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I'm an Optimist!

Posted by Gareth Brown on Thursday, February 16, 2017,

Yes I am an optimist and I really don’t get people who aren’t, especially parents...  I mean you’ve been blessed with the most priceless, precious thing ever... a child/children.  What’s there to be negative about?? Really?

I love my kids so much and I feel so blessed to have them, that I wake up happy everyday and no matter the challenges that  life throws my way... the mere thought of my kids puts a smile on my face.  I pray for them daily and they do the same for me too.

Yes life...


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Modern Mom’s Guilt

Posted by Gareth Brown on Monday, November 7, 2016, In : life 

Society has become so sick that it constantly judges... especially mother’s.  If a child is naughty or chooses a wrong unlawful path in life... who does society blame?? The mother!  You always hear things like “Does he not have a mother? Where was the mother? mother this and mother that... 

It has become so bad that mothers are constantly feeling bad about everything.  If you’re a working mom, it’s a bad thing ‘cause you should stay home and raise your kids, never mind that you’...


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Racism... enough now!

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, In : life 

This is such a delicate topic and I don’t really like to get into it, but it is something that has really been bugging me lately.  I am a God fearing woman, who by all means tries to live a life where I respect and love fellow human beings regardless of their race.  So when someone kills or treats another human being badly simply because of the colour of their skin it puzzles me and it got me thinking...  If more people knew God none of this nonsense would exist... how humanly are you to ha...


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Why You Should Enter Beauty Pageants

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, February 17, 2016,

You probably don't think there are any reasons to enter a beauty pageant, but I'm here to tell you there are many reasons why you should! A lot of people think that it's all about the big hair, beauty, walking around on stage, and being plastic! I'm here to tell you that what you watch on TV like "Toddlers and Tiara" aren't true! These are the real reasons why you should enter a beauty pageant... take it from me a former Beauty Queen.



1. BUILDING SELF-CONFIDENCE
The number one ...


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Why Women Cheat?

Posted by Gareth Brown on Monday, February 15, 2016,

So it’s taken me a while to blog about this… simply ‘cause women are so complicated.  It’s a day after Valentines day and it being the month of love it got me thinking about this. So why do women cheat?

There are so many reasons, and I’ll try and cover a few now. The main reason why most women cheat is for emotional needs, women need attention and intimacy from their partners.  If they not getting it from their partners they’ll look for it elsewhere.  Women need ...


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A Year For Greatness

Posted by Gareth Brown on Thursday, January 7, 2016,

The new year has started and we are blessed to still be here, healthy, rested, willing and able to achieve greatness.  2015 might have been great for some and challenging for others but whatever you went through last year, make it a point to make 2016 a great year!  Start by removing all the negativity out of your life, set yourself goals and work towards achieving them.  The best way to achieve your goals is to setup timelines and deadlines.

People close to me know that I a...


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Why Men Cheat?

Posted by Gareth Brown on Monday, November 30, 2015,

This is a question many women have asked for years and men have given all sorts of explanations as to why they cheat… Some say cause there is just too many beautiful women, or because my woman doesn’t treat me right or lacks certain things etc…

So what if a man has a beautiful woman, who is loyal to him, is a hard worker, educated, intelligent, makes her own money, can cook, is good in bed, is basically the perfect spouse… Why would her man still cheat on her?

I thi...


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Are You A Brand?

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, In : life 

Of course you are. Personal brands are very important, yet underutilised. Authentic personal brands are more powerful than inauthentic personal brands.  Be true to yourself! 

Your authentic qualities will attract the right people and if they repel some, don’t let that bother you, that is just God protecting you from people and opportunities that are not good for you.  

Get your mind off trying to be something or someone else, and concentrate on just being you. Become your brand. Authentic bra...


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Take control

Posted by Gareth Brown on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, In : life 

You would think after all these years in an apartheid free country things would be better.  You would think that we would all have equal opportunities in life and that the colour of your skin wouldn’t be a determining factor.  Lets face it… race still plays a large role at who gets what and who deserves what.

Will this ever change?  I really don’t see it happening soon… and what can we as ordinary South Africans do to bring upon this change?

I’m s...


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Love

Posted by Gareth Brown on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, In : life 

Is it really possible to fall in love more than once?  Or do we just try and convince ourselves that we are in love again so that we don’t have to deal or face the fact that we will never be with our true love again.  Is it a way to deal with the pain, the longing of being in that person’s arms again by pretending to be in love again… or is it that once you’ve broken up with someone you miss them so much that you mistake that with love…  What is love???  Does it las...


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Do it for the right reason!

Posted by Gareth Brown on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, In : life 

So a few friends and I had a discussion a couple of days ago about relationships and expectations thereof... It got me thinking...

Many girls stay in relationships for all the wrong reasons and what they ultimately want is marriage... That’s most girls goal in life, and it is something that has been like that for many years, even in these modern times where woman have equal opportunities as their male counterparts, their weakness is still trying to get married at all costs...  Don’t get ...


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Foolish Guys in Break-ups

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, In : life 

So a friend of mine broke up with her boyfriend recently and can you believe it... In this day and age... the dude took back all the gifts he bought her... I mean everything, even worn and used things... What an idiot!  I’m sorry, but I just could not believe that guys do things like that, needless to say I’m very proud of my friend, she didn't stoop as low as him and left him with the gifts she bought him and didn't demand anything back.

