Mater Dei nimium pedes

Marija Omm Alla kemm hem x'timxi haq l£&*%^£*

Ghadni gej mil-open day tal-Isptar l-gdid f'tal Qroqq. kemm ghadna bix nidandu. X'naqa sptar ghadna. Imma nimagina hadd ma jrid jerga jarah, ax la darba jiftah, ma tkunx al xi haga sabiha zgur.

Attivitajiet ghal-familja kollha. Jien vera li mort fl-4 ta wara nofs i-nhar imma listands li jiprovdu informazjoni dwar is sahha kienu maghluqa. Hekka gejt ninforma ruhi jiena. Imma nsomma. Kif kont em, amilt naqa testijiet tal obesita, presjoni u zokkor. Kolox baxx, ek li kif tlaqt mil-isptar, girja wahda ghand tal-helu u nfaqt Lm4 cikkulata f'minuta.

Hekk, waqt li qed ngawdi naqa dark choclate ta l-isvizzra, niprova ndahhal naqa tomgha bnina bix itaffi l-imrar li hrigt bih llum ... xtaqt nidilkhom dal kelmtejn.

Hekk kif dhalna l-isptar, bdejna nizlin l-car park, lewwel erbgha sulari nofshom vojta imma mux permess parking - carpark, parking ...hemm xi haga hazina jew jien mhux ok?

hekk kif inzilna 5 sular, morna al lift, u kull sular ahna u telghin l fuq il-hin kollu jiqaf al xi 2 li telghin u nizlin fil lift ax nesew fejn iparkjaw l karozza tahom. Madunna bix tiftakar numru daqshek dificli? Ma jafux li dak kollu hela ta dawl? Mhux bizejjed ha jkun jahli daqs Ghawdex kollu, xi 2 fidili telghin u nizlin az-zobb ikun jonqos. Ekonomija!!! fejnha?

Zgur mux fil Mater Dei. Xhin tidhol fis sala, kollha rham, fiha iktar min misrah il-helsien f'bieb l-Belt. Qahba dak kollu ghalfejn? Mela sabulna iz-zejt l-unjoni? Imma first impression counts jghidu, u ek hu. Ghax xhin inhares wara ir reception nara 3 klandestini libsin l flok tal cleaners mexjin u jicacraw b'karetta daqs kristu mahmuga pesti, kolha zeba, li naqta rasi li gabuha mahom min pajjizhom fuq id-dghajsa. X'dizaztru madonna. Qas jisthu? Waqqaw sptar ghan nejk. U dan li jhaddem, li ma jmurx jihdu seba u sebghin sena f'sormu, qalmadonnni bis-suwed gej? biex jghatuhom hamex xelini u hobza tal-malti flok lm1.60 lil-Malti?

haga wahda naf, li jekk dawn behsibhom jihdu mater-dei b'xejn, l-Maltin iqattawh l-isptar l-gdid. Jifqawh zgur alla. Wara tant sagrificji u flus mit taxxi tal poplu, u issa li is-servizzi tas-sahha ma jibqawx bxejn, jek dawn behsibhom jihdu labra tal-inxir min hemm gew, hazin ghalihom, u ghal-min ikun komplici mahom.


Dominus vobiscum, or else Good game!

What kind of Middle-Earth character do you feel like today?

If Elves are good archers and Dwarfs are great swordsmen, calling them so is not Racism. There's nothing more pointless than playing with words to create a peacful and spring-time ambient for a chilly and sharp-edge situation.

What kind of Middle-Earth character do I feel like today? I feel the fury and hard-headed apporach of the Dwarf. Give me a scottish accent, great mines with plenty of food and beer in the halls. We can live by ourselves, and still be friends and trade with our neighbours. There are no uninvited visitors. GG to all.

What is Europe?

Last week someone asked me: "What does Europe mean to you", and I replied

"I really feel Europe when I visit a restaurant managed with English Standards, set up and served in French new renaissance architecture and beauty, offered a Maltese Loaf, spread with Irish butter, A glass of Scottish mik, beefed up with Italian Salami and to finish off, a dark smooth Swiss Choclate. Then I'm driven home in a German car.

Are we going to keep this beautiful europe, and be proud of it. Say no to Globalisation. These are the icons that make up the culture of each nation. Support it. If you don't, then we can say "GG Europe" and give it to strangers.


Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

Hmm ... I can almost smell them ...

