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Good news for Halim and Dholl Puri lovers :)

2011-03-19T15:52:00.001-07:00

Yes, for those who were like me and wondered where the 'marchand halim' and 'marchad dal-puri' lor gare rose-hill went, well tadah!!! They are back!!!

Oh that Halim helped me so much during my pregnancy...I could have only that as food! lol! yeah!

Main point is they are back and same place at rose-hill just that instead of being like 'squatters' they have their own 'ti-base'. Same 'arcade' as Dil Snack...

Sorry for the pics which were taken at night :(

Am so happy that I could not help sharing this with all of you!!!

Alors les bloggers?

Kan ene ti plan Halim ou Dal-puri la!!?? Yashvin!!!???

Cheers!

SHOCKING!!! - MBC SUMMER TIME DANCE SPECIAL

2011-01-01T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hi 2011...hopefully it will be a far better year :)

Am already posting my first article for this year..cheers!!!

Actually, the very few times I've viewed the show: "SUMMER TIME DANCE SPECIAL" on MBC I've been shocked!

Yes, the word is SHOCK!. Why you ask? Well, have you seen those lil kids dancing? I mean, all that "jhatak" and "matak"? All those vulgar moves? Am so sorry to say that parents don't realise that their kids are making fools of themselves.

For example, imagine a 7 years old girl dancing on Rhianna's latest clip "Rude Boy", that sexy clip where is is in tight leggings and moving her hips in suggestive ways... Many parents are not aware that most hip moving dances have sexual connotations.

Or even Beyonce....pff!!! Even Bollywood is not a good example..."Kiss me here..touch me that"...and kids dancing on that!

Isn't that an easier way to promote pedophilia? I mean it's just giving "hot" clips of the kids on a platter to them!

I sincerely hope the promoters of such competitions will realise that and stop turning those lil kids into sex bombs before their age. Kids should keep their innocence...

Thank you for your comments...

NOTE: The pics were taken from the internet.

Gorilla seen around the island on Christmas eve!!!

2010-12-27T11:04:00.000-08:00

24th December 2010
after 7p.m

People walking on the streets of Rose Hill are surprised by a huge Gorilla. Some stopped to watch the animal while others were so shocked by it's sight. The animal however showed no reaction whatsoever.

Later it was noticed in the streets of Port Louis.

The next day it was seen around Mahebourg, still in the same car...

Frightening nah? Letting loose such an animal in the streets...what do the authorities have to say about it?

Contacted, the owners simply said:

"Well, the very first time we saw it, we simply made up our mind to offer it to our 11 months daughter. Christmas was the perfect time."

Below are couple of pics of the dangerous animal!

pic taken in Port Louis...

pic taken in Mahebourg...

MCB's new internet banking sucks

2010-11-01T01:41:00.000-07:00

Many of you must have already experienced MCB's new internet banking. I am surprised as to how a bank like MCB's standard can provide such a poor online service.

Compared to the old one, the new layout might be better but God does it suck! Really, most of the transactions cannot be displayed, it's too slow, the help button is useless and I can't even get access to most of the past transactions.

Worst, on Saturday night, Michel was checking his account when to his surprise, MCB had charged him twice for the same transaction...AND...hours the next day he was refunded!

MCB which has been here for years and needs no praising for being one of the best banks (according to me)...am disappointed :(

I wonder if they have internal programmers or do they outsource the internet maintenance, but they really need to get PROS....maybe it's just another example of incompetent people claiming to be PROS and making disasters :P

Anyway, I sincerely hope they remedy the whole service and provide us a flawless internet banking :)

My IPHONE 4

2010-09-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

Yep, I finally changed my mobile and got myself the brand new IPHONE 4, the black one :)

Simply check the pics and the specs:

Camera, photos and video
Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio
5-megapixel still camera
VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second with the front camera
Tap to focus video or still images
LED flash
Photo and video geotagging

My points:
Great look!
A bit heavy :(
So many options

YET!!!

I have to admit: I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEND A MSG WITH IT!!! LOL!

Anyway...cheers...am off to my iphone4 :P

Life's Funny "things"

2010-07-25T03:55:00.000-07:00

Been ages since I last blog, so I thought I need to at least make a lil effort and write about something...oh I always have so many things to blog about but time is not easy to find with my full time job and 6 months old baby...

So!!!

Life's funny things...kind of a stupid title but I simply wish to write about certain situations, co-incidences which sound crazy!!!

So, starting with me:

-
My best friend's name is Reena and her lil sis is called Smita just like mine! Yes, it's 100% true!

-
I have a cousin called Ashwina Poonum K.
Her sister is called Anju Madhvi K.
Now, I have another cousin who's name is Ashweena Anju K...she simply has the names of the 2 sisters...
AND another cousin who is also called Poonum K...pfff...confusing nah??? lol!

-
I am born on May 24 and have 2 other cousins born on the same date...
not that interesting but read this:

-
Set of twins I know in the family:

- My Mawsi has twin girls.
- My Mamu has twin girls. My Mamee (his wife)'s sister has twin boys.
- My Chachi's sister has twin girls.
- Another Chachi;s brother married a woman who has a twin sister and the couple has twin girls now.
-My father in law has a twin sister.

Well, everyone thought I might end up with twins or triplets myself!!! lol!!!

What about your funny / confusing side of life???

Happier Menstruation Days!!!

2010-06-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

Am going insane - so you must be thinking...but NO!!! I recently discovered a wonderful product called - WINALITE Sanitary Napkin.

I was so impressed by the product that I decided to enrol as a re-seller :) Imagine! Having your periods, yet no discomfort, NO LEAKAGE, no need to change every hour or so!!!

Yes, WINALITE Sanitary Napkins offer these little comforts PLUS it is really beneficial to our health. You ever heard of Anion? Well, here follows a little detail on the product...simply check the link...

A very brief look at the benefits of Anion:

Anion in air is like vitamin in food, greatly benefits people's health and everyday routine, therefore, it is also being referred to as vitamin in air, which can facilitate body growth and disease prevention, the benefits are different to different organs:

To respiratory system: improves lung function. 30 minutes after anion intake, the lung is able to inhale 20% more oxygen and exhale 14.5% more carbon dioxide.
To cardiovascular system: significantly reduces blood pressure, improves cardiac muscle function and nutrition, facilitates the dilation of capillary vessel and the rise of skin temperature.

To nerve system: energizes whole body, improves sleep quality, eases pain and tension.

To metabolism: activates different enzymes in body, reduces blood sugar level, cholesterol, increases blood calcium, urine amount, increases the amount of nitrogen and creatinine in urine, accelerates bone growth, prevents scurvy, rachitis, vitamin insufficiency.

To blood: increases the number of white and red blood cell, hemoglobin, reticulocyte, blood platelet, globin, heightens PH reading, shortens blood forming time.

To immune system: improves reflex system and endothelial system, enhances body's anti-disease ability.

Well, if you are interested, just email me:

reena.dkl@gmail.com

Oh, just a little note to say that you save up to Rs20 or more daily when using Winalite Sanitary Napkins :)

So let's start a healthier lifestyle!

BECOMING A MUM

2010-03-03T01:32:00.001-08:00

My very first post for this year will be about the undescribable experience of becoming a mum. Why undescribable? Because no matter how much you describe it or words you use, nothing can sincerely give life to the experience.

Wonderful? Fantastic? Magic? Unreal? Ecstasy? Fear?... All these words are only a pinch of emotions you go through from the 1st month of pregnancy to the 9th one.

I think that almost every little girl has played 'la case zouzou' when she was a kid. Dolls, tea cups, dressing up and feeding the kitten or puppy (as if it was your baby), wearing mummy's make up and making a mess of it, trying to walk with high high high heels! As a kid I dreamt of the charming prince, of becoming a mum, cooking food for my kids etc..the whole lot!

