Today’s dreamers are tomorrow’s achievers

I have this poster in my room that has this quote. We all have different dreams as to how we want our lives to turn out, and in most cases it never turns out the way in which we want it to, but it’s not how you start, but how you finish.

Dreams and visions play a huge role in the idea of how you want you life to turn out, and we must be the ones to live out our dreams and not for others to live out ours.

It is okay for people to disagree with your dream, but at the end of the day, it’s your dream, so other people shouldn’t matter.

Let’s dream so we can live.

Trends

When summer does decide to grace Cape Town with its presence, women should invest on making their toe nails pretty.

It is an ancient Egyptian trend that used to symbolise social order. Red for higher ranked and pale colours for lower ranked females.

Whether it is that you go for a pedicure or use nail varnish, your toe nails need to be looking proper when you wear gladiators or sandals. This means that your nail polish shouldn’t be chipped if you are going to be wearing nail polish.

Colour is always good trend for the summer, but not your pearly colours. Blues, purples and pinks have become in and also shocking colours.

It is always a good thing to make a statement when sporting a new nail colour, so women should do that for summer.

Magazines

Lately, when buying magazines and publications has become a difficult task and a waste of money. It is a waste of money because after purchasing the magazine you will find that there is nothing interesting to get out of all those glossy pages.

The magazines just contain fashion spreads and not enough balance between the two of fashion and news worthy articles. Target markets are then blurred and the content may not appeal to everyone who may like the publication.

The way i see it, sex and fashion sells magazines and all the other content is just there to fill up the magazine, because most people just page through the magazine for one day and it ends up lying there and all you do is collect more and more and more.

There needs to be a balance of the content in a magazine.

Opportunities

It is true when they say ‘when one door closes, another opens’ I feel that this is happening in my life. I’m now done with school (I hope), I haven’t entered the field of Public Relations and I am super keen to get into it.

I have made that decision to start fresh and to quit my current job and relocate to Joburg. It is a decision that I have been toying with in my mind for the longest time, and decided to take the leap of faith and to go.

Yes, I stress about how things will be like when I get there as I would have to get used to the way of life there, but I have a great support structure in Joburg.

Missing all the fun

South Africa had the opportunity to see many international artists coming to our shores and having a concert in the big cities. One of those acts was Coldplay.

I am very bleak that I missed out on that concert, because i got there too late to get tickets, and then only to find out that everyone I know was going to be there. A friend of mine even went as far as bbming me the whole time before the concert on the atmosphere in the stadium.

Still heartbroken about not being able to go the concert, but I’ll live. I still will jam to the albums i have of theirs, as that is the next best thing.

Summer not

So its November, exam time, the preparation for the December holidays in full swing, but the only thing that’s missing is Cape Town’s good summer weather. It is actually the weirdest thing ever because it has been raining, miserable and just not enough sun.

Joburg people are having the complete opposite; they are having heat waves, where their summers have summer rain.

This is definitely a sign of global warming, because the weather patterns have gone crazy.

It was even hailing the other day in November... I didn’t even see any hail during the winter months!

Maybe the weather will co operate once I’m done with school... then its summer vibes all the way. Can’t wait.

Ipad vibes

As the world becomes more technologically bound, and the need to make life more convenient through technology, the creation of new products are done so at a rapid rate.

I had a chance to play with the ipad the other day... it was an interesting experience. I’m not really into these gadgets and what not, but having a chance to play with the ipad tablet, made me sold on the idea to get one.

Its small and it doesn’t weigh that much, it also operates on a touch screen. This may be nice in the beginning, but I’m not a huge fan of touch screens.

Overall the ipad is a great toy, and I’m sure the rest of the applications that come with it are number one.

I’m considering getting one after fiddling with it for a day.

Of all the forms of courage, the ability to laugh is the most relaxing

Nothing beats a good laugh when your day has been full of drama, and things just fail to go right. Laughing is the best way to doctor a situation, in that things don’t look to bad after a good laugh.

Laughing is contagious and is such a natural high, because when you laugh, you become calm and relax, and aren’t so cut up about a situation that may have occurred.

Getting together with friends after a hectic week at work, and just meeting up for some laughs, to forget about the week and stress at work, and whatever else is happening in life is the best thing ever.

Laughing is the easiest way to escape and go to another world, so go on and laugh on.

The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma

We often hear that people are what they are because of their circumstance. Although this may be true, we can’t as people blame everything that goes wrong in our lives because of the circumstances and the curve balls that life throws at us.

It is up to you to take responsibility of your own life and live your life according to the way that you want it to be. Yes, it may be difficult if you come from a background that is of difficulty, to find your feet and to try making a success of life, but it up to you.

There are so many success stories, about similar situations, where people persevered through all the tough times, to live the life that they want to live and to live it best.

Perseverance is the tool that you need to getting over what happened in the past, to build a new future.

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid

The dictionary gives the meaning of bold as ‘courageous and daring’

Most times, being daring and courageous can be interpreted wrong as being a person who takes chances without thinking about the consequences that may come with making such decisions, but generally being bold is a good thing.

This quote from Basil King, basically says that we should be courageous and so that we are able to reap the rewards for being courageous. This can be said for students. Not many people want to study, but when you take the step to study, it will open so many doors.

Take a risk in life, and that will work to your advantage.

The last lecture

Well, the road to getting this PR degree has been one of the craziest years ever. Let alone if you’re doing five subjects in one year. It has been quite emotional, and it has been worth it.

Starting with the fact that I was sure of the fact that I wanted to study further, and decided the day before registration that i am going to study, I’ve learnt a lot, meant so many people who i still plan on keeping in touch with and reconnect.

In the duration of the year, we al were saying that we couldn’t wait to finish and be done with school, but now that it is over it is bitter sweet.

The last lecture will be on the 14^th of November, and some goodbyes will be said. It is bitter sweet as I’ve just mentioned, but will be worth it when looking back at the road travelled with this degree.

Watch this space

This statement is such a cliché, but is really true in that it creates excitement and makes the person anticipate the follow up of what is going to happen when following what was said.

Things that usually happen when ‘watch this space’ is said are usually positive things, which makes one to believe that this statement is a positive one in that it brings self confidence to the person that is saying it.

It is up to us to make things happen for ourselves, so people should continue to watch this space