Look what I found!!!

Throwback tune of the day:


I saw this video on YouTube and almost fell over. Didn't know it had a video. What can I say? I'm in South Africa, not all music videos make their way on the FREE public broadcasters TV channels. Although the other day I saw 3 common videos on SABC 3. Oh how times have changed.


I bought "One day it'll all make sense" last year, did a post on it too. Oh young Com! I LOVE this song.



Common ft Lauryn Hill- Retrospect for life


"315 dollars aint worth your soul..."

The week that was...

Wow!! I have not posted anything up here this whole week. Bummer! Well, before we go into the new week, let's take a look at what kept me busy THIS week.

1. A very good friend from Jozi came down here with his girlfriend and we all met up for drinks- YAY!!!
2. Got together with an old colleague/friend (and a friend of hers) on Tuesday night. We went to the Nose Bar and stayed for longer than we anticipated.
3. Heath Ledger bowed out gracefully. He was 28 and he had been living his life the way he wanted to for a LOONG time. Some people are mot meant to live for a long time. he fulfilled his destiny and 'changed form'. No-one ever really dies, we all change form and leave our mark on mankind... What kind of mark will you leave and will it be for eternity?
4. I cleaned out all Marcee and my old clothes, put them in black bag and now we are trying to decided on which women's shelter/ homeless shelter we are going to deliver it to. The reason I cleaned out our cupboards is because in order for new things to come in old things must go out. I was making way for new wardrobe and new beginnings. Sounds weird, but this is what I believe :)
5. Been listening to Alicia Keys ALL week, I must actually physically HIDE that CD!!
6. Track of the week: American boy by Estelle AND 'Don't let me be misunderstood' by Nina Simone.
7. Julio Iglesias was in Cape Town and I hear he was good... Cheesy, but GREAT!! Julio is one of the OG playas. I dig some of his songs.
8. Although the rest of the country was experiencing darkness, I have not experienced a blackout at home, had one on Thursday at work. But, I left and worked from home.
9. I had Sushi today... Can you say addiction?
10. My friend Nixy Poo finally heard me on radio. It was on Saturday and during my show I get this SMS saying 'you are on my radio". Ha ha haha. It was hilarious!! I LOVE YOU NIX.
11. Saw a John Mayer concert on TV yesterday. My not-so-little brother called me and said 'John Mayer. SABC 3" and then he hung up. Oh the joys of being young and trying to save pre-paid airtime.
12. One of the 'senior' ( I use that word very carelessly) guys at work was ANNOYING me like you wont believe this week. I thought I was going to scream. In fact I think I did... A couple of times.
13. I spent ALL of Saturday at home, reflecting... Saturdays are usually very busy for me. I stayed home.
14. Did some catching up on CSI Las Vegas... Shoo things are really getting hectic at the crime lab.
15. I ate healthy food all of this week. And let me just say for the record that I AM REGULAR!!! Oprah and Dr Oz talk about it all the time. I am regular and feeling light as a feather. Wow! I've reached a disturbing level of comfort here on this Internet place. I am now talking about my bowel movements. I PROMISE NEVER to talk about it again. LMAO.
16. Went to a farewell on Friday night... I've become quite the socialite. I HARDLY EVER go out and this week I went out 4 times and stayed out VERY late each time. Note: 22h00 is late for me :)
17. I start working on my music with Chris next week. it's taken a bit of time, but I had to make sure NOTHING disturbs us. So I needed to sort myself out. Am now officially SORTED OUT!!

That's about it. I am going to try and sleep early and wake up early next week. So, sleeping early means BEFORE 22h00 and waking up early means at 05h00... I will let you know how it goes.

P.S I have not forgotten about the announcement :)

The week that was...