As I grew up, the idea of getting married and having a kid became terrifying. What if Mr Right was not Mr Right afterall? Having a kid? Wow! The pain, all the stories you hear about the delivery etc...Biology classes seem so easy..yet cousins, aunts and friends never let go of you without complaining about how much they had to cry, the pain, the injections etc...pfff!!!

Finally I got married and thank God, Mr Right is still Mr Right up to now. Do you know that even after 3 years of marriage I still could not believe I was married to Michel. Why? That's another long story. So, still getting used to the idea of being married to the man of my life, I was pregnant! Cool!!! Much awaited event...

Months 1-3 : HELL of nausea. No throwing up but pfff!!! Could not stand the sight nor smell of food... However, even nausea could not overcome the joy of having a tiny little human being inside me. First time we (Mich and I of course) saw it, the baby was a tiny dot.

I remember the first time we heard it's heart beat. Will never forget it, never...It was life inside me...it was alive and it had a heart...beating fast...beating to survive... I had tears in my eyes. Wanted to cry... laugh... scream... don't really know, but it was magic..definately magic.

Months 4-6 : Back to eating normally. pfff...

'Crustacea' that's how i called the baby when i saw it. It looked like a shrimp. We could clearly see the spinal column and it looked like a shrimp :)

Now I was talking with it everyday, singing and even dancing with the baby inside me. Kicks? Oh mine was real good at it! 'Direct du droit' 'direct du gauche'...kick here..kick there...I got it all! Feeling it move inside you, hoping and praying it's normal and getting enough food from you...

Months 7-9 : I went through HELL... Nausea and throwing up like 3-5 times per day and after each meal! Very few women fall ill in the last stage of pregnancy and I had to be one of the very few :(

Now, delivery...pfffffffffff!!! from 1.30 pm to 5p.m... and tada! a 3.5kg 52cm baby! But believe me, contractions are real hell...oh trust me!

Thank God I had the support of Michel. He was an awesome husband...helping and taking care of me when I was ill, dealing with my impatience, my anger and mood swings during my pregnancy and most of it on the delivery day...poor dear!

2 MONTHS today...my little angel is 2 months old today. Though my nights are spent pacifying her and my day coping with her feeding and diappers, Tasya remains my life. I cannot imagine my life without her anymore. Becoming a mum has turned my emotions to the max. When she cries I have tears in my own for I do not know what is wrong with her. When she sleeps, I cannot stop myself from observing her breathing, her cute little hands, her nose, her eyes...and love it when she smiles during her nap.

So many questions you wish you had answers for. I am not the first nor the last mum on Earth, but I know that I am ready to protect my baby from anything or anyone, even if it means putting my life at risk.

Sometimes I wonder how some people can kill their babies. Such a little cute human being. I can only think of hugging, cuddling, loving, cherishing, protecting my baby...yes, even when she is screaming at 2a.m. Ok, I admit there are times my patience is almost over, yet I will never hit Tasya.

Tasya, an angel...my angel...and for me, the most beautiful baby in the world. Yes, I think that all mums think the same and those who don't have a big problem. No matter how my baby is, she is and remains the most wonderful baby in the whole universe in my eyes. Some mums complain about how their babies look like, their skin colour, their eyes, their hair etc... What the hell??? A baby is a baby, no matter what..

2 months already and still a long very long way to go i hope :)

Proud mum signing off for 2day :)

2009's blogging...

2009-12-25T12:13:00.000-08:00

Already December 26th...

If I have to evaluate my blogging in 2009 I would qualify it as poor and rare, THOUGH it's not the motivation nor desire to blog which was absent. Maybe time is a prime factor.

2009 has seen me going through so many changes. Setting up my own company (lol! 1 person tiny lil company..), working alone at home, my health issues plus a mega huge event which I shall blog about next year for sure :)

I did miss blogging but tried at least to comment on other's blog just to keep the spirit of blogging alive. Actually, most of my comments were on Yashvin's blog...lol!

Anyway...2009 also saw the 1st and 2nd Blogger's meeting which was awesome according to me, especially the 2nd one. I got to know more bloggers and realise how much fun we can all have no matter what age or work we do. Best part of it for me was that Michel got to participate in the meeting too :) I have to thank all the bloggers to be this open and allow non-bloggers to join in. This is a wonderful spirit because it shows that we consider the feelings of the other bloggers too.

Am all eager for the 3rd Blogger's meeting which will certainly take place in 2010. Youhou Yashvin, Morina and Jevin!!! (They are the ones who really set everything up for the last meeting...)

Well, 2009 is fading away and 2010 is already showing it's nose...

RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010???

Pfff!!! Blog more, work more??? don't know..haven't thought much about it really...but here we are, belated Xmas wishes and Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Let's hope our blogging community will face 2010 with the same spirit and solidarity it started with in 2009 (refer to 1st and 2nd Bloggers' meeting)...

Ok 2010, you can come... :P

Creole in School....

2009-09-16T23:08:00.000-07:00

Creole in School as a subject will most probably result in everything being 'Creolised'...

For instance:

OR even

Well, let's see what happens if they really introduce Creole as a subject in school. I still maintain that it's a BS idea. I have talked with my uncle (Head Teacher), my father-in-law (ex Deputy Head Teacher), my ex primary school teacher, my cousins (all secondary teachers) and they all agree that it's only gonna bring the child to a lower level of French and it will never help them in any job or whatever.

My uncle says that teachers already use Creole to make the kids better understand certain things, but not as a subject.

Now, let's see how many private schools are gonna introduce Creole among their subjects...

Anyway...am against it and it's my opinion...

Our Miss ya Miss...

2009-07-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

It's here again...the Miss Mauritius contest.

Miss (title of respect for an unmarried woman, conventionally prefixed to her name or to the name of that which she represents)

ya

Miss ( to fail of effect or success; be unsuccessful)...

Now, am not going to be bitchy but i need to share my feelings about this.

Many countries and associations are against the contest. I do understand their point of view, for the one should not be appreciated for her figure but for what she is, as a person. The real beauty is what lies beneath, not what you show under layers of make-up.

On the other hand, there is the beauty with a purpose thing...maybe it's not that bad after all.

However my blog will be more about our Miss, that is Miss Mauritius. Now there has been so many controversies concerning the organisation, organisers, jury members, etc...actually the whole contest itself.

Like when the 2 sisters made it year after year. There were talks about the winner already knowing she will make it. Or the daughter of a well known journalist who was telling everyone that she was going to be the winner even before the competition started...lol!

Anyway, my point is, as far as the Miss Mauritius contest will be in the hands of certain (I won't say incompetent) people, Mauritius will never be among the 15 first in neither Miss World nor Miss Universe.

Let's take the example of Famous Miss World Aishwarya Rai or Miss Universe Sushmita Sen or Miss China Zi Lin Zhang the Miss World 2007 winner. There was no doubt they were gonna make it. They had the figure, the style, the intelligence, the academic qualifications, the charisma, the charm and spoke with confidence.

These Miss had months of preparation before going to those International competitions. They had elocution classes, make-up tips from Pros and so many other important things which Miss Mauritius is not even aware exists.

We still have along way to go before we reach to the Finals, make it at least the semi-finals. may be we should start by making the contest a real one, not a family affair. USA has 7 Miss Universe Winners! Look at India for example...so many Miss World winners!!!

I believe that Miss Mauritius contest should be in English, for the Miss will be answering questions in English out there.

Also, tell me one thing...when you are walking in the streets of Port Louis alone, how many beautiful girl do you see? How many very beautiful and intelligent girls are there in Mauritius? Certainly more than the ones who apply for the contest. Now, why don't these girl go for the contest you ask. Well, if I was beautiful and intelligent, I'd refuse too. After all the gossips on the 'manipulated' contest, no one intelligent enough would go to make a fool of herself out there.

Well, here is the link to the Miss Universe where our Miss is participating. Though I doubt Miss Mauritius 2008 will make any difference out there... (without being mean..)

The man who had his periods....

