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I hope you are all keeping warm in this very cold weather. It has been way too long since the last time I did a movie recommendation post. The movie I am recommending is called Back To Black, it’s a documentary movie about Amy Winehouse.
I am a huge fan of Amy Winehouse, ever since I started listening to her music, I just loved it. When you listen to her songs, you can actually feel the emotion in her lyrics and it keeps you wanting more.
I am not usually a fan of documentaries, but when I watched this one I loved it so much that I watched it again the next day. I always enjoyed listening to her songs, but when I saw what each song was about and what led her to writing the song actually makes me love it even more. When I hear her songs now, I appreciate them more because I know what each song is about and what each word means.
When you listen to a song that is sung by any artist, you never really think about what they went through to get the inspiration for that song. Not all singers write songs about past experience, but most of them do.
I give this movie a 10/10 and highly recommend it to all the Amy Winehouse fans or anybody who enjoys a truly great movie with a hint of sadness
I hope you enjoyed this post and will give this movie a try.
I hope you are all keeping warm as we start to approach Winter.
The last few months have been incredibly hectic and I have had to make some big decisions, not always easy decisions. The biggest decision that I had to make was one that I made toward the end of last year when I decided to move back in with my parents. The reason for me moving back was because living on my own was causing some stress for me financially and emotionally. I have always been the kind of person who has been quite shy, and find it difficult to make friends because I don’t drink, so therefore I generally stay away from bars and clubs, this makes it very difficult to meet new people. When I was living with my parents, I didn’t think about how much it affected me, because I was still surrounded by people… my parents, and so therefore I was not alone. When I moved out I realised just how alone I actually was, therefore I decided the only option I really had was to move home, because I was also struggling financially so I really didn’t have any other option.
Now this is not meant to be a sad post or anything, I just wanted to give you a little insight into what got me into the situation. You know the saying “Mind Over Matter”, well my dad always used to use that phrase and I always believed in it, but not as much as I do now that I had to move back into my parents house. A lot of people that are in my situation would look at it as a step backwards, but after a while I realised that it is actually a huge step forwards, because moving back in with my parents allows for me to start being financially prepared again, and also work on my social life.
So for the next few months I really tried my hardest to make friends and I did, not a lot but I made two really good friends, and I feel like that was a huge accomplishment. I also started to get financially ready… took me a couple of months but I finally reached my goals and I owe it all to “Mind Over Matter”. The reason I say that is because when you set a goal and you truly believe that that goal will happen then it will. So with a little trust and belief in the future I have finally moved back into my apartment.
This time I feel less stressed financially and socially and I am actually enjoying it a lot more. I also got a new job working for my parents, I have been working for them for about a month now. This has been a huge adjustment for me, because I have been working in the sports industry for years, and now I am in the finance industry, but I am loving every single minute of my new adventure and I will tell you all about it in my next blog post.
Thank you for reading my post, I hope you loved it and I hope you think the right thoughts and all of your goals and dreams come true for you.
I hope you are all having an awesome year so far and keeping warm because it seems like Winter is heading our way very quickly. It seems like it has been forever since I last posted, mainly because I have been so busy and slightly lazy, but I am now back to my every week posts.
The last couple of months have been crazy to say the least, it will take a few posts for me to keep you up to speed, I am going to write this one about the biggest change in my life.
For most of my life I have a lot of issues with my jaw and that stems from me having an under bite when I was younger. Generally you get a surgery to get rid of an underbite where they break your jaw and put it back into place…. I did not do that. Instead we went the safe route and got braces (I was going to get braces anyways because I had the most awful teeth ever, so we decided to kill two birds with one stone). The braces very quickly took away my underbite and so we thought all was good, no need for surgery because my problems were solved. Little did we know, that was the beginning of all the issues.
My jaw started to really get sore for a long time so my parents took me to a dentist, he told me I had TMJ. For years we went on thinking that, that was the issue, after countless doctors visits with lots of different types of doctors we came up with a temporary game plan, I did sessions with the Chiropractor, had Botox and even went to a physio who specialises in TMJ. Even though we did all of that and jumped through so many hoops…. IT WAS STILL SORE.
My parents recently decided to take me to their dentist, he is the best in the business, he is also a lecturer and trains a lot of dentists. He managed to do the impossible, he gave me a proper diagnosis and we got a game plan. He could immediately see that I did not have TMJ, but something much worse…. I have Mio Facial Pain Disfunction Syndrome (M.P.D.S for short). He told me to go to an Orthodontist who specialises in this king of stuff and so straight after my appointment with him, my parents and i went to Pretoria to see the Orthodontist. She had a look and took some X-rays and told us that all of the angles in my mouth are wrong basically, more at the bottom jaw. The fix for all of this is braces for 4-6 months and then I get surgery.
