Reasons to be Happy in SA :)

[wynn]

Reason to be happy? the sun is shining!

[pmbguy]

Reason to be happy? the sun is shining!

I like they way you think

[adrianh]

Reason to be happy.....working with art in skinny jeans!

[pmbguy]

You win, 1st 2nd and 3rd

[HR Solutions]

•The Shongololo Lounge at OR Tambo International Airport has been voted the best VIP lounge in the Africa/Middle East region.
•Cape Town International Airport has been named the best airport in Africa by the Airports Council International.
•Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.
•South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
•Kruger National Park supports the greatest variety of wildlife species on the African continent.
•South Africa’s hotels, game lodges and restaurants are frequent winners of top global awards, for example, “Best Hotel in the World”

[flaker]

reason to be Happy: my home was not broken into last night. My neighbour (common wall) was.

Happy: NO! NO! NO!---I'mad, furious. And the cops-well they said it was not important to take prints off the laptop that the thief handled but left behind when the owner awakened & screamed.

[Dave S]

reason to be Happy: my home was not broken into last night. My neighbour (common wall) was.

Happy: NO! NO! NO!---I'mad, furious. And the cops-well they said it was not important to take prints off the laptop that the thief handled but left behind when the owner awakened & screamed.

The greatest reason I have to be happy is when the gun that was held against my head, went "click" instead of "Bang!" Get real people!

Yes we have much to be happy about in this country, it has good weather, no earthquake faults, no hurricanes (accepting that we do have the 50-year tornado in certain parts), we have an unbelievable mix of fauna and flora, we have natural resources that are the envy of the world, we are a people that bounce back from disaster and trauma, we have a colourful nation, and the list goes on and on...

The few things that are a serious concern, unfortunately, far overshadow the good things we have, when something is done about these problems then, and only then, will we be able to appreciate the other things that make us happy. At any rate, that is a "realists" view.

[Dave A]

We certainly are a country of contrasts.

The way I see it, the good stuff is the reason we should stick around to fix the bad stuff. It certainly helps to be reminded of all the good stuff from time to time

My top reason to be happy in SA?
It's HOME.
A short word, but with a lot of meaning.

[wynn]

My top reason to be happy in SA?
It's HOME.
A short word, but with a lot of meaning.

My sister in law emigrated to OZ and she said the hardest thing to get used to was the fact that she had no support system, no friends and relatives she could call on when needed, nobody to socialize with, no shoulders to cry on that didn't require either SKYPE or a long distance phone call.

[Dave S]

Ditto Wynn, I too have a sister in OZ and she also reports the same response.

[Blurock]

My sister in law emigrated to OZ and she said the hardest thing to get used to was the fact that she had no support system, no friends and relatives she could call on when needed, nobody to socialize with, no shoulders to cry on that didn't require either SKYPE or a long distance phone call.

I've read and heard from more than one source that maybe the grass is not so green over there. Apparently a third of the emigrants want to really stay there. Of the other two thirds, only one third have the means to come back, which leaves a lot of home-sick Saffies stuck in a sh!# place.

[adrianh]

My sister has been living in Sydney for 25odd years, my brother in Namibia for 30odd years, my brother in law in the UK for 8 years. Most of my school mates and friends have shoved off somewhere else. Home is not a place, it is a state of mind.

A friend of ours (Dianne) got on a plane on the 29th of January 1995 with a ticket for the UK and a dream to be a concert pianist. Her parents always told her that she can't and that she should get a real job. She got there, moved into a dingy bachelerette and kept on at it. She is a real girly girl, like a ballerina, so its not easy to fend for herself. It is now 2013, she is still there, she is happy, she teaches piano and she plays in an orchestra. She never ever spoke to her parents again (since '95)

Life is what you make it, you can be happy sweeping streets in Mitchell's Plein or you could possibly be unhappy living in LA....it's all in the mind!

[ians]

ditto Adrian, happiness is enjoying the moment, not working to become....happy, or living in a place to be happy.

[Dave A]

Home is not a place, it is a state of mind.

Absolutely.

And I choose here

[HR Solutions]

Strong SA film presence for Cannes:
A record 150 South African filmmakers were set to attend the 66th Cannes International Film Festival which opened on Wednesday, 12 of them sponsored by the National Film and Video Foundation, which is also hosting the market screening of three South African films at the prestigious event.