The megaZEEn: TwEntY sOmEThinG

It was my birthday on the 3rd of September. I turned 20 and 48months *clears throat*. To celebrate, I went to Hermanus and Kleinmond in the Western Cape. Such pretty places! It was so cold but that didn't matter (even though I had packed for warm weather). Went horse riding for the first time...and for the next couple of days I felt the after effects...oh how my body hurt!

It felt good though, to get away, unwind and just take my mind off work! And what a week it had been! My direct manager had gone on holiday in

Thailand

and I was trusted enough to fully take over the team and manage them for a week and a half! Stressful at first; he's such a perfectionist (10 times worse than me) and I didn't want to mess up! It got better with time though and just as I was "missioning" to take over the company (and the world), he came back! Dammit! I could've been MD/CEO by now! He's a great man though. The day he came back to work I had to leave for Cape Town for an "Emotional Intelligence" workshop so we met for a very early morning coffee session (I ended up having breakfast *hides*) at O.R Tambo before I took off at 9am (almost missed my flight-don't ask).

The workshop was quite insightful. Won't go on too much about it because I want to do a separate blog on EQ (emotional intelligence) sometime soon.

I look back to this time last year. I was in the final stages of wrapping up my dissertation. Stressful times. Now I'm in the development stages of my career. And I love my company because they are BIG on developing future leaders. I could have worked anywhere maybe even earned more but I wouldn't trade in the amount of learning and experience I have gained this year thus far for anything. As a wise young man recently said to me; don't just have a job, have a career (loosely quoted). So that's me, and that's my vision; to work towards a bigger goal, a bigger me: World, are you ready?

P.S Now that I'm 24. I mean, 20 and 48months, I feel like everyone is 21! I keep meeting young(er) people, and they make me feel old! Soon I'll be a fossil! *faints*

Monday 29 August: Supper at Devon Valley Hotel, my friend Lulu told the waiter it was my birthday and I got a complimentary chocolate tart....no, it wasn't my birthday