My favourite “Cat in the Hat” book

This is a topic I have been dreading as I didn’t know what I could write about because I have NEVER read a “Cat in the Hat” book; Ok, I skimmed through “Green Eggs and Ham” once but I just never got into the style of the book.

The images never appealed to me at all and I found the wording…boring. This of course is my own opinion and I do know many people who loved the books as children and some still do. I also understood that each book had a unique message but this still didn’t make the books anymore appealing to me.

NOW, a book that does stick out in my mind from my childhood is, “Me Too. “Me Too” was a book about a brother and his little sister. It shows how the little sister wants to do everything her bother does and each time he does or gets something she squeals, “Me Too”.

She doesn’t get anything and seems to be very sad until the end of the book where her big brother has a big lolly pop and she says “Me Too” and her big brother turns around and says “You Too”.

The reason why this book appeals to me is because I gave an older brother and I always felt like that little sister mouse always saying, “Me Too”.

Weekend Away

After a loooong day of learning at the WTF media conference this year, I drove home got into another car with my brother and drove directly to Langebaan. This weekend had been planned in advance as a good family friend was down from New Zealand.

So off we went and on arrival we were welcomed with a hot meal and friendly, familiar faces. We sat chatting for a while but most of the group were dog tired after a jam packed week of work so headed off to bed rather early.

Saturday was spent relaxing and just easing into the weekend. Lots of food and conversation were readily available and this made for the perfect relaxation setting. The best was that if I needed a solo mission I could walk upstairs to my room which had a stunning balcony overlooking the golf course and most of Langebaan; needless to say I abused the beautiful surroundings for a good session of RnR and magazine gossip catch-up.

Then Sunday hit us and we knew the weekend was almost over but we also knew that we had been blessed with sunshine, laughter and an awesome amount of relaxation which was needed all round. We packed and tidied and headed down to the lagoon for one last little walk in the sand before heading back to the city below the table.

It's a Matter of Fact

Just a couple of interesting facts I found on good old Google that interested me and decided to share with you guys:

1.    Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled ’ Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden’…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English Language.

2.    The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

3.    Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

4.    Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

5.    The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

6.    I n the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have “the rule of thumb”.

7.    Coca-Cola was originally green.

8.    Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

9.    A Blue whales tongue weighs more than an elephant.

10.  Bruce Lee was so fast that actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.

11.  Bone is five times stronger than steal.

12.  Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.

13.  You grow by about 8mm (O.3in) every night when you are asleep, but shrink to your former height the following day.

14.  It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.

15.  A normal person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.

16.  About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in the U.S. everyday.

17.  If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

18.  315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

19.  When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.

20.  During the 2,475,576,000 seconds of the average length life, averagely we speak 123,205,750 words, have sex 4,239 times, and shed 121 pints of tears.

And thats a FACT!

Why I have conversations

I have conversations to meet people; I have conversations to get to know those people that I meet. Whilst having these conversations I decide what type of person they are and if they are the kind of person I would like to have more conversations with in the future.

I have conversations to learn and to further my knowledge in this life. I have conversations to make those I love know I care. I have conversations to help those I love when they are in need. I have conversations to make people laugh and smile.

Sometimes I have a conversation when I am angry to get rid of my anger so that my body does not need to deal with the stress – I do not have these conversations enough as I don’t like confronting people and therefore kept the stress all pent up inside, never a good plan.

I have conversations with little children and babies in order to teach them new words and things sometimes I have these conversations with adults cause they also need to learn new things.

Conversations are there to make people feel happy or sad, angry or free. Conversations are there to teach people new things and to bring people together. If I never had a conversation I don’t think I’d be where I am today and I would definitely not be studying Public Relations.  

Why are we killing our planet??

Beautiful

Being the animal lover that I am, the current issue of animal poaching has seriously affected me. I am constantly brought to tears by the cruelty man has inflicted on these beautiful creatures and I wish there was more I could do. I have purchased my Woolworths card that donates money to the Rhino fund and I am planning on taking part in the walk to parliament
on the 22^nd of this month in order to gain attention from those at the top on the matter of the rhino poaching. I still feel this is not enough and if I had the funds I feel there is so much more I could do but creating awareness is the most I can do for now.

WHY??????????

Here is my latest issue; a girl I know fairly well, Megan Lategan has been working with Cheetahs on a game farm for the past few years now and she has recently had a poaching incident which I feel is far worse than any animal lover should ever have to experience. Here heartfelt words really touched me and made my heart ache for her. Read her story about her beloved cheetah Thulile here http://www.letterdash.com/AfricaNotion/my-nightmare-comes-true-my-cheetah-is-gone

We need to start making a difference in our world. Every small bit counts. So get involved and make your mark NOW!!!

