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Thandi means love and I AM love in motion.God's life breath, daughter, sister, student and Gods purpose defined and liberated daily.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Entry 33- Do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31)
Uhuru looked around the table,
everything looked delicious. She went for the aloo poha.
“O wonderful, you made one of my
favourites,” Uhuru stated.
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2 coups of poha(beaten rice)
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1 potatoes
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1 onion
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2 green chillies
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1 teaspoon Chana dal
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1 teaspoon Urad dal
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¼ teaspoon mustard seed
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1 spring curry leaves
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2 teaspoon peanuts
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1 pinch turmeric powerder
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Few coriander leaves
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Salt to taste
“Of course, that is the
ingredient that was missing all along. Thank you Paavai.” Uhuru exclaimed.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
My favourite Cat in the Hat book is [fill in the title]; because...
Honestly, I do not have a favourite Cat in the Hat
book. Instead, when I was younger, I enjoyed reading books about heroes and
heroines, about vampires and people who lived for great adventures and
travelled the world. This did not include Cat in the Hat books.
Even though I did not appreciate the magnitude and complexity
of the book To Kill a Mockingbird, I was transferred into a different world
beautifully painted by the words of Harper Lee.
I also loved the Jeepers Creepers books and
anything by Roald Dahl. My all time favourite book from Roald Dahl is Matilda.
As a little girl, I learnt that nothing is impossible in life and I could
achieve whatever dreams I had for myself. I learnt the importance of having
good family relationships and friendships.
I am sure that the Cat in the Hat books taught
many valuable life lessons. Matilda did the same for me.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Eat, drink and be glad(Ecclesiastes 8:15)
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“Today you going to have a
real nashta(breakfast), not the cereal you tend to eat back home,”
Paavai said as she welcomed Uhuru to the breakfast table.
Uhuru took a seat and with
a smile, she greeted everyone.
“Yes- wow, you went all
out, I see,” Uhuru declared.
“Not actually, mom helped
me” Paavai responded.
“Well everything looks
great, thank you Paavai and you mom. This was one of the things I missed about
being here,” Uhuru said as she looked at Marans mother.
“Its my pleasure dear, now
eat after your coffee,” Uhuru’s mother kindly responded.
Uhuru was beaming, “Of
course, she said.
Why I have conversations?
I have conversations because life is meant to
be shared. I understand that I am not an island and God intended for humans to
experience life together. These experiences are shared when there are
relationships and relationships need to be maintained. One of the most
prevalent ways of maintaining relationships is through conversations.
Thus, it is important for people to have
quality conversations that achieve the following:
- Help individuals to grow in knowledge.
- Help individuals to share information.
- Help individuals to become more socially active.
Quality conversations need to be enjoyable
and valuable. I normally find that these type of conversations always have
sincerity and care in them. I value this genuinely.
Quality conversations bring clarity to topics
discussed and sometimes have wit or humour. Above all of this, the quality
conversations I have are always relevant, informative and serve to teach me a
little more about others and myself.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Write your bucket list / 100 things to do before you die?
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There are a number of things that I would like to do
before I die. Even though I don’t have a top 100 things I want to do before I
die, I still have a top 60. In no particular order of importance, they are:
- Watch a comedy show filled with South Africans best comedians, Trevor Noah, David Kau, Kagiso Lediga, Riaad Moosa and Eugene Khoza.
- Stay in hotel (five star) just for nje.
- Go to Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape.
- Learn how to surf when I get to Coffee Bay.
- Visit different provinces in South Africa for work.
- Visit different provinces in South Africa for a proper holiday.
- Stay in a B& B in these different provinces.
- Visit small dorpies (towns) in South Africa.
- Travel the world
- Visit art galleries in Belgium.
- See all the Impressionists (Claude Monet, Édouard Manet and Pierre- Auguste Renoir) artworks.
- See Van Gogh’s artworks as well.
- I am not a fan of Cubism artwork, but I would like to see Pablo Picasso’s work.
- Learn photography
- Then create a mini exhibition based on photographs of my favourite places in Cape Town.
- Go somewhere on a boat. The destination is not important; it is the journey that is.
- Go hiking in the mountains for an entire day.
- Go to Table Mountain. (I know, I know- this might be surprising but not all Capetonians have fully experienced the beauty of this province. I am one of them).
- On an extremely warm night, I want to sleep outside and become mesmerised by the stars and moon.
