'Thank God it's Friday.'

I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit.

[Helen Mirren]

Ouers, gee vir julle kinders goeie waardes ...

Shaun Mmutsi is uitgenooi om as gasspreker op te tree by die Ntataise Day Care Centre tydens hulle gradeplegtigheid. Hierdie is die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar wat hierdie eer Shaun te beurt val. As 'n ervare debatteerder, is dit geensins 'n moeilike taak nie.

Toekomsvisie, goeie opvoeding, leerders en ouers is onderwerpe wat hom baie na aan die hart lê en daarom het hy dan ook met hierdie ouers oor goeie waardes gepraat wat hulle vir hulle kinders moet leer en inskerp. Glo in jou kind, motiveer hom en wees daar in moeilike tye. Wees ten alle tye bewus van wat jou kind doen en wie sy maats is - vandag is groepsdruk 'n realiteit.

Hy het almal gelukgewens en daarna was daar 'n heerlike ete vir diegene teenwoordig.

Mev. Radebe, maatskaplike werkster, die SGB-
voorsitter, Shaun Mmutsi en mev. Malifelile
Lenka,skoolhoof.

Alex is nie op sy mond geval nie ...

Franchesca May van St Dominic en Alex - hulle
twee was in dieselfde debatspan in Europa en albei
is ook deel van Matjhabeng JCC 2019/2020 se
uitvoerende bestuur.

Alex Manise en al die ander debatteerders wat in Europa en in Asië aan die internasionale toernooie deelgeneem het, is na die SA-debatkompetisie se prysuitdeling by die Universiteit van Pretoria genooi.

Hier het hulle hul sertifikate en medaljes  vir hulle internasionale deelname vir 2019 ontvang. Hou gerus hierdie twee dop ... as junior burgemeester en - onderburgemeester kan dié twee al pratende die raad oortuig om die spreekwoordelike ekstra myl met 'n glimlag te loop. Mag 2020 vir julle 'n blomjaar wees. Viva JCC!

Die ervare bakkiepakker ...

Afrika Mokhosi

So een keer 'n maand wys die bakkie se neus in die rigting van die Noord-Kaap. En daar is altyd iets wat iewers afgelaai moet word. Op hierdie stadium is dit die NK se terug-skool-toe-projek waaraan Afrika en Shaun kliphard gewerk het. Boekies, uitveërs, inkleurprente en potlode is maar van die items wat hulle na die kleuterskole in die Noord-Kaap stuur.

En dan is daar ook nog so 'n bietjie Kersfees tussendeur vir die senior burgers van Ons Huis. Hierdie twee, saam met mevv. Karin Herbst en Alda Welman het hierdie Kersfees gekonsentreer op die afdeling vir die verswakte bejaardes. So dikwels vergeet 'n mens dat hierdie mense ook flinke, hardwerkende jong mense was en dat as hulle 'n keuse sou gehad het, sou hulle nie in hierdie afdeling wou wees nie... Maar die lewe loop soms ongemaklike draaie met 'n mens en daarom het hierdie spannetjie besluit om hierdie afdeling te bederf.

Loyalty ...

Matrieks se laaste ... heel laaste dag!

2019 het vinniger gegaan as wat dit gekom het. 'n Handjievol matrieks het tot die laaste dag getrou ekstra klasse bygewoon en vraestelle uitgewerk. Baie baie sterkte vir julle met julle uitslae wat 7 Januarie 2020 aan julle "deur" gaan kom klop.

Hier vir oulaas voor die Afrikaanse klas se deur staan Tsholo Mopeli, Karabo Tsipane, Makwanyane Shomaele en Shaun Mmutsi.

Robbie se toekomsvisie het hy op die agter-
kant van sy matriektrui aangebring: "Own
the day." 

“If I had my life to live over ...

Erma Bombeck

Someone asked me the other day if I had my life to live over would I change anything.

My answer was no, but then I thought about it and changed my mind.

If I had my life to live over again I would have waxed less and listened more.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy and complaining about the shadow over my feet, I'd have cherished every minute of it and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was to be my only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten popcorn in the "good" living room and worried less about the dirt when you lit the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have burnt the pink candle that was sculptured like a rose before it melted while being stored.

I would have sat cross-legged on the lawn with my children and never worried about grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television ... and more while watching real life.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband which I took for granted.

I would have eaten less cottage cheese and more ice cream.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick, instead of pretending the Earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for a day.

I would never have bought ANYTHING just because it was practical/wouldn't show soil/ guaranteed to last a lifetime.

When my child kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now, go get washed up for dinner."

There would have been more I love yous ... more I'm sorrys ... more I'm listenings ... but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it ... look at it and really see it ... try it on ... live it ... exhaust it ... and never give that minute back until there was nothing left of it.”

[Dankie, mnr. Johann van den Berg dat jy dit met ons deel!]

Leaders understand ...

Denimd(r)ag ...

Vusi Manqana, Alet Harding en Kabelo Makhetha in hulle denimdrag, waarvan net hulle die "memo" gekry het.

A successful leader ...