NETHERLANDS MBA CLASS SAND CASTLE BUILDING 2010

 

Friday 25th June-Global Marketing

As i sit here being taught how to suck eggs.(im also just hearing the regurgitation of slided) i wonder if we can move into discussing anything current beyond theory that will imply our application and recognition of the theoritical underpinnings within the real life situation/scenario being faced. I doubt the caliber of this institution given the sorry standards of contribution and lecture delivery..ok lets be honest .. this sucks.. when someone shouts out.. "different cultures have different tastes!" erm hello thanks for stating the obvious.. but it was the smug face right after that annoyed me the most... this person actually believed they had mad a ground breaking contribution to the Academic world.. Goodness where is Simon Cowell when you need to give someone a reality check....DUUUUUUUHHHHH!!!

The New New

Sell me something
Give me t2o
Even though i don't know what your product will do

Tell me anything
Ill believe it
Just as long as you say it the way id like to see it

Control my life
Tell me what to do
Just as long as its convenient for you

A New Day

Morning Face lacking grace
Abit of snot and morning paste
Breath quite rancid slightly foul
My smiles a scowl my words a growl

Brains confused light is blinding
Cant face the day and feel like hiding
Feel like trash, I blame the booze
Feel like a 10 minute….maybe 4 hour snooze

Stomachs bloated and so I squeeze
And out pops the trumpet and evil breeze
That was great ,feel slightly better
Feel 7 foot tall and 2 stones lighter

Carpe Diem, Now am ready
Need to get up but still not steady
Need some sun got to get out
It was the brandy and champagne mix no doubt

Ill keep my cool and just reflect
Regret no sir, hung over and in debt
Life is a journey no set route
Ill just do my best, make every moment count

Raphael de Souza (RDS) 18th Jan 2010

When I was a king?

Today I sit on what I think may be a throne, trying to feel and live the same comforts of yesteryear
But feel a sharp pain giving me discomforts, reflective of current times that are hard to bear

Prosperity was once a fulltime resident, and what to me seemed a God given right
The norm, the only way, my reality where alot more of it was the only goal and plight.

My kingdom was mighty, so much so that even its mention or any reference be spoken
It had the fortitude to transcend all barriers where all of societies doors would be open

One never thought of what ifs, let’s says, and lets not take this lightly
My very existence, my situation and affluence was ordained by the almighty

The pain is in my back so I shift to reclaim that soothing feeling I once knew
I shuffle and feel the fabric of my throne, its expired, falling apart and far from new

It was easy to ignore the anchors of wealth and what held it all together
Because they had always been there and their permanence suggested “forever”

The core however had always been nurtured an attribute that many have tirelessly sought
Cognizant of the authentic, I’m unshaken in the notion that class can never simply be bought

But what have I lost to refer to this reality being in the past tense
To conclude I must identify the factors I keep and what I dispense

So now im frustrated, I don’t just feel but decide to look and open my eyes
My heartbeat slows and my breathing steadies as my mouth opens in slight surprise

Hindsight teaches and reminds you of your numerous life chapters and legacy
For the reason you exist today is due to your achievements and remarkable history

Don’t doubt your spirit and remind your self of you
Don’t settle, don’t compromise, relent or make do

What I saw was the reason for the pain I had felt, so on came a smile from the painful frown
All this time, all along, poking me and reminding me sitting their in its full glory……

……was my beautiful crown.

Raphael de Souza (RDS)16th Jan 2010