Thursday 30 April 2015

Dignity in ending life

The South Gauteng High court is to make a ruling on a case of Advocate Robin Stransham-Ford's urgent application to get doctors to assist him in ending his life. The Advocate has been battling with prostate cancer* and feels it would be better if doctors can help him die with dignity without the doctors having to face criminal or even murder charges once they have assisted him in what he refers to as dieing with dignity.
Is there such a thing?

At this moment, he is not even in hospital, he gets cared for by his child's mother. is constantly on medication to help his manage his pain, which in turn means that he is always sedated. This, according to him, has reduced his quality of life and the way he is seen as a man and a father. He wants his life to end while he is still respectable.

The opposition counsel feels that if the Advocate wants to take his life, it is his right. However, should do it himself in a way he sees fit instead of involving others in his decision. They further state that it is against the South African Constitution for a doctor to assist a patient end their life, therefore, argue that no doctor should be given such go ahead to assist the Advocate.

DignitySA feels that the state has not fulfilled its constitutional obligation to respect, protect and promote the advocate's fundamental human right. 

My feelings on assisted taking of life is however with the state. Yes the advocate is in pain and he has been given a few weeks to live and I feel he should be allowed to take his life, should he wish to. But, why not find a way to do it himself without involving others? Is this not a selfish way? His family, will always have images and remember him as a person who chose to end his life.


What do you think?

by Queen Troll

*A cancer that only affects males and grows in the male reproductive system

Tuesday 28 April 2015

The Interview Everyone Is Talking About….

Bruce Jenner  admits ‘’I am asexual for now’’….. pulling on his hair defiantly he said: “I'm me, I'm a person. I'm not stuck in anybody's body, I am a Woman’’
Everyone who knows me, knows that  I am hooked on the Kardashians. All their reality shows from  the Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Khloe and Lamar (hope these two can get back together) to Kourtney & Khloe Takes The Hamptons! I started following them as soon as I was able to afford paying Dstv subscriptions…When Bruce and Kris divorced, there was talk in the media that he was actually going through a transformation to become a woman. I dismissed this and found it hilarious. But to my surprise, this continued, and next thing we knew,  Bruce Jenner was going to do a tell all with ABC News. Apparently this interview delivered huge ratings for ABC on Friday. There is even talk about his Transgender Series coming to E! in summer.
 I must say him coming out must have been the most difficult thing ever. At least he waited until his children were grown enough to understand this. I feel for his grandchildren. What are they going to call him now? Are they still to refer to him as granddad?  All in all, his children and step children (especially Kim) are supporting him shem.   
Anyway, I came across the main points from that interview and decided I should share with you guys. What do you think? If you were one of Bruce’s children will you support him?

1. Bruce Jenner: 'I’m a Woman’
“For all intents and purposes, I’m a woman,” Jenner said. “People look at me differently. They see you as this macho male, but my heart and my soul and everything that I do in life -- it is part of me.” that female side is part of me, that's who I am. I was genetically born that way."



2. Bruce Jenner Say This is Not a Publicity Stunt
“We’re going to make a difference in the world with what we’re doing, and if the whole Kardashian show gave me a foothold into that world, to be able to go out there and do something good, I got no problem with that,” Jenner said.

3. Bruce Jenner Remembers First Time He Wore a Dress
“I marked the closet so when I put it back I could put it all back, everything back in the exact same spot so I wouldn’t get caught,” Jenner said. "And, at the time, I didn’t know why I was doing it besides it just made me feel good."
   
4. Bruce Jenner: ‘I’m Not Gay’
“No, I’m not gay. I am not gay, I am, as far as I know, heterosexual,” Jenner said.  Sawyer raised a brow as she asked him to clarify what he meant by that but he didn't seem the least bit bothered. "I've never been with a guy," he shrugged. "I've always been married raising kids. "

5. He considered suicide
Recalling some painful encounters with the paparazzi, the reality star admitted there were times when he thought suicide would be the "easiest thing." He described his thoughts when he was in that dark place: "Go in the room. Get a gun. Boom! Pain's over. It's done. Go to a better place.

6. He started taking hormones in the 1980s, but stopped after meeting Kris Jenner
He admits he took  Female Hormones in the 1980s but stopped after meeting Kris Jenner.  He had facial plastic surgery, electrolysis to get rid of his facial hair, and began oestrogen hormone treatment.  "I had been on hormones for five years and I was a really solid 36B something and you really can't hide those things," he laughed. "And [Kris] goes, 'Well, OK, you like to wear women's clothes.' And I kind of downplayed it some. I feel in a lot of ways that when you love somebody you don't want to hurt them."

7. If Kris Jenner had been OK with his transition, they'd "probably" still be married
"I loved Kris. I had a wonderful life with her. I learned a lot from her. That's what you like in a relationship — to be able to learn from the person you're with," he explained of his union with his third wife. "Kris is a good woman. I've got no complaints with her. She's a good person. Honestly, if she had been really good with it and understanding of it, we'd probably still be together.

