I can’t believe my studies at Cape Peninsula University of Technology are coming to an end. It is so weird to think that four years ago I set out on this journey, I don’t think I ever envisaged that this day would come! Yes I have dreamed about it, prayed about it and a lot of the time cursed my way through it, but now that it has arrived and it is time to say goodbye to the building, the lecturers and most of all my friends, I have mixed emotions.
I guess that ever since our orientation in January 2006, CPUT has been my way of life. Each day I wake up, go to university and then come home, do my homework and I know what the next day will bring. Now that classes are ending and there are just a few outstanding assignments I think I am starting to panic! But on the other hand I am really excited for Israel and I have butterflies in my stomach!
I really am going to miss all the ups and downs, the blood, sweat and tears, the strikes, petrol bombs, the security guards, the terrible lecturers, the fun days in the sun and most of all the friendships I have made!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea”
Desperate times call for desperate measures! When people only have one idea, they have to make it work and will therefore go to the most extreme to make sure it succeeds. This I guess is when ideas get freaky and people become frantic!
Once my brother and I were walking on top of glass bottles and he wasn’t walking fast enough so I decided to push him and when I did he jumped up and then landed on the glass bottles and cut his foot in three, literally. There was blood everywhere, I guess that was a bad idea.
Last year I was driving back from Paarl, it had been raining for two weeks straight. I was on the N1 heading back to Cape Town when I braked, skidded and then aqua planed about 100m on the highway, I guess it was a bad idea to break on a wet road!
I guess we have all had crazy ideas that may have seemed right at that exact second, however looking back at it now there have been many times when I have only had one idea and without thinking about it I automatically did it and there were repercussions such as a written off car and a foot that needed many stitches!
Once my brother and I were walking on top of glass bottles and he wasn’t walking fast enough so I decided to push him and when I did he jumped up and then landed on the glass bottles and cut his foot in three, literally. There was blood everywhere, I guess that was a bad idea.
Last year I was driving back from Paarl, it had been raining for two weeks straight. I was on the N1 heading back to Cape Town when I braked, skidded and then aqua planed about 100m on the highway, I guess it was a bad idea to break on a wet road!
I guess we have all had crazy ideas that may have seemed right at that exact second, however looking back at it now there have been many times when I have only had one idea and without thinking about it I automatically did it and there were repercussions such as a written off car and a foot that needed many stitches!
Au Pairing!
So this week I am au pairing, but not only lifting and doing homework with the children, I am sleeping over, cooking and getting the children ready for school! I have house sat before and walked and fed dogs, but this is on a totally different level! I feel like a mommy!
I have so many responsibilities. I have to make sure each child wakes up on time, eats their breakfast, drinks their tea, brushes their hair and teeth and makes it to school on time. Today started off rough! It was wet and rainy and the traffic was mad! One of the kids missed her first class. Tonight is going to be the biggest challenge of all, I have to cook dinner for three vegetarian girls..HELP I don’t even know how to cook. What do vegetarians eat anyways? This is going to be interesting!
So now I need to go do homework and prepare for dinner, then I need to take the girls to Pick ‘n Pay to buy bandannas for the Sun Flower Foundation. I just finished watching the Sweet Life of Zack and Cody and Sponge Bob Square Pants! Oh the joys of the Disney Channel!!!
I have so many responsibilities. I have to make sure each child wakes up on time, eats their breakfast, drinks their tea, brushes their hair and teeth and makes it to school on time. Today started off rough! It was wet and rainy and the traffic was mad! One of the kids missed her first class. Tonight is going to be the biggest challenge of all, I have to cook dinner for three vegetarian girls..HELP I don’t even know how to cook. What do vegetarians eat anyways? This is going to be interesting!
So now I need to go do homework and prepare for dinner, then I need to take the girls to Pick ‘n Pay to buy bandannas for the Sun Flower Foundation. I just finished watching the Sweet Life of Zack and Cody and Sponge Bob Square Pants! Oh the joys of the Disney Channel!!!
Andy Warhol said, “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes” – You can’t choose the 15 minutes but why would you be world fam
Why would I be world famous? Well I think I would have my 15 minutes of fame for something meaningful, unlike starting a new trend like carrying a dog in my had bag, going to jail for a few weeks or even creating a sex video and distributing it over the internet. I think my 15 minutes of fame would stem from something worth 15 minutes!
As mentioned in the heading, one cannot choose their 15 minutes of fame, but if I could, my 15 minutes of fame would be succeeding in freeing Gilad Shalit. Gilad Shalit is an Israeli solider who was kidnapped, over three years ago, and is currently being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Freeing Gilad would bring eternal happiness to his family as well as the state of Israel. I think that if people could choose their 15 minutes of fame they would choose something meaningful. We don’t need another super model, radio dj or even an actress, what we need is more Nobel Peace Prize winners, cures for deadly diseases and to stop genocides all over the world.
So as Andy Warhol says “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes”, make sure yours counts and try and be an individual that can impact other people’s lives positively.
As mentioned in the heading, one cannot choose their 15 minutes of fame, but if I could, my 15 minutes of fame would be succeeding in freeing Gilad Shalit. Gilad Shalit is an Israeli solider who was kidnapped, over three years ago, and is currently being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Freeing Gilad would bring eternal happiness to his family as well as the state of Israel. I think that if people could choose their 15 minutes of fame they would choose something meaningful. We don’t need another super model, radio dj or even an actress, what we need is more Nobel Peace Prize winners, cures for deadly diseases and to stop genocides all over the world.
