._kirsty_maccol-fairytale_of_new_york.mp3&volume=50&" height="20" quality="high" src="http://www.4shared.com/flash/player.swf?ver=9051" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200" wmode="opaque"></embed><br />Powered by <a href="http://www.mp3olimp.net/">www.Mp3Olimp.net</a></o:p></div>
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Moving right along…I ask the question: Do pickup lines
really work? I have dealt with this last year, and it was a bit of a balls up
because it was just dealing with the heaviness of pickup lines. This time I am
dealing with the question of if they work. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well obviously if you are going to walk up to a girl and
say: <i>Do you have a bit of Lebenese in
you? Well do you want some? </i>You are either going to be laughed at, have a
drink thrown at you, or kicked in the balls. Those are your options. There are
just some pickup lines that will never work…EVER! Don’t try them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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However there are some that do work. One of my favourites
is: <i>Do you have a twin sister?</i> When she
says no, than you say: <i>well then you are
the most beautiful girl in the world</i>. If she does have a twin sister…then
you are unfortunately fucked. Another one is: <i>You know, seeing your beautiful eyes is the second most perfect thing
about this evening</i>. When she asks what’s the first you say: <i>seeing you smile. </i>Trust me…it’s a winner.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are also certain occasions where you use pickup lines
and certain occasions where you don’t. - Don’t use it at a bar or club. She is
probably with her girlfriends, and when a group of girls are out together they switch
to super bitch mode. Also, you are probably drunk or she will accuse you of
being drunk. And having an argument about your level of sobriety is not a way
to start a relationship. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t use it at church. It is not the time or place for
this. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do use it after establishing a basic friendship with the
girl. You have then asked her out to dinner or coffee. This is the time to use
it. You see, there is no hard and fast rule that a pickup line must be used at
the first meeting. Because technically, you haven’t picked the girl up before
or during the coffee or dinner date. Use the pickup line more as a deal
clincher. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Some girls will be very receptive to pickup lines and some
will laugh at you, throw their drink on you, and then kick you in the balls. You
just have to accept the fact that this is going to happen and you don’t know
what you are going to get. It’s sort of like when Diego Sanchez walk into the
Octagon, you just don’t know what type of a fight you are going to get. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-7761784404179939222013-12-12T12:40:00.000+02:002013-12-12T12:40:07.009+02:00Sons of Anarchy is the best series ever made<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><u>Warning: This post may contain
spoilers of Sons of Anarchy Season 6. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></div>
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<b><i><u>THANK YOU! AND GOD BLESS!<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></div>
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Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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It has come to my attention that I have come across the most
epic television series of all time. And while it will never rival the legendary
Dallas as one of the television programmes with the most episodes of all time,
Sons of Anarchy is quite possibly one of the most realistic series of all time
and its creator Kurt Sutter is a bladdy genius and deserves an Oscar, an Emmy,
a Pulitzer Prize and a Nobel Prize for literature. <o:p></o:p></div>
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While I am fully aware that I may not have to correct
qualifications to give an educated opinion on the series, I am fully aware of
my constitutional (and human) right to voice my opinion. And besides, the
people who critique movies and television shows for a living are full of shit
anyway and don’t know how to give a proper opinion on things anyway. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After cottoning on to the series in 2011, I was not prepared
for the most realistic roller coaster of human emotions that the series would
put me on. From the humble beginnings of the turf war with the Mayans, to dealing
with the Nords, to rampaging through Belfast to rescue the kidnapped Abel, to
dealing with RICO, to dealing with the Clay situation, I have been glued to my
screen and completely fascinated by the development of the various characters
and the role that they play in the series. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But nothing…not one damn thing could have prepared me for
Season 6. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We knew that this was going to be a make or break season for
the series as something needed to come to a head in order to bring viewers back
to the series. Gone are the days where we have endless seasons of a series. It seems
that they have a life span of five seasons, and then you start losing viewers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The end of Season Five set the scene perfectly for season
six, Clay was incarcerated for the murder of Damon Pope (a murder that he was
framed for by Jax and Tigg), and Tara was incarcerated for her part in the
murder of a correctional services nurse by Otto Delaney. So clearly Clay had an
axe to grind while Tara wanted to distance herself and her boys from Gemma and
the Club. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This was the basis of Season Six. Tara’s arrest was a
defining moment in her relationship with the club as it was the last straw
which broke the camel’s back she had enough of the Club and its bullshit and
she has gone into the mode that every mother goes into, she needs to make major
sacrifices to save her boys. Some thinks that her whole outlook of wanting to
divorce Jax was due to her falling out of love with him. But in fact, it was
just the opposite. All through the series you can see she is still desperately
in love with Jax, and she so wants to be there for him. But she questions his
ability to be a good role model for their sons. We all know that Jax himself
never wanted to turn out the way that he did, but his history with the club and
his election to its Presidency turned him. Abel and Thomas share that same
history with the club and Tara was scared that the same fate was in store for
them. The apple never does fall far from the tree. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She also didn’t want to turn in the club because she had the
outlook of: Fuck all you guys, you have burned me so now I am going to burn
you. She wanted to turn in the club to get immunity from prison. If she did
jail time for conspiracy to murder that nurse, custody of the kids would go to
Jax who is still significantly controlled by Gemma, who Tara believes is Satan
reborn. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everything that Tara did during the season was for her kids.
The sacrifices she made, the schemes she tried to execute, the distance she put
between herself and Jax were all for her kids. She transformed herself from the
cute tabby cat to the tiger that she ended up becoming because of the threat to
her kids. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let it just be stated for the record that she was still as
hot as shit. She will be missed during Season 7. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Clay had to die. It was decided during Season Four, Season
Five and now in Season Six. We all knew it was coming. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ca3yfoGrScFxJHLwiRaoZ9DQJ2EtG4hIzT91qYdt7LtFXhQ70guL_mDar6bEvC9o9vpY0yY47-Vx3XSeS0x4kf3PWxq18FAFGya047-uaWEaZUOWY4l4LMvysfYpMDXq1SSawaczjiQ/s1600/JacksonTeller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ca3yfoGrScFxJHLwiRaoZ9DQJ2EtG4hIzT91qYdt7LtFXhQ70guL_mDar6bEvC9o9vpY0yY47-Vx3XSeS0x4kf3PWxq18FAFGya047-uaWEaZUOWY4l4LMvysfYpMDXq1SSawaczjiQ/s320/JacksonTeller.jpg" width="320" /></a>The person you really feel sorry for is Jax. The opening of
the Season Six Finale encapsulates it all: <i>I
hate what I have become, there are times when I must go for weeks without
looking in the mirror because I am scared that I will smash it and cut my face
with the broken shards of my reflection. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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This was the entry into his journal at the beginning of the
finale. And every move that he has made
since returning from Belfast has been to push the club towards earning cash in
a legitimate manner and to move away from the violence and killings that
running drugs and guns has brought the club. However, the drugs and guns is too
big an earner for the IRA and the other organisations like the Mayans, the
Niners and the Chinese for the guns to stop. And because the Sons have the
network to run the drugs and guns effectively, these organisations are putting Jax
under pressure and are sabotaging his plans. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jax is caught between a rock and a hard place, he wants to
move away from guns but he can’t because of the events I just described above.
