Friday, 29 December 2006

St.Aloysius Classmates of the Year 1984!




Dear Friends,
I trust that the effort put in by Paul, the POT Team and many others shall not lay to waste now that the ashes raised by the fire of the hubris of our re-union begins to settle on the mediocrity of our every-day lives!

In timely fashion, I have endeavoured, and not without lack of patience, persistence and any other 'p' that you can think of, to share a few tokens of that wonderful evening with you. It comes as no suprise to me that the sense of camaderie which once joined us all, in spite of any differences that we may have had, still survives till this day. It is with regret of equal magnitude, that I learn that the Aloysian spirit has all but died out and no semblance of what we had, exists in today's college students.

It is needless to say that this is a great pity, and that our society is all the less for this! Truth be told, that the pressures of modernn life have brought to bear upon our educational system in general, with St. Aloysius suffering the brunt, in particular. A banal example of how society has changed, and how with equanimity St. Aloysius has responded, is the abolishment of the traditional Wednesday mid-week break. This of course was not the crux of being an Aloysian..albeit a distinctive hallmark of our college, which we grew to love so much during our years there.

Anyway...there shall be more time, and space, to reminisce no doubt. So please come and keep alive the spirit of 1984 (apologies to George Orwell). You can do this by donating much of your hard earned cash to a worthy cause...such as is myself. My Bank Account details are BOV 4534528983472983 and kindly note that deposits to the tune of less than Lm 100 shall not be accepted.

In the meantime however please visit





and download the album there or watch the video that I prepared. The advantage here over You-Tube is that:

  1. I had got word that not all of you received the link to the You-Tube page. This obviously must have meant that most of you did not manage to see the clip; and
  2. Space is restricted to 10 mins of video there, whilst here...given that I bought some sizeable chunks of good old HDD at a pretty good price (methinks)...its...well..large

So enjoy..and keep posting with your comments please...and enough about that stupid game where 22 (+1) men run after a rolled ball of cowhide!
Best
Etienne

55 comments:

Hili said...

Mela let me be the first to jot down a few words....and I hope I will not be the only one....though I have a strong feeling that I will be!!!

I liked going through the pics again, and the video...pity it was cut when the party was still in its initial stages! It would have been nice to see more as time elapsed!

Anyway I wish you all the luck with this blog u la issa we are on the verge of ending this year, I wish you and anyone else who might take a peek here a Happy New Year.

babaj,

Kaci

Hili said...

Hawn ballerina...haqq l-ustja issa dhalt jien!!! Wara li ghadda l-brijju ud-divertiment!!! Iwa halliha li jien id-dar bqajt u ma mort imkien!!!

Insomma lil Etienne nixtieq nghidlu li r-risposti tieghu stess mhumiex jidhru hawn imma post iehor. Sur Callejja...jew iss Dott tridha??? Hehehe.. ara kif se tghamel u r-risposti tieghek ara li jigu taht taghna kif imisshom!

Us-sena t-tajba lilkom kollha!

Ghogbok il-kalendarju Ballerina....eh u jien affarijiet bis-sens nibaghat!!!

Ghalik u mieghek mela!

Kaci
P.S. Ballerina u int ghadek ma gejtx sal-garage....ga gew tnejn ohra...u int le!!! Pu ghalik!!!

erskinemay said...

Mela, Ballerina! Hi!,

Hu daqsxejn pacenzja ghax nahseb li shabna peress li hija lejlet l-ewwel tas-sena ser idumu ma jirrankaw. Probabilment, numru minn taghna huma imsierfrin u ghalhekk lanqas biss ma jkunu ikkonsultaw l-email taghhom.

Kun af, u din partikolarment ghalik tghodd Lou...li waqqaft web-design company. L-ewwel klijent tieghi dahal u jekk trid tara ir-rizultat ta' xogholna jekk joghgbok zur : http://www.xantishop.com

Zomm f'mohhok ukoll li id-design kemm il-darba hdimniha ahna...ma kenitx l-ideja tieghi u li kieku il-klijent halla f'idi kien ikollu rizultat ghall-ahhar differenti...

Insomma...jiena nikkongratulak li irnexxielek tidhol f'din l-ewwel blog tieghi, nawgura li niltaqghu - mhux qisna impossibbli biex niehdu kafe flimkien, u jekk joghgbok awgura is-Sena t-Tajba lil bqija tal-Familja Tieghek.

Din s'intendi tghodd ghal bqija tal-hbieb taghna ta' San Alwigi li nghiduha kif inhi...li ma kienx ghalina San Alwigi zgur ma kienx ikun dak li kien...u cjoe` DIZASTRU TOTALI!!! LOL

Hallejtkhom!

erskinemay said...

Kaci,

You may very well be right. I think it will depend on me a bit as well to keep this blog alive I think I must make this as interesting as possible. Of course time is costly...nevertheless I'm willing to try. So, I'll be trying to introduce a few new concepts on this blog and we'll see how it goes. Then hey, if it doesn't work...it doesn't work - it would be a pity imma x'taghmel?!

Thanks for your email however.

Now to answer your query. The reason why you didn't get to see much of the party is that by the time the video was stopped I was already quite tipsy and was having difficulty holding the camera straight, though I think this would have been 'fun' for you to see as well....

I think we should hold the last day of school (summer) as an important day to meet up and do something...say a BBQ or we could organise a fenkata (this coming winter). I had a very good experience at the Mgarr F.C. (not to be confused with the one behind the church).



Thats all for now

Hili said...

Ga bdejna nnaqsu!!!

