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I virtually won, then really would lose my money.I virtually won !
A couple of weeks ago, a very nice Lady phoned me from Hong Kong. Her Company is celebrating an anniversary and their Sponsors are being generous. I received 2 Scratch Tickets. One of these read :
Congratulations !
You won the 2nd prize which is USD 100,000.00 CASH !
To claim your prize, phone No. ----------------(I do not mention the number here). So, being always curious what People could be up to, I phoned to find out. Still that same nice Lady talked to me. She wanted an ID from me. So, I faxed the Winning Ticket and my Driver's Licence, not my National ID.
After a few phone calls, that nice Lady informed me that my price of USD 100,000.00 was ready to be transferred, but there is a 15% Tax to be paid to enable the transfer. So, they will pay 10%, but I must transfer 5% to their account. 5% would roughly amount to Rs. 150,000.00.
Shall I take the risk to send out Rs. 150,000.00 as part of the 15% Tax, and then receive my winning of Rs. 3,000,000.00 ?
1. Suppose the whole story s true. If I do not send out my share of 5% Tax, then, I receive nothing !
2. If the story is not true, I send out my share of 5% Tax, I lose Rs. 150,000.00 which makes me the most stupid Man in the world.
The French say " Un tu le tiens, deux, tu l'auras ! " meaning " One you have it, two you will have it, but not sure !" That French saying, translated in the local dialect, it sounds very much like " Ene ti licien vaut deux ti lerats or A little dog is same value of two little rats ! " Funny, isn't it ?
LOTO has arrived to Mauritius.LOTO has arrived to Mauritius. 1 bet of 6 digits out of 40 digits at Rs. 20.00 = 1 out of 2 763 633 600 chances (possibilities).
Since 2 weeks, for the first time, Mauritians are betting in the LOTO ! Saturday 7th November 2009, we had the first result :
NO ONE WON.
So, the next Jackpot will be Rs. 12,000,000.00 + Rs. 5,000,000.00 = Rs. 17,000,000.00.
Probably more Mauritians will bet or bet more. They simply do not realize what are the chances for them to win the Jackpot.
Choose 6 out of 40 : You must tick 6 out of 40 digits or numbers.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 .
So, what is your chance to win ? You must apply the mathematical " nCr ". 1 out of 2 763 633 600 chances. How it works ?
It looks like a mere EASY 6 out of 40, but what is under the hood ? There is a sequence of 1 out of 40, then 1 out of 39, then 1 out of 38, then 1 out of 37, then 1 out of 36, then 1 out of 35 . So, 40 X 39 X 38 X 37 X36 X 35 = 2 763 633 600 possibilities that we call chances !
A Win is merely a coincidence rather than a LUCK ! I bet Rs. 200.00 because I was interested to study the mathematics behind the system. Of course, I lost my Rs. 200.00 !
Your Wife may be waiting for Milk Powder ! Think first before you throw your money into the LOTO !
Do you believe in "The Law Of Attraction" ? Yes, the LOTO can attract YOU ! Grand Pa used to say : "Everybody is stupid, except those who are not !". It was a way to help us Children to react against what attracts us for the worse !
I assume that all the balls in the draw have the same size and weight, to the very nearest, and same are being used in all subsequent draws. I do not think there is a sequence or pattern in the subsequent results. Some People claim they can find out and sell their secrets on the net, up to US$ 100.00 per book. Grand Pa is right : " Everybody is stupid, except those who are not ! " Nostalgia : Craig Douglas, a Voice to remember !Nostalgia : Craig Douglas, a Voice to remember !
Craig Douglas was one of my favourite Singers. This makes me remember Connie Francis "Lipstick on your collar !". Those were the years when Friends were Friends. We were all focussed on romantic songs and music. We were moulded into Love and Friendship. Hatred was nowhere : Love was everywhere ! Romantic Songs and Musics were at every corner of the roads. Never heard that a Terrorist blew himself, killing so many People ! Craig's songs : * Pretty Blue Eyes, * Only Sixteen, * Time, * A Teenager In Love, * Hello Spring, * A Hundred Pounds Of Clay, The Heart of a Teenage Girl Who Is Only Seventeen ! Where Is The Girl I Never Met. Those were the years. Nostalgia : Craig Douglas, a Voice to remember ! From the site of my Friend, Laird, I read " My heart has left its dwelling-place Buy Craig Douglas' CDs on the net. A good investment in romantic songs, hitting the Teenagers of that time, your Mum and Dad ! I think !
