Anything Goes: The Learning Issue

September 14, 2012 by Brown Shuga

Happy Friday and a blessed weekend to you. Hope this week has been productive and that you continue to learn each day.

I’m attending a course on Business Skills & Analytical Thinking this week, and I’m amazed at just how much we limit ourselves and not really utilize our brains. The lady facilitating the training got me so depressed the first day, you know when someone introduces themselves, lists their accomplishments/education and in your head you start going “OMG, what have I been doing with my life???”
I started feeling that way, but she’s amazing though, there is a lot of talking in the training but very inspiring.
Yesterday she told us “You’re going to be very tonight because you’ve been doing a lot of thinking today.” I thought she was crazy coz I felt okay but by the time I drove up to my gate, I wanted to pass out. We did an exercise about writing with both our preferred hand and the opposite, she asked how it felt writing with the other hand and it is uncomfortable. It’s not that we can’t do it, it’s just that we are uncomfortable and that’s why we stick with our comfortable hand, and it is the same with thinking. Challenge yourself to think outside off your usual comfort.

She encourages us to ask ‘Why’ until you can’t answer anymore, like if you say you are tired, why are you tired? Because u went to bed late, why did you go to bed late? Because you stayed up thinking about your life? Why? Because you’re not happy with your job. Why not? Because your boss gives you a hard time. Why? Etc etc until you get to the root of the problem, and only then can you resolve the problem. In a typical situation, the response woulda been “Well, next time go to bed early.” But if you look at the situation analytically, there is more to it than just that.
She also mentioned the 80/20 rule. Rather spend 80% of the time asking questions/figuring out, analysing a situation and 20% fixing it than the other way round.
She’s a Clinical Psychologist so we also did those Myers Briggs Personality tests and I’m an ESFP, very interesting to learn about those and it helps with understanding your colleagues/friends/family and why they handle things the way they do. I wish I could check all of your personality types. Heheheh

Enough about me and my week:
What new things have you learned this week and what inspires you to get better at what you do?

If this is too heavy for a Friday then feel free to share about your best high school memories, what crazy things did you get up to and what classes did you enjoy the most?

I remember I once had this Maths teacher who was crazy about me. He didn’t say it but the whole class could see it, he wasn’t good at hiding it and it was the biggest joke ever. When they didn’t do the homework, or didn’t want to write a test they’d be on some “Nombulelo bua le motho wa hao hle!” Lol it was upsetting at first but later on it was just interesting to watch how much power I had hehehe. I was good at Maths though so I didn’t need any favours in that regard.

Your turn!
Happy Weekend!

Hahaaa if you never played Jam Alley at school u need to go back n do it! i remeber how me n my classmates (grade 12, we were 18/17 in our class and all other grade 12 “hated” us cos nne re ipona. we used to use the tracher desk as a stage/ podium for our lil concerts.. put chairs next to it to make di “stairs”… then “usher/ westlife/ barorisi ba morena” will be perfoming on stage.. rona as “fans” will be crying and screaming while the perfoming

Nthoentle on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:15 am

I think as humans we are just never satisfied hey. I’ve learnt to be grateful because I have a pretty good life, its not amazing or perfect but its good and I’m thankful to the All Mighty. Career I’m not where I want to be but I’m working on it.

High school years were the best years of my life. I didn’t enjoy any specific subject but I loved school overall, I was popular, I got good marks (not A’s though), I was an athlete, I was the pretty gal. I was Miss Capricorn (that’s the name of my high school), yooo, now u can just imagine what that did to my Leo ego. LooL, its was too nice!

golden diva on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:16 am

High school was a nightmare. I only had one friend, she fell pregnant and left school, then I hung out alone. People only spoke to me when they wanted to copy homework from me

Zoe on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:20 am

My AG: I’m falling for a guy my friend was inlove with – they just never hooked up.

On that note, good morning bahlali, angisanazi. Hope you have yourselves a fantastic Friday!

Nthoentle on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:21 am

Ao bathong @Golden Diva *hugs*! Why were you a loner?

Kusihlwa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:21 am

Its my birthday today….howecer, I can not party like a rock star or even have a glass of wine. Anywhoo, I will throw a bash for my 25th birthday next year, cant wait.

innobabe on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:21 am

Yay, iBirthday yam today. M so happy bathong. It has been a very long and tough year, just glad i made it though. Modimo o mokgolo!!!

Solomon.Mahlangu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:22 am

Hi Guys,

Brownies, you have just mentioned something very relevant to alot of us young people, EDUCATION. its really important for us to keep learning and gathering infomation, im currently doing a post grad degree in ‘what what’ and i find it really hard to balance work (very demanding), school and my personal freelance work, my social life is in shambles shame angisa groove angijoli. However i feel that we need to push ourselves to the very last kilojoule in order for us to achieve extra ordinary things, its not easy but lets try.

All the best for that course, knock them dead.

Noance on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:30 am

Hig School for me was awesome!!! I was a straight A student and naughty as hell, so it was really hard for them to discipline me. I was in a boarding school all my life so you can imagine all the things you get up to.

I remember my french teacher once hit me with his stick that he used to point with and went all cray cray on me cause I asked him some silly question about france. I was so bruised, I decided I wouldnt report him but I will sort him out. I went to res and got myself a plastic bag, went to the tuckshop and bought all the food i could get. Ate till i was full and waited till I needed the toilet.

I took my plastic bag and I relieved myself into that plastic. I then took my faeces and returned to the school grounds. My french teacher was obsessed with fresh air so he always left his windows opened. One of the windows was just by his desk and chair. So i took my bag of popoo and put my hand through the window and spread my faeces like confetti on to his desk.

Come monday he came to assembly and insulted whoever did this horrible thing in french words, we hadnt been taught or will never be taught in class. He was asked to leave assembly,cause he was now losing it. None the less that was my highlight at high school, i still chuckle over it even today

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:30 am

golden diva, they were using you? askies. i remember me n my friend once had a verbal fight with our other classmated cos they said when they ask for “help” from us we give them wrong answers on purpose.. it was a very huge thing i remeber they forced everyone to apologise to each other but nna i refused and this other gal (who was my ex friend’s best friend).. if i help u with homework i expect u to go back and do it yourself again.cos obviously if esa balance u have to do it again.

Lady Zee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:31 am

Madume go lena ka moka!!
@Nthoentle,i also went to Capricorn.Which year did you matriculate?

Cutie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:31 am

Happy Birthday Kusi & Inno. Seemingly there is a whole lot of September babies (myself included).

Were your daddies working away from home and only coming back kaDecember? It could explain this! Mine was.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:33 am

happ bday Kusi and Inno.. enjoy your day gals

innobabe on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:33 am

High school for me was just awesome. Had only 1 friend n we got into all sorts of trouble together. Best memory was when i hooked up with this guy (every gal wantd him)n i corobricked this one gal. Tjoo, she wanted to kill me maar in the end she is the one who got moered by our man n got dumped for me, kwaaaaaa she stil hates me even now.

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:34 am

good morning erribady

i am sleepy,why? because i slept late,why because i was drinking why because i was mad at myself.why eish long story
Well done BS pushing ourselves is the only thing we owe ourselves in life.

Lekker friday almal. am driving home *whoop,whoop* 750km of driving ahead of me

Noance on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:35 am

Happy Birthday bo Love @Kusihlwa and @Innobabe…Wishing you all a great day and a wonderful year ahead. May God open up the windows of heaven and pour out His blessings.

TreyScriptures on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:41 am

Eeeuw @Noance, I just gagged my breakfast..

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:41 am

Happy birthday @Kusihlwa and Innobabe… yall must celebrate the beauty that is getting old (i kid,i kid). have fun julle

My high school years were so bland though. i had friends when it all started and they started jolling as we grew older and that turned me off. so i become a loner. joined the SRC,netball,athletics,debate team and took my grades higher…i became top student for my matric year .it counts for jak now but that was the highlight of my school years

sexymm on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:44 am

Happy Birthday Kusihlwa ana Innobabe, nikhule nilingane nami.