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Kaci,

ma nistghux innaqsu xi haga li ghada kif bdiet! Ejja!

Illum stess ircivejt hafna read receipts minn ghand shabna li dahhlu ix-xoghol jew li bdew jikkonsultaw l-emails taghhom wara li spiccaw il-festi.

Irridu naghtu daqsxejn ta' zmien sakemm iz-zerriegha tiehu!

Hili said...

Skuzani ghax ghandek ragun...I overlooked the fact that many were on shutdown and don't access computers while not at work!

Ejja mela guys forsi ma tafx kif nibqghu in contact!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Ma nistax nifhem ghaliex mort tifttex is-site fuq il-Google (dawk il-bhejjem ghadhom marelli tal-hniena ma ikkrawljawhiex!!!) meta jien tajtek il-URL!

Emminni meta nghidlek li tajtni ugieh ta' ras!

iz zoqdi said...

EHIII....where m I ! DOOOO!!! ehh...mr rudolph pace yr a/c does not work...dooo!! went to bank to retrieve 100 but damn pesky bank peupi were going 2 phone police sooo i scramble....

u wnna peupi to rite on yr blogger u musta write on the original ya!!! gotit!!

Daaa!!! godby uhu stick!!

iz zoqdi said...

1 las thinki...foto not true resemblance of me ok!!

Hili said...

Xiz-zo*b qed tghid Zoqdi??? Ustja ma fhimtx wahda milli ktibt...mela xrobtlu jew???
Rudolph Pace u l-A/C tieghu fhiex dahal nghid jien???

Hawwadni ha nifhmek!!!

Issa Etienne, il-URL tieghek mhux qed insibu imkien...Google, MSN search...kif se nsibuh habib???

Hawn Ballerina....zewg kalendarji iddubajt ghall-garage...hemm wiehed killu zejzied!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

Hili said...

Ballerina rigward nintefghux fuq dal blog jew l-iehor, inhoss li z-Zoqdi ghandu naqra ragun! Mela Etienne (senza offisa habib) fetah blog u jixtieq li kulhadd jikteb fih, meta hu umbaghad anqas biss qatt kiteb fuq l-originali....u mhux izjed fuq tieghu stess!!!

Jien onestament kieku nixtieq li la hemm blog diga nibqghu kollha fuqu u mhux jinfethu blogs ohrajn!!!
Jien xorta as such ghalija ghax l-importanti hu li nibqa in contact maghkom...imma xorta naqbel ma li qal iz-Zoqdi!

Irnexxielek tara s-site li qallilna biha Etienne fuq Yahoo??? Haqq ghaz-zobb ma nistax niftaha jien anqas bil-Yahoo!!!

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Intkhom kontu mistednin tippartecipaw f'dan il-blog. M'hemmx obbligu. M'hemmx xi forma ta' stenijja minn naha tieghi.

M'huwiex minnu li ma kontx nikteb fuq l-original. Jekk tikkonsulta tara li mhux minnu.
Iz-Zoqdi ma nafx x'ghandu, x'qabbdu jew xi gralu.Pero nies bla sens ma tantx sirt naghti kashom.

Ghamlu li tridu. Jekk tridu tiktbu hawn iktbu.Jekk le oqghodu.

Ciao

iz zoqdi said...

mela....jien iz-zoqdi ma grari xejn u xi kultant inhobb nigbed saqajn dak li ikun...hasra meta il-vittma jiehu ghalih bhal ma gara f'dan il kaz....

Izda..nibqa nghid li Etienne messu ibblogja meta il-blog l-iehor kien fix-xiefer ta l-irdum (u mhux f'aqwa tieghu wara r-reunion!)qabel ma steden lil kullhadd jibbloggja....

l-INTENZJONI KEMM TIEGHI, KEMM TA HILI U KEMM TAL BALLERINA LI NIBBLOGGJAW KIEN DEJJEM BIEX INZOMMU IL-KUNTATT U L-ISPIRTU TAL-CLASS OF 1984!

Issa ifhmu li tridu u ghidu li tridu ghax tantu jien minn wahda ha tidhol u mill-ohra tohrog (ta ala bib Zoqdi li jien!!!)

Lil etienne jekk ha ghalih niskuza ruhi mieghu u nghidlu next time noffrilu grokk la narah!!!....

Hili said...

Ikkalma naqa Etienne hija....ahna niddiskutu qieghdin ta u xejn izjed!!! Il-fatt jibqa li kif qal iz-Zoqdi int ktibt ftit wara r-reunion, specjalment biex tghidlina bil-video u wara xejn tant u tant li l-blog l-originali kwazi tista tghidlu miet. U minflok komplejna niktbu fih halli nergghu ntuh il-hajja...heqq bdejna niktbu fuq il-gdid...tieghek!!!!

Dak kollox...u jekk se nibdew niehdu ghalina fuq kull kelma li tinkiteb hawn ghiduli halli naqta jien ghax hekk niddejjaq!

Jien ghalija jista jukun hawn kemm trid blogs, ghax insib hin zgur li nikteb fihom!!!

Babaj u happy weekend!!!

Kaci

iz zoqdi said...

ballerina....mela hsibni Saddam jew!!!!

hangover qatt ma kelli jekk joghgbok...

qed tara etienne,...issa qed niktbu fil blog tieghek...kuntent jahasra...

u by the way...ahjar ticcekja ir-ritratti li ghandek fuq il-picassa ghax gew jidru kollha fuq l-internet....ta meta kont ghawdex u il-canada etc...ma ikunx hemm xi wiehed naqra kompromettenti li hadtu fis-shana tal mument!!!

erskinemay said...

