独一无二, 无尽的爱

I have been back home for almost two weeks, but been very lazy to write. As usual. Getting more and more lazy.

So what are the news? My mother’s trying to feed me like one tries to feed a turkey before Thanksgiving. :D (Moi ki ti croire mo pou kapav plati ventre ene ti p :P)

Forgot about how bad traffic in and out of Port Louis can be. Got to work late 3 days in a row while trying to figure out the best route to get to work. Ok, first day I left home around 8.45am, when I was supposed to get to work around 8.30 ;) Anyway, now I’ve decided to go Mt Signaux then at Bel VIllage turn left to Pailles. Not going to be on the motorway directly from Caudan. One good thing though, more drivers seem to have adopted the ‘defensive driving’ method. More polite compared to Chinese drivers. Something one of my Chinese colleagues mentioned to me yesterday.

Also read about the government’s schemings. Nothing has changed. The latest outburst about tourists having to pay for Ilot Gabriel moved the focus away from the debate about Pamplemousses Garden no longer being free as from next month. The protestations about the island not being free + being poorly managed (some endemic trees have apparently been destroyed) have led to the government stating that they don’t have the fund/resources to protect and maintain these sites, and that the demande de bail’ was done in due form. Well, I don’t know much about these things, but I am quite surprised to see that more than half a year had gone between the company’s request to undertake the ‘bail’ and the submission of their plan for Ilot Gabriel. Aren’t companies supposed to have a thought out plan before submitting such requests?

Anyway, since the weekend, it has been our dear PM accusing and being accused of being racist. What’s new about that? Our dear politicians have been using the race card for years, if not decades. It’s just like the waltz that happen everytime before/after elections. Parties merging, making alliances and then deciding to break up to court their previous ‘opponents’. And one wonders why so many people have little faith in the governement (whoever might be ruling the country).

I have also learnt to get used again to the water shortages meaning no water supply for several hours a day (and practically all night). Almost no water/electricity shortage in China in the big cities of Beijing and Shanghai …..

Still seething with one of banks charging my bank interest income at source. Will be withdrawing a big lump and take it with me to China on my next trip. Now I have to figure out the Tax return and fill it before the end of the month to claim a refund. Plus I never got my tax refund from some 3-4 years ago. :WTF: :(