If there's one thing I hate about the perception of South Africans it would have to be their poor sense in fashion, although as a South African myself I've seen a lot of people who look absolutely stunning and fashionable but sometimes I spot stunning people who have just have no fashion sense what so ever and it seriously annoys me to the extent that I frown at them in public I couldn't care less if they approached me and told me not to or asked what's wrong, indeed, I would tell them without a shadow of a doubt what's wrong with them
Yesterday it was 35 degrees here in Port Elizabeth and I decided to take a walk to my polling station to register, BIG MISTAKE, it was almost a mile and a half away, on the map it looks for flat in terms of walking distance, little did I know that I would be walking up hills and down them, nevertheless, I got there in the end and I was feeling rather nauseous and I think the IEC people noticed it when I had arrived, before I walked in I saw some very welcoming people outside I didn't know who they were and frankly couldn't care, anyway, after I registered I came out and noticed that the people outside were members of my party so I walked up to them offered my hand and we had a lovely chat and that's when it happened, due to the heat and very little breeze I was talking for one moment and the next I fell to the ground, yes, I had a sun stroke, something I've had in the past but not like this, I felt dizzy my eyes were tightening and I couldn't take it I just said "I'm sorry to cut you short but I have to do this" and down I went but luckilly they were extremely helpful, I was offered seat and some water and my dear fellow DA (Democratic Alliance) friend who I had just met on the spot was happy and willing to take me home which of course he did, he was shocked by the distance in walking that I took just to get to Tippers Creak in order to register he assured me that I was definately passionate about the party and that I really would go to all lengths just to register, indeed I would too, anyway, I got home and rested my mother not shutting up about me having the sun stroke repeatedly saying "You're so anorexic, you've got to eat my child, you need to put some weight on, this is why you're collapsing low nourishment, less nutrients" but even so, I'm well nourished and moreover I keep in good shape it's not as if I'm abusing my body, no offence to those who are not thin especially in "Fat South Africa" if you want to frown down as thin people simply because they're not fat then go ahead, at the end of the day it's not me who's going to die aged 31 or 40 if I'm lucky due to obesity? I'm just trying to promote a healthy lifestyle to everyone because I don't want to see 10 year old kids overweight and the thought of them reaching to the age of 30 with heart failure just kills me with emotion because it's just not right in the slightest, I don't care about "fat in culture" that is just wrong but if people honestly think that you've got to be fat to be rich then that's their choice, I'm just suggesting the right way out, children especially, I'm not saying they should go cold turkey but they should be monitored everyday with what they eat, less sweet treats, more fruit and vegetables, less takeouts more nutriteous home cooking whether it be pizza, pasta, whatever, you can see what goes into the food and you can decide in portion what is right and what is suitable, portion everything to the limit even on serving plates don't simply place dishes in the middle of the dinner table and say "let's dig in" because one can never be sure how much a person is consuming whereas if you dish the right amounts of food on plates for all the family or for yourself then you can see for yourself if you get my logic, although I'm not really complaining I'm just suggesting these options as a gesture
Anyways my days in politics are not over, in fact, I would say they've merely even begun, however, I'm getting there, slowly but surely, I'm very optimistic and I will never ever give up on the Democratic Alliance, enough about them for now. My cousin is returning home from Johannesburg, yeah she totally jacked in her job after facing discrimination, I don't know how this possible but according to her it was this way, I don't ask questions anymore, my family come from a background of complainers all the time, even I get annoyed with them though I still love them hahaha, anyways yeah, so she'll be back here hopefully starting a course or getting a new job if so I want to work besides her then because I've got nothing to do these days in my own spare time, my things still haven't arrived from Netherlands, our furniture is taking a lifetime to reach this place and I don't know if I can take the strain anymore and by that I mean getting my things, I mean seriously, there's alot of sentimental value in most of the things I have, okay, okay all the things I have and I appreciate the things I have, I'm one of those who doesn't like to let go of things very easilly, yeah I know but it's a bad habbit these days with prices going up the roof it's difficult to hand things over or throw things away, obviously I don't collect garbage but I do file all my papers, my writings, I've even written a book, it's in a box somewhere on some ship heading my way I'll have to find it first but nevertheless I'm not going to let go of it I want to publish it later on in life when I've added the last chapter, but yeah, I'll just have to wait and see I suppose with what comes of my life.
Chad C Renburg
Port Elizabeth, EC, Republic of South Africa
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