Tajjeb...mela ir-ritratti li ghandi fuq picasa huma ghall-iskrutniju pubbliku kollha kemm huma.

Issa qed nipprova naghmel affarijiet ohra. Per ez. qed nipprova naghmel web-site ghalina. Ghadni qed nahdimha biex nara daqsxejn kif tigi.

Pero` ghandi bzonn ta' xi materjal. Dawk l-affarijiet li konna gibna ghal party kienu jkunu tajbin hafna.

S'intendi m'ghandix bzonn kollox. Hahseb li ser nikkuntatjha x'whud minnha biex forsi jghadduli xi affarijiet.

Qieghed ikoll nisbriga biex forsi nistharreg fuq xi ahbar dwar nies u l-kullegg taghna. Forsi ghandi nircievi xi risposti.

Issa ma nafx x'tahsbu...imma dan ix-xahar ta' Jannar forsi ghadna niltaqghu fl-ahhar tieghu...naghmlu fenkata x'tahsbu?

Hili said...

Ballerina, jien mhux qed nghid li qatt ma kiteb, imma ftit kiteb, u jien inhoss li kellu (bhall kull hadd iehor) jikontribwixxi izjed. Insomma issa li hemm hemm....kien biss hsieb tieghi hux!

Issa nixtieq inkun naf din...jekk se nibdghu niktbu fuq dan, l-iehor se jsir minnu??? Se nibqghu niktbu fih jew se nabbandunawh?

L-idea tal-web site nahseb tajba Calleja. Jien jekk trid insellifhomlok l-affarijiet tieghi...BASTA JERGGHU JIGU LURA TALEKWALI!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

Hili said...

Ballerina....le ta mhux jirnexxieli bil-Yahoo!!! Din ma tistghux tibaghatu direct link u kemm nikklikja fuqha u nidhol??? Haqq l-ustja kemm kumplikazzjonijiet!!!

Kaci

Hili said...

Etienne, bil-haqq....ara jirnexxielekx tirranga l-hin li jidher meta tghamel post ghax per ezempju jien qed nibghat din fis-2.47am u qed jigi jidher 17.47 min flok!!!

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Mela, il-kwistjoni tal-hin irranganta.

Jiena min jislifni xi affarijiet nirritornahhomlu tale quale...mhix problema. Imma forsi lanqas ikun hemm bzonn tnewwluhomli fizikament.

Ghiduli x'ghnadkhom fil-pussess taghkom...u naraw.

erskinemay said...

Kumment Generali:

Is-snin tgerbu, imma ahna, ghal grazzja tal-Hanin Alla, bqajna l-istess. Ftit inbdillna. Dazgur! l-esperjenzi taghna zgur gheguna u sawrawna. Min rabba familja, min siefer tant li radd hajr lil din il-gzira ghal dejjem, u min ukoll, dizgrazzjatament, spicca hazin.

Madankollu, tibqa ghalija haga tal-iskantament kif bhala karattru, ghall-anqas kif osservajt jiena, ftit li xejn inbdilna...il-bicca l-kbira ta' dak il-darrejna il-xulxin bih, baqa. Il-klikek per ezempju baqghu l-istess, tista tghid. U min ma kienx membru ta' klikka zmien ilu, mhux ser jindiehes issa lanqas. Hbiberija pero ma kenitx, jew m'hijiex, l-unika haga li baqghet tezisti

Certi geloziji, piki, ghira ghadhom hemm. U dan wara li konna ilna ma niltaqghu ghal-22 sena!

Jiena hassejt, u perswaz li hafna minnkhom hekk hasbuha ukoll, li l-laqgha taghna kellha isservi bhala okkazjoni ta' apologija - mezz, insomma, li bih wiehed jiskuza ruhhu ma individwi, tal-komportament xejn onorabbli taghna.

Jiena naf li dan kien il-kaz tieghi fir-rigward ta' numru ta' persuni li jiena inqast fi zmieni gewwa l-Kullegg. Kien hemm min estenda l-istess kortezija fil-konfront tieghi ukoll. Dawn, li jafu min huma, min hawn nirringrazzjhom minn qalbi.

Nghaddi issa ghal suggett iehor.

Kienet daqsxejn ta' hasda ghalija li tghallimt (u dan mhux fir-reunion izda fuq Xarabank minn tant postijiet!!) li m'ghadomx jghixu Gizwiti gewwa l-Kullegg! Ma nafx fejn qed joqghodu, imma zgur li hemm numru in-Naxxar (ghandi jkun il-post jismu Loyola House) u f'Mount St. joseph hemm xi Gizwiti ukoll.

Qed nipprova niskopri (intrapriza mhix facli din) xi ahbar fuq dawk in-nies li tant affettwawlna il-formazzjoni taghna...nies bhal Bridget, Fr. Rice, Genovese, Bugettu etc., Fil-blog l-iehor (hekk imsejjah l-originali) saret diskussjoni fuqhom izda ftit li xejn skoprejna dwar l-avveniment taghhom wara li spiccajna...hafna suppozizzjonijiet u spekulazjoni.

Insomma, darb' ohra ser nikteb daqsxejn dwar il-bidu tal-edukazzjoni tieghi f'Prep 1. S'intendi nistieden il-kullhadd inizzel il-memorji tieghu ukoll, halli nergghu nissahhru bil-passat taghna.

Haga tal-ahhar...jien ser nibghat block email fejn ser nissuggerixxi fenkata l-Imgarr F.C. u ser naghmel tentative date ghas-Sibt 27 ta' Jannar. Jien nibbukkja fit-22 in-numru ta' nies li jghiduli li jigu ghal din l-okkazjoni informali.

