tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65489036113199431492024-02-19T23:29:33.951-08:00Alexa Jacobs: Keepin' It RealaLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-46926038237818556752011-04-15T06:50:00.001-07:002011-04-15T06:50:59.421-07:00love is...<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’re the first thing I want when I wake up in the morning</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Your smell – so familiar, is comforting and so relaxing</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You give me a warm feeling inside</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You pick me up when I’m feeling down and out</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You help take my mind off things when I’m feeling stressed</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’ve always been there for me when I needed you, anytime of the day</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’re sweet but not too sweet either – you have that perfect balance</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You give me the strength to get through each day</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You‘re always so warm and inviting</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’re the perfect study buddy – always motivating and keeping me focused </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You have your moments when you’re hot and cold but I love you regardless</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’ve always been there for me during the good and the bad times</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’re the only consistent thing in my life </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You’re one I know I can always depend on and turn to no matter what</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ll never replace you or give you up for anything in this world</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can never get too much of you even though some people say you’re not good for me</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-33753895351976906042011-04-15T06:47:00.001-07:002011-04-15T06:47:56.656-07:00the sound of one hand clapping<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How do you clap with one hand? Could this be a metaphor for something? If it is, I can’t think of anything it could be. The sound of one hand clapping...the sound of one hand clapping...unfortunately this means nothing to me except the sound of one hand clapping, which is physically impossible.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Okay, let’s think about it for a second. The sound of one hand clapping would be a pretty lonely sound. Not very cheerful. It has quite a sad element to it. I tried clapping with one hand but the sound isn’t very loud. It doesn’t really make a statement. It’s like a whisper compared to two hands clapping.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a strange thought, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the sound of one hand clapping</i>. I’m not finding this inspiring much. In fact, I feel a little retarded rambling on about something that doesn’t really speak to me. It should be rather interesting to look at what others have written on this topic though. I know that there are some amazing minds that could turn this random topic into something interesting. Unfortunately, my mind does not possess the skill to do that. Maybe if I smack myself upside the head, I’d be able to tell a different tale. But it’s not something I’m too excited about doing.</span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-86825357819975037442011-04-07T02:28:00.000-07:002011-04-07T02:28:35.508-07:00just not feeling it<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white; color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don’t think I’ve ever had writer’s block this bad. I’ve been sitting here for the past 15 minutes, rubbing my eyes, scratching my head – doing basically anything and everything that could help get an idea into my head. All I get is nothing. Nothing....wait let me try again.........nope nothing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white; color: lime; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m only human and so it can’t be expected that I be ‘on’ all the time. But the world doesn’t care about that little detail. Not school, university, work, your parents, your lecturers, your better half... none of them. If you’re sad then you should be allowed to feel sad. If you’re angry, be angry. If you’re stressed out and tired then you should be able to unwind. The big problem I think is that people aren’t given the opportunity to deal with what they’re feeling. They’re just expected to smile and be happy and get good results and stay on top of things all the damn time. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: lime;"><span lang="EN-GB">Like I know my attitude isn’t ideal with everything that’s going on but who cares. I’m just not feeling all of this. Oh, that doesn’t mean I’m going to curl up in a little ball in a dark hole somewhere and get comfortable. No ways. I’m just enjoying this little moment and then I’ll get over it. I know that a lot of you feel or felt this way at some point, so my advice to you is feel whatever you are feeling. (Don’t let people tell you how you should and shouldn’t be feeling.) Express the way you are feeling (in a healthy way of course) and then pick yourself up, dust your shoulder off and get on with the show. It feels good, I promise </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-90744374812598191112011-04-07T02:26:00.001-07:002011-04-07T02:26:58.921-07:00not all who wander are lost<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Society produces robots. If you’re not wearing the right clothes, listening to the right music, dating the perfect guy/girl, in possession of the latest techno gadgets or friends with the right people well, you are basically a loser. People who are different are labelled ‘social misfits’ and I sometimes think to myself who are we to call someone a ‘social misfit’? Who died and gave us the power to decide what’s hot and what’s not? These standards that society has set are actually quite stupid. I think that humans must be the most self-destructing and plain stupid species in the world.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We point, stare and frown at people who wander away from society’s path. Musicians are a perfect example. They are considered to be poor and irresponsible with their heads in the clouds. We shake our heads at their rickety cars and dirty jeans but when they make it big, we’re the ones that end up worshipping them. I find that the weirdest thing!