The Creative Side of Me - Part 1 of Part 2

Part 1 of Part 2

(New year - New Part)

Here are a few entries I wanted to make last year, but... didn't
About Literature:

Saturday 28 August 2010

Unfortunately due to my laziness and busyness I haven’t been able to get myself stuck in a book. This is what happens.

Ahhh, yes. Some time to read. 

I start Reading.

The next day, dammit no time, or maybe a bit later

The following day as above.

So that by the time a week or two have passed I have forgotten if I was enjoying the book or even where I am in the book.

So because of this I have been reading the book Shantaram for now three months and not because it is such a big book, but because I haven’t touched it in two months.

Now I have a choice.

Carry on working on this blog

Read some pages of Shantaram

Re-watch TV shows

Go to sleep

For me this is a very difficult choice, but I think I will go read some Shantaram... I think. 

Sunday 29 August 2010

Yesterday I decided to read some Shantaram finally, unfortunately I got very tired and only managed about three or four pages. I know I will finish it in due time, but these three weeks are going to be roller-coasters full of activity and on the go 24/7. Thats leaves my holiday completely free. Well then, I guess that will be my break and time to enjoy Shantaram. 

Right now I just remembered I have an Afrikaans book to read for the 20 September. Great! I don’t have time to read a book I want and now I have! to read this book... Its called ‘Die Pro’. Not as in  ‘Let the professional die’, the actual translation is ‘The Pro(fessional)’ 

Saturday 08 January 2011

Nope, I have not finished Shantaram,but wait I have valid reasons. Firstly I was reading it a lot before I went on my 2 week camp, which I didn't take it to, then and now I'm haven't seen the book recently AND I have to read a book to help my sister with her exams in February so I don't have much time for Shantaram as much as I DO want to read it. 

The Creative Side of Me - Part 14 of Part 1

Part 14 of Part 1

HOCKEY- As much as I would love to be able to skillfully play soccer, table tennis, squash and every other sport, I just am not a natural athlete, but hockey after literally working crazy at the field and digging up holes in every corner I can finally play hockey at the lowest level of the A team! 

I play- indoor hockey, field hockey and Astro hockey (On Astro Turf is my favourite!) 

I love hockey because of the legal adrenaline rush I get while sprinting in a match. At practices I practice, but I am the slowest (most unfit) member of our team, well I was, the season kind of ended a few months ago, but during a match I am the link sprinting up and down and not running out of breath- that is what adrenaline does, that is what loving a game so much that it is part of yo feels like. That is why I love, no, adore hockey with every inch of my body. 

The Creative Side of Me - Part 13 of Part 1

Part 13 of Part 1

I love music. Mostly the music I listen to is rock or acoustic, but I still love classical. Thats what I play on the flute sometimes. Yes, I am a flautist.  The Adagio by Albinoni is outstanding and being able to play it or hear this magical sound coming out of my! flute is overwhelming. Then Muse come, a band which is almost godlike, my two favourite songs are Knights of Cyndonia, which is a hard core rock song and the other is United States of Eurasia. This song starts of like a rock song, but by the time you get near the end, not the end, about two minutes from the end, you suddenly hear the pianist  play a piece from Chopin and that is very sudden and unusual in a rock song yet they put it there and it worked. 

The Creative Side of Me - Part 12 of Part 1

Part 12 of Part 1

I have only started learning art properly this year, making me very amateurish. The only style of art that I am some what okay in is pencil shading, but I love to paint. Which, in my case, is quite a problem considering that I can’t.

My second last practical tested my pencil, pen, paint brush and glue stick skills as it involved shading, comic, painting and collage. I had one type of shading, one type of collage, one type of comic and three types of painting styles in it. So to say the least, I was scared. To say the most, I was petrified, but I had to go through these stages to be able to achieve anything with my very, very hidden creativity. 