Gbir ta' flus mhux ser isir. Naqsmu il-kont bejnietna wara li nieklu. U fuq is-sahha ta' din l-ahhar nota jien ser inhallikhom ghalissa.

iz zoqdi said...

Allo again...le Hili mhijiex idea tajba li nabbandunaw il-blog originali ghax dan huwa unika post fejn jekk xi hadd ibiddel l-email ikun jista izomm kuntatt....ta bil haqq li naf hafna li ssegwu dan il blog fosthom dawk li joghodu barra!!

Hili said...

Jien bhalek nahsibha Zoqdi....la issa hawn zewg blogs, niktbu fihom it-tnejn...li nixtieq hu bhas-soltu hux...li mhux ahna biss niktbu imma jibdew jiktbu erba ohra imqar!!!

L-idea tal-fenkata (ghalkemm il-fenek ma nhobbux sakemm mhux imqabbad ma xi wahda ta sittax!!!) ghogbitni hafna u nispera li nghamluha! Ejja Zoqdi...Ejja Ballerina...thajru ta'!!!

Kaci

P.S. BTW Etienne, my relics are a fully signed shirt and tie which haven't been washed from the last day of school. A pencil case full of "graffiti" from the school days which still retains the biros, pencils, erasers, sharpeners etc of when I was in college...u min ghalija li I still have my blazer which was all signed as well!!!

erskinemay said...

Mela...diga ghandi konferma minn ghand thejn ohra li ma ibblogjawx...dawn huma Kevin Mifsud u certu fiz@maltanet.net. Imbghad hemm l-erba' li ahna...dak sitta w issa naraw min jinqala aktar.

L-idea li iggibu ir-relics taghkhom ghal-fenkata hija wahda tajba. Wara kollox kull ma ghnadi bzonn ritratti taghhom! M'ghandix bzonn nohodhom lura id-dar mieghi!

Hili said...

Hawn hbieb,

Jien kontra taghkom m'appologajtx lil hadd...mhux ghax ma kienx hemm ghalfejn ta...imma ghaliex zewg min nies gew ikellmuni separatament u dawn irringrazzjawni ghax jien kemm il-darba kont qbizt ghalihom meta kienu jkunu qed jigu bullied!!! Jien onestament anqas ftakart il-mumenti li huma ddeskrivewli b'tant precizjoni...niftakar ftit li kont niddejjaq li lil dawn ghax kienu kwieti etc kienu jaqbdu maghhom u kont nesprimi ruhi fuqha il-bicca....imma qatt ma bsart li dawn kienu tant atti nobbli li wara daz-zmien kollu se jibqghu jiftakkruhom b'daqshekk dettal...u sahansitra wiehed min dawn qalli li kien tghallem lezzjoni tajba hafna ghal ghomru min ghandi!!!
Il-kliem ta dawn tant laqatni deep down u tant hadd pjacir bihom li insejt kollox, u qabel ma rqad dak il-lejl ergajt ftakart fihom u kont kuntent li ghal inqas fost it-tgerfix ta hajti, kont ukoll kapaci nghamel xi haga tajba lil hadd iehor...u dan apprezza!

Issa rigward il-fenkata, nispera li ma jkunx hemm suttar ta'!!! Jien fejn se nmorru jafuni u ma nixtieqx li jinqala ebda hara!!!

Ir-relics ingibhom hemm jew jekk trid nista nehodlok skoss ritratti taghhom u nibaghathomlok email Etienne! Lemme know! Haqq ghaz-zobb il-blazer ma nafx fejn il-ostja ghamiltu...ma nista nsibu hakk **** mkien!!!

Issa anke jekk inkunu ahna s-sitta nmorru xorta ta!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

Hili said...

Araw naqra din....

Kontu tafu li d diska ta ira losco (driving one of your cars) cover version?

Check it out here:
http://mafia.di-ve.com/showthread.php?s=899a091176f6d65edf528b0b6b09f058&threadid=12498

Hili said...

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Documents/My%20Music/showthread.htm

Hili said...

Ma nafx....haqq l-ustja il-link mhiex tigi sew!!! Issa nibaghatha email1

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Hija haga certa li immoru ghal fenkata...anyway jiena ta...immur anke jekk inkun wahdi...ahseb w ara jekk inkunu is-sitta li ahna.

Rigward ir-relics, bhalma ghedt qabel...m'ghandix bzonnhom fizikament f'idejja. Jekk xi hadd jiehu skoss ritratti taghhom, partikolarment ikunu close-ups - anke ta' partijiet minnhom -, m'ghandux lanqas biss igibhom mieghu ghal fenkata...u frankament ikun ahjar hekk...ghax l-affarijiet li jkollohm il-vizzju inkrepattiv li jintilfu, jitqattghu jew jittertqu, anqas ma jkun hemm idejn fin-nofs ahjar. Il-link Kaci 'insejtu' fl-email tieghi. U ghamilt sew li innutajt.


So things are all set for the 27th.
S'issa sitta. Jekk inkunu sitta forsi ma jsirx suttar!

Hadt pjacir naqra il-bicca tieghek dwar kemm ipprotegejt lil-haddiehor mill-esperjenza tal-bullying. Ghalija kienet 'interessanti' ferm. Pero` mhux vera li ma appologizzajtx lil hadd. Ara il-blog originali, fil-bidu taghha , u tara li inti hawnhekk skorrett fl-asserzjonijiet tieghek. Skuzajt ruhek...u giet accettata. Nassigurak.

