I tend to agree with this statement as the more prepared you are, the less surprises will be. Fortune makes a person to feel free and to have status in society in order to be much prepared to face anything that might happen in any circumstances.
However, some might say happiness is not about money but I believe that money plays a capital role in the lives of human beings. Everything in current days is about money as some people might say money talks. If you want a relationship, you must have money as you have to spoil your partner; when you wanted to get married, you must have money even from the beginning, actually if you are from African cultures when it comes to lobola; if you want to live a happy life, you must have money; to be respected in the community where you live, you must have status i.e. money; etc.
Money is not everything but without money you cannot be recognised within our societies. Nevertheless, others might say that the true fortune comes from a person’s behaviour as when you have peace of mind, you can deal with any situation whether you have status or not. A man with a good background such as great qualifications can therefore be recognised even by rich people whether he has status or not.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
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This is about the use of Internet. Internet sometimes called the World Wide Web (www) or just ‘the net’, is a massive network of computers from around the world all connected by cable and satellite. When users are connected to the Internet, they can receive text, images, video and sound on their computers anywhere in the world.
According to Butell; in reality, seeing inappropriate material is not the greatest danger to kids online. The real threat comes from those who would take advantage of kids who naively reveal personal information about themselves, such as their name and address.
Therefore, there are many things on-line that are suitable for children or those are cause for concern. The main dangers to children are that they may access inappropriate information; inadvertently form ‘friendships’ with strangers; be subjected to advertising pressures; risk their personal health through excessive use; and endanger their privacy. Some sites encourage children to join clubs and enter competitions. In so doing, they reveal their name and address and may become the target of unwelcome marketing and other material.
However, what parents can do is to comply with the Young Media suggestions as with other areas of children’s lives, parents have a responsibility to provide guidance and to set clear limits. There are therefore several things, according to the Young Media, that parents can do to help counteract the dangers of the Internet while allowing their children to use its benefits such as learn more about it yourselves; be aware of what your children are doing on the Internet; you can do this in a number of ways, including sitting with them while they are using the Internet and chatting with them about what they are doing; establish guidelines about safe Internet use; teach your children to be critical users of the Internet; put in place reasonable boundaries; use blocking software; and if necessary, lodge complaints if you think your children have come across something illegal on the Internet, you can lodge a complaint with the South African Communications & Media Authority.
According to Butell; in reality, seeing inappropriate material is not the greatest danger to kids online. The real threat comes from those who would take advantage of kids who naively reveal personal information about themselves, such as their name and address.
Therefore, there are many things on-line that are suitable for children or those are cause for concern. The main dangers to children are that they may access inappropriate information; inadvertently form ‘friendships’ with strangers; be subjected to advertising pressures; risk their personal health through excessive use; and endanger their privacy. Some sites encourage children to join clubs and enter competitions. In so doing, they reveal their name and address and may become the target of unwelcome marketing and other material.
However, what parents can do is to comply with the Young Media suggestions as with other areas of children’s lives, parents have a responsibility to provide guidance and to set clear limits. There are therefore several things, according to the Young Media, that parents can do to help counteract the dangers of the Internet while allowing their children to use its benefits such as learn more about it yourselves; be aware of what your children are doing on the Internet; you can do this in a number of ways, including sitting with them while they are using the Internet and chatting with them about what they are doing; establish guidelines about safe Internet use; teach your children to be critical users of the Internet; put in place reasonable boundaries; use blocking software; and if necessary, lodge complaints if you think your children have come across something illegal on the Internet, you can lodge a complaint with the South African Communications & Media Authority.
Jealousy
Jealousy is a killer weapon because when you are jealous of someone for something, you can even kill that person. Jealousy is not good at all and the word exists only for those people who are weak because jealousy leads to betrayal.
Jealousy doesn’t help; it destroys people’s lives as some get sick because of jealousy. When you see you neighbour with something nice, just congratulate him or her and praise God because you don’t know when it will be your turn. There is no need to be jealous if someone deserves something as when it’d be your turn, you will not expect people to become jealous of you.
Some people are however jealous, not of something but of someone. For instance, you would not like to see your partner sharing some kind of feelings he/she shares with you with someone else. That’s obvious that you might get hurt but then approach them, ask them what’s going on instead of imagining things and making conclusions on your own. When you think for instance that your partner cheating on you, better make sure that it’s true before walking away and please do not become jealous because you’d do something stupid that you will never forget.