Don't you love the smell of burning yankees? I sure prefer it to that of exams on the doorstep. Tomorrow I have my firs exam, optimisation ... it's how lecturers measure the limits of your brain by various theorems and proofs like:


Proof: Since the set F is bounded, f(x) is bounded below on F.Since F 
= ∅, there exists v =infx∈F f(x). By definition, for any
> 0, the set F = {x∈F : v≤f(x) ≤v+
}is non-empty. Let
k →0as k→∞,and let xk ∈F.Since F is bounded, there exists a subsequence of {xk }converging
k
x∈F. By continuity of f(x), we have f(¯to some ¯x) = limk→∞ f(xk ), and, since v≤f(xk ) ≤v+
k , it follows that f(¯x) = limk→∞ f(xk )= v

Surely its not for the faint hearted as it can take over your nervous system and bring you in an overjoyful state that can make you loose urself into oblivion. You know what I did? I skipped those kind of proofs.

Good luck to all starting exams.

Gonzi u Sant: Part 1

Kemm huma qrib l-poplu dawn iz-zewg personalitajiet. Jiklu l-hobz mieghek .... sakem tkun gejja l-elezzjoni (Zeza tghajjat: "Kemm hu min taghna u gustuzzzzz, preparajtlu l-galletini w it-te ta meta gie jzurni ... kemm hu hellu"). Ikelmek wiehed tahseb qijed torqod fuq saqqu tad-deheb fin. Jigi jghidlek kem sejjer tajjeb it-turizmu. Kemm il-lukandi Ghawdex ikunu mimlijin bin-nies. Dan kollu ax kellna notte gozitana u telghu naqa Maltin jiprovaw jaraw xi haga gdida. Fejnhom it-turisti ghawdex? Tlajqt naqa gimgha qabel hlief hmieg fil-pjazza principali tar-Rabat tibda tidubita qieghedx is-Somalja wara xi genocidju ax ma tara lil hadd! Imbad tinzel naqa sal-"pablik konvinjinsis" fil-hin ta meta supost ikun hemm hafna moviment, u idejk ma tibqax thosshom. Dik l-intiena li tfawar l-ambjent ma thallikx tohrog. Il-gas chambers t'Auchwitz tahsibhom gew Malta al btala twila.

U xi nghidu ghal ekonomija tal-pajjiz. Mistaxbin kem sejra tajjeb. L-ewropa qed itina l-istillel fuq l pitazzi ax qed inaqsu in numri. Imma mux tad-defisit biss qed jonqsu tafx. L-ishma tal-gvern, il-haddiema, ix-xoghol. Kull ma sab taht idu bihu. Dawk l-kumpaniji li keinu sejrin tajjeb, flok zammhom ghal-interess tal-pajjiz, tajnihom l-kapitalisti, bazikament lil-Farsons u lic-caqnu. Ghax dawk ta gewwa. Ic-caqnu tant iccelebra li hareg birra gdida (manufatturata l-germanja bix-taxghaq kollox). Iva, insahhu kumpaniji lokali. Opportunitajiet godda? Bejn widnejk. Dahalna somma f'salt, beix infitxxu indahhlu l-Euro.

Qisha din l-imbierka Euro ha tamlilna differnza iktar mil-konvoj ta Santa Maria meta kelna bzonnu. Imbad fir-riklami ta fuq it-TV igibulek tfajla sejra tigri ghal ajruplan u tilfitu ax madonna ma lahqitx qalbet il-flus. As if min ha jsiefer qisu jien sejjer naqbad tal-Linja fis 7 ta filodu, u bix noroqd 5min zejda naraha ghaddeja min quddimi. Ghalhekk iriduha l-Euro? Ma nifilhux naqaw aktar ghan-nejk madonna.

Eh sewwa. kont qed nitkellem fuq Tal-Euro Stores ta' Gonzi. Issa, bihejna dak kollu li kien jigenera dhul, imma it-tarzna zamejniha, ghax dik hadd ma jridha. Dahalna kemxa. nfaqnihom fil-Mater Dei (oropra nobis) u fil-park nazzjonali. Nibdew nizraw l-haxix u jibdew johrogu l monstri min taht dik il-muntanja radjoattiva. Issa jitlaw l-labour (ghax in-nazjonalisti issa kulhad xeba minhom), imorru ifitxu naqa u xi jsibu? Xejn! Kif ha nsostnu l-pajjiz? Noqodu nesportaw l-bigilla u l-Benna dairy products?

Imbad jaqbez Wenzu jerga u jidilha: "Qed taraw? Il-Laburisti ma jafux imexxu! Irovinawnla pajjiz! L-hofra qed tikber."

Mhux ovja ipokrita. jekk ma hallejt xejn. Kif trid tqajmu l-pajjiz issa, jekk sammartlu l-ahhar musmar fuq it-tebut? U l-ohrajn, fl-istat ta' tmexxiha tahom, idli inti kif ha jirpiljaw.

