PERFECT CUT......

Full rounded, hourglass, inverted triangle, rectangular, and diamond shaped we all have our different body shapes and sizes. Weather your are gifted with round hips, an hourglass figure or a butt that would fit the description of Sarah Batman or a broad and flat one like mine. There will always be the perfect jean cut for you.

One of the most important steps to achieving your personal style is to wear clothes that actually fit your body. Step number two would be appreciating your body and knowing how to dress your body shape. It is very important to identify the type of fabrics that complement your body and the type of items that will suit your shape. Going for new trends is not the best thing to do at all time but going for something you could in five years to come. The idea is to always balance and be in proportion.

Some of the greatest designs in the world might not be for our African bodies but there is one thing you can never go wrong with, “A good pair of jean”. I personally believe denim is one of the best creations of the 18^th century. A good pair of jeans can give you that balance and it does cover cellulite. Remember it’s your shape and not your size. If ladies out there made a little effort when shopping to look for the perfect cut maybe there would be fewer women in taxis with “cracks” sticking out.

The change can only start with us or things will never be right...............

It’s ok to be alone.....

Sometimes it feels like Im in this alone “life” that is. Sometimes I cry myself to sleep and I search for the reason I cried the following morning, it never appears. Sometimes I indulge in junk food downing it with coke afterwards, with my headphones in my ears, listening to “How does it feel by D’angelo”. I watch myself and can actually see Im panicking, always with the fear of not having something to do, someone to talk to or a place to go. When I find myself not part of my peers or their activities I get bored and restless, feeling as though my self esteem has taken a hit. I become unhappy for no apparent reason.

When the week riches Wednesday I start planning the weekend ahead in my mind, I simply ask myself why God created hormones, emotion, and feeling.  Couldn’t he have spared some of us from the pain and just the thought of knowing you don’t have a life besides school or work?  What I and we all need to establish is the difference of being alone and being lonely.

I doubt there is any young person who wants to grow old and be a considered as a “grandparent” but we young people forget one thing. We are the lonely ones more than old people. We tend to think that without our peers there is no other life. Yes we are human and yes humans are social animals but one can always find happiness outside society. As long as you don’t try too hard or focus too much on one activity. It can be good thing to be alone but not good to be lonely. Where do you stand, are you alone or lonely?

Quote:

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone”. - Orson Welles

Negligence Puts Lives at Risk…………

After several allegations surrounding the Nelson Mandela Bay Health system, the Health Department has not pulled up its socks. The Bay’s Health system has been accused of preventable deaths, Communities being left in the lurch by under resourced.

 A fourth year Nursing Student who remains to be anonymous, who had practised in three of the Public Hospitals, Dora Nginza, Livingston and Provincial. The fourth year student revealed the carelessness of the department of health. She emphasised on how it is difficult to work especially during the evening shift which is from four to seven o’clock in the morning because of the shortage of staff.

 She pointed out the high shortage of essential equipment like linen which is supposed to be changed twice a day. “The treatment of the patients differs from hospital to hospital, not all of the Public Hospitals can account for the negligence of one hospital”, she says.  Salaries don’t seem to be enough for the amount of work they do but the Department insisted on a 63% of their budget goes to salaries. Question is which salaries are these because there are not enough workers. Vuyokazi Sifatyi mother of Sipho Sifatyi age ten accompanied her son to do an eye test at the eye clinic at Provincial. Sifatyi was pleased with the service she received at the clinic even it was very slow. Sifatyi remarked on the unnecessary time spent at the hospital, “I woke up in the early hour of this morning and arrived here at the clinic at about 7am. I only received proper service only a full three hours after my arrival”, she says. Ms Sifatyi was not the only patient who complained about the time arrangement for the clinics at Provincial Hospital.

 A couple of pregnant women who remain to be anonymous say they are expected to arrive at the clinic at 7am sharp in the morning, anyone who arrives a minute later is turned back to go home. Patients are being turned away but you will find by two o’clock in the afternoon there is no staff left at the clinic.

This kind of behaviour is a total inconvenience for the community of Port Elizabeth. Questions come up in residents minds what if someone is in labour during the afternoon and there is no staff to assist. This shows the irresponsibility of Nelson Mandela Bay Public Hospitals, the negligence of the staff is putting many lives at risk.

The change can only start with us or things will never be right...............