Ek studeer tans joernalistiek op Rhodes Universiteit. Hoewel dit 'n heeltemal nuwe ervaring van 'English Only' is, deel ek graag my daaglikse ervaringe aan dié wat wil lees van hoe ek my identiteit as trotse Afrikaanssprekende probeer uitbou...
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Make a wish: Amy Bruce... disappear!
Chain Letters... They make me #@!%&. I tend to delete them when I receive it, untill I got this one:
Hi, my name is Amy Bruce. I am 7 years old, and I have severe lung cancer. I also have a large tumor in my brain, from repeated beatings. Doctors say I will die soon if this isn't fixed, and my family can't pay the bills. The Make A Wish Foundation, has agreed to donate 7 cents for every time this message is sent on. For those of you who send this along, I thank you so much, but for those who don't send it, what goes around comes around. Have a Heart, please send this. Please, if you are a kind person, send this on. YOUR'S FAITHFULLY, AMY BRUCE (PLEASE HELP ME LIVE LIKE YOU DO)
What would your normal reaction be to the e-mail?
Then I visited the page here that said the following:
Amy Bruce (also known as 15-year old Kayla Wightman) This Internet-based chain letter claims that a 7-year-old girl named Amy Bruce, who is suffering from a brain tumor and lung cancer, will receive 7 cents from the Make-A-Wish Foundation® each time her letter is forwarded via e-mail. This request is false. The International office of the Foundation has contacted the originator's Internet service provider to pursue the matter.
I feel it is unfair for people to create false stories like these when there is still caring people around the world. This is not the first time I received this particular e-mail. Please stop sending this to me, because soon I will get cries of help and just stop caring any longer.
Ek en Veronica Fourie van die SABC kantoor in Port Elizabeth by die vertoonkas met poppe.
Een van die poppe knip glo hul oë wanneer mens foto's neem, die ander straal 'n teenwoordigheid uit, volgends die siener op Humansdorp, Yvonne Naudé. En daar sit ek en werk aan my spookstorie.Op die agtergrond is Janine Lee (SABC TV Nuus).
Iets waarin ek nog graag meer ondervinding wil opdoen, is TV. Ek vind dit geweldig interessant en lekker, al het ek nog geen stories vir TV geproduseer nie. En die lekkerste was toe ek en Henro sushi geëet het die een aand.
Ek het by Henro en Anetje gebly vir die twee weke lange vakansiewerk by die SABC. Wat 'n ervaring!
Dit is seker hoogtyd dat ek foto's van my vakansie post. Dit was weer heerlik om vir 4 weke van die kampus te kon verdwyn en net weer te hoor daar ís nog Afrikaans elders in Suid-Afrika. Soms voel dit of die land deur Engels oorheers word.
Ek was vir 'n naweek by my niggie-hul in Somerset Wes en ná 'n dag van mini-gholf het ons in die Cape Town Fish Market gaan eet. Hier is klein Caro toe ons in die vismark was.
Ek het ongelukkig geen foto's van my in die nuuskantoor by Die Burger nie en ook nie toe ek die aand deurnag by RSG saam met Lynette Francis gedoen het nie. Ai, as mens nou lui is om foto's te neem, moet jy mos maar weet!
Die storie wat ek in Humansdorp gedoen het oor die spook in die plaaslike museum was iets interessant.
Hier is (v.l.n.r) ek met die siener Yvonne Naudé en die kurator, Sandra Diedericks. Die poppe in die agtergrond spook glo en Yvonne sê sy kan 'n teenwoordigheid in dié vertrek aanvoel.
One of my drama buddies forwarded this to me... Quote: "This is a picture NASA took with the hubble telescope, called the Eye of God".
Then the e-mail continues, saying: "This photo is a very rare one/This kind of event occurs once in 3 000 years/This photo has done miracles in many lives/Make a wish... you have looked at the eye of God".
I have been invited to the regional awards of the Journalist of the Year 2006 competition. Now, my problem is that I am in Grahamstown (near Port Elizabeth) and it would cost me at least two days of lectures that I miss plus a R500 return ticket to Cape Town. I would like to go, but there seems to be now way of getting there.
Ek is genooi na die streek ronde van die Vodacom Joernalis van die Jaar 2006 kompetisie in Kaapstad. My probleem is dat ek in Grahamstad (naby Port Elizabeth) sit en dit sal my ten minste 2 dae van lesings plus 'n buskaartjie van R500 kos om in die Kaap te kom. Wat om te maak, wat om te maak???
Een van Renske Jacobs van RSG se luisteraars het dié foto vanoggend aangestuur. Die luisteraar, Barney, sê hy gaan nooit weer in damme swem nie, nadat hy dié foto van 'n meermin wat in Venda gevind is, gesien het. Hy voeg by die owerhede ontken enige gebeurtenis. Ek is maar baie skepties oor gemanipuleerde foto's. Wat dink jy? Is dit gemanipuleerd en is daar kenners wat dit vir ons kan bevestig?
One of Renske Jacobs' listeners sent her this foto early this morning. Barney said he will never swim in a dam again after this photograph was taken of a mermaid found in Venda. According to Barney, the authorities deny this. Is this a manipulated photo or real? What is your opinion?
My goeie vriendin, Roanda, wat so baie goed vir my blog aanstuur, het uiteindelik gereageer en 'n foto van haarself gestuur. En toe ek vanmiddag die foto kry, besef ek eintlik hoe baie ek haar mis en hoe ver sy is. Sy toer die hele Amerika vol en geniet haarself gate uit. Roanda het vertel sy is oppad Miami toe en sal ook nog besoek aflê by Disney World en ander plekke. Roanda... jy moet kom kuier!
One of my best friends, Roanda, sent me a photo where she is enjoying herself far away in America. I realised how much I miss her and wish she would return to South Africa to visit me. Roanda said she is on her way to Miama and will visit Disney World as well.
Ek is gewoonlik die eerste een is wat skepties is oor optiese illusies, maar hierdie video het my kop skoon dronkgeslaan. Toets dit bietjie uit...
I am always the first one to be sceptical about optical illusions, but this video just blew my mind. Try and see for yourself. (Best viewed in full screen).
