Everyday recovery

This post was inspired by one of my favourite celebrities Jada Pinket Smith. It kind of reminded me that we are all recovering from something. Her post made me realize that I am also recovering from something.

Whether you recovering from abuse, trauma, depression, alcohol abuse, failure of relationship, or disappointments. The good thing is you’ve managed to take the first step by admitting to yourself that you are suffering and you taking another step forward to recover.

This is to my dear friend that I still love very much

Dear friend,

I know it’s only been few years since the pregnancy before marriage took place and the everyday struggle that you faced when people including your own friends were giving you nasty  looks  , and losing the father of your child in the short space of time.
I know you spend so many years recovering from the loss of your parents. I know it was never easy. To be honest I’ve learn so much during this process of your recovery myself.

I was so encouraged when I saw you take the first step by getting A’s and B’s on your final year in high school. And I was more encouraged to see you take even further step after a row of disappointments by getting out of the house after months of struggle to get out of the house to face the public.

The biggest lesson of them all is when you failed, ran and managed to come back. And you took two steps back. I want to tell you that we are all recovering from something. We may not show it in pubic but we are all recovering.

There is no one person on this planet that is not recovering from something even if it’s something small. Jada says the process of recovery is about regaining oneself from whatever it is that may have stolen us.

Friend your strength cannot be measured, you are strong behind doubts. I am grateful that I am here to see it all. Thank you so much for reminding me that I am also in constant recovery, even if at times I do not know or I cannot see the progress.

Thank you!

Hi my name is Ncumisa and I’m recovering from obesity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cape Town gay pride 2014 (radio format)

THE MOTHER CITY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE CELEBRATING THE ANNUAL GAY PRIDE EVENT AT THE WEEKEND, BUT SOME PARTICIPANTS ARE ADAMANT THEY WON’T TAKE PART THIS YEAR.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN DE WATERKANT GAY VILLAGE IN CAPE TOMORROW

GAY ACTIVIST FUNEKA SOLDAAT SAYS SHE’S ABSTAINING FROM THE EVENT THIS YEAR, AS SHE BELIEVES THE ORGANISERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE REAL ISSUES FACING THE GAY COMMUNITY….

SOLDAAT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FREE GENDER ORGANISATION WILL HOST A DIALOGUE CONCERNING ISSUES SUCH AS UGANDA’S ANTI GAY LAW, AMONG OTHERS.

ONCE AGAIN CAPE TOWN WILL BE CELEBRATING GAY PRIDE THIS WEEKEND BUT UNLIKE ANY OTHER YEARS, SOME WILL NOT TAKE PART.

THE GAY ACTIVIST AND FOUNDER OF THE FREE GENDER ORGANISATION FUNEKA SOLDAAT WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

SOLDAAT SAYS THE ORGANISERS ARE LESS INTERESTED ON THE REAL ISSUES
ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT, SOLDAAT AND HER TEAM WILL BE HAVING A DIALOGUE, CONCERNING ON THE REAL ISSUES, INCLUDING UGANDA AND SEEK STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD.

Trap, accounts suck I don’t want to hear about them

Trap, accounts suck I don’t want to hear about them

Most people do say that. During my time at Edgars as a financial consultant, I approached people and help them to open new accounts. My salary depended on the accounts that I make (commission). I came across with lot of people who had enough of accounts; they want to close what they already have because they are in debts or just can’t pay what is expected of them to pay.

The is one thing I have noticed, it is that they get excited when they get too much credit, and take everything, even the things they do not need. I was talking to one lady the other day, she took a jacket, it was pretty small to her, but she took it, because it was on sale.

That is the reason why our people end up in debts cancelling, or blacklisted. We buy things we do not need because we can and struggle to pay back, its not because they do not know that they will still need to pay the debts, but the excitement that comes when their accounts are approved makes things look unreal and, taking taking and taking without paying and even better, they get R500 free voucher, when the take for R1600 or more. But the tricky part about that R500 voucher is, you can’t take things that are on sale or cell phone, once you take a phone that R500 automatically end once you take a phone. 

The real problem is not furniture or clothing stores, it is the matter of discipline, we all need to discipline ourselves to be able to move forward, having an account with credit, means you have a cash on your pocket, even if you were able to wear your old nice clothes in a party, because you have your credit on your account, you’ll be tempted to take new stuff.

If you know you not differ from the rest of South African, you struggle with self control, then accounts are not for you, continue using cash, then you’ll be a better person, that will be free from debts, phone calls from stores and you’ll be defiantly free from switching off your phone at the end of the months because you know private is going to call.

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou

Sky so blue

So sky so blue,

With friendly overture, tempting

To follow the perspective of its ordinary,

Forget about the day yet to come.

Sky so blue,

Despite retition inconsistent dark clouds

That blends and blemishes its tendency

Sky so blue with its beauty, bequested

To the nature lovers, us! Abiding in society,

While stars squeeze in, striving to survive in the

Darker circuit of its planet. And deficit the dark clouds

That creates a chaos among the space planet.

Sky so blue,

But no one has ever seen, nor notices, while the other world see it

All, an author describe less, and controversy continue ruling the human

Nature, while generation to come, with its curiosity belated vintage,

Continue believing the ending world.

Sky so blue,

Beautify the whole planet,

With its marvellous attractive colour changing once,

Focus closely,

With the full moon that tempt everyone dance in the sky, sleep on the mountains

And smile at the Lord,

But clouds sp dark covers all the beauty and leave a mark and round stain

Whenever it is present,

Sky so blue,

That makes clouds so jealous, that lead to trespassing, crossing boundaries

And play Sky’s part in the planet.

In case you needed encouragement

Still Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou

Old Train and the risks in CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE

from sabc NEWS website

Metrorail train on fire in Western Cape

Wednesday 14 March 2012 06:56

SABC

It is not clear what caused the fire.(SABC)

Tags:

• Western Cape
• Cape Flats
• Khayelitsha
• Nolungile Station
• Metrorail
• Eddie Chinnappen
• Fire

A fire has broken out on a metrorail train at Nolungile Station in Site C in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. The train was on its way to the area from Cape Town when the fire started. 

Metrorail's senior manager in the Western Cape, Eddie Chinnappen, says only one coach is on fire at this stage and that the cause of the incident is not clear.

"At Nolungile Station we detected a fire on the motor coach which is in the middle of the train - not the motor coach that pulls the train in the front or the rear of the train. We're not sure what the cause of the fire is. We need to get into an investigation. The fire is under control. We didn't have any injuries, not to the driver, the guard or any passengers. We could expect delays on the Khayelitsha line."

Measures in place to improve services

  Last week, Metrorail in the Western Cape said measures had been put in place to improve train services. This was in response to Cosatu's memorandum of grievances demanding immediate action to address overcrowding, security and the replacement of ageing trains.

Their demands form part of the nationwide strike action against labour broking and the e-tolling system. Chinnappen said a new fleet of trains would be rolled out by 2015.


So if fire can come out of nowhere in the train, what are the possibilities that it won't burn while it’s in motions, we all know that it takes a while for a train to stop, especially if it’s going fast. I really think that metro Rail must do something about this issue, last Friday they broke, we couldn’t pass vlottenberg, just a station before Stellenbosch, because something apparently went wrong, so no trains were able to pass, we didn’t do anything about it because we are the peaceful people, i am sure if that incident happend in Khayelitsha, nyanga or Gugulethu, things would be in places, Metro Rail, DO SOMETHING!!!

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