Overpowering Ownership

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Why is it that just when you have realised you're at the pinnicle of joy in your life, that everything is going so swell, and life is a kid in a candy store, that you also realise the mirage you're living in is fading away so fast? Life isn't fair, it sometimes sucks but you live through it, adapt, change, and grow. You find who you are, stick with that person and live. If something is limiting you, you either wait it out, or take matters into your own hands. It is that simple. You have no excuse not to live, it's what you were born to do. But what if an oppresive force is hindering you, stunting your growth and culling your abilities to do much more with your life? What if you can't, legally, take matters into your own hands and your only choice is to wait all ten months of it out? You still don't stop living. What you do do is start appreciating the virtue of patience, and how through time you can achieve anything. As long as you live.

Jammin' January

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Dude. Wow. What an awesome almost-three months it's been. I havent blogged for ages, and well, it's not like I didn't have much to blog about (I had tons), but I just didn't have the time (read: I was too damn lazy). But here I am now, and wowee, I have a lot to say. First off, I am now a part of the (proper) working world. Yes! I! Have! A! Job! Which is actually really funny and uber-cool at the same time, cos, me in all my glory, have no degree nor qualification, no prior working experience (unless you consider my pro-bono charity work), just my lone Genius ;) and yet, I have a really awesome job as a web developer for the ever awesome Immedia. They're one of, if not the biggest, web development firms on the country, and it truly is great to work with the guys there. They Rock! I certainly have learnt a lot already. One of the things my boss, Anice, has taught me, indirectly, is that anything is possible. If you can think it, it can be made. So far, I've made an awesome web-application for radio stations. I think I'll violate the terms of my contract if I say what it is, but just know, it'll really bring South African radio stations into the 21st century once it's taken off. Yeah, it's that cool! I guess the mandatory thing for me to say now is that none of the views or opinions stated on this blog are of my employer and are in my personal capacity. I'll leave the other interesting stuff that happened to me for another blog post. That way, I won't have an excuse of "I didn't have anything to blog about". ;) oh and... Happy Birthday Vashee!

Last Light

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So, I plan on making at least one post a month to keep my calendar happy, and this is it. I'm not in a blogging mood right now (it is after all 08:47 on New Year's eve) and I'm not that entirely awake. I think I might just plug in another post before midnight. If not... Happy New Year! :)

Life Line

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I think there's a fine line between thinking the glass is half full, and noting that the glass needs refilling. I'm a fairly (understatement) optimistic person, I believe in the greater good, the power of one's self, the ability to do anything, he who can win all wars, never look back, the sky has no limit -kind of person, so obviously it's a little hard for me at first to understand why people are sometimes so sad. When I empathise and put my self in another person's shoes, and grasp what they're going through, I can easily understand their situation. But it wasn't until today, that I realised there is such a fine line between being optimistic, and being real. Take South Africa for instance, people say you have to realise that crime getting worse is a reality, but on the other hand, I say, you've also got to realise that in the past twelve years, our country has given water, homes and hundreds of other benefits to hundreds of thousands of people, making their life enormously better. Sure, there is a bad, but there also is good. You can't only look one-sided-ly at things, it does nothing to bring about a solution. This realisation came about a few hours ago when watching Troy on TV. I asked myself, would I do what Paris did and take away Helen of Sparta? And in doing so risk the lives of my countrymen, and demolishing peace in my homeland by starting a blood-filled war. I answered yes, but only if I knew I was going to win the war. Then I realised that me, in all my arrogance, would think I could win any war. So is this being optimistic, and having faith in my country's monolithic army? Or is it just madness not to think about the reality that eventually destroyed Troy? You have to believe in yourself and in your country, it's my way of life. I'm determined to see my country through anything, and I believe that I can do anything. I believe in the power of dreams, and how striving towards something is a greater goal. But when does reality sink in so deep that it starts tearing apart your dreams? One has to be able to face the facts. It's insane not to. But making reality sink in sometimes deters us from our goals. I feel that optimism is the top-tier in a happy life, and as you go down, there's reality, and then pessimism; which ultimately makes you see things in a sinister light, where happiness is blurred by as the light too hot to touch. It's such a fine line.

