Death Speaks

I thought I'd share one of my favourite poems with you guys. Masterpiece I tell you!

Death Speaks - Taken from “To cut a long story short” By Jeffrey Archer.

There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions . In a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said: “Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw that it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samara and there death will not find me”. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went. The merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said:”Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning”?

“That was one threatening gesture”, I said, “it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samara.”

Here we can see that Death, is the storyteller and that the man is running away from death to death itself. Ironic dont you think. And he think hes cheating death. All in all the moral of the story is YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE YOUR FATE!


Dont you just love the intricacy of poetry! :)





1) Supplies

2) To knock or bump against somebody
3) Riding a horse


 

Oliver Fortuin Foundation

I have decided to dedicate this post to The Oliver Fortuin Foundation. The Foundation was started in memory of my friend Oliver Fortuin, who tragically passed away in October 2007. Still feels like yesterday. 

Oliver was always a very caring and helpful person. A confidant and someone you can rely on, no matter what. Therefore we started the Foundation to ensure that this memory of Oliver lives on! One of the main objectives of the Foundation is to instill a sense of responsibility amongst the youth of the community and to help alleviate poverty. Thus the Foundation does charity work for the less privileged and try to make their day to day living somewhat bearable.

 

Over the past four years we had clothing drives, food hampers, soup kitchens, fundraisers, our Annual Ball and Christmas Carols by Candlelight to name the least. For more information you can go to our website OFF 

The Foundation is still growing and learning everyday. We're thankful for every single helping hand and welcome you with open arms to join us.

Wedge wedge wedge

And no, not the starchy ones heehee

 

How cute are these?   ---->

Trending this summer....WEDGES! I love it! Totally cute and cumfy. No matter what height. You can wear it with just about anything. Or I know I will heehee. I'm already thinking, nice shorts, skirts, summery dresses. Heehee. The reason why I like it soooo much is because even the fuller figure can wear it. Doesn’t matter how high. And its super slimming. Cant wait to go shoppety shoppety shop.

Heres some of my favourites. Just a pity I wont get it here. A girl can still dream though right? Enjoy! Big ups to  Misters Manolo Blahnik, Louis Vuitton and my all time favourite CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN (^________^)

MYLO XYLOTO

When I first heard the name, I was like wooot? But it was expected I suppose. Chris Martin told the people at the Daily Sun that the name has no meaning and the band has a lot of meaning and history, so it’s nice to have something that means nothing LOL

Anyhoo, this album has put me on a new high. Undoubtedly my second favourite album of Coldplay. (For those of you who didn't know, X&Y is my number one album). And yes, I freaking love every song! Even the short snippet/intro's. The way it all comes together and plays into one another. If that makes sense? My favourite is of course “Charlie Brown” (Because it reminds me of the “old” Coldplay. And no I'm not denying, their sound has changed. But which bands haven’t? And in this case its change for the better. My other favourites are of course Para para “Paradise” :) Gives me goosebumps each time I hear it hehe. Coz it takes me back to the concert hehe. If my memory serves me right, they shot half of the music video here in the pretty Cape Town. Oh and don’t forget the easy going Up with the birds and the mellow-ey “Us Against the World”. It hits home. The acoustic brilliance and vocal harmony. Sure to be a number one I tell you!! “UFO” is also a nice soothing track. To me, a song have to feel good and speak to me. Lyrics and all. My cousin said last night that “they” say this is the worst album ever. All because they feature Rihanna on it. Thus making it a cash cow. But I beg to differ. “Princess of China” just proves how much they have grown. And that they still are “with-it” like my uncle says hehe.

I can listen to this album over and over. And relate to so many things. A true Coldplay experience don’t you think? Can’t wait to own it. Like in the hard copy. So many people download nowadays. And hardly appreciates the true value of a CD. Yeah yeah, I have the downloaded version too LOL. But I just couldn’t wait. Nonetheless, that’s a discussion for another time.

This one is definitely a winner!! You won’t be disappointed (^_______^)

MELODY GARDOT

To any Jazz enthusiast, listener, crooner, this name shouldn’t be unfamiliar. I call her, voice of an Angel. Because I believe that’s what she truly is. Everyone knows I have this immense love for Blues and Soul music.

So when my mom returned from her Swedish trip she couldn’t stop talking about this artist. And she said I would love her. One of the Swedish ambassadors, gave her this album. On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I thought I'd give her a try. And my oh my. I was impressed! Blown away in fact. But why haven’t I heard of her before??? So I went to my bast frand Google hehe.

Melody Gardot was born in New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Raised by her Polish grandparents, she grew up listening to artists such as Judy Garland, Miles Davis, Duke Ellingon, Janis Joplin and more. Her music has been compared to that of Nina Simone.
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What struck me most about her, was the fact that in 2003, she was in a horrific accident. Suffering serious head and spinal injuries, confining her to a hospital bed for a year. As a result of that, she also had to relearn simple things, such as holding a pen, brushing teeth, walking etc. A musician then instructed her, that music will help her heal. During her time in hospital she started with physiotherapy enabling her to learn how to play the guitar and began writing songs. And this helped her improve immensely! She managed to record two albums, and many single covers. My favourite album is of course “My one and only thrill”. Her best work I believe. But you need to listen it, listen to her voice, the serenity within, to fully understand why I say “Voice of an Angel”.

It just shows, music heals all wounds. Literally!!

(you will love her if you like Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Natalie Cole, Etta James) So what are you waiting for ;)

take note!

16 - 11 - 2011

Oh em Gee!! I soooo cant wait for the release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I told my friend the other day, that I will most probably will have to go see it 4 times hahaha. Which I totally don’t mind doing because its friggun jizz tastic! Im still wondering whether or not I'm going to wait till the teen craze is over to go see it, or whether or not I will be watching it midnight. Anyhooo...

I’ve recently started reading the book again. Just to refresh my memory hehe. Hopefully it wont be a disappointment. Because out of all the movies, I love Eclipse and Twilight more. New Moon was just depressing. Which I suppose is ok. Because Bella went through a depressing phase. But still. It felt like the movie was never going to end. Dragging. Whereas with Eclipse, something was always happening :) Nonetheless, the books are brilliant. And as always, nothing like the movies. For the mind has more to imagine.

So who are you taking with? And whose team are you on? One things for sure, alota shit is gona hit the fan teehee...

team Edward! Woohooo