Lesson 1: Giving Up in Life vis-à-vis Giving up on Life: Is’t worth’t?
Objective(s)
1. At the end of the lesson one must fully comprehend that giving up is never worth it, whatever circumstances!
Why do we some of us continuously do this to ourselves? Day in, and day out, there is a soul out there, dripping with beautiful promise, but where are they and what are they now? Where has all that promise gone? How do their prospects as citizens of a “good” future look? Do they need shades to look at or they are dull and depressing enough, you might as well close your eyes to look at them?
“Giving up in life”, and “giving up on life” and what it means? I know its phrase you might be well at home with, but let me break them down a little, what do they mean?
“Giving up, in life” means giving in to the seduction of failure; you fully embrace the possibility of some things never happening in your life, one can make't a habit, their lifestyle.
Whereas, "giving up on life", you completely throw the towel on this God-given art, your life, such that you might as well die (it would make no difference, would't), you feel there is nothing worth living for at all, incognizant of the presence of a loving family, and all possible dreams, friends don’t feel left out, hopefully, I’ll include you in the next note, will write in 2015, neh?, I know you understand;)!
Remember that lot, I talked about in my opening lines (others call’t the introduction, obviously…aint they boring?)? Well, if you don’t, you might wanna revisit it, please!
Those folks gave up in all hope and promise their lives had, endowed with great brains, terrifyingly good futures, but where are they now? Well, others were victims of circumstances, but still, one believes a willing heart and mind can conquer all.
Why?
When one has this thirst from hell on something, no matter how distant the nearest river might be to quench it, they will walk down to it, and quench the hell out of that thirst. Likewise, if it’s a general thirst, they’ll just let it slide. The latter is the unfortunate thirsts, the thirst that makes you say; “Anyways, I can live with this, it won’t kill me!” I believe life should be made of the thirsts that should make one fight, endure all pains, and drink their own tears and all. Have something to hunt down until you get!
Lol, I’m still on “giving up”!
Anywho, one thing we all deserve in life is fulfillment, that sense of achievement; I mean those moments that make you smile in your solitude every time you reminisce about them. Question then is, how do you deliver them to yourself?
It’s easy, dream, and strive to see that dream live! Set a target and revel in seeing that target fall down at your feet! Finish all you start. Whatever circumstances are set before, go all out to get all that you want, invest all your capabilities and all other resources needed to see that thing you want at your lap. You owe yourself that much.
I know, right now you’re saying; “But, eish, circumstances s’khokho!” Well, screw them! Who are they to your driven heart and focused mind? What are they before the engineer that services your life? God?
One thing we continuously fail to understand about circumstances is that they exercise our hunger and desire for whatever it is that we want. Imagine, going to bed because you are hungry, and you hoping to wake up with a full stomach? That’s why you gotta endure that heat in the kitchen to get food ready! And, yes, to the junkies, that’s why you gotta walk down a coupla kilometers (or metres) down to that eatery! Well, whatever, but might point is, you gotta do something to do something! Don’t let fear and circumstances get in the way of your wants, dreams and all!
Let the adrenalin rush of fighting those challenges make you trip to achievement fun, let that sweat and tears be the oils that lubricate your system. Imagine, courting a girl and she gives in there and there? How boring can that be? Utom’balisela nini about all those rejected calls, unreplied SMS’s and all that silent treatment she gave you during the courtship? Yah, my point exactly!
And, how can I forget, let those circumstances who pose as human beings in disbelief of you and your capabilities be your cheerleaders on that way up! These are the folks who believe there’s zilch you can’t achieve! LOL at them, bobani bona and who mandated them to be your fortune-tellers? Now, don’t let those folks’ opinion of you influence you and all you think of you! Even more reason, to live your life by your own confidence in yourself and abilities! The only time a second opinion comes to need is at the hospital, when there’s need for verifications for certainty on results and all, but never in your life. Remember, the only truth that is truthful enough is that which you constantly think of yourself, to yourself!
The easiest way to rock this attitude well, is to define YOURSELF, YOURSELF, WHAT YOU WANT, HOW YOU’LL SET OUT TO ACHIEVE, AND HOW BADLY YOU WANT IT! Don’t seek anybody’s help on that! Not even the world’s most highly revered dictionary should help you define yourself, only YOU YOURSELF are well-equipped to do. Once you’ve done that, answer that; “What do I want in my life question?”. Next step; “How do I go about accomplishing it?”. Then reinforce on that attitude! After that, set out to achieve!
Obviously, there’ll be hard times, you’ll be tempted to give in to giving up, there’ll be people pull you down and all, but here’s the trick; those circumstances and people pull you down once, double-up your fighting spirit, that travesty befalls twice, take your fighting spirit to four…in short, double’t up!
Kinda reminded of a line from one of my pastor’s sermons a coupla weeks ago, he said, at times, we give up just when whatever we were fighting for is about to come to pass, those trials and tribulations you ago to achieve are just sampling your hunger! So, how do you find out, if indeed, it’s about to come to pass? Just hang in there…DON’T GIVE UP!
Lastly, to share a line that kinda made me chuckle (so pregnant with truth); “Things usually work out well at the end, so, if after several attempts and trials you still fail or things aint working out for you, it simply means that, “the end” aint come by yet…when it finally decides to come around, things will work out well.”, from a friend, I don’t know where he stole the quote, it’s unlike him to spew such genius…oh, I kinda remixed the line, you know, adding that personalized the line…for just nje! But being the smart folk you are, I know you get the drift ;)!
Lastly (well, uhm...for real this time); whatever the case and circumstances, DON’T GIVE UP, your glory might just be around the corner…a little patience goes a long in seeing all you want and ever-wanted in life come to pass! Don’t be one of those folks I mentioned at the “intro”, just be you, a fighter with dreams to achieve and a world to conquer. Turn your everyday doubters into your every minute cheer-leaders, turn those tears they bring into into the fuel that fires you up…don’t ask me how, figure’t out, YOURSELF (it’s called “tough-love, lol)!
Was that long?
*sigh*
Inspired by no one in particular, she knows herself.
Credits: My Pastor and my friend…&myself (LOL!).
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, September 13, 2010
You Change the Meaning of the World
There comes a time when we need to stop doubting ourselves. I have heard and seen so many people who are so convinced that they are not adding anything of value to society.
I believe that because you are alive, God sees you as an individual not as a member of a particular society. As an individual you have an effect to your environment and what you have to be focusing on is making a good impact.
As I am pressing on this keyboard writing this message I have a problem with the key 'Y' - it's not functioning properly. See the world as the board and you as the key. Your absence changes the meaning of your world. This one letter can change the whole message. Consider these two sentences:
1) I CAN'T STOP EARNING FOR A BETTER LIFE
2) I CAN'T STOP YEARNING FOR A BETTER LIFE
Only the letter Y makes so much difference. That's how valuable you are as an individual. Value yourself as a person who is valuable in this world and then consider every other person as valuable individuals as well.
Enjoy your day!
I believe that because you are alive, God sees you as an individual not as a member of a particular society. As an individual you have an effect to your environment and what you have to be focusing on is making a good impact.
As I am pressing on this keyboard writing this message I have a problem with the key 'Y' - it's not functioning properly. See the world as the board and you as the key. Your absence changes the meaning of your world. This one letter can change the whole message. Consider these two sentences:
1) I CAN'T STOP EARNING FOR A BETTER LIFE
2) I CAN'T STOP YEARNING FOR A BETTER LIFE
Only the letter Y makes so much difference. That's how valuable you are as an individual. Value yourself as a person who is valuable in this world and then consider every other person as valuable individuals as well.
Enjoy your day!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
How To Make Her Love You, Preciously!
The aim is not to be monotonous and predictable...but spontaneous, fun and interesting...remember they say boredom killed a nun!
This is my take on what a brother has to do keep't interesting and spicy...read between the lines, surely they aint that blurred, if you feel they are, see your gynaecologist (that's a doctor who deals with eyes, right? Well, I hope so!) like yesterday!
And here's my winning formula;
1. Make't a point to keep her intellectually stimulated.
In simpler terms, always leave her with something to think about...the idea is not bore her!
