banket mouillE

As you see from the picture above, :p as soon as i got in the bus [drenched from the rain], i had hoped for a nice cozy place in the bus.. but hell, most of the seats were like that, “delo p sointE ici laba” (water leaks here and there) . Was sitting some place when sudden i started getting a shower  had to move.. ohhh god what a day! LOL

toujour bis perle la

Then there was a dude with his raincoat who came in sat next to me and well.. got me uncomfortable with the water and all, i can understand that we all are in the same trouble but atleast, get me some space and remove that bloody raincoat .. anywayz.. i couldn’t hold it after some time and asked him :p. he did it thankfully.

After getting off the bus, i was more in a mood to enjoy the rain, so i was walking casually and slowly in the rain looking in amazement how weird it was for everyone to sound sooo uniform to be running and hiding everywhere or walking under an umbrella.. lol this kind of uniformity made me feel a bit :p out of this world..lol. It was like the destruction of the world was imminent and everyone was running away to hide … but in the end :p the result would have been the same so why rush? Better enjoy it and take care where you are carrying your umbrella.

Enfin…. just after my classes, i found that those two crater like stuffs one near the cafE and the other near the roundabout was filled in like a pool… sounded cool :p wanted to dip in and have a swim (in the last picture)!

near parking @ uom

Check out this wonderful swimming pool :p naturally made :D:D

near cafE

sounds tempting doesn’t it?

cassidy!(she's cute)

Founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada, Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. On March 26, people from around the globe are asked to wear purple and spread the word about epilepsy. read more

So people, i hope you’ll wear something purple for today [sorry for the late notice, I myself forgot it until i checked the date, i thought w were still on the 24!]. Anywayz, if you could get some pics of you wearing something purple, anything purple [earings, rings, bracelets, tshirt, underwear or lingerie! ] post the pics :p [or mail me them :p  to >> [without the space]

pc the great AT gmail DOT com

show the world that mauritius also knows about it!

already my msn logo has turned to:

A small summary on epilepsy from wikipedia

Epilepsy (from the Greek επιληψία /epili΄psia/ ) is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.^[1][2] These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.^[3] About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, with almost 90% of these people being in developing countries.^[4] Epilepsy is more likely to occur in young children or people over the age of 65 years, but it can occur at any time^[5]. Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication, although surgery may be considered in difficult cases. However, over 30% of people with epilepsy do not have seizure control even with the best available medications ^[6][7]. Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong – some forms are confined to particular stages of childhood. Epilepsy should not be understood as a single disorder, but rather as a group of syndromes with vastly divergent symptoms but all involving episodic abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

My views about it.

Its a horrible stuff to live with.

for me, an episode would be like [say for my exams]:

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• i am working.. then all of a sudden, i don’t remember wtf am doing here
• concentrate on this paper selven! come on!
• heh, everything is reversed, wtf???
• try to see away and voice out your problem to some lecturer around.. shit unable to use the voice function
• try to use the pen to write out your problem selven… shit, how do i write???
• try to remember how to write selven, write the alphabets!!! shit i feel like am on the other side of a mirror, feels weird.
• then the pen falls…. then you have vague recollections … [i remember in a distant very distant, the voice of avinash saying "selven?" [kind of slow motion]. (from my last seizure at univ sa)
• Then all hell break loose [ i am suffering form a seizure here, so i have no idea what's goes on here (only recollection from what people said to me later)].
• Some hours after, i am on a chair, someone i see the form of someone talking to me… probably whoever’s been there been trying that for a while. to wake me up… when i wake up the first thing i think is “Oh shit it happenned again, fuck!”
• Then a few people taking me down the stairs… i can’t walk properly or use other motor function, including speech, as if i have forgotten how to do those.
• then am in a car, being taken in the hospital, not much of any recollection of the travel, most people appear like white shadows all the way…
• in the hospital, you are there waiting for the doc, pain all over the body started [all those muscles contractions.. specially inside my head it feels like someone placed his hand inside and crushed it].. still no doc.
• then some doc came, and i am admitted.. if i am lucky i get some valium for the pain. the night goes on well if i do get some
• mom and dad calling me up at night, worried about me. Sometimes friends also asking for my news, i remember maybe cindy, ramila, deoraj, taucoor, vicky and a few other friends sms’in. Don’t remember well though, remember mostly from messages i checked later.. i did reply then, but i don’t remember the event.
• sometimes people come by for a visit. for those 3 days of stay.
• After 3 days i am free to go home. Thing is… those 3 days are mostly a mystery to me… most of the time is like a big void, its from the day of the seizure and the next 3 days my memories are lost and i try to regain it back by asking people around about what happenned exactly. The shit about it is that i hate to know that i have no idea what really happenned in those three days, but that it is something people told me happenned, and just some vague recollection of what i still retain.
• UPDATE : food has no taste during those 3 days…
• Good thing is  that its as if my brain just got drained of everything, i am free from stress  or thoughts for awhile. I just live like… i am living …. some days later everything becomes normal!