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m so glad that there are at least some people that don’t conform to society’s rules. How dull wouldn’t the world be? You can call them crazy or even feel sorry for them because they’re not up to ‘standards’. But while you’re freaking out trying to be perfect so you can stay ‘in’ with society, the wanderers are free. Free to open their minds and hearts to greater experiences. They are not the lost ones; they know what they want and where they want to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They aren’t the ones falling subject to the mind-controlling game of society. </span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-3770115553026114472011-04-06T05:58:00.001-07:002011-04-06T05:58:28.250-07:00a 2nd chance<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A second chance is all we need...to make up for mistakes, to prove ourselves to something or someone or even to get us to where we’re destined to be. Life isn’t like an exam where if you fail once, you have to stick with and the results you get.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve met some people in my life that don’t believe in second chances. To them it’s about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what’s done is done and things will never change.</i> You know on the outside they’re all hardcore but really on the inside they must be hurting. How can you open yourself to love if you don’t believe in second chances? How can you grow as a person if you don’t believe in second chances? So they fall down once and then that’s it? What a sad sad existence. Living in fear of what could be and sacrificing great things for the sake of your pride and reputation will never bring you true happiness.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s these people especially who need second chances and it would only be cruel to not allow them that. Nobody on this rotating earth is perfect. I don’t care how good-looking you are, how much money you make or what an amazing person you are. You’re still not perfect. None of us are in the position to judge each other – there’s a Higher Power that does that already.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If I never gave myself and others a second chance, I would not be the person I am today. I would not have had the amazing people that are in my life today. Because by giving others second chances you allow yourself to receive them.</span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-71669292466784970782011-04-06T05:57:00.000-07:002011-04-06T05:57:28.009-07:00how do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Open your eyes and leap!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nothing in life comes easy. Following your dreams or making the move for a first kiss involves some level of risk. Playing it safe just won’t do. Never settle for something that you know could be better. The not-knowing of how the situation could’ve been will eat you alive. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Life is a casino. Bright lights, smoke and temptation are all around but so are opportunities. If you never take a gamble, you will forever be mesmerised by the flashing lights, thinking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what if?</i> Grab the dice, kiss it for luck, give it a little shake and throw it down. The story has two possible endings. Either you win or lose. Whatever happens was meant to be. Most importantly a lesson will be learnt. You can reap the rewards or learn from your mistakes keeping you from doing so.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Everyone in the world has the potential to be great. We might not all find ourselves in the same circumstances but we all have that right, and that is to be amazing. It becomes our responsibility to make that happen. If stepping from the top of a 100-foot pole could lead you to greatness, then do it. Have faith in yourself that no matter what happens, you will continue to step off the top of those poles. Every day we step off the top of poles. Some might not be as high as others but keep stepping. You never know how high those poles could take you.</span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-89085632092440785382011-04-04T23:21:00.000-07:002011-04-04T23:25:52.483-07:00hey, it's just me :)<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">So we’ve been asked to write about ourselves – AGAIN?! I don’t think that all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could even keep count of the amount of times I’ve written about me, myself and I. But a thought came to me though, just as I was about to do that “oh-no-do-we-have-to?” groan. I thought to myself: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Alexa, you’ve grown so much, well not vertically, but yes you’ve grown since the last time you had to dish out the dirt about yourself. This piece would be like nothing you’ve written before!</span> </i>And as the theme song of The Powerpuff Girls faded somewhere into the back of my head, I suddenly realised that I was excited to write this blog. Whoo-hoo!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Okay, so who am I? What am I like? Well, my name is Alexa but everyone calls me <span style="color: #0b5394;">Lexi</span>. I’m also really short, so you bet I’ve heard every, and I mean EVERY single short joke under the sun. I’m yet to have someone hit me up with a very impressive short joke. So until then I’ll keep on responding with a bored smile. I love laughing, I really do appreciate a good sense of humour – which I like to think I have, oh and I love people. I love laughing with people and sometimes at them. New friends, old friends – it doesn’t really matter. I’m just looking for real people that I can share the good and bad times with. Friendship to me is so important and I really value all of mine. I’ll do anything for old friends, new friends, distant friends, potential friends you name it. Unfortunately people do take advantage of you and treat you like crap but I’ve learnt that sometimes it’s just not worth it. I guess that I’ve reached a stage where I want to be surrounded by people who add value to my life and have a positive influence on me. (*Sigh*, if my parents could only hear their first-born now.) We all make mistakes but we live and we learn. Everybody deserves a second chance at everything and I’m a firm believer in that but don’t push it, you know what I’m saying?