Love to hate load-shedding

Good morning everyone #smiles
Days are going by too quickly - when I publish a new post, friends and colleagues are already messaging me for a new blog post! It's mid-March and finally our weather has started to cool down in South Africa. I have new audiences from Jamaica, Belgium and Spain this week!!! A warm welcome to Q's blog and I hope that you leave here with a smile on your dial  :-)

The Australian cricket team was down playing some wonderful test cricket with the Proteas, it's a pity the T20 matches didn't go as well because of the inclement weather... On a positive note, my local rugby team, the Sharks, are doing extremely well. They have the "White Touch" this season ... and I'm sooooo not racist!

My new bb has been working very well and I'm thrilled to have all my new contacts on board. I love immersing myself in advertising and marketing is my passion! I've been receiving queries rather tentatively because some newbies think that I'm gonna steal their money and not do their adverts!!! #blocks face
Apparently they have had bad experiences with other advertisers. You are more than welcome to contact any of my clients on my profile and ask about my work ethics. #smiles

I have been receiving invites on my new bb even though I have you on my RT1 bb. Please don't invite me as I don't wish to have duplications. My new bb is only for new contacts. A contact messaged me the following, and I was really shocked to say the least. She invited me on my new bb and I declined and told her the reason why. She was happy that I did and told me of her experience with another advertiser...

Did I just throw the cat among the pigeons??? Oops! But noooo names were mentioned and if my contact is reading her messages above, you have my word that your identity will remain a secret though this was bound to get to me one way or the other!!!

LOAD SHEDDING!!!
Which writing medium won't have anything to say about this?
Load shedding has been slammed down our throats whether we like it or not. I was frantically checking my local municipality website for schedules for the load shedding. Forget the candles and gas stoves, I was more interested in making sure my phones were all fully charged!! LMAO!!! I know I wasn't the only one bcos some contacts were msging me:

"Q, my phone is on charge and I checked your area and time and you are expected to be without lights from 6-8pm"

Aaaah! That's what friends are for!

I have been thoroughly amused at all the profiles changes that I come across on my bbm, it made me roll with laughter and I've been just itching to write this blog post. #winks eyes

It's bad enough that we got to deal with no lights and low battery, this contact of mine has errant customers as well. I've seen this happening many times where people order their goods and come pay-time, they go AWOL or worse..... they delete you. If you know you won't be able to afford something, do yourself a favour and don't order! She has had enough with this, even offering contacts to go bare #blocks face. It's "bear" sweety, unless the lack of lights has something to do with undressing... and I couldn't help notice that your dp had the other "bear." #grins

Some people had it really bad with the load-shedding that they were stuck in lifts etc. Eish, at least that didn't happen to any of my contacts that I know. Still, they were getting highly upset:

This contact of mine has no choice but to keep her phone on charge the whole day:

Yeh we all know that feeling. Phone is fully charged and YAY... we go about our work and then next thing we know... BAM!!! That yellow battery light comes up. We try to last that last bit of life and keep saying to ourselves,
"Just one more bc" 
"Let me make that dp change quickly"
"I will reply to this customer first before charging because I hope she jacks up and pays me!"
And the next thing we know..... The red light comes up. By now, I usually time that light until it's right down to the last bit before I frantically push that charger in while still doing business on my bb. The worse is when the message comes up:
"Battery drained... handheld shutting down" or
"Battery too low for reception"
These are silent swearing-hair pulling moments and when hubby asks whats wrong:
"The maid didn't come!"
LMAO
Even worse if the load-shedding is due to start in 5 minutes! Aaaaargh!!!

