Mic Turner in studio with Carl Wastie

Thats me in studio with Carl Wastie on Good Hope FM!

Controversial Tweet 2

Yes its me and twitter again!!

This time i was reading that there was some beef between the world and Lupe Fiasco. (don't ask me what was happening i just decided to jump in)

My tweet read as follows: "I think @LupeFiasco might possibly be the next Nas of the rap game" ---> What I meant by that is that he will gain that invincible, untouchable status of Nas. He will be a Hip-Hop artist and not dwell into the field of commercialism, like all the others... NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT PART...

Oh Yeah, i got RETWEETED BY LUPE FIASCO beat that!!!

But all his idiot fans thought i meant bad... the replies i got were insane! Luckilly no death threats... When i explained what i meant to them... They silenced up... Fools!!

Another day of me stirring it up...

Controversial Tweet 1

www.twitter.com/Verveen

So like, the whole world is on twitter, getting their tweet on and shit... FOLLOW ME!

Anyway, a couple months back i tweeted something controversial towards coloured people... the tweet read something like this:
#thingscolouredsdo they will stay ignorant and stupid just like all of those bfore them.

So many people felt touched and reacted by saying things like "wheres your pride" "Do you have no respect" and all lotsa other crap. Even lost some followers due to my #thingscolouredsdo and #thingscolouredssay tweets. Honestly, I couldn't care because I think that to a certain extent, I was right. If you think about it (LIKE A LEVEL-HEADED LOGICAL THINKING INDIVIDUAL)there is some truth in my words...

Only reason i stopped tweeting things like that was the fact that it started to bore me... Same reaction from different users all the time.

Follow me and see what I get up to...

Success

Over the last couple weeks me and some friends have been trying to figure out what success really is...

Many of the people that we went to school with are "high rollers" now, you know driving Audi's, BMW's, Range Range Rovers and the works... What is funny these guys are either younger than us, or still studying. (I know you thinking it must be mum & dads money, so do we) but then the guys that are done with the formalities(Studying) are in the same position. So what is success? Coz really i only have one clear definition of what it is.

Success is doing what you want to do, and being happy in the process. That according to me,I'm not the wisest chap out there, but that to me makes sense..

Don't get me wrong, if i was driving a Range Rover I would also be happy, but would I be REALLY HAPPY or happy just for happiness sake?

Kanye West - POWER

Well Done

So the educators of South Africa are striking. (AGAIN)... But on my way to varsity this morning i walked past a school and at that specific time it was their interval, or first break. Found hundreds of kids playing outside and having fun, saw prefects and most important TEACHERS!

This got me thinking, i am actually proud of these teachers as they weren't striking to gain something, but they were at school for the benefit of these small kids. Brooklynds Primary, North Pine.

Ja, so that was the highlight of my Tuesday...

BackStabbers

Being a student one learns to make new friends and meet many new people. But till now i have noticed that friends are only their in your 1st year... anything after that it becomes man for himself and God for us all.

Yes i know what you thinking, but sometimes one wants a friend and not a class mate. But as soon as you follow the class mate route you get dubbed as "selfish" or whatever.

Varsity students are the biggest back stabbers ever.

So yeah, you know what DUB ME!!

Are you the closet?

Are you that friend that the others confide in? Do you have info on your friends that can change their lives forever? Does that not make you feel that a closet full of old and new clothes. I can just imagine what will happen if that closet has to opened and cleaned out. The crap thing is that in life we all have our own shit to deal with, now these people come and entrust us with some of their shit as well. Yes friends are there to do these types of things but most friends make it a bad habit.

Think about how full your closet is and how long you will be able to keep it closed. Also think about what effects the opening of your closet will have on the lives of the people and on yours...

The real test has started

So ja. I've been waiting to run my mouth about this!!

The current springboks coach a.k.a Pieter de villiers has just been given his REAL FIRST TEST coach. Since being appointed as coach he hasn't really been tested, only criticized. Criticized for saying stupid things most of the time. OK he's actually joke if you think about it. We watch rugby to hear what stupid shit he gonna be talking after the match. But enough of that.

He was given the #1 rugby team in the world, all he had to do was maintain it. which he has done well to a certain extent, but now he is being tested as a coach for the first time.So he hasn't really done jack shit, till now.

