Hope Springs – A Local Theatre Production

My dear friend @lizlaughalot on Twitter has a teenage daughter that has been accepted into The National School of The Arts and is taking part in a play at the Catalina Theatre.

You can get more info on the play on Liz's Wordpress blog here.

Muslim Rage

Recently Newsweek published an article headlined Muslim Rage with a shocking pic depicting a few men that are allegedly angry and struggling with each other. You can find more on this article here

What happened on Twitter was Muslims all over the world took on the hashtag #MuslimRage and made light of it! Some of the tweets were really funny and can be found below:

Muslim Rage tweets

RT @merima_sweetone: Stepping on the back of your skirt during salah seeing your life flash before your eyes #MuslimRage

i can't watch kevin bacon movies...cause he's not halal : ( #muslimrage

I'm having such a good hair day. No one even knows. #MuslimRage

Goes to EPL match. Favorite player scores, throws his jersey at you. Big Heineken logo on it. #muslimrage

"Lost nephew at the airport but cant yell for him because his name is Jihad. #MuslimRage"


When you poke yourself with a hijab pin by accident.. #MuslimRage

Go pray at mosque, come out to see my new Nike sapats are stolen. #MuslimRage

RT @SaadMalik: Being born in the Chinese year of the pig. #muslimrage

If you saw the power that social media proved that even Muslims can see the lighter side to their culture then please leave a comment below or post any other funny Muslim Rage tweets you've come across! :)

Deena wins Masterchef SA

South Africa has its first Masterchef. Deena Naidoo has these bragging rights in the bag when he was announced as Masterchef last night. After three grueling tasks the two finalists, Sue-Ann Allen and Deena Naidoo had to prepare, Deena came out tops. I became a fan of Deena's after he pulled off that near impossible chocolate mousse cake.

It was great watching the contestants grow and improve as better cooks. Deena took home R250 000.00 courtesy of Unilever's Robertson's Spices, a Hyundai Elantra 1.6 GLS and the cherry on the top being the Mondovino Restaurant. One of my twitter friends @Riona_Singh deduced a few weeks ago that Deena was the winner just by looking at his twitter handle and bio. His @deenamcsa handle was the only one from all the contestants that has mcsa (MasterchefSA) at the end of it. Some might argue that since Deena is an IT Specialist MCSA could mean Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate but now that he has won that theory is out! The other hint is that his Bio says Masterchef Finalist! This means he was part of the final two which as we saw was the case. Enough of the conspiracy theories. I'll leave that to Rio.

I'm really proud that the winner of the first South African Masterchef is a local boy. Born and brought up in Durban and such humble and mild mannered person. Congratulations Deena! All the best in your new adventure! Who was your favorite Masterchef SA contestant? Did you think the right person won?

Twitter Blanket Drive #TBD 2011

The 4th of June 2011 marked the second Twitter Blanket Drive. Annually the South African Twitter community rally together to collect blankets at different venues all over the country for charity in anticipation of winter.

This year I helped with the #TBD in Durban. We had three venues setup and one down the South Coast. The venues in Durban were I Heart Market, Luna Rossa and Linvingston's Gastropub.


It was the first time that I attended the I Heart Market and discovered that it was a beautiful flea market that is held on the 1st Saturday of every month. It was great to see people dropping of blankets while enjoying the items on sale at the different stalls, good food and listening to the pleasant sounds made by the live bands playing.


The second venue was Luna Rossa which is situated in the outside food court at Gateway Theatre of Shopping. We were fortunate to experience great Durban weather and many Twitter users joined us for some cool refreshments when they dropped of their blankets.


Livingston's Gastropub in Durban North's Glenmore Center was the final venue and tweeps dropping of blankets had the opportunity to watch the Super Rugby game between the Sharks and Cheetahs while enjoying the good food and drinks provided by this popular establishment.

At the end of the day close to 500 blankets were collected and special thanks were in order for those that contributed to and donated blankets to the drive. Some businesses stepped up and matched donations and blanket contributions. One of the biggest was Makro with a R50 000 money donation and dropping the price of their blankets to cost for the week.

The blankets were donated to Izulu Orphans Project.

For more information on the Twitter Blanket Drive click here.