The first to eat ! R E X
  R E X
Always focusing. Wonder if he is thinking.
REX means King in Latin. Indeed, he is. Rex is always the first to eat in the Family. Well, it appears that in the old days, Kings never ate first because of obvious reasons.
In a previous blog, I told how he was ill. Only a few weeks old, he suffered a liver problem. The Vet gave him all the medicines, the best. I was ready to trade his health recovery against my car. I fed him every hour with 20 ml of medicated water.
 Today Rex is a happy Dog, very attentive, very loving.
Rex loves the water droplets on large flowers. He is no more allowed because he often destroys the flowers.
 He also likes to drink straight from the garden hose. Paul and Virginie.
Crossing a river. In my opinion, at that time, Paul must have had more stuffy hair. Virginie with longer hair. Paul and Virginie. (When legend comes true !) Paul and Virginie were Children of two French families who migrated to Ile de France (now Mauritius), before 1810. At that time, there were no aeroplanes. They travelled by ship. At that time, there were no concrete houses and tall buildings. They lived in low huts in the fresh air of Nature; plenty of trees around, scores of birds singing, the sound of the water flowing in a nearby river, the constant caress of the breezes, etc. It appeared that worries and stress were unknown to them. Both Families lived next to each other, and in very good relationship. The family of Paul was not rich. The family of Virginie was rather well off. So it was as in many love stories’ crisis. Paul and Virginie fell in love. Their story would have been too perfect ! Virginie’s Parents decided that she must go back to France for education and higher studies. The disaster started. Already being a nice girl, Virginie had no choice than to obey her Parents. So, she had to go back to France as planned. There was a touching and tearing farewell. Imagine the day before the departure of Virginie. Months passed. Paul waited for the letters of Virginie. Hey, can you imagine if they had the chat possibilities with webcam ? Ha ha ha ! Being a islander, Virginie could not live that high social life in France and always thinking of her Paul. So, she returned back to Ile de France. Her ship was the “Saint Gerant”. The day of her return, there was bad weather. The sea was wild. The “Saint Gerant” was knocked against the rocks. Everybody had to leave the ship for his safely. Do you know the clothes of the Ladies at that time ? No way to swim when you were wearing such clothes. A man asked Virginie to take off her clothes, and he would try to help her to swim to safely despite that wild sea. Virginie did not want to undress herself. She stayed on deck. After the weather calmed down, Virginie's lifeless body was found in shallow sea on a beach, the beach name is now “The Tombeau Bay” meaning the "Bay of the Grave". Can you imagine the life of little Paul then after ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_et_Virginie
Learn something about the Island of Paul and Virginie, over 2 centuries later : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius Mountains.Mountains.
I love the Mountain ranges. In Mauritius, they are not very high, but still they look like Giants looking over us !
      Hibiscus.Hibiscus.
Originally the Hibiscus is red. Tampering with the genetics of the Hibiscus, they have produced the other colours. Only Mother Nature should play with the genetics of all things. Man tampering with could be a danger. Anyway, those large flowers are beautiful.
   Jamalacs The Jamalacs are tropical fruits with a sweet sour taste. I do not know if they have an English equivalent name.
There is another fruit of the same type that we call " Jeanbosse ".
Children used to love these fruits. Now, we do not see much of them, but instead, we see concrete houses and buildings !
My friend, Kate, has mailed a complete documentation. This fruit is known under different names in different countries. The one that I find most appropriate is the " Bell fruit " due to the bell shape of the Jamalac. Alone. A little stroll before sunset.A little stroll before sunset.
    La Chanson de Prevert Serge Gainsbourg's " La Chanson de Prevert "
Alone. A little stroll.Alone. A little stroll.
    Alone.
A little stroll in the cool air of the eveninng. Good to recharge the Soul and refresh the body.
Mother Nature's Painting.
Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius The visible and beyond. I set the " While Balance " of my SLR Pentax istDL to " Cloudy ". This set up sees more the red in a Sunset. The lights conditions, too, must be right, otherwise try again another day ! Good Luck !
The following is from : K.R. Cards, P.O. Box 422, London NW6 4BN copyrighted 1975 K.R. Cards. I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant ! The Thumb Mountain
Thumb Mountain, viewed from Port Louis, the Capital City. Tall buildings, too many tall buildings in the Capital, are hiding our Thumb Mountain. I was a Boy, and enjoyed climbing the mountains. This one was always my favourite. The elderly Persons said that the Mountain has a Spirit. Yes, I think so. You have to believe it, and you will see it. Next time, I go to the City, I will take a picture of the Thumb Mountain when darkness falls. I will post it here soon. My first Computer.My first Computer.