The question is will he stand the test of time?

Moenie van jou hart n moorkuil maak nie

Moenie van jou hart n moorkuil maak nie, lots of friends told me that at high school.

It means not to bottle up your emotions. The way I see it, we can only take a certain amount of pressure before blowing up. Almost like a tube or tyre or something. Those are wise words though, we always feel better after talking about something. Sometimes guilty or bad, but good in the end. The only problem with talking is that the words can lead to various outcomes, some unexpected. As the saying goes, “the pen is mightier than the sword” but the word is more direct and in your face, nothing you can do about it.

A Series of Thoughts, an Episode of Emotions

I was never raised around perfection but around hard work and determination, but I grew up around it. This was confusing as I as my own person never knew where I really belonged. This created the adaptable, flexible person that I am. I was always confused between what I wanted to do and what I was expected to do. I could not do what was expected from me, as I was cheating myself as a person and I could not do what I wanted as there were certain expectations and I saw too much disappoint in my lifetime and would rather die than disappoint.
This does say a lot about me, about what I am, who I am, and how I go about doing things.

I guess this made me the person that does not do anything without have any form of ulterior motive, good or bad. This was the only way of fulfilling expectations and personal needs, killing two birds with one funky ass stone.
I guess I never stayed true to myself, or maybe I have finally found myself, who knows...

Believe the Old Folk

I was in church and I was looking at the younger generation and it suddenly hit me. What the old people were telling us in Catechism classes (Sunday school for the Protestants) is actually true. Coz let’s be honest, old people are bullshit a lot of the time. But I actually now know what they mean...
We all know that teaching starts at home and all those clichés but damn this one was on point.

The traditions and teachings are really watering down as there is no influence from the elders as they are either dead or could not really care anymore.
When I was younger I thought that they were hyping it up that we should start leading by example and felt that at that age I was too young for that but now I see what they meant, and right now one cannot be that example as we are not around that much. The people that took up the challenge of leading by example are either very hypocritical or are just messed up right about now.

This was a serious reality check for me and next time, take it from me. Believe the hype! And the old folk!

Sloppy Seconds

Ah high school, some of the best and worst times that we could ever have. Do you still remember the term “sloppy seconds”? If you don’t, let me refresh your aged memory, sloppy seconds is when you get with a girl/guy that one of your friends have gotten with.
Now at high school, sloppy seconds was a big no. You never get with a friends previous flame. This was only excusable under extreme circumstances like the annual house party or braai at a friend’s house where alcohol was involved, that was the only exception for having sloppy seconds.
It has occurred to me that after high school that term seizes to exist. So I have been wondering why and have come to the following conclusions: 1) the fight or chase for girls becomes rather tough and people tends not to want to struggle and ends up going for whatever. 2) At high school we all had that certain image to maintain, whether it is the role of jock, nerd or whatever. We would rather be cool than get some.
Thing is, sloppy seconds used to be fun as we have heard the stories (yes guys gossip as well) so we know how far we can push the boundaries and what is allowed and what is not. YEAH I SAID IT!
Just something that came to mind, weird I know. Just remember next time you have sloppy seconds, think of the seconds as a shoe, seeing that it has been worn it, it makes it more comfortable.

Disclaimer: I have not implicated anyone in this piece, and I apologise to all that I have offended.

Are you the shadow..?

Have you ever looked at your shadow and wondered if it is the same person down there? Like its really you...

Today I took a look at my shadow and it seemed different, like it was not mine, or more like it was not me. This got me thinking, are we our shadows, or is it possible for our shadows to be our true selves? (Strange as it may sound)

My Favorite Songs At The Moment...

Music...
The title says its it all...
In no order, mixed genres. local and international tracks...