Le Le. Lill-Malta li darba Kienet taghna, nistaw nidulha GG. Bihejniha lill-kbarat, Postna u xogholna haduwulna l-affrikani, u l-Malti irid jara fejn ha jhabbat rasu. ("imma jien preparajtlu l-gallettini u l-vot lilu ha ntih HI!!!!")

Ehe ... GG *boom*.

Blog realising 2007

ive, min issa l quddiem ... jaf ikun em xi blogs bl'ingliz.

You thousand of blog visitors, who doesn't understand a single word in Maltese, yet you congratulate me on the literature of my work, I bid thee welcome.

I would like to share just a thought that popped to my head this weekend, upon using my PC (Personal Caqcaqula) ....

When Ctrl + alt + del starts generating an error, you can feel it in your bones that there's no more hope left! Truly ... GG m8.

you might as well invest in pencils and lots of paper to play your games or do assignments.

It-Tribunal in sede

Nota Preliminarja

Kontravvenzjoni - Citazjoni bi kliem li jifmuh biss dawk li ghamlu 15 l sena jistudjaw l ligi
Kontracettiv - kelma facilment imfixkla ma dik ta fuq u li kulhadd jaf xhini.


Appuntament at-tribunal, wara li ma hallastx kontravvenzjoni ta' Sinjal tat-traffiku (il-madonna x'isem dak. Citazjoni keinet tinftiehem mal-ewwwel u minn kulhadd bassa). Il-folla keinet migbura gol 'board room' tal-kunsill. Is-siggijiet kienu kollha okkupati u lunika postijiet li kien baqa kienu fuq l mejda t-tonda u kbira li l kunsilliera jidhattu l pjanijiet tal lokalita. Kif poggejt f'ras l mejda bdejt naqla kull harsa ta barra min hawn min dawk prezenti ghax hasbuni l KUMMISARJU Kiefer li ried jeqred dawk prezenti b'pieni kefrin u dishonesti. Aktar ma kont sew qbadt u qomt u tlaqt l barra fejn l bieb nistenna da l-ostja Kummisarju, bil post quddiem l bieb riservat btul ta 2 karozzi (imbad int bix issib tiparkja tamel 3 kwarti iddur l belt). Il-kotra bdiet tishon u l-kliem li bdew hergin min dawk prezenti, geluni ngawdi dik is sija li domt nistenna. Flahhar tfacca dal-Barabba fejn iparkja bil kwiet, qadt jamel lingravata relax u tefa l glekk u dahal. Bhal qatta moghoz dawk prezenti dhalna fit tribunal (bicca kamra mimlija siggijiet b sede kbir u mejda fin nofs al dawk inkarigati).

Kif tidhol tibda isaqsi lilek nnifsek ghalix 5 min nies (imbarra l 10 wardens prezenti) bix jismaw dak li trid tghid int. Il-kuragg li tkun rabbejt sakem dhalt fil kamra jarmuwulek barra it-tieqa u jwaqqawk hazin tant li tkun tixtieq titlaq l barra. Kummisarju u 4 nisa jharsu lejk bdak l wicc imgebbed u tatiku li Da vinci qas biss kein ikun kapaci jiskolpih daqs kemm keinu cassi.

Beda it-tismiegh ta l ghoxrin kontraventaturi (tghidlix min fejn giet din) li telghu bix jikkontestaw. Sa flahhar l-ewwel ghagba ghajtitli ismi u numru waraja. Dak l hin hsibt li lahquni xi secret agent u li James Bond kien ha jkollu jzarma. Imma imbad irejalizajt li n numru kien japartjeni lil warden li wahhali l karta twila 2 piedi xi 3 xhur qabel. Mela jien b'ismi u kunjomi u dal kurnut bin numru. So much for privacy eh. Il-kamra kolha issir taf xjismek.

Wara li dal-bahnan lesta jaqra l-akkuza, fejn jien 2 piedi l boghod qas naf xqal, ghajtitli it-tieni werziq.

Mara: Tixtieq tikkontestaha?
Jien: (Tghidx ma gejt bix noqod nhares lejk)
OVJA
Mara: Melta tista titla fuq il-pedestall
Jien: (naf grazzi).

