General Mauritius

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. … More

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. Although it really suits me to be here for the time being for personal...

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. … More

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. Although it really suits me to be here for the time being for personal...

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. Although it really suits me to be here for the time being for personal...

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why is Ebene so over-rated?

Its been nearly 4 months since I’m back in Ebene after an office relocation from the capital of the island. Although it really suits me to be here for the time being for personal...

22 Dec 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Things to know about sending your kid to kindergarten / preschool / garderie

  Hello everyone! If you are a big fan of the blog, you will probably remember the series of posts talking about “Parenthood“, namely with the articles about getting married, and then, getting pregnant and...

03 Nov 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

I tried the KFC Chizza…

Today, I tested the new KFC Chizza for you! Well, while scrolling my Facebook news-feed this morning, I came across the KFC’s post about their new item, the KFC Chizza. The nearest KFC outlet...

17 Oct 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Paying bills using Orange Money for the first time. You should too!

Although the service “Orange Money” has been around for a few years now, I have always queued up in the post office to pay my utility bills. Despite it took me only some minutes,...

18 Sep 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Mone fini travay, laisse mo al lakaaz….

“Mone fini travay, laisse mo al lakaaz….” Fin de citation du Ministre Nando Bodha lorsqu’un journaliste a essayé de lui aborder afin de lui poser des questions. Pendant ce temps, des gens ont vu...

01 Sep 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Bye bye Port Louis

Ever since I started working, I have been greatly in love with Port Louis. For one minute, just forget the busy traffic and think about the number of shops, restaurants, hawkers playing hide and...

14 Aug 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Best “mine bouille” in town… euh… Mauritius

Hi! I have definitely not eaten every “mine bouille” (boiled noodles) in every snack or restaurant of the island but many of my facebook friends / followers definitely envy me each time I post...

11 Aug 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Why did the Metro Express Early works notice disappear?

If you drove from Caudan Flyover towards Port Louis during the past days, you probably noticed some changes along this specific part of the motorway. Trees were being cut down in the green space...

04 Aug 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Are road infractions increasing due to police inefficiency in enforcing law?

Today, a car took a wrong lane in front of me. Typical day you would say and thousand of drivers experience the same situation every single day. I agree. But when two police officer...

27 Jun 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

SBM (finally) launched its mobile banking apps!

Long due since the launch of their new banking system (including a new Internet Banking web site) back in September 2016, the mobile apps have finally been publicly announced yesterday. Designed to run on...

22 Jun 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

What’s going on beyond the veil during the Indian wedding ceremony?

For those who have ever attended and most importantly, paid special attention to the details during the religious ceremony, you have probably noticed that at a point of time, a veil covers the nearly...

22 May 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Public holidays 2018 for Mauritius

Hi everyone! As reported in the press late this evening, the list of public holidays for year 2018 has been approved and the list goes as follows : Interesting facts : Only 2 public holidays...

12 May 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

[Port Louis] Reserving public parking slots as your private property…

Several months back, I posted a picture of a vehicle which was very badly parked. On top of being parked on the pavement itself, the driver parked that 4×4 in such a way that...

02 May 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

Mauritius Police motocycle rider now with helmet action cam

Another quick post : Several days ago, I posted on Facebook that I came across a woman police officer with an action camera attached to her helmet. Fortunately today, I managed to grab some...

08 Mar 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life

[Guest post] Creating Mauritian games for Google Play

Hello everyone! Some days back, when Vipin got in touch with me to share links to his Android games he created himself, I had absolutely no idea that he was an architect by profession,...

05 Mar 2017, Yashvin, pages of my life