As we close the doors on a tough and often trying year, may we look back at 2011, not with regret at the trials and tribulations of a turbulent year, but in fond memory of a year that taught us resilience, patience, humanity and that we can survive. 2012 arrives with the prospects of another [...]
Archive for December, 2011
A Very Happy New Year
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Blogging, Just for Fun, Our WorldTags: Happy New Year, New Years Resolutions, Thank You
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The Need for an African Royalty
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Africa, Humanity, In My Opinion, Our World, UKTags: 2011 in review, Africa, African Royalty, British Royal Family, Royal Court, Royal Family, Royal Review, Royal Wedding, Royalty, Trooping the Colour
It was nice to sit back this evening and enjoy a year in retrospect as much of the television programming looked back over the events of 2011. It was scary to consider that in almost the mere blink of an eye, a whole twelve months had slipped by and we were standing in the shadow [...]
The Top 5 Television Adverts of 2011
Posted: December 26, 2011 in Blogging, In My Opinion, Online, Our World, UKTags: 2011, Advertising, Best Adverts, Commercials, John Lewis, John Lewis Christmas Advert, Television, Thompson Holidays, Thompson Holidays Advert, Top Adverts, TV Advertising, TV Adverts, TV Commercial, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Atlantic Advert, Volkswagen, VW Passat Commercial, Yeo Valley, Yeo Valley TV Advert
We are all subjected to a barrage of television advertising each year. If you are anything like me, then there will be methods of advertising that really work on you, and others that very firmly put you off ever using or trying the product being advertised. Personally I like to be wooed by an advert. If its [...]
Do They Know It’s Christmas – “Of Course We Do!”
Posted: December 23, 2011 in Africa, Blogging, Charity, In My Opinion, Just for FunTags: Africa, African Musicians, Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Boney M, Bono, Cape Town, Kim Jong-il
I was reading today and came across a tweet that pointed me to this post on the Hayibo.com website, and it made me chuckle a bit, but the overall emphasis on the idea behind the content of the post, is something close to my heart. It’s good to hear it from the mouth of another [...]
Life Vest Inside. Pay it forward.
Posted: December 21, 2011 in Humanity, Life in General, Our WorldTags: Community, Helping, Humanity, Life Jacket, Sharing
Every once in a while you come across something very special. This video is such a wonderful expression of all the things that make us human, and its when I watch something like this that I’m proud to be a human being. Please watch the clip and pass it along. Passing along a smile is [...]
Looking for the New Winning Formula for Fundraising.
Posted: December 14, 2011 in Africa, Blogging, Charity, Humanity, Life in General, Our World, UKTags: Charity, Dale Carnegie, Diamond Jubilee, Giving, How to Make Friends and Influence People, Maimonides, Maimonides Ladder of Charity, Pay it Forward, Sally Strove, Tim Harford
I was thinking to myself today as I considered the Queen’s coming Diamond Jubilee here in the UK, that out of the pomp and ceremony that we all see and experience, it is little known that as a result of the jubilee lots of small charitable organisations get to enjoy a pot of money that [...]
The Black Shadow of the British Press
Posted: December 13, 2011 in Blogging, In My Opinion, Our World, UKTags: Blame, Blame Culture, Crime, David Cameron, Europe, Freedom of the Press, Leveson Inquiry, Media, National Media, News, Northern Rock, Press, Press Standards, Raoul Moat, Responsibility
When it comes to reporting the British Press have perfected the art of bearing all in the national interest. The biggest question I believe lies in what is really in our interest, and what is to our detriment. The Leveson Inquiry is sitting right now to try and establish the scale of the blame that [...]
The South Africa Project – Opportunity for the Youth of Africa
Posted: December 7, 2011 in Africa, Business, In My Opinion, Our WorldTags: African Education, African Students, African Youth, Bokamoso Youth Centre, Drama and Dance, Education, Educational Program, George Washington University, Higher Education, Opportunity, Scholarship Fund, South Africa
I recently stumbled across a program of educational development run by the George Washington University in the USA in support of youth from the rural township of Winterverldt in South Africa. The South Africa project was launched in 2004 and each year youth from the Bokamoso Youth Centre travel to the US, stay with students [...]
The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011
Posted: December 6, 2011 in Africa, Blogging, In My Opinion, Life in General, Our WorldTags: 2011 in Pictures, Images, Photography, Reuters
I noticed a link posted on Facebook by my niece to bussfeed.com this afternoon. The link took me to a page titled the 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011. To be honest there were some amazing pictures on display, most of them provided through Reuters, presumably having been provided throughout the year by their freelance [...]
Children of Uganda – African Success Story
Posted: December 2, 2011 in Africa, Charity, Humanity, Our World, WorkTags: Africa, African Charity, African Children, African Community, African Society, Aids, Charitable Organisation, Charity, Child Sponsorship, Children of Uganda, HIV, Non Profit Organisation, Orphans, Success Story, Uganda
I love taking time to write about African success stories. The things that are happening in the continent of my birth, the things that remind me that you can achieve anything you like, even in the face of great adversity. Today I am going to write about an organisation based in Uganda. Uganda is a [...]
