Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” - Buddha

remember remember the 5th of november

"Remember, remember

The fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot."

But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes, and I know that, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten. But four hundred years later an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed firsthand the power of ideas. I've seen people kill in the name of them; and die defending them. But you cannot kill an idea, cannot touch it or hold it. Ideas do not bleed, it cannot feel pain, and it does not love. And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man. A man who made me remember the fifth of November. A man I will never forget.

random sexy times

I always say, never sleep with someone you wouldn’t want to be. ~Lisa Chase Patterson

Pay attention to whom you share your intimate energy with. Intimacy at this level intertwines your aural energy with the aural energy of the other person. These powerful connections, regardless of how insignificant you think they are, leave spiritual debris, particularly within people who do not practice any type of cleansing, physical, emotional or otherwise. 

The more you interact intimately with someone, the deeper the connection and the more of their aura is intertwined with yours.
 

Imagine the confused aura of someone who sleeps with multiple people and carries around these multiple energies? What they may not realize is that others can feel that energy which can repel positive energy and attract negative energy into your life.

Shit just got real 1.1 - People in glass houses

(Kindly note that what is said here, is just that. My opinion is mine alone. Whether biased or not)

For the last few weeks this issue has been hanging over my head. And this goes mainly to the people of Paarl. I've been reading a lot of peoples posts on Facebook. And one thing that really frustrates me, is the fact the people who don't know jack shit about politics, want to talk politics. En dis altyd daardie mense wat die meeste kak wil praat oor current state of affairs. Some even became a bit racist. I guess its like Chris Rock says, "Patriotism, turned into hatriotism"

Which brings me to my next point. Instead of being concerned with President Zuma and his doings, whether wrong or right. Why dont you all concentrate your energy on whats going on here right in front of your doorstep. Nou mense dink mos altyd, net omdat ek nie saam praat nie, luister ek nie. Wel hiers my 5bob oor wat als in Drakenstein aangaan.

1) The high electricity tarrifs
Are you aware that here in Drakenstein we are the only citizens paying such a high tarrif for prepaid electricity? That it is illegal? and that we as taxpayers should be informed of said decisions? But yet vra niemand vra nie, want if its all white its all right!

2) Super BAD Service Delivery
What have the current council been up to thus far? I dont see any new projects? The parks and recreational facilities looks like shit. Only "in certain areas" you can see that maintenance gets done regularly. Op een stadium was die gras op die middel mannetjies so hoog, dat jy nie motors sien aankom het nie. So waarmee is hulle besig daar in die gryspaleis as hulle nie eens ons van basiese dienste kan verskaf nie????????

3) Where in the World is the Mayor?
Nou ek weet nie van julle nie, maar sy het so gebrag van haar "open door" policy. But yet you never find her there. Shes always off to some flashy event, promoting her business, that shes always to busy to tend to her peoples needs. Mens word pure verwys na een of ander persoon, wat useless is. Ye ye I said it. So waarmee is hulle besig??

4) The firing of a lot of non - white staff.... (not even Blacks)
Ever since the current Mayor and her "cabinet" has been in council, they have single handedly ruined many upstanding hardworking peoples careers. By "investigating" them, en deur hulle van alle bog te beskulding. Is dit rerig die mense wat julle wil he moet regeer? Mense wat nie twee keer sal dink om iemand anders se lewe om te krap, net om hulle agendas te pas??

Now call me Susan and slap me silly if you havent thought about this. Die DA is so besig met "ondersoeke" en operation clean up, dat hulle nie hul verpligtinge en beloftes aan die publiek na kom nie. Ek kry die staff van Drakenstein jammer. Because word have it, they are imprisoned. Als word gescrutinize en daars so baie red tape vir als, dis pathetic. 

Nou wil ek by julle weet. Hoekom se niemand niks? Julle sal aide krupeer van swaar kry, maar aan die einde van die dag gaan julle tog nog altyd kak stem haha. Dont get me wrong, Im not saying vote ANC. But maak ingeligte besluite next time yor. Want so ignorant kan mens ook nie deur die lewe gaan nie. En hoekom word so baie amptenare van kleur afgedank? Kom ek se julle hoekom, want kom 2014, is dit die witpaleis. dis hoekom! But yet sit ons mense mos net agteroor en se niks, coz IF ITS ALL RIGHT, ITS ALL WHITE!!!