Fresh Fizzle

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I couldn't think of what to call this post and many alliterations raced through my mind, but I liked Fresh Fizzle the most, since it has got probably nothing to do with the rest of the post - that in itself is as random as you get it. Very entropic. So, as you've probably noticed ... new look! Drop me a comment if you like it or not. I love getting comments, it just makes blogging so much more fulfulling. It's my blog's third year in the running, and I forgot its birthday so I thought I'd spruce it up a little. Hope you all enjoy this new eye-candy.

Soluting Solutions

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Last Thursday night was a night I'd consider a highlight in my life. Not only did I shake the hand of the Honourable MEC of Education for KZN, Mrs Ina Cronje, I also got a photo taken with her. She truly is an amazing, and down-to-earth person who is willing to do anything for the community. Mrs Cronje is part of the solution of this country and the work she's done to promote and uplift the education sector in our beautiful province is astounding. Mrs Cronje came down to Amatikulu Primary School for the opening of their newly-built Administration Block. It's a small-ish building and when you think about it at first, you ask yourself, why would the school ask such a person as Mrs Cronje to open an admin block? As the night grew darker, I discovered the ceremony (which was really, really amazing by the way), wasn't just about the opening of a new block, it was about celebration. You see the admin block was completely funded by the community and surrounding community. Not a single cent came from the any goverment sources. So this was to celebrate a feat that people who care about the future of children in this country had undertaken and completed. It was no easy task either. The building cost came to R97 000. My uncle, GD (Ashok) Singh, is the principal of Amatikulu Primary School, and building the new block was an initiative that I believe only a person of his stature and motivation could have completed. Well done, Ashok poopa! Later on in the ceremony, plans of an additional two classrooms, a bigger library, and a comptuer/media room were discussed. This lead to people from the audience pledging amounts of cash and kind towards the building of these new structures. I pledged too. I pledged a website and hosting for the school worth R5000. It would probably cost me a bit on the hosting, and only time to do the website, but I felt proud to be part of a solution.

Cursing Cold

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I love the cold. I like the feeling and the warmth. But with the cold, comes the cold (in the snifly-nose sense of the word). I suffer from sinusitus and so I'm probably more likely to have a running nose and catch a cold than normal people. Yeah, It is a hard life. Anyways, Ma's masala teas do the job in curing the cold in a jiffy. But then it's back again sooner or later. I just hope I'm all-systems-go for my drivers' licence test on Friday. It's at 13:30 and ... well ... it is kind-of my only shot at getting my licence, this year. Bookings in KwaDukuza are full til the end of the year. There's also the dwindling fact that my learners' licence expires next Friday ... so no pressure at all on me! But seriously, I've taken more than enough lessons and I should be fine. I'm sort of like a veteran amongst the other learner drivers. The one who casually drives in to the practice-ground, does one of each type of ground-work, then leaves without making a single mistake. It's a love/hate relationship with the others. There goes my ego again. Wish me luck!

Nokia Nicety

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I am the proud owner of a new Nokia N91. It's brilliant! I can do just about anything with it! (Obviously, it can't make coffee, duh!) I'm not going to write a review about it because I'm sure everyone with a TV knows just how amazing and uberly cool this phone really is. And yes, it was worth waiting nine months for (I qualified for an upgrade on my phone in January...). Anyways. It's a dream to use and rock-solid - but of course, it's a Nokia after all!

Viable Version

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I've been pretty busy lately. I've completed a major project  that I started nearly two years ago but couldn't finish due to ... uh ... technical problems. It's true, I missed that old hard-drive. Anyways. That project is the new KwaDukuza Diwali Committee website version 3. I think it's not-too-bad, but I'm looking at it from a creator/web-developer's point of view. It's pretty new, there wasn't any annoucement made to say it was updated so there won't be much traffic for a little while. If any of you could test it out for me, from a general reader's point of view, then tell me what you like about it, what you don't, how it can improve, any further suggestions, anything basically, I'd really appreciate it.

Colourful Cousins

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Hello Yaniska and Taryska :)