For instance; "Baby, do you think Zuma and his cronies are justified by their proposed Protection of Information Bill?" Or on a more local context, will Swaziland ever achieve her lusted after First World Status, noma kutsandza tintfo nje at the cost of more important objectives!
Get her thinking...tlitli!
2. Make her laugh.
In my few years in the game, I've come to appreciate that our better-halves love us even worse if we make them laugh regularly...try't!
For instance; When the two of you eat out, make sure that as you eat and talk at the same time. That will make her laugh. Or better yet, when given some folk and knife at this posh restaurant, put those time wasters aside, and go at it with your bare hands, remember you are an African man, not an agent of Western Civilisation!
That should get her laughing her eyes off!
3. Make't a point that she always comes, ALWAYS...and in many beautiful ways!
For instance, when you guys have set out to meet, do not give her a reason to stand you up! Give her a reason to come and meet you for dates and you can do this best by telling her that if she don't come you'll dump her...that way it's guaranteed, she'll come! Ask me, I know!
What were you thinking? Oh, that? I know, try it, it works too!
4. Treat her like a Queen!
For instance; when she emerges out of the corner or wherever and you too are about to meet, sing her clan praises. If she's a Dlamini m'bonge; Nkhosi, Dlamini, Gwalagwala, Mali Yek'tsenga...that kinda thing!
Lie to her every now and then...even if her hairstyle looks like a vulture's nest, tell her; "Wow, Baby you look like Kim Kardashian, you know her mosi? That lady I always fantasize about nang'nawe!
Yeah...try'!
5. Tell her she's beautiful, every now and then!
Every lady deserves to feel like a princess every now and then, and it is up to you (her object of affections to make her feel special).
For instance, tell her that she looks sexy (not beautiful, no, no, no, that's usual and everyday), tell her that she gives you goose-bumps, but she don't match your ex...lol!
"Cha, umuhle baby, but awufaki kuRose leleng'male last week!
6. Pamper her, every once in a while (and make her know you doing't 'cause she's your queen).
You see needn't worry about those things, wena you are loaded, uhamba phansi!
For instance; when you eat out, tell her she won't afford, and wena you have money, so you'll sort the bill out!
7. Never underestimate the power of chocolate and sexy lingerie!
Well, well, well...what am I saying here? Yes, get her those MaMhlongos, those Eclair Pops! For variety, get her some Brooklax, tell her you it's the new Swiss staff taking the world by storm, make her munch them all at once, 'cause they are so special they expire within three hours! On the lingerie, forget the expensive brands...hint hint!
8. Make her feel loved and let her know you do, always!
Well, this one is obvious, angitsi uyamtsandza vele!
For instance, well, uhm...send her her an SMS every thirty minutes tell her you love and without her you are nothing and if she can leave you, you can commit that thing, or preferably call her every fifteen minutes, ask her where she's at, with whom and what are they doing, and if there any males around, when she asks why all these questions, tell her, it's all because you love her!
9. Regularly give her money and remember the power of a "thank you"!
Actually just give the darn ATM card, tell her you are a very nice person phela wena, and nje you are huge on charity and God said we must give to the needy, so, you are just doing that!
For instance; after that "act" (sigh), give her a coupla bucks, as a thank you, or just say "Thank You Boo-Boo, waze wang'zama, solo ngagcina that night with that lady I picked kuMahhala!"
It works like a charm!
10. Talk about yourself, what you have (and how much you have't)...BRAG!
Well, this one is all about confidence...and more of't!
For instance, Gentleman, what better way, to display your confidence, that talking about yourself non-stop, like you are on some hallucinant. Treat her like she isn't there at all. Tell her about your salary, the brands you wear, the perfumes you use...lie if you have to...do that bragging!
Oh, and remind her that you are on demand wena...uyinganwa like hhele and you are just doing her a favour!
Bonus Track
11. Be open to her.
Tell her about your previous harem of girlfriends and how you've played't unsafe with them!
12. Is just that...twelve!
I want to say "LOL"...but, ah, stuff't!
This is my take on what a brother has to do keep't interesting and spicy...read between the lines, surely they aint that blurred, if you feel they are, see your gynaecologist (that's a doctor who deals with eyes, right? Well, I hope so!) like yesterday!
And here's my winning formula;
1. Make't a point to keep her intellectually stimulated.
In simpler terms, always leave her with something to think about...the idea is not bore her!
For instance; "Baby, do you think Zuma and his cronies are justified by their proposed Protection of Information Bill?" Or on a more local context, will Swaziland ever achieve her lusted after First World Status, noma kutsandza tintfo nje at the cost of more important objectives!
Get her thinking...tlitli!
2. Make her laugh.
In my few years in the game, I've come to appreciate that our better-halves love us even worse if we make them laugh regularly...try't!
For instance; When the two of you eat out, make sure that as you eat and talk at the same time. That will make her laugh. Or better yet, when given some folk and knife at this posh restaurant, put those time wasters aside, and go at it with your bare hands, remember you are an African man, not an agent of Western Civilisation!
That should get her laughing her eyes off!
3. Make't a point that she always comes, ALWAYS...and in many beautiful ways!
For instance, when you guys have set out to meet, do not give her a reason to stand you up! Give her a reason to come and meet you for dates and you can do this best by telling her that if she don't come you'll dump her...that way it's guaranteed, she'll come! Ask me, I know!
What were you thinking? Oh, that? I know, try it, it works too!
4. Treat her like a Queen!
For instance; when she emerges out of the corner or wherever and you too are about to meet, sing her clan praises. If she's a Dlamini m'bonge; Nkhosi, Dlamini, Gwalagwala, Mali Yek'tsenga...that kinda thing!
Lie to her every now and then...even if her hairstyle looks like a vulture's nest, tell her; "Wow, Baby you look like Kim Kardashian, you know her mosi? That lady I always fantasize about nang'nawe!
Yeah...try'!
5. Tell her she's beautiful, every now and then!
Every lady deserves to feel like a princess every now and then, and it is up to you (her object of affections to make her feel special).
For instance, tell her that she looks sexy (not beautiful, no, no, no, that's usual and everyday), tell her that she gives you goose-bumps, but she don't match your ex...lol!
"Cha, umuhle baby, but awufaki kuRose leleng'male last week!
6. Pamper her, every once in a while (and make her know you doing't 'cause she's your queen).
You see needn't worry about those things, wena you are loaded, uhamba phansi!
For instance; when you eat out, tell her she won't afford, and wena you have money, so you'll sort the bill out!
7. Never underestimate the power of chocolate and sexy lingerie!
Well, well, well...what am I saying here? Yes, get her those MaMhlongos, those Eclair Pops! For variety, get her some Brooklax, tell her you it's the new Swiss staff taking the world by storm, make her munch them all at once, 'cause they are so special they expire within three hours! On the lingerie, forget the expensive brands...hint hint!
8. Make her feel loved and let her know you do, always!
Well, this one is obvious, angitsi uyamtsandza vele!
For instance, well, uhm...send her her an SMS every thirty minutes tell her you love and without her you are nothing and if she can leave you, you can commit that thing, or preferably call her every fifteen minutes, ask her where she's at, with whom and what are they doing, and if there any males around, when she asks why all these questions, tell her, it's all because you love her!
9. Regularly give her money and remember the power of a "thank you"!
Actually just give the darn ATM card, tell her you are a very nice person phela wena, and nje you are huge on charity and God said we must give to the needy, so, you are just doing that!
For instance; after that "act" (sigh), give her a coupla bucks, as a thank you, or just say "Thank You Boo-Boo, waze wang'zama, solo ngagcina that night with that lady I picked kuMahhala!"
It works like a charm!
10. Talk about yourself, what you have (and how much you have't)...BRAG!
Well, this one is all about confidence...and more of't!
For instance, Gentleman, what better way, to display your confidence, that talking about yourself non-stop, like you are on some hallucinant. Treat her like she isn't there at all. Tell her about your salary, the brands you wear, the perfumes you use...lie if you have to...do that bragging!
Oh, and remind her that you are on demand wena...uyinganwa like hhele and you are just doing her a favour!