I love giraffes so as you can imagine I draw and paint a lot of giraffes, so in the art of giraffes I could call myself above okay and maybe even one of the best considering that there might only be myself and maybe another person, maybe a creepy little person who has a weird obsession with giraffe spots who trains themselves to draw giraffes. I guess I will probably never know.

The worst thing is that I get so excited about art practicals just to be disappointed with the end result. Well this time I did all right, but I am always weary...

The Creative side of Me - Part 11 of Part 1

Part 11 of Part 1

I know, I know it has been a very long time since my last post, but its not like I have many people to share these thoughts with, well anyways.

Rythm, tune, voice and lyrics is what you have to add to the pot to cook up a vocal song. In my case I would vote that a song needs good rythm, a good tune, a great voice and great lyrics to be a fantastic song, but if you ask most of the population of this world I doubt they even listen to the lyrics of ... any song.
I have my exceptions, if somebody has the most amazing voice you have ever heard then I'm pretty sure you won't mind what that person sings about.

Frank Sinatra- unbelievable voice.
Leonard Cohen- unbelievable lyrics, an intellect.
Which would you choose? I know I can't decide.

I understand that singers don't always write their own songs, but that doesn't mean they have to go ahead and pick a song like... Its Hot and its cold. Is there any thought to that song?
Right now I'm listening to the Beatles (They may be old, but they are still legendary!), the song 'Revolution' and this song is amazing and most likely going to be stuck in my head for the next week and I am happy about that, you can't get sick of a song that good. Now don't say that there is no Beatles in this generation because although it may not be the same style it is definitely up to standards - Muse. A heavy rock band, most of the time. One of their alternative rock songs is 'Unintended' and it too is wonderful as so enjoyable just to listen to.

It disappoints me that these days the songs that people count as 'Wow! I love that song' are shallow pop songs sung by Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. Its not the musicians that are changing its the demand for ... simply, bad songs that is.  

The Creative side of Me - Part 10 of Part 1

Part 10 of Part 1

More than a month has gone by since my last post and though I may only have six followers I am very sorry that I have been inactive, but a holiday is a holiday and how can one enjoy a holiday without worrying about what the next post on one's blog will be.

The world cup has come and gone and the only remembrance of it is the cars who still show signs of patriotism.
I'm back into the cold winter clutches of South Africa, but I am happy to be home. How ever far I may go a bit of me will know that South Africa is where I feel the most comfortable. Even if that little bit of me is smaller than an atom.

It's the last half of the field hockey season and for you foreigners who don't play hockey... you're missing out. If only field hockey was as popular as soccer, maybe I would watch more Super Sport. I have a match tomorrow at a school which is about an hour away so getting up nice and early.

I'm hungry...

The Creative side of Me - Part 9 of Part 1

Part 9 of Part 1

On Friday I saw the second match of the world cup live. France Vs Uruguay. I had just the luck that I was able to watch the only non-exciting match in the world cup so far.
As you know I was not a soccer fan, but as the world cup proceeded so did my excitement and even my patrionism.
I found out that Messi is playing for Argentina in the world cup. I saw the whole match (on TV) of Argentina against Nigeria and what a game it was!
I have seen 5 full soccer games in less than a week and the others I have watched at least half if not more.

Now in the plane on my way to Israel for the rest of the time period of the world cup I...

In the match I saw live there was a guy sitting next to me with a vuvuuzela. He blew it and I sub-consciously cringed. He didn't blow it for the rest of the match. I felt a bit bad. vuvuzelas aren't my favourite thing, but I honestly don't mind them. After they numb out your ears it doesn't really bother you anymore. This instrument that makes a huge racket and is blown non-stop into my ears and other people's ears make some persons happy and if I really don't mind them why give someone the feeling of guilt everytime they blow the vuvuzela. My father has a completely different perspective on this, but everyone has the right to their opinions, right? or does that change when it comes to vuvuzelas?

Being a South African  who thought that our soccer team couldn't kick a ball before, I feel ashamed, but proud that they proved me wrong. Our goal scored by Tshabalala, the first goal of the 2010 World Cup, was elegant and fantastic beyond imagination, well at least to me.