Coupled with this he has Tara doing what she needs to do to survive and the
cops so far up his ass after a school shooting in the first episode. There are
times when you can see the pure frustration in Jax’s face that can only come
from a person who does not know what else to do to make things right. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now for the finale, and it is at this point that I want to
point out and reiterate my spoiler disclaimer above. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sutter has once again outdone himself and has set the scene
perfectly for Season 7. Jax agrees to hand himself over to the authorities in
order for Tara to look after the boys and raise them away from the violence and
bullshit that club business has brought into their homes. Gemma turns out to be
the devil that Tara thought she was by brutally killing her. Sherriff Rooseveld
is about to turn in Gemma but gets shot by Juice. Jax arrives at the home to
turn himself in and sees the two bodies in the kitchen. He breaks down and
holds Tara’s body when the District Attorney walks in and sees Jax, the two
bodies and Jax’s gun (which was not used in the murders) on the floor. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, Season 7. It will be a fitting end to the series because
of a few things:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->Who will raise Abel and Thomas, Jax will be
going to jail for RICO and possibly double murder after the DA walks in on a
crime scene that he supposedly was responsible for. Everything that Tara fought
so hard for turned to shit and the boys will either be raised by Gemma or
Wendy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span>Will Gemma be brought to justice for her murder
of Tara?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span>Will Nero turn out like Jax after agreeing to
head up the Stockton chapter of the Mayans?<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s a pity that we will have to wait until September 2014
to find this out. But one thing is for sure. Sutter never disappoints, and we
should strap ourselves in for an emotional roller coaster. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is at this time I would like to wish all of my fans a
Happy Festive Season. Thank you for your support throughout the year and I hope
to have your continued support in 2014. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-58327314892514518102013-12-05T11:04:00.001+02:002013-12-05T11:05:01.085+02:00Beating the December Blues<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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We all know that feeling. It’s the end of the year…and you
are quite frankly sick and tired of bullshit. You wake up every day thinking
that this is a good day to hit someone and you actually get out of the car when
a taxi cuts you off on the road. Yip my friend…you have the December Blues. A
condition which only lasts two weeks at the beginning of December before you
take that long deserved summer vacation. But don’t let the length of time fool
you…because those two weeks will be the longest in your life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The worst about the December Blues is that you absolutely cant
asked to be doing any serious work. Let’s face it: you've being doing it the whole
year for fuck sakes…surely they can understand your go-slow attitude. But the
fact is that you still have to go to work during December until they close. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So what do you do to entertain yourself while trying to look
busy at work? Well, when I was working at my first job after I got back from
Dubai, we found some online quizzes that we spent the whole of Office December
doing. I tell you, these were the shit! I loved them! Here is the link so I can
spread some love: <a href="http://www.netquizzes.com/">http://www.netquizzes.com/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Another way to pass the time is to read some entertaining
articles. I came across this one yesterday about the worlds weirdest dictators.
It is very amusing and <a href="http://cracked.com/">cracked.com</a> is a highly recommended site in my
opinion. There are a lot of profiles of
the dictators in this article. But I’ll just include one: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>Francisco Macias Nguema --
President of Equatorial Guinea<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<i>The son of a witch doctor, Nguema started with the humble position of
mayor before becoming president of Equatorial Guinea in 1968. He banned the
word "intellectual," shut down private schools and drove educated
people out of his country because he had some sort of vendetta against book
learning. Then he shut down several hospitals in favour of his witch doctor
ancestry and, well, you can guess how that went.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>He even banned the use of lubricants in a power plant, saying that he
could keep the place running with his magic powers. Unsurprisingly, the plant
broke down, and the entire capital was engulfed in darkness.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>He frequently indulged in bhang, a drink made from marijuana, and often
dined with imaginary friends and executed imaginary enemies, two activities
known in America as "playing video games."<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Hallucinations and video games go together like hallucinations and
governing nations.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>In 1971, Nguema declared himself the Grandmaster of Education, Science
and Culture and changed the national motto to "There is no other God than
Macias Nguema." To top it all off, Nguema killed the governor of the
public bank and hid all the money in his jungle shed.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i>What happened to him?<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<i>Nguema's own nephew ousted him in a long-overdue coup. He was executed
by firing squad in 1979, because evidently his magical powers did not extend to
the stopping of bullets.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Either the most depressing book of all <br />
time or the most amusing. </td></tr>
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I read about him in a book called the State of Africa by
Martin Meredith, which let me just say is the most <o:p></o:p></div>
depressing fucking book in the
world, or the most amusing depending on your resistance to seeing how a
beautiful continent like Africa can screw itself through power hungry bastards.
What cracked.com doesn’t mention, which
Meredith does, is that Nguema buried all of the country’s money in the ground
in that jungle hut. When he went back to reclaim it a few months later, it was
all eaten by rats. TRUE STORY!<br />
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But there were one or two exclusions in that list of bat
shit crazy dictators which I feel deserved a mention; Robert Mugabe and Idi
Amin Dada (who self-styled himself as the Last King of Scotland even though he
was as Scottish as I am a Zulu.) The list can be found here: <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_18850_7-modern-dictators-way-crazier-than-you-thought-possible.html">http://www.cracked.com/article_18850_7-modern-dictators-way-crazier-than-you-thought-possible.html</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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A bit of a warning though, it is a bit outdated because Muammar
Gaddafi and Kim Jong Il have both since taken the journey and are deceased.
Probably to the delight of their people, although you wouldn't say so after
seeing North Koreans crying in the street when Kim Jong Il died…but they were
probably paid to do so. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, we come to the site which has me addicted. And screw
the person who got me onto this site. We all know about the wonders of Google.
But how many of you have discovered the wonders of Gizzoogle?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gizzoogle is the gangster version of Google. It works in the
same way, except that it takes a perfectly normal webpage and puts into
gangster talk. For example: I gizzoogled Anderson Silva, who is one of the top
MMA fighters of all time, and I got taken to the gizzoogled version of his
Wikipedia page, which hilariously becomes Wikipizzle. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here are some descriptions of what gizzoogle did: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) be a Brazilian mixed martial
artist n' forma UFC Middleweight Champion. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass.
Silva holdz tha longest title defense streak up in UFC history, which ended up
in 2013 wit 16 consecutizzle wins n' 10 title defenses. Dude has 12 post-fight
bonus awards. Silva is ranked as tha #2 middleweight up in tha ghetto by
multiple publications includin Sherdog n' is tha consensus No. 1
pound-for-pound mixed martial arts fighter up in tha ghetto accordin ta ESPN,
Sherdog, Yahoo! Sports n' other publications. UFC prez Dana White n' other
publications have called Silva tha top billin mixed martial artist of all time.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i><u>Background<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></div>
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<i>Anderson Silva started doin thangs April 14, 1975, a middle lil pimp of
four. Da lil hustla of a poverty-stricken crew, Silva dropped tha majoritizzle
of his childhood wit his thugged-out aunt n' uncle, a fool wit tha Curitiba
five-o force.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Yo, silva first fuckin started hustlin jiu-jitsu wit hood lil playas
whoz ass could afford lessons yo. Dude explained his crazy-ass muthafuckin
introduction ta martial arts up in a rap battle wit FIGHT! Magazine: “When I
started out, Jiu-Jitsu was straight-up a elite thang up in Brazil, n' there was
some prejudice towardz skankyer kids, so I had ta learn thangs on mah own...
Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Some of mah neighbors started bustin
Jiu-Jitsu, so I started watchin it, n' then started rollin wit em. Well
shiiiit, it wasn’t organized hustlin yo, but dat shiznit was mo' betta than
nothing.” By tha age of twelve his crew was able ta set aside enough scrilla ta
start his ass up in Tae Kwon Do lessons, from which he moved on ta Capoeira,
before finally settlin on Muay Thai all up in tha age of sixteen.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Before his thugged-out lil' punk-ass fuckin started his game as a
professionizzle fighter, Silva hit dat shiznit at McDonalds, n' also as a
gangbangin' file clerk yo. Dude considaz Spider-Man a underground hero, n' has
a stated ludd of comic books n' comic book heroes.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I am not making this up. Go to <a href="http://www.gizzoogle.net/">www.gizzoogle.net</a> and see for yourself.
This is a short description to what they did to Bruce Lee: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hong Kong action film hustla<br /> n' tha smoker of Jeet Kune Do.</span></td></tr>
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<i>Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong Gangsta martial artist, Hong Kong action film
hustla, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, n' tha smoker of Jeet Kune Do. Lee
was tha lil hustla of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen yo. Dude is widely
considered by commentators, muthafuckas, media n' other martial artists ta be
one of da most thugged-out influential martial artistz of all time, n' a pop
culture icon of tha 20th century. Dude is often credited wit helpin ta chizzle
tha way Asians was presented up in Gangsta films.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Lee started doin thangs up in Chinatown, San Frankieco on 27 November
1940 ta muthafathas from Hong Kong n' was raised up in Kowloon wit his crew
until his fuckin late teens yo. Dude was introduced ta tha film industry by his
wild lil' daddy n' rocked up in nuff muthafuckin films as a cold-ass lil lil
pimp hustla. Lee moved ta tha United Hoods all up in tha age of 18 ta receive
his higher ejaculation, n' dat shiznit was durin dis time dat his thugged-out
lil' punk-ass fuckin started teachin martial arts yo. His Hong Kong n'
Hollywood-produced films elevated tha traditionizzle Hong Kong martial arts
film ta a freshly smoked up level of popularitizzle n' acclaim, sparkin a surge
of interest up in Chinese martial arts up in tha Westside up in tha 1970s. Da
direction n' tone of his wild lil' films chizzled n' hyped up martial arts n'
martial arts films up in Hong Kong n' tha rest of tha ghetto. Right back up in
yo muthafuckin ass.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Dude is noted fo' his bangin rolez up in five feature-length films: Lo
Weiz Da Big Boss (1971) n' Fist of Fury (1972); Way of tha Dragon (1972),
pimped up n' freestyled by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter tha Dragon (1973) n' Da
Game of Dirtnap (1973), both pimped up by Robert Clouse. Lee became a iconic
figure known all up in tha ghetto, particularly among tha Chinese, as he
portrayed Chinese nationalism up in his wild lil' films. Dude initially trained
up in Win Chun yo, but later rejected well-defined martial art styles, favourin
instead tha use of steez from various sources, up in tha spirit of his
thugged-out lil' underground martial arts philosophy, which da ruffneck dubbed
Jeet Kune Do (Da Way of tha Interceptin Fist). Lee held dual nationality of
Hong Kong n' tha United Hoods. Dude took a dirt nap up in Kowloon Tong on 20
July 1973 all up in tha age of 32.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am Gizzoogle mutha fuckez!</td></tr>
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What can we gather from this? Well, the site is either being
run by James Brown up in heaven or by Snoop <o:p></o:p></div>
Lions man cave where he is hitting
a spliff the size of a small country!<br />
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Entertaining yourself during Office December is possible.
And hopefully I have shown you how to achieve this. But please be crafty about
it and don’t let the management see you doing this. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have a good festive season and a Blessed Christmas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-41019757785537974602013-11-29T13:21:00.002+02:002013-11-29T13:21:31.230+02:00Don't get out of hand at the office Christmas party<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are very few instances where we can have an absolute
party at work which is actually sanctioned or even arranged by management. There
is one event that the whole office looks forward to the whole year…The Office
Christmas Party. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is an opportunity to get absolutely hammered at the
company’s expense right? This is a night to throw your name away right? The
answer to both questions is actually: WRONG. Office parties can often prove to
be mine fields where a wrong move can significantly damage your reputation in
the company. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Traditionally, I have never been a fan of office parties…no
matter when they are in the year. I mean, who really wants to spend the evening
with a person you can barely stand seeing in a corporate environment? I make it
a point of being one of the first people to leave, regardless of what gets said
about me the next day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But, these parties are unavoidable and there are two major rules
one needs to bear in mind when approaching such events:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->NO OVER DRINKING. Chances are very good that you think your
boss is an arrogant prick who is a slave driver and an under payer. There is honestly not a person on this earth
who feels that they are compensated fairly for the work that they do. And as we
all know, alcohol loosens the tongue quite significantly. So it may be wise to
bypass a situation where you tell your boss what a miserable bastard you think
he/she is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->BE PUNCTUAL. The rules that apply to work apply
here as well. Also, if you are punctual, you can greet all the necessary people
and make an early getaway without being noticed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will tell you a few stories about people who acted wrongly
at the Christmas parties I went to. I will keep the names of the people and the
companies anonymous in order to protect all of those involved. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you mean we got out of hand at the Christmas<br />Party? That's not us! That's our stunt doubles!</td></tr>
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When I first came back from Dubai, I worked for a very well respected
trade magazine which was the top magazine in their industry. But the people who
ran the company were a bunch of conservative sods and took their poor staff payment
policy into the Christmas party. The bar tab that they traditionally organised
was R5 000 for 30 people and their partners. So safe to say this would have
lasted maybe an hour or two.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However this didn’t deter one lady who was a 24 year old
girl had the mind-set of 16 year old who was at her first alcoholic house
party. She came prepared and got a bit hammered on her own account. To her
credit, she waited until all of the senior management was gone, but she locked
her eye on a junior manager and proceeded to get up on the table and attempt to
do a rendition of what she thought was a sexy and provocative table dance. This
didn’t end well because as she turned to show this manager her ass. She fell off
the table, and split her head open. <o:p></o:p></div>
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VERY NICE DUMBASS…NOW EXPLAIN TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT WHY THE
RESTAURANT IS CALLING THEM AT 11 PM TO TELL THEM THAT THERE IS AN UNDERCOVER DEMI MOORE WANNABE
FROM OUR COMPANY WHO THINKS SHE IS REENACTING A SCENE FROM THE MOVIE STRIPTEASE. AND ALSO EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE 10 STITCHES IN YOUR HEAD WHICH MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST GOT OUT THE RING WITH ‘SUGAR’ RASHAD EVANS. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The second one was when I was working in Durban. The company
I was working for at the time was owned by a youngish guy who liked to drink
and party. And the Christmas parties of this company were notorious for getting
out of hand. So after the theme for the party was decided, a lady came around
and asked who would need taxi rides home which the company would organize at
their expense. As per usual, I made an
early exit, but the next day I had to hear stories about how one pissed person
