I love sports!

I love sports. Ever since I was a little girl in primary school, I have played sports. From then, until now I have played almost all kinds of sports there is. In school I was the only girl that used to play with the boys. It was so much fun. Playing with girls was always so passive and boring. I wanted excitement and adventure and I never got that when I played with girls. Boys never worried about hair and nails or spoiling their clothes either and I liked that.  

My favourite sport is extreme sports. Riding a quad bike, skating on a skateboard, riding a surfboard, climbing a mountain, playing soccer- I just love them all and I want to do them all! The feeling I get when I’m outdoors breathing in fresh air or the feeling of fresh water against my skin, plus the adrenaline which comes along with being outdoors and doing those things is a feeling I can’t describe. It just makes you feel so revitalised and healthy afterwards, like you can take on anything in the world!

I wish I could have played sports full-time, as a career, so that I could feel that way all the time! I want to be outdoors all the time and do adventurous and exciting activities every day. That’s all I want to do. Nature is food for the soul. 

The sound of one hand clapping.

What does one make of this? The sound of one hand clapping could be the sound of cheer. Then again, how cheerful could it be when it’s only one hand? Could it be one hand slapping someone’s face? That sound brings on a feeling of darkness which overcomes me.

It could be a hand clapping to the beat of a song or a hand making a beat to a song. Have you ever sat in class and seen a boy making a beat on the desk with his hands, usually beat boxing with it? The coolest thing is when the sound of one hand clapping echoes. It could echo through many rooms in one building, almost like a ripple effect.

Does this topic require me to be stoned in order to write something valuable about it? Or is it just one of those topics without any purpose? Topics don’t always have to have a deeper meaning to it right? I think that is just my perception of almost everything in life, which can be quite tiring I’ll have you know. This could be the kind of topic that readers can read and laugh at because of how ridiculously ridiculous our content is.

My creativity for writing has pretty much gone out the window for the past few weeks. Is it because I have a lack of passion to write? I doubt it. Is it writers block or is it because of ludicrous topics like this that just doesn’t ring a bell in my head? Maybe I just need a ‘klap’ so that I can wake up and get my creative juices flowing again? After that ‘klap’ you will experience the sound of one hand clapping and then maybe I wouldn’t have to say anything at all...

People. Funny people. Love and funny people. Funny people and funny ways.

People are funny. Everything about people is funny. We love, we hurt, we laugh and we cry, we give, we take, we fight and then we repeat the cycle all over again.

I was telling a friend that love is a funny thing. Let’s say you were in a relationship with someone, but you fought a lot about stupid things and the relationship was just a constant battle. So, you break up because you just can’t stand each other. Time passes and both of you move on. Then the perfect partner comes along and you love everything about this person. You start a relationship with this person, who treats you so well, does everything you’ve ever wanted out of a relationship and things are just great.

Regardless of how great the relationship is, you can’t help but feel that something is still missing. Perhaps it is the chemistry or excitement you share with someone. You realise that this perfect partner is not what you want and the perfect relationship is not what you want. You have mad, crazy love for the person you fought with in your previous relationship, but you have boring, stagnant love for the person you are currently with.

Now how does this work? Is it Murphy’s Law? Who the hell is Murphy anyway and why does he keep making all these bizarre ‘laws’ as we call it?

Human nature is funny. We get something we’ve always wanted and we still don’t want it. What’s up with that? We want things we can’t have, because that gives us excitement and a thrill! There are many elements I have left out in this post, because this situation is not always the case. It is merely an observation of how funny we can be. Has this ever happened to you?

Not all those who wander are lost.

People without direction are lost...or so we may think. According to the great Dr Diedericks (2011) people are very much aware of their actions. They might not always mean things the way they are interpreted by other people. Still these people know what they are doing and why they are doing it, even if they won’t admit it.

If ever you have come across someone who is lost (in your eyes), don’t be fooled. Years later you might discover that these same wanderers become really successful people in society.

Of course, there are those who wander and really have no direction at all and for those we pray. J They simply wander because they don’t want to do anything constructive with their lives. That however is also a choice, I believe.

I do however think that it takes great skill to be a professional wanderer with a goal in mind. It is an art that needs to be perfected. Society frowns upon those who have no direction in their lives, but society doesn’t take the time to understand them. Then again, society is stupid and doesn’t understand a lot of things. J Society throws many judgements around that ‘it’ actually knows nothing about, well majority of the time anyway.