Jealousy is truly destructive and something to avoid as you can become medically sick by suffering for example high blood pressure, which could cause heart attack or stroke in your life.
Jealousy doesn’t help; it destroys people’s lives as some get sick because of jealousy. When you see you neighbour with something nice, just congratulate him or her and praise God because you don’t know when it will be your turn. There is no need to be jealous if someone deserves something as when it’d be your turn, you will not expect people to become jealous of you.
Some people are however jealous, not of something but of someone. For instance, you would not like to see your partner sharing some kind of feelings he/she shares with you with someone else. That’s obvious that you might get hurt but then approach them, ask them what’s going on instead of imagining things and making conclusions on your own. When you think for instance that your partner cheating on you, better make sure that it’s true before walking away and please do not become jealous because you’d do something stupid that you will never forget.
Jealousy is truly destructive and something to avoid as you can become medically sick by suffering for example high blood pressure, which could cause heart attack or stroke in your life.
Conventional is a good fallback position
Conventional is still a good fallback position as the innovation should not replace all successful things. Why the new technology should replace completely the successful existing way of doing things? That’s where there is a direct realism.
However, in order to break barriers in your ideas, you’ll need a new way of perceiving, conceptualising, implementing…things. You cannot limit your ideas with the conventional as to avoid poor performance because the world develops fast and there are always new things which come up every time. Nevertheless, you can come up with new ideas but based on the conventional due to the fact that what you come with should be measured on existing concepts or methodology.
It is nice to think out of the box but that should not always be forgotten the conventional. As Public Relations Practitioners, we should know the basis of each and every aspect of human beings and companies’ areas. So, practitioners should be able to implement new ideas through new technology referring back to the traditional as this constitutes the basis of any development.
I tend then to agree that conventional is a good fallback position in considering the contribution of platforms of the new technology development as new waves can pass but the traditional approach will remain, dixit some researchers.
However, in order to break barriers in your ideas, you’ll need a new way of perceiving, conceptualising, implementing…things. You cannot limit your ideas with the conventional as to avoid poor performance because the world develops fast and there are always new things which come up every time. Nevertheless, you can come up with new ideas but based on the conventional due to the fact that what you come with should be measured on existing concepts or methodology.
It is nice to think out of the box but that should not always be forgotten the conventional. As Public Relations Practitioners, we should know the basis of each and every aspect of human beings and companies’ areas. So, practitioners should be able to implement new ideas through new technology referring back to the traditional as this constitutes the basis of any development.
I tend then to agree that conventional is a good fallback position in considering the contribution of platforms of the new technology development as new waves can pass but the traditional approach will remain, dixit some researchers.
What is marriage?
Marriage can be defined in a million ways but for me marriage means everything. It is not only the blessing from the priest, our parents, home affairs, etc. but it is a life commitment , which changes a person form the level A to the level Z i.e. you should not get married today and then divorce one day but you have to remain married until death you part.
According to me, marriage is about loving the partner the way you love yourself such as carrying, spoiling, admiring, praising, standing on his/her side and being his/her total support. You cannot stay a moment without telling your partner you love him/her. Marriage is about giving the best of yourself to the person you be living with the rest of your life. Although, you should be different from the beginning as you come from different backgrounds i.e. different families, different educations, different ways of thinking, etc, but once married, you should harmonise everything and forget about you both come from and create your own world with own principles and rules. That’s how I personally see the marriage.
Sometimes when I wake-up in the middle of night while my wife is asleep, I tell her I love you “my everything”, then in the morning she will tell me I love you too. So, sometimes I ask her why you don’t just tell me that you love me but you say too; and she’d answer I hear you in the night but I was tired to reply that’s the reason why I say it now.
According to me, marriage is about loving the partner the way you love yourself such as carrying, spoiling, admiring, praising, standing on his/her side and being his/her total support. You cannot stay a moment without telling your partner you love him/her. Marriage is about giving the best of yourself to the person you be living with the rest of your life. Although, you should be different from the beginning as you come from different backgrounds i.e. different families, different educations, different ways of thinking, etc, but once married, you should harmonise everything and forget about you both come from and create your own world with own principles and rules. That’s how I personally see the marriage.
Sometimes when I wake-up in the middle of night while my wife is asleep, I tell her I love you “my everything”, then in the morning she will tell me I love you too. So, sometimes I ask her why you don’t just tell me that you love me but you say too; and she’d answer I hear you in the night but I was tired to reply that’s the reason why I say it now.