told one of the senior managers how much of a miserable bastard he is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was also an occasion where there was a Christmas party at our bosses house. A work colleague of mine brought his brother along. As the evening progressed, the alcohol was flowing very copiously. my work colleague disappeared to pass out in his car while his brother was still drinking. There was a party at another house in the estate so when the colleagues brother couldn't find my colleague, he walked over to the house and searched for him in every room. it turns out he walked into the main bedroom where a couple was having some hot sex. He tapped the guy on the shoulder and asked him what was going on. </div>
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There is always a time and place for these things to take
place and there are times when you can have a lot of fun at work functions. One
of the best times I had was on a business trip to the Democratic Republic of
Congo. The company that arranged the trip was opening a branch of their office
in Lubumbashi. As the evening unfolded, quarts of Simba beer were being
consumed as if it were sweet nectar from the Fountain of Youth. It eventually
ended with me leopard crawling back to my room where I eventually passed out. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I suppose it has a lot to do with the environment and the
people that you share the evening with. I got on very well with the people from
the company who took us to the DRC and the fact that we were in another country
where EVERYONE was getting drunk and throwing their name away, which made the whole experience
ok. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But there are a few tips though. It is not advisable to
consume alcohol whilst on malaria tablets and it is not advisable to get drunk
the night before a flight back home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-5760947797286895862013-10-17T13:55:00.003+02:002013-10-17T13:55:56.018+02:00Respect is earned...never given!<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every person has to have a code which they live by. It
defines them. It makes them who they are. It forms the basis upon which you
make decisions and approach relationships and friendships. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the things I do not do is judge people. That is part
of my code. I feel that I cannot judge a person until I have walked a mile in
their shoes. Experienced their problems; faced their difficulties. One of the
things I have been doing, in between being mad busy at work, is that I have
been watching a series on YouTube called: <i>The
Worlds Strictest Parents</i>. Basically the show takes rebellious teenagers who
are running rampant in their homes and sends them off to strict parents in
other countries where they learn about things such as respect and discipline. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t know if I made a conscious decision to watch this a
week after the video of the Glenvista High School pupil assaulting a teacher
was put up, but me watching this show coincided with that. The first few
episodes were really of these little shits who have no respect, at the end they
learn respect and the fact that the parents didn’t have to beat it into them is
really a testament to them, because I would have beat the shit out of two of
the kids…and I am quite patient if I need to be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But the second episode in the first series of the British
version really hit home with me. The boy…Sam came <o:p></o:p></div>
from a home in the UK where
his dad left the family. This obviously caused a lot of resentment in the family
and Sam rebelled. He also turned his back on his faith. <br />
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to live with stricter parents) Sam went through a lot of conflicting emotions,
he does visibly have the potential to be a better student and person that he
is, but his resentment towards his father stops him from realising this. Why am
I pointing this out? Because while the people in Jamaica could not realise that
this was the problem, I could. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I never had the best relationship with my father, although
mine never walked out on the family when I was grown up. He wasn’t a part of
the family for 13 years. And when he came back into the family, he tried to
break down the whole value system which I knew to try and impose his own morals
and value system. I didn’t rebel like a typical teenager does, but I had a lot
of conflicts with my father. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is a struggle, and until you have experienced something
similar, you simply cannot judge the person who is going through it. You
cannot; especially if they are a teenager. You see, at his age, Sam is starting
to move away from being a child into being a man. Here he will have his own
value system, which includes his own elements as well as elements given to him
by his family. In order to do this, he will need support. And while a mother’s
love is great, a MAN needs the approval of another MAN when they are making
that transition. Sam has the potential to be a great person, but he now has to
battle with these feelings of him being a failure because his father left his
family. There is nothing worse than that rejection. It can be the worst pain
you will ever feel in your life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Dealing with this can also be a problem. You can either make
the decision to just simply give up, or you can make the decision to change.
Sam wants to be the best he can be, but he doesn’t know how to channel his
energy positively. At the end of the episode, his Jamaican family take him to a
friend of theirs. This friend is only two years older than Sam, and his father
also walked out on his family. Unlike Sam who is the youngest, this boy is
clearly the oldest and had to get a job to support his five siblings. And he
does so with a smile of his face, a smile that only the presence of God can
give a person. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You know, once when my dad and I were having one of our
famous battles, he asked me what he has to do to get me to love and respect
him. And the answer is really simple. As in really really simple. A dad doesn’t
have to give his son money, or shower him with gifts like cars and watches. All
he has to do is be around, give his son love, and just to respect his
boundaries when he is trying to become a man. The worst thing you can do as a
father is up and leave your son with responsibilities he is not ready for.
Although my dad didn’t, he passed away which left me with responsibilities to
my mom and brother. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A bit of respect for your kids boundaries will go a long way
in earning their respect and love back. As much as parents think that they are <b><i>entitled</i></b>
to love and respect, the hard fact of life is that you are not <b><i>entitled</i></b>
to shit in life. Respect is never <b><i>given</i></b>, it is <b><i>earned</i></b>. This is one of
the biggest and harshest realities of life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I say it is a harsh reality because in an ideal world,
feelings such as love and aspects such as respect honor and trust would be
freely given. But unfortunately we don’t live in an ideal world. If people
could mature into adulthood with this thought in their minds, it wouldn’t be a
harsh reality. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Entitlement is something that died with the English lords when
Henry VIII was being his blasphemous self. This is a key lesson you need to
teach your kids. And what better way to do it than to respect them first? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-20112036253604582412013-09-09T15:11:00.001+02:002013-09-09T15:11:17.233+02:00Country Fustration<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How difficult is it to do your job? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Besides making love to your spouse, and drinking, your job
is the one thing in the world which you are supposed to be proud of. In South
Africa, this is far far down the recommended list of priorities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But this is my country, and I love it to death. However,
South Africa is one of the most frustrating countries in the world to live in.
I have recently moved into my new place…very exciting. So I now go on a mission
to get the stock standard TV, DSTV, and household things such as a mop, broom, dustbin,
cooking shit (pots and pans) and emergency supplies of 5 litre bottled water in
case there are water cuts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided to go to Makro, which is owned by Massmart and is guaranteed
to have a lot (if not all) of the things I am looking for. So I go there and I had
my heart settled on a Sinotec 39” flat screen TV which was on special. The
salesman pitches the sale perfectly and basically has me eating out of the palm
of his hand. Only for him to tell me that he doesn’t have any stock when I tell
him how interested I am. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WTF DUDE! W.H.Y? Why try and sell me a TV that you don’t have?
