Archive for May, 2008

Gato tourner from Rodrigues…

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Special post!
Mum has been to Rodrigues for the last 2 weeks and on her return back here, she brought a “gato typik rodriguais” known as “Gato tourner”
lol, want to know y?
Check out the pics….

Ingredients: flour, yeast(”lelvin”), sugar and syrup.
How it is made?
Flour and yeast is mixed, allowed to rest for about 1 day and then [...]

Whining population!

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Mauritius is perhaps one of the rarest country where each time a major decision is made, a section of the population has to whine. The case of the flash flood in March demonstrates the fact. On Wednesday, when the meteorological station issued flash flood and electric storms warnings and the decision to close schools  [...]

Tineye finds CD cover from photo

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Speaking the language

Friday, May 16th, 2008

PRISCILLA and I want to send some A4-size photo prints to Mauritius and have bought hard-back envelopes for this purpose. But, based on what we have seen before, we are not convinced that the postmen in Mauritius will be obliged by the “PLEASE DO NOT BEND” labels on them. (Sadly, lack of professionalism is fast [...]

MSN becoming krazy??

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Since some few days or perhaps weeks, phishing web sites
are sent to your contacts from your msn messenger without you
being aware of that.Several people, including those from my contact list
have been complaining that they receive such messages and nothing in recorded
in the archieve{chat log}..
Today a friend phoned me{I was away on msn} to let me [...]

What went wrong with Nomad

Friday, May 16th, 2008

NOMAD was a very good idea and marketable product. At least, on paper. But, in practice, there was a BIG snag…
In Mauritius, most houses are built with 6-inch thick concrete blocks with flat re-inforced concrete roofs supported by re-inforced concrete columns and beams. Windows and doors are fitted with anti-theft steel bars. That’s a lot [...]

Technological Mauritius, according to the BBC

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Mauritius is not so retarded technologically, as some would want us to think.
Proof? These two short video highlights of technology and connectivity in Mauritius from the BBC.

Fast:Track in Mauritius
BBC Click on the cyber-island dream

But, there is a caveat, it seems. The average mauritian not holidaying at the Taj Exotica would be hard-pressed to get [...]

A small survey

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Hello everybody :p One of my friends is carrying out a small survey and asked if could help So let’s help, send your answers as comments!
1. Which is the best film of Salman Khan according to you?
2. Your favorite drink ?
3. Which singer is underrated for you ?(Not as popular as u think [...]

Lettre d’une blonde a son fils

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

bon avant tou, :p mo pena narien contre bann blonde, mais sa joke la tro bon!
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Cher fils,
Je t’écris ces lignes pour que tu saches que je t’écris. Alors, si tu reçois cette lettre c’est qu’elle est bien arrivée. Si tu ne la reçois pas tu me préviens pour que je te la renvoie. Je t’écris [...]

Cafetaria sovaz?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

There are days like that when I really believe that a few people really lacks humanity in them.
As you all know, there was a huge rainy weather today, due to which univ was released earlier (and some even got their exams canceled).
The ministry of education released a communiqué to free all students from courses [...]