BlindFold on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:45 am

Happy Birhday at Innobabe and Kusihlwa, may you enjoy your days and be richly blessed.

Lady Zee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:46 am

High school neh??I moved around schools until i settled and matriculated at this one school in Limpopo where Sepedi(North sotho) was first language…I cannot fluently speak let alone write in Sepedi so you can imagine what i went through..However the Sepedi teacher had HUGE crush on me and i would get nothing less than 90%. After writing tests he would call me to his office,give me the memo and i would re-write!!!So i ended up matriculating with an A for Sepedi amongst others!!#hides#

golden diva on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:48 am

@nthoenhle I was lanky and nerdish. And my high school was ghetto. They didn’t understand nerds.

BlindFold on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:49 am

@Noance..you were very stout.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:49 am

misstmzee i became top student for my matric year .it counts for jak now but that was the highlight of my school years
i know what you talking about.. nna i was best student in my class from grade 10! the most nb education is after matric

Richmond on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:56 am

My personality type is ESTJ. Something I learnt in high school.

High school was heaven for me. I was a top student and participated in everything except for sport. Through that I got the opportunity of a lifetime to go to the G8 Summit and met the leaders of the G8 + 5 countries. High school made me a celeb in my area. I was even interviewed on Morning Live. Fast forward to 2012, I have not done anything remarkable from the opportunity. But my time will come.

Happy Friday and happy suku lokuzalwa to all those birthdaying.

miss sam on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:57 am

Happy birthday Kusi
@Noance o stout yho!lmao*bbm can’t watch*

BlindFold on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 8:59 am

Loved high school, boarding school ya maRoma, I was one of those popular chicks and ke i kgantsha. I never dated anyone only after matric that i dated the guy we were in high school with.

There was this girl we didnt get along at all, one day while cleaning the dining room, she walks off and leaves marks, i called her to the bathroom after we finished cleaning and ka mo trapa put her head inside the toilet and flushed and told her that i am flushing the bad behaviour. That was the day

sk1 on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:00 am

Haa Noance o stout

HBD to Kusi and Ino hv a gucci 1

sweetness on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:00 am

Happy Friday All!!

Eish High school neh, I was a late bloomer, used to be terrified of boys until I was about 15 years, I would literally run as fast as I can, and would cry when a boy tried to talk to me. I got my first boyfriend when I was about 16, I remember our first kiss, we kissed and I ran away immediately after!! I tried to avoid him all week, but its not that easy when you are in boarding school…

I guess that’s why I only broke my virginity late in varsity… Its funny how I remember my first kiss so clearly than the first time I did the dance…

Chase on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:03 am

for the ladies whom their class teachers had crushes on, does it mean ukuthi beniyilamantombazane amadala abeyizimbodla eklasini, coz remember phela our teachers bekungama old timer.

sexymm on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:03 am

Eish, high school, I had braces, other kids used to call me “madrada” but bengiphapha nawo amadrada.

Zabe on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:04 am

@Golden diva i totally feel you,was also a loner cause i was a nerd and all the gals hated me cause i was pretty + teachers pet,i dont miss high school one bit. My AG: Finally i get to log in,even if its under a different username,silent blogging was giving me constipation and why is it so hard to get a job in the media industry? Im starting to think i shouldve studied accounting of iets “solid” because now my family is pressurizing me telling me we told u that media isnt a career,its a hobby and u dont get idiploma for a hobby happy fringas mense

Maroro on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:05 am

Happy Birthday to all those who were born today. I envy ppl who enjoyed their highschool years, isikolo ndandisonqena mna shame. I used to be happy when it was time to go to where we stayed, boarding house. I didn’t even date anyone at school n was even bullied by this girl who was older than us, same grade.she once forced me into datind this other Sbu guy i ddnt even like, he was crazy about me n would wait for me after school afune sibonwe sihamba sobabini, ndadikwa ndamlahla coz I couldn’t even kiss him. Nxim, I’d never go back to my high school life ever again.

fufu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:06 am

Good Morning everyone.Happy birthday Kusi and Inno.

My High school years were just ok,i was a pretty chubby girl,so there was nothing special about me in the boys department.All the people i went to high school with bayathuka when they see me now and still comment about my weight ,nxaaa and i lost all that baby weight in varsity,After soo years im still explaining my weight loss.

innobabe on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:10 am

@Cutie nna my parents celebrate their wedding anniversary on da 16th of December so that is what led to my birth and they had lost their young son earlier that year..

Thank you guys…

Solomon.Mahlangu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:12 am

high school.

i was liked by 50% of my peers and the other 50 just didnt feel me, in grade 8 i used to be picked on because of my big head. I had come from a township primary school so my English accent wasn’t good, so the boys and girls from multiracial primaries would make me read stuff and laugh at me sooo hard.

as i grew up i became a starter in the 1st basketball team, things started to change and i was cool and popular i became part of the gang who wouldn’t date girls from our school, we became party throwers and trend setters. We introduced FHM and GQ to our school mates, even though some of those mags were shoplifted (not proud).

I remember an x-friend throwing and egg to a girl who had been stalking him and telling people they were doing it…

I remember bunking to the bush to smoke weed, drink mellowood M5 and Martel 5star.

All in all high school was very good, it provided me with good times… now Varsity, that is where i had the TIME OF MY LIFE.

zara on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:12 am

Lelo ESFP ? guess we the same ke! Good morning and Happy birthday Kusi and Innobabe big hugs ladies!

Nthoentle on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:12 am

@NOANCE YOU ARE GROSS!!! Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa *pukes*

@Lady Zee-Matric 2001

dejane on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:20 am

Bathong Noance and Blindfold you guys have me in tears. LMAO.

I was an average student, could get A’s if I wanted to but a ke rati di buka. I’ve always been in a class with the naughtier kids. I was also mischievous but on the DL.

We once drank at school, we used to smoke during breaks, they even demolished this one wall we used to hide ourselves.

I remember stealing our computer teachers’ landline number. I would buzz him in class during every lesson, as soon as he got to the phone I’d hang up. He’d get so pissed.

Shandu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:23 am

Mara @Noance o stout neh… Happy birthday Kusi and Inno re batla kuku

My high school years neh … I dated my accounting teacher he was very cute shame and he made me read those methods and things mxm. Then there was this tsotsi guy who made my life a living hell . He’s dead now and I hate him. He really made my life HELL

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:24 am

These personality tests ne! I’ve done a few of them, and all of them come out the same for me. I come out as an ISTP for the Myers-Briggs personality type. In the Merrill-Reid Model I come out as Analytical & Amiable

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:27 am

death by @Dejane buzzing the phone

tjo @Shandu i feel the rawness of your hate for this guys. askies lala

@Kamza yep post high school is real school. i became a varsity drop from matric of maningi distinctions

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:27 am

Happy birthday Kusi and Inno!

Miranda on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:28 am

hehehehe It looks like everyone here was a Top student during their high school years…quick question : On which website are the people who use to get 39′s and 47′s, even those who repeated grades blogging?….#just asking#

#I think I should run#

dejane on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:30 am

Do you guys remember di social? Lol my first and last social we sneaked in pap saak and smirnoff red. I was hammered to say the least.

I hated typing classes, where we had to cover our hands ka di dishwashing cloths.

Then there was detention. Our second week in high school we had detention. I went to an all girls school. Some gay guy was watching over us. We had to rinse cans and crush them for recycling, needless to say we made a racket, an hour later he dismissed us.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:30 am

hahaaaaa buzzing a landline? o kotsi! lmao

Shandu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:31 am

LOL @Miranda yes you better run missy *Madea’s voice*

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:31 am

missTmzee, you can still go to skul yazi, thats why we have UNISA.. its never too late

Botshelo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:32 am

Happy birthday to all September babies made in December (who are celebrating today and ka weekend)

I would love to go on that course @BS

My high school:
I started wearing a bra and stopped athletics, was in the first team relay and 100M champ. So when boobies grew, boys noticed me more and “adoli” got the better of me cause I quit sports then.

I was the “phaping” one who was loved by teachers and would always get away with murder.