2009-07-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

The title might intrigue you, but please be patient. Let me first introduce the subject to you. Periods, that is menstruation. Obviously almost everyone knows what it is, even boys for you have sisters, friends and girlfriends who must be complaining about the pain at times. Unfortunately, though some may suffer from normal period pains, others are kneeling in their toilets, throwing up, having trouble breathing, fainting, feeling cold and hot and much more.

These symptoms could be the sign of Endometriosis. ( From Wikipedia : Endometriosis (from endo, "inside", and metra, "womb") is a medical condition in women in which endometrial cells are deposited in areas outside the uterine cavity. The uterine cavity is lined by endometrial cells, which are under the influence of female hormones. Endometrial cells deposited in areas outside the uterus (endometriosis) continue to be influenced by these hormonal changes and respond similarly as do those cells found inside the uterus. Symptoms often exacerbate in time with the menstrual cycle.)

Quite freaking nah? Sadly though, many doctors don't even diagnose it as such even if the symptoms re quite clear:

* nausea, vomiting, fainting, dizzy spells, vertigo or diarrhea—particularly just prior to or during the period or after
* frequent or constant menses flow
* chronic fatigue
* heavy or long uncontrollable menstrual periods with small or large blood clots
* some women may also suffer mood swings
* extreme pain in legs and thighs
* Back pain
* extreme pain from frequent ovarian cysts
* Pain from adhesion which may bind an ovary to the side of the pelvic wall, or they may extend between the bladder and the bowel,uterus, etc
* extreme pain with or without the presence of menses
* mild to severe constipation[citation needed]
* frequent uti's (urinary tract infections)
* urgent diarrhea
* difficulty carrying out normal day to day tasks
* incontinence
* anemia

I have been suffering from severe period pains about 2 years after I had them. It started out as normal (well it depends on how you describe normal, for me it's bearable...) pain. Then it started to get worse. I could not even take exams without a high dose of pain killers. It was like something was cutting it's way through your womb. Am sure most girls will agree with that.

I remember I even fainted once at the SOD and had to be rushed to the emergency. Now, there are things you can faint, but this I swear is a serious case. When I started to work, I had to go through it with pain killers but it was getting worse for instead of taking a 200mg pill I had to increase the dosage each time, till I reach the limit.

I remember a 1st January when my parents had to take me to the hospital and spent half the day waiting for me to be treated. The doctor even suggested I get treated with morphine. I freaked out and said no, coz though it would be under medical supervision, I did not want to depend on Morphine for the rest of my life. No way!

Now, back to my title...I was working in an Ad Agency. I was so excited about the whole agency concept, it's people whom I trusted (now I've learned my lessons) and most of all respected, especially the Managing Director. One day I had my periods at work. I had to get back home urgently before I started throwing up or so but the MD scheduled a meeting just that afternoon and he made a face which suggested I had to be there. That day I drank about 10 cups of boiling coffee, took some pills though I knew I'd react negatively to them afterward just to be part of the meeting and show my dedication.

Guess what? One day, the MD called me and told me many things about how I was the worse designer, that I was destroying his agency, that I was racist, making people feel uncomfortable etc..etc..etc..

What really disgusted me, was when he said that even he could hold his belly and cry out with pain, but he never did so. I was shocked, for I thought he was human enough to understand what I was going through. Then I thought about it...did he have his periods too? I was even about to ask him that, but then thought, oh my God! This man is so courageous! He had his periods, yet never complained the least bit! Grrr!!!! I so much despise him. He was plain mean and awfully disgusting. No wonder he never got married! Yes, It's mean to say that, but imagine he gets married and his wife suffers like me. He'll back home and say: "Where is my food? Why is the house dirty? Why didn't you do the dishes? Even I could hold my belly and cry in pain but I don't! You lazy woman!"

What I wish him is that he re-incarnates into a woman and God, please give him the sufferings I've been through so that he knows what he was really talking about. (It's very mean and bad to wish so, but I can never forget the deep pain I felt on that day. The mocking expression on his face, the tone of his voice nor the accusation that I was acting to get compassion.)

It's a shame that even today, 'modern' people think like trash.

pictures source: internet

Smoking VS Incinerator

2009-06-02T22:27:00.000-07:00

The government has banned smoking in public places as from March 2009. Great idea and decision. However, as stupid and ironic as it may seem, they are going ahead with the Gamma-Coventa project. Where's the logic you ask? Well, neither do I find any logic. The government bans smoking in public for Health safety but is implementing a bigger smoke producing machine right under our nose...Talk about good sense...

Ok, now most of you would say that instead of complaining we should propose solutions and try to come up with ideas of how to reduce the garbage etc...

This is what I suggest:

1. Instead of investing in an incinerator project, Gamma should invest in a recycling factory. Can you imagine the quantity of newspaper people read in Mauritius? A factory could easily recycle the newspapers into recycled bags, pages, or used for craft where it suits.

2. Gamma should invest in putting separate bins in each and every household: Cans, Plastic, Bottles, Newspaper etc... That way we are also recycling plastic and bottles which can be re-used.

These are the very few positive things Gamma could invest into instead of his stupid incinerator.

Now, only last week I read in the newspaper about the effects of Dioxide in the air. It is recommended not to eat meat and vegetables coming from around the incinerator zone...

What will the people rearing cattle and poultry at St Martin do? Will they stop doing that or will they simply sell their products without letting people know where the meat comes from and contaminate everyone in the country. This might be food for thought for the ones living far from Roche Brunes, La Chaumiere, Bambous, Mont-Roches who think that they are not concerned.

The same applies to the people who grow vegetables at La Ferme. Not o mention that there is also a reservoir near!!! I wonder if the government is not trying to get us simply killed!!!

My worry is that once the incinerator is set up, we will eventually start falling ill, it might take years but it will come. Then it will be the same story as Smoking. It will slowly be banned and thousands of people will be dead because a selfish PM and his stupid government were bribed into accepting a dangerous project like Gamma-Coventa.

Mr Ah Tek once said that we have to take risks in life. Man, I don't smoke and don't drink. My whole family (about 50 people) never smoked in their entire life. My husband does not smoke nor drink (same applies to his family, about 6 people). We stay far from smoking people. We don't go to pubs because of the smoke and now you want to persuade me to take risks??? Why doesn't Mr Ah-Tek or the pM build the f%^&*ing incinerator in their own yards outside their house????

I though we were free to decide in this country. Maybe I misunderstood the term free. Maybe we are simply free to THINK we are free.....

Sacrifice from our Ministers

2009-05-29T03:12:00.000-07:00

You must all have heard that all the Ministers will have their salary reduced by Rs.10,000.000 Yes, what a HUGE SACRIFICE on their behalf!

Picture Source: Internet

LOL!!! Do you really believe that it is a sacrifice or just another way to blind the already feet kissing A holes Mauritians???

This is how I see it:

Minister 01: Hey we need a salary raise! W can't live with this misery!

Minister 02: You are totally right. Yesterday my son was telling me that Rs.15,000.00 per month for his car is not enough. Plus my daughter was able to buy only 10 designer collection bags last year.

Picture Source: Internet

Minister 03: Oh and what about me? I need to wear unique saris when we go to official outings. I get them direct from India and at this rate, I will not be able to get even 15 pieces per month!

Minister 04: Ok! ok! I will do something in the next budget. but the thing is I can't raise our salary alone...people will talk...

Minister 01: Then why don't you raise the salary for a few friends of ours who are sitting doing nothings at the head of governmental institutes? That people will see that we re not selfish.

Minister 04: Yes, but there is a recession prediction for the year after, what to do? People will be angry!

Minister 02: Oh yes, we have to find a solution for that! But we need to have that salary raise!

Minister 04: Wait..there is something we might do...Let's say we are actually being paid Rs.50,000.00 monthly. In the next budget I was to raise all our salary to Rs.100,000.00. Instead I will raise it to Rs.110,000.00. Then the year after for the budget I will say that we are all reducing Rs.10,000.00 from our salary...what say???

All the Ministers: YES! YES!

