YESTERDAY, I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING REALLY DISTURBING AND IT GOT ME VERY, VERY UPSET.
A YOUNG BROTHER, EVEN YOUNGER THAN WHAT I AM, I AM 28. HE WAS EXPLAINING TO US WHY HIS LIFE HAS TURNED OUT THE WAY THAT IT DID AND ALSO WHY HE COULD NEVER BE A SUCCESS.
HIS REASON WAS DUE TO APARTHEID, YES YOU READ CORRECTLY DUE TO APARTHEID.
IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 15 YEARS SINCE APARTHEID ENDED AND PEOPLE STILL BLAME THEIR FAILURES ON APARTHEID AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE THE BROTHER NEVER EVEN REALLY EXPERIENCED APARTHEID.
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHY DO PEOPLE STILL PASS THE BUCK AND NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THEIR ACTIONS, WHY IS IT SO EASY FOR THEM TO BLAME SOMEONE OR SOMETHING EVERY TIME THINGS GO WRONG.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR ADULTS TO START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS, I MEAN IF THE ADULTS START BEING RESPONSIBLE THAN MAYBE THE YOUNGER GENERATION WILL LEARN FROM THEM AND STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR THEIR FAILURES.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF BILL GATES HAD TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE FOR EACH TIME THAT HE HAS FAILED, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD BE WHERE HE IS TODAY?
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ALSO FAIL BUT DON'T BLAME ANYONE ELSE FOR THEIR FAILURES INSTEAD THEY LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES AND TRY TO IMPROVE ON THEIR FAULTS THE SECOND TIME ROUND AND EVEN IF THEY STILL FAIL THEY KEEP TRYING UNTIL THEY SUCCEED AND HAVE A NEVER SAY DIE ATTITUDE.
JUST A WORD OF ADVICE IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE STOP PASSING THE BUCK AND BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE FOR YOUR FAILURES.
STOP BLAMING APARTHEID,LOL!!!
YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
KASI MENTALITY
MANY OF US HAVE HEARD THE PHRASE OR THE SAYING KASI MENTALITY BUT DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS PHRASE IS?
FIRSTLY WHERE DOES THE WORD KASI COME FROM?
WELL, KASI IS THE SHORTENED VERSION OF LOKASIE, IN ENGLISH MEANING LOCATION.
LET ME TAKE YOU BACK, DURING THE DAYS OF APARTHEID ALL NON WHITE PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN A THESE VARIOUS LOCATIONS, USUALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE FELLOW WHITE COUNTRY MEN, THESE LOCATIONS WERE ALSO FAR FROM TOWN AND AS I SAID AWAY FROM THE THAN SUBURBAN AREAS.
THESE AREAS WERE USUALLY UNDER DEVELOPED AND NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WHEN REFERRING TO KASI MENTALITY ONE WOULD BE REFERRING TO THE MENTALITY OF ALL THOSE THAT LIVE IN KASI.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF WHAT AM I ON ABOUT, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE LIVING IN KASI ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS BEING DIFFERENT TO THOSE THAT ARE STAYING IN SUBURBAN AREAS.
THEY HAVE BEEN LABELED AS LOUD, THIEVES AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIGGEST CROOKS.
IS THIS TRUE?
ONE THING FOR CERTAIN IS THERE IS A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE LOCATION THAN IN THE SUBURBS AND DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY BUT ARE THEY TURNING TO CRIME?
BACK TO THE MENTALITY, THEY ARE KNOWN AS PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS TAKE THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND ALWAYS SEEM TO GO OVERBOARD IN ALL THAT THE DO eg: SOME BROTHERS THAT STAY IN KASI WOULD RATHER DRIVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR AND WEAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE CLOTHING BUT LIVES IN A ONE ROOM HOUSE, SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY FURNITURE AT ALL OR THE BROTHER THAT HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SOUND SYSTEM IN HIS CAR THAT IS SO LOUD THAT YOU CAN HEAR HIM FROM A MILE AWAY BUT THE ACTUAL CAR IS FALLING APART, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BOTH MY EXAMPLES THERE IS NO BALANCE, THEY ARE ALWAYS LEANING MORE TO THE ONE SIDE.
ONE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IS KASI IS THE LACK OF EDUCATION, STUDENTS IN KASI ARE NOT AS SERIOUS AS THERE COUNTERPARTS THAT RESIDE IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS THEY JUST DON'T SHOW AS MUCH INTEREST AS THE KIDS ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS IN SUBURBAN AREAS.
ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM IS DRUGS, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO EASILY INFLUENCED OR CRACK UNDER PEER PRESSURE AND ALSO JUST SEEM TO BE ANOTHER VICTIM THAT IS SWALLOWED UP BY THE DRUG INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE IN KASI JUST SEEM TO BE HAPPY GO LUCKY AND DON'T REALLY SEEM TO STRIVE FOR ANYTHING AND DON'T HAVE GOALS AND AMBITIONS TO SUCCEED.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE ATTITUDE AND MENTALITY OF THOSE STAYING IN KASI IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN SUBURBAN AREAS, THEY LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT CLOTHING, DIFFERENT MUSIC, FOOD AND ARE JUST DIFFERENT AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT GO FOR EVERYONE THAT RESIDES IN KASI, THERE ARE YOUR TRUE BORN LEADERS THAT COME FROM THERE, THAT ARE WILLING TO GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR LOVED ONES BY GOING OUT AND DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET TO THE TOP.
YES THERE THERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN KASI THAT ACTUALLY TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY, BROTHERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SIT ON THE CORNER, DREAMING DREAMS AND NOT TAKING ANY STRIDES TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE.
SO WOULD YOU SAY PEOPLE STAYING IN KASI HAVE A DIFFERENT MENTALITY OR IS IT JUST THEIR WAY OF LIVING?
YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!
FIRSTLY WHERE DOES THE WORD KASI COME FROM?
WELL, KASI IS THE SHORTENED VERSION OF LOKASIE, IN ENGLISH MEANING LOCATION.
LET ME TAKE YOU BACK, DURING THE DAYS OF APARTHEID ALL NON WHITE PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN A THESE VARIOUS LOCATIONS, USUALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE FELLOW WHITE COUNTRY MEN, THESE LOCATIONS WERE ALSO FAR FROM TOWN AND AS I SAID AWAY FROM THE THAN SUBURBAN AREAS.
THESE AREAS WERE USUALLY UNDER DEVELOPED AND NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WHEN REFERRING TO KASI MENTALITY ONE WOULD BE REFERRING TO THE MENTALITY OF ALL THOSE THAT LIVE IN KASI.
YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF WHAT AM I ON ABOUT, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE LIVING IN KASI ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS BEING DIFFERENT TO THOSE THAT ARE STAYING IN SUBURBAN AREAS.
THEY HAVE BEEN LABELED AS LOUD, THIEVES AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE BIGGEST CROOKS.
IS THIS TRUE?
ONE THING FOR CERTAIN IS THERE IS A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN THE LOCATION THAN IN THE SUBURBS AND DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY BUT ARE THEY TURNING TO CRIME?
BACK TO THE MENTALITY, THEY ARE KNOWN AS PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS TAKE THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND ALWAYS SEEM TO GO OVERBOARD IN ALL THAT THE DO eg: SOME BROTHERS THAT STAY IN KASI WOULD RATHER DRIVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR AND WEAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE CLOTHING BUT LIVES IN A ONE ROOM HOUSE, SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY FURNITURE AT ALL OR THE BROTHER THAT HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SOUND SYSTEM IN HIS CAR THAT IS SO LOUD THAT YOU CAN HEAR HIM FROM A MILE AWAY BUT THE ACTUAL CAR IS FALLING APART, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BOTH MY EXAMPLES THERE IS NO BALANCE, THEY ARE ALWAYS LEANING MORE TO THE ONE SIDE.
ONE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IS KASI IS THE LACK OF EDUCATION, STUDENTS IN KASI ARE NOT AS SERIOUS AS THERE COUNTERPARTS THAT RESIDE IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS THEY JUST DON'T SHOW AS MUCH INTEREST AS THE KIDS ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR SCHOOLS IN SUBURBAN AREAS.
ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM IS DRUGS, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO EASILY INFLUENCED OR CRACK UNDER PEER PRESSURE AND ALSO JUST SEEM TO BE ANOTHER VICTIM THAT IS SWALLOWED UP BY THE DRUG INDUSTRY.
PEOPLE IN KASI JUST SEEM TO BE HAPPY GO LUCKY AND DON'T REALLY SEEM TO STRIVE FOR ANYTHING AND DON'T HAVE GOALS AND AMBITIONS TO SUCCEED.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE ATTITUDE AND MENTALITY OF THOSE STAYING IN KASI IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN SUBURBAN AREAS, THEY LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS, DIFFERENT CLOTHING, DIFFERENT MUSIC, FOOD AND ARE JUST DIFFERENT AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE NOTE THIS DOES NOT GO FOR EVERYONE THAT RESIDES IN KASI, THERE ARE YOUR TRUE BORN LEADERS THAT COME FROM THERE, THAT ARE WILLING TO GO TO THE END OF THE EARTH TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR LOVED ONES BY GOING OUT AND DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET TO THE TOP.
