Friday 14 January 2011

WISH I COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK..LOL


Do you remember yesteryear?

I'm talking about the time ...sidlala undize emboneni...or the dark...or anywhere.
Etshatshalazeni down the road, kudlalwa oonopopi, umphekiso, Donkey, ugqabs and unjiqa kunye nobhayshoza i love you baby, urubeka,black toti, u puca ,building ujingi from a piece of rope tied to a tree, u ex webhola yetennis on the street or uduva in the backyard.

Remember when there was a season for everything, before playstations and cartoon network, computers...izilingi kuyodutyulwa iintaka etrainjini, I season yamapetyu, yono popi, nee moto zocingo(izigcawu).

The sound of the fruit & veg vendor in his van. I van ye ice cream siyileqe. Evenkileni syo thenga ama shwam shwam, I chappies, I fish bread , umgubo, I dolly licks. Siqhuba ii Rollerskates, BMX, go-carts (iinqwelo zama burys)..

Wait, can you still remember...Getting up at 3 in the morning on Christmas day ulinde ilanga li jaive. Let alone Xmas eve sibhalele u father Christmas-lento ka SANTA andiyazi ivelaphi?


When around the corner seemed far away and going into town seemed like going somewhere, and your ma made you "dress up"for the trip. Xa ukhutshwa ngabazali niya e Monti, okanye e Eastern Beach. (oh those were thee places)


Ngee big days xakuyiwa elwandle, omama bethu badibane bezitshomi/mbutho kuyiwe e Orient okanye eFulus okanye e Eastern Beach,Remember TV?

Cowboys, untouchables, rover, mind your language and many more. Even soaps-loving no santa Barbara. How about locally-abakwazidenge (bhuqa), velaphi mjongeni, linempoxo ke isiko (ufiks othanda u xola), iingcinga (uthobeka wase Bisho-indawo ecocekileyo) Bophelo kese mpekgo (NKUSHENG), Dynamite deep Kloof Dudes, Mhlongo, ngubanin ongalibala uSokhetye inkawu yelitye, u Pancho no Cisco, Iimpuku zasendle, Spectraman etc.


Being tired from playing... Remember that?-wish I could go back,udlale ugqaphu uthambise ivaseline uthuli luhlale emilenzeni,ilokhwe ngela xesha uyifake epeyntini emacaleni,kowu those were the days,im glad i lived them...

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.

on the hottest days in summer kudlalwe u fire nitshizane ngamanzi.

I'm not finished just yet......

Can you still taste and smell... eating jelly suckers, Surfjoy, Itay-tay... -don't forget ii ice zetshoki kunye noobompy be oros (till u cough your lungs out)

I remember making oobompy in the empty yoghurt cups.


Marshmallow fish and mice. - iiwatchi,oojub jub
Remember when...
There were two types of takkies - North Star and the canvas ones
Captain plant, Zet, Brakenjan, Kideo, Pumpkin Patch , Kideo, Power Rangers, Ikaya labantwana, VR,
Beverly Hills90210 and Melrose place, u SGONONDO omkhulu ku Radio Xhosa.

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best"friends.and you knew everyone in the road, even the next.

Nobody owned a pedigree dog!- That's right

Umntu onenja igama layo either ngu Blackie, Chico , Spotty, Killer, Doggy , Charles, Boggy, Lassie, Fluffy, Brakenjan, Sheeba, Tiger, Teddy, Danger. Xa inebhula inja sisithi inxibe ijean.(lol)


50 cents was decent pocket money. At school uthenge I fish cake, igwinya, ifish bread,idrink o' opop or kool aid,I sherbet, lucky packet.Nisazikhumbula iibhuzays(lol)..

xa uchole nge 20 cents you felt lucky. - and made a cross on the spot, sogqiba uthufe phez kwala cross.LOL

Khumbula xa kugqitha amakrwala ephethe iminqayi kufuneka ukrwele umgca,aza kuma ngxi angagqithi de akhululwe...Ayakukhaba uthi saa awangoku.


Remember how we used to catch amasele emlanjeni(kwano Ice or kwa Greenika) okanye & not worry about the germs we might pick up?


Remember when it was an outing to go to KFC. (woooooooooowwwwwww)uwakhukhuze amathambo abe ngumgubo...lol

(bi skop was only 50c if not free at times)
And trying the moves out when the movie was done!!!

Or when on the rare occasion at home you bought Kentucky or Sgudis Nice (chicken licken)?

Remember how we used to lie on the grass & eat (oomuncwana) neempundu zeembovane ezimnyama ezimuncu lol.
The reason why they tasted so sour was because dogs use to pee on them...(that was what we were told)


Remember you couldn't walk around bare-feeted because ameva ayegcwele and uzonyathela u rhaw rhaw.

Remember when any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it

Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, etc..

Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat....and some of us are still afraid of them!!!

Didn't that feel good.....just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "ngubano suzileyo, nguno msuzwana, usuze ntoni? When you are guilty you would say kanye, kanye , kanye, kanye, kanye LO"


Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a BIC pen with a wet piece of paper and shoot the other kids or a "kettie".(birds were the only thing we managed to slaughter back then)

Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable vitamin C, Milk of Magnesia or a spoonful of castor oil.


Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.



After school, kubiwe ama bhatata. Remember snowballs, amagungqu, where were you iinkukhu zishaya I brake dance? Ii funnyface, iiwilsons XXX Strong, amapantsula, I ORO CRUSH egalelelwe iswekile encinci, I bumpy. Emiguyweni(my favourate gathering) kuculwe,damn amagala could bloody sing, ISONKA SOMBHAKO NE GINGER BEER.


If you can remember most or all of these, then....

YOU HAVE LIVED!!!

Chris Hani, the communist! Isitya esihle asidleli

On 10 April 1993 I was a student at the University of the Western Cape. It was a saturday, I woke up early that day to go to Bellville for ...