Tuesday Beat: David Chifunyise Iyanai - Tauya Naye

Some 2001 urban grooves zim style.

Rough translation
We first met while we were in school. I realized there was some chemistry. 3 months later you met my aunt and she accepted your gift of Fanta [aunts are very important in our culture]. Today we got married and aunt is singing [at the wedding]. Bridal price was 16 cows, 3 piece suit, total 24K + nokia 3210.

Chorus is a song we sing when a bride is brought into the home. Translates into we've brought her complete with blankets - trust me it makes sense.

Half Penny Post: Weekly Rundown

Lo and behold Friday has arrived yet again.

I had absolutely nothing to do today and it was really nice. I made it down to the lake and was the only person there for the first 30 mins of my time there.

I am super stocked by the changes that are taking place in my family. Things are really looking up.

I've come to the realization that we mature as needed. It's not soo much an age thing. I am immature and own that fact. I'm leaving student mode behind gradually.

Some of you might be familiar with the actress Lisa Ray. She was diagnosed with Multiple Mylenoma not too long ago and has a blog where she talks about her treatments and her life in general. Check it out when you have a moment.

Tiona McClodden will be bringing black./womyn.:conversations... to Milwaukee on the 2nd of October. I've been dying to see it so I might make the trek north to see it. The link has all the details.

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday Beat: Ringo Madlingozi Oliver Mtukudzi - Into Yami

Musical legends Ringo and Tuku teamed up for this gem of a love song. It's sung in 3 languages - Zulu and Suthu(I think) are done by Ringo and Shona part is done by Tuku.

Rough translation:
All that is mine is yours. Hello beloved, how are you? It's been a while with me trying to talk to you. I just want you. I see you and get breathless. I speak only your name. My mind goes blank. Come closer and close the door. Take me, I have always been yours. All that is mine is yours. We will be together always. I love you and you love me.

Half Penny Post: Lessons from a break up

Is it really better to have loved and lost than to have not loved at all? I have to wonder.

I had someone that I cared for deeply and she did me the great service of dragging my heart through a crocodile mud pit and putting it on a spit to roast. Well if I'm honest I fell for her and didn't have a prayer in hell of surviving a relationship with her. I deign to use the word love because well that would put too much of a significance to the relationship but to some extent, she was my first love.

Am I better off for having had that experience with her? Maybe though I doubt it.

My list of requirement now includes is not psychotic which pretty much excludes most women because PMS makes everyone psychotic at one time or another. Am I better off then? Yes.

I am less willing to trust my heart when it comes women I like. My brain now rules that roost. If logic says no, that's it I'm walking away. Am I better off then? No.

She taught me how to pick myself up, and wipe off the dust and keep moving. I learnt that I am unbreakable. I might become bent out of shape, but sooner or later, I will straighten myself out and keep it moving. You will bend me but you will never break me. Am I better off then? Yes.

I pay more attention to people's actions and words. I spend more time observing than participating. Am I better off then? Maybe.

I lost several of my friends when shit hit the fan. That's the problem with having mutual friends. I was warned by one of our mutual friends that when shit hit the fan it would fracture the group and I would in all likelihood end up being the one to walk away from the group. I should have listened as it cost me several people who I'd known well and had planned to work on projects with. Am I better off then? No.

Am I happier now that we're not together? Yes.

SOO am I better off then for having had the relationship? I begrudgingly have to answer Yes.

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Half Penny Post: Weekly Rundown

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!

• It's been a great couple of days and I do mean great! A fair number of ups and downs but great overall.
• School's back in session so lots of reading to do. I have 2 classes - 1 in law and the other in systems.
• RC classes continue and I'm really getting into the swing of things. I'm also learning from my classmates who are out in the Emergency Management field and their input on the problems that technology causes is really an eye opener. Through them I've also begun to pick up on what software I need to be learning. AWESOME! Class tomorrow morning ... not so awesome.
• I've been looking into PhD programs as I mentioned in an earlier post and this week I met with recruiters from New Zealand, UK and Canada. It was a great networking opportunity and because I already have a rough idea of what I want my thesis to be in, they were better able to point me in the right direction for resources on their campuses.
• Had job interviews that went soo well I actually have an offer. I am weighing accepting it or passing on it. There will be very large trade-offs either way. I need to have reached a decision by Sunday and I have a headache from thinking it through ... a workmate pointed out that its a good thing to be stressed out by having an offer as you could be just as stressed without an offer.
• Lots of stuff going on with my family. Mostly good. I hope to be able to post on it soon. I jus need to get permission ... you'll understand why when I post.
• Belated Happy Bairthday to Sheena! She has rounded the quater century mark.

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