Bonus Track
11. Be open to her.
Tell her about your previous harem of girlfriends and how you've played't unsafe with them!
12. Is just that...twelve!
I want to say "LOL"...but, ah, stuff't!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A Journey to Self
When I was a baby I had all to myself.
I never struggled to get what I wanted.
I had all the attention.
When I felt ignored I would just cry and somebody would run to to take care of me.
The more I grow, the more I learn to take care of myself, the more I get the freedom to explore the world.... the more I drift away from myself. Then there comes a point when I stop and ask WHO AM I?
That's when I realize I have lost touch with myself.
That's when I realize I have been lost to the world I have been exploring. That's when I begin the JOURNEY (back) TO SELF.
That's when I re-discover WHO AM I!
This was inspired by an invitation to a facebook group called A Journey to Self "Who Am I"
I never struggled to get what I wanted.
I had all the attention.
When I felt ignored I would just cry and somebody would run to to take care of me.
The more I grow, the more I learn to take care of myself, the more I get the freedom to explore the world.... the more I drift away from myself. Then there comes a point when I stop and ask WHO AM I?
That's when I realize I have lost touch with myself.
That's when I realize I have been lost to the world I have been exploring. That's when I begin the JOURNEY (back) TO SELF.
That's when I re-discover WHO AM I!
This was inspired by an invitation to a facebook group called A Journey to Self "Who Am I"
Sunday, March 7, 2010
THINKING OUT LOUD ABOUT LIFE
It obviously is nothing much of a life lived, just a couple of years down the clock, but in my rich inexperience kiyo, there are a few lessons I have learnt…some emanate from the entrepreneur in me, some the singer (chorister, yebo phela!) in me, the writer in me (chances are very high, I’m one, lol!) and most of all, the person living amongst others in me. What I have here are some pointers I have managed to take as I made my footsteps in life …and being the “unstingy” person I am, I thought I’d think out loud, so you might “hear” the thoughts;
1. FAITH.
It has to be the one guiding principle in all we do, if success is what we want. Forget the odds stacked against and the voices of the skeptics directed at you, or the queer glances leveled at you. Focus on what you have set out to achieve, keep the faith that it will succeed, long before you even start out on it. Faith itself should be the “silent” investment in whatever endeavor one has set out to undertake.
Point in case; during the 2010 Intervarsity Games held at UNISWA, I had me a young stall, selling t-shirts, just that. I had planned to start the hustle on second day, (27 February) our “friends” from Botswana and Lesotho arrived, I just displayed the stuff at the tuck-shop (for “just” nje kwasho umngami Zorro), and guess what, the obvious happened, the sales were whack. I only found myself erecting a stall on the fourth day (01 March), simply because of a funny fear and some doubt that I had done the biggest mistake of my brief entrepreneurship, I’m not sure what came over me to delay the plan, but the one thing I’m sure of now is that, had I started on my plan earlier (say on the second day), the possibilities were endless, I would have surely made way more than what I made in the days I served, not that I’m complaining though.
When I finally drummed sense unto myself, I told myself that the merchandise was ready to go and it will go, in one or the other. It wasn’t heading back to my room in the bulk it was, I was going to accommodate only at less than three there, not more! On the afternoon of the forth day mentioned above, I got a table, positioned it by the tuck-shop, and vowed to myself that I was going to sell the t-shirts like they were going out of fashion, I had faith that this was going to be a success story, out of nothing. That night, at around 22hrs00 or so, I went back to the room, a happy man appreciative of the few sales I had made, it dawned on me that it was possible, and the resources to realize those possibilities were within my being. My experience on the 01st pumped me up for the next day, and the next, up to the last, the 04th.
Analyzing the whole experience on the night of my last day at the stall, I got to realize that I had done it by faith, I replaced the initial fear with confidence that all was going to work out fine, no matter what, and as set the moment I told myself I was going make this work, at the end it did just that; WORK OUT JUST FINE. I realized that faith had made it possible, and without it the merchandise would still be a depressing pile in the room. Honestly, I felt tears seducing my tear glands at the humility this experience brought upon me. It was truly humbling what an optimistic mind and driven soul can do.
From there, I vowed to invest faith in everything I do, put aside all fear and doubt that may creep unto me to derail my eyes of the goal, no matter what I may consider to odds…hleze kube tanya leti, or better yet; props which God has put along the way, so you may learn something from whatever undertaking is before you.
My point being? Let us have FAITH in all we do, ALWAYS; Its absence is what has made people fail to do what they have set out to do even before they do whatever that is they want to do. We owe it to no one but ourselves to keep it, otherwise there world would have not even one success story, and within us all is a success story,a waiting to be read.
2. CONFIDENCE.
The above experience (amongst many others) also made me appreciate the significant role confidence should play in one does; this is the confidence in your abilities and all that pertains you as an individual in your own space. I got to understand that if you believe in yourself, (I might say nothing is impossible), but I’ll say it tends to rub off onto the people who are doubtful of you, and you find them close to admitting that they never believed in you. Besides, it kind of feels good to know that you got your own back, such is what propels you to extremes you never even foresaw, you might have to pinch yourself every now and at having done it.
In short, on this, kuningi kukhobosana sibantfu, and here, it comes very much in handy to know your place under the sun, otherwise one would always be driven what people think of them. For whatever reason kunebantfu lebatikhandza bancono kunalabanye, one can’t complain about the prevalence of these, we need them after all, to keep us motivated and headed for the goal, and besides they need the ego boosts, usually bantfu labanjena have a very sad inferiority complex, hence the only way for them to feel big is to keep others on the down. Use these to your utmost best; let them be the wind that keeps your flight afloat. Through all that the individual ought to remain inspired to appreciate, embrace and love themselves, not for anyone but yourself, it comes in handy in all you do…trust me (or try to!)
3. EMBRACE YOUR PAST AND LET IT SPUR YOU TO A FUTURE WITH ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
Even though I won’t dwell much on the intricacies of the past that made me feel this worth writing about (not because I’m ashamed of it but it can eat up much space here, my past besides my mother, remains my other greatest love, it has made me who I am today, and thanks to it I am what I am now, and will be what I will be what I want to be in the future), I strongly believe that an underprivileged past is not a bar to a great and perhaps “overpriviliged” future, we need to stop being apologetic and stuck up on the past, oftentimes it is laden with technicalities we had no control of, which luckily does not go for the future; it is still within our grasp, we can mould to whatever we want out of it...I believe!
At times I find myself wondering where I’d be now if I had committed myself to whining and sulking about what my parents couldn’t afford or the state of financial affairs ekhaya, luckily what I think happened is that I made my present back then a strong part of who I am, it was my reality and probably the next person (who wasn’t who I was and from where I was from’s)’ curiosity. It was easy like that, still is and forever will be!
4. DASH HUMILITY WITH RESPECT, EVERYDAY, AND ALWAYS!
Accord this to every one around you, irrespective of societal status,awenteli muntfu kodvwa utentela wena.
Noma ngabe unani in life, there remains a need to be humble, I’m not going to say; "when you fall from that high tree the people lobadvalele in your way up are the first ones to meet you on your down", we all know that that line has been thoroughly overused now, but what I will say is; "For an obvious reason; on the objective side of life, vices like kudvwala and kubukelana phansi awaletselani lutfo, think about it. Imagine the most arrogant and disrespectful person you know utibute kutsi what that person has benefitted because of those vices that is worth the society’s envy, compare that with what the humbliest and most respectful person you know has, it might not be anything materialistic, but those folks have earned everyone’s love, respect and surely a couple blessings from Longehla, which are then key to earning whatever things, material one may want.
UNGAKHOHLWA NALAWUCHAMUKA KHONA!
5. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE, BY YOUR OWN RULES...AND NEVER COMPROMISE( EVEN IF THEY BRIBED YOU TOO!)
I won’t give any in-depth expatiations on this one, it’s a long story you can cut short by the mantra; “DON’T TRY TO FIT IN WITH THE CROWDS YOU CONSIDER “COOL”. CHANCES ARE YOU’D BE DOING NOTHING BUT PUSHING AHEAD THE TIME FOR YOU TO START LIVING YOUR OWN LIFE...DEPRIVING YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO START CELEBRATING YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED LIFE!”
