Maseeha Lambat

Just a girl passionately crazy about the automotive life and sunsets ❤

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

Aboo Loonat is still missing. Police are investigating a kidnapping.

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🚨🇮🇱 An ISRAELI hostage just wrote a VERY NICE LETTER to Hamas! No wonder Israel doesn’t let their hostages SPEAK!

“To the generals who have accompanied me in recent weeks, it seems we will part ways tomorrow, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your extraordinary humanity shown towards my daughter, Emilia.

You were like parents to her, inviting her into your rooms whenever she desired. She acknowledges feeling like all of you are her friends, not just friends, but truly beloved and good.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the many hours you spent as caregivers.

Thank you for being patient with her and showering her with sweets, fruits, and everything available even when it was not.

Children should not be in captivity, but thanks to you and other kind people we met along the way, my daughter felt like a queen in Gaza...

In general, she acknowledges feeling like the center of the world. She hasn't met anyone on our long journey, from the rank and file to the leadership, who didn't treat her with gentleness, affection, and love.

I will forever be a prisoner of gratitude because she did not leave here with a lifelong psychological trauma. I will remember your kind behavior, granted here despite the difficult situation you were dealing with yourselves and the severe losses you suffered here in Gaza. I wish in this world we could truly be good friends.

I wish you all health and well-being... Health and love to you and your families' children.

Many thanks.

Danyal and Emilia"

[Mark Sham @MarkSham]

For anyone thinking about leaving South Africa permanently, I'd like to attempt to share a balanced perspective on this topic as a well-seasoned traveller and someone that has lived away from home.

I spend a lot of time in Europe and whenever I visit, I’m always struck by a powerful quote:

“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”

On paper, there are many things wrong with South Africa. So many in fact, that I don't blame people for leaving. The problem is, most people think the act of leaving is the solution, when really all they're doing is trading one set of pros and cons for another.

Sometimes people are so focused on what they don't like about about their home country while simultaneously taking the amazing aspects for granted. You only really understand the intrinsic value of these overlooked qualities when you're on the other side of the world for a while.

The problem is, once you're in a new country, and once the rose tinted glasses come off, there will be many other things you don't like on that side of the world too.

As crazy as this may sound, I actually encourage people to leave if they really want to. We live in a global world and it's not true that just because you're born somewhere, it means you have to stay there forever. The only advice I ever add is, just make sure you have many good reasons to arrive in a new place. Running away from something will make moving even harder than it already is.

As someone that travels a lot, I speak to many South Africans all over the world. There is no question that most of them see South Africa differently after living abroad for a while. Many other nationalities feel the same about their home country too.

That said, moving away may indeed be the best thing that some of you have ever done. I think the reason for this is simple. When you move, you will either love it or hate it over time depending on what you value. But again, you never just value one thing. And this is often why moving is hard.

Like most of you, I value safety and security but I also value that warm South African spirit and friendliness.

In Europe, I really value the ease of travel. This is something that's a lot harder to get right back home. When you're in Europe, you are two hours away from 50 world-class cities. But then travel can be incredibly expensive this side compared to back home. The cost of eating out is so much cheaper and you get so much more bang for your buck.

I could keep going with the comparisons but again, no matter where you live in the world, you have to be aware of all the trade-offs should you want to leave. Leaving in and of itself isn't the solution.

The best solution I have personally come up with is that I want to live on two continents at once. As someone who doesn't have kids and is self-employed, this is possible even though most people keep telling me I'm crazy.

I absolute LOVE Europe for many reasons, but I also love South Africa for others. As it stands now, I don't think I ever want to leave South Africa completely but I also can't live in just one country my whole life. So I'm going to do both (again).

If my version of life sounds crazy to you, I think people who leave because they hate one or two aspects of a country they were born in without considering the other trade-offs are even more insane.

Last point. The reason why there's no right or wrong answer to leaving your home country is because the trade-offs are all relative. Asking someone else if they're happy they moved isn't going to answer the question directly for you.

I don't blame anyone for wanting more from life. Sometimes a move will give you just that, and other times it will show you that you had the best of life at your fingertips all along. Sometimes you will realise you were never meant to live in just one place, and sometimes you'll be crazy enough to want to live on two continents at once.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@VoxWeatherZa @Iamtasneemkhan

[eNCA @eNCA]

[BREAKING NEWS] Six people have died due to an outbreak of Gastrointestinal infection in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. Over 50 people have been treated at Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal. #DStv403

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@CoE_Call_Centre Rynsoord without electricity since 8pm Monday night 16/04. Please advise.

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

“R21 North: EMPD spotted a motor vehicle, parked under a bridge with occupants ‘working’ the reg plates, not wanting to alert the suspects, they drove past & waited for the vehicle to make its way back on the freeway. As it emerged, it was fitted with different reg plate.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

Ghush👌

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

Ormonde, JHB.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@StandardBankZA please teach your private bankers what it means to be a private banker or don't offer the service at all. Very unhappy customer yet again.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@StandardBankZA I will dm you

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@StandardBankZA your greenstone branch absolutely atrocious service. With a receptionist who can't communicate at all!

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@StandardBankZA I eventually had to fight (totally out my charecter) to get my card and this was than given in next 15 minutes. Totally ridiculous service.

[SA Trucker @rsa_trucker]

Hijacker shot dead by truck driver on N3 at Heidelberg
https://t.co/vdabEGdgrj

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@LindiweMiya12 @Cphesihle24 @Abramjee He means Apex Benoni

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@AramexSA Thanks it got delivered today after calling the shipper who escalated with you guys.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@AramexSA terrible service. Waiting for a parcel for over a week now to be delivered. Everyday a promise but no delivery.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@AramexSA I dm'd with waybill number. Thanks.

[Maseeha Lambat @mas33ha]

@moe_sheik 👀