Nic’s blog
I write about building businesses, failing and building a life, not a legacy.
Simba Cheapskates
I am sick to death of opening up a packet of Simba chips and finding a quarter of the packet filled with air. Lots and lots of scrum-didli-umptuous air. Sick of it.Today was the final straw. This is what I found in my packet of Creamy Cheddar Simba Chips:
Count those chips, there are 8 in total. A whopping 8 chips in a bag. Fair, it was a small bag but nonetheless how bout more than a measly 8 damn chips? Ridiculous.
The Secret To Everything - I Promise
The Law of Attraction. That is it. Right there. The end, the beggining, the solution and the secret.You think I'm talking rubbish don't you? Well I'm not. I promise. I am talking about attracting the things that you want, in to your life. Don't get me wrong, I am no genius, no expert and no kind of Secret guru at all. I am simply someone who lives his life doing positive things and reaping the benefit. In fact, as of late, I am a person who has seen a light of sorts.This light came in the form of a movie/documentary (movie-mentary) that I watched recently: The Secret.The Secret is a movie-mentary that explains The Secret. To what I hear you ask? To everything. The secret to wealth, happiness, health, success and anything else that you want. The Secret is simple, the implementation of The Secret however is a whole other ball game.The movie-mentary explains that the law of attraction is an integral part of every persons life. If you are constantly talking about and fussing over debt then that is precisely what you attract to yourself. Even if you are talking about getting out of debt you are still telling the Universe that you are in debt and that is what you are focusing on. Focus instead, as an example, on telling yourself that you are wealthy, you are happy, you are safe, secure and going to earn R50 000 this month. This is then what you will attract to yourself.If you are constantly berating your life and the Universe's effect thereon then this is what will happen in return. The movie-mentary talks of the genie in the bottle and the 3 wishes that are presented when the lamp is rubbed. Apparently this is not a myth of any sort, this is a belief system that people have believed in forever. In place of the genie read "Universe" in place of Aladin read "Your Name". Then try this: When you fuss over debt and focus all your energy on that the Universe (Genie) answers: "Your wish is my command". Thus in this way you are wishing yourself debt.This is where the difficult part comes in. Everyone knows that if you are constantly negative, positive things can't happen to you. Have you tried to think 100% positively lately? It's tough. This is the art to mastering the secret.I am not claiming that if you sit on your butt 24/7 and wish for riches, the love of your life and a Ferrari that they will magically appear. This is not true at all in my opinion. I do believe that if you positively live your life with correlating positive thought and visualisation that you will come out on top in a very large way.It's not easy to change the way you live and think and talk, but it is necessary. Write down your goals, realistic or pipe dreams and do as much as you can to progress towards these goals. Whether what you do is conscious or subconscious you will still be conditioning yourself to achieve that greatness that you are owed. The trick is to believe that you are owed greatness.
Too Much _____, Too Little _____
Fill in the blanks. For me on this lovely Monday it is: Too Much Work, Too Little Time.What would you fill in?
Go Pepsi Yourself
I have been listening with great frustration to the Pepsi radio advert campaign. I am frustrated because I actually prefer drinking Pepsi to Coke.The adverts on the radio sound something like this:I Love Pepsi, but what if we Pepsi together and our Pepsi doesn't Pepsi properly then we'll have a Pepsi and our Pepsi's will be Pepsied. So lets not Pepsi tonight, let's wait till the Pepsi and Pepsi when we are properly Pepsied. But the Pepsi might not be Pepsi then and our Pepsi will be Pepsied for Pepsi. What a Pepsi if our Pepsi doesn't Pepsi like it used to Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi.You get the idea.I think it so unbelievably ridiculous that this actually counts as advertising. This is subliminal advertising without the subliminal part. This campaign shamelessly lacks creativity and innovation in my opinion. It simply spews out mindless words that force you to say the word Pepsi, think the word Pepsi and talk about the stupid advert from Pepsi. There is no choice here, there is no option, there is no thought behind it there is just...Pepsi. And it disappoints me.There will be those people responding to this post who will argue that the advert does its job because even though I hate it, I am still posting about it. True. The advert does its job, and oh so well but this is what I find problematic. As consumers we love stupid things like this, we allow marketers to make us look moronic and mindless. We (myself included) do not stand up and shun the advert, complain or boycott the product.I am not an idiot and refuse to let marketers and brand managers at Pepsi think that I am one. I will not be drinking Pepsi, they have lost a client and I hope I am not alone on this one.
Graduation DVD Assistance
This post serves as a request for some assistance. Can anyone tell me how to extract a section of my Graduation DVD so that I can upload it on to Twac/Zoopy/Youtube or whatever??Thanks!
Inherent Corporate Indoctrination
I have just completed a corporate freelancing job at a Certain Cellurar provided that I wont mention by name. I am astounded as to the consistent remarks that i received regarding the interviewees (recent graduates) impression of the company.There two opinions were so congruent that I can't help but think that they were coached. I am almost 100% sure that they were not coached in their responses, however the comments were remarkably close. This has led me to question the inherent corporate indoctrination that is present in major corporations around the world. If you are getting paid enough, if you consistently happy at your job then you shout praises for your employer from the rooftops. Whether the praises are the truth or not, they are true for the person shouting them.I have also completed an interview with another major corporation in South Africa that deals with electricity in some way or another. The human resources manager is incredibly good at what he does and honestly made me believe that this corporate was the best company in the world to work for, in spite of me conducting the interview. While back at the ranch the public profile of the company is in absolute disarray.These scenarios are much like the movie Thank you for smoking, which i loved. Can you justify selling cigarettes to a 16 year old if you are getting paid well enough?At the end of the day it is a personal choice but one that I think I might be struggling to come to terms with.