Typical South African mentality! I wanted to strangle the bastard, but he had
the same name as me, so I let it slide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I go back the next day to get the DSTV decoder and shit. I get
the decoder, HDMI Cables, extra RC cables. What don’t they have? The cable that
goes from the wall into the DSTV! FFS I might as well have pissed away the
money I spent on the HDMI and RC cables, because without the cable the decoder won’t
work. So now I must go to HI FI Corporation (Corruption) to get the cable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I mean the appeal of a place like Makro or Massmart is that you
can get everything in one place. Even the kitchen sink. People who go to a
place like Makro and Massmart and get told that there is no stock of something
is the most frustrating thing in the world. There is no other way to describe
it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I then go to a Spar (a major local supermarket chain here)
and I ask the attendant where I will find tin foil (aluminium foil). “Eish I don’t
know that.” I go to the next one…”what is that? Even I don’t know what it is.” Five
staff members tell me this. So I am now PISSED.
Spitting blood. I find a manager and I ask him where it is. And to his
credit, he was a consummate gentleman and even took me to where it is. “Tell me
something my good man…do you train your staff?” I could see I touched a nerve
because he buried his head in his hand and said very slowly, “Yes…Why?” so I regaled
the case of the mysterious toil foil to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It just amazes me how people in South Africa:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A – celebrate mediocrity by still employing these rocket scientists.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">B – celebrate stupidity by screwing up something simple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I have a theory: I think that the staff members I asked
about the tinfoil knew EXACTLY what I was asking about, they just wanted to
piss me off. And they do this with all white people. If this is the case, I find
it very unfair because I never oppressed anyone during apartheid and have never
hated based on the colour of their skin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-22871383015037000032013-08-14T13:16:00.001+02:002013-08-14T13:16:49.005+02:00Return of the Mack. Word of the Day<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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It has been a while since I have updated this blog. For that
I apologise. I suppose we go through our stages where we want the world to know
every intimate detail of what goes on in our lives, and then we actually get to
a stage where we actually couldn’t give an ass rats about what people think of
us, or how much they miss knowing about our lives. Like my ex always says: here
is a brick to help you build a bridge to get over it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But as was pointed out to me lately…I am a bit of a
manipulator (which I completely and utterly deny) and I possibly have a bad
attitude when it comes to people (which I actually agree with if you are as
arrogant as shit). Be that as it may, I have resolved to update this blog at
least twice a month. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I haven’t done a ‘word of the day’ blog in a long time and
recent events have resolved me to do another one. The first word is actually
settling a debate and the other words are from my favourite source of ‘street
talk’—Urban Dictionary. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So to the first word, in between watching one of the world
class shows that Sony Max had on TV came a far eastern lady who’s decedents
were of the Karachi variety appearing on the TV teaching a catholic household
how to make Eid treats. So this lady is making a pot of Garlic Prawns and she
says: “I like to put a lot of garlic in my prawns because I am partial to
anything garlicky.” My friend looked like was going to have a heart seizure
screaming at the TV that garlicky is not a word. I said that it was…but my friend
has that arrogant lawyer way about him. So I just kept quiet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But I was right. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Word: Garlicky <o:p></o:p></div>
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Definition: containing or resembling the taste or odour of
garlic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use: ey no man….I tried to dala that cherrie and her breath
smelt garlicky ek se…I waaid so quick cuzzie. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now we get onto the proper words. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Urban dictionary is the best site known to man in my
opinion. It has introduced me to words such as Panocha, Barocho, Fine China,
and it even helped me correct someone. My best female friend was talking to me
and mentioned the word Twat. I laughed and told her to look on Urban Dictionary
what twat means. Needless to say, she was a bit embarrassed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So now…here we go:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Word: phoneslinger <o:p></o:p></div>
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Defenition: A person that can produce their phone with
lightning speed and return a text message almost instantaneously.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Application: <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jim - I hate texting with Jennifer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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John - Why's that Jim? She seems like a cool girl to me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jim - When you send her a text, it takes forever to get a
response. <o:p></o:p></div>
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John - Ohh I hate that too! My new girl Sally has to be just
about the fastest little phoneslinger I've ever met in my life. Whenever you text her, you always have an
answer right away. Always. I so love that! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jim - Wow! I'm jealous already.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Word: Piss Muting <o:p></o:p></div>
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Definition: When you piss on the side of the bowl of the
toilet instead of the water to make less noise at night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use: Mom - Johnny, if you're staying up late tonight be sure
to mute your piss so you don't wake me up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Word: hate hug <o:p></o:p></div>
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Definition: A hug given as an unavoidable social grace even
though one or both people engaged in the hug hate each other and would not
willingly hug if they were alone. Characterized by being a very fast and
"going through the motions" hug with as little contact, duration, and
eye contact as possible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use: That girl Angela that hates me showed up unexpectedly
when I was out with co-workers having a drink. When we were all leaving she
hugged people goodbye but gave me a hate hug.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If I cared enough I would use it on my exes. Difference is
that the relationships between my exes and myself are very hostile to the
extent that we hardly talk. But I still have to see one at church. And its
funny how nervous you get around them no matter what the status is between the
two of you, and this is the one who I don’t talk to. AT ALL! </div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-48362611748459949512013-07-08T13:51:00.002+02:002013-07-08T13:51:40.371+02:00Pandora loses its mind!<div class="MsoNormal">
Salamu<o:p></o:p></div>
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We all know that there are a bunch of greedy people in the
world. Trust me, I just finished working for one such company. Six days a week
with no medical aid, no parking and a manager who felt as if he had to put his
small man syndrome on display all day every day.Safe to say it was a hard
environment to cope in.</div>
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One of the things which make people greedy is operating in
an industry which is becoming increasingly popular. It also helps if you have a
certain influence on the industry (ie: a dominant position). Pandora recently
found itself in such a position and is currently on a mission to get all music
artists to take a 85% cut in royalties. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m sorry….let me just reiterate what I just said because it
does sound like complete and utter madness. <o:p></o:p></div>
Pandora wants musical artists who
supply music to it to take a 85% cut in royalties. <br />
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This is like a strip club owner expecting his dancers to pay
him to dance at his joint. There is no way that customers are going there for
the food or drink. They are going there for booty. This is what Pandora needs
to realize….without music artists you are NOTHING! Why then would you want to bite the hand that