985 - Shapa
HHP - Mpitse
Kevin Rudolf - I Made It (ft. Birdman, Lil Wayne & Jay Sean)
Young Money - Roger That
Lloyd Banks - Beamer Benz or Bentley (ft. Juelz Santana)
aKing - Against All Odds
Drake - Over
Ludacris - My Chick Bad (ft. Nicki Minaj)
Casette - Who Do You Trust
Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Rock (King G-mix ft. Jay-Z)
Drake - Say Something (ft. Timbaland)
Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You
Culeo Da Song - Webaba (ft. Busi Mhlongo)
Black Coffee - Juju (ft. Zakes Bantwini)
Birdman - Money To Blow (ft. Drake & Lil Wayne)
T.I - I'm Back
Eminem - Not Afraid
Wale - Pretty Girls (ft. Gucci Mane)
B.O.B - Nothin' On You (ft. Bruno Mars)
Miike Snow - Animal
Estelle - Freak (ft. Kardinall Offishall)
Lil Wayne - Drop The World (ft. Eminem)
Pro - Sekele
Ludacris - My Chick Bad (Remix ft. Trina, Diamond & Eve)
Yo Gotti - Women Lie Men Lie (ft. Lil Wayne)
Wale - Diary
New Boyz - Cricketz (ft. Tyga)
Chris Brown - Holla @ Me (ft. Tyga)
Oskido - I Believe
Lloyd Banks - Beamer Benz or Bentley (Remix ft. Juelz Santana & Fabolous)
Jack Parow - Ricky Louw
Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey
Black Coffee - Superman (ft. Bucie)
Dj Cndo - Ngisemathandweni
Jesse Clegg - Today
Cassette - Who Do you Trust

Friend or Acquaintance?

So the other day I had lunch with an old high school friend of mine and was very surprised to notice that there is a vast level of maturity if being compared to my other friends...

The quality of conversation is also totally different to that of the people that I normally am with. Makes me wonder if real true friends are found at school level or after school... Probably depends on the individual...

Next time when you in a conversation, just take a second to think if that is your friend or just an acquaintance...

How would you know the difference, Friends Actually Care...

Is it still there...?

Does passion still exist? You know, like when you have a passion for something like music, or dancing or anything??? Because it seems to me that we are losing it.

Nobody does things because they have a passion for doing it. Either (1) money is involved (2) you guilt-tripped into doing it or (3) you just going with the flow.

What happened to passionate people? Those should be role-models....

I guess people don't follow there passions anymore as it is not accepted by society? Just imagine telling your parents, "Mom, dad. I want to be an actor when I finish high school." or "When i finish school i want to be a dj." You will either get the speech about how you gonna make a living bla bla bla etc etc etc, or one of those other clichès that I don't wanna get in to... They stupid, partially realistic, but stupid. It is quite sad that our norm has become Primary School ---> High School ---> University, Somewhere in there we want something different.

Passions vary aswell.

Our passions are what separates us really as humans. This is what we strive for.

Hopefully alls well that ends well, with or without passion...

I wonder...

This is something that has been on my mind for a while...

Have you ever noticed, whenever you are honest or realistic with a person it is at that current point in time considered rude. Yet they have asked for your honesty, or that is what they expect from you...

Have we become so accustomed to sugar-coating everything that is said or done that if the bare-naked truth is shown to us, we a prone to tag it. But in some sort of a way that is the way life has become... The only place where we can runaway from the truth and it seems relatively normal...

That is just my honest (rude) opinion...

What happened..?

So sticking to the birthday theme...

I remember a time before facebook, mxit and all the other things that our lives revolve around these days. A time when calls were not that expensive, and sms'ing was the ish...

I know we used to stay awake till 12:00 am to see who could wish the lucky person first, or phone you awake just to scream "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" but as life does, things, actions, words and even people change.

It went from phone calls to sms's. From sms's it went to please-call-me's (that are personalized ofcourse). Then it went to birthday wishes over mxit (and we used to say that was cheap). To what we currently have now, the wall post on facebook, or if you lucky you just might get an inbox message.

I noticed that the people that really mean that much to you as a person are the ones that still stay up late and call at 12:00am, or rather say, they call. I'm trying to say that there is any wrong, but we are human and we know its the simple things go a long way, like a simple phone call.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, with something as simple as your birthday, you'll see who are friends and who are mere aquaintances...

Take off

So today is my 21st birthday and I figured that I want to do something different for change. So i started a blog. I know it might seem as if I'm a bit behind and all but i just never really wanted to.

This is my first post and I'm just typing off the dome. (kinda fun)

I'm a very different guy, definately not the average joe. I'm like a jack of all trades but a master of most if you get what I'm trying to say...

I have a different view point of life, i see, say and hear things very differently so stick around, things will get interesting. ( and stupid at the same time)