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">It’s appropriate that my name means – (loud deep voice) <span style="color: #990000;">“the helper of mankind”</span> – because that’s what I’m all about. I love helping people where I can with everything and anything. I want everyone in the world to feel good about themselves and be proud of their unique qualities. I absolutely hate those “mean girls” type of cliques because it’s always controlled by one person who had absolutely no idea about who the hell they are. You know that story about dynamite that comes in small packages...well it’s true. I have a mind of my own and I’m not afraid to speak it. Hell no! I’m normally very chilled about stuff but when someone pushes me to the edge, I’m willing and able to tell it like it is. I don’t care who you are, okay. I’m very driven in everything I do and I take pride in all my achievements. Things don’t get handed to you in life; you need to work for them. People who want to be spoon-fed their entire lives, have no backbone in my opinion. Tsk tsk very pathetic!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Anyway, now is the perfect time for a little list I think. Just a few things of what I like and don’t like – it’ll be like getting to know me speed-dating style.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love love love strawberries. Here’s <a href="http://alexajacobs.blogspot.com/2011/03/love-strawberries.html">why</a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I don’t love it when old men wink at me when I’m out at night with my girls.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I love the colour blue.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I don’t love fake, self-centred, “my hair is straighter than yours” type of people.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I love my family, making new friends and spending time with my old ones.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I love catching a tan and building sandcastles on the beach.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfPfSJ4T7XMcx7_WHI5jT_EoRV_EhJwH0pWQwnZL9k3ovzCXsxVNAb0DAt18xEKwsJE7RgThQSqyx1TOJjNvqKKtC17ajhah5Fu-UcXwU0YF99dICw948m9pflv_zxucUdPAW8nvJXrw/s1600/DSC06013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="height: 80px; 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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpZdGpotMOI6UNns_c_rszsJCrDixsm_E6eRa_RFxvoPhpbyKPbggbPcMSQTQpKjs9fd16q4gmcCE_CBl3GVDcu11yzqCQFTpDtHz6hOZoQ4n3jnFBazh0LTpDYis_Etq8R5fcOOPhiM/s1600/cpt+pix+061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUpZdGpotMOI6UNns_c_rszsJCrDixsm_E6eRa_RFxvoPhpbyKPbggbPcMSQTQpKjs9fd16q4gmcCE_CBl3GVDcu11yzqCQFTpDtHz6hOZoQ4n3jnFBazh0LTpDYis_Etq8R5fcOOPhiM/s200/cpt+pix+061.jpg" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0vHmjcL6BR3esuOxKNaHmqSz1umLjwTQR6GCunKSSHhOaDouu0NP7A1st5QYrOzIBgiObf3pKmFnu-5jLMs1p5kejiDLcChmA6pXrHtBjEeLT2DYoFGvhoVv3lvNViefPDpUkwEo5hQ/s1600/DSC05410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0vHmjcL6BR3esuOxKNaHmqSz1umLjwTQR6GCunKSSHhOaDouu0NP7A1st5QYrOzIBgiObf3pKmFnu-5jLMs1p5kejiDLcChmA6pXrHtBjEeLT2DYoFGvhoVv3lvNViefPDpUkwEo5hQ/s200/DSC05410.JPG" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">So that’s me in a little nutshell. I’m really happy with the person I am right now but I also look forward to growing every day in all aspects of my life. Wherever I may be in the next ten years time, be it a famous rock star, a crowd-pleasing dancer or even a successful PR lady person, all I want is to be a ten times better version of myself. Everything in life – all the problems, hurt and destruction can be changed by positive attitudes and energies. There’s really nothing else to it!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Peace, love and happiness</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow how true isn’t this statement? What defines us is our attitude to life and to others, how we live our lives, how we treat other people. Times are tough, life isn’t always a joy ride – but it’s how we handle and rise from all the curve balls that life throws us that will determine who we are.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You know I look at people – I mean REALLY look at people who constantly talk about where they go shopping or where they’ve travelled all over the world or what kind of glamorous job they have and I truly feel sorry for them. Well, I also get annoyed by them but mostly I truly feel for them. Feeling like you have to constantly impress people by trying to paint them a picture of how perfect your life is shows me that these people aren’t truly happy inside. They’re lacking something – it could be that they don’t get attention from the ones close to them, or maybe they don’t have any true friends or maybe they’re so insecure about who they are. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It’s funny how the thing you know how to do the best, becomes the hardest thing to actually do and that is being yourself. You end up doing and saying things completely out of character just to give off a front. So maybe the statement <i>“we are what we do” </i>has room for speculation. If you act a certain way because you’re insecure about yourself, then it means that you’re not actually the person that everyone thinks you are. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But that’s just the thing: what people see when they look at you is the person you are. What you show people is how you will be defined. Always show your true colours whether people like it or not. It’s not important that people like you but that you live like the person you are or the person you want to be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go out and do amazing things. Love in everything you do. Give the best of yourself to people you love and meet. And that’s who you’ll be. </span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-68300417479944140422011-03-23T19:06:00.000-07:002011-03-23T19:07:09.678-07:00Zero Expectations<m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">0 expectations = 0 disappointments, </span><span style="font-size: small;"> right?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is definitely a lot of truth to that equation. However, it’s not totally wrong to have expectations of someone. Of course, it depends on what you’re expecting and who you’re expecting it from. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can’t stand part-time friends. If you want to be my friend, be my friend. Don’t walk all shady, talk all shady and then say that you’re my friend. What is up with that? I’m the type of person that will do anything and I mean ANYTHING for my friends. I’ll even give them my last Rolo. That’s just the type of person I am. So are you telling me that I shouldn’t expect anything from anybody ever?! I’ll always have my friend’s backs and I know that they have mine, right? Wrong! If I had a Rand for every time a part-time friend disappointed me, I would’ve been writing this blog from my holiday house in St. Tropez.