* A lady friend of The Feel Good Movement deciding to make us a t-shirt for
free. Her name is Ausi Jabu Mabaso. She runs a company called Mbotane Business Services, which makes branded corporate wear and gifts.
Ausi Jabu - no doubt believing that The F G M is on the right track - agreed to do us
that favour of making us a Feel Good Movement branded t-shirt. This t-shirt is beautiful, I must admit. It is black in colour, with the name of the movement in front in large white letters and the movement's website address underneath the name in smaller letters. This writing on the t-shirt is embroidered as opposed to just being printed, which makes it a real work of art.
When Ausi Jabu rocked up at my work place with this lovely t-shirt I was over the moon.
"Much appreciated Ausi Jabu."
Now, the Feel Good Revolution can start in earnest ladies and gentlemen.
* Seeing - on TV the other day - an eye-popping act of patriotism by the Investec
Bank. Investec had bought - in one go - a whooping 50 000 tickets for the coming FIFA Confederations Cup. The total cost of these tickets was R3,5million. Investec
bought most of these for its employees. The bank said this purchase was its
contribution to making the Confed Cup a success .
Personally, I was blown away by this weighing in by Investec.
Interestingly, I first heard about this large purchase from one of our customers. This gentleman had come rushing to the branch to buy tickets for himself and a few friends after hearing of Investec's large buy. He had feared that the tickets would run out.
This act by Investec is a challenge to the rest of corporate South Africa to do the
patriotic thing too. Our employers would do well to follow Investec's example and make us employees feel good.
"Do I hear any takers?"
* Some excellent advice from Barry Ronge - the Sunday Times columnist and
movie reviewer - to a prospective film reviewer. A reader had written to him to ask for some tips on how to become a movie reviewer.
What I liked about Barry's advice was that it could be equally applied to other writing endeavours where one is a beginner.
This advice was contained in his regular Sunday Times magazine page( Barry's Space) this past Sunday(19/04/09).
On starting out, he wrote:
"The only way to do a thing is to do it."
Barry himself started writing movie reviews way back in high school.
On the possible lack of interested readers because one is starting, he said:
"...even if you write for an audience of one, remember you are
still learning and polishing your technique."
On the importance of writing something that you enjoy reading yourself, he
advised:
"You have to be writing to entertain yourself because if
you are not, you will never entertain anyone else."
Wise words indeed from a columnist of columnists.
THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
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Our FEEL GOOD poem of the week:
Ausi Jabu Ke Mang?
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Ke mang Jabu?
Ask me.
Ask Bessie, my colleague.
Jabu is humble.
Ke motho wa batho.
Ke mang Jabu?
Ask the Mbotane Business Service customers.
She delivers.
A promise she makes is a promise she keeps.
Hantle-ntle, ke mang Jabu?
She is generous.
I should know this.
She is niceness personified.
I should know this too.
She is all of this despite being a great success.
That's Ausi Jabu Mabaso for you.
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SO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE, WHAT MADE YOU
FEEL GOOD THIS WEEK?
Let us know at - feelgoodmovement@gmail.com
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