Guns N' Roses Pull Out
Which is a nifty title change when talking about Guns N' Roses (GNR). Normally these lovely gentlemen are not pulling out of anything if you know what I mean.In case you are wondering what I am talking about, GNR have pulled out of the My Coke Fest event that has been bloody advertised for the last forever. It has also been advertised with GNR as the headlining band for so long that I don't even know who else is playing. This morning I heard Gareth Cliff on 5fm saying that it doesn't really matter that much anyways, there are still so many great bands. Then tell me, why have they been punting GNR so much over the past 2 months?5fm has also been running a competition that if you win you go on tour with the bands here in SA, as well chat to them, party with them etc etc etc. Most of the entries that I have heard this past week have revolved around GNR. This morning one person enters and focuses on Hoobastank (another international band playing) and they win immediately. This really bugs me, what about all the poor other people who entered but weren't aware of the GNR issue? Now they get screwed out of the only band they wanted to see and they get screwed out of the competition.Computicket is offering full refunds for dissatisfied customers. If you are unhappy then let someone know!
Nic On Amatomu's Zeitgeist
I just had to post this. I am featured on the Zeitgeist!! Nice to know people are looking for me.
Words To Live and Love By:
"If you care for someone you don't hide food from them."
I was talking to someone today who said the above words. When cooking at home Person A will hide food from Partner before Partner arrives so that the food is left for people who she cares for.So: If you care for someone you don't hide food from them.
Greek Mothers - Painfully Brilliant
Phone rings. GREEK MOTHER picks up the phone and answers:Greek Mother: Hello?Daughter: Hi Mom. Can I leave the kids with you tonight?Greek Mother: You're going out?Daughter: Yes.Greek Mother: With whom?Daughter: With a friend.Greek Mother: I don't know why you left your husband. He is such a good man.Daughter: I didn't leave him. He left me!Greek Mother: You let him leave you, and now you go out with anybodies and nobodies.Daughter: I do not go out with anybody. Can I bri ng over the kids?Greek Mother: I never left you to go out with anybody except your father.Daughter: There are lots of things that you did and I don't.Greek Mother: What are you hinting at?Daughter: Nothing. I just want to know if I can bring the kids over tonight.Greek Mother: You're going to stay the night with him? What will your husband say if he finds out?Daughter: My EX husband. I don't think he would be bothered. From the day he left me, he probably never slept alone!Greek Mother: So you're going to sleep over at this loser's place?Daughter: He's not a loser.Greek Mother: A man who goes out with a divorced woman with children is a loser and a parasite.Daughter: I don't want to argue. Should I bring over the kids or not?Greek Mother: Poor children with such a mother.Daughter: Such a what?Greek Mother : With no stability. No wonder your husband left you.Daughter: ENOUGH !!!Greek Mother: Don't scream at me. You probably scream at this loser too!Daughter: Now you're worried about the loser?Greek Mother: Ah, so you see he's a loser. I spotted him immediately.Daughter: Goodbye mother.Greek Mother: Wait! Don't hang up! When are you bringing them over?Daughter: I'm not bringing them over! I'm not going out!Greek Mother: If you never go out, how do you expect to meet anyone?Thank heavens my mother is not this bad. The us of "not this bad" is intended, she is still a Greek mother after all!
Smoking in the Rain
Disclaimer: I do not promote smoking in any way, shape or form.I love smoking in the rain. The smoke is thicker, the rings are larger, the experience is more enjoyable!
One Day of Silence For The USA, How Many For Africa?
I just read on Tylers' blog about a call for one day of silence on April 30th for those who dies in Virginia.Forget it. I outright refuse to observe this. I am saddened by the event as I have stated already but refuse to acknowledge this American rubbish. Why should I in Africa observe a day of non-blogging or "silence" for 30 Americans who died at the hands of one of their own? It is shameful what that freaking psychopath did but I am in South Africa, I am trying to make sense of the thousands, hundreds of thousands that die everyday in Africa and other countries because of trade restraints, Western Capitalists exploiting the people of Africa and others who have tried to take over countries around the world such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Vietnam.What about those people? What about the millions of innocents that America has trudge on to get what they want, to gain political, economical and geographical strength? Please. Keep your silence of one day and try taking it on for all of those innocent people that have been massacred by Westerners over the years.I am sorry that I am ranting but it really pisses me off when ignorance meets tragedy and more ignorance ensues. Get a grip on the world America, learn where Africa is, figure out your history and feel the pain of the millions that have suffered at the hands of your apparent "fight for freedom".
Handdrawngames ROCK!!
I am an addict, my name is Nic and I love playing handdrawngames.Try your hand at this ripper of a game and if your score is up there add it the group I started called "SA Bloggers".Be careful, this could mean the end of your working days.
Amatomu Becomes #1 Referrer on SA Rocks
Amatomu.com, as well as a string of other paths from Amatomu, has officially become the #1 referrer on the SA Rocks blog. Afrigator is extremely close behind and is creepy up to top 5. What is it like for other blogs? Let me know.