I used to go to school with our teachers’ venture and he liked to leave the late ones behind either in the morning or late, mara nna shem, he waited.

I was jolaring with a sgelegethe (my first boyfie, in std9 ) and would sit together after school when it was supposedly study time, and come time to leave, my teacher would send someone to call me.

and I was sitting on “front seat” everyday, it was “class” at that time, everyone would b e so pissed #sigh

And then one time I was collecting transport money, the teacher said he will fetch it at home, which he did, he was my dad’s drinking buddy.
When he came, he made a pass at me, I told him that I was gonna tell my dad, he gave me my transport money back, and begged not to tell.

overall I had a blast in high school.

oh and the first high school I went to, turned into yizo yizo and I switched school. final math exam was on factorisation only. That was what was covered the whole freaken year!

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:32 am

guys ive got a problem yazi…i think its hormonal or something … i wake up hating the man in my life sometimes *sigh*. once the hate kicks in its hard to kick it out. thats how 90% my break ups happen

like i walked out of an traditional union (as its called)because of this. my family and his family still dont understand happened. my ex is torn cause poor thing doesnt know what happen. i woke up ,packed his bags and asked him to leave.

so current bf has been calling since morning and i dont feel bad about not picking up because i woke with this thing in my heart *double sigh*

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:33 am

hahaaa Miranda, for some reason people who used to get abo 48-58 are far in life, very far shem.. they made sure gore they worked very hard cos they knew their “weakness” and rona bo ms top, everyone asks me for help in class ra ineela..

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:34 am

@Kamzababy i went back lala am a proud holder of two degrees

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:36 am

@ Kamza remember i once blogged about schooling late…i went and attempted my 1st year again at age 21…i started working as magogo. but i am proud of me *does the macarena*

dejane on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:36 am

Shem then we had a friend that worked at the tuckshop on Wednesdays. Now that was our friday. We’d buy using notes only, and we only bought from her, after every purchase she’d give us the exact money we used to buy with in coins. So if I bought ka R50, she give me change ya R50 in coins. LMAO. Then they picked up go re on Wednesdays they lost money.

phix on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:36 am

@Shandu so did you like do the dance with the teacher?
wasnt it awkward dating him?

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:37 am

testing

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:38 am

mxim. where r my comments weh Administrator?

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:38 am

that’s nice missTmzee, well done!! i only remeber silly things lol *slaps myself*

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:39 am

missTmzee….that’s very sad hle! Hate is a strong word….and I wonder what triggers that in you hle

phix on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:40 am

i hated high school, i was tooo skinny and people thought i was sick. the uniform didnt fit me well and my mother never allowed me to phetha (shorten) my skirt.
the only positive thing was that i was a top student and very naughty like i was always in the “making noise list” because gossiping was my sport *shrugs*.
i wouldnt relive high school even if i was paid to.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:40 am

i give up.

Noance on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:40 am

@Dejane we did the same thing at the tuckshop too, kwaaaaaaaaa. But I would buy with a 5cent even or R1 and stock up at the tuckshop shame. Till we got busted and fired.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:41 am

*screaming* BS help me post comments normally tu?

Shandu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:42 am

@phix it was awkward shame, very… the dance was just nje

phix on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:43 am

@Miranda it seems like those people dont have internet access or cant use the internet for obvious reasons

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:45 am

lol @ slaps self, mara Kamza

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:46 am

heheheh…..All you straight A’s why did you keep quiet when we were being told where to get-off by the cum laude one? Phela it seemed like she was the only high acheiver on this blog at the time

talia on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:47 am

For me high school was great. I remember in grade ten i was dating the most popular guy at school who was in matric and the matric gals hated me with a passion for that. I will not forget the day my parents were called to the school coz i had been caught having sex at the boys’ hostel! The look on my father’s face!!! He wanted to moer ma bf big tym. And it was ma first time having sex so it took me a while before i could do it again! Bt all in all i had a good time at high school

Pnut on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:47 am

LoL @BS whats up with maths teachers, also had one who was very much interested in me, every example he’ll go like “suppose pnut this, suppose pnut that…” after class my classmates will make fun of him and me. After i matriculated a ba busy a nshela…

My high school years was just Baws, am not exactly where I wanna be but my high school teachers are generally proud of me cause they knew I was that student who wanna be somebody.

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:50 am

@ Vesa i wish i knew yazi. i tried seeing some1 (professional help)…i still go back to this point. i mean i saw some1 before i got married because i knew my problem. i feared saying yes to this man and waking up with this hate. but voila it still happened.

thats why i know for a fact i can never get married

Pnut on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:50 am

he he he Talia am sure even today u are still remembered as that girl wa go haver sex in the hostel…
Things we do as teens

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:52 am

missTmzee….maybe you should ask yourself all these “why” BS suggested above, so you can get to the bottom of the issue. You do not just wake up hating someone. There must be an underlying reason causing all of this I think

Loulou on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:54 am

These are the types of conversations we should have BS, lovely post. Mara I see we are leaning towards highschool stories. Have a great day errbuddy, see yall Monday, I am in lectures all day for the next three days

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:58 am

with me it was the english teacher he had a very embarassing crush on me.his best friend was the maths teacher . so rumour spread that am dating the maths teacher. then my geography teacher came and told me that i must becareful who i hang with because people are talking.

i didnt listen shem maths teacher was my dad’s drinking buddy (i ochestrated it) so nga ma weekends we would do movies and the likes. he would bring his girlfriends neh and dude was married ,i think his wife hates me till this very day . well he eventually divorced. almost 12 years later me n him still hang. maths teachers seem to be a problem everywhere…lmao

Botshelo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:59 am

@Miranda and @Kamza, I had the potential to be a good student but I was not motivated.
As a result I have a very mixed masala’d matric certificate, Bs and Es, and my university academic record is average 60%

My first accounting 1 final mark was 17% and eneded up passing it with a distinction. one of the very few in my undergrad academic record. Mind you I only saw accounting in tuks lecture hall.

But Im pleased with where I am right now career wise, because I did all by myself in the workplace, no favors, no kuku sharing before appointments, just good old applying and asking God to provide with a JOB

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:04 am

hah Botshelo am a TUKS product as well

@Vesa i know most of the answers to my whys re:hate…its not hate the men plant its in my heart already. it just picks a random day to come out. maybe i shloud become a sangoma or nun …lmao

TreyScriptures on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:05 am

Who’s been to their high school re-unions?

talia on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:08 am

Pnut..u have no idea. My sister made it her job to make sure i never forget about that incident! My dad wanted to transfer me and was on some ‘Angnamntwana ohamba ephana emahostel abafana mina!’ Bt it was a good school so my mum made him see reason and i wasnt transfered.

Solomon.Mahlangu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:12 am

This blog could just revive the work ethic and spirit of people
who aren’t happy with where they are now.

i like this kind of enviroment where we share stories that remind us of who we used to be.

PS: your stories are too funny mantombazane. keep them coming

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:13 am

I was a straight A academic colours pupil in high school, but nje I had to learn the hard way that it doesn’t mean anything when u get to Varsity. Also, in high school u live at home, got to school every day, get spoon fed. My word, Varsity was a painful eye-opener. I was also such a dirty & untidy girl in high school. Used to wear dirty socks, my jersey was so loose. Gosh, such a disaster. Days better left in the past.

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:16 am

Actually I was such a loser , socially. Wow, I look back and I’m like WOW. The one thing I miss abt my high school days was my work ethic & how I used to push myself. I actually want to rediscover that. Eish. *logs off JC & works ass off*

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:16 am

Angnamntwana ohamba ephana emahostel abafana mina!’

kwaaaaaa!!!

zenzybear on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:19 am

LMAO NOANCE IM SPEECHLESS!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE SEPTEMBER BABIES

Mopedi thwi on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:26 am

*grade 9_got preggers
*grade 10_gave birth
she is now 10years old,15 years older than her.

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:34 am

Happy Friday to you all and Happy birthdays to those celebrating. What i have learned from the paralympics is that we do not achieve coz we limit ourselves.