- Sky dive by the age of 25.
- Visit different museums around South Africa.
- Visit different aquariums around South Africa.
- Learn how to canoe for fun and do it.
- Learn to Tango in Spain.
- Learn to Samba in Brazil.
- Learn Ti Chi in China.
- Do Pilates. I enjoy yoga but I think Pilates would be good to do as well.
- I love the sound of a bass guitar so I want to learn how to play it.
- Do yoga in India.
- Watch ballet in the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia.
- Watch opera in a theatre in France so that I can listen to lyrics I don’t understand but be emotionally moved.
- Watch an interesting and thought provoking play.
- Go sand surfing again.
- Go quad biking again.
- Buy a beautiful cocktail dress just to have me go to the beach and swim in it. (Since ones life is not in the abundance of his possessions – Luke 12: 15).
- Grow a mini library in my home.
- Go on a road trip to my favourite destinations in South Africa with 5 of my closest friends.
- I am yet to see Lauren Hill and Thandiswa Mazwai perform live, so I would like to go to their concerts.
- Go to a gospel concert with artists or groups such as Kirk Franklin concert, Lusanda and Joyous Celebration.
- Go to a “once-off” concert with legendary South African Maskandi musicians or artists and bands such as Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semenya, Tsepo Tshola or Sankomota, Stimela and many more.
- My dad has taught me the love of music since I was in my mother’s womb. Therefore, I would love to go with him to a “once-off” concert with legendary musicians or bands like Tico Rico, Earl Klugh, Brook Benton, Andreas Vollenweider and many more.
- I would also like to watch a play with my dad based on the music from Peter Tosh, Marcus Garvey, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Eddie Harris, Bob James, Teddy Pendergrass and many more.
- Buy my dad a 4x4
- Buy my mom a house
- Go to the Grahamstown Festival.
- Improve my painting skills
- Improve my printing skills
- Go to the South Africa Fashion Week.
- Go to the African Fashion Week.
- Collect art pieces such as prints and paintings.
- To improve my cooking skills and learn different dishes, I want to take cooking classes.
- Take DIY (Do It Yourself) classes as well.
- Go to a poetry slam event.
- Join a small book club.
- Go to a Hip Hop Festival.
- Visit a book fair.
- Learn knitting.
- Learn beadwork.
- Go to at least one OppiKoppi music festival.
- Dance in the rain....O wait, I have already done this!
Entry 31- Steadfast Love (Psalm 90:14)
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Uhuru’s thoughts were interrupted by Paavai again.
“Uhuru, breakfast is ready, so when you done showering we can have some coffee first,” Paavai stated.
“That sounds perfect, thank you Paavai,” Uhuru responded.
Uhuru brushed her teeth and took a shower. She was looking forward to breakfast with Maran’s family.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Let us go from here (John 14: 31)
The next morning Uhuru woke up to
the kisses of the sun as it shined brightly into her room. She was in a
peaceful place and on her way to healing wholeheartedly. She smiled and
listened to the sound of her heart beat. It was pure music.
She continued to lie in bed and enjoyed
the silence.
“Uhuru, are you awake?” Paavai
said
“I am now” Uhuru grumbled.
Uhuru, Uhuru, are you awake?”
Paavai repeated.
“Yes, I will be out in give me 5
minutes” Uhuru responded.
Great, I will see you downstairs;
we have a long yet interesting day ahead of us!” Pavaai said in excitement.
Uhuru thought of how much she
loved India, smiled and said “I can’t wait!”
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My big fat BIG dream.
My biggest fattest BIG BIG dream is
to travel the world!
I want to see different places, meet
different people and learn about others culture and myself in the process. I
want to see how others live, understand their political, social, economical, environmental
and religious views. Then I want to teach them about South Africa (SA).
However, in order to teach others
about SA, I have to travel my own country first. I imagine that I will see
beautiful places that are not in the South African travel books and enjoy the
experience fully.
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Subsequently, I want to travel this
continent and experience the similarities (more than differences) that Africans
have. I want to understand MY people and learn more of what we, as Africans,
have to offer the world.
Then I want to travel the rest of the
world and do the following:
- Discover beautiful places
- Discover history of the places
- Meet difference people
- Witness different cultures
- Eat different types of cuisines
I believe it is important to never stop learning. Learning about other places, people, things and even oneself is a wonderful way to live life fully. And isn't that what life is all about: to live it to the fullest?
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