I am sorry reader if you were not a soccer fan before the world cup and you still aren't one now. I know I probably sound like my teachers and their soccer devotions that I dreaded at the time, but I had a change of mind, that tends to happen.

On a completely different note! I am going to without shame advertise my friends' and my own other blog- For My Frifes- This is more of a journal like blog of each one of my friends, but names aren't mentioned, but if you do the great honour of checking out the blog (its in my blog list) then you can try guess which one is mine.

The Creative side of Me - Part 8 of Part 1

Famous Oaks
Who is your favourite? The hot sport guys or the extravagant singers? What makes people famous these days is not always talent. There are a few actresses that are now singers just because they were already famous. You can get famous for just being rich! But the ultimate question is: Why would someone want to become a famous singer, actor/actress, dancer? Drugs, alcohol, sex, etc... I don't think so. Some may answer for the money, but then why not be a dentist? They earn a pretty decent salary. Some may answer to be known, but why then not become an author? Some may just say they have the talent and want a career with it. I have no objection to that one, but that fame is not always as glorious as it may seem and most people know this with Heat and other magazines its hard to miss. Yet people strive to live a life like that, they say that they will be different... I don't mean that there aren't exceptions, there are just not many at all.


Table Top

Layer One: Paper and Newspaper.
Layer Two: Books
Layer Three: Files
Layer Four: Books
Layer Five: Paper
Layer Six: Stationery
Layer Seven: Pencil Bags
Layer Eight: Albums
Layer Nine: Guitar Hero Guitar
Layer Ten: Artwork
Layer etc....

That was my table before I cleaned it.

The Creative side of Me - Part 7 of Part 1

Part 7 of Part 1

How many parts are there to one part? I don't know. I don't think I will ever know until I get to Part Two.

A finger rapped up in a sock... What is the image in your mind?
Well since the actual image is right here infront of me I will tell you that its only a finger that was once attached to those drawing hand manicans and now is in a phone sock.

Blood splattered on my jacket... What is the image in your mind?
My jacket is rainbow coloured and has blood red dye painted on it as square patches and splattered symbols.

I could carry on and you would carry on mis-interpreting everything. Maybe it is the lack of specification in my sentence, but why do we still drag our minds to the extreme or unwanted. Do we have to little drama in this world that we need to sub-consciously force ourselves to provide more murders, poverty, rape...?

I'm not going to start typing about the people who have just plain twisted minds, but even if I look back at what I have written I still get the wrong idea. I guess the first one is my fault from lack of description, but the second one is metonymy. Using one thing to represent another.

Maybe I want drama, maybe its not you... I just expect you to make wrong accusations that I most likely would, but not everbody thinks alike and definitely not great minds.

The Creative side of Me - Food

Food

Dream Breakfast:

• Toast
• Croissant
• Bacon
• Eggs

Dream Snack:

• Matza with Marge
• Hot Chocolate, with extra Cream

Dream Lunch:

• Sushi
• Ramen
• Milk

Dream Dinner:

• Prawn Springrolls and Corn Cakes
• Honey soaked chicken
• Prawn Springrolls
• Granadilla Cheesecake
• Deep Fried Banana with toffee/ chocolate-chipped ice-cream

Anyone want to take me out for one day?

The Creative side of Me - Part 6 of Part 1

Part 6 of Part 1

Is there anybody gonna listen to my story, anybody, anyone at all... - The Beatles, A girl (also in Across the Univese)

The quote above is for the lack of followers and comments I am receiving!

Dodgy-ness, anything can be dodgy from places you drive through to emails from a stranger.
But not talking about the actual, actual meaning of the word, but the word itself.
Dodge - Well that's when you try to block something by the something missing you. (I am not a dictionary, those aren't perfect words)
y- well, that's just the letter to change 'dodge' from a noun to an adjective, but wouldn't that mean that I could call someone who is good at dodging, dodgy?
I guess it could refer to the fact that you should dodge this place, person so on.