@talia o stout….

Enjoying your stories!

Nerlee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:34 am

@Mopedi that must have been difficult, I can only imagine!

Botshelo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:39 am

@msTmzee, FRK was hell shem, esp when you did not have a background of some sort. and they go and paste the results with surnames *mxim*

Botshelo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:44 am

What i have learned from the paralympics is that we do not achieve coz we limit ourselves

@Mathaz, so true.

Being abled is a state of mind because if truth can be told, majority of SAcans’ brains are on wheelchairs

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:47 am

nna ka my first year Botshelo (first sem actually) i think ke suppile about 4/5 modules mara after that i was fine.. thats when i saw gore my matric cert is only an entrance tcket to university and nothing more.. and i got a straiht fail mo fin acc3 and auditing 3 first semester and terminated them ka 2nd semester cos i was depressed and didnt understand why i failed.. only went back ths semester to feleletsa.. sometimes i regret but tell myself gore everything happens for a reason. working and studying part time is nie pap n vleis

nana on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:50 am

High school was the best time of my life shem..I miss it too bits..I was popular, and did almost everything..from athletics, netball, debate to acting..I was just good at everything, and did well academically too. All the teachers loved me except for some Indian teacher who always sent me outside during his class or make me stand up the whole hour while he teaches because “I was laughing”..Can you imagine! He would do that everyday and all my classmates were convinced he wanted me, bastard!

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:53 am

i think i was an ESTJ back in first yr. Deloitte made us do EQ workshops and stuff. that was interesting stuff back then.

Mopedi thwi on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:54 am

Trust me @Nerlee it was hell, i remember my friends telling me to drink zcc tea and essence of life LOL

nomthwalo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:57 am

@Talia ur story and your photo go well together “bakuqedile abafana” “usho kanje” ha ha ha ahaa

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:57 am

@Vesa, the diff is big between high school distinctions and varsity cum laude. the former is easy. the later came at the expense of extra curricular varsity activities..tltltl

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:01 am

@Vesa, the diff is big between high school distinctions and varsity cum laude. the former is easy. the later came at the expense of extra curricular varsity activities..tltltl

>>>That’s so true. High school is a breeze, Work load wise & there is minimal social pressure and distractions.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:05 am

mara i shall console myself that i didnt fall that bad- made golden key society in first yr then it was downhill frm there.lol! i wonder if they still consider me a member..must check if they rnt lying about lifelong membership.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:10 am

Can we now move on from these high school stories, now that we’ve reminisced all morning? tltltltl

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:11 am

@Monei & MsZie….y’all didn’t get the sarcasm in my statement

Letebele on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:11 am

I need a sugar daddy. Why? Coz I’m tired of struggling. Why? Coz my clients never pay on time? Why? Because they’re unreliable? Why? Because they’re stupid. Why? Because they’re accounting dept are inconsiderate. Why? Because they get their salaries on time so they don’t have to worry about paying suppliers on time. Why? Only God knows. Why? He created everything. Why? Ask the bible? Why? Coz I read it there. Why? Coz that’s what Sunday school taught me. Why? Hayi labo why baya dika. But I feel a lot better.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:12 am

hugs @Letebele

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:13 am

@Vesa, ya ke propose a topic. Hehehe

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:14 am

hahaaaa vesa, i have so many stories to tell mara im lazy to type n dont wanna bore people.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:14 am

Anything goes..topic

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:16 am

Nna, I have a question. I clicked on one of the old blogs that show up at the bottom of these blog post. anyway cut to the chase is Nonkawu our Kiki?!

J-Girl on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:17 am

LOL @ everyone being a straight A student, bloggers mara he he he!!!

Noance on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:18 am

You know this whole high school talk has got me thinking of the person I wanted to be when I was in high school……

I want to make SIMPLE changes in my life….I want to go back to the person I wanted to be growing up, I liked her and I think she’s still here. I am having one of those AHA Moments……..

Letebele on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:18 am

@Vesa: thank you babe. It helped to talk about it,lol

Now what’s mgosi for today? Sxylin? Elegamis? TreyScriptures? Our reliable sources.

Maybe we should go back to sex fridays. Sxylin woza nazo.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:19 am

ms zie, eya

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:20 am

Aowa kamza, this is anything goes!

MsZie…when did you start blogging on JC? That was an open secret. And yes you can propose a topic

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:22 am

eya V, ke anything goes so no topic is needed. gake ikutlwe go bereka gompieno dont mind me. ke kwadile ka setswana just in case

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:27 am

@Noance and Ms Zie, nami i used to be such a go-getter, doer, ambitious etc in high school. I should tap into that person now. Lord knows I was put on earth to do more than earn a paycheck.

Can someone pls remind me of the name of the JCer who had the printing business? (remember the one who sold her shares to move to hubby then he asked for divorce and shez rebuilding a career)

otherwise, are there any textile ppl here? must network on JC as well phela.

oh ya, and anyone in Retail?- not FMCG or clothing/fashion groups tho.

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:27 am

I didn’t know. I just used to read the articles & never be into the comments. Only recently active.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:28 am

@kamzababy, o kwadile ka setswana just incase eng?

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:32 am

gamo mmerekong ba bala baseke ba bona gore kare gake batle go bereka.. mara ntse ke brereka mara k lapile.

Chase on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:33 am

im beyond frustrated now ive started teaching ths lady my work on monday and till 2day im still teaching her how 2 send an email, attach a document to an email etc.

now she just sent an email out in tahoma, arial black, times new romans in size 12, 8, 10 with my signature on it. fok man.

Miranda on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:38 am

Just came out of a Performance assessment…Now my mentor has ideas that I am trying to get out of the company,

Him : Are you still happy here?
Me : What kind of a question is that ?#in a Defensive tone;with eyes wide opens#
Him : it is a valid question
Me: It is not part of the PA questions #in a defensive tone again#
Him : I have asked everyone,are you going to answer or should I assume an answer from your tone?
Me : Well, Happiness is an emotional state that is created in the event that one experiences feelings of pleasure or/and satisfaction.I have not exp any of those, so I am still fine.I am not complaining.
Him : #raises eyebrow# while the other mentor opens eyes wide.

I think I busted my bubble here, now he is not going to get shocked when I resign (one day).sad.sad.sad

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:39 am

LOL @Chase….give her time, we all started somewhere.

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:39 am

@Noance @Monei mina my life went pear shaped when I lost my virginity & started drinking. Seriously. Cause after the jolaring & partying I just could never get those marks and that ‘fire’ back again. Isn’t that a bitch

TreyScriptures on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:39 am

@Letebele, no more mgosi from me nana. I’ll subject myself to duromine/50 shades of grey etc comments from now on.

Has anybody seen A.K.A’s “Jealousy” music vid?

PowerPuff Gal on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:42 am

Mara ukuphi uSoft’nFree people. I’m no suck up but damn she was the best commenter here.

Happy Friday Ma’bloggers!!!

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:45 am

uhm, are the soldiers also striking? just watched them march, like army march -in full uniform with guns stepping, u know a proper drill “AttennnnnnTION!!” kinda stuff ko corner sauer and bree. deliberately causing traffic.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:46 am

ooorh! @kamza, ke a go tlhaloganya jaanong.

Noance on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:49 am

@Ms.Zie I know what you mean, I know….. *hugs*

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:51 am

@Monei….soldiers are not allowed to strike hence Malema met with those who were placed on special leave for striking.

fufu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:51 am

Mina i was a later bloomer though ,i lost my virginity in my 2nd year,kodwa after that u wud swear ukuth dala ngayiqalala le ndlela like Anna from fifty shades.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:56 am

@Monei….I wonder what that is all about.

