On Nazir Alli's Resignation from SANRAL

This parody is based on the Aladin Song:

Sing along to : 

Nazir Ali! Fabulous he!
Alli from SANRAL
reflect, show some respect
Down on one knee!
Now, try your best to stay calm
His tolls went up without alarm
Then come and meet his spectacular coterie

Nazir Ali!
The Tzar of tar!
Alli from SANRAL
Clever as ten government men, definitely!
He faced the galloping hordes
A hundred motorists with swords
Who sent those goons to their lords?
Why, Nazir Ali


Nazir Ali!

Handsome is he,

Alli from SANRAL

That physique! How can I speak
Weak at the knee
Well, get on out in that square & Toyi Toyi
The Joburg CBD we'll destroy
To gawk and grovel and stare at Nazir Ali!

Nazir Ali!
Amorous he! 

Alli from SANRAL

Your resignation was a sight lovely to see
And that, good people, is why, 

he got dolled up and dropped by
With sixty tolls, fees galore
Packed up: his bears and lions
A brass band and more
 his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
His birds that warble on key
Please wave to Nazir Ali!

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apologies

I'm sorry that I let you and me down, by becoming the very thing I hated. Selfish and self-absorbed worrying about me all the time. I am sorry that I forgot how much love cleanses and purifies the simplest of relationships.

I am down hearted because I can't fix it all. Or that I am not enough, but in truth I am down hearted that I didn't realise it sooner.

I am sorry I forgot you my friend, and that even for one moment that I forgot to send thanks, for being greatful for my life, my blessings and my dreams. My dreams were let down and my hopes were dashed, but I didn't mean for it to happen. I got caught up in the superficial moments and gestures of good hope.

No more!

 I apologise to you and more importantly to me, for forgetting who I am and where I come from.

You will be disappointed

Sooner or later, you'll ask for something or read something or expect something and you won't like what you get. You'll feel like I wasted your time, wasted your money or didn't meet your expectations.

Not just me, of course. Everyone. Even you. You will disappoint someone, and the organizations you depend on will disappoint you. Expectations keep rising, and promises keep being made. We keep bringing more magic into the world, but rising expectations mean that there's more disappointment as well.

That's part of the deal of being in the world.

The alternative, I'm afraid, isn't to choose a path where we make everyone happy and always exceed their expectations. Nope. The alternative is to hide, to fail to engage and to produce nothing.

A pretty easy choice.

Seth Godin