Dr Seuss (aka Theodor S. Geisel)

"I like nonsense - it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is necessay ingrediant in living. It's a way of looking at the wrong end of a telescope . . . and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities."

So every child who has ever learnt to read  MUST MUST MUST know about Dr Seuss and his nonsense. Whether it be dozens of ways to get Marvin K. Mooney to bed or an oversized feline with a hat on, everyone knows of his work.

The first book I ever read by myself was a 4 in 1 story book with the basic reading in the beginning like "Hop on Pop" and stuff like that. As the pages turned the reading got more and more complex till the words were as long as 'Hallelulah' and "Timbuktu" and going in circles in really small fonts for a first grader.

My favourite story was Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
At first his dad is saying he'll buy her a flying brromstick or a cow or stilts and even an oversized fish to send hiim to bed! He goes on saying he'll send her by Zumble-Zay (an elephant driven cart), a Ga-Zoom or a jet.

And the poor guy only wants his son to go to sleep! The things Dad comes up with are mysetriously wonderful and atlast Marvin feels tired enough to go and choses her transport, unfortunately for Mr Mooney, she chose the simplest option and went by broomstick.

I recently skyped a friend of mine while I found my precious book and halfway through our conversation started reading from the old pages. He unfortunately didn't enjoy it as much as I had and judgingly asked if i had the book as if it was a sin to a social life.

Needless to say we don't speak anymore.

I'm joking, he's just in 'busy' college life now.

Monday Blues

The sadness and sheer desperation when you wake up Monday morning and find that you're at the same stale desk, doing the same mundane task AND YOU HATE IT!

So why do you do it? Why did you chose a career that you hate? Don't hate the world because YOU made the wrong decision.

Sometimes you don't get a choice though. maybe you're still a minor that has to go to school. Be grateful. There are so many children out there that are: child slaves, factory workers, innocent prostitutes, virgin wives, guerrilla fighters and most saddening - to me at least - there are children out there that are struggling to stay alive everyday because of malnutrition, dehydration and famine and the last thing they'll ever receive is an education.

In my country - and perhaps more worldwide - the families that have 2 or more children and only one pair of shoes. The education is free but they arent allowed to arrive at school without proper uniform and unfortunately they have to take turns in wearing the shoes so that they might go to school.

In South Africa, we have a growing nation full of young leaders that thrive on the kinds of opportunities we get. I recently had the opportunity to meet a group of a dozen students from our poorer districts that, after years of struggling with a lack of money for a full education at university, they've been given the opportunity to study medicine in Cuba. The faces of proud parents and overwhelmed students that have never seen an airport before let alone a different country. It was life changing.

The fact that you're reading this blog already tells me that you have enough money to explore the internet and at leisure which should mean that you can afford atleast two pairs of shoes and you can also read which is more than alot of african COUNTRIES!!! Yes whole countries will go without even primary education.

Feeling guilty yet? I hope so. Next time you have the MondayBlues because you have to go to work for a living, think about those thousands of people that would die to be in your shoes...

Toms Shoes: one for one

The Wise Words of Ludwig Wittgenstein

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would
ever get done."
-- Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you don't approve of this quote then may I please ask when the last time was that you ever did something wondrously silly? 

And besides.. how important could anything actually be without there being sillyness? So many questions I've asked and the answers seem like such general knowledge but we all need something like obvious questions to bring us back to our own grounds, to help us realise where we are and what in the world we're doing!

Everything needs opposites to understand its complexity, no, not complexity but almost importance? I cant find my words I do apologise! But you understand what i mean?

So now I shall put my silly intelligence to use and start uploading some of my photography to try get you to see through my eyes how this world we live in really is :)

love you guys xxx

Freezing cold in the peaks of the Lesotho Mountains in Southern Africa
with a traditional hat just goofing off. Yes, that is me. Dont feel scared!

Where is the Love?

So this is the Black Eyed Peas back less than a decade ago, do you think they still remember what they used to sing about now that they're singing of good nights with twisted microphones.

Even the good go bad and its just like they say those with an innocent heart will go astray while the guilty concience is lead to the churchyard.