I believe when you buy someone a gift you doing i...


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Inhuman Behaviour

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, April 15, 2015,

It breaks my heart to see what is happening in our Country at the moment with all these Xenophobic attacks… since when does anyone have the right to kill people just because they come from a different country?  Have these people forgotten where we come from as a country and the suffering we endured as a nation during apartheid… It saddens me as a South African that our people can behave like this.  Aren't we supposed to be the loving, forgiving, caring nation… 

Are these people ...


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Life and Love...

Posted by Gareth Brown on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, In : life 

Life can be hard and challenging... How you overcome these challenges is what matters most.  The worst hardships one can face is disappointing the people you love... and because we are all only human with flaws... this will happen from time to time.  The people who really truly love and care about you will understand and know that we all make mistakes and most important of all is that we are all very different.  We don’t think and do things the same and for this reason we are always going t...


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Power of the Red Bottoms

Posted by Gareth Brown on Friday, January 23, 2015, In : Fashion 

So someone decided to surprise me with a pair of my dream shoes… yes you've guessed it… a pair of… wait for it… Christian Louboutin's… and they are gorgeous, sexy, perfect!!  The joy I felt is unexplainable, it was soooo intense, and I was filled with all kinds of good emotions.  I love shoes and that's a fact, everybody has their thing… mine is shoes. 

I've always known Louboutin's are special but never did I imagine that they were this powerful.  Everyone has been talking about...


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The Perfect Christmas Gift

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, December 17, 2014,
It's that time of the year again... the thing I dread the most about this time of the year is buying Christmas gifts and that's simply 'cause I never know what to buy... and I don't think I'm the only one with this problem.  This got me thinking... and I decided to make a list of awesome gifts to buy...  Hopefully this will help to not get lost in the frenzy of last-minute Christmas shopping.

For Her...
1. Jewelry
2. Handbags
3. Shoes (Christian Louboutin if her name is Gareth... lol)
4. Cellphone...
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Friendship

Posted by Gareth Brown on Friday, October 3, 2014, In : life 
Over the years I've had many friends or acquaintances in my life, and at a certain point or at the point that they were in my life they played a significant role.  While the friendship is happening you never imagine that it would one day end or fade. It's amazing how we outgrow people or how our life journeys go in different directions, all of a sudden.  I'm sure you have at some point in your life asked yourself..."how was I ever friends with that person?" OMG!! 

The scariest things I've seen...
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Champs!!

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, August 27, 2014, In : Sport 
Last night my team won the Corporate Soccer League... whoop whoop!  It was one of the most exciting games we've played, the guys were unstoppable. I was the crazy woman doing a 100m sprint on the side lines screaming and... coaching the guys of course... lol... The feeling of victory after such an intense game... I must say is an amazing feeling indeed. Which reminds me of a quote I read once "Soccer isn't something that you can fake, its a feeling, a passion, a lifestyle." 



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Angry

Posted by Gareth Brown on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, In : Sport 

So today my blood is boiling... and the reason for this is a soccer match.  Yes it just had to be soccer.  I love soccer so much it’s scary... lol...  So last night our soccer team won a quarter final game fair and square and today I find out our results aren’t listed on the website because the other team filed a complaint.  Not sure how this complaint, that’s only reported today can affect yesterday’s results... surely the issue should’ve been raised during or after the game.

And ...


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What to wear on a first date?

Posted by Gareth Brown on Friday, July 25, 2014, In : Fashion 

My sister and I were chatting the other day and she asked me to blog about what to wear on your first date, and that got me thinking...

One of the most famous expressions is “first impressions last” and that is so true, they really do.  So when dressing for your first date always keep that in mind, what you wear on a first date actually matters a whole lot, more than any of us probably want to admit. 

Don’t let your first date attire ruin your chances for a second date. What you wear ...


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My Shoe Passion

Posted by Gareth Brown on Friday, July 18, 2014,

I love love love shoes!  You don’t have to be a shoes fashionista to find excitement in shoes.  When I see a gorgeous pair of shoes I go crazy, it consumes my mind, all I think about is that shoe and how I’m going to get a pair. 

I don’t know where my shoe obsession started. During high school was the peak of my obsession, I bought shoes every week and some of them just ended up in the closet never to see daylight again. I have so many shoes. I have sneakers, running shoes, formal shoe...


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Success today

Posted by Gareth Brown on Thursday, July 17, 2014, In : life 
I've been thinking about success, and as for as long as I can remember, I've always wanted to be successful.  As a young child if I was asked what do you want to be when you grow up, my answer was always, "successful" during my beauty pageant days my answer was also always, I want to be successful. So what is success? and am I successful?  For the longest time I used to think being successful is having loads and loads of money and I'm sure that must be what most people think.  The older I got...
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My first Blog

Posted by Gareth Brown on Thursday, July 17, 2014,
I always new I wanted to start a blog, but just never had the time or maybe just never really believed that I could actually do it... So here we go... my very first Blog!  Woo hoo!!  I think a lot of nonsense all day every day and that is why I thought starting a Blog wouldn't be such a bad idea.  So welcome to this exciting journey with me.

I'm crazy, everyone who is close to me always says that and it's true.  The reason why I'm perceived as crazy is 'cause I live my life for me and I do wh...
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