That was years ago. I bought my first Computer.
I was tired to do textiles costing in a copybook. So, I decided I need e-help.
 At that time, without experience, I just thought that the Computer will do the work for me. I was surprised to see that it was an empty machine. I had to programme it to make it useful to me.
So, I started to learn the BASIC Language. I learned during one Saturday night and half a Sunday. I did the programming. I tested the machine from the figures I had in my copybook. All the answers were correct.
The next Monday morning, I started the inputs directly from the Textiles Cutting Table :
* Length of mattress.
* Width of mattress.
* No. of tubular folds etc.
The consumption per piece of garment was calculated instantly. Everybody came to see the magic of the machine.
Ever since, I did not have to waste time working out the consumption per garment.
At that time, many, many years ago, it looked magical !
A couple of years later, I travelled to Germany. I bought the Commodore 64. Back to Mauritius, I bought the Commodore 128. Later I bought other Computers IBM compatible as we used to call them. Many years after, I bought computers and Laptops with Windows, making life much, much easier.
Today Computer programming has evolved with Visual Basic, C, C++, C# etc. etc. Scores of languages available to help programming. I always joke : " Insomnia People can be good Programmers ". Not really ! You need be very logical, with some memory to retain what you are doing.
 Sunset buries the day.
The visible and beyond. The Car Parking of the Supermarkets.The Car Parking of the Supermarkets.
Always funny !
Many People hand carry or pushing a carriage (Caddie ?) full of goods they bought. Why should they spend so much time to locate where they parked their cars ? !!!!!!
The Suprmarket Car Parking locations are : A, B, C, D, E, F etc. Many years ago, I, too, was always wasting my time looking for my car. All too often we look quite away from the area where we really park our car ! So, I decided to help myself.
1. I always park my car away from the other cars. This helps me to visually find it.
2. Trying to remember location A, B, C, or M is stupid. It goes to the short term, temporary memory. Forgotten by the time you enter the Supermarket and come out ! To remember, in my mind, I label E for ELENA or C for CAROL or R for ROSY. So, I do not forget.
This morning I saw a Wife and Husband discussing heatedly about where their Car was parked ! The Wife was worried and in a hurry because their Child shitted in his clothes, the smell attracted a couple of stray Dogs. It was the Wife that had all the cleaning work to do ! Hope they will together have a peaceful lunch later ! The Royal Pioneer Corps.The Royal Pioneer Corps.
 Royal Pioneer Corps copper buttons.
 Many Mauritians, including a few of my Relatives, served under the British Flag during the Second World War. After the War, the Royal Pioneer Corps stayed in Mauritius for a number of years. Then, they left. I cannot remember the year.
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  The Defence Medal.
 I was a small Boy, and very attentive to what was being said around me. I loved the stories of the World War II events, dreaming I were a Soldier. No doubt, many of the stories were told to please Children. Only later that I learned the factual events.
If I remember well, the Mauritians of the Royal Pioneer Corps were mainly serving in the Middle East.
I learned that " Corps " is pronounsed " Corp " without sounding the S, otherwise it would sound as " Corpse ", meaning something very different.
The arrivals and departures of Ships at Port Louis harbour were always interesting events. From time to time I managed to climb onboard as I had a few Relatives travelling as part of the Troops.
There was no fax or email at that time. All correspondences were done by mailing Letters. I was a small boy and always believed that it was the Birds that brought the Letters overseas. My Mum always had a little symbolic brooch pinned on her dress :
 Souvenir of my Mum.
I have no bone of hers to keep; so I keep her brooch. I recovered a few pictures that I want to share. Those ships were Liners, carrying Troops :
 H.M.T. Empire Halladale.
 H.T. Lancashire
 M.V. Cheshire
 M.V. Devonshire
I am looking for the picture of " M.V. Empire Ken ". If you have one, please send it to me.
Rick from Australia graciously sent me a picture of the s.s. Empire Ken. Thank you very much Rick.
 S.S. Empire Ken
""" British Ministry of Transport's EMPIRE KEN. She was originally German East Africa Line's UBENA of 1928. Handed over to Great Britain in 1945; scrapped in 1957 """.
Of all the ships I have known, the ss Empire Ken was and is still my favourite. The name sounds good to my ears.
The s.s. Empire Ken was scrapped in 1957. It was like murdering a living Being.
