So here we are again.. It has been waaaay too long since my last post, and the only valid excuse I can really think of is that in the last 6 or so months my life has completely changed! I am now officially a Capetonian enjoying the beautiful scenery of our mother city. I have […]
A bitter-sweet ending to my four years at the University of Pretoria. I could not have imagined a more perfect University experience! Living in Madelief, winning the status of the Best Residence overall at Tuks in my first and last year at the academic institution, as well as many adventures into the depths of Mordor […]
So my friend Matt Kemp did some research on this 2012 End of the World conspiracy and what he’s discovered, seems to explain alot: “Each Mayan World Age lasts 5125.36 years. There are 5 such periods totalling the Mayan Great Year of 25,626.83 years. We are now at the end of the 4th Mayan World […]
You are what you eat; Diamond’s are a girls best friend; You can tell who a person is by the shoes they wear; If you’ve got it flaunt it; BMW driver’s are stereotypically pompous and egotistical whilst we have the drop dead gorgeous Mini Cooper driver cliché’. Who delegates these standards and more importantly why […]
Applying for a post-grad position in AAA’s (School of advertising) class of 2013 I came across a rather intriguing question. Imagine that you are a product. Name the product you have chosen to be. Which qualities make you (the product) different? The Product I chose..a Zippo Lighter..and this is what I had to say about […]
Whilst galavanting on YouTube searching for my previous post’s Samsung Galaxy s3’s lastest advert, I came across two videos, which I am still struggling to define..hmmm..I like to think of it as a combination between opportunity of new technology and absolute cheese..but alas..it is indeed quite entertaining. In a social media obsessed society as we […]
During a Visual communication Lecture last week Wednesday we were discussing the article The Long March, first published in 2001, by well known design critic Max Bruinsma in which he discusses the “empowering effects of the media”. Within his article he refers to current trend in innovative advertising known as “Outsmarting the Competition”. “In a media […]
The Late night news with Loyiso Gola,..Loyiso Gola? A comedian performing comedy since 2000 and has graced the stages of all the major festivals and events on the local comedy calendar. He started his career performing at the 2005 and 2006 instalments of the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, South Africa’s most prestigious comedy event, he became […]
Tumi Molekane is a spitkicker, trailblazing lyricist and one of South Africa’s up and coming wordsmiths. His work is autobiographical and as a MC, has done an array of work for the South African Music scene. He has shared the stage with a variety of Local talents such a Yesterday’s Pupil and Haezer as well […]
I find myself in many situations where I desperately look to every corner, with my back up against the wall. No escape and no way out, my options have ceased to exist. Overwhelmed by the dreaded sensation of defeat, seconds away from drowning myself in the ocean of futile tears I had cried over the […]
As a tribute to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games hosted by the city of London, I thought it appropriate to dedicate a post to this auspicious occasion. As a competitor of the Games, it is every athletes goal to walk away with that coveted Gold Medal..But..for the rest of us plebs that […]
Cans and plans When your “cans” turn into “plans” Ode to Cans There’s a four lettered word As offensive as any It holds back the few Puts a stop to the many. You can’t climb that mountain You can’t cross the sea You can’t become anything you want to be. He can’t hit a century […]
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