Minister 04: Fantastic, that way we enjoy a surplus of Rs.10,000.00 for one full year and the next year we look like Saints in the eyes of the stupid voters who will be all happy and cheer for our sacrifice!

So, this is what I think..how do you see it???

Who governs what?

2009-05-20T02:19:00.000-07:00

Who governs what in Mauritius?

Our dear(irony) PM is writing a book: "Who governs Mauritius?"

Yes, you may as well laugh for I asked myself the same question: Is he really writing it or is someone doing it for him???

Picture Source: Internet

Anyway...if I had to answer his book title I'd say this: Any stupid son of an ex politician thinks he can govern Mauritius!
Proof: SSR - Navin Ramgoolam (NR)
Aneerood Jugnauth - Pravin Jugnauth (PJ)
Gaetan Duval - Xavier Duval (XD)

Actually it's not even their fault. They cherished the dream of being at the head of the country and enjoy. Fair enough...the biggest people at fault are the voters, that is us. We allow them to sit at the head of the country and waste our money. Yes, they are paid by our own money.

Can you imagine? We vote for them to be there, we pay for their salary and they treat us like scum? Maybe Mauritius has yet to experience it's revolution and show those at the head that they are nothing without us, so stop treating us as imbeciles (though some are for they re-vote the same piece of BS years and years after...)

The most disgusting bit is that each of them is trying to rule Mauritius as per his wish. NR says that he did not allow the Ferney project for it would have resulted into 'ene catastrophe ecologique..." but concerning the 'La Chaumiere' project he said that no one will stop him from going ahead with progress for the island. Total BS!!!

XD is trying to sell Mauritius to any Tom, Dick or Harry who can afford to. We Mauritians are seeing OUR beach being reduced to nothing as the hotels are eating every single beautiful one.

Picture Source: Internet

Some people called him 'Le Roi des Creoles". Lol! C'mon! Wearing a straw hat and moving to a few segas makes him nothing more than a
hypocrite. All those 'La foire Creoles' are simple ways of blurring the visions of the poor and middle class.

Concerning PJ, well, he is too young and proud to be a good and effective PM. At least he spares us the 'Mo papa ti fer sa...mo papa ti dire sa.." compared to the stupid NR and XD.

Pfff!!!

Who really governs Mauritius after all? Thank God they don't have sons who will follow their steps...unless their daughters do it...

:(

FRIDAY 13

2009-02-12T04:17:00.000-08:00

PICTURE SOURCE: INTERNET

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή) (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς) (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (φοβία) (meaning fear).

PICTURE SOURCE: INTERNET

WOW!!!

Well, today is Friday 13 and I know that in Mauritius many will be very careful.

I think Friday 13 on the contrary is kind of fun for me...I remember that one Friday 13 in 1996, I was preparing myself to go to college when my uncle comes by and sounds strange...he looks at me and says:

"Fer attention kan to p ale lecol zordi..mone fer ene extra mauvais reve lor toi..to ine fer ene accident grave ek tone mort.."

Wow! I thought! Imagine being told something like that on a Friday 13! Well, it did not stop me from going to school.

At school, the funny part was that it is very well known that many students don't have classes in MGI. So, on that day our teacher said we'll just sit outside and do our class..Fine, as students we all loved the idea! Hep! Just as we took place around her, rain started to fall when seconds before there was a huge sun above! Ok..so we try to find another place to sit...

Later I was doing my hindi class. The teacher with only 3 students (me included) were in a small class in some corner of MGI. Quite to what we were used to, there was a deep silence around. Strange..strange..so the teacher asked one of us to go look what is going on since it's SOOOO silent! Guess what!!! The girl comes running saying that the whole floor is empty and all the kids are standing outside on the football ground far away as: THERE WAS A BOBM ALERT!!! God! and we were the only ones in class! Guess they missed us :( So we rushed to the football ground and waited for the police etc... to clear all doubts of bomb...Imagine if there was really a bomb! I'd not be here blogging! lol!

Same day, couple of hours before we go home, my friends decide to go to the library to change our books. Just as we step out of class, Naz trips and falls over Anj, leaving both down on the floor, with Naz on top of Anj... Ok am not being mean but I still recall the whole scene even after 13 years!!! It was so funny!!! It's like it happened in slow motion...

Now wasn't that some fuuny Friday 13??? AND!! Guess what??? Am blogging about a 13 year old story on a Friday 13!!! Hope I get to live through this day without any bad surprise :P

CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA

2009-02-04T02:26:00.000-08:00

My very first blog for this year and I so much wanted it to be about a particular movie, CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA.

Yes! The much awaited movie (definitely by me!).

So the story is about Sidhu (oh so cute with his little hair tail at the back..)who believes he has a destiny to achieve and be a great man one day. He is conned by a friend to go to China where his "supposed" destiny awaits him...

BREF! In the whole I loved Akshay Kumar. Best shot of his is the one from the song Chak Lein De where he is standing on the great wall of China and looking around. WOW! If I was not married I'd rush to India!

(Joking..anyway..but he was drop dead GORGEOUS!)

Now Deepika looked stupid as Miss TSM, yet her twin was simply sexy, cool and beautiful. Yes, I admit that I was impressed by her Suzy role. Way to go girl...See my point here is that some heroines just can't get out of the typical running around trees act. Yeah, on the other hand maybe she did not say much as Suzy and that is why she was perfect...hihihi!

Anyway, I ADORED THE MOVIE! LAUGHED like mad (as always!!!) and! and! and! even Michel liked the movie! And I for sure know that he hates Hindi comedies which are so stupid at times...I agree with him here..sometimes some movies are simply ridiculous when it comes to comedy...pff!!!

Though my favourite one remains 'HERA PHERI' the first one, I must say that after Dostana, CC2C (Chandni Chowk to China) shines. That's my opinion anyway.

Go watch it! I've seen it 2 times already at the cinema hall and wish I could watch it again...(which I certainly will).

Then why did the movie flop you ask...Well, I believe that Akshay had so much hits (super hits!!!) in a row that some people of Bollywood have decided to boycott it in an unofficial way. So sad...

Just make up your own mind and don't let others influence you. So what if some think the movie is stupid, at least I had my share of laugh :p

CHAK LEIN DE! CC2C!

One terrorist killed at Trident had Mauritius ID card’

2008-11-28T19:03:00.000-08:00

THIS IS THE MOST SHOCKING NEWS EVER i GOT TO HEAR SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!! And here I was blogging that Mauritius should be alert...how IRONIC!!!

God! What did that really mean???? Did it mean that they had the intention to fly or sail to Mauritius if they succeeded in getting away OR that they tried to make people believe they were Mauritian tourists visiting India OR WORSE!!! that some high placed people in Mauritius actually helped them in getting those ID???

This is not a joke! This is damn serious! Mauritius!!! SHAME!!! Sincerely I have to get to the root of this story here and really understand where Mauritius fits in...but in case there were (are) Mauritians who helped in anything that happened in India, well, it's a shame for Mauritius.

Actually when I first heard the commando saying that I thought my ears were losing it...I sat there in front of the TV set waiting for a recap of the events and this time there was no doubt...THE TERRORISTS HAD MAURITIAN ID CARDS on them!

More infos:

Mauritian identity cards found from slain terrorist.

7 credit cards from Indian and foreign banks

1,200 US Dollars, Rs 6,840 Indian Rupees retrieved

4 Chinese made grenades found

Many rounds of AK-47 ammunition found...

Really, I have been in a semi coma state since I've heard about the Mauritian ID news...well gets our island to be more popular, but wished it was for the right reasons instead of being like an ally for the terrorists...

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A Mauritian identity card, credit and debit cards of banks and explosives were seized from the terrorists who attacked the Taj Mahal hotel, a senior marine commando said.

"We found a purse in a bag we found in which there was a Mauritian government identity card, seven bank credit and debit cards of banks like HSBC, HDFC and ICICI and cash of Rs 6,840. We have given all the details to the police," the commander of the marine commandos team said.