My 'boetabal'.

Sorry if this seems like a rude word, but it’s really not. J The word ‘boetabal’ means brother (in my language) and it is pronounced, boet-a-bal. So yes, this post is about my brother.

Why am I writing about him? He is one of the biggest influences in my life and at the same time, he is a really amazing guy who I have learnt so much from while growing up. I still learn a lot from him and love spending time with him.

So ‘boetabal’ is a full-time musician – he plays the drums for two bands at the moment. Boeta started off playing the drum with packets, chopsticks and my mom’s pots and pans at the age of about 15/16 years old. At that time, I was only 11/12 years old and I often thought to myself, boy what are you doing? You’re making one hell of a noise! Sometimes I would sit with him and he would teach me how to play the ‘packet-pan-chopstick’ drums while he played the guitar and we would sing songs and have a good time together. This is all boeta wanted to do – play music.

Of course my parents wanted him to finish school and couldn’t understand how all he wanted to do was play music. This constant battle with my parents and boeta went on for years. He never enjoyed school, never ever done homework, skipped classes, he done everything my parents did not want him to do. Me on the other hand always stood on the sideline and watched and listened to how my parents would tell him what he should be doing.

The most important lesson I learnt from him is that no matter how much people put you down about what you want to do in your life, if it is your passion – go for it! He faced many challenges, very hard challenges that most of us will probably never face, but still he kept on pursuing his dream.  

Today my brother is one of the most remarkable musicians ever and although he is still properly establishing himself, he does pretty well for himself and I am extremely proud of him! My parents grew to understand that this is who he is as well and they respect him for it. He is truly someone I look up to and is definitely the best brother in the world to me!

For anybody who wants to pursue their dreams –don’t lose hope and don’t give up. Keep faith just like my boeta did and you will get far!

How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

My question here is what would you be doing on the top of a 100-foot pole in the first place? Why would you be there? How do you stand on the top of a pole? How do you balance on the top of a pole?  Maybe I’m being a little bit too literal in this case, but just picture it…

Nevertheless, if you do find yourself in this bizarre situation you could have a problem, but then again you could also have no problem. How did you get to the top of this pole? There are many ways to climb to the top of a pole, but how you got there will probably be the deciding factor of how you are going to take your next step.

Well, can you handle being on the top of this pole? If your answer is yes, then I’d say you should go to the top of a 200-foot pole. If your answer is no, then I’d say start making your way down to the ground and get off the damn pole!

It is quite clear that I am writing a load of bogus in this post…’coz really I have no idea what to say, who is ever going to ask me how to step from a 100-foot pole? Nobody will and nobody ever has…random question. I just can’t seem to make sense of it.

This is me...

When you’re having a bad day and your world seems to be falling apart and you’re stressing your ass off for no reason at all really, but it’s a big deal to you, I’ll come along and make you realise that you are making a big deal about nothing and put a smile on your face. J

When you drive to work in the thick traffic, stressing because you have to get to work in the morning and everybody else is stressed too. I’m the person you’ll see driving next to you singing in my car, laughing by myself, because everybody else is stressing.

When you are in trouble and you have no one to go to, I’m the person who will be there for you and do my best to help you.

If you act like an ass or do something irresponsible I’m the person that will tell you that you’re acting like a fool (If I really care about you).  In turn, I want you to tell me when I am being the exact same way (even if it hurts). I don’t hurt very easily when I hear the truth, but if I know it’s not the truth I will strongly disagree with what you are saying-even when I have no proof that you are not telling the truth. I have very strong intuition, but most people think I am crazy when I say things.

I am the type of person that says things like it is, even if I get shot down for it. Ka boom!

There are too many things I want to do in life, but too little time. Don’t tell me I can’t do something because I’m a female or because I wouldn’t be able to do it. I do everything and if I fail, at least I have experienced it and I can move on to the next thing.

When you step into unknown territory and you have no clue what to do, I will come along and act like I know exactly what I’m doing and can help you in the situation (even if it is unknown territory to me too).

 Plans aren’t part of life, life makes plans for you. Make the most out of the plans life throws at you.   

Perfect is not me. I am far from it, but I enjoy who I am and the lessons I learn from the mistakes I make.

I am many things that I can’t express or explain in words. I am not someone that can be defined. If you really want to know who I am, you have to spend some real time with me.