That is the question of the day at the moment, or at least it is in my little head.
There are loads of great bands here in our very own South Africa. So much so that it seems impossible to choose a favourite (ok I know who mine is :P). Seeing as Coldplay are a band of enormous magnitude, surely they should have the right local band open for them?
A rumour just hit my ears that Parlotones are going to be opening for them. Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against them, I just don't see why people hype them up to be as great as they are made out to be (seriously unsure if any of that made sense.) I personally think their music has the same sort of sound across all of their songs, and I honestly feel that they shouldn't be the band to open for Coldplay. I put them in the same group of bands as Prime Circle, who I wouldn't really want to open either.
So who should open? These bands aren't as "great" (according to the general public I guess), but they are frikking awesome! (in my opinion as well as many others):
- Lonehill Estate (MY FAVOURITE LOCAL BAND WAAAAH!!!)
- The Arrows
- Desmond and the Tutu's
- Dear Reader
- etc
These are just some of my personal favourites, I'm sure I am missing many. I just can't think of many off the top of my head at this second. If Parlotones (or Prime circle for that matter) end up opening, then good for them... but I really hope it isn't them :x this is obviously just my own opinion, use it don't use it thats your choice.
As for the election results, ANC won the majority which was to be expected, but I must report that they lost support in LOTS of areas by a few percentage, whereas the DA improved significantly compared to the 2006 elections. Only time will tell what is to happen to this country, I just hope that it is great :)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Coldplay Golden Circle Tickets For the FNB Stadium Show!
WAAAAH!
Coldplay are coming to South Africa! During the last Cokefest in 2009, we speculated that Coldplay would come one day, but we really hoped that it would be a show that they perform alone and not at a festival.
It's insanely awesome that all these bands are coming out to South Africa now. Not that they did not before, but it really seems we are having this random surge of lots of artists flying here to do their thing. Although I am a student, I dipped into my savings to go the golden circle route. If you remember, I saw U2 at the FNB stadium earlier this year, and even though U2 are not my favourite band, I was totally blown away by that performance! It only made sense to go Golden Circle for Coldplay because I like them a heck of a lot more. Now if only bands such as Muse would come back and do an epic performance, that would be sweet :D
In other news, the Local government elections took place yesterday. I am proud to be a South African citizen, and really hope the relevant changes will be made. I know its not going to happen overnight, but the sooner the better. I will probably blog with the final results when I know them. The DA are dominating the entire Western Cape at the moment which was to be expected. I was hugely surprised this afternoon though when I saw that they were leading in the city of JHB O_O thats where I am! It got me super excited right up until this evening when I saw that the ANC had pulled the vote back and were slightly in the lead. Dang :P Ah well guess I will only know tomorrow sometime.
Next week = exam time. I've got to knuckle down and study!
Coldplay are coming to South Africa! During the last Cokefest in 2009, we speculated that Coldplay would come one day, but we really hoped that it would be a show that they perform alone and not at a festival.
It's insanely awesome that all these bands are coming out to South Africa now. Not that they did not before, but it really seems we are having this random surge of lots of artists flying here to do their thing. Although I am a student, I dipped into my savings to go the golden circle route. If you remember, I saw U2 at the FNB stadium earlier this year, and even though U2 are not my favourite band, I was totally blown away by that performance! It only made sense to go Golden Circle for Coldplay because I like them a heck of a lot more. Now if only bands such as Muse would come back and do an epic performance, that would be sweet :D
In other news, the Local government elections took place yesterday. I am proud to be a South African citizen, and really hope the relevant changes will be made. I know its not going to happen overnight, but the sooner the better. I will probably blog with the final results when I know them. The DA are dominating the entire Western Cape at the moment which was to be expected. I was hugely surprised this afternoon though when I saw that they were leading in the city of JHB O_O thats where I am! It got me super excited right up until this evening when I saw that the ANC had pulled the vote back and were slightly in the lead. Dang :P Ah well guess I will only know tomorrow sometime.
Next week = exam time. I've got to knuckle down and study!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Best Alley Cat in the World
Sadness...
We found my little cat dead on the side of the road early on Saturday morning. She had been ridden over and probably died on impact. It doesn't even make sense, she never goes out to the road, so I have no idea what she was doing down there. I tell you, when I was little and animals died I got sad, but my parents dealt with the remainders. Its the second time this year now.
Earlier in the year I had to take one of my dogs to be put down because he was old, sick, and suffering. I tell you, watching those sad puppy dog eyes watch you, the dogs master, abandoning him on that vets table... I don't ever want to do that again. Closing that door behind me and knowing what was going to happen, and nothing I could do to help him, broke my heart immensely.