My bucklist – 100 things to do before I die…

Ok so it may come as no surprise that the number one position on my list goes to (drum roll) having a baby – or two. Getting married would probably have to come before number one but in my head that’s just a hurdle to get there. Get a tattoo. Go see the Aurora Borealis and now that I have mentioned that I definitely have to see the African migration. Learn to be less judgemental. Go back to both France and America. Go see my au pair baby all grown up. Skydive and paraglide. Swim with dolphins. Visit places that no tourist chooses to visit – just with idea of exploring the unknown. Learn another new language. Become fluent in French. Learn to surf, skate board and snow board.

Stay up for 5 nights in a row and just party ( already did 3 nights in a row lets push the boundaries-sleep when your DEAD). Learn more about wine than which is sweet and which is dry i.e. take a short course. Take cooking/baking classes for both veggie and meat dishes. Learn to make sushi because even though I don’t like it other people do and I like making food for other people. Gym everyday for a year straight and then see how I feel about my body. STOP complaining!! Accept myself for who I am, what I look like and what I can do. Learn to play golf- WELL. Take salsa classes and other dance classes. Do yoga. Learn to meditate.

Try learning to play the drums again if that doesn’t work out try the guitar. Take singing classes for fun. Donate money to a good cause. Go to the Rio carnival, Go to the Love Parade in Germany, Go to Ibiza  and anywhere else where they have world renowned parties and just life-it. Drive an Aston Martin DB9. Own an Aston Martin DB9. Own a few sports cars and 4x4’s. Have a beautiful house perhaps more than one in different countries. Travel- whenever, wherever , however!!!!!!

Fall in LOVE often and not just with people. Meet the man of my dreams and never fear being alone again. Go somewhere where the stars are the brightest things around. Do the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Go on the rollercoaster on top of the Stratosphere hotel in Las Vegas. Stay at the ice hotel. Go to one Burning Man party!!

Live in an Ashram in India for 6months. Learn to meditate. Hitchhike. Go on a PROPER road trip for a 1month or 2. Live on a beach in Mexico- tequila, blue water, and white sand and Mexican food. Learn to paint and be more arty. Learn to ride a motorbike. Start my own business. Write a book. Do some soul searching in Tibet.

Get someone to teach me how to take better photographs and get a decent camera. How could I forget to add learn to sandboard. Learn to free-dive. Lastly buy a boat, learn to sail and then sail off into the sunset leaving behind a crossed off list and a well live life.

My big fat BIG dream

Well there are no prizes for those who have already guests the answer to this title for me…Yes my dream is still to be married with children.

I know my feminists readers are probably covering their eyes and shaking their heads at me but what can I say…this has always been my dream and NOTHING will ever change that, not even a broken heart.

I have been single for around 1.5 years now and I don’t believe I am ready to start dating again just yet but I am on my way to being ready which is a lot better than where I was a few months ago.

I can’t rush into anything just yet though cause no.1 I need to finish my degree with a clear head and no.2 I am on the road to looking for a potential husband and that can never be rushed J

I may be young and stupid but this is MY dream and no one can stop me from fulfilling my dreams. So I will be keeping my eyes and heart open until that day when I find the man who I believe is capable of making my dreams come true and if he has a dream worthy house as part of the package, I won’t be complaining!

Ladies Night

The past week has been a bit of a right-off in terms of attending classes and being productive. The students (not all) of CPUT have once again decided it was time to strike, not the peaceful strike one would tolerate, but rather their typical lets destroy everything in our path type of strike. Needless to say I made the decision to stay as far away from this mayhem as possible.

I managed to be a lot more productive on Friday as I went to work at Realmdigital, where I am the marketing assistant. Anyway after a long week and a long working day, I arrived home, called my friend Sarah to find what was on the cards for the night ahead. It was at this point that I found out it was LADIES NIGHT and this always means copious amounts of Gossip, laughter, alcohol and fun!

We started off getting lost on the way to the restaurant we had chosen to have dinner at, “What’s on Eatery”, a great start if I say so myself. So as we walking down the street and Sarah is trying to find out where we are going we see the managers head sticking out of door of the restaurant and we all scream with laughter and he being extremely gay throws up his hands and screams just as loud, this is when we knew we were in for a good night. Next thing Jeanne, the big blogger and tweeter of the group jumps of twitter only to discover the gorgeous gay manager had tweeted about us…”Welcome – yay at last – nothing like 4 hot girls in heels walking down Watson Street”, well we thought that was an awesome welcome and had to laugh.

The wine was flowing, the food was amazing and the laughter didn’t stop. After a good couple of hours we decided we had tormented the other (half dead) customers enough and decided to head to Zula Bar. We headed in grabbed a couple of drinks and went on up to the first dance floor. We proceeded to get more drinks and try out the other dance floors in the new venue.

We eventually dragged ourselves out of Zula at around 4am after a fabulous night out on the town with the ladies. Nothing can ever beat a good ladies night.