Sunday 31 December 2017

Who’s packing your parachute ?

Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He wonacclaims and appreciations from many.

After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said “You’re Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!”

“How in the world did you know that?” asked Vishal.
“I packed your parachute,” the man smiled and replied. Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.Vishal couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said ‘Good morning, how are you?’ or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a Constable.”

Friends...

Who’s packing your parachute? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. We need many kinds of parachutes when our plane is shot down – we need the physical parachute, the mental parachute, the emotional parachute, and the spiritual parachute. We call on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize the people who pack your parachute.

Wishing you a pleasant and a memorable end to 2017 and an awesome beginning to 2018!!

Saturday 30 December 2017

Friday 29 December 2017

Friday 22 December 2017

Sunday 17 December 2017

Buhle Sigcawu groet te gou...

Hierdie foto'tjies is in jou jong HTS-dae geneem - 2014. Jou breë glimlag, vriendelikheid en werksywer was so deel van wie jy was.

Jy het die Springbokke en "WP" ondersteun, jy was 'n groot Orlando Pirates aanhanger.

Vir baie lank/jare was jy die VRL-lid wat altyd die vlag gehys en gestryk het... en halfmas laat hang het vir hulle wat te vroeg weg is...

En nou die skoknuus... Jou klasmaats is verbysterd en jou maats verslae!

Jy het soveel drome gehad, maar te min tyd om dit te bewaarheid. Onthou jou woorde, gedurende die laaste kwartaal: "My planne is so groot, ek wil my ouers en onderwysers trots maak."

En nou hang HTS se vlag vir jou...
Fotograaf: Buhle Sigcawu
Tekkie Tonic groet jou met jou leuse:

A miracle is just a mere sign of what is possible.

Therefore nothing is impossible.
16 Desember 2017

























Friday 15 December 2017

International Tea Day

International Tea Day is observed annually on December 15. It has been celebrated since 2005 in tea producing countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya,Malawi, Malaysia, Uganda, India and Tanzania.

After initial discussions at the World Social Forum in 2004, the first International Tea Day was celebrated in New Delhi in 2005, with later celebrations organized in Sri Lanka in 2006 and 2008. 


International Tea Day celebrations and the related Global Tea Conferences have been jointly organized by trade union movements.


Monday 11 December 2017

Monday 4 December 2017

Sunday 3 December 2017

Saturday 2 December 2017

Gasspreker by graderingsplegtigheid van Ntataise Day Care Centre

Shaun Mmutsi is uitgenooi om as gasspreker tydens die gradeplegtigheid van die Ntataise Day Care Centre op te tree. 

Hy is 'n oudleerder van hierdie skooltjie en hy was bevoorreg om deel van die eerste groep leerders van die skool te wees. Vandag, 10 jaar later, besoek hy nog gereeld sy Alma Mater en motiveer die kleuters om hard te werk. Hier is een saam met die skoolhoof en van die manne wat gradeer.


Friday 1 December 2017

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Kersvader besoek Ntataise Day Care Centre!

Leerders van die HTS het Vrydag die kleuters van Ntataise Day Care Centre verras met 'n heerlike kersfeespartytjie. Kersvader en sy elf was ook daar om kleur aan die dag te verleen. Eetgoed te kus en te keur en twee versierde kersfeesbome het o.a. deel van die verrassing uitgemaak. Op hulle beurt het die kleuters 'n groot verskeidenheid liedjies gesing en heel laaste Ps. 23 as 'n gebed opgesê.

Op die foto is die senior klassie wat hierdie jaar "gradeer" en volgende jaar die eerste tree na die "groot skool" gee. Saam met hulle is me. L. Ramabenyane (onderwyseres), M A Lenka (skoolhoof), Shaun Mmutsi (graad 10 ), Kgosang Moeketsi (gr. 10 - die elf), Mothanga Maswangane (gr. 8 en kersvader vir die dag), Kanya Gojo (gr. 11 en voorsitter van die VRL), mnr. Fanie Pretorius (onderwyser) en me.Glenda Constance (onderwyseres HTS).