Jidher li meta qed tippostja il-link qed taghmel xi haga mhux flokha forsi u nixtieq nghinnek hawnhekk...allura ha nippostja jien b'dan il-mod (daqsxejn HTML coding jghin):

Ira Losco Video

Issa segwi il-link Kaci, u ara jekk tahdimx kif ridt inti!

Caw ghalissa, hbieb!!!

Hili said...

Mela jien issa niehu skoss ritratti tar-relics tieghi u nibghathomlok....kif tridhom bhala resolution....l-izjed li nista niehu jien huwa 4 million mega pixels imma jigu naqra kbar u jekk is-server tieghek naqa ghajjien inkorru! Ghidli int!

Bully mela il-fenkata on hux....issa ghidlilna naqra fix-xhin se niltaqghu! Issa nghid lil Josef Borg Grech ukoll ghax dak jaf il-mails ma tantx jarahom...u anke lil Flores!

Rigward niskuza ruhi etc...jien ridt infisser li waqt ir-reunion ma skuzajtx ruhi...fil-blog naf li kont!

U tal-link xi nghidlek....grazi habib...jien ma tantx ninqala ghal PC ta'...certi affarijiet brodu fihom!!! Jien wara kollox il-ftit ta fil-ghaxija nuzagh u xogholi mhuiex tal-pinna imma jien inginerija u mechanic! U iwa bil-haqq...min irid jibda jahdem ghandi intih prezz ahjar...prezz tal-hbieb!

Insomma...babaj,

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Mela s'issa ir-response kien naqra baxx. Ha nerga inkun pest u nibghat il-link tal-blog tieghi. Ghadni qed nircievi ir-read receipts tal-email li kont bghatt rigward il-fenkata.

Din zgur ser issir issa. Ovvjament, peress li ghadu naqra kmieni jien m'inix ser nibbukja ghalissa.

Josef Borg Grech ma jistax jigi Kaci, ghax ha jkun l-Ingilterra. Pero ha nerga indejjaqhom naqra ohra...

Issa dwar id-daqs tar-ritratti...heqq ma naf ebda web-site li jkollha ritratti ta' 4 million Mega pixel il-wahda...lanqas 4 mega pixel xi kultant...ahseb w ara. Mela resolution minn 600*600 sa 1700*1700 huwa bizzejjed. Dan wara kollox ghandi bzonnhom biex naghmel daqsxejn ta' collage.

Qed nifhem li tahdem ta' mechanic? Jigifieri tal-karozzi jew qieghed fuq xi ingenji ohra?

Fil-kaz inkellmek hija...

Hili said...

Issa xorta nghamluha l-fenkata...inmorru ahna biss mhiex problema!!!

Eh jista jkun li Jo se jkun imsiefer....ghadni ma rajtux min mindu gie min Denmark! kellna niltaqghu imma ma ntqajniex!

Mela bully ghar-ritratti...kif ikolli naqa cans niehu ftit ritratti u nibaghathomlok.

Mela jien propja ghandi s-sena ta Mechanical engineer imma mhux bl-Universita...dawk ghal go l-ufficju biss tajbin u biex jiehdu pagi gholja!!!:). Jien hdimt fuq tornijiet, milling machines, surface grinders, spark eroders, jig borers, copiers, line borers, tool and cutter grinders, etc....! Dak hu propja xogholi...imma qabbzitli kienet u billi part time tista tghid li dejjem hdimt ta mechanic, iddecidejt li niftah ghar-rasi mechanic! Ix-xoghol fil-bidu kien bomba u bil-kemm kont inlahhaq....imm' issa vera brodu!!! Tant li qed nahsibha biex insib xi xoghol imqar fil-ghodu biss ma xi hadd!

Jekk ikollok bzonn, jien in-Naxxar qieghed u tista ssibni 24/7 fuq 7970 1717.

Babaj,

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Tajjeb...mela jien ma kontx naf s'intendi. La qed tghamilha ta' mechanic forsi navdalek il-karozza (l-unika wahda li ghandi s'issa!!). Bicca Fiat Punto kulma hi...imma dik ghandi. Nixtiequ nixtru Toyota 'Fun Cargo' kieku...imma ma nistax insib wahda bi prezz tajjeb. Ara jekk tafx lil xi hadd Kaci?

Mela fl-ahhar ta' din il-Gimgha...x'aktarx il-gimgha stess jiena nibbukkja l-Imgarr F.C. ghal fenek u nistaqsi jekk ghandhomx xi pjetanzi ohra...dan b'rispett il-Kaci li ma jhobbx jiekol il-Bunny Rabbits, sa kemm dawn tal-ahhar ma jkunux ta' Hugh Hefner.

Ma rridx ninsa nghidilkhom li Marco Desira ghal maghna ukoll!! Jigifieri il-body count issa telgha ghal 7! Wheeeee!

Ejja ha niehdu gost u nghidu kellma bil kwiet ukoll gja la darba ser inkunu grupp zghir.

Caw ghalissa!

Hili said...

Mela lili avdali li trid....basta mhux xi mara sew ghax hemm inkorru!!! Hehehe.
Meta trid kellimni u naraw x'nistghu nirrangawlek!
Fun Cargo ustja??? Daqs kemm huma koroh madunna!!! Int bhalek missek tixtri xi Discovery jew Freelander!!! Hekk jew hekk, b'dawn inkun naf jien...imma fun cargo naqa difficli!!!