@Mathaz….yes they aren’t allowed to strike, but that has never stopped them from striking. Same as nurses and doctors

Pnut on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:02 pm

Now that we’ve shared so much about our high school years can we also share about us as young adults..yes, no, maybe..esp as young professionals.
Do u have a mentor? how does one go about getting a mentor? what is it u doing to climb the corporate leader? do u attend any seminars to empower yourself? how does one find out about such? etc…

Lets school each other bana ba thari entsho. Am sure there are those who see themselves as Minister of nton nton they just dont know how to go about it, it happen-some need guidance…

@JohneighGALAXY™ on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:02 pm

Hi Mense! I’ve been so inundated w/ #ExposeTheBastard emails all week long that I couldn’t log on. Well it seems like Wandie from a JHB North suburb is a popular target w/ many of YOU Ladies. Keep them coming Ladies. easylove@webmail.co.za

Happy Birthday to ALL the products of festive fucking, September kids.

My high-school was very bland shem. I wasn’t popular but I was happy because I was a tad higher than the no-bodies. I was average. My matric year was the best. I came out of my shell. I was a self-concious nerd. But in matric I was popular due to the fact that I dealt in the best weed in campus at that time, SWAZZ. That explains why my matric year was 24 months.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:06 pm

kwaaaa….@Joneigh! Now you are getting us curious with this Wandie

Mrs JimmyJump on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:06 pm

missTmzee….. i think we have the same problem dear. My boyfriend is sooo inlove with me and I love him too. He hasn’t done anything wrong but he annoys the hell out of me lately. I wanna dump him but I can’t find a valid reason why I want out

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:08 pm

@Monei….gotwe the IFP are marching through Jozi CBD to the Sabc, and they brought CBD to a stand still. Could it be them that you saw earlier?

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:09 pm

“But in matric I was popular due to the fact that I dealt in the best weed in campus at that time, SWAZZ” kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa dead and buried

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:09 pm

Hugs @Mrs Jimmy J eish. and people find it strange and its hard to explain this thing. my mom says ke satane,lol

yhoo 24months @ JG bosso ke wena.

I know a Wandie from Jozi,lets hear dish. and vele he is a ladies man nyana

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:12 pm

Joneigh, i sent you an email. re kopa mgosi tuuuu

sweetness on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:23 pm

Can I ask your opinions please.

Is it wise to have your partner as FB friends?

Last week I find out that my BF is going home(Venda) for the long weekend on his fb wall, and did not tell me, I knew he was thinking about, but was still deciding. I asked him about it(innocently/disappointed). He got all worked up, saying i am trying to be his “keeper” and He had not decided yet, blah blah blah, and that he will unfriend me on fb(still waiting for that, I think he chickened out).

Now he is supposed to be in PTA for some work “workshop”, but he is checking in all these different places, not sure if its where the workshop is(but does not seem like it)… I cant even ask whats going on. weird thing is, he is one of those silent facebookers, not really active, but today is on a roll!!

I want to delete him mina, cos its frustrating me now. I think its better I dont know some things, and rely on what he tells me.

I also dont like arguing over things on fb, I think its silly…

sillyangel on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:24 pm

@Joneigh which Wandie is this, cause i know 2 and they r both ladies men!!
both doing very well for themselves but look very different from each other…
please give us the scoop hle !!!

Kinky Afro on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:29 pm

MrsJimmyJump & missTMzee that’s me, I got to a point where I couldn’t even let him touch me. I practically felt my skin crawl. It’s happened with three relationships already.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:31 pm

@pnut that’s a gud suggestion/ idea hey. i once attend meeting ya SAY-WE (S.A Young women entrepreneurs) something like that but the group was operating on bbm and one of my software upgrades i lost contact. been searching for them on fb (where i found them) with no luck.. it was very nice mara if ole shy like me and gonka nako to get used to people around you it wont be easy for you to network. ebile i just remembered gore i have the number of the ladies who was there. must call her. otherwise i just read stuff online and forever aving bookmarks but never read

Kinky Afro on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:32 pm

Happy Birthday Kusihlwa & Innobabe…..akubemnandi njalo, njalo.

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:36 pm

@Vesa i’m sure it is the IFP brigade,dont they know it’s about how relevant you are to be in the news?

.Yesterday I felt for the president when he tried to explain basic food chain lessons to Lindiwe Mazibuko re AMCU and NUM.

He tried to explain it by making an example of how the house is seated in terms of majority seats bugt shem his choice of words failed him,

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:37 pm

Lol at sweetness! What’s your reason for being fb friends with him? To keep tabs on him? Let it go nana….otherwise you will just be worked up cause of every little thing that happens on his fb wall.

When you unfriend him, you will also wonder what is happening on his page.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:39 pm

@Vesa, these ppl were in full army uniform. with rifles.Marched like the soldiers they were dressed as. marroon berets. I don’t think IFP wud march looking like that.

then again, in the cbd we experience alot more strikes than are reported by SABC. on monday some ppl were marching down Sauer in red, green and yellow tshirts. cudnt read their banners frm my floor so still don’t know who they are or what they were marching for. did see Ramaphosa in one of their banners and informal settlement sumwhere too.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:40 pm

@Mathaz, so IFP has a military wing? i didnt know. r they like the MK veterans or proper soldiers?

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:42 pm

@sweetness maybe I am mistaking you with someone else but it seems like you like complaining a lot about this guy.Maybe you should dig deeper and check if your relationship is worth the energy.

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:43 pm

@Kinky Afro hayini nina i thought i was strange…maybe its a condition. i must see a new psycho-nto ton. ive seen three different ones by the way

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:44 pm

@sweetness, ur man is shady qha! i remember nini he was awol/unavailable when he suddenly had to go home. and at that time u were wondering if there myt be sum1 else. anyways, my opinion about such is that ma ujola nami, o jola nami in all aspects of my life- physically, mentally, emotionally and virtually. u cnt be my boyfriend in real life but not on social networks. there must be one truth. if he’s supposed to be in place A in real life, he must tag in at such a place in virtual life.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:47 pm

@Mathaz, so IFP has a military wing? i didnt know. r they like the MK veterans or proper soldiers?

They do, just like the ANC one

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:47 pm

More like the veterans…@Monei,remeber the IFP still has a lot of political prisoners who are yet to be pardoned??

We like handing over memorandums even though they will never be read,the beauty of democracy.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:48 pm

@sweetness, i have always been friends with my man for as long as i can remember and the only problemsnyana we had was when guys were hitting on me (how am i suppose to prevent that) and we have each other’s password just nje! ebile i think it brought it “tightened” our relationship. i dont unerstand gore why your BF will go tell the world about his plans etc legona public platform w/o telling/ discussing it with your first.i know u guys are not married and all but that what brings you closer and thats what a relationship is all about and more.. so it seems like brother man just do things and dont care about your feelings

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:49 pm

re: mentors
yes i have one but it really depends on you,your goals and want u want from that mentor_ mentee relationship. id say mine isnt perfect its 60% efficient but it works.its not taht great mostly because i get lost in lifes problems to concerntrate on my career.

Ya my mentor is a great and succesfull man,he has mentored me from my final year so we really know each other well by now. and we dont pussy foot each other we say it like it is which leaves bruised egos sometimes but we are adults we pick ourselves fix things and become better people.
my 3cents

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:54 pm

@Mathaz, is that how he ended up saying minority groups have less rights? but is he not telling the truth? or do i also not understand democracy? i get that it is a representative system that is inclusive of everyone but isnt the reality what he said?

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:56 pm

i once had a “mentor” it was part of the grad programme i was in in 2009, so because i dont know gore whats the purpose of having one, i always felt like she was counselling me *sigh*.. we had individual and group sessions and in group sessions she always told us about her abusive ex husband who is an artist (people respect him) her kids and marriage. my question: what is a mentor and what are you 2 supposed to talk about etc.?

nomthwalo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:57 pm

Oh Sweetness I have a problem with Whatsapp and I decided to delete it. Here are my reasons
1. I would call BF and he wouldnt pick up but his status on whatsapp would show that he’s online O_o
2. I would check what time he was last seen @nyt.
All these made our relationship hard and things turned sour cos I would fish for information and I forgot that he’s not me but his own person living his life. I was no longer just living my life but I was like a spy.

Since I deleted the damn thing I’m at peace. I’m happy with my relationship.