That doesn't compare to this though. I am a huge animal lover, anybody who knows me knows this. When it comes to pets though, I love cats... really really do. Furthermore, anybody who has seen me with my cat knows that I loved the crap out of her. We had her for about 7 years, and she was truly the best cat we have ever had. The best thing was being at home alone, yet having her with me. Whichever room I was in, she would be in too because she would get up and follow me. In winter, she would whine and whine until I lifted up the covers for her so she could climb under and sleep against my legs to keep warm.
Picking up my little kitten off the sidewalk, digging the hole for her and burying her in my garden... my word I have never cried so hard over an animal in my life. She wasn't even human, but I swear, communication barrier aside, she was one of the best friends I ever had at home. Nothing will replace her, but she will never be forgotten!
Farewell little José... you were by far the most amazing and awesome cat we have ever had the privilege of looking after <3 br="">
We found my little cat dead on the side of the road early on Saturday morning. She had been ridden over and probably died on impact. It doesn't even make sense, she never goes out to the road, so I have no idea what she was doing down there. I tell you, when I was little and animals died I got sad, but my parents dealt with the remainders. Its the second time this year now.
Earlier in the year I had to take one of my dogs to be put down because he was old, sick, and suffering. I tell you, watching those sad puppy dog eyes watch you, the dogs master, abandoning him on that vets table... I don't ever want to do that again. Closing that door behind me and knowing what was going to happen, and nothing I could do to help him, broke my heart immensely.
That doesn't compare to this though. I am a huge animal lover, anybody who knows me knows this. When it comes to pets though, I love cats... really really do. Furthermore, anybody who has seen me with my cat knows that I loved the crap out of her. We had her for about 7 years, and she was truly the best cat we have ever had. The best thing was being at home alone, yet having her with me. Whichever room I was in, she would be in too because she would get up and follow me. In winter, she would whine and whine until I lifted up the covers for her so she could climb under and sleep against my legs to keep warm.
Picking up my little kitten off the sidewalk, digging the hole for her and burying her in my garden... my word I have never cried so hard over an animal in my life. She wasn't even human, but I swear, communication barrier aside, she was one of the best friends I ever had at home. Nothing will replace her, but she will never be forgotten!
Farewell little José... you were by far the most amazing and awesome cat we have ever had the privilege of looking after <3 br="">
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Late Night Studying 101
A quick guide on how to study for a test the night before:
- Study before the night before
- If you have studied your material before, summarizing the night before is simple
- Have good music on. Preferably music that makes you smile and tap your foot. This music will ensure a good mood, and a good state of mind
- Don't not have distractions, but keep distractions to a minimum
- Draw stick figures on your study notes illustrating what you are learning
This is how I have been studying for communications :) Its a tricky subject, but I have been doing decently at it.
I must say, I love good music. It can take me from 0 to good mood with some good beats! I'm feeling intensely happy for reasons beyond me at the moment... it feels nice :) anyhow, back to studying!
- Study before the night before
- If you have studied your material before, summarizing the night before is simple
- Have good music on. Preferably music that makes you smile and tap your foot. This music will ensure a good mood, and a good state of mind
- Don't not have distractions, but keep distractions to a minimum
- Draw stick figures on your study notes illustrating what you are learning
This is how I have been studying for communications :) Its a tricky subject, but I have been doing decently at it.
I must say, I love good music. It can take me from 0 to good mood with some good beats! I'm feeling intensely happy for reasons beyond me at the moment... it feels nice :) anyhow, back to studying!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
From the Pen to the Keyboard!
WEEEEEEE!!!! (no not the urine kind, sis!)
Wow. Thats all I can say. I have been a lazy hard working guy over the last few weeks (or at least that is what I keep telling myself). I am so used to being home so early from work in the past, and just killing time for the rest of the day. Not so anymore! I now have college, work, and I play soccer at college. This translates into a pretty full day, nearly every day of the week, so weekend are actually much yearned for!
It's not a bad thing though. I can honestly say that I am loving college. The two subjects I am majoring in are my favourites by far, although english essay writing may be the death of me. I wrote my first big english test yesterday, and although I think I did alright, it's the first time in my life I have really sat and wished I could have added more or removed some stuff I wrote. Ah well, considering the test was one hour and it was expected to write a 2+ page essay on poem, I think I did alright. I am just curious to see my mark.I am super hoping for a B, but I know I will probably only get a C (UPDATE! It was 74% :) yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
I know this is disgusting, seeing as I have never finished a book in my life, but I had an idea for another one over this past weekend, and I have been thinking about it hard ever since. I am scrapping my third book (the diary one) because I don't see me ever finishing that no matter how hard I try. So I have three potential books I would love to finish before the day I die:
Book 1: The one with the teenage kid, who embarks on a wacky (beyond wacky) space quest with a bunch of random aliens. This book is intended to be downright funny and off the wall!