Problems i had in the pas or still do:

• people looking at you and tagging you as “fou” since its a disease they don’t understand.
• people claiming that actually you are possessed!
• i ger hurt when i fall! my muscle pains
• have to learn to live with limits set on!

Things that seems to work out for me making me live with lesser seizures:

• A good neurologue [dr. lam]
• Following his medical dose.
• All ways of de-stressing including some mary-jane once a while [helps A LOT] and :p masturbating or sex ..LOL :p
• having friends around!

And no, epileptics will not swallow their tongue during a seizure! :p just make sure they don’t get hurt  while having the seizure!

greetz: cassidy, folks at destiny maker, Glenn A Fenster and all my friends who helped me when i was having a seizure :p [and my parents also] :p

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So now for some pics!

There’s a girl called rubina who is in my algo class  she really read my blog and supported the cause today! Thanks gal

Cool purple tshirt

huh desolE.. i kind of focused on the tshirt and forgot to frame the pic properly.

Then there was this friend of my grandma who wore a purple “downi” [enfin sans li konE ou sans linn lire my blog]

sa ki li bolfam!

then there’s john :p  there was some purple design on his boxer!

li pena salle de bain lakaz

hahahaha :p ti so lannif, linn gagne 1 bon coutt peintirE ar dizef!

et then ya moi :p who managed to get some purple lined shirt

4got to smile?

Ahh yeah i forgot.. i discoverred that i had a purple pen!

the discoverry!

pics are welcome :p

merci osi a Navin ki ti p promote sa lor msn!

a Kurt Avish ki ti p promote sa lor so blog island crisis

a Roushdat kinn design 1 new msn logo en purple pou li!

a cindy kinn wear so purple earings :p

et a zot tou kinn conscient de la gravitE de sa malade la [et welcome nitish and chaya for their first post on this blog]!

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Hope you get the message!
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Before reading this entry, please be sure to understand that this in no way constitute a testimonial that i ever touched marijuana, neither does it proves in any way that i have it in my possession, any act of trying to track me down and to raid me will result in severe law suit and i will make sure that i get a huge amount of money from the lawsuit, you have been warned, and i know my rights.

Marijuana, also known as weeds, or ganja or “mass” has been widely known as “drug” for many years, and many have been dumped in jail for marijuana possession or consumption.

I have a few questions, which i would have very much liked some politicians to answer [or anyone who has a valid and logical point].

I am epileptic, i know i lot of epileptics worldwide who takes marijuana as medicine to diminish stress levels and decrease seizure levels, the medical usage of marijuana is known for many other sicknesses, and can be verified by you if you wish to .. google it up.

My point is, if the patient knows it is helping him/her, the latter’s doctor doesn’t mind, why should the government intervene and say “no you can’t take that because it is illegal”?

After all, no one other than the patient himself/herself can understand the pain of his sickness and what makes him/her feel better!

Also, i can understand that you may say, we ban drugs because they tend to affect people, kill people or increase social bills for the government, e.g rehabilitation centers, coping with death of drug addicts and all….

but you have to be realist… till now, we have got no such cases of death with marijuana, also we know from studies that marijuana is NOT addictive!

so what???

i say yes, ban all hard drugs that causes death, impotence and laziness! i would go even as far as saying, kill addicts.

Can you prove that marijuana is more harmful that cigarettes??? or alcohol???

Recent studies showed that marijuana [thc] helps in growing brain cells, on the contrary, cigarettes and alcohol kills brain cells, so, if we do have cigarettes and alcohol legalized, why ban something that can be useful to patients who are suffering when you are legalizing poison such as cigarettes and alcohol???

is that some form of hypocrisy from the so called “system” where they legalize cigarettes and alcohol, because it brings in tax money, while if marijuana was legalized, it could be cultivated since it is an easy plant to cultivate and prepare, people will stop talking cigarettes and alcohol and hence provide lesser tax for the government??

Is tax more important than our health???

ban alcohol and cigarettes if you are to ban marijuana also i say!

