MyCiti bus on the row

No more late to work, no more standing on a long queues and no more read this boring and annoying stickers on the minitaxi, “ Don’t hurry me if you are late I’m on time’. The long awaiting integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) has launched their service to Captonians.

MyCiti offers commuters a suitable, steadfast and affordable means of public transport mostly to those travelling to Tableview and Parklands.

Now I understand the anger of minitaxi drives and owners when the system was implemented during the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup.

I am happy to say that what the city offer to those of us using public transport is freedom from the hands of “drunk and drive” minitaxi drivers. I use it this morning so I can tell you from the experience that is faster and comfortable.

The only issue that I have about MyCiti bus rapid transport is it has too many bus stations and stops when coming from Tableview to Civic Centre station in Cape Town.

The MyCiti bus routes include the following areas at the moment:

T1 Table View- Civic Centre

F14 Big Bay- Table View- Parklands East

F15 Parklands East- Table View- Blouberg Sands

F16 Marine Circle- Table View- Blouberg Sands

R27/ West Coast Rd

F1 Gardens- Civic Centre

Airport- Civic Centre
Apart from, what a fantastic and simple way to provide a standard public transport system to solve traffic congestion in most of South African roads.

Try a cliche

According to Wikipedia cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, rendering it a stereotype, especially when at some earlier time it was consider meaningful or novel. The term is frequently used in modern culture for an action or idea which is expected or predictable, based on a prior event. Cliches are not always false or inaccurate. Cliches may or may not be true.

Based on the meaning, we on the daily basis try cliches. We use it in many of our discussions and in our writing. Here is the list of most common used cliches and its meaning I found interesting.

"Misery loves company" - The sad people expect others to join their sorrow.

"Love is blind" - Love makes us oblivious to the faults of the object of love.

"There’s no such thing as a free lunch" - In life everything has a price.

"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" - Take money from one person to pay another person.

"As good as gold" - The person behave very well.

"Foot loose and fancy free" - This denotes being free of responsibilities.

"Laughter is the best medicine" - This suggests that laughter helps cure illnesses.

To me cliche deliver so much in our daily lives, but in the other hand mean nothing. We have circle around it as they were born with us.

Feelings follow behaviour

In the process of climbing on the ladder of adulthood there is one thing that will have a dramatic effect on your success or failure. This thing is the battle between you and your desire to success. Every day you make a decision you have it as a first choice before any other things. It is important in every man’s life because we face it on a daily basis. It rules our lives and controls our reactions

It is your feelings toward everything you do in life. Consider for a moment the important of this word “Feeling” in your life. To success or fail you must understand the connection between your feelings and your behaviour, for the feelings follow the behaviour. If you want to control your behaviour you must first control your feelings. For instance: when your behaviour is sinful your feelings will accuse you. The accusation will enter you through your feelings and affect your behaviour.

Death and All His Friends

My sister calls came in around 1: 00am in April 17. It was to my brother’s phone not mine even if is mine at that time of the morning I wonder what would be the outcome. The second ring proofs his hesitation to pick the call. It rings third time, now I can hear it more clearly through the opening that connects his room and mine. The ringing didn’t call only me out of sleep, I guess the wife could hear it too. His phone ringing tone is the type that wakes a new born baby from their endless connection with the man (God) that brings them to this world.( Don’t worry. It is not why we are here.)

The fourth call repeated. That was when I hear what will change my course of the year. What will affect all the dreams I had. There my brother asked what the problem is. I can’t hear clearly but can get the message interpreted with my number six (brain). “Mother,” she replied. That, of course, was not news. Mom (if you will permit me to use that word) her name is a household thing that her dog (Beacon) can call that- what! – no no no- my brother come in. it can't be!

Before the call we spoke a week after, my mom over the phone describe the kind of wife she wanted me to have (although is not the first time we had that kind of conversation).What she wanted, in a word was a beautiful and homemade girl for me. How easy was that to achieve? In many ways, the girl will be a Christian. For my mum she was a believer and love God. (Oh yes, my mother called her name “Becky”. That was my ex-girlfriend. She didn’t even know she married on Eastern Monday. I can’t tell her. Sorry to hear it so later, Mom).

In the whole house I wouldn’t hear a sound again, as if the two of the phones were death. What follow was a shout. From who? the wife. I can’t hear my brother. A man I knew for all but for last two years I live with them (here in South Africa) his life I can infinitely said I understood more deeply. He is a man of courage and authority but his wife to shout at the early hour and he say nothing something is wrong. What could that be?

Then I’m up from my bed. I can hear the wife still talking, but in the name of God if I know is about death. I will say, my brother would want a silence, to allow him to think. To that-without telling her, for fear of wakening our neighbors- she added to silent of night. Without hesitation my brother breaks the news of how death and his friends visited my only thing, my inspiration and the anchor of my life (Mother).

Visitation of winter (you know how cold it is) and over the rooftops I can’t hear myself again. All the blood in my system ceases to flow. In summary, I can’t breathe, no, not like I used to. Spirit of death, I can’t be patient not again, not after you take my sister without a note. Now my mother, some will say they don’t want a recycling of revenge or a battle from you and all your allies. I want it. I want a fight to prove to the world how useless you are. How you move around taken what doesn’t belong to you, and how you are causing havoc among the people of God.

Sorry mom. I know you may not have wanted me to say all that but losing you when I needed you most. When I’m at the brink of making it. At the time to look after you and pay you for a man you made me to become. Is hard to forget. My Mother, born in Nigerian in 1939, a mother and child of God, grew up without brothers (Her biography). Sorry I didn’t give you all. But I love you so much.

It is better to practice a little than talk a lot: 5 tips on how to handle people with no action

“Actions speak louder than words”, is a popular saying. Does it make any meaning to you? YES, I guess most people will answer if is a job interview question. The truth is on your way to adulthood you might have come across people who tell you that those who talk the talk are not the real people who do the action. Basically, yes they are not. They only know how talk a lot and practise a little.

How do you handle them is the one million question? There are thousands people mostly the 21th century politicians give you all kinds of promises during their political campaign in the name of democracy and do little to back it up. Do you just tune them out when they come to you with those massages you know is only talk with no better practice? If you do I won’t blame you but some will say you are rude-meaning you can’t help to teach them the change they need.

Here is a few tips I found on how to deal with people with no action. We can’t change them all that is the fact. Maybe we can use this tips to live among them.

It’s absolutely meaningless try to persuade them to practice what they preach, because they don’t give dame about your feelings. So just sit and watch, which in the other hand don’t provide immediate answer but in a long run they will understand your point.

Point the pass promises, If is a Politian confront them immediately, (depending on the kind of person you are) and tell them the past promises. I think is the best way to stop them and to stop their talking infection and teach them is better to practice than to talk a lot.

Whatever they said during their cheap talk, do not overstretch. Just only listen and proof you point later.

You can choose not to listen to the person. Here the choice is yours. Deicide immediate to avoid jeopardize your credentials by becoming or acting like the person.

Lastly Zen proverbs said, although I am not a student of Zen but something answer can be found . . . “The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear”. Meaning you can learn to teach them because if you educate one today, you educate thousands tomorrow.

The five tips I think can help but don’t think they are the perfect otherwise I won’t pick your calls when you get beat up.