I currently have my braces on now, even though they are not comfortable… especially when I get them tightened. I can say without a doubt that there has been a significant change in my jaw, I have had them for over a month now and my pain is gone.
I cannot express how grateful I am to my parents and to the Dentist and Orthodontist who could finally help me. This just shows that even when things look like they not going to get better and you start to lose hope, it can all change in a moments notice when you see the right people.
I hope you all enjoyed my post and I will keep you updated on all the other things that are happening in my life, because there is a lot.
I have been reading a book called “The Greatest Salesman in The World”. Now I haven’t finished reading the book yet, but I came across a quote that really spoke to me and so that’s why I decided to make this blog post. The quote I am referring to is, “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”.
I am generally a very patient person when it comes to some aspects of my life, however when it comes to work, I sometimes am not .This is because, I always want to succeed at something the first time I do it and if I don’t then I feel like a failure and I feel as though I have done something wrong. Even though it is a good thing I am ambitious, I can also sometimes come across as obsessively ambitious. What I mean by that is, when I don’t do something correctly or I mess up on something, it tends to be the only thing that I focus on for a while and can tend to drive me crazy. I very often must remind myself to focus on the things that I can control rather than the things that I cannot control.
Take call centres for example. They are constantly phoning people all day and most of the time people say no to them. Every time someone says no to them, they obviously don’t like it and maybe it brings their confidence down. Every now and then you have those certain people who even though they have failed a couple times, never give up. Those are the people that eventually end up selling the most products and become very successful salesman. I am still learning this lesson.
The moral of this story is, never give up because your success will come when you least expect it and then your life will change for the better.
Happy New Year, I hope you have an even better year than you had last year.
At the beginning of every year, we all make New Years resolutions, we tend to make like 10 of them and only end up following through with about 2-3 of them.
This year I have decided to only make resolutions and goals that I know I will be able to follow through with. My first one is that I want to start eating a little bit healthier, now I am not saying going off carbs and sugar completely but at least cutting down on it. I am not doing this so that I can lose weight, I am simply doing it because I want to be healthier and have more energy.
My second one is that I want to put more of an effort into my everyday appearance. Normally when I go to work, I would just put on my sports clothes and tie up my very poofy hair, I have now started wearing mascara and straightening my hair, because it’s like my mom always says, “when you look good, you feel good”. I want to feel good!
My third one is that I want to do more exercises at home, working on my ab muscles and strength in my arms, I have always wanted to have a bit of a stronger core and get stronger in my arm muscles, not only for my job and my Padel, but mainly because I just want them for myself.
My fourth and final one is that I want to learn how to cook. I moved out of my apartment and moved back home with my parents because I could not afford to live on my own comfortably anymore. When I decided to move home, I told my parents I wanted to learn how to cook so that I can provide for myself not only money wise, but with dinner and all of the other main things.
Those are my goals, what goals have you guys set for yourself?
Today we were going to go to the beach and do some exploring, but we decided to have a relaxed day. We slept in until about 09:00 which was really nice and then went to 34 South and had a Bacon and Banana Waffle stack, this was so delicious that we actually had it like 3 days in a row. My mom is not a huge fan of Waffles and even she enjoyed it.
We then went back to the apartment and did some reading, tanning in the sun, watching tv and doing sand art. We ended off the day by having dinner at Marios.
Even though we didn’t really do much, we still had an absolutely amazing day, because we got a chance to relax and do nothing which is sometimes the best way to spend your day.
Tomorrow I will post about what we did on day 5 and I will soon be posting about the History of Christmas
Today was a pretty relaxed day. We started the day off with a trip to Plettenberg Bay for some sightseeing and we also had some breakfast on the beachfront. We didn’t really stay very long at Plettenberg Bay because there were some other places we needed to go to. We went to Billabong before we left so that my mom could get a new bikini and I got a pair of sunglasses.
Later on, during the day we took a walk to Thesan Island which wasn’t too far away from where we were staying. My mom and I were hoping we could find this small clothing store that we went into the last time we went there for holiday, but it unfortunately wasn’t there anymore. We got a little hungry from all the walking, so we decided to go for some Tapas at a restaurant in Thesan Island called Tapas.
After we had walked back from Thesan Island, we went back to Knysna and had a look at the market by the apartments we were staying at, I got some clothes, jewellery and crystals from a crystal shop.
After we walked through the market, we went back to the apartment and chilled for the rest of the day.
That was day 4 of my Knysna holiday, I will post about day 5 tomorrow.