Soooo what happens when the lights do come back? Check this out:

Ouch!!! Watchout for those plug points and avoid those nasty surprises! Keep an eye on the kiddos also! Other contacts get so starved for that 2 hours, you wonder if their whole day evolves around eating:

There are those contacts that are creative and it reminds me of my childhood days. When we were growing up, there were no load shedding of course but we did have power-cuts due to severe thunderstorms etc. We used to be amused by the candles and mum used to warn us not to go near them. Of course when she wasn't around, my siblings and I used to whip out those old broken crayons and start melting it into funny shapes!!! LOL #true story (no reprimand from my dad). I don't think our kids should even get those ideas in their heads bcos it's just not quite the same with those fancy roll-ups! 

LOL!!! Ooooh! Now imagine trying this out! Hmmm, yeh, just stock up on those 48-in-a-pack crayons that we all loved to have but had to make do with those 24 in-a-pack ones!!! Yeh but we had smug looks at classmates that were sitting with 12 in-a-pack crayons. Those were seriously good times!

And other contacts get soooo emotional when the lights are back....

I think she should invite my "bear" friend above for a lekker good bear hug... Me? I'd cuddle with my darling sons, with or without lights!!!

Some contacts get soooo moody when there's no lights. Yes I know bbm is addictive but still! You don't need to tell us about your temperament.

This contact decided the best way to save battery life is to switch off the phone. But really? Would anyone want to chat after seeing that status? Sorrry! I'd rather sit with my crayons in front of my candles, taking the red crayon to make heart shapes.... LOL

And stilllll..... after 19 hours, my dear friend still has no power! 

Just hang in there!!! See if you can break the record for 24 hours #Q grins
Haha! I know I'm gonna get lots of pings from contacts recognising their screengrabs above!
I can't help it! 

Now my blog won't be complete without a jab at my good old vaalie friends #grins
Yeh, you know the type! They go crazy when they see our beach and can't understand when we tell them that we are so tired of it. Forget seeing the number plates and recognising those GP plates on the beachfront, easiest way to spot a vaalie? They are the ones who will be swimming in the water even if it's raining!!! #true story!!!

If you are from Pretoria, what on earth is going on with your wall sockets??? Eish I dunno! Maybe it's a new trend to avoid the load shedding?  
Be a darling and share it with the rest of us pleeeeeeease?
LMAO

Haha. these were screeengrabbed from a contact of mine and I had a good laugh about it when I saw it. But seriously? A plug on the ceiling? How did the builders/electricians screw up like this?

And I get this from a friend:

Why are so people so dumb? I really don't understand when contacts send messages like this. It's as if they think to themselves:
"I'm bored, how can I annoy someone today?"
Oooooh, if I get messages like this I'm not even going to waste me time explaining what an idiot you are, I will just..... NO not delete you, I will screengrab and use as material here though I will spare you the embarrassment and edit your name out!!!
Zaakirah! What a way to start your day with that silly message, but I guarantee you to end your day laughing! You've been messaging me today and asking when my new post will be out #smiles 
And you were reading all my previous posts?? Awww too sweet!

As usual, I wish to end this post with fabulous messages from my fans:

Aaaaah in the pipeline! I'd love to do a fictional blog, minus the vulgar language that other blogs have,but right now my life is like a tornado!

Rabia, just for you:

Gotta love me
Q, the Drama Queen!!!

#hugskisses to all ;-)

If I Could Punch Her, I Would!!!

Hey everyone! Oooh I hope all is well!
March already and we still right in the middle of summer. It's terribly hot and I'm awaiting the coolness of autumn to set in.
I have new audiences from Ireland! Welcome to my blog!