So my question to you ladies, do you do what I mentioned above???

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:59 pm

Thanks mise Tmzee for the idea!

RE: IFP soldiers

@mathaz, r u saying that there r ppl who were in bo robben island for eg, or rather, imprisoned by prev regime for political reasons are still in jail today?

RE: Mentors

I don’t have one. bn saying i should get one for years but havnt searched yet. I want a black female career/business lady and a white afrikaaner male in a field i’m keen on (coz ke bone fela in that industry).

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:01 pm

ad how do you go on and search for a mentor?

zenzybear on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:01 pm

lmfao chase

sweetness on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:02 pm

@Vesa, ya, that’s what I decided to do, just let it go…

@Mathaz, I think I just like complaining nje (especially here on JC), no biggie… He is a great guy more than he is an a-hole…

Relationships are too much work… *sigh*

Anyway, I am soooo obsessed with the song by Jullian Gomes – Love Song 28 feat Bobby

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:03 pm

@nomthwalo…..I happened to switch to Bob Mabenas’s show last week and a lot of ladies that called in said the same thing you said above regarding whatsapp. The worst thing is when you see he was “last seen at 1:55am” and wonder who he is chatting to at that time….one of them said this! Tjo I laughed hey

I choose not to do that, cause I would be hurt knowing that he ignored my calls but was busy on whatapp chatting to someone

elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:05 pm

HIGH school was just ok. Every january my mom would promise to buy me a carvella ka december and THAT NEVER HAPPENED :’(
Varsity was ok until I appeared in the newspaper standing next to Skhanyiso at the reed dance!

LadyMillion on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:06 pm

LOL @ everyone being a straight A student, bloggers mara he he he!!!

Nicalile ke ngama JC dreams enu

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:07 pm

@sweetness….the thing is, being in a relationship with someone doesn’t mean that you own them, therefore have to know about their whereabouts and every move. Remember that we are individuals first before we are a couple and each one of us has a life outside of the relationship.

Heck, even our parents/ best friends don’t know every little detail of our lives. And these are the little things that mess up relationships unnecessarily.

Where’s Joneigh to come and counsel us ladies regarding this?

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:08 pm

lol at white afrikaner .mine is a white afrikaner vele. We meet every 6 months standard . hes a phone call email away for day to day type issues i might have.
when we meet we discuss the goals i had set,if i achived them if not why.Like BS’s whys we ask until we find the root. sorta like some1 wo holds me accountable for what i said i want to do.
then we do planning for the following 6 months. at the last meeting we fought because he wants me to follow step for step his journey of sucess and industry respect that he has. so i was telling him hey dude am an individual tuu i cant be you.

ya he makes me see reason. sometimes he mails me conferences and courses he reccomends i must attend. then he writes a motivation to my boss and finance the benefit of the my company funding such. he is great shem

missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:13 pm

of my company …not the my…lol….later yall 750km drive awaits me. lekker weekend

Solomon.Mahlangu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:14 pm

You don’t understand democracy, Zuma told
2012-09-14 10:36

President Jacob Zuma (File, Die Burger)

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma left opposition MPs infuriated on Thursday when he told the National Assembly that minority groups have “less rights”.

Zuma was responding to a question from DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, about wage negotiations at Lonmin mine, Sapa reported.

Mazibuko had asked if he would consider changes to the labour relations regime, which pegged the union representation threshold at 51%.

She said this had led to the situation where AMCU (the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union) was not a recognised union at Lonmin’s platinum mine, and therefore excluded from wage negotiations.

Zuma said that within a democracy the majority prevailed.

“We operate within regulated society… Between workers and employers there have been negotiations and agreements, and those agreements must be respected,” Zuma said.

“In a democratic situation, it is the majority that prevail. I can’t change the rules because you want to make a particular point. You can’t then say, smaller unions must then be compared to the bigger unions in the same way.”

The president said workers who did not join the majority union could not expect the same privileges.

“You have more rights because you’re a majority; you have less rights because you’re a minority. That’s how democracy works,” he said, provoking a huge outcry from opposition benches.

Zuma told MPs it was “a question of accepting the rules of democracy, and operating within them”.

An unidentified MP responded from the opposition side of the House: “You don’t understand democracy!”

Miranda on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:26 pm

LMAO@Matric lasting 24 months.Yooooo.Ke dead.

Your stories have just reminded me in high school. Those “Damn, ngiyiskhokho” moments after Getting a 100% in a matric maths test that everyone failed. I miss those moments. One of the reasons I have to go back to school next year, I only push myself hard when I don’t enough time and am hectically busy.This declining a social event because I want to study ……I miss such a life.Oh Nkosi yami, can I get out of this place already.

@Sweetness….just block him from your Facebook already.You are frustrating yourself about zero here. Remember ,people can check-in to anywhere even when they are not there?And people write unconfirmed things on FB all the time. I mean he won’t go around writing questionable stuff on his wall knowing you going to read it.If you want to find something to get mad about, hack into his FB inbox.

@Pnut, nana I am also looking for a mentor.I just don’t know where to start.I have one at work,just for me to “YES” when the council asks if I have a mentor. Me and him can’t talk much.So I want a mentor

@Fufu, that wasn’t a late bluma tendencies, try first year at work.

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:28 pm

Remember when there was that tiff ko Boipatong,Spruit etc.The fight in the hostels?Most IFP prisoners were arrested for those.

AZAPO and PAC also have political prisoners which our government refuses to pardon, who were arrested pre democracy.

What the presidengt said is the truth,even the IEC allocates electoral budget according to how big you are in the food chain.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:30 pm

What the presidengt said is the truth,even the IEC allocates electoral budget according to how big you are in the food chain.

The way he said it was classic!!!! I laughed yho!

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:32 pm

I was also listening to Kaya.I always say if your man gives you reasons to snoop,you would want to check.

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:38 pm

Hawu, that’s so wrong yazi. considering they’ve bn releasing proper criminals like nobody’s business who would just go back to their ways and rape gogos.Basically, ANC entsa squinch ka its rivals.

Solomon.Mahlangu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:43 pm

Guys these political prisoners arent just thugs,
they were trained assasins, spies and combat soldiers.

realesing them in an un-controled manner could result to alot of violence in the country.

Miranda on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:52 pm

LOL at the whatsapp checking tendencies.Kwaaaaaaaaa.I get such from a guy .I have weird sleeping patterns neh,and when I wake up at 1am, I would respond to the 10pm whatsapp messages….and this guy(no title yet, he thinks I am his gf , nna I am still on play mode) would ask gore who was I chatting to as he was sleeping at that time.I have a problematic phone neh, and I have no charger for the car ,so my phone would die ,say I am not home and reading JC friday comments and then tlabe ele off for the rest of the evening.Then the following day its WAR, Imagine bathong, kana nna I am not used to reporting to anyone.

After the morelete jazz thing he asked if should I buy the car charger my phone or even a second phone…..tltltltltlt, I died. I don’t want no second phone here.My phone died at 3pm on that day…lol

Makgotso on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:53 pm

Happy Birthday to Kusihlwa and Innobabe.

My high school years were the best years of my life except Standard 7, yes Std 7 not Grade 9. Std 8 was best of them all, was very naughty shem and people ngisho nasekhaya bebangimela ngendlela ebengine innocent face ngakhona if bekungangwa um ubanjiwe bebavele bathi kufanele ukugange nami.

The teachers, classmates and nabantu nje knew lakuno naughty khona nami ngiphakathi ha ha ha ugogo waze wathi angihambe ngiyohlala nomama ngoba people around the community beza kuye bathi ngiyofela into engingayazi ngokuthanda ukuhleka kwami. bengingenzi lutho except laughing eish umuntu wasehleka nempukane indlula we used to laugh at people for no reason at all we just look at you and laugh without saying any words to each other.

Well Std 9 got saved I think that was a relieve to my dad ’cause he was not very happy with my move to ekasi kwaaaaaaaa he was very protective that one. Std 10 saved and naughty used to tell my class teacher ukuthi angisindiselwanga ukuba isilima ngingamane niyeke if abantu bezogidagida on top of my head bese ngiyathula ngoba naku I’m saved. Kumnandi ukuba istraight A learner ’cause you get away kuzozonke izinto.