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If anything else, having someone let you down is an eye opener, especially when it comes to friends. I know it has been for me. Life is full of disappointments. You win some, you lose some. You dust your shoulder off, pop your collar and move on forwards and upwards. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: small;">Expectation can bring a lot of disappointment but there’s nothing wrong with looking forward to something every now and then. It shows that you still have hope and that you still believe</span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-28583418881558673482011-03-23T18:05:00.000-07:002011-03-23T18:05:23.729-07:00We Are Afraid of the Wrong Things<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We’re afraid of what people are going to think, what they’re going to say… According to whose standards though do we classify things as being right or wrong? Just a thought…</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Are you doing things to keep others happy or do you put your own happiness first? As many of us have learnt, it’s impossible to keep everyone happy. There are those that drive themselves crazy, trying to get the approval of others. We’re afraid of being alone, afraid of being different, afraid of the pictures that others paint of us. I don’t believe that we should be afraid of anything really. Sure, there are some things that we may be unsure of, which could harbor the feeling of being afraid. But in the sense that there are “wrong things” to be afraid of, I don’t feel that there are “right things” to be afraid of.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The world is so superficial and filled with so much material crap. Our priorities have shifted and taken on an insignificant point-of-view. We’re so consumed with all the nonsense circulating in society that we’ve become afraid of meaningless things. We take the important, deep and self-fulfilling things for granted. Or worse of all, we no longer value them. </div></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-82415260217720617532011-03-10T11:05:00.000-08:002011-03-10T11:05:04.529-08:00Fish falling from the sky<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Fish falling from the sky is pretty gross if you think about it. Imagine walking down the street, strolling along, enjoying the beautiful weather and all of a sudden fish start falling from the sky. Imagine walking out of the hairdresser, you just had your hair done and you’re looking like a million bucks when all of a sudden fish start falling from the sky. It doesn’t matter whether they’re raw or cooked, dead or alive – fish falling from the sky is gross. (Scarily enough there have been reports of this REALLY happening in a few parts of the world. <a href="http://paranormal.about.com/od/earthmysteries/a/Weird-Weird-Rain.htm">Click here if you don't believe me</a>)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrzoSWI7JUuLKnVGPJN7NbIldcBClDtCdfEszpxISOB83EM-QGUf5UFDsbWoH8M06wv_kCqm9Gz3XHHwcVG3SamTrbAbNwvqqHADUc6DQvQzHmubIuoSzanXt_RBVP4HavPY7JIbLL7g/s400/raining-fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrzoSWI7JUuLKnVGPJN7NbIldcBClDtCdfEszpxISOB83EM-QGUf5UFDsbWoH8M06wv_kCqm9Gz3XHHwcVG3SamTrbAbNwvqqHADUc6DQvQzHmubIuoSzanXt_RBVP4HavPY7JIbLL7g/s400/raining-fish.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Besides the disgusting sight, think of the stench that all that fish would bring. It would be so hard to breathe. What a view astronauts would have! The earth would be surrounded by a thick green haze - hot lime green air circling the globe, something like you’d see in the cartoons.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">The safest place you could be would be indoors with the windows closed so the falling fish don’t find their way inside and with the curtains closed so that you wouldn’t have to see all the shiny, slick fish bodies lying outside. Driving would be insane, flying would be disastrous...no no no your best bet would be definitely to stay indoors.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/images/2009/03/24/risby_smelly_earth_203x152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/images/2009/03/24/risby_smelly_earth_203x152.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">On the positive side, fish falling from the sky would feed the hungry. They might end up with protein poisoning though...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">...I hate to end in the air like this but I need to go cancel my sushi date...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Laters guys!</span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-68653460820347355432011-03-10T06:17:00.000-08:002011-03-10T06:17:54.337-08:00Behind the Music<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-ZA</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The real problem is that the listeners are not just listening anymore. They want to live what they see and hear. 50 cent raps in his song 'Many Men', <i>"I put a hole in a n---- for f---ing with me / Better watch how you talk, when you talk about me / 'cause I'll come and take your life away."</i> <span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5D3crqpClPY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span>It’s no wonder that with these kinds of artists sending out messages into the world, so many unnecessary violent acts are being committed. The sad part is that all the crap they rap about has become a reality. Things that sound so far-fetched in songs, you best believe that people are going out and doing it. Children and teenagers are the ideal target market for the industry, especially those that come from disadvantaged or poorer communities. They have the strong need to identify with role models. They need a superman that they can look up to. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Picture this: Money falling down from the sky, a pool filled with champagne, expensive clothes and jewellery. Life is just one big party. Sounds good right? Young people covet the lifestyle they see in music videos and will do anything to chase the rappers dream. Newsflash! Standing on corners and selling drugs is more likely going to get you thrown in jail than a record deal.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many hip hop/rap artists have been involved in various crimes yet they do little to highlight the serious consequences that come with breaking the law.