Haal asseblief die doppe van jul oe af en hou op jul bekommer oor Jacob Zuma. Ons bly nie in Gauteng nie mense. THIS SHIT IS REAL AND ITS HERE!!!!

CARMY'S

So I finally decided to use my God given talent to pamper people :)

I have always loved making people look and feel beautiful.

I offer:
-Dying, Blow Drying and GHD all types of hair.
-Manicures and Pedicures with all your little extra's.
...

-On the side i also offer my creative organizing skills. Whether it be with organizing a office room cupboards anything you might need!

I am just a phone call, email, tweet or post away!!!!!

 

Everything will be done in the comfort of your own home. Or at mine that is. Which ever floats your boat. So give me a tinkle and I'll make you sparkle :D

 

For more info and pics, please visit CARMY's

 

Stay Beautiful

FOR THE LOVE OF CHARITY

A LEADING actor/singer in the South African soapy SCANDAL, which features on eTV and a prominent young artist and gunshot survivor from Cape Town, will be the main performers in a charity concert to be held in Paarl  on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 October 2012.      

Actor Clint Brink (known as Tino in Scandal) and Chad Saaiman who was hijacked and survived a near fatal shooting in Johannesburg, have come to the rescue of the Paarl Stimulation Centre (a school for children with mental and physical challenges) who is in desperate need of equipment for the frail learners.

Both Brink and Saaiman will perform free to give the maximum benefit to the Centre. Music lovers can also expect performance from upcoming singers and bands in Paarl.

So please do come and show your support and enjoy this fabulous evening with all of the lovely people from The Boland :)

 

CLINT BRINK and CHAD SAAIMAN LIVE IN CONCERT

VENUE: SA POLICE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM, MAIN STREET, PAARL

DATE:   FRIDAY 26^TH AND SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 2012.

ADMISSION: R80

Contact for tickets: Ephraim – 079 5747 258

Stimulation Centre: 021-862 7113

shit just got real 1.0 - The Voice vs Idols

I think The Voice is so much better than Idols! Because you're being judged on your ACTUAL talent and don't get people like Gareth Cliff who is 120% bias, hates fat people and picks barbies (even if they can't sing for shit). Ye I said it!!! Besides, Idols is premeditated. Each year they already know who they want to win. Like this year, its gonna be a black dude. I kid you not! Why you might ask?

Well its simple. Every year there has been someone of different ethnicity, genre and gender. And if my predictions are correct, this is going to be the year of the black male.

What makes the Voice so brilliant is the fact they care about the contestant, and push them to reach their full potential. Not mould them into what society wants. Look at Melissa. A real poppie if you tell me. Parading around in skimpy outfits. All to stimulate the male populous just to get votes. Which already proves she doesn't really have talent. Don't you think?

Khaya will be the first black person to win Idols South Africa. Something I've longed for. People can say about Mara Louw what they want to, but she was right when she suggested that Idols be moved to SABC, to ensure that everyone can watch and vote. A lot of people don't have DSTV and therefore only the "upper class" folk are able to vote. So what do they do, they go and publicly humiliate her and sack her.

Which thus proves that Idols is actually not so equal... If that makes sense! Its obvious that Idols lost the "reality" aspect. Which makes it a crock of shit in my eyes.

And that's why we should keep it real ;)

coz we are living, in a material world...

After an interesting discussion yesterday afternoon. I couldn't help but post this. Since when do material things define who we are?

Ek mean maar. Hier in die Paarl is 'n hele paar mense wat dink hulle belongings maak vir hulle kwai. Someone asked me the other day, "Since when do our cars make us awesome?" Afrikaans vertaling: Van waaneer af maak wat jy ry, vir jou beter as ander? Ek kan my net so verkyk. Eks jammer, but ek gaan nie sand vreet net om ander mense te impress nie. Why buy a car with an instalment of a house's just to prove to idiots who don't even give a flying fuck about you, that you're the shit? LOL madness I tell you. 

By all means. If you can afford it. Go for it. But do it for the right reasons. Not impress people. And don't make the car an extension of your ego. That is soooo 2000-and-LAME! 

Simply put. Material possessions, and status never mattered to me. Want as jy nie nou van my gaan hou nie, gaan jy nooit. Simply put, others's opinion doesn't matter to me. In the wise words of PDivvy aka Peter DeVilliers,"I am who I am and I don't give a damn."  