Sorry about the long post hleeeee I comment once in a while, silentblogging is boss uhleka wedwa and not comment

Miranda on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:58 pm

he asked if he should buy….sekgowa

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:06 pm

hehehe, more str8 A students.

BS shud rename this blog to “Str8 A high schoolers mgosi”.

bumbum on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:09 pm

Hi yall, what a cold rain eNatali. I can’t blog much from today on wards, I’m back to working with electricity and it needs you to be super cautious. Mxm I’ll miss spending my day with you.

HBD to ama Virgo, there’s so many of us in here.

Lovely weekend!

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:25 pm

@Solomon maybe you know more please enlighten me…Did the ANC not have the trained assasins like bo AZAPO and PAC?

Is it not because they are not ANC members?Phela these men were fighgting for freedom as well,how many were released since democracy.

The ANC goes on as if it was the only party fighting for freedom,of course it had an upper hand coz internationally it was known as that one party but back at home when most ANC leaders were in exile other parties were fighting.

This is the same reason that Robert Sobukwe and Steve Biko are not celebrated as we ought to coz their blood is not black,green and yellow.

Boss major on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:31 pm

I went to an all boys high school… All I can say is from grade 8- 12 it was enjoyed. I never did any sports thus our principal calling us ama 2 o’clock special. One thing I enjoyed about my high was the fact that they group us according to our marks; having an A, B, C, D class. I was in the A class with the nerds. There was this one year they decided to mix all the classes together, yoh I wanted to die because I was fortunate enough to be group with the school bully, but nonetheless good memories all in all

Fezzy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:40 pm

Thando has been accepted at Laerskool Kensington. Not really the kinda school I wanted but its much better than her current school.
I will bombard Bedfordview Primary with applications every year until they take her.

One of the reasons why I dumped my ex is bcos he was on Facebook. He always posted stupid stuff and would post silly comments everytime we had a fight. Indoda nje eku Facebook angiyifuni.
Thang Gaaad my minister is not on any social network. Not on whatsapp or whateva.

Johneigh, u’ve got mail.

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:44 pm

that’s great news fezzy, atleast otloba le peace of mind nyana mara dont changer her again le wena every year. let her settlenyana

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:48 pm

@Miranda….wena you are like me! I sometimes forget my cellphone in the car overnight, and get it in the morning when I get to drive somewhere. My bb battery dies very quickly, and I don’t have a car charger….so the phone will be off nje. And it’s not because I’m being shady or anything….so I don’t take it kindly to being asked silly questions about my phone cause I will not ask anyone about theirs.

Lela on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:49 pm

Maybe i have ma own idea of what a relationship is but ke as long u are in a relationship with me it is a partnership of openness n honesty is a big part of it. Im one of those who don’t believe in this my phone is my privacy thing. Yes we are individuals but if we are in this together i have to guard ma heart more than ur privacy. If u give me a reason to snoop i will start snooping n i will demand answers should a need arise. You cannot be last seen on watsaap ngo 1AM yet u last spoke to me ngo 8 hayi ke futhi ayisecace! I don’t think ubethetha noboss ngeloxesha or his brother or friend,ngiyala.

Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:49 pm

Shiine….Fezzy….shiiiine! Now next year you apply to Bedfordview in May to avoid mathata

Loulou on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:55 pm

Nna ke kopa ditaba tsa Wandie! *curious*

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:57 pm

le nna tlhe! Lela, im with you 100% dear. even during the day my man would ask me gore who am i busy with. he doesnt anymore cos he knows i chat with my gals (we created a group)

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:01 pm

le nna tlhe loulou

Monei on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:04 pm

hayi hayi, nn ai cnt kp up with these protsests. the IFP seems to have returned frm sabc. eish, i cnt really tell which grp it was- too many orgs have red and black and touches of yellow. but that was the thrid protest i’ve sn frm my floor this wk. sigh. i’m tired. working here is distracting. the other side of cbd is wayyy more peaceful.

sweetness on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:14 pm

hayi Lela u worse…

I NEVER snoop around, I respect his phone, and he mine… But if its something in my face, I question…

kwazi on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:16 pm

http://www.marikana-truth.com #asyouwere

Fezzy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:24 pm

Tjo! @Kwazi…kuyadabukisa!

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:26 pm

I hate capturing minutes with all ALL of my being

Ms.Zie on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:31 pm

The last paragraph of that article @kwazi, so dramatic. Lol!

nomthwalo on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:31 pm

Just read that report @Kwazi.Wow!!!! people are greedy and they never satisfied, sigh.

zenzybear on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:32 pm

LELA nami i agree hey. my heart comes before ur privacy. if theres ish going down that i must know about then i gots to know. im just looking out for my heart serious

kwazi on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:32 pm

Too much @ Fezzy. ake nifunde izindaba niyeke lamanga enihlale niwakhuluma la. Thank You

Chase on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:40 pm

ANYONE WHO WANTS TICKETS TO THE SWALLOWS VS UP GAME TONIGHT HALLA AT ME

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:42 pm

tjo kwazi sit!

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:44 pm

It is a known fact that the miners are not telling the truth re their net salary.The 12500 they are demanding should not be gross but net as well.

So many conspiracy theories shem,the writer should also update his article since the miners are refusing NUM to bargain on their behf,as if salary negotians are easy.

I am suprised that the author failed to link AMCU with Gwede Mantashe.Why did he not write about the British CEO and how much he took home last year.So now coz Cyril is black and has shares he should jusgt wily-nily pay them?This is what happens when we let foreigners tell our stories.They distort the truth.

#HandsOffCyrilRamaphosa

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:48 pm

SMH

Applepurple on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:48 pm

@elegnamis “Varsity was ok until I appeared in the newspaper standing next to Skhanyiso at the reed dance!”…….what happened after ?

Fezzy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 3:52 pm

Sorry @Kwazi ngeke sikwazi. These kinda issues are depressing so we’d rather excite ourselves ngamanga. Hlala phansike sisi/bhuti.

Kusihlwa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:01 pm

Thanks to every one who wished me a happy born day, it really means alot. *mwahhhh*

zara on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:03 pm

the inaccuracies on that report though; @Kwazi! smh

sk1 on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:07 pm

M loving music on metro fm …kwaito ol the way , hola Tbo Touch , ngiyazifela nge kwaito *Liras voice*

sexymm on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:09 pm

Have a good weekend ma bloggers.Ishayile kimi manje.

LacocM on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:20 pm

Death by Kwazisto, lol

kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:36 pm

JONEIGH!!!!!!!

snapshot on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:45 pm

molweni bahlali, to think i so wanted AG but couldn’t blog today,

On Tuesday i was so hurt to a point that i cried at Ocean busket shem and my poor coloured friends didn’t understand what was happening. My son went home for a month when he came back he told me that some guy at home, an initiation school owner raped and sexually molested 29 young girls, 4 are pregnant, the worst part is that the guy is rumoured to have bought a House In Vereeniging, i just cried thinking of the poor kids, their families, and the community, bustard is in jail

samlicious on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:53 pm

ouch @snapshot where is back home babes?

samlicious on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:54 pm

Hi guys

Hayi iam so lazy to read all these comments mara I will try.

My anything goes *this has been a kids free week for me*

My kids are at my mother in-laws house since last Friday.

Mathaz on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 5:12 pm

That is sick @snapshot.I hope he did not infect them.

@sam I hope when your man gets home you naked LOL.Go out clubbing and get sloshed with your hubby enjoy!

snapshot on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 5:15 pm

@Sam home is Mapumalanga dear, eish @Mathaz that’s my prayer, to think i’ve always hated those initiation schools and now this happens, i’m telling you if my sister was there, that guy would be dead by now,

enjoy your weekend guys, i haven’t read all the comments but fosho they will keep me company tonight while i wait for my christian grey

fufu on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 6:30 pm

Privacy doesn’t not exist in my relationship,this one time my man was on What’s app ngo 7 am,ngahlala so he’s now he’s not on any social networks. Kwaaaaa @ Miranda. @ Snapshot that is sad,we live in a horrible world hey.

elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 6:35 pm

@APPLEPURPLE that pic bumped my street cred up!! I left as the girl with glasses and came back as the girl who hangs with royalty.
I got ‘shelad’ left right and centre

Fab Tee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:50 pm

Hope u had a great birthday Kusi and Inno!