However, he refused to divulge details of the identity card and the bank documents found there.

A bag filled with material was found at the heritage building of the Taj Hotel by the marine commandos following a tense gun battle in which one marine commando was seriously injured and another sustained injuries.

The bag contained dry fruits as ration for several days, seven magazines of AK rifles, explosives, grenades, money and US currency, the commander of the marine commandos said.

(Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com)

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SHOCKING!!!

Let us pray all this will not be easily forgotten and that the world rises with a spirit to kick terrorism real hard and eradicate it...

Innocent lives taken like this (September 9/11 - Mumbai 26/11) should not be tolerated. If the Mauritian authorities do not seriously look into the matter, well, we should expect a Mauritian ??/11 one of these days....

I pray to God that he thrusts some good sense in the pigeon head (an insult to the pigeons...) of our Political Leaders...

My prayers also go the families who have lost sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, wives, husband, friends...

My head rises high to salute those who tried not to panic and helped each other even in situations like this...Doctors, hotel staff, even the tourists who were on holidays but managed to sort things out for the group in which they were.

Mumbai Attacks - A wake-up call for the whole world...especially Mauritius.

2008-11-28T00:59:00.000-08:00

Wednesday night, around 11p.m. As usual I am sleepless and switching from channels to channels to find something worthy to watch...never could I have guessed that I'd be witnessing such aweful live news as the Mumbai Attacks. NDTV was showing people coming out of the Taj Hotel and all I thought was that there might have been some sick man who had a fight and security of the hotel had taken serious actions.

Little did I know that what would follow was going to keep me glued to the TV set till early hours the next day.

What really shocked was that I was actually seeing everything as it was going on out there..live and direct. I saw it when the terrorist who hijacked a police van approaching the journalists and civilians (who thought they policeman) started to shoot at everyone. Sick! Real sick!

Below are pictures from the BBC site. (http://news.bbc.co.uk) I don't know if I have the right to put them up here though...

The above picture shows places which were attacked.

30 October: Explosions kill at least 64 in north-eastern Assam
30 September: Blasts in western India kill at least seven
27 September: Bomb blasts kills one in Delhi
13 September: Five bomb blasts kill 18 in Delhi
26 July: At least 22 small bombs kill 49 in Ahmedabad
25 July: Seven bombs go off in Bangalore killing two people
13 May: Seven bomb hit markets and crowded streets in Jaipur killing 63

I think the pictures speak for themselves. So many lives were taken..so many innocents...

It has been said that the terrorists were targetting foreigners, especially Bitish and American passport holders.

NOW!!! THIS IS PRECISELY my point!

They were tourists in India and here in Mauritius were are the perfect hosts for them. By them I mean both the tourists and the terrorists. This is why I strobgly believe that instead of our PM playing Rambo on Tv, he should seriously consider a strategy to protect Mauritius from these attacks. What if tomorrow something like that happens over here???

Can anyone imagine what it will be like? Do we seriously have military bodies strong enough to let alone fight the terrorists, but at least face them???

I strongly doubt that.

India will definately come out of the situation...hurt, but still united. (I sincerely hope they do). But here in mauritius I wonder how far Mauritians will stand united agains such evil.

Let us hope that our Politicians will join hands and mind to set up a strategy in case tomorrow some sick people try to attack our island. Let us all pray that our paradise remains free of murderous attacks like the Mumbai ones.

One last picture just to show you how 500 years old architecture, history, heritage has been raped. Well, for 'people' who do not care about innocent lives, it is no surprise histoty etc... mean nothing to them....

Let us all pray that all the countries across the world get together to extermine terrorism...

To end..

KEVIN RUDD, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER
"Whichever group has perpetrated this attack, they are cowards, absolute cowards, and murderers.

This cowardly attack on India's stability, peace and democracy reminds us all that international terrorism is far from defeated, and that we must all maintain our vigilance."

MA DOULEUR

2008-11-24T02:48:00.000-08:00

Ma douleur,
pour la vie...
tantôt ici,
tantôt la-bas.
Sans merci
tu me lâche pas.

Comme mon ombre,
jour et nuit,
comme mon ombre,
tu me suis,
et moi je fuis,
je te fuis,
mais fini par être pris.

Douleur,
oh mon amie,
arrête tes caprices,
arrête toi mon amie,
pour la vie,
écoute mes supplices.

J'en peux plus,
je n'en veux plus
de ton espièglerie.
Toi tu ris,
mais moi suis fini.

Ne vois-tu pas mes larmes?
Baisses tes armes,
je t'en supplie,
ne me fais plus mal,
je t'en prie,
j'ai trop mal.

Finie je sens ma vie,
entre mes cries,
et je prie,
jour et nuits,
et je prie,
pour une vie,
sans toi mon amie.

WHY DON'T THESE POOR SAVE ENERGY!? HUH??

2008-10-20T01:18:00.000-07:00

I was wondering about how selfish those poor people are. They don't seem to understand that they have to stop wasting energy! Can you imagine!? Their single bulb keep lighting up their one room house from let's say 6p.m - 10p.m. Wow! That's too much!

Now, how can those rich persons keep all their 'chandeliers' (which have no less than 20 bulbs) on during the party in their 3 storey house if these poor insensitive poor don't save energy? huh?

Not to forget that the rich need the energy to light up all the lampposts in their long wide alleys from their automatic electric gates to their super well lit houses all night long for fear of robbers?

Oh and how do the poor expect the rich to get enough energy to run the 5- 6 air cons in their homes if they(the poor) don't stop wasting energy!!!??? (Yes my neighbour has at least 6 in his house and he's not the richest in Mauritius yet).

Plus all those latest high tech home cinema, hi-fi, jacuzzi, heater, huge fridge, microwave, oven, heated swimming pool, etc the rich need the energy for?

C'mon you poor people out there, please stop wasting energy and help the rich to get enough to live their life!

Oh i alomost forgot the hotels which have so many light for the entertainment of the tourists! The tourists need the very best the hotels can give and to hell if the hotels pump up all the enrgy of the island as far as the tourists get what they want.

Now you poor people like me out there, we have to respect their rights and not waste energy. I am seriously thinking of going back to candles...Anyone else?

WHY THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T REJECTED THE PROPOSAL YET???

2008-10-08T01:15:00.000-07:00

Since last year I have been fearing the fact that Gamma might be implementing a waste incinerator at La Chaumiere. Since I live at Roche Brunes, I cannot ignore all the possible dangers (no matter what the government said). What is really bizarre is that no one is ready to produce reports of experts to the public. Though there has been a petition of 2000 persons against the project, Gamma still seems to be in for the project. How fair is it that some rich companies get to do what they wish and worse have the support of the government. Hmm..is there a faint odour of money under the table here??? Seems like the situation to me!

Well, what can I say? All those sitting at the head of the country don't care because they don't live nearby. Let's see where all this goes...

Below is an article(in french) which was published in L'Express:

Incinérateur à La-Chaumière : Gamma face aux habitants

Deux nouvelles associations citoyennes refusent que les déchets soient brûlés dans leur région. Les promoteurs du projet se veulent rassurants.

«Il faut appliquer le principe de précaution et ne pas aller de l’avant avec ce projet car il y a trop de risques.» Tel est l’avis de Vassen Kauppaymuthoo, ingénieur en environnement. Il s’exprime sur l’implantation d’un incinérateur de déchets à La-Chaumière pour produire de l’électricité. Il intervenait lors d’une réunion de sensibilisation organisée par le Mouvement social pour l’environnement (MSE) et la Plate-forme anti-pollution (PAP), deux associations nouvellement créées. C’était mardi soir à Bambous, devant quelque 80 personnes.

Pour Vassen Kauppaymuthoo, l’incinération demande des mesures complémentaires qui ne sont pas encore disponibles à Maurice. «Les résidus suite à l’incinération donneront un concentré toxique qui demande le même traitement que des déchets radioactifs. Le résidu doit être vitrifié d’abord, mis dans des fûts en polyéthylène et enterré à 200 ou 300 mètres.»

