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Life, Love and Laughter. What priceless gifts to give our children

We make a living from what we get but we make a live from what we give

''Take action. Inspire Change. Make Every Day a Mandela Day''

Going through all the posts people blogged about on how they gave back to ‘their’ communities for Mandela day, and it all brings all sorts of emotions. I remember a while ago when we were hosting the FIFA World Cup, such a spirit we had. We were one! We had such an indescribable joy, loving each other. ‘Hhe laang ba nna’ I was getting hugs from strangers. I must say it was such a bliss month. It feels so ancient though seeing what has happened after…One would swear I was watching a movie, not even hey, it’s like watching those Vodacom ads where everyone is just all smiles, jolly and then back to reality. That’s how quick it came and gone. Was it all pretence or do South Africans have that love for one another? I asked a friend and after travelling almost the entire world her response was, ‘Trust me SA is warmer.’ I think we do. I love how I can just get in the taxi with a bunch of strangers and we end up chatting like we’ve known each other since the foundations of earth were even formed. Sometimes the next convo you have is ‘hey, remember me? We met in a taxi…’ It does happen, well at least with me it does. I try to give everyone I meet a share on the love I have. I did say I try. Lol it’s all we can do. We are not at all perfect but I love my country so much, of cause I wish we could keep the spirit alive every day, not just once in a year. Given the opportunity we were able to also touch lives on the 18^th of July together with my colleagues. We went to Protea Glen in Soweto to volunteer our services in support of this and aah it was so much fun!!! We weren’t expecting more than 300 kids to come but jah who controls this world? Not us. I am glad they came in numbers J. Now if you were thinking today is a day too late for this post, it can never be, not until my feet can heal from that dancing and playing with the kids and also I can’t take away the delight that came with giving back. Yey to my team at JAWITZ!!! Thank you.

Already making friends, I am telling you :)

I can't wait for you to grow so I can show you this pic. I also have one similar but you will never see it here...

I guess the future was too bright...hola my Jawitz beauts :)



I love their expressions




Arg cuuuuute!



My advice - when you play with kids, be one..



I love kids 'man' :)



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Pleasures VS Dreams require FOCUS

I agree, there can by no means be a boundary to a woman spoiling herself. Let alone use the word sufficient. Though I feel I have been overdoing it recently. I think I need to be cautious on the words I use here cause ‘overdoing it’ also doesn’t seem to be the right phrase used but in any case I do feel very guilty for my actions lately (shopping and eating breakfast everyday from these restaurants that really hurt your pockets). It makes me feel high-quality for a while and comes back to haunt me. Very hectically so I think I should take a break. I am not yet financially fit to be going on like this. It hit me this morning that if I carry on like this I’m not going to accomplish a thing except a lot of weight cause that’s what happens when I stress, I gain a lot of weight. January will come again and I’ll still feel irritable that I didn’t have funds to register or someone will be selling that million dollar property at a really near to the ground cost and I’ll feel very dim-witted for not being able to afford it, there will be that gap available to open that shop and I wouldn’t be able to buy it. Yes I think I have been wasting money. Not easy to ingest but it’s true!

 I am not going to go back, looking for receipts and stressing about the thousands already blown away because that wont prevent early loss of hair but will only be the root. I am only 23 years young this year (2012)...Really? I am also still single by the way so I need my hair…lol (been trying so hard not to look like a boy)

I think I need to learn to prioritize and spend money sensibly because frankly if I carry on like this tomorrow is gonna come, I’ll still be stressing about my future because I couldn’t devote myself in it. I have had numerous business ideas and haven’t been able to work on them because the pleasures of this world have taken the best of me. At 23 with such brains I could be very far. I just need to pause the pleasures key and really focus on what’s imperative. FOCUS, wow that word on its own is something; I think it deserves its own post. I will need someone to help me on this and if I don’t want to lose it, I guess I will have to be that person. This is a skill I’ll have to learn. From now on ‘my latest finds and keeps’ or ‘my recent closet adds’ would only entail of only imperative things, things that I really need. It’s not just money I need to invest, its time as well. I am usually quoted saying that ‘my success is inevitable’, yes I still believe that but it will have to come after a lot of work has been put in to it. Right now I am sacrificing my lifestyle, if it’s a great life I want to live then I should start preparing for it now! I’ll keep you posted on how it goes, wish me luck…I seriously think I am going to need it. Arg it’s just a bad tendency I am gonna have to quit before I die from it. Ta for now, I am already shaky…but I’ll endure J I believe that if I upgrade the self, the lifestyle will just upgrade itself. What do you think?