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With famous rappers glamorising and promoting violence, it can be understood why their young fans frequently cross the fine line between image and reality.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-83870174486202740262011-03-04T06:12:00.001-08:002011-03-04T06:12:56.968-08:00Love Strawberries<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">One of my favourite childhood memories is picking strawberries with my grandmother in her garden. She used to put on her big red garden hat, I would carry a small basket and off we’d go to hunt for strawberries. I absolutely loved every second of it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandmother – or Ma – as I called her, used to pick the strawberries and I had the very important job of putting them neatly into the basket. Needless to say, a lot of the strawberries never made it into the basket as soon as my Ma turned her back. But at eight years old, I thought I was being cleverly sneaky without realising that the strawberry stains on my face linked me directly to the crime. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">My Ma passed away a couple years later and for a long time I missed our special strawberry time. I missed the talks we had, the things we laughed about and just being around her. To this day I still wish that I could go strawberry picking with my grandmother. What things would we talk about? What new life lessons would she pass on to me?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Besides being the best fruit ever, strawberries are one of the best memories I have of my grandmother. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naturally I can’t recall every detail about our times together but I do remember that she taught me to always love and be thankful in life and of course, she taught me to love strawberries : )</span></span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-34605390699429013192011-03-04T06:11:00.000-08:002011-03-04T06:11:56.825-08:00What is the colour of the wind?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I think that the weather depicts the colour of the wind. In winter, I picture the wind to be an ice blue colour, drawing out the cold and dark feeling that the season inflicts on us. There’s a slightly eerie and calming feeling about the sound of a strong winter wind. If you listen closely, you can even hear that ice blue colour thrashing about outside, knocking everything out of its way.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">With the turn of spring, the wind turns a very light green shade. Light green because it softly starts waking up the flowers, sleepy birds and little insects that are still wrapped up their cosy winter slumber. The wind blows in a fresh, new feeling into everything around it.</span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">In summer, the wind is yellow, glowing as it blows softly over sun kissed skin, ice cream cones and umbrellas. The wind is light-hearted in summer so it laughs as it blows away hats and ruffles skirts. At sunset, the wind is relaxed and drifts about in a warm orange-red tone, perfectly complimenting the mood the sun has set.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Autumn is the season where the wind changes into its earthy tones. There’s nothing too striking about the colour of the wind during autumn. It represents a natural, bare and simple period – almost like the calm before the storm.</span></span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-38315405426572469152011-02-25T07:23:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:23:03.729-08:00Gir'ls Night Out<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Isn’t a girl’s night out just the best? The laughing, the make-up, the outfits, the cocktails… aahhh the memories! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> anyway, while it’s all good letting your hair down there are a few things that you should keep in mind:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO dress to kill – there’s no law against that!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T dress like you’re going to work the corner for the rest of the night</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO have a fab make-up look that highlights your features</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T get too excited with make-up, you’re not doing a show on Broadway</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO call a cab to pick you and your friends up, if you don’t have a designated driver or a car</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T hike to the club or drive if everybody is going to drink</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO have your I.D on you when you get to the club</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T try and use your student card to get in</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO have a few rounds of your favourite drinks with the girls</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T announce that you’re buying rounds for the whole bar – your bank account won’t be smiling with you tomorrow</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO buy your own drinks and keep an eye on them throughout the night </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T let the greasy old man, licking his lips in the corner buy you drinks</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO dance and wave your hands in the air like you just don’t care</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T take off your bra and wave it in the air</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO make sure that you all get home safely</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T wave goodbye to your friend, while she gets into a car with a guy she just met</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO hug your friends before going home to sleep</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T fall asleep “hugging the toilet”</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO make sure that you have a house key when you get home</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T break a window so that you can get inside</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DO have another awesome girl’s night out again at your favourite spot</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">DON’T get banned from coming back to your favourite club again</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With all that said and done...