Deluge in Mauritius- 30 March 2013

170mm in 4hr... and 11 deaths!

Who’s to be blamed?

The Government? The meteorologists? The Engineers who designed the flyover or Caudan Waterfront? The people for polluting the atmosphere?

Where’s the structural problem?

The roads ? The drains? Blocked water pipes ? Or did they assume the tunnel subway to be the evacuation chamber when designing the whole stuff?

The downpour not only took the lives of so many people, but is also responsible for some tangible losses: many houses were flooded, cars were destroyed and other buildings were severly damaged! Guess Insurance companies would have a busy week!

This is the first time we're witnessing such a calamitous situation in our little 'heavenly' island. My sincere condolence to all the people who lost someone dear to them, and also to those who've become homeless...

I wonder what would have happened if this would have happened during the weekdays with students all around.. :/

And as The PM announced, tommorow, 1st April 2013 will be a Public Holiday in memory of the persons who lost their lives... :(

Photo Crefits: Facebook (Sorry could not acknowledge each photo-owner personally cos of all the Shares).

Another Gang Rape in India :/

After the gang-rape of a 23 year old student on a bus in Delhi 3 month ago, a Swiss woman, aged 39 years old has been gang raped in a the state of Madhya Pradesh last Friday!

The woman, along with her husband, were camping overnight at a village when they were attacked by 8-10 men! The aggressors got the over hand on the husband before sexually assailing the woman... :/ To top it off, the assailants even stole the valuables stuffs the couple had on them! 

Is India a safe place for women?

Accodring to TrustLaw, India has been ranked as the worst G20 country in which to be a woman! Crimes related to raping is on the growth, with a rise of 9.2% over the previous year. Not to mention the several kidnapping cases or murder over the dowry payments, torture, woman trafficking...

"Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women."

Source: bbc.co.uk/

It was only last week that we celebrated International Women's Day, but don't you think that women are being disrespected, sexually discriminated? Not only in India, but all around the world?

Maybe we've built highways, huge buildings but our minds are becoming narrower and more perverted! Families are breaking, values are being jeopardized... We may be gaining more and more knowledge, but at the expense of possessing Wisdom! 

Can a teacher call a student stupid?

Defn of stupid: Lack of intelligence, understanding, slow to learn…

Does that mean if we suck at Math, we’re stupid?

Definitely NO!!!

A small anecdote: My maths teacher would often refer us as being stupid/retarded cos we’re not understandin any shit he is explainin! He would even say, I quote, “You need to be clever to do Maths, which you are not!”

Soo, can a teacher call a student “stupid”?

A teacher, by no means, should call a student stupid or retarded! A teacher’s job is to explain you when you don’t understand something, and not the opposite! As one of my teacher said: “A teacher is a guide, someone to make a difference! Someone who should treat the students the same way he treats his own child…”

Teachers should have good pedagogical skills:

Effective teachers use an array of teaching strategies because there is no single, universal approach that suits all situations. 

Different strategies used in different combinations with different groupings of students will improve learning outcomes. 

Some strategies are better suited to teaching certain skills and fields of knowledge than are others. Some strategies are better suited to certain student backgrounds, learning styles and abilities. (Souce: http://the-teacher.wikispaces.com/Pedagogy+-+Teaching+and+Learning+Strategies)

Besides, intelligence has to do with your capability to learn new things & think intuitively, creatively. I really think that being street smart is far more important than being book smart! Book smart will get you through your calculus class, but it will not get you through life! Math is just a learned skill, you just need to study them enough until eventually you can just memorize most of the information!

Personally, I think that street smart and common sense skills are much more important than something in a book… :)

You can also check out: What defines a good teacher? 

Best Moments of Life

To fall in Love.

To be loved.

Receiving a call/text from your loved one when you are alone

First Crush..

To see an old friend and feel that nothing has changed...

Laughing with your friends till ypur stomach aches :D

Doing stupid things wit your best friends

Late night outs!!!

To get a phone call that says class is cancelled.

To touch the fingers of newly born.

To wake up and realize there's still time to sleep.

To see your parents smile when you are its reason 

To clear your last exam.

Listening to a song that reminds you of someone.