feeds you? Because the public is definitely not coming to your site to admire
your coding!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The most likely explanation is that Pandora is starting to
feel the pressures of increased activity in the sector which is making them
uneasy. And an uneasy company tends to make stupid decision. Pandora is joined
in the industry by Spotify, Apple who recently launched their iRadio service
and YouTube who have announced that they will be launching specialized channels
on a subscription basis. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before the entry of Apple and YouTube, there were only two
players in the market. Consumers were therefore desperately looking for variety,
but could not go anywhere. Because of this, Pandora felt relatively safe with
their business model as cashflow was not a problem. The introduction of
competition gave the public options and Pandora has probably found that a few
of its previously loyal customers are not so loyal anymore. So the reason that
Pandora is so keen on decreasing its royalties is that it is struggling for
cash. <o:p></o:p></div>
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However, to say that royalties is the be all and end all of
your monetisation policy is a bit of a farfetched scenario. There are other
ways in which Pandora can make its money:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->Decrease your subscription costs. Please LOVE discounts
and by dropping your subscription base, you may just attract some customers
back to your forum. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->Offer a new service. The public likes a new
service which is the main reason why Apple and YouTube has seen the early
success that they have on the subscription side. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->-<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->Offer incentives which will see new artists
flock to your platform. A change is as good as a holiday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It seems as if Pandora has lost their damn minds. And this
is not the way in which to approach the challenge of decreasing revenue. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na vivuli nyuma yako!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-8391257906415658862013-06-08T11:48:00.002+02:002013-06-08T11:50:34.102+02:00Would you call having 22 kids by 14 women ambition?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is ambition? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To me, ambition is aspiring to be
the best person you can be, and then improve on it so that you disprove all
rational thoughts that people had about you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Take for instance Elvis Presley and
Johnny Cash. Almost everyone said that these young men would be bums and would
never make a name for themselves. Yet they aspired to greatness and look where
it got them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">AMBITION. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mahatma Gandhi was another example
of this. When he said he was going to change the world through NON VIOLENCE. People
seriously doubted his mental capabilities. Yet look what he achieved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">AMBITION. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, dictionary.com defines
ambition as: <i>an earnest desire for some
type of <b>achievement </b>or <b>distinction</b>, as power, honor, fame, or
wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why am I saying this? Well, because
for most <b>rational </b>people, being
ambitious means striving to make more money or to get a job/social prestige
which would make people proud of you. Not so? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETG_SzRfRzDQWWS7THqGkhba01RtVIDHwYF97Y5ax8nCr2xTlhFS6SeQduL4yUMhsJriaHRaz1_lGnH6wKX2umQyDMZluV_4_Eibn9p-i4ZHRJhf0br1UAet3ArOX_M9V5Y1T5ywJKuQ/s1600/man-with-22-kids.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETG_SzRfRzDQWWS7THqGkhba01RtVIDHwYF97Y5ax8nCr2xTlhFS6SeQduL4yUMhsJriaHRaz1_lGnH6wKX2umQyDMZluV_4_Eibn9p-i4ZHRJhf0br1UAet3ArOX_M9V5Y1T5ywJKuQ/s320/man-with-22-kids.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cant pay support for 22 kids. these people know that!<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This, my friends is not the case
with a certain Mr Orlando Shaw who is a resident of Nashville Tennessee. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I came across the sad case of Shaw
when I was cruising the headlines of the Huffington Post this morning. This man….this
utter BASTION of human ambition has fathered 22 kids with 14 women! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Outside of the courthouse he was
doing an interview with the Huffington Post and when the reporter asked him: “why
did you do it? Did the thoughts of contraceptives ever cross your mind?” he
simply said: “I was young…AMBITIOUS…and loved women. Nobody can fault me for
loving women!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Can you actually come to terms with that number?
That’s being a father to two soccer teams with almost a full rugby team of
women! When that’s your main ambition in life, I’ve got some bad news for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s take a closer look at this.
Common sense says that if you are a father’s ass you will take care of the kids
emotionally and financially. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He is currently at court “fighting
for his life” because he can’t afford maintenance payments on 22 kids. Now I don’t
care how rich your ass is…even Donald Trump and Richard Branson will struggle
paying this type of child support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And then there is the emotional
part. Let’s say all his kids are a year apart. This means that he would have
had to make a girl pregnant every year for 22 straight years. Even porn stars don’t
get that lucky. So the likelihood that at least four or even five of these kids
are the same age is good. I don’t care how much BULLSHIT you talk or want to
even believe. Any father will struggle to be there emotionally for two kids who
are the same age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigc1M0AamL6alPVkLute9Iqn171zLa_w5L5eRG3YbxHfdRr9Ox34k-XBwRjdo-dGCqcwKv09LvEdoS5Q-N8Q-mJp7rjQvMqBeWA5ytm1xkOChwLrMnjNee73eUxwDnYN85kWOpxiKJzHM/s1600/Xzibit+Meme+Kids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigc1M0AamL6alPVkLute9Iqn171zLa_w5L5eRG3YbxHfdRr9Ox34k-XBwRjdo-dGCqcwKv09LvEdoS5Q-N8Q-mJp7rjQvMqBeWA5ytm1xkOChwLrMnjNee73eUxwDnYN85kWOpxiKJzHM/s1600/Xzibit+Meme+Kids.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">What type of a role model is he? You
know, my father and I never had the best relationship. In fact we OFTEN had
arguments and battles which would have made Itchy and Scratchy very proud. But the
best piece of advice he ever gave me was “Never create a life for yourself that’s
unsustainable.” Supporting 22 kids is not sustainable by any stretch of the
imagination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now when his kids become adults,
what role model do they have? Go and have 22 kids. Don’t worry, you won’t have
to pay child support. Just tell the judge you can’t pay this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The person I feel the most for in
this situation is in fact the judge. Because once you have moved beyond the
fact that this man standing before you is a father to two soccer teams with
almost a full rugby team of women, and once you have moved beyond the fact that
you want to call this man and his ladies the dumbest people on earth, you have
to deal with the fact that you now have to make a ruling in this case. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Clearly this man cant pay child
support for 22 kids. So the rational thing to do is find out how many kids he
can pay for. Let’s say for example its 10. Which ten get the support and which
12 don’t? According to the law he may be compelled to pay for those under the
age of 16 because they can’t legally find work. Ok fine…what if this number is
13? Which 3 lose out then? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Booker T. Can You Dig It Sukka!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is just another sad case of
what I refer to as Ghetto Syndrome. These kids will never feel properly loved
and will never have the security of a stable income generating environment. What
happens to these people. They belong to gangs in order to compensate for the
love that they never felt and they turn to crime to pay the bills. And again
they don’t have a great role model because Shaw has a criminal record.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are many sad things about this
story. First we have Orlando Shaw himself who’s main ambition in life is to
have as many kids as he can. Second we have the women who are dumb enough to
fall for his trickery and lastly we have the fact that this man does not
exactly have the looks of a Denzel Washington. He is a hybrid of Busta Rhymes
and Booker T. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now CAN YOU DIGG THAT? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAA!