The Family had good relations with many of the British Service men. One of them was Captain Golden. When he left Mauritius, he gave us many of his kitchenwares. I have kept a Beer Bug as a souvenir of him.
 Captain Golden, wherever you may be " Cheers ! "
If you knew Captain Golden, please let me know.
A Ship was diverted to Mauritius. On board were Jews fleeing Europe. 127 of them died here:
 I am not sure of the name of the Ship. It could be the Exodus or Patria or another one. If you have a picture of that Ship, please send it to me. Thank you.
The years are gone,
Memory lingers on !
I have been looking for 2 Friends, both were in the Royal Navy : * Gerald Albiston
* Cris Selby
If you know them, please post a message. Thank you.
Vaya Con Dios.Vaya Con Dios. Do you still remember how many Farewells you bid ? Here is a nice song. Is not Mother Nature hitting hard ?Is not Mother Nature hitting hard ?
Have you seen what happened in Taiwan ?
Humans are emptying underneath the soil and filling the high atmosphere with CO2 ! Now they want to go into outer space to recover Helium 3 to be used in nuclear fusion.
Mother Nature has sent the Swine Flu H1N1 to Mauritius, too. Over 30 cases recorded and 4 died already, from Baby to 50 year old.
What next ? You simply can't beat Mother Nature !
Will one day our Sea stop glittering ?
 Ile aux Cerfs (Island of the Stags), Mauritius.
Will one day our Sunset be veiled by clouds of pollutions created by Humans ?
 Taken from a pizzaria in Beau Bassin town, Mauritius.
The Sun is setting near the region of Flic-en-Flac beach.
 Sunset at Flic-en-Flac beach, Mauritius.
   On my way towards the North of Mauritius, seeing the
sun setting in the West.
 A Sunday evening at Flic-en-Flac beach, Mauritius.
My Car and my Pentax istDL Camera are part of myself. The eyes of the heart are more sensitive than the eyes of the head. Enjoy my pictures. They are all yours to copy and keep. And one more :
 Taken from Jumbo Supermarket, Riche Terre, Mauritius.
 A special thought to my Dog " Beauty ".
Hope she is somewhere in the setting sun.
Scarborough Fair.A beautiful voice is a joy to the ears.
I imagine a pair of large white wings behind Sarah Brightman would have made her an Angel in my imagination. How I would like her to be my guardian Angel !
Yes, I'd like to go to Scarborough Fair with you, singing all the way " Yes, we are going to Scarborough Fair " ! Scarborough Fair. Are you going to Scarborough Fair ? My Heart and my Sunset to a beautiful voice :
Feel it !Concierto de Aranjuez
( Aranjuez, mon Amour )
Concierto de Atanjuez was composed in 1939, by the Spanish Composer Joaquin Rodrigo. He described the Concerto itself as capturing " the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing of fountains "in the garden of Aranjuez ( Wikipedia ).
Rodrigo, blind since age three, was a Pianist.
MADOFF.MADOFF
Why jail Madoff ?
Why not congratulate him ?
Who could be MAD enough to give his or her money, dreaming that the money will multiply by X times ?
I always entrust to others what I can afford to lose, but never give all my money, my shirts, my trousers and my slips. I am not MAD enough ! OK, you may be MAD, but not stupid.
Do you know the story of the short Guy who prepaid a large sum as commission to an Agent who was selling the Eifel Tower ? The Hackers.The Hackers.
Here is a nice story of Kevin Mitnick. Q & A . Kevin Mitnick, from ham operator to fugitive to consultant
Is it ok to penetrate into the computer system of Somebody else ? Of course not, but it also brought better development to harden the hacked system. You cannot stop progress !
Researchers, Scientists hack Mother Nature Systems, don't they ? Our global punishment is what we are experiencing now and in the not far distant future !
Mother Nature is hardening her Systems ! Was it Fate ?Was it Fate ?
The Air France Flight AF 447 was hit by an Event that fatally caught 228 People on board.
Was it Fate ?
I imagine Events as lines of all shapes and thicknesses crossing one another, making an incredible Network. An intercrossing of the lines or Events could be good or bad or simply fatal for a Person who happens to be there. How a Person could be at an intercrossing of the lines ? Here, it all depends on the following :
* Incidences,
* Coincidences,
* Correlations,
* Chances,
and can you add to this list of possibilities.
Observations, thinking, actions / reactions etc. often help us from going at the said intersections, or simply stop at the right moment ! So, we have a lucky escape !
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