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.

Ghandi’s 7 dangers to human virtue

1.    Wealth without work.

2.    Pleasure without conscience.

3.    Knowledge without character.

4.    Business without Ethic’s.

5.    Science without humanity.

6.    Religion without Sacrifice.

7.    Politics without principal.

Bob Marley -

He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect more than he can give. Don’t analyse. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.

William Shakespear -

You say that you love rain,

But you open your umbrella when it rains,

You say that you love the sun,

But you find a shadow spot when the sun shines.

You say that you love the wind,

But you close your windows when wind blows.

This is why I am afraid, you say that you love me too.

Mark Twain -

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that

you didn’t do than by the ones that you did do. So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail.

EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER

And ofcourse….

Conventional is a good fall-back position isn’t it?

I would not go as far as to say it’s a good “fall-back” position but it could be the basis to many things in life. What I am saying is for instance when I started cooking I had to be taught the basics which was what most people would consider to be the conventional way of cooking. Once I could “stir with my own two hands”, I started to pick up the pace a little and began to mix and match different recipes and created my own style. 
 

This spread into my other passions which by now most of you should know that my number 1 passion in life is raising children, again not my own (not now at least) but other people’s children. Over the years I have watched moms and dads raise their children the conventional way with a flair or two of their own spice in the mix. I took the basics applied it to my love for kids and I took off like a wildfire from there.

I have loved every learning curve that the conventional way has taught me and I have loved being able to add my own special ingredient to each as I have grown into my own person. The thing is if you don’t start somewhere (that somewhere is in most cases the conventional way) then you can’t get anywhere. The key is to take the conventional, add a touch of the unconventional and finally a sprig of your own special ingredient and the result perfection of its own kind.

The Conventional and not-so-conventional ;)

You can not chase two rabbits at the same time

I find this statement or topic highly contradicts the saying “to kill two birds with one stone”. Why I say this, is because normally a person uses the above, “to kill two birds with one stone”, in a positive light i.e. People say you should do as many things as possible all at the same time in order to get more done in a short period of time. Whereas the title of this blog post seems to be on the opposite end of that stick in saying don’t do more than one thing at a time! In my eyes both are true but it will depend on the situation in order for one to judge which is will be suitable for that specific occasion.

Life is never easy and we are all always trying to do too much and in too much of a hurry. This often sets us back even further as things are not done properly. If you are able to delegate and think things through before you start this may prevent things from going horribly wrong. Figure out what works best for you and then stick with it…if you’re a one thing at a time person then don’t try to force yourself to do too many things at once because it will never work out the way you want it to.

MMA - Mixed Martial Arts

I attended my first ever MMA fight on Friday night. This is not something I would normally choose to do but as one of my very good friends, John had decided to enter his first fight, I had to be there to support him.

I was terrified at first and on entering the venue I went directly to the bar and got myself a drink. I got standing tickets and found a spot with a couple of my friends. We watched the first few fights and I realised it wasn’t as terrible as I expected it to be; well there wasn’t any blood.

There were a couple of hectic fights but on the whole it didn’t seem to get too rough. Then it was John’s fight…my entire body froze as the music came on and I watched him come out. He looked confident and actually kind of happy in a weird way, he entered the ring and then his opponent came out. This guy was seriously big but slightly overweight which eased my nerves a bit.

The fight began and this guy jumped right in swinging a right punch almost immediately. John was quick and managed to dodge the punch and send his own one in the direction of the guy and he CONNECTED with him. Well the fight went on for a little while and John was doing well…so well that in fact his opponent tapped out after the first round and John won!!!

I was so happy for him and proud of him. My only worry is now that he has one he will want to keep going.