Well, ladies and gentlemen... I am the great, the awesome (some might say), the crazy and the real Thembela Mbatha. A 19 year old, growing up in a lazy town called Port Alfred, in the Eastern Cape.
I am the 1st born child of two kids. I was given the name "Thembela" by my father whom actually thought I was going to be a boy, hence my name is pronounced the way it is. Please don't get me wrong, he was still happy to get a beautiful girl like me, instead, it's just one those feelings you get when you're about to be a father and expecting your first child, you tend to get too excited, I suppose (in my dad's case). Nonetheless, my little sister goes by the name, Khanya and she is a lot younger than I am. That's all you need to know about her (straight face). I hope that expresses how overprotective I am over my little sister. We're five years apart, you do the math. I grew up in Alice, the home of the University of Fort Hare, which is my father's hometown. I had to stay there because my mother was still in college, completing her teaching qualification in Queenstown. When she finished, we moved back to Port Alfred.
I am proud to say, I started my schooling career at an all black primary school called Dambuza Primary School. I was five years old at the time, when i started school, coming from Little Flower pre-school. My mother took me there, Dambuza Primary, because she believed that all her children needed to know their home language before continuing at a multi-racial school where english would be our Home Language. I must say, that helped me a lot. I can now speak both isiXhosa and English fluently, thanks to my mother. Later on, I went to Port Alfred High School and studied there from Grade 3 to Matric. I have a lot of achievements that I have received in my school career. I played sports, sang in the school choir and performed in the school drama productions. I also played a role as a board member in the school Interact Club. I won sportsmans shileds for Athletics and gone through regional trials for Netball, believe it or not. In a nutshell, I had a lovely childhood and I am blessed to have grown up in such a household. A home, with a grandmother, a mother, 3 aunts, 3 cousins, an uncle and a beautiful sister. I passed my matric in 2010 and went to Cape Town to study at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. I am studying Public Relations and I am enjoying every thing about my course.
Okay, by now, you might have realized that I have quite a lot to say about myself. I am naturally talkative, outspoken and I am a people's person. This is the reason why I have decided to start my own blog, to share and encourage more people with the love of writing to share their life journeys with us, as I am about to share mine. I am currently working at UNI FM (cputstudents) as a radio presenter. I have always wanted to work on radio, and this for me is a perfect start. I have learnt a lot and I have realized how much I enjoy it. To be honest, I see myself achieving quite a lot in Radio and I'm taking it quite serious. I hope everyone else believes in themselves and puts in as much effort in what they love doing as i do, because it will show in the end. As i quote, "God helps, those who help themselves". So, don't expect anyone to notice your dreams for you, wake up and make things happen and you shall succeed in whatever you put your mind to.
I am an earth child, and I believe in the word of God as much as I believe in our ancestors.
"Be who you want to be..." - Unknown
Respect Yourself
Miss Tee**