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea” - Alain
I tend to partially agree with Alain with his statement. When you only have one idea means that you are limited to yourself and everything you will do will be fine for you whether is fine or not.
Everything we do comes first from an idea as this is the conceptualisation phase before going to planning, methodology, implementation, evaluation, etc. Depending on an idea, if it is a positive one, then I would disagree with Alain but as from the experience, mostly when there is only one idea, this seems to only be a negative one because a person with positive ideas cannot limit him/herself on one and unique idea.
An idea is a powerful element in a person’s life as this can lead you to good or bad things depending on how you too monitor it. For instance, a person who knows God and fears the Holy Spirit, whatsoever an idea can come in his mind, he/she will first pray and find solution to such an idea but any person who does know fear the word of God, can be easily influenced by any idea comes to his mind. That is the reason why sometimes we see people regret after have done something that they did not mean to do.
An idea can be dangerous as well as it can be monitored depending on the person having such an idea, no matter if it is the only one.
Everything we do comes first from an idea as this is the conceptualisation phase before going to planning, methodology, implementation, evaluation, etc. Depending on an idea, if it is a positive one, then I would disagree with Alain but as from the experience, mostly when there is only one idea, this seems to only be a negative one because a person with positive ideas cannot limit him/herself on one and unique idea.
An idea is a powerful element in a person’s life as this can lead you to good or bad things depending on how you too monitor it. For instance, a person who knows God and fears the Holy Spirit, whatsoever an idea can come in his mind, he/she will first pray and find solution to such an idea but any person who does know fear the word of God, can be easily influenced by any idea comes to his mind. That is the reason why sometimes we see people regret after have done something that they did not mean to do.
An idea can be dangerous as well as it can be monitored depending on the person having such an idea, no matter if it is the only one.
Cell phone
Cell phone is an important and useful communication tool, which allows people and organizations to be reliable all the times as it is mobile i.e. you can carry it wherever you go. You can purchase from your cell phone, you can make transactions from your cell phone, you can navigate from your cell phone, etc.
However, its use is a whole issue as people do things behind cell phones. People sometimes misuse the cell phones with its recent technology such as Blackberry, a person can seat at home and work from there but for him it’s to be reliable as to reply to emails... actually when he works alone in the office and the boss lives in another region/province.
Some people have developed lies through cell phones. You can call a person, for instance your partner, he/she might be somewhere else, but she can lie to you that she is at home as there is no way to prove the opposite. I remember once I took a bus and a lady who sat next to me received a phone call and obviously from her partner, we were in another destination while she told her partner another one. Everybody in the bus laughed and realised that she was lying.
Other people however can make excuses over cell phones instead of face-to face confrontation; I remember once back home, my friend came to see me claiming will never speak to his uncle for the rest of his life. His uncle used to like to be contacted on the cell number and not the land lines because with land lines; you would notice whether he was where he meant to be. He once promised my friend tuition fees and when my friend attempted to call him, he wouldn’t pick up and my friend told me he decided to hide the number “private call”, he then called his uncle who picked up and when heard his nephew’s voice, he then spoke like it was a voice message: “The cell number you’re trying to call is whether unavailable or switched off”.
Wow, how can people be so clever and cruel? Why give your number to people then when they call, you don’t answer? To be continued...
However, its use is a whole issue as people do things behind cell phones. People sometimes misuse the cell phones with its recent technology such as Blackberry, a person can seat at home and work from there but for him it’s to be reliable as to reply to emails... actually when he works alone in the office and the boss lives in another region/province.
Some people have developed lies through cell phones. You can call a person, for instance your partner, he/she might be somewhere else, but she can lie to you that she is at home as there is no way to prove the opposite. I remember once I took a bus and a lady who sat next to me received a phone call and obviously from her partner, we were in another destination while she told her partner another one. Everybody in the bus laughed and realised that she was lying.
Other people however can make excuses over cell phones instead of face-to face confrontation; I remember once back home, my friend came to see me claiming will never speak to his uncle for the rest of his life. His uncle used to like to be contacted on the cell number and not the land lines because with land lines; you would notice whether he was where he meant to be. He once promised my friend tuition fees and when my friend attempted to call him, he wouldn’t pick up and my friend told me he decided to hide the number “private call”, he then called his uncle who picked up and when heard his nephew’s voice, he then spoke like it was a voice message: “The cell number you’re trying to call is whether unavailable or switched off”.
Wow, how can people be so clever and cruel? Why give your number to people then when they call, you don’t answer? To be continued...
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