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-34662000956196317762011-02-25T06:17:00.000-08:002011-02-25T06:17:18.207-08:00If I were a boss...<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I would want my employees to be happy.</span> Of course, we all have our days when we don’t feel like coming into the office but it’s a bad sign to feel like that every single day.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I would treat my employees with trust and respect.</span> I’ve found that bosses and managers so easily forget that their employees are also human. How can you expect greatness from your employees if you treat them like crap?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I would get to know my employees on a personal level.</span> It’s actually pathetic not knowing the little things about your employees. Once you understand the type of people you’re working with, you’ll know how to communicate with them on all levels.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I would insist on having regular team-building activities.</span> This is a great opportunity for fellow employees to get to know each other better, which will ultimately improve their work relationships. I think being happy and comfortable in the workplace is so important. Life isn’t all about deadlines and how much profit can be made.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I would instil a relaxed atmosphere in the office.</span> We’re not inmates so why have a stiff and strict environment? Employees on all levels should feel comfortable voicing their opinions in the workplace. I want everyone to feel that their contributions to anything are valuable. Unnecessary pressure in the workplace is stupid. Why stress your employees out for no reason? A creative atmosphere is the best space to be in.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-21375993105963561442011-02-18T02:03:00.000-08:002011-02-18T02:03:25.580-08:00Say Whaaaat???<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I can’t stand rude people! They are so….well….rude. But why? Like this morning, I tried printing some class notes in the library but the printers weren’t working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I asked the “computer lab policeman” if there were any other printers working. He looked at me like I had asked him the same question for the past hour and started saying something sarcastic. That’s when I looked straight at him and said: ”Excuse me but I only asked you a simple question. That’s all.” I should’ve snapped my fingers three times in the air before walking away but I didn’t.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Besides getting an uncalled for reaction from somebody, another thing that really REALLY upsets me is derogatory comments that people make. Some people make obnoxious comments, thinking they’re strong individuals because they speak their mind. Well, I’m sorry but that just makes you an idiot. Others just don’t stop and think about the words that come out of their mouths. Plain and simple, it all boils down to people being selfish and inconsiderate. It’s a very ugly quality to have.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here’s a seven step process you can follow to resolve any situation with a rude person:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 1:</span> Put your hands on your hips and say :”Oh no you di-ent!” (Wave your index finger for more emphasis)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 2:</span> If you’re wearing earrings, ask a friend standing nearby to hold them for you</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 3:</span> Slowly put down any other items you’re holding so that your hands are free</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 4:</span> If you’re wearing a long-sleeve shirt, roll up the sleeves</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 5:</span> Crack your neck loudly</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 6:</span> Make a fist</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Step 7:</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ding ding ding</i>….Round 1….FIGHT!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yeah…okay so maybe that isn’t the best way of handling things. Click </span><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2057220_deal-rude-people.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for a much more mature way of dealing with rude people. I don’t believe in stooping to their level and majority of the time I stay as cool as a cucumber or I simply ignore what they just said. However, the rare occasion does arise when I just feel like following the above seven step process. Dynamite does come in small packages, I’ll have you know <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="color: red;">J</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have a great weekend guys</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Peace, love and positive energies</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">xxx</span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-21233865120920314582011-02-18T00:46:00.000-08:002011-02-18T00:46:29.456-08:00Two people walk out of a building and into a story<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Marc looked over at his girlfriend, struggling with her luggage and smiled. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“You know that we’re only going for a week, right?” he said, raising his eyebrows. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“A girl’s gotta have choices you know. Don’t you worry, I’m perfectly capable of handling my own bags,” Keri replied a-matter-of-factly. She pushed her sunglasses up her nose and proceeded to drag three pink heavy suitcases through the airport. Marc shook his head and laughed. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">his</i> Keri, beautiful, strong, proud and stubborn. They had been dating for three years now and for their fourth anniversary he was going to propose to her in Mauritius. Thinking back to the first day they met, he still could not believe how lucky he was that out of all the guys she could have had, she picked him. Despite her tough exterior, she had a good heart and that was why he loved her so much. He could not imagine spending his life with any other woman but Keri. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Do you need some help over there?” he asked, glancing at his watch. He did not want to miss the flight. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Keri sighed loudly, “I thought you’d never ask.” She dropped two bags at his feet and kissed him on the cheek. “Come on baby, we don’t want to miss our flight.” She playfully pinched his leg and marched passed him, heels clicking on the shiny tiles as she made her way to the check-in counter.