Bully mela ghidilna kif tibbukkja...u dak zgur li ghandhom affarijiet ohra ta...mela fnek biss!!! Ustja kif kont taf li ta Hugh biss joghogbuni Bunnies!!! Hehehe! Bully gej Desira wkoll...ejja habib!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

iz zoqdi said...

kumbinazzjoni ghadni kemm xtrajt Fun Cargo tlett xhur ilu u vera sibta tajba.....l-unika haga tahli naqra peress li hi auto..imma ghal min ghandu hafna xi igor minhabba il-familja bomba!!

jien sibtha minn ghand il-ventur tal mosta u nirrikmanda lil dan..pero l-autobahn tajjeb wkoll...

kaci...lis spare parts tan nissan ghandhom ma waslux!!!

erskinemay said...

Hekk qed nghid jien jahasra. Vera li ma tantx huma sbieh il-'Fun Cargo's' jahasra...imma jien irridha ghal praticita taghhom...

Issa rigward Freelander jew Discovery hija...ha nehles id-dejn li ghandi fuq il-post il-gdid li ser nixtru Marzu li gej in-Naxxar u imbghad nitkellmu.

Finanzi ma jippermettux ghalissa.

Issa Ballerina qed jghidli li x'aktarx hemm xi nies li taghhom jew l-emails ma ghandix jew inkella minhabba problemi ohra, ma sarux jafu b'din il-haga tal-ikla.

Minhabba f'hekk ser nistaqsikhom biex tibghatu il-kull min ghandkhom fl-address book taghkhom (li huwa habib taghna s'intendi!) u tinfurmawh halli hekk inkunu ilqatna lil kullhadd.

Jiena per ezempju ircivejt hafna 'Read' receipts imma hafna minnhom ma tawnix risposta! Imbghad ircivejt notice fejn infurmatni (is-sistema!) li l-email li bghat lil dak, lil-dak u lil-iehor (u mhux wiehed jew tnejn ta) thassret minghajr ma kienet inqrat! Issa hi, dawn huma hbieb taghna li ma gewx infurmati ghal xi raguni jew ohra.

Jiena nahseb li meta jkolli ADSL immur ahjar minn dal-marelli cable tal-qamel!

Ridt nistaqsi iz-Zoqdi jew min jaf jghidli insomma...fejn qieghed il-Ventur tal-Mosta u l-Autobahn?

iz zoqdi said...

Sewww hej...w jien mort indahhal il-cable internet wara li kont idejjaqt fuq -ADSL..!!!!

isma jien tohoduniex for granted li gej...nipprova...imma peress li noghqod ghawdex u dik il-jum inkun free biex ingawdi u naghmel ta babysitter lil zewg tfal li ghandi (il-mara tahdem jum shih is sibt) fil-ghaxija inkun mehlub...specjalment jekk nivvintahom xi avventura bhal ma naf naghmel jien...

nghamel minn kollox biex nigi u nispera li jirnexxili....

iz zoqdi said...

MELA...il-Ventur qieghed it-triq tal-mosta bejn is-showroom il-qadima tas- Subaru ahna u sejrin lejn il-Rabat jew l-Imgarr.

L-autobahn qieghed it-triq (bypass) ta bejn iz-Zebbug u R-roundabout tar-Rabat...biex niftehmu fejn hemm st.Dorothy's u fejn kienet grat id-disgrazzja xi sena ilu ta dawk il-hames guvnotti.

Il-Ventur nikkikomandah ghax veru qdini sew....Kellem il-Kurt (iz-Zghir) u ghidlu li bghatek l-izpizjar tal-Volvo ta Ghawdex.

erskinemay said...

Mela Zoqdi...grazzi tal-informazzjoni siewja li tajtni dwar il-bejjiegha tal-vetturi!

Infittixhom zgur. Jekk int mzzewweg ghawdex, kun ghax li jien ukoll - bid-differenza li nghixu Malta. Jiddispjacini zgur jekk ma tigix...ghax ghandek dak il-grokk dejn mieghi u qed nigbor!

Ara kif taghmel u ejja ta!

Caw ghalissa

Hili said...

Ta Losco igifieri li hadet awards b'diska li kienet cover version. Imma mid-dehera Losco qatt ma qalet li d-diska kiente taghha!!! U allura l-ghageb inqala ghal xejn!

Zoqdi int m'ghand min ordnajthom il=parts?? M'ghand l-agent? Jekk iva ghandek x'tistenna...!!

Sur Calleja, jien il-Fun Cargo narahom il-vera koroh, imma kif qal iz-Zoqdi tajbin ghal family car.

Issa jekk bi hsiebek tehles id-dejn tal-post qabel ma tithajjar ghal Disco jew Freelander....nahseb sa dak iz-zmien ahjar umbaghad tahseb ghal xi siggu bir-roti tal-eletriku, ghax sa dak iz-zmien inkunu zmagajna!!! Hahaha

Mela jien ghamilt l-ghalmu tieghi u baghat email il-xi ftit min shabna...issa nistenna min ghandhom. Ukoll illum intqajt ma Josef Borg Grech, u qalli li kellu jippostponi s-safra li kellu pjanata, u allura issa dan jista jigi maghna!

Jien qatt ma kelli cable imma tghidx kemm nisma garr min-nies li ghandhom. Jien mil-bidu nett bdejt mal-Maltanet bid-dial up u issa qlibt ghal ADSL full race...u fuckin' tal-ustja....qatt ma naf li kelli problemi maghhom u servizz bomba. Jien qatt ma naf li xi hadd imblukkali l-inbox, mentri jien tghidx kemm jghiduli li imblokkajtulhom!!! Nirrikmandalek l-Maltanet anyday! Inhallas Lm13.85 fix-xaghar!