Book 2: The one with a young man and his best friend, working for an agency and getting caught up in circumstances beyond their control. This is intended to be more serious, but I can honestly see me mixing up an intense love story into this one.
Book 3: This is my latest idea. I don't quite know how to describe it yet, but it will be a serious sci-fi book based on earth. WAH! I'm super excited for this one. Busy formulating my main character in my head and how I will go about laying out the story.
On top of all of this, I really think I should start my first book from scratch, or heavily edit it. I started writing it like 4-5 years ago, and I'd like to think my english talent has grown lots since then, so I want to begin it afresh, while keeping my main ideas.
Off the topic here, but I just want to document a dream I had last night. I dreamt that I met this girl, this amazingly beautiful girl. The weird thing was that, even though it was a dream, she seemed so clear, so real. The most annoying thing though, is that when I woke up, I could not even remember what she looked like -_- it was weird I guess. I am not over Amber, not in the slightest, but it was just weird to have my brain imagine this perfect girl that I have never met in my life, and present her as so real :O Ah well...
That is all from me for now ^_^ Cheerio!
Wow. Thats all I can say. I have been a lazy hard working guy over the last few weeks (or at least that is what I keep telling myself). I am so used to being home so early from work in the past, and just killing time for the rest of the day. Not so anymore! I now have college, work, and I play soccer at college. This translates into a pretty full day, nearly every day of the week, so weekend are actually much yearned for!
It's not a bad thing though. I can honestly say that I am loving college. The two subjects I am majoring in are my favourites by far, although english essay writing may be the death of me. I wrote my first big english test yesterday, and although I think I did alright, it's the first time in my life I have really sat and wished I could have added more or removed some stuff I wrote. Ah well, considering the test was one hour and it was expected to write a 2+ page essay on poem, I think I did alright. I am just curious to see my mark.I am super hoping for a B, but I know I will probably only get a C (UPDATE! It was 74% :) yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
I know this is disgusting, seeing as I have never finished a book in my life, but I had an idea for another one over this past weekend, and I have been thinking about it hard ever since. I am scrapping my third book (the diary one) because I don't see me ever finishing that no matter how hard I try. So I have three potential books I would love to finish before the day I die:
Book 1: The one with the teenage kid, who embarks on a wacky (beyond wacky) space quest with a bunch of random aliens. This book is intended to be downright funny and off the wall!
Book 2: The one with a young man and his best friend, working for an agency and getting caught up in circumstances beyond their control. This is intended to be more serious, but I can honestly see me mixing up an intense love story into this one.
Book 3: This is my latest idea. I don't quite know how to describe it yet, but it will be a serious sci-fi book based on earth. WAH! I'm super excited for this one. Busy formulating my main character in my head and how I will go about laying out the story.
On top of all of this, I really think I should start my first book from scratch, or heavily edit it. I started writing it like 4-5 years ago, and I'd like to think my english talent has grown lots since then, so I want to begin it afresh, while keeping my main ideas.
Off the topic here, but I just want to document a dream I had last night. I dreamt that I met this girl, this amazingly beautiful girl. The weird thing was that, even though it was a dream, she seemed so clear, so real. The most annoying thing though, is that when I woke up, I could not even remember what she looked like -_- it was weird I guess. I am not over Amber, not in the slightest, but it was just weird to have my brain imagine this perfect girl that I have never met in my life, and present her as so real :O Ah well...
That is all from me for now ^_^ Cheerio!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
AAAH LEGS!
Hello :)
So I am into my second week of varsity, and all seems to be going well thus far. I have four subjects this semester: Public Relations, Business Communication, Communication and English.
Public Relations seems to have the most allocated time which means I will spent the most time doing that this semester. It isn't the most appealing subject, but it does have some interesting factors to it. A lot of it to me seems to be general knowledge, but its all about knowing the finer details that may be the difficult part of the subject, not to mention that I am obviously only on the intro part of it. It may get to be more difficult with the further into the textbook we get.
Business Communication and Communication are fairly similar. I just realized today that I wouldn't like to confuse one subjects bulk with the other. There are a fair amount of similar definitions as an example, but I'm hoping that over time I will see that I can apply both subjects knowledge, well, to each other.