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the plane, Keri snuggled closer to Marc and squeezed his hand. “I’m so excited! Can you tell?” she gushed. Marc laughed and pulled her closer. She had not stopped talking once since they boarded the plane. The elderly couple sitting across from them looked very annoyed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"</span>This is going to be an unforgettable trip my angel.” Keri looked up at Marc and thought how blessed she was to have him in her life. She smiled and closed her eyes. “Whatever I did to get you, I’m glad I did it. I’ve never been happier in my life. Love you my baby” He turned off the reading lamp and held her tightly. “I love you too”. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The sun streamed into the untidy bedroom. Marc slowly opened one heavy-lidded eye and looked at the alarm clock next to his bed. The framed photograph of him and Keri in Mauritius caught his eye and it all came back to him. It had been a month since the night of the accident but he remembered it like it was yesterday. With tears in his eyes, Marc turned away from the picture and buried himself deep under the blankets. Keri was gone and she was never coming back. </span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-61942191895521002832011-02-13T05:34:00.000-08:002011-02-13T05:34:08.573-08:00Did Ya Know?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">We live in such a busy and fast world – it’s all about meeting deadlines, going grocery shopping, zooming through traffic to make it to class, tweeting, finishing assignments, rushing to the bank before it closes…phew! Are we actually crazy?! We’re so consumed in all of the above and more, that we don’t realise what’s going on around us. So I’ve compiled a list of some interesting, some gross and some weird facts to entertain you for a couple of minutes before you rush back to your hectic life again. Here we go…</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Did you know that…</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Onions don’t have a flavor, only a smell</span> – so all these years we’ve been making food, we’ve been crying for nothing?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">The average human will eat 8 spiders in their lifetime at night</span> – for those of you that sleep with your mouths open…that’s quite unfortunate.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When intoxicated, ants fall on their right-hand side </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Every year, an average person will consume 12 public hairs in their fast food</span> – GROSSSS!!!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, you’ll produce gas enough to create the energy of an atomic bomb</span><span style="color: #351c75;"> – How do people actually know these things? Did someone actually physically do this or what?</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">Billy goats urinate on their heads to appear attractive to the females</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">–</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">If I were a female Billy goat, I’d stay single for the rest of my life! That’s for sure!</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #990000;">A half a</span> <span style="color: #990000;">kilogram of</span> <span style="color: #990000;">peanut butter can</span> <span style="color: #990000;">contain up to 150</span> <span style="color: #990000;">bug fragments and</span><span style="color: #990000;"> 5 rodent hairs</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">–</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">I’m so glad</span><span style="color: #351c75;"> I don’t eat</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">peanut butter </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #990000;">A snail can</span> <span style="color: #990000;">sleep for three years</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #990000;">A dentist invented the electric</span> <span style="color: #990000;">chair</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">– errrrmmm but why?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #990000;">When a human urinates, a small deposit of urine enters the mouth through the saliva glands</span> – something to think about when you go to the bathroom.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">I got these facts from <a href="http://mylot.com/">Mylot.com</a> and <a href="http://associatedcontent.com/">Associatedcontent.com</a> – so if my list got you wanting to know more, visit these sites for more weird, wacky and gross facts.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">If you</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">have any other</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">interesting facts</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">please add them</span> <span style="color: #351c75;">below </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Peace, love and happiness</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #351c75;">xXx</span></span></span></div>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-62938553098278021142011-02-10T23:58:00.000-08:002011-02-10T23:58:29.224-08:00Designer PR - yes please!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">In a nutshell Designer PR is doing PR for well…designers! Fashion designers, graphic designers, web designers, home designers – you get the picture. All in all it’s totally fabulous daaaarling, don’t you think?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">With PR being such a broad field, the opportunities in this profession are endless. I have to admit that when I chose to study this course, I didn’t have a cooking clue about what Public Relations actually entailed. I saw the words <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">media, events, lights, camera, action</span> </i>and I was sold! Man, how disappointed I was halfway through my first year. However, in the second semester of my second year I finally wrapped my head around what PR actually was and came to realise that “Hey, I can definitely do this!” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Calibri;">The reason I’m so excited about Designer PR? I love all things creative! Music, dance, stage performances – oh how I love them all! Now while PR isn’t a rigid career field, personally I wouldn’t be happy doing PR for Government. I want the environment I’m working in to be about all things creative. My clients will be artists, dancers and rock stars! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With the long-awaited recognition of PR’s importance, we as PR professionals can now shine in our industries and society! Before we were labeled as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">an unnecessary luxury,</span> </i>but with the shift in corporate leadership, customer relationships and the arrival of social media all over the world, PR has become a need. They tried to hold us down but we came back stronger than before! </span></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/dg8QgUIKXHw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I mean Designer PR – wow who would’ve thought? 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</div><span style="background-color: yellow;"></span>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-15115604286638246672011-02-06T04:36:00.000-08:002011-02-06T04:36:52.929-08:00Soooo useless!<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Good afternoon guys! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is Lexi coming live to you from e-learning... </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So after searching for twenty-two minutes for a computer that: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.....I can finally sit down and write my final blog for the week. I know I'm cutting it fine but better late than never right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway so I started thinking about school a.k.a the <span style="color: #674ea7;">good ol' days</span> and realised that we had quite a few subjects that in my opinion were pretty useless. Although I hated Maths and Science, I have to admit that I'm glad I did it. I mean everyone needs to know how to count and I'm sure that the structure of DNA and quantum machanics will come in use at some point in your life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Needless to say, I didn't have to think hard at all about this one...the worst subject I had in school was definitely, without a doubt, scientifically proven to be..."dromroll please"....<em>drrrrrrrrrrr....bang! </em><span style="color: #cc0000;">NEEDLEWORK!</span> Urgh! The very thought of it sends shivers through my fingers. Knitting teddies, crocheting, embroidery, stitching...it's all very pretty but oh how I hate anything to do with a needle, thread, wool, lace and so on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I despise having to do things that are of no interest to me, so I had to ask my needlework teacher why it was important we learn all the different kinds of stitching and what not. Her reply to my question : <em>"What are you going to do when your husband gets a hole in his sock or when a button pops off his work shirt</em>?" I can't remember what my response was but I think it was something like: "<em>Oh no you di'ent!"</em> </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All I know is that it was right there and then that the thought of me being married was dropped like a hot potato. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are my questions in response to her question that she responded with to my first question:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#1: Why can't my future husband you speak of, buy himself a new pair of socks?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#2: Or better yet, why can't he learn how to mend his own socks and shirt buttons?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#3: Is the highlight of my days going to be when this husband of mine comes home and announces that his toes are sticking out of his socks?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#4: Why are there only girls in the needlework class? What are you people actually trying to say?</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">#5: Errmmm...I ran outta questions</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So the moral of my story is that I will never do anything just because society or any other person for that matter, expects me to. I am my own person and I won't let my gender determine what my interests should or should not be. To all of you out there that love needlework (and are married) and even the single ladies that love needlework, I think that it's great! For real. No disrespect - to each her own right? :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Please tell me about a school subject that you thought was useless or that you just didn't enjoy. I know that we all have at least one..I'd love to hear from you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">xxx</span>aLexA jAcobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588905752624949296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548903611319943149.post-60624496947763915472011-02-06T03:19:00.000-08:002011-02-06T03:19:33.714-08:00I am...writing my very first personal blog<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">So we’ve been given the task of starting and owning our own blog, which I think is brilliant. It’s a great way to maintain our writing skills that we’ve learnt so far and at the same time we’re not restricted to a specific writing style and format. Totally up my alley!</span></span></span> <div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">I love writing but lately I’ve been experiencing ‘writer’s block’. Am I the only person experiencing this? Somehow I think that my summer holidays were just too long. I feel like my mind, body and soul are still tanning somewhere on a beach. While I’m really looking forward to my last year of study<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-which is a bit of a sad realisation- , I just can’t seem to get it together. Okay, so we are only in our first week but I really hate feeling unorganised. I’ve come a long way since my first first year (I did a short course in Management Practice before PR) from the good old <span style="color: magenta;">‘girls gone wild’</span> nights. I’m way WAY more focused now and just really want to get the show on the road and explore new aspects of my academic, emotional and personal growth side of life.</span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow, look at that. Without even thinking I wrote my first blog </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> It’s weird, like even though Marian told us to run wild and free with our blogs, it still feels like she’s standing behind me and mentally highlighting all my grammar errors. (Hopefully no spelling mistakes!) LOL</span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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