So jy kan maar jou flashy kar ry, en maak asof jy die shit is, (btw why would I wana be a piece of manure?) dit maak nie van jou 'n beter mens nie. Nog minder maak dit jou beter as ek ;)

Gin wonder meer en meer mense vertrek uit die Paarl uit, want die mentaliteit van die mensies hier gaan my verstand te bowe. Small pond mentality I tell you!

Keep it real bitches!!

The Hobbit

September 21, 1937: The Hobbit is published.

J.R.R.Tolkien’s classic children’s novel turns 75 years old today. The book begins with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”, a sentence which, according to Tolkien, came to him spontaneously while marking papers. The first edition dust jacket was designed by the author himself, who also provided the black and white illustrations. Since 1937, The Hobbit has been translated into over forty languages and sold tens of millions of copies. The initial print of 1,500 copies ran out in three months, and response was unanimously favorable. Tolkien’s close friend and fellow fantasy author C.S. Lewis wrote in The Times Literary Supplement: ”Prediction is dangerous: but The Hobbit may well prove a classic.”

Perhaps The Hobbit’s greatest legacy was not the book itself but the sequel that was published seventeen years later - the far more complex first volume of The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. Urged on by his publishers, who wished to make the most out of the smashing success that was The Hobbit, Tolkien worked on his sequel slowly and deliberately through the years of World War II and after. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings brought the popularity of fantasy literature to new heights and established Tolkien as the “father” of modern high fantasy. 

The first film of Peter Jackson’s new trilogy, based off The Hobbit, is set for release in December. 

I don't know about you, but I am amped!! Peter Jackson never disappoints :)

Journey as a Creative

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In today’s society, making a living off art is one of the hardest careers to achieve. Society also creates big barriers and boundaries that make this even harder to overcome. This poster is a celebration of those that have picked up the pencil even in hard times and still push their creativity. Because that is something we can’t lose.

shit just got real 0.1

So I'm sitting here in the kitchen cooking food. My happy place :)

Anyhoo, here's always a pile of newspapers. New and Old. I always browse through everything be it newspapers, magazines, books etc to get new "material". Its then when my one friend told me to stop writing bs and start writing the real stuff LOL

She's right I suppose. So as soon as I figure out this mobile Blogger (darnit) you'll get an open and honest piece of me LOL. Once a week. Where I dissect an issue. Be it the economy, fashion, "war on terror"(said in a Bush accent) haha. I can't say I'll be unbiased. But at least I'll be keepin it real! ;)

stay awesome!!

The Mullet Dress

So as I was browsing the interwebs for a dress design. I came across this very unique style of dress. Some people call it a Hi-Low dress, but the more popular term is a MULLET DRESS. At first I laughed because I thought of the hairstyle hehe. But then realised its for that exact same reason. Short infront and long at the back. I think its cute and classy. Not to mention teasing the eyes :)

People went even as far as wearing it for wedding dresses. Which is a bit too risky for my liking but hey, to each his own! I think its really flattering. Especially if you have nice calves. And dont want something too revealing and short infront.

Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off haha.

Steering....

Please tell me how the hell it is possible to drive like a douchebag when you have power steering? Seriously!!! You basically just touch the steering-wheel and the car moves. Don't you think?

What brought upon this rage, was this idiot person (and obviously it had to be a female, yeh yeh I said it) who struggled to parallel park in her BMW 1 series. Typical poppie if you tell me.  I sat in the car literally laughing at her. This is one of the reasons why I love my VW Golf MK1. It taught me to park PROPERLY :) It made me love parking too heehee. Because every parking is like a challenge! I even park better than a lot of guys. But the point I was trying to make was that some females just don't deserve to be on the road LOL I'm probably going to be slaughtered for this.

nail art

Its no secret that I love love love NAIL polish! I discovered something new. Nail Art! :) Looking so delicious I wana lick it heehee. I just wished there was a place here giving a course in it. I would most definitely rock it. Below you'll see some of my favourites!

Enjoy xxx

 

Done by Mousie :)

Done by Mousie

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Done by Mousie

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for the comic book chicks :D

corrupt recruitment is corrupt

I'm amazed at how long it took me to get pissed. So last week, I was invited for an interview. I went there, all prepared, and everything went well. In fact, it went great. Then I was phoned for a call back. Apparently I was one in 4 out of 400 people who got the opportunity.