Avis que partage Dr Iqbal Bhugun, docteur en chimie. Il pense qu’il ne faut pas accepter ce projet qui représente «un danger pour la santé à cause de ses émissions de dioxine et de furanne». Ce qui affecterait nappes phréatiques, animaux et légumes. Pour le Dr Bhugun, les pays qui ont de tels incinérateurs ont pris des risques et ils ne peuvent plus reculer. «Ces risques ne peuvent pas être pris ici, vu notre superficie. De plus, nous n’avons pas la technologie requise pour monitor ses implications.»

Sollicitée pour une réaction, Indira Pochun, project development manager chez Gamma s’en défend bec et ongles. «Selon le rapport sur l’émission de dioxine et de furanne, réalisé à Maurice en 2003, les sources majeures d’émission de ces substances sont la production d’énergie à partir de la bagasse (41 %) et les incinérateurs des hôpitaux (33 %)… Puisque nous allons traiter les déchets des hôpitaux, nous allons au contraire contribuer à purifier l’atmosphère de 33 % des émissions toxiques», explique-t-elle. Elle ajoute qu’«un quart des investissements, soit Rs 1,25 milliards, va dans l’Air Control Pollution System». Gaston Lew, autre intervenant, qui travaille dans un laboratoire de toxicologie, dit sa peur : «Y a-t-il un laboratoire qui pourra tester le taux de pollution», demande-t-il.

Indira Pochun assure que Gamma s’est déclaré prête à financer l’installation d’un laboratoire, géré par les habitants eux-mêmes et qui leur permettrait de contrôler quotidiennement les taux de pollution. Elle concède qu’il y a deux types de résidus, dont la fly ash (20 %) toxique. Ce résidu, qui contient des métaux lourds et de la dioxine, subira trois étapes pour éviter tout risque, dit-elle.

Danger des toxines

Vassen Kauppaymuthoo avance que les tests de vent auraient dû être faits sur le site de La-Chaumière et non à Plaisance. Indira Pochun déclare n’avoir pas pu faire «autrement car il n’y a que deux stations climatologiques pour faire ces tests et les conditions de Plaisance se rapprochent davantage de La-Chaumière que l’autre site».

Indira Pochun conteste l’argument du Dr Bhugun qu’ailleurs, il n’y pas d’habitation dans un rayon de cinq kilomètres de ce genre d’incinérateur : «A Newmunster en Allemagne, un incinérateur se trouve en plein cœur d’une zone résidentielle. Quant à nous, nous avons respecté la distance que stipule l’EIA», relève-t-elle.

Un centre d’enfouissement risque de menacer la nappe phréatique tandis que le principal danger d’un centre d’incinération viendrait des toxines rejetées dans l’air. Le rapport Environment impact assessment de Gamma Civic et à l’expérience de son associé américain, qui opère déjà en Asie, le taux de résidu gazeux (toxine) est inférieur au seuil autorisé. A préciser toutefois que les estimations de tout EIA, dont celui de Gamma Civic, sont basées sur les données, parfois partielles, fournies par le commanditaire de ce rapport.

Pour leur part, la PAP et le MSE ont envoyé au ministre de l’Environnement et au Premier ministre, le 23 mars, une pétition signée par 2 000 habitants de la région. Hedley Pallany, l’un des membres fondateurs de la PAP, lance un appel pour que d’autres se joignent à son mouvement.

MSE est une association qui regroupe des habitants des endroits avoisinants le site proposé, dont Roches-Brunes, Mont-Roches, Camp-Levieux, Albion, Gros-Cailloux et Canot. Hedley Pallany déclare «qu’il n’est même pas question que l’incinérateur s’implante dans une autre région non plus». Ils souhaitent une alternative, tel le compostage. Mais certains déchets ne pourront jamais être traités autrement que par l’enfouissement : pensez au béton…

Corinne MINERVE

Wolmar to Tamarin

2008-09-29T04:10:00.000-07:00

Many who are used to jog from Wolmar to Tamarin through the beach must have noticed that it's impossible now.

Reason? Well the pictures speak for themselves I guess...

Question? Is this natural or man-made? I wonder..I wonder...

What I wish to point out here is simply the sad fact that all those who have jogged from Wolmar to Tamarin through the beach will never be able to do so in the future...unless there is VERY low tide.

I was also wondering how it came to be like this? Yes, I do understand nature and it's strange capacities to dig through anything. I was told that there was already a little river going to the sea over there but you could easily jump over it to the other side.

My question remains: Is this the nature's deed or some malicious people who do not wish to have Mauritians walking on the beach in front of the hotels???

Maybe the beach authority could come up with something here. It is already very sad that Mauritians are limited in terms of beach activities, now those who love jogging over there will just have to turn their back to it.

P.S Oh by for those who do not know, no one has the right to stop you from swimming in the sea directly in front of hotels nor to sit on the sand in front. You cannot of course use the chairs etc they put there for their clients (which I agree), but yet the beach remains public :)

Real life HERO

2008-09-11T23:41:00.001-07:00

Photo source: http://img.servihoo.com/kinews/AFP/208006-1.jpg

There is the most talked about movie 'THE DARK KNIGHT' showing in theatres right now in Mauritius. Heroes, wandering at night, helping those in need, fighting vilains, killing evil forces etc...Batman, Superman, Spider man, man & man...

However, I was most impressed by someone who does not call himself a hero, yet is no less than one. I know 11 Indians who will remember him till their last breath.

In august 2008, Karl Secondis, an Australian business man was on holidays with his family at Grand Baie. He was fishing with his 7 years old son in the lagoon at Pereybere when he noticed people in distress. Here is the link to the article in L'express (in french):

http://www.orange.mu/kinews/a-lile-maurice/societe/208006/un-australien-secourt-11-touristes-indiens.html

He rescued 11 Indians whose boat met with some troubles and they were hanging to their lives in the water (note only one of them knew how to swim). I believe Karl Secondis should be given a medal of courage by both the Government of Mauritius and India. I am so relieved to know that even in today's world, there walk on the Earth people who are courageous and humble.

HATS OFF to you Mr Karl Secondis!!! You are a real life hero! You must surely be the pride of your family and your kids will have tales of a real hero to tell their school friends back in Australia, their hero, their dad :)

Hospitals in Mauritius

2008-09-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

Hmm.. what can i suggest? That it's better you die rather than go to the hospital? Some people do say hospitals' staffs are effective, but then it's thus most of the times if you have some relatives working there.

Hospitals in Mauritius are getting worse. How many people out there can sincerely testify they had a pleasant doctor, a nice nurse to look after them. Doctors in hospitals behave as if they are doing it for free (though those doing it for free in other countries are very nice). I think that when they study to become doctors they pawn their good manners and eventually forget to get it back. Doctors in hospitals HAVE NO MANNERS! When you come to them you are already in bad shape and what they do is make matters worse. Typical Mauritian Hospital doctors talk like this:

NOTE: They do not reply back when you say good morning doctor...

"Ki ou gagné?" (What's wrong?)
They take their stethoscope and place on you heart (even if it's your head which aches or your leg).

"Ouvert la bouche" (Open your mouth)

"Respire...tini respiration...respirer" (Breathe..hold your breath...breathe)

"Hmmm..." (Hmm)

He writes down a series of medicines (of course panadol is a must for whatever problem you have! It's the Mauritian magic pill).

"Si pa bien mem ou revini" (If you are not dead, you can still come back).

Yeah, there is no explanation of what you are suffering from nor why these meds etc...you are just one of so many coming everyday and they simply DON'T CARE!

Nurses are worse (yeah i don't have a better word to describe it here). They scold at old persons, are arrogant and speak to you as if you are some beggars at their door. I can easily recall examples like:

"Madame! ou pas tandé kan crier ou nom! Assize la! Ici madame! Pa compran kan coze ar ou?"

translation: (Ma'am! can't you hear when your name is called! Sit here! Here ma'am! Don't you understand when we talk to you?")

