I thought it would be the perfect opportunity in front of all family and friends to list most of the things I am grateful for: I'm grateful for...

1. being born
2. growing up in KwaDukuza
3. for my grandmother taking care of me while parents worked
4. knowing atleast one of my grandfathers and what an honor it was
5. going to Circle Pre Primary
6. my mum and dad for giving me a brother Bhavnesh, my favourite brother!
7. for my aunts and uncles for giving me cousins so close to me, they are my siblings
8. being introduced to technology at age 5 on dad's i486
9. going to Dawnview Primary
10. getting braces to fix my then horendous teeth
11. going to Sir Liege Primary in the middle of the sugarcane fields, yes Tyrone, in the farm
12. getting online at 10y (heh, I've been using the internet for 11y) and surfing a 4k connection
13. going to Crawford NC for High School
14. my high school teachers, they were incredible
15. my friends in high school who transformed me from being a bug eyed nerd to being geek cool
16. my terrible science teacher (name escapes me, I think she was so terrible my mind is subconsciously blocking her name out)
17. my terrible science teacher forcing us to take part in the UKZN science expo
18. winning Science expo in '03 with my friend Tim (who know works at Google) (when I was in grade 11) and receiving a bursary from UKZN to study engineering
19. for my dad insisting I study engineering even though I never really wanted to
20. going to UKZN cos of that
21. experience campus life
22. living in flat and gaining some independence by living without parents (...ah... fun times)
23. falling in love
24. and... breaking up
25. experiencing true pain from suffering kidney stones twice (beat that!)
26. having two great flat mates, the best you can get
27. finally leaving UKZN after finally realising EE just wasn't for me
28. the 6 month vacation that followed
29. getting a call one December day in 2006 from old school friend
30. meeting two people, my boss and my manager, who saw past the qualifications and inexperience and saw potential in me
31. accepting their job offer, and allowing me to do my part in revolutionising the internet

So... To...

1. everyone that reads my blog
2. everyone thats on my buddy list
3. Larry Paige and Sergei Brin for creating Google
4. Douglas Adams for showing me the answer to life, the universe and everything
5. Yukihoro Matsmuto for creating Ruby, the greatest language of all time
6. Steve Jobs and Apple for creating Mac OS X
7. Microsoft for showing everyone how not to create an Operating System
8. All the girls I've ever loved and liked, if only there were more of me for all of you!
9. my friends in school
10. my friends in university
11. my friends and colleagues at Immedia and East Coast Access
12. my mentors
13. My wonderful aunts
14. My great uncles
15. my sisters
16. my brothers
17. To Bhavnesh
18. To my gorgeous grandmothers
19. To my mum and dad

And finally to all of you here tonight Thank you For the greatest gift of all time. The gift of right now. I would not have wanted to live my life any other way. thank you.