I got accepted into HONORS PSYCHOLOGY

Okay so those that don’t know I was originally accepted into honors already this year in South Africa for International Relations, I never applied for psychology in South Africa.

I had applied in other countries for psychology. 

However personal reasons did not allow me to start in March to do my honors and I was very very disappointed. Reason being this is what I have planned ever since I started my undergraduate degree.

However God had other plans I guess.

Honestly I was so sad, because I’ve always known what I want to do with my career and not been able to fulfill it was very heart breaking. It was like wasting my time not fulfilling what I had to fulfill. 

I missed the little things such as learning about the subject, studying ,setting my timetable, writing tests and exams.

It might sounds weird to others but I do love education. I’ve always enjoyed studying. 

And this is the best news God could have ever  given me this year. I remember putting this together on my vision board in January and being able see this come forth is just so amazing. 

You know how frustrating it is when you know what you want but you cannot seem to get it. You honestly give up, you feel like maybe you are not meant to do this.

I was really frustrated and unhappy as I knew I was not fulfilling my purpose. 

But I kept praying, fasting and I spend a lot of nights praying in tongues asking God for help because I did not know what to do.

God kept giving me the same answer through different people. The people I was close to I kept telling them how I felt and not sure if I would get accepted because I declined my initial acceptance in March. But they told me “ontha just apply ,there is always a way”

Then when I applied for wits they were giving me problems because I studied internationally I needed to verify my qualification through saqa. I could not get a hold of wits, it took a whole week to get a hold of them. 

Then after a week I have not heard anything from saqa I had to call their head office just to get someone to help me verify my application on time.

Then the other university I went to was on strike when I went there ,no one was able to help me. So I gave up. 

Omg I went through a lot so it was very demotivating and emotional exhausting. 

So you can see I had reasons on feeling like giving up. 

When I applied to another university they said my application was rejected because there was no proof of my qualification so I had to get a half day at work just to go to the university to hand in my application can you imagine that ? 

Later during that day I got an email saying “ Dear Miss Sekano it gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been offered a space to register for bachelor of psychology honors “ 

But Goooooooooodddddddddd!!! Hahhhhh!!! Common somebody!!! God knew what he was doing. 

For those that do not know , my career goal is becoming a neuropsychologist.

So in order to become one you have to complete your honors which is 1 year and masters which is 2 years (which includes a 12 month internship and a 12 month community service) then after that I have to write a board exam then after writing it I have to register through HPCSA.So it truly is a long journey. Masters in total leads up to 3 years.

So in total I have to be studying 7 years to be a neuro psychologist.

So finally getting into honors makes it so real. I am one step closer to becoming Dr Onthatile Sekano hah!!!!!!!!!

Arg I could cry. God I thank you!! This year honestly you have seriously showed yourself in so many ways. There is no way I can say I do not believe in you.

I am so thankful. You knew how dear to my heart this was and I thank you😭

That’s all for now my sunflowers 🌻 

Have a blessed blessed week 

Xoxo

Onthatile 

Wednesday Favorites

I FINALY FOUND IT!!

OMG OMG!!

Okay so ever since I’ve been to Orlando Florida I’ve been looking for a Mimosa in South Africa. I think I’ve searched from restaurants to restaurants, and FINALLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY I have found it.

You wouldn’t guess where ? The place I go to all the time, literally right under my nose. Tashas’s Sandton😂I know I know, it’s like “Onthatile really ? “ 

I have been anticipating to tase this delicious drink that everyone is drinking. 

A mimosa is an American drink that most U.S citizens drink during brunch.

It is not popular in South Africa . 

I must say I was very disappointed. It was not what I expected it to be. It just tastes like your drinking champagne, I could hardly taste the orange juice. 

I don’t know, maybe that’s how it’s suppose to taste like but it was not enjoyable for me as I hoped it would be. 

I honestly expected the taste the citrus of the organ juice TO SIZZLE in my mouth because of the champagne. I expected it to be MOUTH WATERING.But I will definitely try other places and as much as it was hard to find it, I will keep looking.

That’s my Wednesday favorite

Have you tried the mimosa ? If you did, did you like the taste? 
Let me know.

REMEMBER to stay blessed, kind and HONEST

xoxo
Onthatile

I have found my purpose in life

 I’m very blessed to have known at such an early age my purpose on earth. I know that my purpose is to help people and to change people’s lives and honestly that is mainly the reason I’m in the industry of psychology.

I serve at church in various departments. The one department that I absolutely LOVE is the Counselling department. 

