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Chinese Weekend at Chinatown

The 29th and 30th of this month, Chinatown will hold some activities to promote food and socio-cultural activities. Local as well as artists from China will provide the animation.
After the opening speech there will be a show by the Police Band, dragon and lion dance, and taekwondo and taichi. Artists from China will dance on [...]

Arena

Just went to Arena last night (Saturday night). Arena is a nightclub that I have enjoyed going to over the last few years. Although at times not many people go there, I have always enjoyed the atmosphere and the guys in charge there.
In Mauritius, there are not many nightclubs that do well. Arena is the [...]

Porn MMS

MMS stands for MultiMedia Services, and it’s just text messages (SMS) that you send via mobile phones with pictures or movie clips attached.
Anyway, these last couple of days, there is one specific clip that has been on everyone’s lips here. A young school girl, who was not yet 16 at the time, and considered to [...]

Zee awards

Mauritius hosted the Zee awards yesterday. That’s the equivalent of Bollywood’s Oscars, Bollywood being the Indian name of its movie industry. I think it comes from shortening Bombay’s Hollywood, but I may be wrong. It was the usual posse of stars and their admirers coming to the island, and doing their best to be happy [...]

Cyclone Warning

Well, it’s the usual situation. Come Friday, the island is now under cyclone warning class I (that’s the lowest warning level). It’s the first cyclone warning for Mauritius this year. By the time we get to Monday, the cyclone would not only have come to its closest point to Mauritius, but also have had time [...]

Chikungunya

You are probably wondering what that is. Well, it’s not a swear word or some remote places that you’ve never heard of. Chikungunya is Swahili for “that which bends up”, and is a disease (a.k.a. Buggy Creek disease) that is brought by mosquitoes.
Common symptomns are sudden severe headache, chills, fever (>40°C,104°F), joint and muscle pain. [...]