YES THERE THERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN KASI THAT ACTUALLY TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY, BROTHERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SIT ON THE CORNER, DREAMING DREAMS AND NOT TAKING ANY STRIDES TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE.
SO WOULD YOU SAY PEOPLE STAYING IN KASI HAVE A DIFFERENT MENTALITY OR IS IT JUST THEIR WAY OF LIVING?
YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!
Monday, July 19, 2010
LIVING TOGETHER AS ONE
SO IT WAS THE WEEKEND, WE WERE OUT AND ABOUT, PARTYING LIKE A ROCK STAR, MEETING NEW VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE AND MAKING FOND MEMORIES. YES WE DO DESERVE THE BREAK AND WE NEED TO UNWIND BUT THIS WEEKEND WAS A VERY MEMORABLE ONE FOR US AS SOUTH AFRICANS.
ON SUNDAY THE 18TH WE CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA, A VERY INSPIRING MAN THAT BRINGS GROWN MEN TO TEARS DUE TO ALL THE GOOD THAT HE HAS DONE AND HIS HUMBLING ATTITUDE.
WE CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY IN A VERY UNIQUE MANNER THIS YEAR, WE WERE ALL MOTIVATED AND REQUESTED TO TAKE 67 MINUTES OUT OF YOUR DAY TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN YOURSELF.
SOME PEOPLE VISITED OLD AGE HOMES, SOME FED THE HUNGRY AND OTHERS CLOTHED THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY CLOTHING, MANY SOUTH AFRICANS WENT OUT AND GAVE A HELPING HAND TO THE LESS FORTUNATE.
THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE REQUEST BUT WE WERE ABLE TO STAND TOGETHER AND LEND A HELPING HAND TO OUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED, SO MANY NORMAL SOUTH AFRICANS WENT THE EXTRA MILE, THEY NEVER GAVE MUCH BUT GAVE WHAT THEY COULD AND EVEN THE LITTLE THAT THEY GAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL.
THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS THAT WE AS SOUTH AFRICANS CAME TOGETHER AS ONE NATION AS ONE PEOPLE AND BECAME THE MIGHTY NATION THAT WE ARE.
WE ARE GREAT PEOPLE THAT BELONG TO A BLESSED LAND AND WE ARE ABLE TO BE A EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD, SO LETS KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND BE THE ONE UNITED SOUTH AFRICA THAT WE CAN BE.
LIVING TOGETHER AS ONE.
YOUR BOY!!!
SURG GUY!
ON SUNDAY THE 18TH WE CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA, A VERY INSPIRING MAN THAT BRINGS GROWN MEN TO TEARS DUE TO ALL THE GOOD THAT HE HAS DONE AND HIS HUMBLING ATTITUDE.
WE CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY IN A VERY UNIQUE MANNER THIS YEAR, WE WERE ALL MOTIVATED AND REQUESTED TO TAKE 67 MINUTES OUT OF YOUR DAY TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN YOURSELF.
SOME PEOPLE VISITED OLD AGE HOMES, SOME FED THE HUNGRY AND OTHERS CLOTHED THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY CLOTHING, MANY SOUTH AFRICANS WENT OUT AND GAVE A HELPING HAND TO THE LESS FORTUNATE.
THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE REQUEST BUT WE WERE ABLE TO STAND TOGETHER AND LEND A HELPING HAND TO OUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED, SO MANY NORMAL SOUTH AFRICANS WENT THE EXTRA MILE, THEY NEVER GAVE MUCH BUT GAVE WHAT THEY COULD AND EVEN THE LITTLE THAT THEY GAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL.
THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS THAT WE AS SOUTH AFRICANS CAME TOGETHER AS ONE NATION AS ONE PEOPLE AND BECAME THE MIGHTY NATION THAT WE ARE.
WE ARE GREAT PEOPLE THAT BELONG TO A BLESSED LAND AND WE ARE ABLE TO BE A EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD, SO LETS KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND BE THE ONE UNITED SOUTH AFRICA THAT WE CAN BE.
LIVING TOGETHER AS ONE.
YOUR BOY!!!
SURG GUY!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
I LOVE YOU,THE THREE MOST PRECIOUS WORDS THAT ONE CAN SAY OR SO MANY PEOPLE SAY. THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING LOVES HEARING BUT IS IT POSSIBLE FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO EXIST BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS?
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO LOVE YOUR FRIEND OR BROTHER UNCONDITIONALLY OR LETS TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER LOVE YOUR ENEMY UNCONDITIONALLY? OK IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY NEVER MIND UNCONDITIONALLY?
