Saturday, November 12, 2011

List your top 200 achievements

I won't have 200 achievements, I haven't lived that long. In an attempt to want to write as many achievements as I can I will start listing my achievements from as far back as I can. The first two are certainly not my personal achievements, but they are more family achievements and yes I'm proud of my great-grand parents.

1. Born into a family of the first black Professor at the University of Fort Hare. My ultimate dream would be the second Professor in the family.
2. Great grandfather started a Xhosa newspaper 'Imvo Zabantsundu', this was in the late 1800s close to the time when slavery was banished.
3. Top of class in Grade 4
4. Awarded a trophy for Majorette...can't remember why
5. Played 1st team hockey in Grade 7
6. Started a trend in high with two friends for black people to join Debating Society
7. Received first Cultural Badge in Grade 9, can't count how many I received thereafter almost every term
8. Won Gold Award for Public Speaking at Grahamstown Eisteddfod
9. Won Silver Award for Poetry..recited 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds' - William Shakespeare
10. Won Bronze Award for a Monologue
11. Won Gold Award for a play
12. Won Gold Award fo a play at Clarendon Eisteddfod
13. Part of cast that came first place - Interhouse Plays
14. Received half-colours
15. Received full colours blazer
16. Winning debates..don't know how many
17. Winning hockey matches and remaining being unbeaten the whole season
18. Passed Matric with Exemption
19. Winning Silver Medal for Squash - USSASA Regional Games
20. Three distinction first year of studying ND Taxation & Auditing
21. Elected as Treasurer of SASCO BEC at Natal Tech
22. Team of the Month Award x 3 - SARS
23. Top Ten Agent of the Month x 3
24. Acting as teamleader
25. Birth of my daughter
26. Birth of my son
27. Stopped smoking
28. Getting a bursary to study PR
29. Studied ND PR and passed in record time
30. Studied BTECH PR and passed in record time
31. Group Leader & Won Best Open Day Exhibition ( it was a tie)
32. Have over 10 distinction for the first three years of my study
33. Academic Giant for 3 consecutive years
34. Breaking record getting 100% for a Comm Sci Test
35. Graduated in 2011
36. Graduating in 2012
37. Part of LOC for PRISM Awards 2011
38. Organized and cordinated launch of PRISA Student Chapter in Western Cape
39. Drafting the constitution for PRISA Student Chapter
40. Working at City of Cape Town

AND COUNTING...

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