English is obviously, English. This semester we will be covering 2 books and 25 poems. Poetry is not my strong point, or not my favourite, but I am very much looking forward to it. This is what I am hoping to be doing for the rest of my life, so lets hope I can get this subject right. We were asked to do a quick half page summary of a poem, and I must say it felt awesome to actually write properly again. By writing I mean, actually writing :P the only form of writing I have done over the last few years has been that of filling out forms. So to actually write with a pen, felt oddly quite nice :)
I have made a few friends, which is awesome :) I am still getting used to them, getting to know them on a more personal level, but from what I can tell, they all seem pretty awesome. I hope the future with them goes well too!
I went for soccer trials yesterday and today at my college. MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME! I haven't played outdoor soccer for years, and indoor for months, so as you can imagine I was very unfit. I think I performed alright nonetheless. the final day before they make their decisions is on Thursday, I am hoping I get a spot on the team, as I really really enjoyed being out on the field again :)
My days have been hectically busy this week with college, work, and soccer O_O I am so exhausted... so I am off to bed :D goodnight!
So I am into my second week of varsity, and all seems to be going well thus far. I have four subjects this semester: Public Relations, Business Communication, Communication and English.
Public Relations seems to have the most allocated time which means I will spent the most time doing that this semester. It isn't the most appealing subject, but it does have some interesting factors to it. A lot of it to me seems to be general knowledge, but its all about knowing the finer details that may be the difficult part of the subject, not to mention that I am obviously only on the intro part of it. It may get to be more difficult with the further into the textbook we get.
Business Communication and Communication are fairly similar. I just realized today that I wouldn't like to confuse one subjects bulk with the other. There are a fair amount of similar definitions as an example, but I'm hoping that over time I will see that I can apply both subjects knowledge, well, to each other.
English is obviously, English. This semester we will be covering 2 books and 25 poems. Poetry is not my strong point, or not my favourite, but I am very much looking forward to it. This is what I am hoping to be doing for the rest of my life, so lets hope I can get this subject right. We were asked to do a quick half page summary of a poem, and I must say it felt awesome to actually write properly again. By writing I mean, actually writing :P the only form of writing I have done over the last few years has been that of filling out forms. So to actually write with a pen, felt oddly quite nice :)
I have made a few friends, which is awesome :) I am still getting used to them, getting to know them on a more personal level, but from what I can tell, they all seem pretty awesome. I hope the future with them goes well too!
I went for soccer trials yesterday and today at my college. MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME! I haven't played outdoor soccer for years, and indoor for months, so as you can imagine I was very unfit. I think I performed alright nonetheless. the final day before they make their decisions is on Thursday, I am hoping I get a spot on the team, as I really really enjoyed being out on the field again :)
My days have been hectically busy this week with college, work, and soccer O_O I am so exhausted... so I am off to bed :D goodnight!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
A Work In(g Student In) Progress
ELO my precious sneaky little rapscallion of a blog!
I'm quite ashamed of myseld :x I only did a total of 2 blogs in February! I don't know where my lazy spell came from. It's not like I didn't have the time, I just didn't really feel like writing at all, or maybe I just did not have anything special or specific to write about.
Now forgive me if I repeat myself, I have a headache from hell but I really feel I need to update this blog just a bit seeing as its collecting various forms of cobwebs all over it. VARSITY!!! I don't know if I got to writing about my orientation week, but I'll give a quick summary. Day one was pretty cool, although I spent the whole week being sick I insisted on being there because I know how sucky it is to start somewhere and not know ANYBODY! My group consisted of a very mixed bunch (as in all doing very different courses and such) but two of those people I met in that group are doing the same subjects as me and we actually have the exact same timetables. The day consisted of many team building activities, and surprisingly even though we didn't know each other from a bar of soap, our team was awesome and everybody got involved in the activities.
The next day was just a day of getting to know the campus a bit better. It was the first time I had to be there early. I ended up being late because the traffic was horrible enough to make anybody want to turn around and just go home. I learnt from that and I am happy to report that I left early enough to be there on time today ^_^
The following week I had OFF! Which was nice in its own way but equally annoying because I was dying to get started on my course. I finally started yesterday and all seems to be going well so far. I <3 my college. The people I have met so far are awesome, the lecturers are interactive and seem to be pretty cool, and on top of that I really just feel like I will fit in a lot better then I ever did at UJ, due to Varsity College being a whole lot smaller in size as opposed to a university.
