Beep beep you have a message if you’re using your smartphone, it’s a twitter message and that little bird is now present on ones phone. So it begins the online community that haven’t met but are privy to our personal world, a unique event is taking South Africa by storm in the form of a “Tweetup” where FollowSa (#FollowSa, @FollowSa) and Lifeology arrange evenings out and everybody is welcome to interact in face time with people that have been tweeting forever without meeting.

What does it mean and why did the headline grab your attention? Simply put I am in marketing and it’s my job to get your attention, just like a soft cuddly puppy. Educated in the form of a BComm Marketing and business management and various courses the latest Internet Marketing, being ahead and in line with the technological advancement is a necessity. From tweeting to liking to linking to plus one’ing and pinning you need to know how these affect the marketing field. Consumers have a voice, they interact on a need to know basis and are no longer afraid to voice opinions and give suggestions, with this in mind you need me.

Being one for good causes I have found myself drawn to Marie Claire recently they have had great causes and some close to my heart. In December 2011 I took part in their Kindest Cut campaign and cut off my ‘tail’ (31cm and it weighed 90grams instant weight loss LOVE IT). March saw it the turn of the Burn foundation to benefit from the love and care of Marie Claire. Raising money and awareness for this worthy cause, with South Africa’s Celebrities posing naked for the magazine it drew attention to the cause. Personally I don’t like the sun and had the misfortune of its ‘embrace’ and subsequent burn feeling it only right the Marie Claire Tattoo went onto it. On a serious note sunburn will fade and sometimes leave permanent scars or the worst case skin cansa, the people who have suffered through fires have visible scars 24/7 and need the help and support of the community to be accepted. They have done nothing wrong and should not be out casted from society, we all have scars be it emotional or physical we all need understanding.  

What is it about February the 14^th that gets people emotional, you have the die hard romantics, the anti love, the whatever’s, I don’t cares and others that have been planning all year for that one day. Being loved is a wonderful feeling but why do you need one day to confess to the world yes she is with me and yes he is with me, when everyday should be that. Granted we would all get fat on choccies if it were everyday and there would be no flowers on the farms but you’d know yes I am loved.

I was asked to write about the constitution and what it meant to me, I must confess I have not read the whole document or knew the basics before I wrote this. It astounds me about the diversity of the rights and its definitions, and what it actually means.

Focusing on one would be the Right of Freedom of expression. This right allows me to write this piece, allows me to voice my opinions and share my views. Below is an extract from http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/pubs/constitutions/5297/4#15- with a summarized version of what Freedom of expression means.

I am a creative of sorts and being allowed to be who I am and what I want to be is a right I do not want to give up. We are individuals from birth and then go through the conformity of schooling and told what we can and cannot say or do, where we can go and who we can be seen with. We are all taught the same yet each person is not the same and turns out differently ie a class of 31 pupils all getting taught the same subjects by the same teachers will not all turn out to be lawyers for example but you will have the artist, the doctor, the fisherman, the homemaker, the teacher and so on, it is because of our right of expression that drives the economics of this Country. We are all individuals we all face different challenges but it is our right to express these be it be on canvas, through film or by writing we all have the right to share. Use it you deserve to be heard, you deserve to be unique and act on it keeping in mind that the other rights of the community and not cause harm or discrimination to others.

What does Freedom of Expression mean to me? Simply put it allows me to be myself and to be the person I want to be without fear of prosecution. 

What you can do: 

Participate either
via Facebook, Twitter, SMS to 078 949 3735, our website www.wethepeople.org.za and tell the world why they love our constitution. You can do it in any language you choose. To help people, we’ve compiled a list of top 10 reasons to love our
constitution 

Write a blog entry reflecting on why you love the constitution. It can long, short, funny, sad, deep – whatever feels right. Everybody has a different story, and we’d like you to reflect on which parts of the constitution are most meaningful to you, and why. If you’d like to read the original constitution, you’ll find a link to it on our site.

The background: We The People is an initiative from Media Monitoring Africa aimed at educating ordinary South Africans about the constitution. Many of us talk about it in the abstract sense without really knowing what’s in there. Our hope is that we will get people to understand why living in a diverse society means accepting that others have rights, and those rights should be respected.

I am by far not a techie or IT ‘geek’ I do not understand that if by writing in code here this will happen. So that is now out of the way, I do understand that there are different levels of tech and I need to find my place, I am not ‘tech’ illiterate and can work my way around websites, blogs and the computer without much hassle which suits me well for what I need. I am however privileged enough to date a ‘techie’ who like me loves gadgets and thing-a-ma-jigs but thats where we split ways with tech he will dismantle and ‘crack’ the device and install this and that to make it better and improve the way it operates and customises it to what he needs and wants. However one devise was spared in our home the WD TV media hub, with its sleek design and user friendly interface it was a technology at its best for us even I didn’t need hours of explaining on how to use it. What does this have to do with the 4tb WD My Book Duo well nothing really but a brief understanding into the life of my techie world and the user friendly interface WD is known for.

After surviving life without tv for two weeks after the house and myself got struck by lightning, it was time to fetch the replacement ‘Box of addiction’. We were lucky enough to receive tickets to see Phantom of the Opera and the Theatro and we decided to make a day of it.

Theatre is a grand affair and one must dress accordingly, but, how does one dress for a day out and end with an evening at the theatre to watch a show of great magnitude and worldwide acclaim? Simple, you pack a bag...

This was sent to me via an email author unknown, I have made this cake and yes it does work and yes it is addictive but must have cream or ice cream added to it to finish it off...