The Best WORLD CUP EVER!

Everybody had mixed feelings about the World Cup in South Africa. Some people said that South Africa will disappoint, and other were so excited that they said South Africa will show the World the best we can offer.

I was very excited about the World Cup and believed that South Africa could pull this off. The Tourism Authorities say that it is to early to say what the real impact of the World Cup is.

The Provincial Tourism Department did a survey at the Cape Town International Airport to get a sense of what Tourist's experience was during the World Cup.

The survey pointed out that the Tourists that took part in the survey, gave Cape Town an overall 9.06 out of 10 for Safety. Even the Tourist that was robbed in Long Street said that he would give Cape Town a 9 out of 10 for Safety.

My husband and I watched the Italy vs Paraguay match at the Cape Town Stadion. Wow, what an experience. We sat in the rain and got very wet, but I wouldn't exchange it for anything in the world. The Stadion is beautiful, I couldn't stop looking. The Fan mile experience was GREAT! We were walking on the fan mile at 23:00 and enjoying every minute of it.

A German couple said that this was the Best WORLD CUP EVER! What an amazing thing to say.

South Africa you made us Proud!

Laughter, Caring and Loving Unconditionally

Laugher: I Love to laugh and truly believe it brightens up your mood, your day and they say that it is also good exercise.

Sound of one hand clapping

Have you ever felt not worry at a stage in your life?

The best day of my life was my wedding day. Not only because this is probably something that most little girls dream of from a very young age but because I was marrying the man I love and waited for that day for 6 years.

Everything was perfect, just the way I wanted, the way I planned it for 9 months. I wanted to say if something ask me in 20 years time what would you have changed on your wedding day, my answer would be NOTHING. My wedding day was exactly as I wanted it.

A major thing for me was the fuss that everybody made of me. I am a very humble person and don't like it when people make a big fuss.

So this takes me to the title of the sound of one hand clapping. After we took our wedding photos, my husband and I walked into the hall as Mr and Mrs Mitchell. The MC also introduced us as such and when we walked in everybody stood up and one person started clapping and a few seconds after the person started clapping all over 117 guests started clapping hands for us.

I felt not worthy, everybody stood up for us, as if it was the King and Queen that arrived. I will never forget how I felt that day.

One person clapping started a domino effect and everybody else started to clap. What an amazing effect, one starts and everybody follows.

What if everything in life can be like that, one person does something and everybody else follows. Try this after a show, speech etc be the first person clapping and people will follow, it means the world for the person standing on stage, presenter etc.

The sound of one hand clapping is contagious.

A man's best friend

I have always been a dog lover. Since I was a toddler, my parents had Maltese poodles. Our poodles would stay in the house, sleep on the beds, etc. My husband also grew up with dogs, but their dogs always slept outside and was only allowed in the kitchen.

So my husband and I was always dog lovers, but I was use to having dogs in the the house and our would allow our dog to sleep in the same bed as me. My husband said he would never allow that; dogs should sleep outside.

I told him that I think his view would change if he has his own dog, he said NEVER! So in November 2009, our friend's Jack Russel got 4 puppies. We decided to take one of the puppies. And so everything changed ...

Her name is Noga, she is now 7 months old and guess where she sleeps? Yip on the bed, some evenings under the blanket and then during the course of the morning she moves up until she lies next to my husband on the pillow.

My husband loves Noga to bits and she is like a daughter in our house. She is a Jack Russel and obviously have a lot of energy and keeps us running around and forces us to exercise.

Noga is the reason for a lot of laughter in our house and she is a good stress reliever. The cliche a dogs is a man's best friend, I think is true.

How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

Since I was small I was amazed by those acrobats in the circus that walked from the one side of the rope to the other side. I am not sure how high the rope was from the group, but it was high enough. I always wanted to close my eyes when they took the first step from the pole onto the rope, afraid he/she was going to fall. My eyes would be focused on the acrobat from the start to the end, and was I relieved when he/she made it.

My experience stepping onto a platform that was 40m from the ground was in 2004 when I did the Tree top canopy touring in Tsitsikamma/Storms river. There were seven trees that you had to slide from one tree to the next. After you got to the tree on the other side you had to step from the platform onto a different platform. The anxiety, excitement that went through my body that day was unbelievable and I can't explain it. I was sceard but it was also so exciting and challenging. The longest distance between two trees was 70 m and you had to slide from one tree to another. My feet, legs and stomach had butterflies and at times I felt like turning around and going back, but I couldn't. I couldn't turn around the only way out was to continue, so I continued and to date this was one of the best experiences in my life.

So how do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole? You close your eyes and open them quickly, step forward and never look back. After doing it, you would feel so proud about yourself.

We are what we do

Life is about fun they say? What do you do for fun? I love walking on the beach with my husband and dog. This is only when time permits. Does this make me a nature lover, animal lover, married women? All of the above is probably true. None of these things are bad or out of the ordinary. If I said that I loved doing drugs, drink myself drunk every evening and hate dogs, will that make me a bad person, a person with issues? I would think so because that won't be quality of life. Would you like to be known as a caring person or a person who doesn't care about anybody but him/herself. When people speak about you what would you like them to say? I would like to think that in somebody's life I made a difference, it doesn't matter how big or small. When you die one day what would you like to be written on your tomb stone or said on your funeral. Think about this when you do something from no-one.

We are afraid of the wrong things

What are you afraid of? In Afrikaans there is a song called the Brave mouse. The mouse sings that is he is a brave mouse, we should watch him walk through the house and there is nothing that he is afraid of. As the song continues things happen like the cat comes in, he walks pass a mouse trap, a lady tries to hit him with a broom and suddenly he is afraid of all these things. These things are all things that a mouse is afraid. I think we are also like that, we pretend we are not afraid of things but in reality we are afraid of being home alone, being a victim of crime, afraid that someone will get hold of your bank account and draw all your money, that your parents, brothers/sisters or husband will die before you, these are to name but a few. Are these the right things to be afraid of or should we not be afraid at all? I think that it is natural to be afraid, we are human and prone to be sensitive, afraid and let our emotions take over. However I think we should worry less in life and rather do the cliche saying and "Seize the day". There are to many things to be thankful for, to sit in a corner and be afraid or worry to much.