With this department we welcome the new people in the church. People that are in the church for the first time. We take them to a room and we offer them coffee,tea,juices ,cookies ,scones and lovely snacks. They join the first timer form and then we explain to them more about the church, what we are about, the different types of branches we have in South Africa, latest projects, upcoming events etc.

The picture below are the ladies in my department. We welcome you with a HUGE SMILE AND LOVELY OPEN HEARTS. 

Then the part that I LOOOVVVVEEE the most is praying with the new people. For example there was a lady last week where her and I had a one on one sit down and she was crying,thanking me for helping her and praying with her. 

It’s so amazing to teach people about the word. Just the basics,teaching them to pray , to read their bible and mostly to actually listen to preaching CD’s over and over again. 

Sometimes we have people who have never been born again. So meaning they have not accepted Christ as their savior. So with them we go to a different room and we give them a Bible, and Preaching CD’s and then we pray with them and show them step by step and explain their new life.

So that honestly is my favorite department at church. We change lives and it’s all in the small things that we as people never realize. I know I am here on earth to SERVE the people of God and lead them to God and I love it.❤️

If you are serving in any department at church, drop me an email and let me know and tell me which department you in and perhaps explain it and say whether you like it or not 😌

That’s it for now my sun flowers. 

REMEMBER to stay BLESSED,kind, honest and beautiful

Xoxo

Onthatile 

My baby had his first haircut 😭

Hello my sunflowers 🌻 

This past weekend was very difficult for me. For those that don’t know I got my cutest cutest cutest puppy in April.

I’ve had 2 dogs before in my life. My first dog I had her when I was in primary school and she passed away. Then my second dog I got him when I was in grade 11 and she also passed away. So I’ve been wanting a puppy for about 3 years now but I never got the chance to get one. So this year I gave myself a great birthday present by getting a Yorkie. 

I actually wanted to get a white Maltese. HOWEVER they are so rare to find.  Therefore I was only able to get a Yorkie. 

The picture below is the first day I got him. His so cute😍😍😍. I was so scared to hold him😂😂

Why a Yorkie ? I don’t like dogs that’s grow, I find them annoying therefore, a Yorkie was perfect for me. I wanted a dog with low maintenance and that won’t give me problems. Reason being, I am working and I do not have much time on my own to give the dog all my attention. 

My puppies name is Zoey (it’s a boy). I know Zoey is not a name for a male dog. But who cares that’s my dog and I like the name 😂😊

The picture below is when Zoentjie is sleeping ( I call him Zoentjie but my mom calls him ZO ZO).  He has his own bed. He has a pink blanket AND pink toys 😂we have to compromise. He can’t just have EVERYTHING blue 

We have been washing Zoey by ourselves but it’s has not been working for me so I decided that this weekend I will take him to a dog parlour.

I thought that I would get there and it will just take 30 minutes and I will wait and watch him get washed and etc. HOWEVER!! That did not happen. I arrived at Mutt Cuts in Centurion and they took Zoey away from me and put him in a caged dog house.

As if that was not enough!! It took them 4 hours for my child to get washed and I had to leave him there to be with people he does not know for FOUR HOURS!!!!!! I felt so sad. I called my mom and I was crying because I felt like I was leaving my baby alone and he is feeling that I am abandoning him.😭the hardest thing ever. 

HOWEVER! when I came back to the parlour and collected him, he was so excited to see me😭He immediately ran to me 😂but he looked too cute , they cut his nails , washed him ,cut his hair, trimmed his hair as well as brushed his teeth. I was happy with the service they gave me and Zoey. 

This is how he looks now. He looks so shocked haha 😂😂

But he looked beautiful. 😍

Honestly I never understood people who were attached to animals like cats and dogs. I used to find them very very weird. But I absolutely understand now, You really become attached to them, it feels like they are humans, you can see when they are unhappy, scared, and excited. The best feeling is coming home after a long day at work and you have your little puppy waiting for you at the door and jumping up and down waiting for you to pick him up awww. 

Just like humans, they have feelings as well and I truly got to learn my baby and I made vow to my self that I am not going to lose this one, he will stay alive for a very very long time. And he will get a sibling as years go by hahahaha. 

Send me an email and let me know if you feel the same about your pets. And where do you get your pets washed ? Or do you wash them

XOXO

Onthatile 

Wisdom books for the month📚📚

Hello my sunflowers 🌻 

It’s time for some wisdom books to read.

If you know me you would know I LOVE LOVE LOVE to read. I absolutely believe that everyone should read at least 1 book a month. Why ? Reading brings wisdom, you learn a new vocabulary as well as gain knowledge. 