Wara ic ceremonja tal half, tajt l verzjoni tieghi ta l-avveniment fejn MINNUFIH l-Kummisjaru qabel mieghi al-mod estrem ta ambigwita fis-Sinjat tat-Traffiku. Is-sinjal tat-traffiku kein jghid li ma tistax tiparkja bejn l0am u 4pm hlief biex tghabbi u thott. B'sentenza wahda ta 6 kelmiet dan kien lest bix jilliberani ... sakemm il-werziq fetah halqu fejn tghidlu li leccezzjoni tat-tabella tghodd biss al hinijiet imnizla. igifieri ma tistax tipparkja fl-ebda hin u tista tabbi u thott biss fil-hin stipulat taht it-tabbela. Jien saqsejtha fuq liema deskrizzjoni qed tghid dan, u qaltli li dik ghandha tifsira sottili li fil-hinijiet ohrajn ma tistax tiparkja. Mur obsor kemm taf tivinta. L-ambigwita dejjem tmur lejn dawk fl-awtorita. U l-istituzjoni nistaw nbidlu l vers li jghid "kulhadd l-istess quddiem l-ligi", ghal "Dawk li qedin fl-awtorita, jamlu l'il-ostja jridu u joghgobhom, anke jek int, ah gahan, ghandek ragun".

Insoma bix nikonkludi, l kummisarju tant kien mhawwad u ngandar mil-kliem ivvalenat ta din l-wiza (speci gdida) li kelu jikonsula l manuscritt tas-sinajli tat-traffiku.

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Kif kompliet:
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L-Kummisarju qalli bix ninzel isfel u lil gremxula numru 3 qalilha li nhallas l multa stipulata u minnufih, b'laser printer jigri iktar mid dawl printjatli f'karta A4 li rrid inhallas. B'hekk dan spicca ha n-nejka wara l hin u n-nisa andhom lm10 biex izzid dak l metru make-up li tant jinddnu bih.

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Kif setghet kompliet:
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Wara li beda jfittex jien qbizt u ghadtlu:

Jien: Jekk ma tafx is-sinjal tat-traffiku int, kummisarju, kif tridu nkun naf jien?
Kummisarju: Hekk tkellem l-istituzjoni? Disrispett lejn l-gudikatura, Irdoppjahilu.
Jien: Illl haqq a**a.
Kummisarju: Ha tidghi ukoll? erga irdopjahilu
Jien: U ejja g'oxx ommok mela qas tista tkelmek int?
Kummisarju: Gibu l-puluzija u arrestaw lil dan l kontracettiv. GG sur delikwent.

Kull deni hudu b'gid

Fil-hajja kollox hekk, sakemm kolox ghaddej passabli u mhux bi problemi u skumdita, ftit issir bidla fdik ir-rutina li tant drajnha fiha. Izda certu affarijiet li tafacja, igeluk tinbidel. U hekk gara lili. Imma kif jghid il malti, kull deni hudu b’gid, ghaliex dejjem tista tohrog xi haga positive, qalb bahar ta negattivita.

Ma xtaqtx li nibda dal-blog fuq tema negattiva … ma rridx nghati l-impressjoni li jien xi bniedem negattiv, imma meta tamel il-gurnata tax-xoghol tieghek (li tikonsisti fi 3 sieghat xoghol ejja ha mmorru), bit telefon itiha u jfaqqa qisu bela kaxxa mill-blu u ma jistax jiqaf, hemmek ikollna xi nghidu.

Inzertat is-segretarja bis sick, heq dan kulhadd jinqalalu xi haga, imma kumbinazjoni l klijenti kolha llum nqalalhom. Issa jien vera bniedem relax, dak it tip li nasal 3 kwarti tard ax-xoghol, u l kumplament nqattahom nisma l-Blue Danube ta’ Strauss, lil Mozart u Concerning Hobbits min LOTR. Ma tistax tkun iktar nghejj minni. Imma dak l-liba telefon litterlament ma flahtux. Mohhi faqahuli u spicca qisu l port l kbir fit-tieni gwerra dinija.

Fuq ix-xoghol kulhadd ghaddej bil-hidma tieghu u ma jistax joqod jirispondi it-telefon. Hlief xi ftit dawk tas-support meta ma jkolhomx nies. Ghalxejn tamlu programmi u inizjattivi dwar l-post tax-xoghol bix il-haddiema jahdmu f’ambjent ahjar u iktar relassat. Kull ma trid jew double glazing windows, halli dak l-ostja beep beep beep ma jidholx, jew inkella xi zinzilla ohra (din l-ahjar mit-tnejn) bix tlahhaq ma l-ammont ta telefonati ghal meta jqumilhom l-klijenti.

B’din s-sitwazzjoni tghajt bidu al-blog tieghi. Kull deni hudu b’gid. Eh … u biex nghid kolox. Ezatt kif kont ha nitlaq taqbez il molla tas siggu u minn catt gie at 45 degrees. Insomma prattikament lis-siggu ghadtlu GG. Hareg u qabez u xnaf jien. Tghid ghada insib xi wiehed orthopedic?

Sahha.