The boss’ wife came into play and called X, Y, Z to phone MT to enquire and send technicians as soon as possible. Finally, she talked to one of our managers who happens to know someone at MT. Soon after the contact came and checked all our phone lines. He called MT and it was then that we came to know that a nervous system at Coromandel went down and it was the reason for the faults.

Day 2-Today. Still no ring tones. The wife again called the manager. He replied to her that the fault was common to all locations in Coromandel. Later surprise! MT technicians were around. They were very caring and asked about locations of central exchange box. It was in the afternoon that i knew (through the wife) that the manager after consultation with the boss promised the technicians a reward if they could solve the problem very quickly. No comments!!!

Does someone know the price of one pound of beef or poultry? Considering the price increase spiral, guess that those too have suffered the same fate. What about the price of vegetables? Guess that those too have risen… Ki pou manger do??

Just heard that the white rabbit sweet is under close scrutiny by our health inspectorate. I do remember i love to eat them when i was in primary school.  Afterward, no sight of them. Perhaps because i began to draw a line because most of my teeth got rotten and had to get them removed.   Sniff!!

Flooding is expected to occur and as a result of heavy saturation of the ground. Already houses near to rivers and areas where there are no proper drainage systems are victims of flooding and water entering their homes. The North and East and South are mostly affected. Now landslides are threatening areas between GRSE and Beau Champ. Police are warning road users to be careful in these regions.

As to 1945hrs, the country is still under torrential rain warning and it will be tomorrow when parents will be informed whether school will resume. For horse racing lovers, the event will probably be postponed to Sunday. The track is not practicable.

The technician could not make it and she again called me to the rescue. I responded annoyed since i got loads of work to do, and so reluctantly asked for the printer manual, checked the ink cartridge, switched on and off the printer, and finally got to the printer manager to kill all pending print jobs. I finally called a test page. Great was my surprise to see that the printer cable was not connected to her laptop!!! When i made the remark to her, she replied who disconnected the cable. Her brother was there and he replied who else other than her could disconnect the cable when she brought the laptop back home.

Oh dear! Ki mon faire pou merite sa??? Si li ti blonde mo ti pou compran, enfin ena exception.

At twelve, shut down computer as no longer able to input. Decided to visit infotech salon with a colleague. Did not plan to do so but since we were around he agreed to go there.  The stand which attracted our attention was Pascal Computer’s with its Asus motherboard, its huge fan in its transparent minitower casing. After strolling around the salon for about 20 mins we decided to leave as nothing interesting popped up. As usual took a nap once home and woke up 2 hours later looking for food as did not lunched.  Decided to bake cake. So took out butter, eggs, sugar, baking flour, and  mixed all of them and everything in the oven. So after a hard day work, au dodo. Ouch! My neck and back still ache.

These delicacies take a long time to prepare.Must dry in the sun, salt them, then steam, re dry again for umpteen days until dried. Then store in cool dry place. With the hectic life we are living, even with the knowledge gathered, such recipes will definitely be lost. There is a difference when a mentor is behind you. Even during exams a mentor makes a difference. S/he will correct your mistakes when you made them. So you know when you make them and not redo again.  I am talking about one among the many recipes upheld by old persons which we young people have taken for granted when we were still kids and when our parents were teaching us but too young to remember.

Even then our parents would not let us ‘met la pain a la pate’. We would just stand back and watch as idled spectators.

On Tuesday, upon advice of a labour consultant, the boss talked with the employee and notified him of prolonged absenteeism and irregular performance at work. Then he informed him verbally and through a letter that on Friday he had to appear before a disciplinary committee who will decide on his future employability at the company. We all know that the boss’ mind has already been made up and this was all administrative procedures and paper works. So on Friday after being heard by the committee, he was given his termination of employment letter together with his exgratia payment with immediate effect.

When we discussed among ourselves the reason behind  such tactics, we learned that the boss has become nostalgic about his beginning in the business. There were fewer employees but money was overflowing the drawers-’pa conner kot casse p sorti’. On the other hand there is a contraction in business activities also. Many companies like textile companies are closing their doors.  Sales has also been sluggish. In the event of failing to meet target, i was told that there would be further redundancies. Unbelievable!! I think that in the end the company would be run by the boss and his wife…  O moins la pa bisin paye salaire