Howdy!
Long time no see no hear! *Cough!
Well i take this opportunity to wish all my friends a happy chinese new year of the fire monkey and best wishes for the year to come!
On another note, there is a special bulletin issued as from 1230 pm whereby dodoland and Rodrigues will be hit by heavy rains and strong winds. The warning will hold till tomorrow 1700 hrs. There will be no school tomorrow, apart for the university of Mauritius where it will be business as usual.
Cheers!
Howdy, dear readers.
Been slack these months, years. So hopefully, this article will be one of many and not the only this year. **Cough**
We are already in full summer and probably most of us are complaining about the heat and humidity in our daily life, be it at work or at home. If you have air conditioning or dehumidifier at work you won’t feel the discomfort at least not in the coziness of your office. When you are out, be it at lunch or after work, you will probably feel the discomfort. At home too, opening all windows and doors will do no good unless there is a breeze which will cool you down. Forget about electric fans which lately have been the buzz of the town. They bring more hotness than coolness in your sleeping room. And your mattress is like a hot furnace only waiting to fry you when you lie on it. So no surprise when you can not sleep for 2-3 continuous days and when the strain takes toll on you and you have no choice but to collapse on the furnace and wake up with a big head ache and sweat all over.
It is good to sleep around 4-5 am when finally it cools down, but only 2 hours before it’s time to wake up and get ready to work. So sometimes you have to bear with it and if you are lucky when your boss is not around or you are the boss yourself, have a nap at work :p At your own risks and perils of course!!!
If I wake up too early and can not sleep back (sommeil casser), i would dress up and go jogging up the mountain. It feels good to feel the before dawn breeze on your face. However it is still pitch dark and sometimes you will see shadows or feel like someone is following you. **Hair stands on end ** And tell to myself what are you doing here?? To reassure myself, i will sing something hopefully ghosts will not wake up and shut me down. Once i did just that and someone was climbing down the mountain and just look in my direction. Alas for me, he could not catch my face otherwise i would inevitably be the star of Mauritius got talent LOL! So after 45 minutes or so, i finally reach the top and could catch a glimpse of the rays lazily piercing through the grey clouds. Having engulfed my lungs with all the possible fresh air, i finally made my way down to my sauna home, eagerly waiting for the sun to set down thus bringing cool breeze.
So what do you do when you wake up too early (sommeil casser)?
Howdy, dear friends,
Apologise for not being too active in the blog sphere. Hope all of you are fine .
I recently went to the passport and immigration office( Sterling house, Port Louis) to renew my passport. I reached there at 10.15 am and there were some people waiting while an officer was attending to a guest at the enquiry desk. I went to the officer and he tended to my query by giving me a ticket. Beforehand he asked whether i had already filled in the form.
Thereafter i joined the exciting world of queuing. I originally thought it would be a piece of cake and it would take seconds before i left this place. I could not imagine the adventure awaiting me.
There was an electronic billboard in front and i was hoping it would be blinking to call one’s turn. Nothing!! Then i heard the enquiry officer (the one who gave me the ticket) calling a number. Each visitor in turn would have his docs checked by this officer. I am dazzled!!! Ten years back, i could remember that the electronic billboard would call the number and in turn each would go inside. There would be 5-6 officers tending to the applicants. Now it was only one. I further noticed that the officer would remove garlic with each applicant. Not out of mischievousness, maybe some docs were genuinely missing. Each of them would retire to return with the correct set of documents. 45 minutes later, my turn came. I was secretly hoping that everything would be ok. Alas! The officer said my photo was not good. Why? Too much flash he said. He even advised me to go to a place which according to him takes good photos.
So i armed myself with much courage and went to search for the ” famous” place under the scorching Port Louis eleven thirty sun. Did not find it. So i went back to the studio which took the initial photos and explained to them my problem. They proposed to take a digital photo. In this way, they could amend it. 10 minutes later i re went to the passport and immigration office with my stomach craving for food. My legs, too, were aching from walking fast as it was nearly lunch time and feared the officer would have left. When i reached there, I went directly to the officer. He was busy with a visitor and I interrupted him by asking if the new photos were ok, to which he replied positively. I then went inside with my set of docs and another officer rechecked them. The supervisor remarked my signature should be felt signed. So i used their famous felt pen and signed on a piece of paper affixed on the original signature. Along with a request to pay form, i went out to the cashier office to pay the passport fee. With the receipts, i returned inside to give the officer the yellow receipt to which he annexed to my file.
While I was busy thanking the officer, I overheard a lady officer saying to an applicant that his photos were not good. The lady was informing him that there was a shadow in the photo and that it would not be good on the passport. The man was trying to say that it was himself in the photo and there was no one else. Lost case! The poor chap had to redo the photo.
4 days later i returned to collect the new passport. Fortunately this time, it was quicker.
So did your passport renewal go on smoothly? Please share your experiences.
Wish you all a happy new year 2013! All the best and good health! Hope 2013 brings rain to fill up our reservoirs.
“Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
zhu ni xinnian kuaile
Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
Women zhu ni shengdan kuaile
zhu ni xinnian kuaile
Ba xixun daidao mei yi ge jiaoluo
Ba xinnian de xixun daigei nimen he wo”
Zhu ni men shengdan kuaile. Xiwang shengdan laoren dai lai hen duo liwu.
I did not miss this local production since it started the 2nd edition which was reserved for amateurs only. From a pool of more than 100 applications, a selection of 50 candidates was done. On the first broadcast the 50 contestants were narrowed down(through a series of tasks ranging from cutting vegetables equal sided to making sushi) to 10. Then each week, after a series of challenges, one candidate was eliminated. The final episode will be broadcast on the 1st December 2012. The finalists are all ladies and the winner gets kitchen furniture worth MUR 250,000, an air ticket and a training session with the super chefs of the competition.
Since this edition was reserved for amateurs only, we as spectators are in the same shoes as the contestants. It was the first time they heard technical words and as time goes by, they are expected to provide high level culinary works. So it was quite funny to see their work displays completely opposite to what was expected of them. I really enjoyed watching this show-a pure 30 minutes of relaxation and enjoyment!
Good luck M. Jose, Alexandra and Cecile! Que la meilleure win!
It’s one o’clock in the morning and it’s pitch dark outside. And i can’t sleep. And it’s very very hot, and mosquitoes are hopping around. Having a cup of hot milk and listening to music, hoping that Morpheus will eventually take me in his lap. Oh, the neighbour’s dog is suddenly barking furiously..What’s happening?? Looking outside, as it’s dark do not see anything. Probably saw a doggie doing strip and suddenly expressing its eagerness and joy. Oh mangoes falling -it’s raining mangoes!!! Probably too early this season. Got to grap a bucket and harvest this providential treasure. Wait, it stopped. Oh false alert, it’s just the bats throwing mango peels and uneaten mangoes from their limo windows on their trip down to earth. The sky is starry but the moon has not left bed yet. Now i understand why i can’t sleep. Moon, return my sleep. It’s your turn to change the baby. He is crying. Not wet? Well coax him to sleep because i need to sleep. Baby sleep please. He is hot?? Fever ? Ok get him to the hospital. Ah silence at last. What is it now? Someone is typing loudly at this time of the day, probably trying to finish his/her thesis. ^-^ no it’s me and i need sleep. Good night! Lights off!
Are we still in winter? Since yesterday it has been very hot, with mosquitoes visiting me as well. Since i was not prepared for this, these uninvited guests surely drank and ate a lot, making such noises that consequently i was unable to take my 8 hours sleep properly. My eyes are sore red and am still yawning.
Have a nice Monday, is it? Oh whatever! Am hungry now.
The daily mirror reported a 5.8 magnitude quake on the Richter scale in the indian ocean. According to the USGS, the event happened at 05.33:31 UTC (26 July 2012) some 954km East North East off the coast of Mauritius, and 387km North East off the coast of Rodrigues. No tsunami warning has been issued though.
Was it on the radio this morning? Did you know about it? Any tidal waves reported? Pls share your experience.
“wo xi huan ni de yan, kan zhe wo de yan
I like your eyes, looking into my eyes
wo xi huan ni de lian, tie zhe wo de lian
I like your face, close to my face
wo xi huan ni de shou, qian zhe wo de shou
I like your hand, holding my hand
wo xi huan ni de kou, wen zhe wo de kou
I like your lips, kissing my lips
shi jian zai gai bian, ni bu yao gai bian
Time changes, but don’t you change
yin wei wo hen ai ni, bu xiang yao ni fang qi ai qing
Because I really love you; I don’t want you to give up on love
you qing zhe duan de lai bu yi
Especially this kind that’s so hard to come by
wo ai ni, zhen de shi hen ai ni, suo yi xiang
I love you, I really love you so much; So I want to
jiu zhe yang ji xu ai xia qu
Continue to love just like this
shi jian zai gai bian, ni bu yao gai bian
Time changes, but don’t you change
yin wei wo hen ai ni, bu xiang yao ni fang qi ai qing
Because I really love you; I don’t want you to give up on love
you qing zhe duan de lai bu yi
Especially this kind that’s so hard to come by
wo ai ni, zhen de shi hen ai ni, suo yi xiang
I love you, I really love you so much; So I want to
jiu zhe yang ji xu ai xia qu
Continue to love just like this ”
I came across this song by Yen-ji while watching a drama. It’s true that romantic drama and films portray a happy ending to attract audience and viewers. However, I can’t help wondering when listening to that song, or to any other love songs- what about afterwards?
What about afterwards-when routine, kids and work settle in? Then it will be ‘ki joli mo ti trouver ar li do?’ I am not generalising. In some cases, that really works while in others (even though love was real), the pill went sour. I too like to watch romantic films, and it sometimes helps to depart from this secular world for a moment… Two souls holding hands and kissing and hmmmm… So for a moment this post is telling me to step back to earth :p
So despite that fact that fiction and real life are two opposing worlds, do you like to watch romantic films or drama?