THROWBACKThursday!



Childhood memories
games we uses to play when we were young.

These past school holidays I noticed that children weren't doing what we would normally do, which would be to play outside from the morning till our parents would shout our names from across the street.
I will be taking us down memory lane,



Hide and seek
We all enjoyed a game of hide and seek, the more the merrier when it came to the number of friends playing. The exciting part would be finding the oddest place to hide just as to make it hard for the person who had to search for the others after counting up to 100.  Though we may all have played the game slightly differently and probably called it something else. But we all had one thing in common we loved it!


AmaTini (3 tins game)

This game has to be the most favourite out of them all. Each child would have the task of going home to look for a tin of some sort so that the tallest tower could be created. Then a ball made of plastics would be used to bring the tower down. There would be teams, team A and team B. Each team would destroy the others tower. While the team is trying to rebuild, the other is earning points.





Jump rope 'skipping'

This game would be a joy to play, as songs would be created that would enable us to skip in rhythm. This particular game required a lot of concentration to ensure that one doesn't lose and find themselves out of the game.




 Marbles (amaAli)
 
This game needed your utmost attention, because one mistake you could be out and also have to wait a long time to play again.



Izingedo

I am not sure what the english name for this game is but what i do know is that it was a lovely game to play. Small stones would be collected and a bigger one which would be used to play the actual game. Just like the game of marbles concentration was very key. 



The kids of ' today' will never understand the joy of creating games and fun without having to pay for it. We literally used things we could find in the yard and that created alot of memories that we will share with our children one day.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thursday All Access- In Conversation with Connie Zitha

Image
  Meet Connie Zitha who has mastered the art of plaiting, and hair magic. While her 7year old peers were running the streets, she was getting lessons on how to plait hair by her mom. This didn't sit well with her in fact it came as an irritation, but little did she know that the plaiting lessons would build her an empire.  I had a chance to sit down and get to know her business a bit better.  At the age of 13 years she started taking plaiting seriously, even got encouragement from clients to start her own business. She took this into consideration after she matriculated, although her plans were to study either psychology, teaching or nursing. But as you know life has a way of redirecting us at times. That's exactly what happened to Connie. In 2011 she opened her salon and as they say the rest is history.  In a competitive industry like hair you need to be able to stand out, and she has definitely found the for formula ''the way I start when plaiting ensures th
Read more

Thursday #Throwback- Baddest villians of all time

Image
Watching soap operas  as families played a role in our childhoods, the villain's brought even more spice to the scenes. That is why I have compiled a list of  villains that will always be in our memories. #1 Laqasha from Sgudis Snaysi He wasn't a villain per say, but he sure did give us a scare when he came around with his stick ready to break Sdumo's knees. As a child I told myself that I would never want to run into Laqasha in a dark alley.       #2 Stefano DiMera from days of our lives     This man has to be the baddest villain I've watched on television. He taunted people, even from beyond the grave. His obsession with Marlena was the most scariest thing to watch. He terrified  me for years even now I still get nightmares.            #3 David Genaro from Rhythm City     This character will definitely go down in history as one of the baddest villains we've ever witnessed.  His ability to control any situation to suit
Read more

Wednesday Celebrating Queens- Phenomenal Women You Are

Image
Today I will be celebrating and acknowledging phenomenal women, who have fought against all odds and inspire others to do the same with their lives . Here are some quick facts about them. Molebogeng Mbethe, CEO and founder of Advent Oil First black woman to supply lucrative commodity to mineral giants African Rainbow Hold BCom accounting from UCT Advent oil , is a 100% black female owned petroleum company Established in 2006 Basetsana Khumalo, Executive  chairman & CEO of Basetsana  Women Investments Holdings 1995 became a joint shareholder of Tsweselopele productions President of the business women's association of South Africa Has received numerous accolades that commend her for the exceptional work that contributes towards the growth of the economy Khanyi Dhlomo,  Managing director of Ndalo Media  Started her media career at the age of 20 Owns Luminance high end store Graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA Launched Destin
Read more