One step closer.

I am happy to say that I am one step closer to reaching my dreams. Last year I took a 10 week creative writing course which I hope will enable me to start writing my novels. I also hope that it makes me write better. I just read through my older posts and saw soooo many spelling and grammar errors. Hopefully I will some day get around to fix it.

So now I have the tools to write, I now only need the time and the awesome ideas.

Wish me luck!

I have a question....

If everyone says that if you want to reach your dreams you have to work hard and make it happen. You have to make time, believe in yourself and do what you have to do. So what if your dream is different from what you do now. What if your job that you are doing, takes so much of your time, that you just can't get time to 'plan ahead' and 'work hard'. If decide not to sleep anymore, well only sleep 3 hours a day so that I can work on my dream, How can I be sure that everything would not be a waste of time.

I don't want to be a pessimist, but I don't want to be a sleepy, grumpy person for the next few years, and then my dreams don't work out anyway.

Maybe I just need some inspiration.

Anyway, I was just wondering about all this, you know, I want to follow my dreams, but I'm just afraid I will fail.

But I will always keep dreaming!
xoxoxox

Mermaids?.... I don't think so

I think I have mentioned that I want to be a writer. I have many ideas for Romantic-comedy novels, I just have to put my ideas down on paper. But my BIG writing dream is to start a new phenomena. I want to invent a new 'craze'. Like when Tolkien wrote the "Lord of the Rings" series; Rowling wrote the "Harry Potter" series, and most recently, Meyer write the "Twilight Saga".

So let's see: There have been Hobbits, Wizards & Whitches, and Vampires Werewolves. So with what am I left? Mmmmmmmmm, Let's see.... Mermaids! I don't really know how well that would sell.

I have to think of something completely new, like Meyer did with her Alien Souls in her book "The Host". But It's quite hard to compete with these incredible Talented creative minds.
If you have any ideas which I can borrow, please let me know, I need all the help I can get!

Dream Big!

xoxoxox

Chicken.... RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I once read that Chickens out-number humans 10:1. That means that every human can have 10 chickens for dinner tonight! No, my friend, I am afraid that it's not such an easy, short explanation of chickens versus humans. No, no, this is something much more serious than that. The study (which I read about in 2001), stated that there are 10 LIVING chickens for every 1 LIVING human. I don't care about the dead chickens in the freezer; it's the living ones that gives me nightmares.

Imagine you are walking on your Uncle Ted's farm, admiring the scenery, when a chicken suddenly appears at your side, pecking at your toes. "Aw, how cute!" you say. This pecking almost tickles you, but it is a little painful, with just a little blood trickling down your baby toe. You off course find this amusing, as your big brother has always teased you about your toes, saying they look like little worms. You just assume that this chicken is on the same page as your big brother.

You still consider the possibility of your brother (which you were anyway convinced was adopted) being related to this chicken, when all of a sudden nine other chickens attack you! Ten chickens are on you; pecking and scratching you as if their lives depend on it. You want to scream for help, but as you turn around, you see that nine fat chickens and the huge rooster is all over Uncle Ted. And then it is clear to you that your big brother, Billy is not related to the chickens, as he is rolling around on the ground with his share of the world's chickens on him. Your baby cousin, Cynthia is covered in the four-week old chicks, that she was admiring just a moment ago. They are everywhere!!!

Yes! I have seen the future! This is going to happen. What else do you think were they trying to say in the movie, "Chicken Run"? That movie was made to see if anyone would suspect the chickens to do anything hostile. But the most attention that the movie got was good ratings at the box office. The chickens knew they were safe; they could go ahead with phase two of planning.

There are a few things which you can do to avoid this tragic end of the human race.
1. Don't go to uncle Ted's farm 'till you know it's safe.
2. They say, chicken is healthier than red meat, so let's eat more of it.
3. Drink a healthy egg yoke shake each morning while you are frying your (at least 3) eggs.*
4. Lunch would include a chicken schnitzel with a chicken Caesar salad on the side.
5. And, yes, you guessed it; a KFC bucket with 3 extra pieces of chicken for dinner.