Today we started off the day by having breakfast at a restaurant on the Knysna Heads. It was so nice because we had beautiful views of the lagoon. I had some delicious fried eggs and bacon and a coffee.
After we had Breakfast at the Knysna Heads we had a nice drive to Brenton On Sea, the drive there was really amazing, we were driving pretty high up and so we got to see some really spectacular sights. Knysna is just such a beautiful place with so much greenery and life. We eventually got to Brenton On Sea and were very impressed with what we saw, the stairs that lead down to the beach were decorated with a mosaic and there were some nice houses and restaurants in the area.
We have now left Brenton On Sea and have decided to go to our absolute favourite beach…. BUFFALS BAY. In my opinion there is no other beach that has topped that one. It is so clean there and the ocean is calm, this made it very easy to swim in. I am not really a person who likes to go into the ocean but even I enjoyed it. The beach was also really busy which was nice, and it was really great to go for walks on the beach along the ocean and see all the people fishing, playing bat and ball and even just chilling on the beach with their friends and family. We had some delicious chips while we were on the beach for lunch.
We then decided to leave the beach and go back to our apartment for some nice chilling time and after our chill time we went to another amazing restaurant named 34 Degrees South, it was right opposite the apartment, so we just walked there. I had a nice Pizza for dinner.
On our second day at Knysna the weather was so beautiful, the sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky. It was the perfect day to go exploring all the different things that Sedgefield has to offer.
We started the day by going to one of our favourite places, the Sedgefield market. When we got to the market we got some hot dogs with the German sausages for breakfast, because we didn’t eat any breakfast before we had left.
The market was amazing, there were so many great stalls and I bought quite a lot of stuff, I finally found Dungarees and a whole bunch of other things like shorts, shirts and jewellery. We had such a blast!
We then went to go explore the Sedgefield beaches which were really beautiful. The beaches in Sedgefield were really clean and the ocean was nice and blue. We didn’t swim on the beach or anything, we mainly just walked on the beach for a while because we didn’t have any costumes or towels.
Now it was time to head back to Knysna and have lunch at another one of our favourite restaurants called Drydock. We had some Mussels for a starter and Prawns for mains, I even managed to squeeze a dessert out of my parents. It was one of the best meals we had last time we went to Knysna, and I definitely enjoyed it the second time around.
We ended off the day by chilling in our apartment and watching movies.
That was how Day 2 went, tomorrow I will post about Day 3.
So, it’s been a while since I last posted, mainly because I got a new job at Match Padel in Cedar Square which I am loving, but I will do a separate post about that another time. For today my blog post is about the amazing holiday I went on with my parents.
My parents and I went to the airport on the 6th of December, and we were taken there by an awesome car service that came highly recommended. We flew from O.R Tambo because its the only airport that has a flight to George. This was not only the second time I have flown on an airplane in my whole 25 years of life, but it was also the first time I have ever flown from O.R Tambo. This was an incredibly exciting experience for me because O.R Tambo is such a huge airport and there are so many different shops to see.
We had to get to the airport 2 hours early and since we didn’t have time to eat breakfast before we left the house, we decided to get some scrumptious Wimpy, I had my usual toasted sandwich and a Coke. While we were having our breakfast, we made sure we got a nice seat right next to the window so that we could see all the planes take off and land, my favourite form of airport entertainment. We have now finished our breakfast and are heading to the departures waiting area, to wait for our flight. We waited for about 1 hour and then eventually went onto the plane.
The last time I flew on a plane was terrifying for me mainly because I am incredibly afraid of heights. I decided to sit by the window on my flight and I did not expect take off to be so sudden and so quick, I always thought when planes take off its slow and not as nerve wrecking, but I was unfortunately mistaken because I was incredibly nervous the whole time. This year when I went on the plane, I was a bit more prepared, I had my headphones with me so that the music could drown out the sounds of the plane’s engine and I did all of my breathing exercises. I was still terrified because I sat by the window again, but my mom’s hand wasn’t as red this time from my squeezing it so that’s progress.
When we landed at George airport it was really windy and quite cold, it even started raining at some point. After we collected our luggage, we went to the car rentals area and got our rental car, which was actually a very nice car. It was a manual so naturally my dad did all the driving. It took us about 1 hour to get to Knysna from the George airport, but there were some beautiful sights that we saw.
When we arrived at Knysna, we unpacked our suitcases and then just chilled inside for a bit before ending our day with the best Pasta ever at Marios (our favourite restaurant). We pre booked it while we were in Joburg.
That was our Day 1 in Knysna, tomorrow I will about Day 2