I am going to make a new word for 'dodgy' ... thinking...

ummm....um....

nonono -  no-no-no, adjective
                Origins: the word 'no'
                This word is used for anything that would have normally been called dodgy.

Do you like it? Its very original...(cough, cough)

sigh...scratches neck... taps at head

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The Creative side of Me - Part 5 of Part 1

Part 5 of Part 1

 1 2 3 4 5
 1 2 3 4 5
 1 2 3 4
 5 1 2 3
 4 5 1 2 3
 4 5 1 2 3
 4 5 1 2 3 ...

This is a song … wow… Look at it! It is also a tongue twister, pattern riddle. Look at it! Without the tune could you say it really really fast? Try! That's easy enough, but it has a tune and it goes really fast. Its also a very catchy song and also a very dense one that doesn't know where the exit in my head is.

Cna oyu raed tihs???

Riddles and problems make you think, wonder, ponder …

O T T F F S S _ _ _

What are the next three letters?

ENOUGH OF RIDDLES!

Pictures are taken to cherish moments and views. How do you decide what is a excellent photo and whats not?
These days a picture of piece of wet paper, if the camera is adjusted well, can look and be brilliant. Photography is an art, but not only of seeing what others don't, but of being able to (manually - don't cheat) use a camera.

I am pretty sure that some people will argue that blogging is an art! Anything is these days! But I rather put it under the category of... free-accessed literature. Of course blogs selling stuff would no fall under that classification, but more a journal based, thought based blogs would.
Do you want your life to be viewed by anyone? Anyone at all?

I know this is pretty hypocritical, but I don't mind. My life doesn't seem to interest me so much, so I try expand it with my thoughts, if that makes sense.

The Creative side of Me - My Bookshelf

My Bookshelf

Here it is from my first books to my newest. Remember though that this isn't all the books I have read, its only the ones that are sitting right now in my shelf! And in order of author (not alphabetically) and not in-the-date-read-order!

Love David by Dianne Case

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Half Moon Investigation by Eoin Colfer

The Check-Out Princess by Andrew Matthews (I think this was the first actual book I ever read)

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

Dear Olly, by Michael Morpurgo

The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo

Holes by Louis Sachar

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

Mud City by Deborah Ellis

Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis

Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Granny by Anthony Horowitz

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Spook's Battle by Joseph Delaney

The Spook's Secret by Joseph Delaney

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares

The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

The Horse and his Boy by C. S. Lewis

Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis

The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis

The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis

Spud by John van de Ruit

Spud - The Madness Continues... by John van de Ruit

Spud - Learning to Fly by John van de Ruit

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson

Seeker by William Nicholson

Night by Elie Wiesel 

The Creative side of Me - Part 4 of Part 1

Part 4 of Part 1

... After 45 minutes of peace, quiet and boredom-

The Fifa Soccer World Cup. My teachers think that everyone is interested in the patriotic duty we have for our country, so they decide that we have to listen to the same thing not once, not twice, but three times.
Okay, so maybe it is a grand festival that is being held in my country, but if I am going to be realistic, I don't think that South Africa will get into the second round. Our national sports are rugby and cricket, before a few years ago I didn't even know we had a soccer team.
I am a fan the Barcelona and their player Messi, but I have never seen one whole game of theirs and I don't know who Messi is playing for in the world cup.
I am going to post the names of the players in Barcelona on another post and a result to a game that I watched and I promise I will not cheat, you will have to trust me!
I saw this political cartoon, done by Zapiro, the other day. It had three ancient empires and the lands they used to own in the world. And in the fourth block was a man sitting on the world smiling with a shirt that said Fifa.
Here it is:

10 illegal minutes more for 30 students. 23 of which felt to guilty and headed back to class. 7 stayed.
Maybe not such a big deal now, maybe not such a big deal later, but what if the 7 that stayed got a thrill out of it? What if 3 of them enjoyed the thrill? What if 2 of them wanted more of the thrill? What if one of them got more of the thrill, but in other dangerous ways? A small risk, but is it worth taking?