Shiya ngeBantfu…yiya ngawe 24/7, suze wajabha, nakwentekile kwaba nekujabha, knowing that it was by your own doing should be consolation enough.
6. NEVER DEPRIVE YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A STRONG CONVICTION THAT YOU STRONGLY WANT WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS AT STAKE HERE.
There usually is induced a funny feeling after seeing another person wearing that shoe you so wanted, but couldn’t buy for whatever reason outside finances. I won’t lie here, with me this happened with girls, mostly back in high school. If you want that girl, approach her, mane wehluleke khona, kubuhlungu kakhulu kuva sewuva her friends telling you that she also had a thing (or things) for you, but by then abe asahlekisana nalomunye bhuti…kubuhlungu, it’s not me talking now, but experience…*sob*!
7. HARNESS YOUR TALENT(S) WHATEVER THEY ARE, AND USE THEM WHENEVER A CHANCE AVAILS ITSELF (REMEMBER TO SHARE THEM, UNGAFEHLI NAWO.)
The one thing this has brought upon me is an escape from whatever problems or stresses I might be going. Using your talent can be your shrink, your best friend and most ultimately your biggest source of motivation and inspiration even during your darkest hours.
So, if you can sing, sing, if you can write poetry, write that poetry, if you suspect the existence of an entrepreneur deep downside inside you, explore that suspicion, it might work to you good. You will discover that the moment you are at work courtesy of that talent, it’s when you feel best, even when you were down at first. Keep on working on it and do not stop once you start. In our talents is usually hidden one’s greatest source of pride in one’s self and definition of the being!
8. GROW A SENSE OF HUMOR (IF YOU CAN’T PURCHASE ONE FOR YOURSELF), THEN USE IT BEFORE IT “ROTS” BEFORE YOUR EYES, DON’T BE SHY TO SHARE IT WITH THOSE AROUND YOU.
It is often said “humor is the best doctor”, I have found this to be true, personally I have grown to make my humorous side my sixth sense, and it has worked very well for me. We ought to learn the art of loosening up and stop being serious even on things that call for laughter; it’s not that expensive a commodity now is it, and luckily enough for us, you can never complain about being broke to afford a sense of humor. Kuyekumangalise kukhandza labanye bantfu questioning EVERYTHING around them, no matter how jovial and light a moment is, bona nje bahlale babhashe sipikili, kutsi leni ungakhandza kutsi nabo abati? Ubese ke uyamangala kutsi ke umuntfu lonjena asimshayi ngani stroke! Chances are high that God blessed us humor as a means of lubricating our lives from the stresses that tend to make them rusty at times.
It begins with being able to laugh at yourself; it makes things easy and light for you even under the most stressful of times. At times nakubhedza in your space learn to find that that one thing that can cheer you up ungakahlanyi! Loosen up already, naku kwehlula reminisce about the jolly good times you had or always have negenge yasekhaya, mine kuvamisile kung’sita loku or just think about your youngest folk in their life’s innocence, this is bound to take your soul to the laundry, kuwushiye ushaywa ngumoya!
9. READING. I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TREATS ONE CAN OFFER THEIR MINDS.
To some this may seem a blatant waste of time, but it isn’t so if you seriously think about it. Kufundza kuyayivula ingcondvo, kakhulu and the more you do it, you get to fall in love over and over and again, and herein is formed a relationship that will never end in heartbreak. So, whatever readable you may commit to, rock it, it could be a magazine, newspaper, book, novel, etc (forget the readable’s age, its message never expires and the grammar very timeless!)...keep reading and while at it remember to encourage the younger folks ekhaya, (it could be your younger siblings or bashana) to do it too, and the sooner they start the better, besides coming in handy for them at school, it does great therapy to the brain, takes it some of one’s greatest and most memorable shopping sprees; lakudayiswa khona emaIdeas and insights. So, khutsata boTwana ekhaya kutsi bafundze, bayibukele iCartoon Network, but while at it uhle ubatsengela the comic books aboBen Ten and the likes, make them fall in love with reading, a few years down the line, you will be proud of what that reading you encouraged them to do will do for them.
10. WONDERS OF THE MOTHER TONGUE.
Let us do all we can sisaphila, but while at it singayikhohlwa imvelaphi yetfu elulwimini, no matter what the trends dictate, let us stick by our ingegenous guns, kute lotosijezisela loko, rather respect and envy will come our way. The mother-tongue is one’s identity, image and being, imagine a life without cognizant of these, “great”, neh?. Ngalamafisha; Kumele kutsi loyo naloyo atichenye ngeLulwimi lwakhe lwekutala, and kuye kuvise buhlungu kubona umuntfu wekuhamba atikhandla ngelulwimi lwalesinye sive, bese ukhandza kutsi labo bantfu lengabe bayalukhangisa lolo lulwimi, babhizi bayalushintjashintja to fit it in with the times.
Asisikhulumeni lesiSwati, singadliwa mahloni ngako, uma kungentiwa ngitsi sibheke bani kutsi asentele. Kutsi kusenjalo sikhutsate nalabancane bakitsi kutsi balukhulume, while encouraging them on the English side, for obvious reasons. You might take your to Google this up, but research has repeatedly proven that bilingual kids tend to do better in school than monolingual kids, so, asibakhutsateni, and while at it, sati that kucala ngatsi, bona ke batawulandzela etinyatselweni tetfu.
Seng’cedzile!
“GET ESTABLISHED EVERYDAY…AFTER EVERY FALL, REMEMBER TO PICK YOURSELF UP…IN WHATEVER THEY SAY, KNOW (AND MOST OF ALL KEEP ON REMINDING YOURSELF THAT YOU ROCK!)…AND LASTLY; “NEVER FORGET THAT THE ONE TRUTH THAT WILL REMAIN “THEE” TRUTH AND DO WONDERS FOR YOU, ALWAYS, IS THAT TRUTH WHICH YOU TELL YOURSELF!”
PS: DO EXCUSE THE LENGTH, THING IS; WHEN I THINK, I DON'T TASTE THE THOUGHTS, BUT VEHEMENTLY MUNCH ON THE ENTIRE THOUGHT-BOWL...UNSPARRINGLY!
1. FAITH.
It has to be the one guiding principle in all we do, if success is what we want. Forget the odds stacked against and the voices of the skeptics directed at you, or the queer glances leveled at you. Focus on what you have set out to achieve, keep the faith that it will succeed, long before you even start out on it. Faith itself should be the “silent” investment in whatever endeavor one has set out to undertake.
Point in case; during the 2010 Intervarsity Games held at UNISWA, I had me a young stall, selling t-shirts, just that. I had planned to start the hustle on second day, (27 February) our “friends” from Botswana and Lesotho arrived, I just displayed the stuff at the tuck-shop (for “just” nje kwasho umngami Zorro), and guess what, the obvious happened, the sales were whack. I only found myself erecting a stall on the fourth day (01 March), simply because of a funny fear and some doubt that I had done the biggest mistake of my brief entrepreneurship, I’m not sure what came over me to delay the plan, but the one thing I’m sure of now is that, had I started on my plan earlier (say on the second day), the possibilities were endless, I would have surely made way more than what I made in the days I served, not that I’m complaining though.
When I finally drummed sense unto myself, I told myself that the merchandise was ready to go and it will go, in one or the other. It wasn’t heading back to my room in the bulk it was, I was going to accommodate only at less than three there, not more! On the afternoon of the forth day mentioned above, I got a table, positioned it by the tuck-shop, and vowed to myself that I was going to sell the t-shirts like they were going out of fashion, I had faith that this was going to be a success story, out of nothing. That night, at around 22hrs00 or so, I went back to the room, a happy man appreciative of the few sales I had made, it dawned on me that it was possible, and the resources to realize those possibilities were within my being. My experience on the 01st pumped me up for the next day, and the next, up to the last, the 04th.
Analyzing the whole experience on the night of my last day at the stall, I got to realize that I had done it by faith, I replaced the initial fear with confidence that all was going to work out fine, no matter what, and as set the moment I told myself I was going make this work, at the end it did just that; WORK OUT JUST FINE. I realized that faith had made it possible, and without it the merchandise would still be a depressing pile in the room. Honestly, I felt tears seducing my tear glands at the humility this experience brought upon me. It was truly humbling what an optimistic mind and driven soul can do.
