No newspaper article, blog or any written medium throughout the world will be complete without a mention of the passing away of Nelson Mandela...
This week we saw the falling of a giant. A true icon not only for South Africa but for the whole world. If you have travelled to any country and if you say that you from SA, the immediate response would be: 'Mandela'. You didn't have to understand the English language to understand who this man was and what he stood for.
I was being bombarded by some people with their bc's to the effect: So what if he passed away?
Helllooooooo?????? Get off your high horses and take time to reflect what he did for our country!!! You are free to practice your religion, dress how you wish to and have freedom of movement because of his morals! SA was on the brink of civil war and he united everyone under the rainbow nation. Do you read the newspaper? Or do you watch the news on TV? We see countless countries been ravaged by war. D.R.C., Liberia, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Niger, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Burma etc. Do you even contemplate how fortunate we are that we live so comfortably in our posh homes? So do yourself a favour, think..... that when he walked out of prison, he had all the power to turn this country into anarchy but he didn't! He helped others that were in dire need to the best of his ability. What are you doing to uplift those around you? That neighbour who you know that's barely making ends meet..... the family relative thats always collecting charity..... the orphanages and old age homes in your area, what about the prisons that have muslim inmates - when was the last time you found time to do something good for them? Oh yes, I forgot, it's easy to just send out a bc that you have received and be oblivious to whats happening around you. *talk to my hand
It's our duty to show respect and offer condolences no matter what faith he belonged to AND we continue praying for those that have left us.
If you have a problem with what I have said, feel free to leave a comment here.
Some contacts are really confused as to which 'race' I belong to. Does it really matter? Not really I suppose but does it help to know so that you know how to chat to the person. You know what I mean! Whether to say: "charo", "pozi" or "cheers" in the chat. Apparently, my biz name sounds "white"
*blocks face
This contact eventually told me after realising that I'm an Indian:
"Ok, you can be my bra"
And I'm like, sorry, I apologise, I'm toooo busy for chit-chat and frankly I don't really speak the way you do even though I'm a Durbanite. Not that I take offence, but I'm on a totally different wavelength as you and don't understand half of the things you say.
I'm still receiving those damn annoying horror bc's. I mostly get these bc's from the kids, yessss I have under 18 category on my device.
When I received this bc, I felt like telling all my contacts on my phone, EVERYONE please send this back to her. So she can send it to her contacts and we must bc it BUT don't send it to her? Next time I will do just that, that should teach her a lesson!
This next bc had me confused. My first thought was: that's a terrible thing to happen because no one likes their bb to be wiped. You lose all your info. Then the 2nd bc comes along and I'm like WT* ? Is this person a female or male? I don't know what's worse - being confused about your race or gender!!! *LMAO
Eish that was too good!
I also received this bc, also from another under 18:
I'm guessing nobody contacted this person, cos after a while, I get the next bc. Contacts must be avoiding him/her like the plague. Eish, are people this lame?
Here's a lunchtime "eeewwwww moment"
This is worse than the wriggly worm that I had on my previous post. Do people just eat away blindly, gulp their food down without taking the time to seeeeee what they are eating? And where are they buying their lunch from? Sorrrrry! when I'm in Jhb again, I will seriously consider where I'm invited out to eat. Yep, that's from a vaalie contact - NW, to be precise! Eish to me, that's all in one boat!
I have a bone to pick with the ffg contact.
I don't have issues with people asking me to help word out their ads. I do this on a daily basis.
(Ha, which reminds, my one dear contact told me that I should be a scriptwriter, yessssss - I will charge you for this - Ima collect when you come Durbs again!). Anyways, a biz contact of mines sent me the ffg msg and told me:
" Q, you are in for a shock, cos he is using your exact words for his ads "
For those of you who are familiar with my msgs when you request price packages, you will notice that it's my exact words!
Not to leave this lying down, I invited him, sent him the screengrab and this was his response:
Don't know if he has an atttitude problem or just lacks serious English language skills, but that's life I guess! Some people are have no originality. If you are reading this Nemo , SUE ME !!!!!