The weekly round up:

1. The song of the week: Champion by Kanye West
2. Ate so much healthy food it's actually ridiculous... YAY ME!!! Just had Carrot and Apple juice (with ginger). I deserve a gold star!
3. Bought 3 books: '1. 'The colour purple' I read it in high school and I'm still so in love with it. The movie was okay, but I LOVE the book. It was that book that made me want to become a writer. 2. 'Call me woman' by Ellen Khuzwayo, I have been meaning to get this book for a LOONG time. 3. 'Song of Solomon', I absolutely ADORE Toni Morrison. I read the book when I was at varsity, but something made me buy it.
4. Watched a HORRIBLE movie called 'Vacancy' starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson. It is such a bad idea and I felt like it was PURE evil. I have watched many slasher films, but this movie just didn't feel right. I actually fast forwarded most of the movie. EEEWWW!!
5. Read an article where Lupe Fiasco was talking about retiring. The whole interview sounded a little angry though. Maybe he will reconsider?! I still love his music, esp this one.
6. Been practising piano all week :)
7. Been visiting Kanye's blog more often... Don't ask why, because I'm not sure why either :)
8. Power cuts have been driving people crazy... THANKS ESKOM!!!
9. Elton John performed in Cape Town... I didn't go, but I hear it was amazing.
10. Have fallen back in love with Common's 'The light'. I have been listening to it everday for the past 2 weeks. Actually I haven't listened to it today...

That's it!

Coming soon....

GREAT NEWS!!!

I love supense. It's good, but scary. Watch this space!

7 things you must not know about me

Okay, so here's the deal Sickamore tagged Estelle and Estelle obliged but didn't tag anyone (it's her birthday week so she can do whatever she wants)... So me being UBER eager... I decided to join in the festivities. And I'm also trying to avoid my work (too much to do)... Maybe working from home is not such a great idea :)

Okay so here are the official rules: link to the person who tagged you, fill in 7 weird/random facts about yourself and then tag 7 other people.

My version of the rules: See it on someone else's blog, do it and carry on with your work!

1. I suffer from seious migraines and they are NOT fun at all. Infact I'm the worst person to be around when I have a migraine. I would be better off locked in a dark soundproof room for a day LMAO.
2. I'm really not into shopping. It takes hectic bribery (from Marcee) to get me to tag along when she is shopping. I'm just not that into it.
3. Nothing beats great Whiskey... I LOVE IT!!! If I could I would have some everyday :)
4. I'm currently reading 3 different books at once. I don't know how I do it, but I always find myself reading more than one book. I am actually working on finishing my book in the first 6 months of this year... Wish me luck!!
5. I'm listening to Nina Simone's song 'I want a little sugar in my bowl' and I keep listening to it over and over. When I grow up I wanna have a voice like Nina's :)
6. I love living in Cape Town, I didn't dig it so much when I first moved here. I had no family or friends here and I was miserable, but now I've gotten into my own rhythm and I sort of do my own thing here. AND the scenery is AMAZING!!!
7. I'm short sighted, so I CANNOT drive without my glasses... I mean I could, but I probably shouldn't LOL

And that's it. So go ahead and do your own and have fun doing it :)

I tried not to mention any of the things I mentioned here, so excuse me if they sound a little weird!

Sushi heals EVERYTHING!!!

I am not feeling very well today. Something to do with my ovaries... Not really important!

So I sent Marcee an email telling her that I wasn't feeling very well and basically feeling very sorry for myself. So she said she would come home early and she did! Early for my dear darlingest best friend is anytime before 6 ha ha ha ha and she works across the road from our little home.

So she got here and said she had a surprise for me. Guess what she got me?

YAY!!! I'm so lucky to have such a caring friend. She actually bought 'Salmon roses'... So YUM!!

I'm listening to Alicia Keys' Superwoman: "Even when I'm a mess I still put on a vest with an S on my chest..." That is my Marcee, she flies to the Sushi bar to get her ailing friend Salmon Roses. She's a SUPERWOMAN!

Will Smith made me quit my job

and start LIVING my DREAM!!

I have always admired Will Smith as a man, an artist and as a Black person. So I found the interview, below, over at world star hip hop and I was astounded. The interview started out pretty average but then it got REALLY interesting.

I cried throughout more than half of this interview because he spoke to my soul... yes, yes, I know that I'm a cry baby, but I only cry because it really touched my soul. Do yourself a favour and watch this interview. YAY WILL SMITH!!




Things that stuck with me:
"From the specific comes the universal" - Will quoting Denzel Washington on working on 'universal' projects.

"We ARE who we CHOOSE to be."

and my favourite:

"If you stay ready, you aint gotta get ready."

Okay... Okay... I hear you God and thank you Universe for yet another sign. I get it!! I get it!!

Note to self: make sure you have dinner with Will Smith i n the near future and pick his brain. Who knows? Maybe we could do a movie together :)