So on Friday I went back, and only saw the other candidate. Skankishly dressed of course. Because the two bosses are white, Australian men in their mid 30's. Thats beside the point LOL fyi - She got the job! *facepalm

Anyhoo, to my demise, I didnt get the job. Eventhough the interview went great. And a lot of the Staff even said so. This got me thinking. They obviously already knew who they wanted. Because the person had to start today. And I couldnt help but think I was being strung along just so that they could "follow" procedure.

Which brings me to my next point. "DIS MOS LEKKER OM GOEIE MENSE VIR 'n GAT TE VAT!!" (Translation: "Its fun taking good people for a ride" - Said sarcastically of course.)

Because if you think about it, I roughly spent R200 for petrol, wasted two days of my life that I easily could've used to do something else. And more importantly, they created false hope! Yeah yeah, call me bitter. I just think its wrong to string desperate people along, just so you can benefit and scheme. Why bother calling us back, when after the first interview, you already made up your mind? And the icing on the cake was, when I asked the lady, why I was unsuccesful, she could not answer me and I'm in fact still waiting for a reply.

Yes I know life's a bitch. Yes I know this is how the job hunting goes. But I think its wrong. And that these people should go fuck themselves :) 

Time is money, and if you waste my time I will get pissed!

#period

CARMY'S TOP 20 SERIES' for 2012

Yeah yeah, the year is almost at an end. But seeing that the new seasons are starting mid September, I thought I'd give you a list of what I will be tuned to this Spring. (in South Africa)

20. Hart of Dixie

19. Suburgatory

18. 2 Broke Girls

17. Nikita

16.  American Horror Story

15. Criminal Minds

14. Rizoli and Isles

13. Walking Dead

12. Hawaii Five-O

11. The Mentalist

10. Grimm

09. Once upon a time

08. Pretty Little Liars

07. Gossip Girl

06. Grey's Anatomy

05. Glee

04. Vampire Diaries

03. Revenge

02. New Girl

01. FRINGE

I wana Lick it!

food for thought #twentytwelve

·         Abraham Lincoln wrote "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." Makes sense doesn’t it?

·         My longest relationship has always been with music because when everyone else leaves, music remains....

·         True friends are not the ones who are there when its convenient. True friends are there when its not...

·         Don’t let fear control your life!! > FEAR = (F)alse (E)vidence (A)ppearing (R)eal – Rev Run

·         Our life, are what our thoughts make of it

·         In a heartless world, family remains a haven

·         Don’t choose the better guy, choose the guy who's going to make you the better girl – Taken from the movie “This means War”

·         ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT NOT LIVE FOREVER, WHY NOT TAKE A  RISK AND BE HAPPY NOW?

truth it is

Peplum me this, Peplum me that

I cant fret enough about how much I love this trend. Some might say I'm a bit late, but I don’t care. I've never really been one for trends. I love wearing what I'm comfortable in and what makes me feel good :)

The Peplum is the perfect thing for us plus sized girls. And girls with curves. It accentuates the hips (which I don’t have) haha and camouflages the waist. Cant wait to get my hands on a dress!!

"My religion is very simple, my religion is kindness" - Dalai Lama :)

REAL women have CURVES

As much as I love the Angels, I love Dove too. And their campaign. Bring back the boootey!!!

Its that time of year again 25-08-2012

I simply cant wait for the Oliver Fortuin Foundation's Annual Ball! :D

A time to give thanks, dress up and support a great cause. An evening of glitz, glamour, awesome food, superb company and live entertainment. 250 bucks a pop.

As you all know by now, we have a theme every year. And we thought it would be a good idea to incorporate the Olympics in our theme this year. So we're going with GREEK :) Fitting don’t you think? That is after all where it all started.

Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. Greek Goddesses. Men dressed suave. Not to mention the fantastic décor. A blast I tell you. So I went along and got some pics of dresses, hairstyles etc. Enjoy!!!

GOREJOUS

So I found this little gem of a designer on twitter. Small world actually, I used to know her brother. Anyhoo...

Tracy Gore is a talented designer residing in the beautiful Mother City (Cape Town). She has a very unique style and make use of fabulous radiant colours. Caters for all shapes and sizes, and simply has a real passion for what she does. That’s the kind of person I want to design a dress of mine :) Her designs are feminine and oh so sexy! She is most certainly a force to be reckoned with.

But enough of my rambling. I'll let the pictures do the talking

You can reach her at:

twitter: @tracygorejous

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Gorejous

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