8. Bruce Jenner: ‘I Had The Story’
“I had the story,” he continued. “We had done 425 episodes I think, over almost eight years, and the entire run I kept thinking to myself, ‘oh my god, this whole thing.’ The one real true story in the family was the one I was hiding and nobody knew about it.”

9. Bruce Jenner Was Terrified To Tell His Kids
“Those are the ones I’m concerned with and the only ones I don’t—I can’t allow, I can’t let myself hurt them,” Jenner said. Despite the fact that at least three of his children had caught him, Jenner revealed that his biggest fear, still, was telling his kids. His son Brandon was the first to know, but eventually Jenner came clean to all of his daughters and stepson Rob Kardashian, as well. "They all cried, mainly because they don't want anybody to hurt Dad," he said. "They're very protective of me, especially Kendall and Kylie."   According to Jenner, however, it's not Kendall or Kylie who's taking the news the hardest: It's Khloé. "Khloe's had the toughest time with it," he lamented. "She's had a lot of losses in her life. She lost her father at a young age… and you know Lamar had his issues. She feels like there's this massive, 'My whole life's falling apart, it's my dad,' and I can't argue that point, but I'm not going anywhere. I'm still going to be there."

10.  Brandon Jenner ‘More Proud Than Ever’ of His Father
“I saw a sense of bravery that is, for all your previous accomplishments, I think far exceeds all of them,” Brandon Jenner told his father during an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer. “I’m just honoured and more proud than ever to be a part of the family.”

11. Bruce Jenner:  Kim, Kylie, and Kendall all caught him dressed as a woman at one point.
"Kim caught me one time — walked in," he said with a shrug. Asked what her reaction was, the 65-year-old mused, "She walked out and jumped in the car and went for a ride" before adding that this was simply a subject that no one in the family talked about.

Another time, Kendall and Kylie inadvertently saw their father posing in front of their full-length mirror in a dress via their computer cam. (One of them had thought the other was stealing her clothes and had set the camera up to catch her sister red-handed.)

12. Bruce Jenner on Kanye West’s Reaction
“Kim told me a story,” Jenner said. “She goes, ‘you know what really turned me around on thinking about this?’ I said, ‘what?’ She goes, ‘Kanye.’ I went, ‘oh, OK.’ … they were talking about it, and he says to Kim, ‘Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world, I have that. But I’m nothing if I can’t be me.’” Apparently that really resonated with the Kardashian superstar, who went on to tell Bruce, "If you're doing this thing, I'm helping you. You're representing the family. You've got to look really good."

13.  He isn't having gender reassignment surgery — at least, not anytime soon
"Those are all things out there in the future for me to explore," he said of gender reassignment surgery. "There's no rush for that and I would do it so quietly nobody in the world would ever know. I'm not shooting any of this. I'm not filming anything. To me, it's very degrading. At this point, as far as the term SRS, sexual reassignment surgery, would be down the line."

14. His conservative mother is prouder of him than when he won the gold medal at the Olympics in 1976
In a touching video message, Jenner's nearly 90-year-old mom declared her unyielding support. "I want you to be happy and I love you. I was very proud of you when you stood on that podium in Montreal," she said through a beaming smile. "I never thought I could be more proud of you, but I'm learning I can be."

Source: abc NEWS

We wish him all the best and look forward to the first season of his series! I won’t miss it…..


By Aisha

Long Weekend Roundup

WEEKEND ROUND UP….#ANYTHING FREEDOM  DAY GOES
Welcome back dotis…Hope you are all back safely and you enjoyed your long weekend.  Here is our usual Sunday evening TV update…
1. HOT PLATE: CATERING EKASI
The caterers had a pitch for a TV Production event, to cater for 15-20, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea . Janco didn’t not turn up, nor did he bother to call or text the client-he had a tender to cater for 4800 in Limpopo and that’s where his interest was.  Mankomo didn’t turn up either, when the client called him, he told them he was tired, he worked night shift the night before… The only caterers who bothered to pitch were Jaguar lady and Aunty Malesela & MamGeliki, who both had reservations because they felt the tender was not worth it! Of all the 4 caterers, I will only eat Aunty Malesela/MamG’s food. These mamas are so clean and classy. The rest eish….
               