So it’s very important to open your mind. I honestly believe knowledge is power. 

So let’s get into it.

The first book that I have been looking forward to read for a while has been Crushing by TD Jakes.

I watched a YouTube video with TD Jakes and Steven Furtik ,when he was promoting his book. He was taking about the process of making wine that in order to get to that beautiful wine. You have to pick grapes from the vineyard, then to crush the grapes is a process ,then to ferment the grape is a process. 

So in human terms he meant to get to BIGGER levels in life you have to be crushed. You can not experience greatness without going through the bad process. So what I took from it the most is why be a grape when you can be wine ? Wines last for a long time,the older the wine the tastier it is. 

I found that extremely profound because we as humans hate being crushed and we do not realize that in that crushing moment we are actually being pruned to be even greater than we were before. I Love love this book

I will add the link of the video below  
https://youtu.be/CzP23Zti-YI

So I definitely recommend you to read the book. He also speaks about his experiences that he went through in life where he was crushed. 

Then my second books is by Joyce Meyer. 

If you have been following my blog for years you would know that there is NO WAY I would not include Joyce Meyer in my book collection. I mean who is Onthatile without some bit of Joyce ? haha. Although, it is a book written for woman, I would recommend that men read it as well. 

I believe everyone in life has been hurt in one way or another, therefore forgiveness is not easy at all. So it really helps on how to FORGIVE YOURSELF. A lot of people blame themselves for a lot of things they have been through in life and struggle to forgive themselves more than other people.

Which I definitely know how it feels as well. So this book is a must read. 

That's it for now. Like I always say growth is important, any little step you make to grow is better than nothing.

REMEMBER to stay blessed, beautiful,kind and honest. 

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xoxo Onthatile

Wednesday favorites!!!

Heloooooo my sunflowers 

 It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. But I have not done Wednesday favorites in a very very very long time. 

Can you guys guess what today’s Wednesday’s favorite is? 😋😋😋😋😋my favorite food!!

For those that know me know that FOOD is seriously the way to my heart. I love GOOD FOOD. I am VERY PICKY when it comes to food and I would like to think that I am an expert when it comes to food

This was actually a very good meal. It was at Kream in Brooklyn. I don’t remember what this was but I think it was cheese ,mash potatoes and steak. 

My OTHER FAVORITE! 

This is definitely my favorite breakfast. This is a specialty at Tasha’s Mall of Africa. 

They don’t have this meal at other Tasha’s in Gauteng. 

So drum roll please 👏👏👏👏👏this is chicken livers with an omelette on top.This is AMAZING!!!

My other favorite is SEAFOOD😆

I seriously LOVE seafood and one of my favorites are mussels or oysters. I don’t know why I love seafood but it’s amazing!

My other favorite seafood meal are prawns and calamari. I have not tried a lobster but I seriously would love to try one, If anyone knows the BEST lobster places please let me know.  

         

                         

My favorite dessert is definitely malva pudding I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! My wedding is definitely going to have Malva pudding. So I eat Malva pudding with custard. I’m not a fan of ice cream. Honestly the best Malva pudding I’ve had is from woolworths . I’ve been to great restaurants that have Malva pudding but it’s not that great like the one from woolies. 

That's it for now. 

Hope you all enjoyed reading this blog like I enjoyed writing about it 

Don't forget to stay BEAUTIFUL, blessed, honest and kind

xoxo

Onthatile

I AM A GRADUATE 🎓 

I am so proud of my myself. This journey was not easy but God did it. If he can start it and then he will finish it no matter how long the journey takes you.When I was in high school honestly I used to think that university was easy and only being in university I learned that not everyone who starts with you in first year finishes with you. Some people drop out because school is just not for them , some people take 5 years to finish a degree  because they keep failing or parents couldn’t pay their fees. There are a GIZZILION reasons. 

So I just want to say congratulations to everyone who has graduated, I know the late nights were not easy , waking up early for an 8am class, preparing for those loooong essays.

But you did it ! 

I am super proud to be the first grandchild to graduate. And as the only girl in my Family full of boys only. I was even more proud that my gramz is alive to see me graduate and to see me walk up the stage. I told my granny during my first year that she has to stay alive to see me graduate and walk down the aisle and look at God. He was able to keep her to see the first part.

Thank you to everyone that was part of my journey from the beginning till the end and never left my sight ❤️

xoxo 

Onthatile

Remember to stay BEAUTIFUL, kind, honest and blessed

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