I seem to have developed or joined a group of friends already, which is super rad! After out lecture today we all went together to the nearby mall to grab lunch before heading to our next class later in the afternoon. I will obviously introduce them in the blogs to come as I get to know them better, but for the moment I shall not :P
Facebook is definitely an awesome tool to have now. Back when I was in Varsity I don't think I had it yet, or it was still relatively new and not many South Africans used it. Now though, I had one friend of mine insist that I add him on Facebook, which I did. Going through his profile now I was able to add people who's names I may have forgotten, and also now it made the whole making friends thing a whole lot easier. I chatted to a girl today on Facebook who is doing a similar degree to me. Seeing as we didn't really have much time to talk at Varsity, I at least feel like I know her better then I did before. This in turn makes her much more approachable at varsity, and a lot easier to talk to seeing as we know a bit about each other now.
So far, Day 1 and 2: SUCCESS! Lets hope the rest of the year carries on like that.
I hope I haven't lost any kind of touch or stlye in writing, especially as I am forcing this, but at least it feels good to be writing again. Speaking of which, today I realized just how long it has been since I have written anything out by hand. Being in the work environment, everything is pretty much done electronically, so writing feels like a whole new thing all over again. I must admit, it felt nice to write out stuff today, even though my hand writing is still disgustingly disgusting!
Tomorrow I have to work and attend lectures. It is definitely going to take some getting used to, but at least I have a job which is awesome. My company let me stay on part time, so being in that line of work means I am able to be incredibly flexible with my hours, which should be super useful when it comes to test and exam time!
I think that is all for now ^_^ Cheerio!
I'm quite ashamed of myseld :x I only did a total of 2 blogs in February! I don't know where my lazy spell came from. It's not like I didn't have the time, I just didn't really feel like writing at all, or maybe I just did not have anything special or specific to write about.
Now forgive me if I repeat myself, I have a headache from hell but I really feel I need to update this blog just a bit seeing as its collecting various forms of cobwebs all over it. VARSITY!!! I don't know if I got to writing about my orientation week, but I'll give a quick summary. Day one was pretty cool, although I spent the whole week being sick I insisted on being there because I know how sucky it is to start somewhere and not know ANYBODY! My group consisted of a very mixed bunch (as in all doing very different courses and such) but two of those people I met in that group are doing the same subjects as me and we actually have the exact same timetables. The day consisted of many team building activities, and surprisingly even though we didn't know each other from a bar of soap, our team was awesome and everybody got involved in the activities.
The next day was just a day of getting to know the campus a bit better. It was the first time I had to be there early. I ended up being late because the traffic was horrible enough to make anybody want to turn around and just go home. I learnt from that and I am happy to report that I left early enough to be there on time today ^_^
The following week I had OFF! Which was nice in its own way but equally annoying because I was dying to get started on my course. I finally started yesterday and all seems to be going well so far. I <3 my college. The people I have met so far are awesome, the lecturers are interactive and seem to be pretty cool, and on top of that I really just feel like I will fit in a lot better then I ever did at UJ, due to Varsity College being a whole lot smaller in size as opposed to a university.
I seem to have developed or joined a group of friends already, which is super rad! After out lecture today we all went together to the nearby mall to grab lunch before heading to our next class later in the afternoon. I will obviously introduce them in the blogs to come as I get to know them better, but for the moment I shall not :P
Facebook is definitely an awesome tool to have now. Back when I was in Varsity I don't think I had it yet, or it was still relatively new and not many South Africans used it. Now though, I had one friend of mine insist that I add him on Facebook, which I did. Going through his profile now I was able to add people who's names I may have forgotten, and also now it made the whole making friends thing a whole lot easier. I chatted to a girl today on Facebook who is doing a similar degree to me. Seeing as we didn't really have much time to talk at Varsity, I at least feel like I know her better then I did before. This in turn makes her much more approachable at varsity, and a lot easier to talk to seeing as we know a bit about each other now.
So far, Day 1 and 2: SUCCESS! Lets hope the rest of the year carries on like that.
I hope I haven't lost any kind of touch or stlye in writing, especially as I am forcing this, but at least it feels good to be writing again. Speaking of which, today I realized just how long it has been since I have written anything out by hand. Being in the work environment, everything is pretty much done electronically, so writing feels like a whole new thing all over again. I must admit, it felt nice to write out stuff today, even though my hand writing is still disgustingly disgusting!
Tomorrow I have to work and attend lectures. It is definitely going to take some getting used to, but at least I have a job which is awesome. My company let me stay on part time, so being in that line of work means I am able to be incredibly flexible with my hours, which should be super useful when it comes to test and exam time!
I think that is all for now ^_^ Cheerio!
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- HairyKnees
- South Africa
- BA English and Communication graduate. I like to write stuff!