THERE WAS ONCE TWO BROTHERS, BUT THEY WERE NOTHING ALIKE, THE ONE BROTHER WAS MORE OF A INTROVERT AND THE OTHER A EXTROVERT AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PARENTS BOTH BEING INTROVERTS THEY CHOSE THE SON THAT WAS MORE LIKE THEM THAN THE ONE THAT WAS THE EXTROVERT.
THIS CAUSED A WHOLE LOT OF TENSION IN THE FAMILY AND THE BROTHER WHO WAS THE EXTROVERT COULD NOT TAKE THE FACT THAT THE OTHER BROTHER ALWAYS GOT ALL OF HIS PARENTS ATTENTION AND HE NEVER DID, SO HE DECIDED TO KILL HIS BROTHER SO THAT HE WOULD BECOME THE ONLY SON.
AND HE DID KILL HIS BROTHER, HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BROTHERLY LOVE, IF ONE PERSON IS WILLING TO KILL HIS OWN BROTHER WHAT WOULD HE DO TO HIS ENEMY?
SO THE QUESTION REMAINS, DOES UNCONDITIONAL LOVE EXIST BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS.
SO MANY TIMES WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT A HUSBAND KILLING HIS WIFE AND KIDS THAN TAKING HIS OWN LIFE THEREAFTER, MAKES YOU WONDER WHERE IS THE LOVE.
TODAY I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION
"IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ONE HUMAN BEING TO LOVE ANOTHER UNCONDITIONALLY?"
YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO LOVE YOUR FRIEND OR BROTHER UNCONDITIONALLY OR LETS TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER LOVE YOUR ENEMY UNCONDITIONALLY? OK IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY NEVER MIND UNCONDITIONALLY?
THERE WAS ONCE TWO BROTHERS, BUT THEY WERE NOTHING ALIKE, THE ONE BROTHER WAS MORE OF A INTROVERT AND THE OTHER A EXTROVERT AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PARENTS BOTH BEING INTROVERTS THEY CHOSE THE SON THAT WAS MORE LIKE THEM THAN THE ONE THAT WAS THE EXTROVERT.
THIS CAUSED A WHOLE LOT OF TENSION IN THE FAMILY AND THE BROTHER WHO WAS THE EXTROVERT COULD NOT TAKE THE FACT THAT THE OTHER BROTHER ALWAYS GOT ALL OF HIS PARENTS ATTENTION AND HE NEVER DID, SO HE DECIDED TO KILL HIS BROTHER SO THAT HE WOULD BECOME THE ONLY SON.
AND HE DID KILL HIS BROTHER, HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BROTHERLY LOVE, IF ONE PERSON IS WILLING TO KILL HIS OWN BROTHER WHAT WOULD HE DO TO HIS ENEMY?
SO THE QUESTION REMAINS, DOES UNCONDITIONAL LOVE EXIST BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS.
SO MANY TIMES WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT A HUSBAND KILLING HIS WIFE AND KIDS THAN TAKING HIS OWN LIFE THEREAFTER, MAKES YOU WONDER WHERE IS THE LOVE.
TODAY I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION
"IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ONE HUMAN BEING TO LOVE ANOTHER UNCONDITIONALLY?"
YOUR BOY
SURG GUY!!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
PART 2
I AM ALSO BOUT KASI, GUSHESH'S SPINNING, SIPPING ON COURTS, CHISA NYAMA, HOUSE MUSIC AND OF CAUSE TSOTSI TAAL NOT FORGETTING THE SHEBEENS.
AWE.
KEEPING YOU ENTERTAINED.
AWE.
KEEPING YOU ENTERTAINED.
STARTING A NEW CHAPTER
THIS IS MY VERY FIRST BLOG AND I THINK I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE FOR ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT SURG GUY IS ABOUT.
THIS IS ME STARTING A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE, IV'E ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO GIVE MY WORK EXPOSURE AND GET IT OUT TO THE MASSES.
IM ALL ABOUT HIP HIP, FASHION, HOT AND HAPPENING EVENTS, GRAFFITI, POETRY, LATEST MOVIES, GAMES, FLY RIDES AND ALL OF THE COOLEST GADGETS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
HOPE TO BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS, NETWORK BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY GET PAID.
LETS MAKE THAT PAPER.
THIS IS ME STARTING A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE, IV'E ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO GIVE MY WORK EXPOSURE AND GET IT OUT TO THE MASSES.
IM ALL ABOUT HIP HIP, FASHION, HOT AND HAPPENING EVENTS, GRAFFITI, POETRY, LATEST MOVIES, GAMES, FLY RIDES AND ALL OF THE COOLEST GADGETS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
HOPE TO BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS, NETWORK BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY GET PAID.
LETS MAKE THAT PAPER.
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