Nkomisto’s headboard less bedroom …
2. DISKI DIVAS
This week’s episode was a bit of a mess. I felt it was all over the place..one minute we were at Bernard’s 29th Birthday party then next we are at Gigi’s birthday party.  Nonhle and Gigi were out shopping for Nonhle’s  corporate event. She bought a nice suit…suits looks good on her, she must not bother with these long chiffon dresses! The event will be in Durban and she wants Gigi to accompany her…Gigi declined saying she can’t  be away from her baby for 3 days!
Before  Bernard’s party , which was at Hard Rock Café and organised by Wendy, she went to meet with her friend, Anele Ngcongca’s girlfiend, @Lala (sorry meant to say Linda), they didn’t zoom her mcim so I could not even get a picture…only saw her size 38 behind kiii. She brought Wendy a pink Michael Kors handbag from Belgium.
Gigi’s party was held at @Signature and organised by Nonhle. Kgomotso (I did not see her on @Lala’s list…who is she dating?) was mad at Nonhle saying Nonhle is making the party about her, she is busy telling everyone how to sit, drink and eat! As usual, the bull dog behaviour in Nonhle came out…she called other ladies trashy and pretentious!  And did not want to sit next to either Kgomotso or Felicia. She called Felicia aside and she be on some ‘’Felicia is a bit shaken by me calling her to the side..she is nervous…I can hear her heartbeat from here’’ kiiiii #PoorFelicia. Well, Feli stood up for herself, she wasn’t intimidated by the bulldog bark. Feli told her that, she has never blamed her for her failed marriage. Her marriage failed because her and Teko had differences! There were a lot of F***word thrown all over the place.  Kat did not attend Gigi’s party, as she was at the Bubbles Festival and Gigi was not impressed.

   

3. LOVE BACK
Lebo and James from Meadowlands. They met at work (Checkers, LittleFalls), it was supposed to be a 1 night stand but ubhuti couldn’t have enough of Lebo (we thank ice cubes and medlemon) and they have been together for the past 15 years and have a 7 year old daughter. Sometimes in October 2014, Lebo called James (as he was supposed to have dropped off some stuff for the kid). He did not turn up, Lebo called him and a girl answered the phone and asked Lebo to stop calling her man! Lebo decided to go to baby daddy’s place and was welcomed by the girl, with a basin of water, fresh from taking a bath. All hell broke loose….Both girls refused to leave and Lebo smashed James with a kettle and that pissed him off and he decided to leave with the girl leaving baby mama (Lebo) in the house!  
When meeting with the LB Team, James said Lebo is a control freak and she was taking advantage of the fact that yena he is quite . The Team set up cameras at Lebo’s house as James was on the way to see the kid. On his arrival, he was welcomed by cameras! And he was not impressed saying now the whole neighbour hood saw him and they will be making fun of him on the bus and at work.
Lebo had prepared a long poem which she reads for James and he agreed to give her a second chance! Was he doing it for the cameras or he was truly impressed by the poem?
‘’I acted like a complete fool, things I did to you were unacceptable and scary
Hopefully you will find it in your heart to forgive me; I pray for our better lives, Love is a duty, to be loved is a success and to be with someone you love is an achievement’’…

4. OPW
Dina 31 and David 29. She has 4 kids (now 5 including the one she has with David). She was in an abusive relationship with a TTT and when things started getting serious between her and David, she decided to leave the TTT life for a younger gangster. David’s family were not happy with him settling with a woman older than him and with lots of kids! He was a gangster and was shot in the neck, when he recovered, he decided to change his life! He wanted to be grounded and Dina was the woman to do that. Their colour scheme was silver, yellow and watermelon *SMH*

Wishlist: suit, car, cake and décor.

1. Cake was mixture of red velvet, chocolate and fruit cake. Makoti chose it and bhuti was happy. He says the wedding is all about impressing makoti, so if she is happy le yena he is happy.
2. Salon- They went to do their hair and on arrival at the salon, the maid of honour had forgotten the hair extensions luckily they managed to get plan B. Makoti went to relax and had extensions added to the back to add volume, the rest of the styling was to be done in the morning by makoti herself.
3. Outfits- They went to collect the outfits and the 2nd attire was seshweshwe. Groom was to wear a light grey suit which he decided to change to a dark grey one on the day of the wedding.
4. Car- she chose such a nice vintage car, which was involved in a minor accident on the day of the wedding…luckily no dents! She also had a kusheshe as the groom is a fan and he introduced her to it.

It was a nice, well planned wedding and everything was done on time! And it was the first wedding at the bride’’s family, she was the first person in her family to be married and wear a white wedding dress.  I give it 8/10.



 

5. #BBM

It was a clash of the twins/boobies on Sunday during the live eviction show…

 
All the girls were looking very nice…….

They were all up for eviction except Soxx/Thembi. And like I predicted, Khali and Bongi were evicted *Halleluya* And when Lungile commented that Khali is looking happy for someone who has just been evicted, she screamed ‘’Yes! Now we can have sex’’!  Apparently they couldn’t do it in the house as Bongi was scared his mother is watching…
I still say, they are an odd looking couple…



There is a new twist (@Mrs Jones will explain further). This week is called Nonsense Week. All nominations are fake, voting fake.  Voting lines will only be open on Friday after the evening games)

By now you should all be used to my long articles! Embrace it! Mbaaaaa…….

By Aisha