Happy days

This was the bonus function that took place at sondela. We had a lot of fun, we did a roleplay on how sondela operates on a daily basis plus we received our certificates for nature guiding and that was a great honour!!!

Flu and a whole lot of flu

Well i would like to say to everyone if you feel that something is wrong with you, make sure that you see the doctor asap because you will never know what it might be and i found out the hard, cause i had a flu and i took it lightly till i could not get up, then i knew something was wrong i was seriously sick, luckly i did something in time and i almost ate a whole back of oranges which helped me get back on my feet.NB I haven't forgoten my promise to you that i am going to do something life changing so keep watching this space.

Lifes' Lessons

U never realised how far off i have been, OK! i Will spare you the long speech and get to the point. I have lost focus on what i want and i feel dat the passion that i have for life has taken a bit of a knock and that i needed someone to remind of what drives me as a person and i can assure that there is a lot of things that drive me. i remember when i was an early teen i used to draw, paint, design. I could do so much and now i feel like a have aged sooner than i thought and i am only 23. Mr Pearce reminded me of something which i have forgotten and that is i am young and have so much to offer and i should work very had and that is what i am planning to do i have given myself a challenge which i have to complete on the 25 September 2009. I will let you in on the details once i have completed my plan, so watch this space. Pls go out there and live your dream ta!!!.

Womens' Month

It's good to be a woman!!! and you probably ask yourself why? and the reason is because we are celebrated for what we can do. A woman can do so many things, we are care givers,supporters, providers, household managers, a woman can be whom ever you want her to be. So i would like to say happy womens' month just take it easy and know that you are great!!!! and to my mom you are the best, i can't imagine life without you, i am the young woman that i am because of you,you have taught me so much and every day of my life i use the knowledge that you have given me thanks alot love you!!!!!.

The museums at Polokwane

These are the Iconic giraffe family sculptors which are an amazing peace of art but unfortunately they were damaged, if you want to see these sculptors you can find these at the civic square at Polokwane

On a light note

A joke for the week!!!!!

A boy came to Sondela with his parents for the holidays, so he asked his mother for money to buy sweets and she gave him the money he came back and asked for money to buy an ice cream then she gave him, later he came back and asked for more money to go for a game drive and the mother said do you think that money grows on trees' and the boy responded by saying then why do banks have branches!!!

So parents when you ask your kids want to go for a game drive let them know that they won't find money on tree branches

SALAMIS

I have discovered that i have blood of queens and kings running through my veins and i feel they led me to this place to finally discover who i am. It all astarted with the Bela-Bela tour and now i feel that i can finally honour my ancestors.I never realised that a represented many nations becaause i have blood of many nations running through my veins, which is a blessing because i get to see a part of myself in the faces i see when i do tours.

All my life i struggled with my i dentity , i remember when i had to fill in forms of which ethnic group i belonged to, that was difficult and even when the teachers at class asked me what my name meant i always had to guess what my name meant and i used to guess that it meant peace and i was right. This dicovery was lead by a grave of a child named Salomina at the old Bela-Bela cemetary. When i saw the name Salomina, i asked myself many questions that no one could answer. I thought to myself maybe my name was mispelled and it was because it has an h at the end, which its not sopposed to. That made me curious and i started searching for answers, because one thing about being a guide you have to know where you come from before you tell people about other peoples culture.

i dicovered a whole new universe when it came to my name, i mean there is an island with my name, a municipality and marathon.This dicovery was lead by a grave of a child named Salomina at the old Bela-Bela cemetary

The name Salamis is probably derived from Salam (shalam), Phoenician for peace,^[3] under which it was mentioned in Homer's writings. Some sources, however, say it was named after the nymph Salamis, according to legend the mother of Cychreus, the first king of the island).^[4]

Greek Name: Transliteration: Translation:

SalamiV Salamis Of Salamis (island)

SALAMIS was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Salamis on the island of the same name (in southern Greece)

She was a daughter of the River Asopos who was abducted to the island by the god Poseidon.

PARENTS

[1.1] ASOPOS (Corinna Frag 654, Apollodorus 3.161, Pausanias 1.35.2) [1.2] ASOPOS & METOPE (Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1-5)

OFFSPRING

[1.1] KYKHREUS (by Poseidon) (Apollodorus 3.161, Pausanias 1.35.2, Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1-5)

ENCYCLOPEDIA SA′LAMIS (Salamis), a daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. (Paus. i. 35. § 2; Apollod. iii. 12. § 7; Diod. iv. 72.) From her the island of Salamis was believed by the ancients to have received its name. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

"Of these nine daughters [of Asopos]... while Korkyra and Salamis and lovely Euboia were stolen by father Poseidon." - Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Frag 654

"Kykhreus the son of Poseidon and Asopos’ daughter Salamis." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.161

"It is said that the first to give this name [Salamis] to the island was Kykhreus, who called it after his mother Salamis, the daughter of Asopos." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 1.35.2

"[In the temple of Zeus at Olympia are paintings] Salamis carrying in her hand the ornament made for the top of a ship’s bow." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 5.11.5

"Asopos made his home in Phlios, where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra and Salamis, also Aigina, Peirene, and Kleone, then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis ... Salamis was seized by Poseidon and taken to the island which was named Salamis after her; and she lay with Poseidon and bore Kykhreus, who became king of this island."

THE GREAT BATTLE OF SALAMIS

480 B.C.

480 B.C. The Persians in their conquest to conquer all of Europe had taken part of eastern Greece. After the Battle of Thermopylae where Leonidas and 300 Spartan soldiers died courageously defending their ideals and their country the Persian fleet sailed to the Saronic Gulf and the Greek fleet sailed to Salamis.

The Persians anchored at Faliro Bay where their King Xerxes ordered halve of the fleet to sail to Corinth and the other halve to Attica and Elefsina.

200 Egyptian Trieris sailed to the Megara Bay to block the way of the Greek Fleet and the same time the Persian Army landed in Attica and Psitalia Island, (a small Island near Salamis) Xerxes ordered his servants to place his throne on a hill which looks over Salamis bay so he can watch the battle the hill is called Egaleo.

i dicovered so much that it would take days.basically my name is a greek name, yhey cut it and say salamis so if you call me salamis i won't be offended.When i discoverede this i had great feeling, because this contributed to my fascination with hitory, i wanted to be a historian when i was i child, so i am living part of that dream.I made a dicovery in my own life and i realised that every human being is a living story, so go out there and discover WHO YOU ARE !!!!!!!