Ruuuunah on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:31 pm

Dumelang JCers

Hope all the birthday gals had a lekker day.

I do not know abt the latest version but watsapp is very inacurate when it comes to time. I used to fight with my man, asking him why he’s ignoring me while he’s online until my sister told me how inaccurate it is. She used to wake up to ppl asking why she’s been rude while she was asleep. Those ‘last seen and online’ updates are just crap, BBM is the best and accurate.

A great weekend to you & you & you…

snapshot on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 12:13 am

@Ruu BBM and etal r the future, bloody whatsapp is a dustbin. One moment u get ppl hi’ng u n when u ask who the F r u they pretend tb offended mxim assholes. Lately I use it with my newly found acquitance. Yoo it hangs u r forced to sms. very tjatjarag that whatsapp

@JohneighGALAXY™ on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 6:06 am

Where can I get a great notebook w/ all the mod-cons within an affordable range in JHB or PTA???

Ruuuunah on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 7:50 am

@Snapshots Its very tjatjarag. Everyone who is anyone has access to you. Even someone you gave your numbers years ago to or who got your number from someone else. Ke dustbin ka nnete

snapshot on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 8:58 am

@JG le me know once u get it. @Ruuh WhatsApp is Giant Waste lol

Happy satas ma bloggers

ndinguyeEndinguye on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 10:29 am

I saw unathimsengana on morning live saturday ed,she looked like she visited a friend from next door nje.Then came “the singing”, gosh! ingalo zokuphaka were flying all over the place…it’s time u dusted your BA degree sesi and disappear kwilimelight.#Sfelani

elegnamis on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 10:57 am

ingalo zani?? kwaaaaaaa

Phindy on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 11:08 am

Lol @ ingalo zoku wat wat. I wonder wat the Idols die hard fans r gona say abt her singing coming Sunday eve.

Miss T on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 11:12 am

JG, you’ve got mail

Miss T on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 11:17 am

Unathis singing is sad bantu. I don’t know why she keeps on doing this to herself & to our ears *embarrasses for her*

Miss T on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 11:17 am

Unathis singing is sad bantu. I don’t know why she keeps on doing this to herself & to our ears *embarrassed for her*

miss sam on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 11:53 am

Lmao @ unathi’s singng,its better than mshoza’s singing though

Miss T on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 1:20 pm

But I’m sure Mshoza does not expect us to take her serious. Unathi ufuna simthathe serious, and that’s jus askin too much!

Azande on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 3:39 pm

@Ruu u so ryt abt whats app i had the same pro with brother man, thinking ungenzisilima he was online manje manje and manje uyangiziba, kanti no whats app unamanga, proven lol

how is every1 cold weather in jhb, indoors having my me tym, cant remember the last tym i was indoors nge weekend, esh ake uphumule umzimba wami uhlukumeziwe ngotshwala, hope ill manage till tomorrow lol if not tops its just around the corner lol

bumbum on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 4:18 pm

@Miss T phela if they are people who still sing her praises on tswira (tweetor) telling her that her latest song (kwanolali) is thee shit. She will expect that….the girl can’t sing, its true what they said here on JC that she whispers words to the mic

Ms Android on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 4:27 pm

”Ingalo zokuphaka”

Eyh2Jee on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 6:13 pm

Yes maNkayi-Msengana can’t really sing nyhan.But I enjoy her live performances.She performed great in CT Jazz Festival.I would never purchase her CD,no!
@KwaNolali video: the video is great though.The song is just nje,its just Unathi,nothing wow about it,I agree with this point!Lol.Hay kabi Unathi zikhulunywa zinjalo la ekhaya…

Applepurple on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 8:32 pm

Cape town was so beautiful today.but ngimnyama ngathi ilahle after spending the afternoon at the beach . hope ya’ll are enjoying the weekend.

lejazz on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 9:56 pm

Yoh! Yesterday I went to 3Talk’s live taping and oh boy Mr Lotto aka Nimz Nkosi was the guest. Nimz brought along his wife of 4months to the set. She is lookable though hey…she is of mixed race aka colored or something along those lines. I used to hear rumours about Nimz being gay wara wara ai yesterday the dude rubber stamped the rumours. Literally he was being himself in front of the wife. Clapping hands! Shaking his head! Doing funny stuff with his mouth! Rolling eyes oh God women mara are too ambitious nje. Didn’t she see gore Nimz ke fruitcake.

Thase on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 5:28 am

Hello jc family, the way im so busy these days, don’t even have time for jc. I hope you are all having a great weekend, not so great in jhb I hear that it’s freezing. Bathong whoever lied unathi that she can sing needs to be shot really, I can’t stand her guys, even on metro o ya bora. Tjo at Nimrod is married. I need a husbank really, this working business must stop, hahaha. Gomolemo if you reading this, please find our where your friend migrated to in Aussie or give her my email address tthasejc@gmail.com. I need friends from Mzansi, thanks.

Have a fabulous week.

Soccerbabe on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 6:57 am

Buyile Mdladla aka Lungile Mabena in drum mag, I’m shocked beyond words. This girl has been chatting no Buyile on facebook and whatsapp, he sent her nude pix and his video wanking euwww how gross 4 a married man,and his wife said she will stand by him SMH clearly a leopard will never change its spots I mean not even a full year he’s married useyaganga futhi! ~ Drum Mag

kamzababy on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 7:14 am

Haaaa that gal o sele!! Were they jolaring or just chatting?

Soccerbabe on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 7:37 am

She says he wanted 2 take things further by this chick coming up to JHB so they cud book in a hotel and get it on, usile vele coz she led him on, she initiated this whole thing by inboxing him I love u wara wara and they started chatting, then exchanged whatsapp contacts, she says she also sent him pix of herself in a lingerie and bikini so now she’s warning other girls who might fall for his charms and go along with his plans of hooking up SMH

Kusihlwa on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 9:20 am

@soccerbabe, who is on the Drum cover? ne Drum nje, its turned into i Sunday World.

kamzababy on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 10:20 am

Kusi, Menzi Ngubane is on the cover… Le that pic ya Naomi Campbell that made people aware gore weave “eats” ur hairline #Exclusive
*RME*

Kinky Afro on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 11:25 am

Sexpo is on next weekend… 27-30 September. I’m going to the durex workshop, they have an item on the programme called ’50 Shades Unveiled’

Kinky Afro on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 11:48 am

Family I need advice. Is it wise to go with a guy to Sexpo, as a first date? This is my idea as I have wanted to go since forever.

elegnamis on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 2:21 pm

@KINKY O_O
first date???

snapshot on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 3:16 pm

@kinky it depends on a person. I wouldn’t but u not me.

snapshot on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 3:27 pm

Hehehe my tendencies of ignoring ppl has dealt with me she. So Nimrod married the coloured lady, last time I heard girl was giving out the kuku down in the mother city. Tjo they stood the test of tym. Phela Nimz naye broke some hearts that side of South West he used tb stressed big tym by lady coloured. I thot they broke up.

innobabe on Sun, 16th Sep 2012 10:29 pm

Thank you guys for bday wishes. Had a fun filled bday weekend. Went out wit friends and also did kart racing, ice skating and bowling for first time. It was jus awesome.

Smiles on Mon, 17th Sep 2012 5:33 am

Some asked “why is its so hard to get a job in the media industry” or some thing like that, and that they feel like they should’ve studied accounting or something lol. I feel the same way.

I feel like I should’ve studied marketing or something because I always come across marketing jobs and stuff mxm, but by God I’ll make it though, jsut need to fix update my animation & graphics portfolio though.

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