What is really sad is kids with leukemia. They are supposed to be in places where there is no dust etc especially when they are undergoing their first treatment. But in Candos, they are put in cubicles where they have to go through the main room of other sick children. You even have to go through the hospital corridors with sick adults before getting to the children's ward.

I mean, what would it take to build a room for leukemia kids? One million? What's one million when they can renovate theatres at millions and millions...yeah, you can't compare history to life.

Anyway, I have so much frustration concerning this country right now that I wonder where we are heading.

One little words for the doctors in hospitals (if they ever come across my blog that is) Please! Do something else instead of making our life worse! Doctors are supposed to help people get better, not worsen the situation. Same applies to nurses. Sad there is no more Florence Nightingales.

What it's like to be a Mauritian in Mauritius

2008-09-02T02:03:00.000-07:00

Mauritius. Paradise for many foreigners who come to visit our island and the marvellous hotels surrounding it. Yes, it is paradise on Earth when you think about the fact that there is no war going on (touch wood), there is no famine, drought or flood killing thousands.

Yet, I have certain doubts about our paradise.

For example, when I was going on honeymoon to Rodrigues, there was no one happier than me! I finally got married to the love of my life and was starting a whole new life! Tssst! tsst! No. That was not to happen that way because when we were queuing up to get inside the passenger terminal, one policeman came to us and asked us to show our passport. Hmm...Now, of all the persons going inside, why only us? Oh yeah! we were the only ones with brown skin. We were Mauritians for God sake and not tourists! That's why we were asked to show our passport (which we did not have because Mauritians do not need passports to travel to Rodrigues!)

I politely showed him our reservation tickets and ID cards. Then he said ok, we could move on.

To be honest, I wanted to so much kick him right there. He made my flight dull and I was boiling of anger. I don't think I looked like a terrorist who was about to hijack a plane or so.

All this to tell you that Mauritians are treated like shit in their own country.

Other examples are when you enter any shop in Caudan (or any other high -class shops, but not in manners) God! The salesgirls look at you from head to toe as if you are about to steal something or point a gun at them and ask for the cash. Notice that at the same time a tourist bursts in and what a change of attitude. I thought the salesgirls did not know how to smile when I entered.

In hotels it's the same attitude. We pay for the stay, yet you are treated like dog shit. (Ok, maybe Pointe Venus at Rodrigues and Paul et Virginie as well as it's 7 Colours Spa were nice, but not Manisha Hotel).

Isn't it strange? Mauritius is a paradise for tourists because they get the most beautiful beach in front of their hotels, but you Mauritian has to squeeze your butt into an overcrowded sea (Flic en Flac on Sundays for example). I have the feeling that to see a little piece of decent beach next time, Mauritians will have to check in hotels for that.

Yes, we can swim in front of hotels because the sea is for everyone, but what about the security guards who look at you like you are poisoning the beach and sea in front of the hotel?

Mauritius is paradise, yes, but certainly not for Mauritians.

P.S Am certainly missing on other examples here, but feel free to add them up...oh by d way, it's my opinion..you are free to feel the contrary.

The Holiday

2008-07-22T05:02:00.000-07:00

Heart break.

Everyone at least once in their life must have experienced it...I did and I can tell you that there's no where on Earth deep enough to bury that pain.

The Holiday is a wonderful movie for guys and girls you have no luck in love and don't know what to do. Obviously it's not that easy as in the film and home exchange is not done as easily as that, but there's a message in there. That love exists and if you let it come it will.

Scenes where i cried in the movie are:

When Jasper's engagement is announced after Iris gave him his xmas present. She was standing there not knowing what to do coz it was hurting deep inside. Firstly not knowing that Jasper was engaged, secondo because she still loved the guy. Kate Winslet was awesome! I never liked Titanic, but in 'the Holiday' I have to admit, she did a fantastic job! This scene especially was terrific!

When Amanda and Liam's kids are under the tent...watching the stars...
Oh that was so intense...I think Jude Law looked gorgeous right there, playing the widower with two cute kids...

The Holiday is a wonderful film. You should watch it. There is love, passion, tenderness and emotion every second in it.

I think after 'P.S I Love You' it's the second best...

Of course my all time favourite remains 'Le Grand Bleu'

:)

To save or not to save water..that is the question!

2008-06-26T00:58:00.000-07:00

Been more than one week since there is a broken pipe near my house...see attached pic...
My husband called twice last week, (wednesday and thursday) even the neighbour called.
Some people from CWA came on Saturday (maybe for the overtime as they came back Sunday morning..couple of hours)

So, when i left home today, there was still no one out there repairing the pipe.

Now! What about all the campaign CWA was yelling about? Save water? Reservoirs are dry?
No wonder they are dry! CWA doesn't even care! I don't think they do when i see all the water flowing on the road everyday.

Don't you think they should save water first then preach about it to others???

SHAME ON CWA!

Am sorry if I sound all angry but am sure you would react the same way if you saw the waste.

Please do forward this coz i hope then they will try to amend their careless ways!

Thnx! oh please check the MISSION and VISION statement they have :)

SHOES

2008-06-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

I have a real weakness when it comes to shoes.

I love these 2..the dark one with lots of beads were Michel's gift on my 29th birthday :) I love it! When we entered the shop, first thing I saw was the shoes and cried out loud how cute they were! Mich thought the same and here they are! My cute shoes...

And the second pair was last week..was just checking the shop to see if there were new things...and boom! saw this one!

:) I simply can't resist shoes!

LAST FIRST KISS

2008-06-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

Have you already experienced your last first kiss?

Isn't it amazing that some of us never even thought about that? 'LAST FIRST KISS'...It'a about kissing someone for the first time and from then on he will be the only one you will kiss...no one else.

Strange or funny as it may sound, our 'LAST FIRST KISS' is important.
I've already had mine :) My 'LAST FIRST KISS' was Michel and am more than happy that it has been with him...and it will remain him for the rest of my life.

A kiss that you will remember all your life, a kiss that you will cherish and think about the tingling sensation it sent all through your body when it happened. Where and when it hapenned? Who started first?

A kiss to remember...'LAST FIRST KISS'

P.S I LOVE YOU

2008-06-08T22:54:00.000-07:00

P.S I LOVE YOU

Cast:Hillary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) / Gerard Butler (300)

Love.

What would it be like waking up tomorrow and realise that the person you loved the most was no more there by your side. Sleepless lonely nights. Cold bed sheets. Colder heart.

No, I do not wish to imagine that happening to me, yet life is life, we cannot command it to be this or that way for us, we just have to go along.

That is maybe the reason why i never stop telling my husband how much I love him. Who knows? I might not have the chance of writing letters to him.

And you? Will you?

Life is so strange nah? You meet so many people whom you think you are in love with then out of nowhere someone comes around. BANG! THIS IS LOVE! Yeah, true, real, pure, sincere, innocent love. This is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

Love, marriage, babies...happiness...birth..and death. Yes, death. We cannot miss this one! We were born to die, remember? Life, oh life? why this pattern? why fall in love and make someone part of you just to have him snatched afterwards?

I simply can't imagine what my life will be without Michel. Wake up in the morning, no hugs, no kisses, no smiles? No one to share breakfast with? No one to tell me how much he loves me? No one to make me laugh like a mad girl when am sad or down?

No, i cannot imagine...I don't want to...though it's here...the thought...

The thought that no matter how much you will try, no matter how hard, that once that person is gone...he will be gone forever, never again will you be able to touch him, hug him, look into his eyes...

No, life does not have the rewind option. We have to live the present. We cannot press pause nor hit rewind, though there is the stop button.

Life hurts, love hurts...maybe this is why we are meant to live each and every second to the fullest.