From there, I vowed to invest faith in everything I do, put aside all fear and doubt that may creep unto me to derail my eyes of the goal, no matter what I may consider to odds…hleze kube tanya leti, or better yet; props which God has put along the way, so you may learn something from whatever undertaking is before you.
My point being? Let us have FAITH in all we do, ALWAYS; Its absence is what has made people fail to do what they have set out to do even before they do whatever that is they want to do. We owe it to no one but ourselves to keep it, otherwise there world would have not even one success story, and within us all is a success story,a waiting to be read.
2. CONFIDENCE.
The above experience (amongst many others) also made me appreciate the significant role confidence should play in one does; this is the confidence in your abilities and all that pertains you as an individual in your own space. I got to understand that if you believe in yourself, (I might say nothing is impossible), but I’ll say it tends to rub off onto the people who are doubtful of you, and you find them close to admitting that they never believed in you. Besides, it kind of feels good to know that you got your own back, such is what propels you to extremes you never even foresaw, you might have to pinch yourself every now and at having done it.
In short, on this, kuningi kukhobosana sibantfu, and here, it comes very much in handy to know your place under the sun, otherwise one would always be driven what people think of them. For whatever reason kunebantfu lebatikhandza bancono kunalabanye, one can’t complain about the prevalence of these, we need them after all, to keep us motivated and headed for the goal, and besides they need the ego boosts, usually bantfu labanjena have a very sad inferiority complex, hence the only way for them to feel big is to keep others on the down. Use these to your utmost best; let them be the wind that keeps your flight afloat. Through all that the individual ought to remain inspired to appreciate, embrace and love themselves, not for anyone but yourself, it comes in handy in all you do…trust me (or try to!)
3. EMBRACE YOUR PAST AND LET IT SPUR YOU TO A FUTURE WITH ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
Even though I won’t dwell much on the intricacies of the past that made me feel this worth writing about (not because I’m ashamed of it but it can eat up much space here, my past besides my mother, remains my other greatest love, it has made me who I am today, and thanks to it I am what I am now, and will be what I will be what I want to be in the future), I strongly believe that an underprivileged past is not a bar to a great and perhaps “overpriviliged” future, we need to stop being apologetic and stuck up on the past, oftentimes it is laden with technicalities we had no control of, which luckily does not go for the future; it is still within our grasp, we can mould to whatever we want out of it...I believe!
At times I find myself wondering where I’d be now if I had committed myself to whining and sulking about what my parents couldn’t afford or the state of financial affairs ekhaya, luckily what I think happened is that I made my present back then a strong part of who I am, it was my reality and probably the next person (who wasn’t who I was and from where I was from’s)’ curiosity. It was easy like that, still is and forever will be!
4. DASH HUMILITY WITH RESPECT, EVERYDAY, AND ALWAYS!
Accord this to every one around you, irrespective of societal status,awenteli muntfu kodvwa utentela wena.
Noma ngabe unani in life, there remains a need to be humble, I’m not going to say; "when you fall from that high tree the people lobadvalele in your way up are the first ones to meet you on your down", we all know that that line has been thoroughly overused now, but what I will say is; "For an obvious reason; on the objective side of life, vices like kudvwala and kubukelana phansi awaletselani lutfo, think about it. Imagine the most arrogant and disrespectful person you know utibute kutsi what that person has benefitted because of those vices that is worth the society’s envy, compare that with what the humbliest and most respectful person you know has, it might not be anything materialistic, but those folks have earned everyone’s love, respect and surely a couple blessings from Longehla, which are then key to earning whatever things, material one may want.
UNGAKHOHLWA NALAWUCHAMUKA KHONA!
5. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE, BY YOUR OWN RULES...AND NEVER COMPROMISE( EVEN IF THEY BRIBED YOU TOO!)
I won’t give any in-depth expatiations on this one, it’s a long story you can cut short by the mantra; “DON’T TRY TO FIT IN WITH THE CROWDS YOU CONSIDER “COOL”. CHANCES ARE YOU’D BE DOING NOTHING BUT PUSHING AHEAD THE TIME FOR YOU TO START LIVING YOUR OWN LIFE...DEPRIVING YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO START CELEBRATING YOUR OWN BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED LIFE!”
Shiya ngeBantfu…yiya ngawe 24/7, suze wajabha, nakwentekile kwaba nekujabha, knowing that it was by your own doing should be consolation enough.
6. NEVER DEPRIVE YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A STRONG CONVICTION THAT YOU STRONGLY WANT WHATEVER IT IS THAT IS AT STAKE HERE.
There usually is induced a funny feeling after seeing another person wearing that shoe you so wanted, but couldn’t buy for whatever reason outside finances. I won’t lie here, with me this happened with girls, mostly back in high school. If you want that girl, approach her, mane wehluleke khona, kubuhlungu kakhulu kuva sewuva her friends telling you that she also had a thing (or things) for you, but by then abe asahlekisana nalomunye bhuti…kubuhlungu, it’s not me talking now, but experience…*sob*!
7. HARNESS YOUR TALENT(S) WHATEVER THEY ARE, AND USE THEM WHENEVER A CHANCE AVAILS ITSELF (REMEMBER TO SHARE THEM, UNGAFEHLI NAWO.)
The one thing this has brought upon me is an escape from whatever problems or stresses I might be going. Using your talent can be your shrink, your best friend and most ultimately your biggest source of motivation and inspiration even during your darkest hours.
So, if you can sing, sing, if you can write poetry, write that poetry, if you suspect the existence of an entrepreneur deep downside inside you, explore that suspicion, it might work to you good. You will discover that the moment you are at work courtesy of that talent, it’s when you feel best, even when you were down at first. Keep on working on it and do not stop once you start. In our talents is usually hidden one’s greatest source of pride in one’s self and definition of the being!
8. GROW A SENSE OF HUMOR (IF YOU CAN’T PURCHASE ONE FOR YOURSELF), THEN USE IT BEFORE IT “ROTS” BEFORE YOUR EYES, DON’T BE SHY TO SHARE IT WITH THOSE AROUND YOU.
It is often said “humor is the best doctor”, I have found this to be true, personally I have grown to make my humorous side my sixth sense, and it has worked very well for me. We ought to learn the art of loosening up and stop being serious even on things that call for laughter; it’s not that expensive a commodity now is it, and luckily enough for us, you can never complain about being broke to afford a sense of humor. Kuyekumangalise kukhandza labanye bantfu questioning EVERYTHING around them, no matter how jovial and light a moment is, bona nje bahlale babhashe sipikili, kutsi leni ungakhandza kutsi nabo abati? Ubese ke uyamangala kutsi ke umuntfu lonjena asimshayi ngani stroke! Chances are high that God blessed us humor as a means of lubricating our lives from the stresses that tend to make them rusty at times.
It begins with being able to laugh at yourself; it makes things easy and light for you even under the most stressful of times. At times nakubhedza in your space learn to find that that one thing that can cheer you up ungakahlanyi! Loosen up already, naku kwehlula reminisce about the jolly good times you had or always have negenge yasekhaya, mine kuvamisile kung’sita loku or just think about your youngest folk in their life’s innocence, this is bound to take your soul to the laundry, kuwushiye ushaywa ngumoya!
9. READING. I HAVE COME TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TREATS ONE CAN OFFER THEIR MINDS.
To some this may seem a blatant waste of time, but it isn’t so if you seriously think about it. Kufundza kuyayivula ingcondvo, kakhulu and the more you do it, you get to fall in love over and over and again, and herein is formed a relationship that will never end in heartbreak. So, whatever readable you may commit to, rock it, it could be a magazine, newspaper, book, novel, etc (forget the readable’s age, its message never expires and the grammar very timeless!)...keep reading and while at it remember to encourage the younger folks ekhaya, (it could be your younger siblings or bashana) to do it too, and the sooner they start the better, besides coming in handy for them at school, it does great therapy to the brain, takes it some of one’s greatest and most memorable shopping sprees; lakudayiswa khona emaIdeas and insights. So, khutsata boTwana ekhaya kutsi bafundze, bayibukele iCartoon Network, but while at it uhle ubatsengela the comic books aboBen Ten and the likes, make them fall in love with reading, a few years down the line, you will be proud of what that reading you encouraged them to do will do for them.