So as Andy Warhol says “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes”, make sure yours counts and try and be an individual that can impact other people’s lives positively.
Monday, September 14, 2009
"Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read” (Frank Zappa) – Comment
Haha I actually think that that is funny on a very superficial level! It is cave man like! I like the analogy given, but I don’t really understand the non literal meaning on Rock journalism. I don't even know what rock journalism is or if it even exists! I tried to google it and all I got was something about music and some guy or band that is known as Rock Journalists.
I think the description given by Zappa is funny, yet so unoriginal! I mean he basically literally thought of a rock, combined some cavemen and then stole some ideas from "The gods must be crazy" movie! (I actually still have that movie and watched it a few weeks ago!)
I don't even know what Rock journalism is and I still cannot find it anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know what it is? If you do please let me know, I would really appreciate it! I seriously don’t think it is from my generation, and if it is, I guess I need to become more culturally aware of things because like I said, I have never heard of Rock journalism before, or this Zappa guy either!
I think the description given by Zappa is funny, yet so unoriginal! I mean he basically literally thought of a rock, combined some cavemen and then stole some ideas from "The gods must be crazy" movie! (I actually still have that movie and watched it a few weeks ago!)
I don't even know what Rock journalism is and I still cannot find it anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know what it is? If you do please let me know, I would really appreciate it! I seriously don’t think it is from my generation, and if it is, I guess I need to become more culturally aware of things because like I said, I have never heard of Rock journalism before, or this Zappa guy either!
Monday, September 7, 2009
My Christmas vocab sucks!
Today in class Marian was talking about her daughter, Carrie and how she has a very little vocabulary about cars. I all of a suddenly realised that I have very little, or no vocabulary about Christmas!
I am Jewish and have therefore never experienced or celebrated Christmas. Once when I was 5 I was an angel in a Christmas play and had to sing silent night! I am not even sure if I know the real story behind Christmas and Jesus's birth, or if I only know the version told to pre school children.
I always hear in movies people saying "kiss under the mistleto" and people talk about the three wise men, I think James Blunt even sings a song with those words in them, but to me they have no meaning or understanding!
When I was younger I always wanted to celebrate Christmas so I could get presents. I wanted to wake up in the morning and go and find tons of presents under the decorated Christmas tree!
It was kind of hard for me when I was younger not to tell my friends that Father Christmas doesn't really exist and that it was their parents that gave them the presents, drank the milk and ate half the cookies left for him!
But I still think Christmas is cool and I love wishing my friends a happy merry merry Christmas and I have even received some Christmas presents before!!!!
I am Jewish and have therefore never experienced or celebrated Christmas. Once when I was 5 I was an angel in a Christmas play and had to sing silent night! I am not even sure if I know the real story behind Christmas and Jesus's birth, or if I only know the version told to pre school children.
I always hear in movies people saying "kiss under the mistleto" and people talk about the three wise men, I think James Blunt even sings a song with those words in them, but to me they have no meaning or understanding!
When I was younger I always wanted to celebrate Christmas so I could get presents. I wanted to wake up in the morning and go and find tons of presents under the decorated Christmas tree!
It was kind of hard for me when I was younger not to tell my friends that Father Christmas doesn't really exist and that it was their parents that gave them the presents, drank the milk and ate half the cookies left for him!
But I still think Christmas is cool and I love wishing my friends a happy merry merry Christmas and I have even received some Christmas presents before!!!!
What motivates me
I guess in different stages of my life, different things have motivated
me, but I guess my biggest motivation at the moment is knowing that I
am leaving really soon and therefore have so much to do! I can't waste
anytime. When I have something to do I do it straight away as I feel
that my time in South Africa is really limited. For sure I will be
back for holidays and family events, but it will never really be the
same!
Another big motivation in my life is that in eight weeks or maybe even
less I will be finished with university! I think back to this same
feeling when I was in matric and writing finals and how exited and
scared I was about finishing school and going traveling over seas for
the year, but that was my motivation to finish school!
Last semester I was really nervous for my results as this year has
been particularly difficult for me, I can feel the change in the level
of work. I honestly thought I was going to fail the first semester and
in my head I was dropping out! But then I got really good results and
I am now motivated to continue working hard for the rest of this year
and I am looking forward to graduating, please G-d next year!
me, but I guess my biggest motivation at the moment is knowing that I
am leaving really soon and therefore have so much to do! I can't waste
anytime. When I have something to do I do it straight away as I feel
that my time in South Africa is really limited. For sure I will be
back for holidays and family events, but it will never really be the
same!
Another big motivation in my life is that in eight weeks or maybe even
less I will be finished with university! I think back to this same
feeling when I was in matric and writing finals and how exited and
scared I was about finishing school and going traveling over seas for
the year, but that was my motivation to finish school!
Last semester I was really nervous for my results as this year has
been particularly difficult for me, I can feel the change in the level
of work. I honestly thought I was going to fail the first semester and
in my head I was dropping out! But then I got really good results and
I am now motivated to continue working hard for the rest of this year
and I am looking forward to graduating, please G-d next year!
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