P.S I love you Michel

FAMOUS PEOPLE I KNOW - Nishal Purbhoo

2008-05-23T00:23:00.000-07:00

Oscar de la Jeunesse 6th Edition 2004 Winners:
Category: Artistic Pursuit
Award Winner: PURBHOO Nishal

Rotaract club of Petit Raffray
President: PURBHOO Nishal

Nishal is one a guy with such a pure heart that it is almost difficult to believe that he lives in this era.

Bcoz Nishal does what he does for nothing in return. He is always smiling bcoz he knows that a smile can create miracles. Nishal is very fond of his parents and have a lot of respect for them, which is admirable these days. He is a very good friend and will NEVER EVER let someone down, friend or nor.

WHY I THINK NISHAL IS FAMOUS?
Nishal is on the good way. President of the Rotaract club of Petit Raffray is only a start. I am sure he will do wonders for the people around. He will come up with great solutions for his locality and hopefully set an example for people at a 'higher' level.

WAY TO GO NISHAL!

FAMOUS PEOPLE I KNOW - Nicolas Bastien-Sylva

2008-05-23T00:15:00.000-07:00

NICOLAS, when I recall our very firts meeting, I did not like him at all! We spent the first months at the IVTB School of Design not talking to each other bcoz he did not let me sit where I wanted to. LOL! Stupid me as always, but it made me realise later, that Nicolas has a very soft corner where there is love and hope not only for himself but for those around him.

WHY I THINK NICLOAS IS FAMOUS?
Bcoz Nicolas is fighting a fight authorities should be fighting. He is doing it with the very little resources he has, but with a determination most people lack. Below is his comment on the HIV virus fight campaign:

"Cette campagne est assez explicite. On fait comprendre qu'il faut combattre le virus et non le porteur. Inspirée d'une campagne française, elle vise à présenter des visages connus d'ici et à provoquer une réflexion autour de la stigmatisation", dit Nicolas Bastien-Sylva, des Zarbiens.

I am sure that in the coming years, Nicolas will achieve a lot of good around him and be known as an example of devotion in the society.

WAY TO GO COLAS!

FAMOUS PEOPLE I KNOW - DAVID CHEONG

2008-05-22T23:52:00.000-07:00

DAVID CHEONG

MIXED MEDIA
Les folles aventures d'un fana du manga

Portrait
À 23 ans, David est diplômé en Art Direction. Il pratique le dessin depuis l'âge de 7 ans. "Ma passion pour le dessin a commencé le jour où ma mère m'a donné mon premier crayon. Là, je me suis rendu compte que le dessin me permettait de m'exprimer librement", dit-il. Son inspiration, il la puise au fond de lui, y ajoutant ça et là son grain de folie. Si le jeune homme affirme que son style n'a pas beaucoup changé depuis ses débuts, il concède qu'il a été amené à réaliser un travail différent à la demande de certains clients. Comme tout artiste, David voudrait exposer son travail. Il espère ainsi présenter une cinquantaine de dessins l'année prochaine. Sa devise d'artiste : "Être artiste, c'est oser expérimenter plusieurs techniques et non pas se limiter dans ses choix."

Il utilise plusieurs techniques pour reproduire le monde dans lequel il voudrait évoluer. Dans ses œuvres, il est tantôt guerrier, tantôt une âme solitaire qui erre dans un monde imaginare. Pour s'exprimer, David Cheong Yuen Zing a choisi le mixed media, art qui, dit-il, expose mieux ses sentiments.
Impenatrable Heart, Depressed, Damned, Confusion… Ce sont les titres de quelques uns des travaux de David Cheong Yuen Zing. Des titres plutôt sombres, diriez-vous, mais pas très étonnants quand on rencontre l'homme un tantinet excentrique, qui se décrit comme quelqu'un de "compliqué." Chacune de ses œuvres dévoile un monde fictif où l'artiste, qui se cherche, prend plaisir à inviter une part de mystère, mélangeant à son gré couleurs et techniques.
Irréel. Il fonctionne au feeling, dessinant que ce que lui dictent ses sentiments. David couche sur papier ses états d'âme les plus intimes, les plus chimériques. Un trait de caractère qu'il assume parfaitement. "J'aime ce qui est mystérieux et fantastique. Cela me permet de m'évader, de voir les choses autrement." L'envie lui prend aussi parfois de reproduire dans ses travaux l'image de ce qu'il voudrait être, à l'instar de My Future. Pour ce jeune graphic designer de Beau-Bassin, l'importance est de donner libre cours à ses envies plutôt que d'essayer de reproduire le réel.
Manga. Si David avoue s'inspirer beaucoup des mangas - n'y voyez rien de culturel -, il dit, cependant, ne pas vouloir s'enfermer dans ce style particulier. "Je ne fais pas du manga pure, car ce n'est pas vraiment le style qui me sied le mieux. Je préfère de loin l'amalgame de techniques, tels le crayonnage, le pastel, l'encre de chine…" Il pose un regard différent sur tout ce qui l'entoure et c'est de là que lui provient sa source d'inspiration.
Internet. Bien que David n'ait pas encore fait d'exposition, il a tenu à partager ses 22 dessins sur internet par le biais d'un site américain. En juillet 2007, il a remporté le 1er prix du concours Illustration Icon du site Art Wanted et un de ses dessins figure sur le calendrier du site en question. Loin de vouloir s'arrêter là, David songe à faire une incursion dans l'univers de la bande dessinée, mais l'idée de devoir travailler sur la partie textuelle le freine un peu. "Je voudrais que mon travail soit reconnu, que j'arrive à toucher ceux ayant une connaissance artistique, mais aussi exporter ce que je fais hors de Maurice."
En attendant, les travaux de l'artiste sont à découvrir sur www.artwanted.com/cheong.

Human Trafficking

2008-05-20T00:44:00.000-07:00

Last night I watched a film on TV about Human traffic. It's hard to imagine that 800 000 (according to the movie) people are victim of Human Trafficking EACH YEAR! Yet it's true, sadly.

Sincerely, i think films like these should be projected in schools, colleges, tertiary institutes to warn teenagers about how they are looked as potential victims.

Though hard at times the film does show what we do not want to even think about. Everyone thinks that theses things can only happen to 'others', but then, to the 'others', WE are the others!

Just think about your daughter, your son, barely 9yrs, 10yrs in the hands of 'people' i would barely qualify as humans.

Actually i just visited this site:

http://www.stophumantraffic.com

and these i guess are the recent facts about Human Trafficking:

'Over the last ten years, the numbers of women and children [who] have been trafficked have multiplied so that now they are on a par with estimates of the numbers who were enslaved in the 16th and 17th centuries.’
[Dr Laura Lederer, Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs & Professor of Law at Georgetown University, USA]

‘Sexual trafficking is the movement of women and children for the purposes of prostitution or other forms of commercial sexual exploitation. It includes the recruitment, transportation, harbouring, transfer or sale of women and children for these purposes. It is the route into sexual slavery.’

> Over 2 million people are trafficked per year

> 1.2 million children are affected by trafficking – ¼ of a million in Asia/Pacific region

> Human Trafficking is a lucrative worldwide business of $10 billion per year

> Over 50,000 Filipino children have been forced into prostitution

> The Salvation Army worldwide is committed to working to confront and reduce this evil trade

The Brave One

2008-05-14T22:36:00.000-07:00

For those who haven't seen the movie yet, go see it..it's a wonderful film.

I wonder at times what i'd do if something like that happened to me. Probably worse than what Erica Bain did...

Sometimes we don't realise what we have in life. Parents, sisters, brothers, friends, love...all these are here but it happens we don't see them...

I often wonder about what life has in store for me...how long am I to live? What about my husband? Till when are we going to be together...yeah sounds creepy..but then i have to ask myself these questions just to realise that am alive now. It now I should worry about and live it to the best coz who knows what's next...

Ah life! If only...

Who is responsible for the deaths due to flood?

2008-03-28T03:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog

2008-03-17T05:33:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog.

Hopefully i will be able to maintain it up to date and kicking :p