Friday, January 23, 2009

six random things about me

i love being tagged! funfunfun!

Sass is a fabulous blogger - and i just love her writing style... and the way in which she gives us a perfectly honest and frank view into her very interesting life. you'd love to follow her!

she has tagged me in a meme, and how could i resist?

the rules:
1. link to the person who tagged you.
2. post the rules on your blog.
3. write six random things about yourself.
4. tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. let the tagger know when your entry is up.

six things about me

1. me? a GYPSY! i was on a local site looking at things to do in Jozi, and i found an add. "looking for gypsy actress, for party". so i responded. got a reply. met up with this great girl. she's having a fancy dress party and wants to hire a gypsy to 'read' people. she'll give me info on them, and i will pretend to "know" things about them. at the end of the night, she'll let the cat out of the bag. i'm doing this next week. will keep you posted. think it will be fun. PLUS i get paid for it! how random!!

2. i sometimes regret moving to joburg. i've been here 6 months, and its been a rough ride. i miss my flat in camps bay, the people i used to work with and my brother. i miss the ocean and the view i had and i miss walking on the promenade after work. but what i do like about joburg is my actual job here. its fun, its creative and i'm learning alot. and that is the reason i moved. so thats positive. i'll go back to cape town one day, but for now, i must remember to enjoy where i am, and the fabulous friends i have here. i just need to get out more and meet more fab people!

3. i can dance all night. give me heels, a great top (i'm a jeans girl wherever i go) and a bit of mac and my hair straightner and i will rock the night away! i love partying and love dancing with my girl friends. we have so much fun together and don't give a shite about anyone else. we pull out all the moves and have a blast wherever we go.


4. my brother and i always play tricks on each other. and now that we're far apart we do this over the phone. i'll call him and at the end of the conversation be like... oh and by the way.. i'm pregnant (even tho i have a girlfriend). and he'll be silent, and then say... oooh, congrats... but not sure if i'm being serious or not. then i'll burst out laughing. and he'll call me a cow and we'll laugh.... its just the two of us, he's 4 years younger, we're really close and i just love him to bits!

matt, person, brother

5. i am a sushi slut. i can eat sushi every day. i just love it. one of my favourite places is Orient at Melrose Arch... a fab venue and great sushi! and FiSH in Rosebank is a gem, esp half price Tuesday! And of course, cocktails to go with it! (if you live in Jozi and go to the Orient, order the lotus martini to go with your sushi... heaven.in.a.glass!)


6. i am determined to get healthy and shed more than 15kg's this year. being over weight is over. i'm enjoying a healthy eating plan and gym... already losing the kg's so hold thumbs for me!

And that is me!

now pop on over to the sensational sass and read her 6 randomosities (no that's not a real word)

tagged shmagged:

kitty, brazen, vodka mom, superficial girl, blondeblogshell, and bodlybenny
6 fabulous reads i don't go a day without!


Thursday, January 22, 2009

be honest with yourself


"Our lives improve only when we take chances --
and the first and most difficult risk we can take
is to be honest with ourselves."
Walter Anderson





Wednesday, January 21, 2009

smile...


no-one needs a smile as much as the person who fails to give one

in everything there is change...

we resist change
because it takes us into the discomfort
of the unfamiliar.
change is sacred opportunity
to expand into MORE!
[clive fox 2009]



change ultimately leads to growth, and sometimes what we see as a block or a wall against us, is in fact a process of learning new strengths and life showing us how capable we really are. there is universal change, there is change in the seasons, every day we are growing and evolving and learning, and seeing, and understanding, and experiencing, and all these experiences are changing and challenging the way we think, and feel and interact, and dream.

embrace change - planned or unplanned - because the result will always be in a wiser and stronger person, who has learnt more about what you want, and what you don't, who you are and who you want to be, and possibly, who you forgot you are and ultimately and often we discover a gift within us that we never saw before.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

beauty


life is full of beauty

notice it

notice the butterfly
the small child

the flower on the pathway
the clouds passing by
the smiling faces
smell the rain, and feel the wind
be present wherever you are
live your life to the fullest potential
pursue your dreams
life is full of beauty
and that beauty is you

Monday, January 19, 2009

how hot!

we love them, we can't get enough of them, flat, high, black or devilish red, shoes are the ultimate "chocolate cake" replacement on a bad day!

don't you just love these killer heels?
enough to make any girl (or cross dressing boy) smile :)


at $825.00 a pop, these Alexander McQueen Heart peep-toe pumps are but a dream!
but who says dreaming isnt' fun!
plus, if you find the rip off anywhere... let me know!

lesson from the lotus flower...


"As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world"

Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

it's been a while... again

the first 17 days of the new year has been pretty good... but work has kept me totally busy and I have had no time to catch up on your blogs or even post my on my own!

hopefully things will get back to as "normal" as normal is... and you'll be seeing and hearing more from me!



sometimes life is tough, and gets us down, and we have to dig deep to find the courage to keep going...

just like climbing a mountain... there are easy parts, and tough parts... times when there is a stone in your shoe, and times when you feel like you don't have the energy to go another step... but step by step is how you get to the top... the journey might be difficult... but when you get to the top.... wow, what a view!

don't let the anything get in the way of achieving your goals and dreams... this year is a year to discover what it is that you want and to put everything you have into that dream, to achieve it. why dream it? do it! and when things get tough, and you want to give up... remember that the "view" is going to be worth it!

anything worth anything is worth the risk!

Life is good


Wednesday, January 7, 2009

coffee?

This morning I got an email from a friend, and this is what it said...



Life is like having a cup of coffee,
You sit by the side of the window,
Lift the cup and take a careless sip...
Only to realize somebody forgot to add sugar.

Too lazy to go for it…
You somehow struggle through the sugarless cup
Until you discover undissolved sugar crystals
Sitting at the bottom.

That’s how life is,
We do not make any effort to value what is around or within us
So look around
Maybe the sweetness you are looking for is closer than you think.