10. WONDERS OF THE MOTHER TONGUE.
Let us do all we can sisaphila, but while at it singayikhohlwa imvelaphi yetfu elulwimini, no matter what the trends dictate, let us stick by our ingegenous guns, kute lotosijezisela loko, rather respect and envy will come our way. The mother-tongue is one’s identity, image and being, imagine a life without cognizant of these, “great”, neh?. Ngalamafisha; Kumele kutsi loyo naloyo atichenye ngeLulwimi lwakhe lwekutala, and kuye kuvise buhlungu kubona umuntfu wekuhamba atikhandla ngelulwimi lwalesinye sive, bese ukhandza kutsi labo bantfu lengabe bayalukhangisa lolo lulwimi, babhizi bayalushintjashintja to fit it in with the times.
Asisikhulumeni lesiSwati, singadliwa mahloni ngako, uma kungentiwa ngitsi sibheke bani kutsi asentele. Kutsi kusenjalo sikhutsate nalabancane bakitsi kutsi balukhulume, while encouraging them on the English side, for obvious reasons. You might take your to Google this up, but research has repeatedly proven that bilingual kids tend to do better in school than monolingual kids, so, asibakhutsateni, and while at it, sati that kucala ngatsi, bona ke batawulandzela etinyatselweni tetfu.
Seng’cedzile!
“GET ESTABLISHED EVERYDAY…AFTER EVERY FALL, REMEMBER TO PICK YOURSELF UP…IN WHATEVER THEY SAY, KNOW (AND MOST OF ALL KEEP ON REMINDING YOURSELF THAT YOU ROCK!)…AND LASTLY; “NEVER FORGET THAT THE ONE TRUTH THAT WILL REMAIN “THEE” TRUTH AND DO WONDERS FOR YOU, ALWAYS, IS THAT TRUTH WHICH YOU TELL YOURSELF!”
PS: DO EXCUSE THE LENGTH, THING IS; WHEN I THINK, I DON'T TASTE THE THOUGHTS, BUT VEHEMENTLY MUNCH ON THE ENTIRE THOUGHT-BOWL...UNSPARRINGLY!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Mock Exam Questions and Answers
...as a nephew would best understand. I give U the best of the best...READ ON(ANSWERS IN BRACKETS;-):::
SISWATI.
Umbuto 1. Cedzela letisho letilandzelako.
(a). Liso lewela umfula...(Medem, aw'kacondzi kutsi umkhumbi noma s'kebhe?).
(b). Salakutjelwa sibona...(Ng'cabanga kutsi njengoba naso sing'muntfu sibona NGEMEHLO).
(c). Indvuku lenhle...(ng'cabanga kutsi nguleyaMkhulu, nayo yinhle, ha!)
(d). Kubona kanye...(Hhaw', medemu, kubona kanye kubona kanye nje, ngci!)
(e). Intsambo lemfisha...(Ngeyeticatfulo tabhut'wam' lona3, Phila.)
(f). Sisu semhambi...(site i6pack njengesaBatista.)
(g). Ingoto seyengce...(Spelling sakho siWrong Medemu, bofuna kutsi "Ingoti", hhayi "Ingoto").(h). Intsandzane lenhle...(YiFro yemnganam' Philani lefundza eAssembly's, yinhle, medem, ha!, Batal'bayo sebashona shem.)
(i). Lala lulata...(ng'tok'vusa).
(j). Alishisi li...(ncibilikisa i-Ice Cream yami eFrijini.).
MATHEMATICS.
Question 2.(a). Assuming that x=2, y=3 and z=4, calculate; 2x+3y-z. (Teacher, the last time I assumed my girlfriend left me, so I'm scared to assume now!)
SCIENCE.
Question 2. Who were the following?;
(a). Sir Isaac Newton? (But Madam, this is Science, not Religious Knowledge?)
(b). Marie Curie.(Jesus' mother, bt I didn't know she has a surname.)
(c). Albert Einstein. Briefly discuss the gist of his "E=mc2". (Daddy's namesake. But I didn't know he produced one of Mariah Carey's albums?, kambe?).
HISTORY
Question 1. Who were the following?;
(a). Barack Obama? (My sister says he is her man, she has pictures of him all over her room and 8 t-shirts, so I'd say he's my brother-in-law!).
(b). George Bush Jr. (I think it's that guy who drove the world straight into the bush, then went to hide in his farm in Texas.)
(c). Nelson Mandela. (Teacher, I am speechless!).
(d). Jacob Zuma. (He is one of Cupid's best students, apparently he's the South African President too.)
(e). Julius Malema. (All I know is that he is my style icon.).
(f). Sarah Palin. (She is a retired Playboy Bunnies that relocated to Alaska, she tried her hand in politics too.)
(g).Dick Cheney. (Ewu, teacher, I'm very young for this kind of language. Are you trying to corrupt my innocent mind?).
(h). Kim Jong Il. (It's that Korean guy, who thinks it's cool to be a male airhead).
(i). Robert Mugabe. (Zimbabwean president. He made it cool to be an African rebel in an age where the British thought they were demi-gods, that's all I know teacher.)
(j). Thabo Mbeki. (One of South Africa's leading poets/literary figures, he's known for works like "I am an African" "An Elegy to Zuma" and the best-selling novel "The Day Pigs Flew".)
BUSINESS STUDIES
Question 1.Define the following terms.
(a). Capital.( A big town, like Mbabane).2.
(b). Give 3 examples of security. (V.I.P, Guard Alert, Black Mamba Security).
Question 3.
(a). Explain the concept of "feasibility".
(This simply explains the impossibility of running some businesses at night.).
MUSIC.
Question 1. Write a brief synopsis of your favorite song in contemporary pop music.
(Beyonce Knowles' "Ego". With lines like; "It's too wide, it won't feet..." I strongly believe what inspired the multi award winning singer to pen down this song was seeing her husband Sean "Jay-Z" Carter" in the shower for the first time, after which she sulked; "It's too big, it's too wide It's too strong, it won't fit It's too much, it's too tough...such a huge..., it's too much...".
SISWATI.
Umbuto 1. Cedzela letisho letilandzelako.
(a). Liso lewela umfula...(Medem, aw'kacondzi kutsi umkhumbi noma s'kebhe?).
(b). Salakutjelwa sibona...(Ng'cabanga kutsi njengoba naso sing'muntfu sibona NGEMEHLO).
(c). Indvuku lenhle...(ng'cabanga kutsi nguleyaMkhulu, nayo yinhle, ha!)
(d). Kubona kanye...(Hhaw', medemu, kubona kanye kubona kanye nje, ngci!)
(e). Intsambo lemfisha...(Ngeyeticatfulo tabhut'wam' lona3, Phila.)
(f). Sisu semhambi...(site i6pack njengesaBatista.)
(g). Ingoto seyengce...(Spelling sakho siWrong Medemu, bofuna kutsi "Ingoti", hhayi "Ingoto").(h). Intsandzane lenhle...(YiFro yemnganam' Philani lefundza eAssembly's, yinhle, medem, ha!, Batal'bayo sebashona shem.)
(i). Lala lulata...(ng'tok'vusa).
(j). Alishisi li...(ncibilikisa i-Ice Cream yami eFrijini.).
MATHEMATICS.
Question 2.(a). Assuming that x=2, y=3 and z=4, calculate; 2x+3y-z. (Teacher, the last time I assumed my girlfriend left me, so I'm scared to assume now!)
SCIENCE.
Question 2. Who were the following?;
(a). Sir Isaac Newton? (But Madam, this is Science, not Religious Knowledge?)
(b). Marie Curie.(Jesus' mother, bt I didn't know she has a surname.)
(c). Albert Einstein. Briefly discuss the gist of his "E=mc2". (Daddy's namesake. But I didn't know he produced one of Mariah Carey's albums?, kambe?).