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na
vivuli nyuma yako!</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-13959837254059464832013-05-28T14:44:00.000+02:002013-05-28T14:44:00.817+02:00A little word on tax avoidance<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a question…have you ever sat
and wondered how much shit multinational companies actually get away with?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before you all think I am some kind
of drug addict freak that sits and smokes the reefer just to think up this
shit, it is actually work related research which has brought me to this
subject. So it is that point of reference from which I am writing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now that we have cleared that up, let’s
get back to the tangent from which I started the post. What I am about to tell
you is common knowledge to some people. But in my opinion, the demographic of
‘some people’ is far too small. For all the great things the Americans are…. this
is a global issue and needs to be exposed to a global audience. To an audience who
don’t think the sun shines out of the particular company in question’s arse!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is an old saying which says
that the only things unavoidable in life are death and taxes. Well, it seems
that Apple has been able to avoid the latter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While 2012 proved to be one of the
most fascinating years for the technology industry, Apple found that it was
faced with one of the most challenging years in the company’s history. Not only
did the company have to deal with investor unrest, the company lost its
position as the world’s richest company to Exxon Mobil. The company also spent
the majority of the year playing second fiddle to Samsung who became the top
selling smartphone manufacturer in the world. Added to this, Android overtook
Apple as the most popular tablet operating system in the world by sales. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2013 has proved to be just as
challenging. The company has just finished answering allegations brought before
it by the US Senate that the company is not paying its fair share in terms of
taxes. A complex tax system which involves Irish based subsidiaries has been
labeled as immoral and bordering on illegal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Senate report noted that Apple's
Irish subsidiary earned $22-billion in 2011. However, it wound up paying only
$10-million in taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Apple's three primary Irish
entities hold 60% of the company's profits but claim to be tax residents
nowhere in the world," Arizona Sen. John McCain said, adding that it was
"completely outrageous" that Apple has managed to avoid paying taxes
at home and abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apple is still waiting for the
fallout from the hearing. But it seems like the clover munching Irish are going
to beat them to the punch. The country is finally thinking up plans to reform
its tax programs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The effects of this will be far
reaching. A major reason that multinational companies base their subsidiaries
in Ireland is because it is considered a tax haven. This has become a major
draw card for the country. By implementing laws which eradicate loopholes, the
country is closing itself off to potential future business development in the
country. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This business development goes far
beyond merely setting up a subsidiary in the country, multinational
corporations contribute significantly to the Irish economy in terms of skills
development and training as well as job creation. It is also not only Apple who
will be affected. Other technology companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard
and Facebook all own subsidiaries based in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Despite this….it’s ABOUT FEKING TIME
Ireland got its shit together!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We tend to forget that companies are
like lemmings. Once they see one company has found a way to avoid paying to
Caesar that which is owing to Caesar they are quick to follow suit. The sad part
about this is that these companies are American. And while they do contribute
to skills development and job creation in Ireland and other parts of the world,
the US is going through its own challenges regarding these same topics. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it so bad then for the Senate to
question Apple regarding this? NO IT ISNT. AGAIN, IT’S ABOUT FEKING TIME that
happened as well. So then why are the public SO up in arms about the topic? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are all very loyal right…sure
you are. Let me ask you a question, do you think Apple gives a shit about you on
a level other than that dictated by a sale and the after sales service
associated thereto? Answer: NO! And Apple proves it every day and has been
since 1980. Apple was one of the founding companies of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish" target="_blank">Double Irish Tax Practice</a>. Don’t you think if Apple cared about the local economy it wouldn’t have
already established skills development programs and would have brought back SOME
production to the US? SO MUCH FOR BEING PROUDLY AMERICAN. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When oil companies push the limits
of environmental practices, tree huggers from Green Peace are all over them
like a bad rash. It’s the same with mining companies. And don’t get me started
on PETA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t get me wrong, these companies
play an important role in society, but perhaps it’s time to establish a public
watchdog group for the technology industry to kick up a fuss whenever
technology companies take advantage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-13071899319432490682013-05-23T16:11:00.001+02:002013-05-23T16:11:39.915+02:00Base stupidity rears its head in the wake of the Oklahoma tornado<br />
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I am aware that the chosen topic is a controversial one. These are my views on
a delicate matter and may not reflect the feelings of the masses.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout my years as a participant
in the media industry I can honestly say that I have seen some pretty weird and
wonderful things. However, one thing always comes back to surprise me every
single time. That is the level of base stupidity in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The US state of Oklahoma is currently
rebuilding after a devastating Twister (or as the rest of the normal world
calls it…a tornado) ripped through the state causing all kinds of devastation. The
tragic event left many people dead and countless others injured. Those that
have survived are now tasked with the burden of rebuilding their lives with the
event fresh in their minds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to read about how
tornadoes are formed, I suggest you visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado" target="_blank">this Wikipedia page</a> which will give
you more insight. In a nutshell it is a natural disaster and is not, in my
opinion, an act of God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGbkNcVCdVSacSxo0DRBgZO59xPVX21pe1iehZSup-f6E7OeFNuR21DwlfRcfFE1SER9jrSjXfYDGYA1xZ3eg8FH4VYgH2DSpTz2YCGNWVdLpMGZYBenhf0Ly4mjFAHhMRD2MSrTXajw/s1600/Fed+Phelps+Jr+Tweet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGbkNcVCdVSacSxo0DRBgZO59xPVX21pe1iehZSup-f6E7OeFNuR21DwlfRcfFE1SER9jrSjXfYDGYA1xZ3eg8FH4VYgH2DSpTz2YCGNWVdLpMGZYBenhf0Ly4mjFAHhMRD2MSrTXajw/s320/Fed+Phelps+Jr+Tweet.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, a member of the Oklahoma
Baptist Church (in all his cracker ass, hillbilly, redneck wisdom) has come out
and said that the tornado is punishment for open support of gay NBA star Jason
Collins. Please see the attached image for the wise words of the mayonnaise sandwich
loving Fred Phelps Jnr. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is also not the first time a
member of the public who has spewed in what my opinion is complete and utter
BULLSHIT. In 2012, chaplain John McTernan linked Hurricane Sandy (and a number
of other recent weather-related trends and natural disasters) on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT" target="_blank">lesbian, gay,bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community </a>and President Barack Obama's backing
of marriage equality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"God is systematically
destroying America," McTernan wrote at the time. "Just look at what
has happened this year."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">McTernan similarly linked Hurricane
Isaac with the LGBT community, pointing to the fact that the life-threatening
storm coincided with Southern Decadence, New Orleans' "Gay Mardi
Gras."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"New Orleans is still hosting
Southern Decadence with open homosexuality manifesting in the streets of the
city," he wrote in a blog. "It could be that God is putting an end to
this city and its wickedness."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is why I say it is bullshit… there
are plenty of examples in the Bible of where God was vengeful and sent
disasters to cleanse the world. He sent the great flood and even destroyed the
cities of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah" target="_blank">Sodom and Gomorrah</a>. He also rained down fire on Egypt because </span>Ramses II was persecuting the Jews</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But there are also plenty of
examples of God’s love. During his great mission Jesus preached that of all the
commandments that God gave to Moses, the greatest was the new commandment which
God sent Jesus to give. That is too love your neighbor as God has loved
you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Apostle John says:
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204:7-12&version=NIV" target="_blank">Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I do not claim to be a great student
of Theology, nor do I even have any qualifications in Theology. But I feel that this love must apply to EVERYONE regardless of race, gender, religious standpoint or
sexual orientation. It is so warming to
see that after all of these years, Pope Francis has finally come out and has
said that even Atheists will be offered a chance to enter heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I fail to believe that if Jesus
preached love, and if God sent his only son to die for our sins, that the
natural disasters discussed above are being sent by God as punishment for
something. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It saddens me that people who don’t have
a clue about what they are talking about go out and make statements like those
made by Phelps Jnr and McTernan. It also saddens me that these people also believe
in Christ, but prefer to ignore all the teachings about love and tolerance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a time that the Christian
faith should be coming together as a UNITED FRONT to pray for these people. Not
show the fractures within the faith. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Surely God would not sacrifice the
lives of hundreds of innocent people to cleanse the world of a few people who
support a gay sports star? And if the tornado was sent for that purpose (which
it wasn’t) why weren’t the people who directly came out in Jason Collins’
support affected?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There needs to be a serious
awakening in the Church regarding how we view and interact with society. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not here to slam the church or
its teachings. But for a long time there has been a particular line of thought regarding
homosexuality. And in the modern day and age I think it is drastic. In the past
I did think the way the church did about gays. But I became friends with a gay
person who works with me, and I can tell you now that he is a far better person
than 99% of the population. He has better morals and has a holistic view of society
and the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For all of the bad things that the
Christians have to say about the Muslims and the Hindu’s, they have achieved something
that we Christians have not – UNITY. There must be many within Islam and the
Hindu church who disagree with certain aspects of their faith, but at the end
of the day they come together and ACCEPT that their teachings are law. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I once watched a documentary about
Islam and a high ranking cleric came out and said that Muslims are not like the
Christians. They live their faith seven days a week as opposed to one. After
watching this I was livid and thought that he was being unfair to Christianity.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But how wrong is he? Are the actions
of Phelps Jnr and McTernan not proof of this? I bet you these men go into
church on Sundays and sit in the front row. They are the first to scream Halleluiah
when the word is being proclaimed. They are the loudest to say prayers and join
in the signing of hymns vigorously. And yet
they go out and act like this on a non church day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am by no means a saint. Far From
It! But I ask God every day to help me to live his word and teaching every day.