Zoqdi ma nistax nifhem kif tghid li ddejaqt bl-ADSL u qlibt ghal-cable!!! Huwa fatt magharuf li l-ADSL huwa hafna ahjar mil-cable allura int x'gara biex tghid hekk???

Issa rigward il-fenkata....tibdiex bl-iskuza ta Zoqdi...trid haqq l-ustja tigi ta!!! U anke l-Ballerina....int gej jew???

Insomma ghalikom hbieb!

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Qed niehu gost immens nisma li Josef jista jigi. Jiena iltqjat ma Stephen Muscat il-Belt u dan qalli li ma kien ircieva xejn...u x'ma naqlibx ghal Maltanet?! Kif incaqalqu minn hawn ghan-Naxxar l-ewwel haga li naghmel dik!

Issa meta jien ghedt li nixtri xi Discovery jew hekk meta nehles mid-dejn, li qed nghid huwa halli naqta' ftit minnu li l-pagamenti fix-xahar ma jibqghux il-monstri li jippromettu li jkunu!

Diga, per ezempju, minn meta tlabt ghal-loan s'issa naqqast ic-cifra...jigifieri...naslu ibzghax. U ijja propju lil ghalhekk li rridha il-Fun Cargo. Ghax hija family car. Peress li inhobbu nitilghu overland l-Italja u inizzlu skoss 'imbarazz' maghna nahseb li hija idejali!!

Tajjeb...mela il-body count s'issa telgha ghal 7...jiena, Kaci, Ballerina, Zoqdi (?), Kevin Mifsud, Marco Desira u Josef.

J'Alla titla aktar...the more the merrier.

Daqshekk ghalissa!

iz zoqdi said...

Hili il-Maltanet vera jghatu servizz imma jien kelli il-problema li peress li noqghod Fix-xifer ta Malta u Ghawdex...jigifieri San Lawrenz...ir-reception ma kienx tkun dejjem tajba ghax qeghdin il-boghod mir-repetitor (kliem taghhom!) u kien jaqta ta spiss. Il-cable mhux sippost hemm din il-problema ghax ghandek mimimal loss .....fil-fatt zammaajt l-Adsl ghal kumpanija f'Malta ..

u x'qed tghid fuq id-Discovery u L-Landrover....mela ixtri Terios jew 4WD gappuniza....smajt hafna gorr fuq il Disco/Land waqt li l-ohrajn ghandek makna eterna!!!!

Hili said...

Mela qed niehu gost nisma li sejjer mal-Maltanet...pass ghaqli immense!!!

Zoqdi x'qed tgjhdi bir-repeater??? Mela haqq alla mhux bil-linja tat-teleforn jew jigi l-ADSL!!!! Ma nafx ta...imma hekk nafa jien!

Jien illum SMSjat lil Pawlu Zammit...u mid-dehera se jigi wkoll...ghandu jikkonferma izjed il-quddiem!

Discovery mahluqha ghall-overland sur Calleja!!!

Zoqdi ghal informazzjoni tieghek, Terios jew anything else gappuniza huma toys u gimmicks, u x'hin tigi biex tixtri l-parts jaqsmuk il-prezzijiet!!! U iwa l-gappunizi jkollhom hsarat daqs kwalunkwe karozzi!!!
Min naha l-ohra Land Rover hija vettura ta veru, li jekk trid int isservik ghal izjed min ghomrok!!! Apparti hekk min 1947 s'issa it-titlu li ghandha l-land Rover ta 'Go Anywhere Vehicle' fil-vera sense tal-kelma ghadu hadd ma hadilha!!!
Ma nafx x'qalulek fuq il-magni tal-Land Rovers/ Discoveries etc...ghax dejjem ghamlu magni ta strapazz kbir u bhala hsarat il-vera ftit!!! M'hawn l-ebda gappuniza 4WD li thaqqaqha mal-Land Rover! L-armies tad-dinja kollha inkluza l-Amerka hija prova tajba ta dan ghax kollha Land Rovers ghandhom!!!

Babaj,

Kaci

iz zoqdi said...

kaci...jaqaw ghandek Landrover jew!!

U etienne kemm tahseb ha jghamel 4WD overland...mela hsibtu sejjer
fuq l-Alpi jew!!

Viva karozza gappuniza...vera lis-spare parts problema (minhabba l-agenti mhux il-karozza)imma daqs kemm qditni tajjeb in-Nissan Primera ghal 9 years...ikluz 4WDriving in Gozo u stappaz enormi( wara kollox jien kont qed insuqha) xejn ma jigi hdejja.

W iva ha ha nghatik ragun ghax dan il-kamp tieghek....imma issa ara xi darba tmerini fuq il-medicina ok, :>

erskinemay said...

Mela kemm qieghed sew jiena?! Eh x'tahseb Ballerina hi???!!! Jien la nifhem fil-medicina uwisq anqas nifhem fil-karozzi!

U ara kemm jien injorant (!), kont ser nistaqsi lil-Kaci x'ha niblghalu ghal dan ir-rih l-ghandi u kont qed niehu parir fuq il-karozzi minnghand iz-Zoqdi!!! EH!!!???

Mela hija...niccajtaw naqra hbieb ta...Kemm qed niltaqa ma nies li qeghdin jghiduli li ma ircievewx l-emails tieghi u sebah u dalam insomma. Ma nistax nifhem. Nahseb li dan in-nuqqas mill-ISP tieghi...forsi vera m'ghandix l-indirizzi ta' kullhadd ghax wara kollox jien ikkupjajthom mill-emails li kien bghatli Pierre Mallia. Imma ma nahsibx illi kellhom jammontaw ghal daqshekk nies li ma semghu xejn bil-blog u wisq anqas bl-ikla.