To pee after having to hold it up for some time.

Walking in the rain...

Why i dnt like my University.. :/

Im currently studyin' Engineering and im already in my II semester & i really hate the system they use at our University.

1. Everything is exam-oriented! They are not preparing us for the job world but rather only on how to pass the exams! Everytime the teacher would explain some stuff in class, eventually he would need to say: "Ok, so this part carries 5 marks for exams" and bla bla bla... :/ 

This really sucks cos wat's the use of having an Engineering Degree if you don't even know how the job world really is! 

Engineering Fact

The only thing you type on your Final Year Engineering Project is your name, roll number & group number...

Everything else is: CTRL+C and CTRL+V

2. The teachers would only stick to what is there in the syllabus and would not bother to tell us about the applications where we would use these stuffs in real life!

There's no such thing as innovation, but we needa stufy only exam-related materials...

Engineering Fact

I study... I rake the test!

I pass it...

I forget what I learned...

I start a new Semester!...

3. Personally, for my I-Semester exams, you could just have answered some previous years questionnaires and sit for the exams! 

The questions are merely a repetition of previous years ones.. Sooo, are the students really learning something or they are just learning the answers by heart? 

Engineering Fact

Exams don't test what you know. They test how well you can study the night before the test.

1 Like = $1, 1 Pray, 1 Shit!

Newest craze on fb: "If i get 1000+ Likes, my (some shit) will do (some shit) for me.."

Parents please!! You love your kids, so there's no need to use 'em to get likes!!! I wonder if in the future they would have to 'beg' for likes to get food!!!

Another shit: 1 Like = $1

 

If fb was really goin' to donate some dollars for every like, there would have been some Official Notice about that (maybe on your home page or other kinda notifications), and not some dumbass stuff about 1 Like=$1...!!!

Just a meme i guess...

1 Like = 1 Prayer

So 1 like=1 pray, 1 comment=10 prays & 1 share=100 prays?

Where does this arithmetic comes from? Is it because commentin' on the picture requires more time, more energy or idk wat kinda shit!! & on top of that, 100 prays for 1 share?? Sharin a picture must be such a tiresome task...

And the last one:

Guess the magic trick?? 

Tadaaaaaaa: Nothin!!!

In a nutshell, some ppl are creatin' lutsa stupid ideas about 1 like= somethin, and many ppl are buyin' it and eventually, they're likin, commentin' & sharin' these stuffs.. How far will human stupidity go with the increasin' number of Social Networkin Sites??

Facebook=Personal Diary?

Nowadays, some people consider their Facebook profile to be their Personal Diary.. They wud post all kinda personal stuffs rangin' from what they are eatin to whom they are f*ckin!!!

Here are some posts I've seen on my news feed:

1. I'm at (some place) wit (tag some friends) !! Im havin such a great timeeeee! 

Bitch please! If u were really havin a great time, with your FRIENDS, you wudnt be postin' a status simultaneously...

2.Smokin (some stuffs)

3. Drinking (some stuffs) with (tag some ppl)

 & they would even post photos:

4. Its rainin' outside!!!

Im sure, very soon, im goin' to see somethin like this:

Boyfriend & girlfriend havin' sex.. Boy says: "Wait i need to update my facebook status that im fckin' you & we're havin a nice time.."

:/

On top of that, Facebook has now come wit some texts in their posting space... In the past, it was std: What's happening ?

Now:

Sounds creepy, but looks like Facebook wants to know everythin' that you're doin or you've been doin'..

To top it off, check out this video which is about: Facebook v/s Reality... Enjoy xx

How hard is it to keep a promise?

Definition of the word ‘promise’: 

assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; undertake or declare that something will happen.

How many times has anyone broken the promises they made to you? And how many times have you broken yours?

Every day people make promises to each other.

Promises can be the stuffs people say to win the elections ranging to a father promising to teach his son to ride a bicycle after he returns from work or simply the promises someone made to their better-half.

Sometimes due to some unforeseen circumstances we cannot keep our words. It may be due to lack of time, budget or simply lack of will!

But personally, all people should keep their promises whatever the age group or the magnitude of the promise made; otherwise, they just don't have to make any promises that they don't intend to keep.