Rich Friends, Poor Friends

Is there a certain principle one can follow when it comes to choosing friends? How close are you with your friends? Is one more affluent than the other? Does this perhaps have some sort of a significant impact on the relationship? Does it therefore mean you can’t be best friends forever?

Some people are picky when it comes to making friends. You have to have a good financial background in order to ‘roll’ with them. Things like labels, gadgets, etc. are by far the greatest priorities. Like they say, first impressions count the most. What happened to choosing character over money? Does this go back to the saying, “You are the sum of the 5 people you spend most of your time with”? Are we so afraid that associating ourselves with people from a lower class will somewhat degrade us?

I wrote a letter to my own self the other day trying to figure out what brought about the friends that I have. Friendships, from my own point of view, are largely based around how people make you feel. It is those shared laughs, being together through those tough periods when you lost your loved one that matter the most. That sense of care and character they lavish you with. Friends are those people who stand by you when the whole world turns a blind eye.

No Hope For Bafana Bafana

Call me a pessimist or any demeaning word you can possibly think of, but “the road to 2010“, (LOL.) has come to an end for our boys. Face it, there’s just no way we’re going to make it to the last 16.

Last night the Mexicans crushed the 1998 world champions, France, 2-0. In order for Bafana Bafana to have a chance of making it to the last 16, they have to defeat the French by at least 4-0 as well as wish for a Uruguayan win against Mexico. Why 4-0? This is because of the goal difference. Mexico and Uruguay are both sitting on 3 goals each, with Bafana and France at 1 and 0, respectively. This is nearly impossible and you know it. Of course I’ll watch the game next Tuesday, but clearly it’ll be our last in this tournament. I mean, even if we do score those 4 goals, if Uruguay and Mexico play to a draw, they both make it to the last 16. Why? Because they’ll then be sitting on 5 points each, with South Africa on 4 (WHEN they’ve won against France, hehe! ;-)).

It has been an interesting world cup nonetheless, with a lot of surprises. I still hope that this world cup will remain in the African continent. Having said that, I will continue to support 6 pack, but I say Côte d’Ivoire will make us proud. They rank 27th in the world (Soccernet). I think they played exceptionally well against Portugal.

Father’s Day Gifts

So Father’s Day’s just around the corner. In fact, it’s 3 days away. Have you thought of something you’d like to give your daddy dearest on this day?

A watch, or a pair of winter slippers, maybe? Better yet, a pair with his favourite football team on ’em?

Don’t You Just Hate Diego Forlan?

When a team loses we all become coaches but when it wins we appreciate our players. I am not about to criticize anyone, I’m just going to go right ahead and share my exact thoughts on last night’s game.

In what I hoped could have been a win after a disappointing draw against Dos Santos’ Mexican team, it all turned into an even greater disappointment for Bafana Bafana all thanks to the Uruguay and Atletico Madrid striker, Diego Forlan . At this point in time, that draw against Mexico excites me beyond any reasonable doubt.

Carlos Alberto Parreira, Bafana Bafana coach, says that he blames the referee for the loss. “He was very unfair to our team and I hope we don’t see his face any more at this tournament because he does not deserve to be here.” (IOL)

Not only did we suffer a 3-0 defeat, but we had our goalkeeper, Itumeleng Khune, sent off after a ‘professional foul’ on Luis Suarez, awarding the Uruguayans a penalty. Second-choice keeper, Moneeb Josephs, was beaten after Forlan thundered one in from the spot kick – his second goal of the game. Alvaro Pereira hammered the final nail into the coffin of a demoralised South African outfit with a header that found the back of the net in the final minute of injury time.

Not so much of a great performance from Siphiwe Tshabalala this time around for me. Of course he scored an awesome goal in the opening match against the Mexicans but he was so immature and wanted personal glory hence he took aimless shots at goal when he could have shared the ball. Teko Modise was no better, neither was Aron Mokoena. In our next match against the French next week in Bloemfontein, I would like to see Booth in the starting 11.

I must say that the one thing that consoles me though is that Spain lost to the Swiss, hehe! The only problem however is that Spain have a game in hand – they have an even greater chance of pulling one back against either Chile or the Honduras. As for us, it’s going to be an uphill battle having to be playing against the likes of Patrice Viera and Thierry Henry to name a few.