Nixtieq ikolli risposta aktar ahharija fuq Pawlu Zammit u dan sabiex inkun nista nibbukja. Mhux fair fuqhom li nghidilhom li sejrin sitta u ninzertawlhom ghoxrin u lanqas vice-versa.

Insomma ghalissa ciao hbieb, forsi narakhom aktar tard.

Hili said...

Zoqdi ghal informazzjoni tieghek ghandi tnejn Land Rovers....hehehe

Xi darba Zoqdi, nurik xigifieri offroad go karozza sew!!! Issa fejn mort offroad int ghawdex??? Nahseb min jaf kemm ghadejt min go widien eh!!! Hehehe

9 snin biss hadd minnha??? Hafna wkoll...jien il-Land Rover tieghi biss biss ghandu 23 years, 10 snin minnhom ghandi...u qatt ma sarlu xejn miskin...hlief naqa zejt kultant (nittopjah ta mhux nibdel) u darba f'mitt qamar nibdillu l-filter taz-zejt!!! BTW tieghi petrol ghalhekk nazzarda biz-zejt ghax ma jsirx hara b'had-diesel!!!

Hallina Zoqdi!!!!

Fuq il-medicina mhux se nmerik !!!

Etienne, il-Pawlu Zammit ghadni niehu konferma min ghandu.

Kaci

Hili said...

A Zoqdi,

Ara naqra dal-video link ha tkun taf x'jafu jghamlu l-Land Rovers!!!

http://www.solidebolide.nl/downloads/landrover driving technique.wmv

Sur Calleja jekk tahseb dal-link bhas-soltu tieghi ma jahdimx...please irrangahuli!!!

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Mela dan il-link Landrover video. Ara jekk titghllimx naqra wahda l-HTML ghailha din...ma f'hijiex gherf?!...jahasra!

iz zoqdi said...

isa hej...Kaci...mela ha nirrispondik han komplu dan id-dibbattitu...f'il kaz nghidu lil georg ikomplih fuq Doksa..

il-land rover li qed titkellem int fuqha hija il-qadima mhux il gdida wqt lil kien kont qed nirreferi ghal din

in-nissan kienet taghtini hafna iktar (u ghad) li kienu ma sibx cuc taljan jghix malta jidhol side impact b'dik l-us&%^& Lada (Tank tal gwerra)...w nassigurak li ghawdek hrattu biha w kemm il-darba kont f'sitwazjoni fejn hsibt li ha tinqasam f'tnejn (saqsi lil kuginuk il-newly wed!!)

erskinemay said...

Mela l-kaci qalli biex nippostja hawnhekk rigward l-ikla ta' nhar is-Sibt li gej.

Ballerina...din hija FENKATA, allura wiehed jipprezumi li ser jittiekel il-fenech (b'eccezzjoni tal-Kaci li jiekol dawk li johorgu minn taht idejn Hugh Hefner biss!)

Ghax-xorb...ixrob li trid

Il-venue huwa l-MGARR F.C. li jinstab bejn l-Imgarr u z-Zebbiegh. Il-Hin huwa fit-8:00 ta' filghaxija. Diga ibbukjat u lest.

Il-head count s'issa huwa xi disa imma jiena irriservajt ghal ghaxra. Jekk jigu iktar, sid il-post assigurani li ma tkunx problema.

Issa nibblogja fuq l-ohra bl-istess ahbar aktar tard ghax m'ghandix cans naghmilha issa.

Ghalikhom!

Hili said...

Mela Zoqdi, qalb ta qalbi...il-Land Rover min mindu bdiet fin-1947 sa issa ghadha meqjusa bhala "THE BEST 4X4XFAR" u no matter kemm jippruvaw kwalinkwe kumpanija ohra qatt ma rnexxielhom jaqilbuha lill-Land Rover.
Int qed tghid li il-video ta l-antiki....nassikurak li b'wahda moderna kapaci tmur hafna izjed min hekk!!! Oggett wiehed insemmilek li b'tieghek ma tistax tghaddi bhal ma jghaddi Land Rover...il-ground clearnace!!! Land Rover hija mibnija mil-fabrika ghal skop ta offroad...in fatti hija magharufa bhal "THE GO ANYWHERE VEHICLE"...allura ghandha hafna clearance u approack u departure angles, li dawn mintiex se ssibhom fin-Nissan!
Xi darba ejja maghna...u ara ma nismax gergir eh!!!

Sur Calleja la ghandek daqshekk xogholok ghali, mhux tghidli naqa kif nghamel biex nippostja video halli darb' ohra ma nsaqsikx!

Bully mela s-sibt se niltaqghu...Pawlu Zammit baghatli llum u ghandi jkolli risposta ghada.

Zoqdi int gej jew???

Kaci

erskinemay said...

Jek joghgobkom ippostjaw fuq il-post il-gdida!

Kull xahar post gdida halli ma nintlekwx daqshekk

Grazzi bil-quddiem ghal kooperazzjoni taghkhom

Bammper said...

yoo hoo!!!!

hemm xi wahda ttir bil gwienah jew????

Romblu said...

Aw Pawlu Vella Bamber , nice to hear from you again. Il fjuri tal -Olanda qieghdin f-aqwa taghhom bhalissa , hemm kullhadd HIGH qieghed nahseb ?
Nispera li tinsab tajjeb. Jien Ok grazzi. John ir-Romblu .