All these countries offer medical marijuana license to patients who suffer from illnesses that can be controlled by weeds, so why not here in Mauritius?? Don’t you people realize the pain you are putting people in, sure enough, all sick people can’t vote for that, because sick people are a minority, and not many have the guts to speak out, but i believe we’ve gone too far, we need to stop acting like hypocrites, there are people who really need it…. legally rather than get it through illegal means, hence promoting illegal activities….

This is senseless to ban marijuana, when “datura” plants are grown everywhere and many consume it and this thing is lethal!

Countries who offer medical marijuana license:

#Australia
Cannabis laws state by state. Decriminalized in Western Australia & South Australia. Tasmania, Victoria, & Queensland policies involve ticketing for below 50 grams.

#Belgium
Medical license only

Canada #
Mostly medical marijuana license only

England #
Cannabis is a Class C drug in Britain. Atleast they differentiate it, Class C means least harmful, hence least legal issues.

Also please read this exerpt

The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has a long history in the UK.  It was prescribed as a medicine in the UK until 1973.  At that time, it became a drug that could not be legally used as a medicine and today its medicinal use remains prohibited.  The Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords recommended that marijuana be made available for medicinal purposes in a 1998 report.  This recommendation was rejected by the government which indicated that before such a change could be considered, the safety and efficacy of marijuana would have to be demonstrated.  G.W. Pharmaceuticals has been given permission to grow marijuana with the aim of developing a marijuana-based medicine; clinical trials have commenced in the UK.

In March 2002 a report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Illicit Drugs gave British Home Secretary David Blunkett’s proposal to downgrade marijuana to “low-risk” Class C status the go ahead. While acknowledging that marijuana can be harmful, the report noted that marijuana poses fewer risks than alcohol or tobacco.  Alcohol was singled out as posing far greater societal risks because it encourages risk-taking and leads to aggressive and violent behavior.  According to the report marijuana “is not associated with major health problems for the individual or society.”  The Advisory Council’s acknowledgement that marijuana should be reclassified came shortly after the release of a study by the South Bank University’s Criminal Policy Research Unit that found that decriminalizing marijuana would save roughly $71 million a year and free up the equivalent of 500 police officers who could instead concentrate on violent crime.

India #
Although India has a long history of the use of Cannabis, including involvement with religious traditions, it is illegal to grow or possess. In some areas, it is openly ignored by authorities. (Thanks Clude) [nothing mentionned about medical marijuana, but as you can see, they know that its least harmful]

Mexico #
Small amount for consumption is allowed

Netherlands #
Although cannabis is technically illegal to possess and sell in the Netherlands, the government does not prosecute individuals (over 18) who smoke cannabis. Possession of less than 5 grams or growing of less than 5 plants will not be prosecuted. Certain cafes/coffeeshops are allowed to sell cannabis and hold 100 grams behind the counter and another 500 grams in the back. In March of 2003, the Dutch government changed the law to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis for medical purposes through pharmacies. BBC Sep 2003.

Portugal #
Cannabis is banned in Portugal in all its forms, however since 2000 consuming and buying small quantities of cannabis (as with all other illegal drugs) is not a crime, it is only punishable by a small fine. Further, in major cities, the police have a rather tolerant atittude towards cannabis consumption and it is largely ignored. Note that anyone found possessing quantities of cannabis more than considered typical for an average user in 10-days can be presumed to be a distributor and can be prosecuted and jailed. (Thanks J)

#united states of america

A few states have medical marijuana licenses. http://www.norml.org/images/med_mj_map_poster.gif

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3391

With all this in mind, don’t you feel that we are banning medicinal usage of marijuana for nothing???  Patients are suffering..

Note: You can also verify this, all epilepsy related medicines have dangerous side effects, and usually :p you should respect the dosage your doctor prescribed you [and the latter will warn you of the side effects]. Marijuana can help! its not my words, research have been done in that field.

I am only an individual, this blog entry may be just a dust of nothing, but this is my thoughts, and i sincerely believe the government is making a grave injustice, those who do not suffer from that pain can easily be among the first to point their finger and judge people and say it is drug.

I want your comments, and i hope this brings some change, lots of people in the government shouted lots of words that this will be legalized, atleast for medical usage, but then, for the sake of votes, they coward out and pussy out, i guess, government works just for votes and not for what is right and what is wrong.

comments comments comments… also, i dare challenge anyone who has anything logical points to ban marijuana against medical usage! I have my reference, be ready with yours and let’s debate =)

here’s a youtube clip here [though i don't approve filming people when they undergo a seizure.. that's too private]

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