“As the hosts, after all the support we’ve had, we have a moral obligation to play our best against France. We have to put our heads down and fight to the very end”, said Parreira.

Free Nandos For Mexicans

Are you a Mexican player, supporter? Then Nandos has news for you – you have a fair chance of earning yourself a FREE meal. For more info, read below. Hahaha!

Vuvuzela Day

Digg That!

As I sat and watched tv around noon in Hursthill, a couple of minutes away from the Sabc building, I couldn’t help but hear the loud sound of the vuvuzelas that were being played outside. South Africans had come out in numbers to support Bafana Bafana – Have a look at this mayhem!

Richard Branson Plays “God Save The Queen” With The Vuvuzela

Tk and Vusi, South African superfans, teach Virgin founder, Richard Branson, how to play the Vuvuzela. As a result, he managed to squeeze in “God Save the Queen”.

Can I Be Your Superman?

Hands down, you just gotta love this track!

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Let me guess, some of y’all are SUPERABUNDANTLY excited, aren’t y’all? Yeah, Twilight: Eclipse is coming out on the 30th of June. I bet some of y’all can’t wait. Okay! So maybe I’ve watched both Twilight and New Moon, but I don’t go around raving about it like I’m some groupie. I just found it best to keep you guys updated. Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. It continues the story of 18-year-old Bella Swan and her vampire love, Edward Cullen. Eclipse is preceded by New Moon and followed by Breaking Dawn.

The story opens with the revelation that Seattle, Washington is being plagued by a string of unsolved murders, which Edward suspects is caused by a new vampire that is unable to control its thirst for human blood.

The Wedding Dance

Haha! I just can’t get enough of this video. My buddy’s the one on the left, number 3, and he looks lazy. What cracks me up about this video is that he wasn’t so keen on the idea.

Need For Speed World

Okay! Like seriously now, am I the only one who’s just so into games? Don’t you just love the sound of your surround system when something goes horribly wrong (car crashing) or perhaps ‘awesomely’ right (scoring a goal) while you’re busy playing on that Playstation, Nintendo, or Xbox? Well, I don’t know about you but I have a thing for games! The quality of EA games is just out of this WORLD ;-). I once spent the entire day at home playing FIFA 2010 on Xbox.

Puma Phone

Are you a sporty person and so much into technology; gadgets that go hand-in-hand with your sporty persona? Then this is definitely for you – Puma has answered your prayers with this amazing Puma Phone.

The phone has recently been released in Europe and is on course for distribution in the US and will soon be seen hitting the shelves in South Africa. Of course the million-dollar question is what does this sissy phone have to offer which we haven’t already seen from other extraordinary brands?

RIP Emmanuel “Scara” Ngobese

In Xitsonga it’s called, ‘ku honolela’, which means sticking your eyes out due to being surprised or anything related to shock. That was my exact reaction when I read the breaking news on Twitter yesterday as I shouted out, “Whaaaaaaaaaatt??”

Scara was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in 2008 and anyone close to him surely knows how much he tried to fight it. The football star died on Tuesday, May the 11th, 2010. He will greatly be remembered for his skillful tricks (360, Tsamaya, Show Me Your Number, etc.), as well as a true South African legend on the football field.

Finding Ne-Yo

JustCurious.co.za

South African fans were fuming all thanks to famous RNB singer, Neyo, as he was due to perform at The Dome, Johannesburg, 01 May 2010. The prime catalyst for this reason was that nothing had been heard from the star ever since his band arrived in the country before he did. No one seemed to know about his whereabouts and this then saw tweets flying all over and boy oh boy was I glad I stuck around to see this, LOL.

Males Giving Birth! Halleluyah!!!

I had the most frantic experience witnessing a woman disabled by labour pains! I was horrified! Her ferocious screams still haunt my thoughts. This experience made me retain information I learned from my recent visit to Ushaka Marine World. Apparently some female species have been spared from the horrific experience of expanding the nation. Male SEAHORSES give birth to their young! YES, males become pregnant! Oh believe it, its not witchcraft!