HISTORY
Question 1. Who were the following?;
(a). Barack Obama? (My sister says he is her man, she has pictures of him all over her room and 8 t-shirts, so I'd say he's my brother-in-law!).
(b). George Bush Jr. (I think it's that guy who drove the world straight into the bush, then went to hide in his farm in Texas.)
(c). Nelson Mandela. (Teacher, I am speechless!).
(d). Jacob Zuma. (He is one of Cupid's best students, apparently he's the South African President too.)
(e). Julius Malema. (All I know is that he is my style icon.).
(f). Sarah Palin. (She is a retired Playboy Bunnies that relocated to Alaska, she tried her hand in politics too.)
(g).Dick Cheney. (Ewu, teacher, I'm very young for this kind of language. Are you trying to corrupt my innocent mind?).
(h). Kim Jong Il. (It's that Korean guy, who thinks it's cool to be a male airhead).
(i). Robert Mugabe. (Zimbabwean president. He made it cool to be an African rebel in an age where the British thought they were demi-gods, that's all I know teacher.)
(j). Thabo Mbeki. (One of South Africa's leading poets/literary figures, he's known for works like "I am an African" "An Elegy to Zuma" and the best-selling novel "The Day Pigs Flew".)
BUSINESS STUDIES
Question 1.Define the following terms.
(a). Capital.( A big town, like Mbabane).2.
(b). Give 3 examples of security. (V.I.P, Guard Alert, Black Mamba Security).
Question 3.
(a). Explain the concept of "feasibility".
(This simply explains the impossibility of running some businesses at night.).
MUSIC.
Question 1. Write a brief synopsis of your favorite song in contemporary pop music.
(Beyonce Knowles' "Ego". With lines like; "It's too wide, it won't feet..." I strongly believe what inspired the multi award winning singer to pen down this song was seeing her husband Sean "Jay-Z" Carter" in the shower for the first time, after which she sulked; "It's too big, it's too wide It's too strong, it won't fit It's too much, it's too tough...such a huge..., it's too much...".
Titjulo taS'bali: A Play in One Act
KuseMtapeni wetincwadzi eSiteki, kuthule cwaka, ungeva ngisho intfutfwane isuta, sitfola lijaha, liyangena nje, litse lingena, emehlo alo avele atsi nhla kulenye ingabisa, leshisa tikhotsa ngebuhle, itimonyongisisile nasebusweni. Lijaha leli, likhangeke kakhulu kulengabisa, litame kutibamba, kwale mani, ligcine lisivumele silingo, liye kiyo; "Saw'bona sisi, unjan' vele?" Sisi; "Ebo bhuti, ng'yaphila, unjani wena?" Bhuti; "Ewu, ng'philile nami sisi, kakhulu ngoba naku nawe uyaphila, kepha s'tsini l'gama?!" Sisi; "Hhaw', bhuti, wang'buta l'gama nje, ufuna kulentani singatani nekwatana?" Bhuti; "Hhay', k'tsini sisi, ng'suke ngakhohlwa lami l'gama&besides, k'khona long'khumbuta yena!" Sisi(abamba luhleko, ngalokukhulu k'tfuka); Hha, manje ligama lakho nelami kuhlangana njani ke, &nje ng'bani leleng'kukhumbuta yena?"
Bhuti; "Hawu, kahle ngemawala sisi, kutsi nje ng'nenkinga yek'khohlwa, bt ng'Sure ligama lentfombi lenhle njengawe kungang'khumbuta lelami, hhay', kabi!" Sisi(anikina inhloko); "Mhh, wang'cedza emagama ke, anyways, nging'Tsakasile mine, wena? &ng'kukhumbuta bani vele?" Bhuti; "Ng'bonge ke sis' Tsakasile! Mine, nginguS'catseko, &eish, mmh, hhayi k'tsini, bt, seriously, ung'khumbuta my next galfriend!" Tsakasile; "Ini? Your nxt girlfriend? Usho k'tsini ye...ye...eish, lel'gama lakho mani, yeS'catseko?"
S'catseko(enta kwasa kukhalelwa lucingo, ludledletela/vibrate); "Eish, ncesi, kancane; *Sakulubamba*, "Hello...mmm...oh, ok! Ng'yeta nyalo, ng'cela ning'mele!" Ewu, ng'va b'hlungu yati, sebayang'bita ekhaya, ng'cela ung'nike inombolo yakho s'tokhona kucedza kahle inkhulumo yetfu, uyabo?!" Tsakasile (Ngeluhleko loluphukutako); "Tehehe s'bali, wate wang'hlekisa ke, hahaha, uboy'cela kusis'Prudence inombolo yam'!" S'catseko (ahlahla emehlo kwangatsi yimbuti iphekwe netimphondvo); "Ha, kubani ke?" Tsaka(nodding); "Enh, enh Sbali, kusis'Pru, mine nginguJabu, lololama yena?!" S'ca; Hawu, s'bali, kani nguwe?, eish, kwasha, ngunay'Make-up yakho man', iyoh, yati bengingakuboni mbamba s'bali! Tsakasile: "Ya, s'bali kuyatisho, nakuphela uvele wakhululeka nje ngami wakhohlwa ngemntfwana kitsi." S'catskeko; "Hhay' mani s'bali wena uy'tsatsa kabi lentfo, mine, mine bengi...eish...(ancenga)...phela s'bali ungamtjeli sis'wakho, ng'tawukunika nome ngabe yini loy'funako ng'yak'ncenga s'bali lomuhle...vele yeS'bali uyati kutsi wena umule nngisho kunaMiss Swaziland walakaNgwane?"
Tsakasile(asamandzatela lokungapheli); "Hawu s'bali, soyang'yashafisa kemanje, ha,wena s'bali uyaganga, ha, hhayi s'bali! Kepha ke, ngive ngatsi unagangentela nome ngayini lengiy'funako angitsi? *akhipha loluphukutako luhleko*...Tehehe!" S'catseko (naye amandzatela); Chake s'bali, ang'gangi, ng'yadvumisa nje, bekuyini...ene ng'cin'sile umuhle vele. So, ufuna ng'kwentele ini keS'bali kuze ungangibhidliteli umuti?" Tsakasile (anoma); Mmm, cha, ng'yeva s'bali ak'senani, ngibonge iCompliment...kulelengikufunako, kukhona langitjela kona ngawe sisi, solo ng'tfukile namanje s'bali, beng'ngacabangi kutsi labadvuna basakwenta kulamalnga, kahle futsi njengoba ang'tjela ngawe sisi, nami ke s'bali ng'funa kutivela, kutsi vele mbamba?!"
Nyalo keS'catseko sofome umanti nte kwasaliduku lemfomo wemholeli,, luvalo bi, umlomo kheshe koma, (athule s'khashana) ;"Hawu, s'bali manje loko kwaSis'wakho k'phela ke, kute lokunye longamane uk'cele?" Tsakasile; "Ngiyati s'bali, kepha nami ngifuna kuva kutsi umntfwana kitsi yini lalahlala ang'gab'sela ngayo kangaka, ang'kuniki iChoice, uyeva?(agcizelela)!" S'catseko; "Ewu, s'bali, ng'yeva, akusenani, s'tosebenta njani ke?!". Tsakasile; "Ok ke s'bali, here are my terms and sitisebenta ngawo, ngingajabula kutfola i"Delivery" of your BEST everyday for two weeks STRAIGHT!" S'catseko; "Inyandzaleyo, ha s'bali, kani uyang'bulala yini, everyday for two weeks, ene, nakas'bamba sis'wakho ke??" Tsakasile; "Seng'shito s'bali, unenkinga? *akhipha iFon alokotsa kushaya!*...awume kancane ng'shayele maPru!. S'catseko; "Mani, mani s'bali, hawu as'khulume!" Tsakasile (abuyisele lucingo ekhikhini); "Ok, s'bali, ng'lalele, &I want your best, hhayi kuphukuta nje, uyeva?!" S'catseko (ngekuphulelwa mandla!); "Ewu, ok s'bali nx, s'cala nini ke, kuphi?"Tsakasile (mandzateliyane); "Ang'satikhoni s'bali, kusasa loku, ekhaya, nayi inombolo yami, *amnika* S'catseko; "Ewu s'bali, vele uyang'bulala, nje, kanjalo?"