If I can try to follow some of Gods teaching of love and tolerance every day, I
have done my bit as a Christian. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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VENGEANCE. It’s time we as a Christian faith realize this and strive to live everyday
with a measure of God’s love. And it’s time for the Phelps Jnr’s and McTernan’s
of the world to change their rhetoric. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-13581090732591713632013-05-10T16:31:00.000+02:002013-05-10T16:47:53.698+02:00The Wonders of the Internet<div style="text-align: center;">
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current job is that spend a considerable amount of time on the internet
researching stories and writing about technology based news which affects the
investment capital or general investment industry. On average I spend 8 hours a
day one the net. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seemingly boring topic doesn’t mean that I am not subjected to other
interesting pieces news/information that the internet offers. In fact…has
anyone ever stopped to think about what we are actually exposing ourselves to
on the internet?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world. Since the dawn of the new millennium there has been a steady flow of
users towards being connected to the internet. so much so that we live our
lives through it. This has become a major selling point and was the motivation
behind Google Street View. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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designed by Google which gives you a first person view of a particular street
in the world. Google achieved this by getting Google cars to drive around with
cameras on them getting live feeds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where there is good light..blah blah..blah blah..blah blah. So one would assume
that the view that the street car would get would be pretty harmless (provided
its during the week that is). Well it is unless you live in Liverpool or the
Australian Outback. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of scousetown revealed a man standing around a corner getting a hand job by a
lady of the night (or middle of the day in this case) who is standing a bit
away from the man in order to see that they cant be seen by no coppers. What
she didn’t account for is the fact that she can only see in front of her and
couldn’t see the car coming up behind her. ONLY IN LIVERPOOL MATE. ONLY IN
LIVERPOOL. The Aussies took this one step further, a recent trip by a Google
street car revealed a couple on an outback road pulling over and having
intercourse over the bonnet of the car. The best thing is…the girl doesn’t try
to hide her face away…she waves at the camera!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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only bad things on the internet. There are also some great sources on
information and entertainment on the net. One of the best websites that I have
come across lately is Buzzfeed, which is a comedic satire on everyday life
reflecting on weird ass lists. It’s a
great read but highly addictive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this is one of the best technology based news websites in the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one of the best general news sites around and is owned by Fox Entertainment so
is quality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for reasons discussed above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this is a great sports website for South African sports fans locally and
abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It would be great to hear your
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11925270958714865923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522383498143982787.post-1033163303170295592013-04-15T16:04:00.001+02:002013-04-15T16:04:08.846+02:00Engineering change is never an easy thing<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Salamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How often do we take life for
granted? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you ever sat down and asked
that question? It’s human nature to get so engrossed with the problems that you
are facing that you tend to forget how blessed you are despite the challenges. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was…and still am at times like that.
I am by no means claiming to be innocent in this matter. So I don’t judge or
even get frustrated with people when they tell me that their problems are so
insurmountable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I merely point out a few things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">- 90% of the bullshit you worry about
in life never happens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">- No problem is insurmountable or
unresolvable if you are willing to REALISTICALLY look at the situation
UNEMOTIONALLY.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">- There is ALWAYS someone that is in a
tougher situation than you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I tend to be the person that people
come to with problems. I don’t know why because I am currently on my second
girlfriend ever, I’m only 31 and I am by no means a master in my faith. Anyway….we digress. People tend to come to me
with their problems because:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">- I am a good listener<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: inherit;">- I am able to look at a situation in
a pretty practical way when it doesn’t involve me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But how often do we forget about the
challenges that other people face in life? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A friend of mine gets in touch with
me and tells me that he is having trouble with his girlfriend because they see too
much of each other and it is “busting his balls”. Really?????? I only get to
see my girl once every few months. I’d actually kill to have your problem
buddy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We always complain that we don’t have
enough money and we wish we could win the lottery. Yet we go home every night
to a warm bed, a roof over our head and decent food. Every morning I go to work
I see homeless people sleeping in the shelter of a balcony overhang outside of
the local TAB office. I’m sorry…I’m starting to come to terms with the fact
that I’ll never win the lottery in my life time because God (or any higher
power that other religions believe in) equipped us with enough graces, we
shouldn’t worry about winning UNNESSESARY money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But change is one of the hardest
things in the world to achieve. We get so used to our own ways and living life
in a comfort zone that change is one of the hardest things in the world to achieve.
Ask me…I have had to engineer significant changes recently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How does one change? Well, first
there needs to be a reason for change. Second you need to look at who needs to
change. Most of the time it is you. Mahatma Gandhi hit the nail on the head
when he said that we need to be the change that we seek in the world. A lot of
people made fun of Michael Jackson and called him all kinds of names…but was he
not striking the right chord when he said: <i>I'm
starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways. And no message
could have been any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place, take a
look at yourself, and then make a change.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t usually give anything up for
lent because I end up breaking it the same day. I have very little self
restraint. But I always try to make an effort to be nicer to people. A kind
word, a helpful gesture, money to an outie, food to an outie or distraught
animal. But my logic is flawed…what’s stopping me from doing this all year
round? Did Jesus only do good for the people during certain periods? No! Did
Gandhi? No! Did Mother Teresa? No! These people devoted their whole life to
doing good. Mother Teresa helped a lot of people, but compared to the volume of
destitute people in India, we have to come to terms with the fact that her work
was a drop in the ocean. But it was a necessary drop because she felt that by
preventing one death…she was doing good to society. Changing it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are a lot of doomsday prophets
that will tell you that you will never be able to change the world. And they
are right. But we have to try. If we can make society look at itself
differently, then we have achieved a goal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am by no means a bitter man, I give
a lot. But this is emotionally and of my time. At heart, I am a firm believer in
the saying that charity begins at home. Perhaps I need to change this. Be the change that
I seek in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mei jua daima kuwa kabla yenu, na
vivuli nyuma yako!</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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