That probably won't happen, but its fun to follow through a dangerous theory.

The Creative side of Me - Part 3 of Part 1

Part 3 of Part 1

A fantastically, glorious hilarious TV show could be stick men as everyday characters. It could be a regular drama, comedy, action and so on, but have all the characters as stick men.
Imagine Desperate Housewives and everybody is a stick man/woman. <- This might just be my obsessiveness with stick men.

Hot chocolate, toffee/ chocolate-chipped ice-cream/ coconut sorbet and a hot warm duvet- right now that is all I crave, hmmmm and also prawn spring rolls with hot, sweet chilly sauce or plum sauce.
Oh! And lets not forget the disappearing of a certain teacher...
Babble, swabble, scwadable, I'm so tired it hard to think.
Eyes are deceiving, but not mine- I hope- Look at the people whispering to themselves, some staring at wall and some writing down non-private thoughts are quite-
Wait! That happens to include myself...

The Creative side of Me - I'm Not There, You're Not Here

I'm Not There- You're Not Here

I was busy playing my guitar and thought for a second why not write a song-
So here it is, actually only the lyrics and chords:

(Note- the lyrics are out of beat! and the chord shown is for the line its in!)

Verse 1) With the rain pouring (G)
               My memory comes back to me (D)
              Of a boy who once held me (Am)
              Who now is gone (D)

Verse 2) If you open the door I oh (G)
               Won't be there (D)
               because you live (Am)
               to far away (D)

Chorus) If I (G)
              Look outside (Em)
              I wonder why you (Am)
              Never visit (D)
              If I (G)
              Look outside (Em)
              I wonder if you've (Am)
              Forgotten me (D)
              If I (G)
              Look outside (Em)
              I stop and stare cuz (Am)
              You're not there (D)

Verse 3) All the books I  (G)
               Read, I find you (D)
               There as a (Am)
              Character (D)

Verse 4) All the moments I (G)
              Cherish most (D)
              Are with you (Am)
             With me (D)

Chorus)

Verse 5) Bam didadam (G)
              da di ba di (D)
              Won't you please (Am)
              Come ba-ack (D)

Verse 6)  Bam didadam (G)

                dy-y-a-a (D)

                If you don't I (Am)

                May find another (D)

Chorus)

              (G) 

I hope you liked this, but like the photo taking, I am not a born-song-writer!

        

The Creative side of Me - Photos

                                   

I used these photos to enter in one of my school's societies, but they haven't gone any further than that.
I am not a trained since birth photographer, but I do enjoy taking pictures.

The Creative side of Me - Part 2 of Part 1

Part 2 of Part 1

I'm an Athiest (while looking how to spell "Athiest" I found out that I'm an agnostic too- it means the same, but it really sounds like an adjective... IT'S NOT its actually a noun) because I believe in science, science always has an explanation, and I see no way possible for such a 'God' to exist. Think of it... Have you thought about it?

I go to a Jewish Youth Camp called Netzer. This may seem odd, but for me religion isn't necessarily a bad thing. Religion started the 'Do's and Don'ts' system and maybe now we all know what's right and wrong, but that was a necessity back then. (My opinion, not yours)
I also love all the tradtions and festivels, to be celebrating something that so many generations have celebrated before you is a wonderful thing. I grew up hearing the stories of Hanukah and Purim, those were my favourite stories and I'm proud that I can retell them to anyone, to my children later. They were my favourite because of the passion written into them.

You may or may not agree with me, I may or may not be right, but I respect you for your desicions... so don't hate me for mine.

The Creative side of Me - The beginning

The Beginning


The imagination of one's (1) "thinking" / "thoughful" / "individuality of" certain beings starts here in this creative yet somewhat yet somewhat deletable blog that consists of posts filled with thoughts and other inexplainable pieces of ... stuffs (thoughts) from the explained intellects above which includes myself.