Thank you Ameera for your kind words. I really appreciate it. *rose
I will be closed for bc's from this weekend. I will only be doing status+dp ads. I'm almost fully booked out for December. Next year I will be re-structuring ads and I will fwd the info to one and all. Some contacts are still inviting me on my old bb. That device is for family only. If you are on both my bb's, please delete me from my old bb, tnx.
Big brouhaha when I asked people for a copy of a book that I wanted to read, mostly Jhb contacts msged me. Many offered to send it to me via e-mail and then I've had other contacts who also want it. I will fwd it to you as I get time. Will start to read this weekend. Uptight contacts that have a problem with my personality, please just delete me!
Before I say my goodbyes, a special congrats to my friend M on the birth of your twin boys!
Yayyyy! What good news, you really made my day and I'm sure they are as cute as you! I appreciate you taking the time to msg me, *hugs and kisses
Enjoy the hols everyone, I'm at home with the kids, already had a break in November. But if anyone wish to whisk me away, lol, gimme 3 days notice - enough time for me to pack!!!
Tc,
Gotta love me
Q
*blocks face
This contact eventually told me after realising that I'm an Indian:
"Ok, you can be my bra"
And I'm like, sorry, I apologise, I'm toooo busy for chit-chat and frankly I don't really speak the way you do even though I'm a Durbanite. Not that I take offence, but I'm on a totally different wavelength as you and don't understand half of the things you say.
I'm still receiving those damn annoying horror bc's. I mostly get these bc's from the kids, yessss I have under 18 category on my device.
When I received this bc, I felt like telling all my contacts on my phone, EVERYONE please send this back to her. So she can send it to her contacts and we must bc it BUT don't send it to her? Next time I will do just that, that should teach her a lesson!
This next bc had me confused. My first thought was: that's a terrible thing to happen because no one likes their bb to be wiped. You lose all your info. Then the 2nd bc comes along and I'm like WT* ? Is this person a female or male? I don't know what's worse - being confused about your race or gender!!! *LMAO
I also received this bc, also from another under 18:
I'm guessing nobody contacted this person, cos after a while, I get the next bc. Contacts must be avoiding him/her like the plague. Eish, are people this lame?
Here's a lunchtime "eeewwwww moment"
This is worse than the wriggly worm that I had on my previous post. Do people just eat away blindly, gulp their food down without taking the time to seeeeee what they are eating? And where are they buying their lunch from? Sorrrrry! when I'm in Jhb again, I will seriously consider where I'm invited out to eat. Yep, that's from a vaalie contact - NW, to be precise! Eish to me, that's all in one boat!
I have a bone to pick with the ffg contact.
I don't have issues with people asking me to help word out their ads. I do this on a daily basis.
(Ha, which reminds, my one dear contact told me that I should be a scriptwriter, yessssss - I will charge you for this - Ima collect when you come Durbs again!). Anyways, a biz contact of mines sent me the ffg msg and told me:
" Q, you are in for a shock, cos he is using your exact words for his ads "
For those of you who are familiar with my msgs when you request price packages, you will notice that it's my exact words!
Don't know if he has an atttitude problem or just lacks serious English language skills, but that's life I guess! Some people are have no originality. If you are reading this Nemo , SUE ME !!!!!
Thank you Ameera for your kind words. I really appreciate it. *rose
I will be closed for bc's from this weekend. I will only be doing status+dp ads. I'm almost fully booked out for December. Next year I will be re-structuring ads and I will fwd the info to one and all. Some contacts are still inviting me on my old bb. That device is for family only. If you are on both my bb's, please delete me from my old bb, tnx.
Big brouhaha when I asked people for a copy of a book that I wanted to read, mostly Jhb contacts msged me. Many offered to send it to me via e-mail and then I've had other contacts who also want it. I will fwd it to you as I get time. Will start to read this weekend. Uptight contacts that have a problem with my personality, please just delete me!
Before I say my goodbyes, a special congrats to my friend M on the birth of your twin boys!
Yayyyy! What good news, you really made my day and I'm sure they are as cute as you! I appreciate you taking the time to msg me, *hugs and kisses
Enjoy the hols everyone, I'm at home with the kids, already had a break in November. But if anyone wish to whisk me away, lol, gimme 3 days notice - enough time for me to pack!!!
Tc,
Gotta love me
Q
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