Tsakasile; "Cha ke s'bali, ang'kubulali sifundvo lengingafuni us'khohlwe lesi, phela watsi nakang'tjela sisi what a good cook U are, ngavele nganambitsa there and there,ngafuna kutivela nami, so nje wena sewunginikile indlela yekufeza that dream of mine, utawucala ngeRice&Chicken keS'bali, ukhokhe lunyawo nesandla, ukhumbule ng'yachwensa kemine, so, nje nong'caphata bhidli indzaba!" S'catseko (ngalokukhulu kwetfuka, tinyembeti tihlengetela); "Hawu, s'bali...kani ukhuluma ngekudla? Sengetfuke kangaka, ngasangana ngaphetsa, iyoh? Tsakasile (ngalel'phasi); "Hawu s'bali, soyakhala? Kani bocabanga ini wena?" S'catseko (speechless);...! Tsakasile; "Ewu, s'bali, whatever lobok'cabanga, kwangatsi akusiko. Mine sisi wang'tjela kutsi uyalishaya libhodo wena, naye uze adliwe mahloni! Kani...kani...hha! Bocabanga kutsi ng'funa u...hha, no ways s'bali! But ke ngoba sewutfuke kakhulu, nayo inombolo yami, asale ng'kushiya ubuyise umoya ngoba sewulimele kakhulu...ngitogadza!"
Wamshiya lapho esitulweni umise umlomo, solo tihlengetele njalo tinyembeti S'catseko...
Bhuti; "Hawu, kahle ngemawala sisi, kutsi nje ng'nenkinga yek'khohlwa, bt ng'Sure ligama lentfombi lenhle njengawe kungang'khumbuta lelami, hhay', kabi!" Sisi(anikina inhloko); "Mhh, wang'cedza emagama ke, anyways, nging'Tsakasile mine, wena? &ng'kukhumbuta bani vele?" Bhuti; "Ng'bonge ke sis' Tsakasile! Mine, nginguS'catseko, &eish, mmh, hhayi k'tsini, bt, seriously, ung'khumbuta my next galfriend!" Tsakasile; "Ini? Your nxt girlfriend? Usho k'tsini ye...ye...eish, lel'gama lakho mani, yeS'catseko?"
S'catseko(enta kwasa kukhalelwa lucingo, ludledletela/vibrate); "Eish, ncesi, kancane; *Sakulubamba*, "Hello...mmm...oh, ok! Ng'yeta nyalo, ng'cela ning'mele!" Ewu, ng'va b'hlungu yati, sebayang'bita ekhaya, ng'cela ung'nike inombolo yakho s'tokhona kucedza kahle inkhulumo yetfu, uyabo?!" Tsakasile (Ngeluhleko loluphukutako); "Tehehe s'bali, wate wang'hlekisa ke, hahaha, uboy'cela kusis'Prudence inombolo yam'!" S'catseko (ahlahla emehlo kwangatsi yimbuti iphekwe netimphondvo); "Ha, kubani ke?" Tsaka(nodding); "Enh, enh Sbali, kusis'Pru, mine nginguJabu, lololama yena?!" S'ca; Hawu, s'bali, kani nguwe?, eish, kwasha, ngunay'Make-up yakho man', iyoh, yati bengingakuboni mbamba s'bali! Tsakasile: "Ya, s'bali kuyatisho, nakuphela uvele wakhululeka nje ngami wakhohlwa ngemntfwana kitsi." S'catskeko; "Hhay' mani s'bali wena uy'tsatsa kabi lentfo, mine, mine bengi...eish...(ancenga)...phela s'bali ungamtjeli sis'wakho, ng'tawukunika nome ngabe yini loy'funako ng'yak'ncenga s'bali lomuhle...vele yeS'bali uyati kutsi wena umule nngisho kunaMiss Swaziland walakaNgwane?"
Tsakasile(asamandzatela lokungapheli); "Hawu s'bali, soyang'yashafisa kemanje, ha,wena s'bali uyaganga, ha, hhayi s'bali! Kepha ke, ngive ngatsi unagangentela nome ngayini lengiy'funako angitsi? *akhipha loluphukutako luhleko*...Tehehe!" S'catseko (naye amandzatela); Chake s'bali, ang'gangi, ng'yadvumisa nje, bekuyini...ene ng'cin'sile umuhle vele. So, ufuna ng'kwentele ini keS'bali kuze ungangibhidliteli umuti?" Tsakasile (anoma); Mmm, cha, ng'yeva s'bali ak'senani, ngibonge iCompliment...kulelengikufunako, kukhona langitjela kona ngawe sisi, solo ng'tfukile namanje s'bali, beng'ngacabangi kutsi labadvuna basakwenta kulamalnga, kahle futsi njengoba ang'tjela ngawe sisi, nami ke s'bali ng'funa kutivela, kutsi vele mbamba?!"
Nyalo keS'catseko sofome umanti nte kwasaliduku lemfomo wemholeli,, luvalo bi, umlomo kheshe koma, (athule s'khashana) ;"Hawu, s'bali manje loko kwaSis'wakho k'phela ke, kute lokunye longamane uk'cele?" Tsakasile; "Ngiyati s'bali, kepha nami ngifuna kuva kutsi umntfwana kitsi yini lalahlala ang'gab'sela ngayo kangaka, ang'kuniki iChoice, uyeva?(agcizelela)!" S'catseko; "Ewu, s'bali, ng'yeva, akusenani, s'tosebenta njani ke?!". Tsakasile; "Ok ke s'bali, here are my terms and sitisebenta ngawo, ngingajabula kutfola i"Delivery" of your BEST everyday for two weeks STRAIGHT!" S'catseko; "Inyandzaleyo, ha s'bali, kani uyang'bulala yini, everyday for two weeks, ene, nakas'bamba sis'wakho ke??" Tsakasile; "Seng'shito s'bali, unenkinga? *akhipha iFon alokotsa kushaya!*...awume kancane ng'shayele maPru!. S'catseko; "Mani, mani s'bali, hawu as'khulume!" Tsakasile (abuyisele lucingo ekhikhini); "Ok, s'bali, ng'lalele, &I want your best, hhayi kuphukuta nje, uyeva?!" S'catseko (ngekuphulelwa mandla!); "Ewu, ok s'bali nx, s'cala nini ke, kuphi?"Tsakasile (mandzateliyane); "Ang'satikhoni s'bali, kusasa loku, ekhaya, nayi inombolo yami, *amnika* S'catseko; "Ewu s'bali, vele uyang'bulala, nje, kanjalo?"
Tsakasile; "Cha ke s'bali, ang'kubulali sifundvo lengingafuni us'khohlwe lesi, phela watsi nakang'tjela sisi what a good cook U are, ngavele nganambitsa there and there,ngafuna kutivela nami, so nje wena sewunginikile indlela yekufeza that dream of mine, utawucala ngeRice&Chicken keS'bali, ukhokhe lunyawo nesandla, ukhumbule ng'yachwensa kemine, so, nje nong'caphata bhidli indzaba!" S'catseko (ngalokukhulu kwetfuka, tinyembeti tihlengetela); "Hawu, s'bali...kani ukhuluma ngekudla? Sengetfuke kangaka, ngasangana ngaphetsa, iyoh? Tsakasile (ngalel'phasi); "Hawu s'bali, soyakhala? Kani bocabanga ini wena?" S'catseko (speechless);...! Tsakasile; "Ewu, s'bali, whatever lobok'cabanga, kwangatsi akusiko. Mine sisi wang'tjela kutsi uyalishaya libhodo wena, naye uze adliwe mahloni! Kani...kani...hha! Bocabanga kutsi ng'funa u...hha, no ways s'bali! But ke ngoba sewutfuke kakhulu, nayo inombolo yami, asale ng'kushiya ubuyise umoya ngoba sewulimele kakhulu...ngitogadza!"
Wamshiya lapho esitulweni umise umlomo, solo tihlengetele njalo tinyembeti S'catseko...
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