(* Fried eggs may be exchanged for omelet or scramble eggs)

No matter where you are in the world, whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner time; you know what to do!

Good luck!

P.S. If you ever come across a suspicious looking chicken,practice your soccer skills and prepare for the upcoming world-cup later this year, right on my doorstep (South Africa). You can even have a competition to see who's chicken can fly the farthest.

Twilight

Wait Wait Wait! Don't roll your eyes just jet! I'm not starting a whle blog on the Twilight Saga! I know that there are millions of it already. But believe me, I don't blame the people who wrote them. The Twilight Saga was/is/will always be brilliant! As wil Stephenie Meyer.

I read the whole Saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn) in one week. I know that there are some fast readers out there, so one week for four novels seem a bit long, but for me it was quite quick. After that I had to watch the movie AGAIN, but then I felt the need to read the books AGAIN! I'm currently busy with "The Host" (also by Stephenie Meyer) and when I'm done I will probably read the Saga AGAIN!

Some of you might find it stupid to read a book over and over again, but it's not stupid for me. First of all, the second time I read the books, I noticed more details which I missed the first time around. Secondly, I love the way the books make me feel. I am a person who really live myself into a book.

(Once, I read a book about a girl who cannot stop shoplifting. I couldn't sleep the night I started the book, for my conscience was riding me like hel. I couldn't figure out why I felt so guilty untill I reached the part where the girl finally confessed all that she has done! I then realised that I was feeling guilty for the crimes that was done by a fictional character)

Thus, whenever I read the Saga, I feel as if the person I love, is not only going to be there until we die, but that we are going to be together forever! Imagine having the people you cared about most with you, not only 60 or 70 years, but thousands!

I truly believe that life is short! I know that I will never get to do all the things I want to do in just one lifetime, but imagine what you can do if you are imortal.

Reading these books makes me realize that I'm not going to live forever, therefore I have to start living my dreams. It also makes me realize that I have to love my family more, because I only have a maximum of 70 years (If I ever get to be 95 years old).

I majored in English Literature when I did my Education degree, but never in my 4 years of study did I ever read any book which spoke to me more than these 4 novels. Stephenie Meyers will always be a legend and role-model in my eyes. I wanted to be a writer since I can remember. But I never did anything about my dream. These books inspire me to follow my dreams now, because I realise that I don't have untill the end of time.

[Thanks Stephenie Meyer for making me realise these things. Maybe, one day, you will read one of my novels!]

Introduce

I am very embarrased to say that I never even introduced myself. My name is Neikie, and the reason why I am writing this blog, is to let my ideas run wild with me.
Like I have said, I am very creative, but I don't get time to work on it, so yhis is where I will put all my crazy thoughts and ideas forward. If no one reads it, I'm sure I'll be fine with it, at least I will be able to come back to this to see my own work if I find a use for it.
If there are some one following, you will learn that with me, everyday is different and new. the one day I might go about a book I've read, or my day teaching, and the next I will go on about the chickens taking over the world. Or maybe the rainbow coloured bunnies who ate all my friend's furniture.
Yeah Yeah I know! I might sound out of it some times, but that's just me. And this is how everyone loves me! (or maybe they just pretent to love me for they're affraid I might go crazy on them). Either way, I'm happy (most of the time) and I wouldn't change for anything!
Fanx 4ya ears
xoxoxox

Neikiegirl

Getting started

It's a new year with new beginnings. Starting to work again is never my favourite thing, but hey, it pays the bills.
The bad thing about my work is that it is not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I might be good at it, but I don't like it. I would love to be more creative with my time, but I just don't get time after work. At least they gave me 3 classes to teach art, but that is along with languages and science. That's the bad part about being a Gr4 teacher. You have to be able to teach anything and everything.
One day I would get the inspiration and follow my dreams. But until then It's just me and the 36 children in front of me. Maybe I should encourage them to follow their dreams, so that they don't make my mistakes.
Anyways, this is my first blog, so lets see how this works. Give me any feedback on how I'm doing. I need all the help I can get.
Fanx 4 ya Ears
xoxo
Neikiegirl