27 Feb 2012
by bhootin Lallmatie & Mauritius, Rants Tags: Alma, bagatelle, baichoo, bel air, Belle Rive, bypass, census, census mauritius, challenge, flacq, mahebourg, moka, potential, Quartier Militaire, Ripailles, road, road network, salazie, seo, st pierre, thursday, traffic jam
I know it’s been months since I last blogged on Lallmatie.com – my work is taking up time, then I spent time with my love and family, then again work, friends, and so on. Well, I learned about SEO and have been applying it at work recently. So I said, let’s check how lallmatie.com is doing on website analyzers – and it has a damn good potential of becoming a popular site! So another challenge take, let’s do this!
Well, here in Mauritius – and especially the East, it’s good to know that we have some of the largest villages in Mauritius, according to last year’s census. These are:
3. Flacq and Bel Air (18k each – yeah, those who though Bel Air is a small village must learn their EVS again!)
5. Mahebourg
15. Lallmatie (10k)
Yup, I wasn’t going to miss Lallmatie, and what I mean Flacq or Bel Air, those figures do not include the nearby villages of Argy, Caroline etc. They’re purely these villages. So if you add the numbers of the nearby villages, you’ll see that Lallmatie (10)+Bon Accueil (7)+Brisée Verdière (6)+St Julian(3) gives the same size as the No 2 village of Goodlands, and almost the population of No 1 Triolet.
Roads are coming up good – with the Belle Rive to Quartier Militaire direct road works visible when you travel from Alma to Quartier Militaire; Salazie straightening and Ripailles road works for the new motorway. I’m so eager to drive on these roads and see how much time can be saved by bypassing the busy roads. No, I won’t say that it’s because of the minister in the region…
Recently traffic has grown so heavy on the usual roads near St Pierre – Moka and Reduit that the quickest way is to pass via Bagatelle if you are going from St Pierre to Reduit – in the morning (and in the peak 5 pm afternoon on Thursdays). I wonder why Thursday is the day of the week where you have the jammest Moka…
What do you think?
10 Aug 2011
by bhootin Cars - Automobile Tags: 2011, bipper, bonus, carbon, co2, colt, green, hatchback, malus, march, mauritius, mitsubishi, motormag, new, nissan, nv200, partner, peugeot, pollution, tax, vanette
It’s good to see the award winning NV 200 (the new Nissan Vanette) reaching our shores for about Rs 600,000. Now the Peugeot Bipper/Partner has a contender. Although the Bipper is more affordable and comes in more economical diesel engine, hardcore Japanese fans.
Good to see as well is the new Micra with a 1.2 L 3-cylinder new engine that’s going to be able to compete with peers for fuel economy. Coupled with a 7-year 100,000 km warranty, ABC Motors knows its business. I guess many Mauritians won’t see the a-bit-dull looks and lower quality (according to foreign journalists).
The Mitsubishi Colt is finally here, abeit the older model. I hope they advertise that it has SIX (6) seats as opposed to 5 for all other hatchbacks in its category (Vitz, Fit, Demio, 207, Fiesta).
Finally the introduction of the green tax soon will be a good thing. It’ll be a system similar to France with bonus and mallus applied depending on your car’s CO2 (carbon dioxide) emission. To be honest, I think the bonus is way too little. It should have been More
01 Apr 2011
by bhootin Rants Tags: 2.2, 3g, android, apn, broadband, config, configuration, emtel, froyo, hsdpa, htc, internet, legend, mobile, orange, phone
After trying to get the config sent via Emtel’s website, I decided to Google a bit before calling or visiting Emtel. HTC wasn’t their list.
I found the simplest solution on yasir03′s blog, I just created a new connection and put the apn to web. And here’s my first mobile post…
29 Jan 2011
by bhootin Finance & Stocks
Last year the market was low in February/March, and many stocks peaked in November/December. Let’s see if that happens again this year! I’ve sold some with profit late last year: ENL Commercial, CMPL, Fincorp, BMH… Too bad NRL didn’t pick up…
29 Jan 2011
by bhootin Lallmatie & Mauritius Tags: alimentaire, big, cane, durable, estate, food, government, ile, import, maurice, mid, planters, securite, security, small, sugar, vegetables
In a time where the big sugar estates are divesting from sugar production, how come the government is helping small sugarcane to save money for the next harvest? So contrary! Especially when we import so many vegetables from abroad, these same planters should be helped so that they switch to vegetables and fruit production. That would help in constructing our food security and Maurice Ile Durable… But at least, they’re helping people in need you’d say…
29 Jan 2011
by bhootin Lallmatie & Mauritius Tags: bad, chance, credit, decision, education, fail, hsc, minister, mitd, opportunity, pass, sc, students, tertiary, vocational, wrong
Among all the good decisions taken by the government these days, there comes one that goes backwards. Today the Minister of Education announced that only 3 credits will be required to promote SC students to take HSC, compared to 4 credits. This is bad, because these students who did not get enough credits are wasting their time, THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT ACADEMICS – They are definitely good at doing something else. Vocational courses is the way for them. More
20 Jan 2011
by bhootin Cars - Automobile Tags: axio, beechand, cars, closed, corolla, daihatsu, E120, E140, fail, hand, marketing, mauritius, second, sure, toyota, used, vitz
While local competitors are increasing their second-hand vehicle sales, it’s not surprising that the local dealer of Toyota (ex Beechand) is closing its Toyota Sure, used car division. Why it’s not surprising, it’s because of their bad service, excessive prices, and incorrect models sold…
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05 Jan 2011
by bhootin Rants Tags: mahabharat, MBC, rant
I feel bad not having blogged the past weeks. Missed the commenting of the big gambling episodes of Mahabharat. The points are simple:
- When you’re on a losing streak, STOP!
- Even better, do not gamble for valuable things!
- When your elders are doing something bad (and you’re realising), you should stop them! Or it can end into losing everything. If any one of the brothers had stopped Yudhisthir from putting at stake his kingdom…
- A woman saved the day in that episode, despite being mistreated! How many women are still mistreated these days, yet they take care of their parents, children and themselves…
With this year, I plan to launch a few online products… Like someone said, anyone can get ideas, but to make them become a business requires execution, planning and perseverance!
22 Nov 2010
by bhootin Lallmatie & Mauritius, Rants, TV Serials Critique Tags: ba, budget, critic, jugnauth, ksbkbt, like, MBC, pravind, rama, sithanen, tax, tulsi
I feel bad not having blogged for weeks, and missed Ba’s funeral on Facebook. Here we are finally, the end of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, aka. Tulsi over here… Happy to see 112y+ Ba and 64y Tulsi finally disappeared. I hope nobody remembers them… They should remember the villains: Ansh, Trupti etc…
I’ll have to write a full blog on the goods and bads of the budget 2011… The grave thing is that the government is spending nearly 20B (90B vs 70B) over it’s revenues, in times that businesses and themselves have shouted crisis! There are some good measures for the middle class, and for taxing the upper classes more but… the actual minister is no expert in the matter, and simply cannot match the former finance minister!
01 Nov 2010
by bhootin Philsophy & Religion, TV Serials Critique Tags: atlantis, brave, city, coward, defence, dwarika, mahabharat, strategy, war
One episode last month mentioned war as a last resort by Krishna. Considering other alternatives to war is bravery. Wisdom in moving away from war can be seen as cowardice by others, but these ignorants should be ignored. Thus, Krishna calls to leave the vulnerable Mathura for a new kingdom, Dwarika, with higher defence city. More
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