Soooo yeh! I went for my drivers test recently and trust me when I say it was the worst test of my life! No matter how well you are prepped for it, there's always a chance of failing on some silly mistake. My nerves got the better of me when I saw the others strolling in dejectedly and ummm ya! the pressure notched up a few decimals.
Heart skipped a beat when 2 examiners came to test me. Eish its bad enough having one brown-uniformed examiner but I had 2! One was a trainee but she was just as cheeky! 2 pairs of eyes watching every move and not missing a thing!
Car check and yard test was a breeeeeze except the last bit which was the incline test. *blocks face
I brought the car too far from the line sooooo I had to take off twice on that! And you know everyone that came for their test are also watching so thankfully/shukr it all went well. Didn't roll the car on both take-offs *grins
My examiner said I'm damn lucky that I kept my calm and got a shock that the examiners took me for my road test. LOL
Aaaah! Once on the road, I was in my rhythm and all went smoothly. When I came back in, I still didn't know if I passed and when I looked at the trainee examiner for some indication, she said to me:
'Sorry to say that you failed'
I looked at her in horror!
Then she smiled and said: 'Just joking!'
I promise you that if I could, I would have punched her squarely across the face! AND a violent person I ain't !!!
How can anyone joke about something like that ??? Burrrrrrt anyways I'm just glad that its over!
Thnx to all the lovely msgs that came through from all friends, special friends and family. *hugs

Ok, so some people have a habit of talking nonsense on their phones. The other day I saw a status on a profile to this effect:
"Y do ppl change their status to give a msg across to someone that they don't even have on their blackberry's"

Aha! You know what I'm talking about! You are so mad at some idiot, (possibly family???) AND you don't have them as a contact but you put up a status:
"That's the reason y I don't visit u bcos you always so full of yourself"
I think it's therapeutic and a thrill to put up statuses like this bcos on the one hand, u feel daring and on the other hand, you hoping some distant family connection don't see it and pass the msg along to the guilty party.
Bottom line...... I notice that statuses like this last for about 5 minutes before its changed to something sweet about loyal customers!!!
LMAO  5 minutes of being brave....But u gotta admit, if felt good having an 'out -of-character' status up!!!
Others don't waste time:

Then there are those crazzzzy family cousins we just love to tease on bbm:

Of course if you have a doc in the family to deal with all the lunatic connections, that would be nice:

Don't you feel this true? LMAO

Summmmmmer time means lazy days at the beach and at the parks for picnics. In Durbs, we are really spoilt for choice. And it means getting a darker tan as usual. For some people it becomes a big issue. You know! Indians in South Africa are born with a certain shade and want to pass their lives another shade!!! Any skin lightening cream hits the market and BOOM everyone goes to buy it. Just chillll !!! Be proud of the colour you are bcos you don't have to be fair skinned to have a good heart! Just be yourself!

You see? And this person had it up as status!!!
New contacts are still making assumptions about who I am. Check this out:

I read some contacts profiles and really I think to myself: 'I have to save this.'

Are people even aware of their spelling errors? Eish, even a grade 3 child will know its 'dyed'

This next contact sent me a msg and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I read it. You know I've edited out your name so no1 will know it's you but it was too funny NOT to include this in my blog.

I think you should try getting an English book instead! *shows tongue
Don't worry me on bbm now, ok? And promise not to shout me also! Lol

Some of the bc's I receive are so shocking, I have to blink twice to see if I read it correctly!!!

There are some sick people out there!

I work really hard at what I do and many people think: "It's easy, I can do it as well." Trust me when I say that it takes alot of organisational skill to run RapidTrader successfully. I'm really chuffed to receive msgs like the ffg:

Once a week or so, I type out personal bc's and I end up having everyone in stitches. I can't help it, humour comes naturally to me!

Oh and before I forget, I had another wannabe who wanted to be me. She changed her name to T-Rapid Ads. I really don't know what she wanted to prove but in any case, she didn't last long. I really don't have a problem with anyone doing ads, it irritates me when people choose names that are so close to mines. Thanks for the lovely message, Rabia #hugs

Oscar's trial started this week. Media is in a frenzy. I received a joke last night:
"Oscar don't have it so bad, he has the court's best parking space"

Anyways, I'm outa here. Take care people - RapidTrader is expanding! I'm expecting my new bb this week and won't be accepting any new invites on my 2afa21.... pin. My contact list is maxed out. I have some exciting things planned as I will be hooking up with some biz-minded contacts for even wider exposure!

Gotta love me
Q