- It is to stop standing in front of a little shop eating ‘Mofogasy’ or ‘Vary amin’anana’.
- It is to stop laughing and instead fake a little smile ‘cuz of snobbery.
- It is to forget my childhood games (tantara, tso-bato, fanenjika, kasikasi-kapoaka…) and instead favor the new technology (Play Station, singing doll,…).
- It is to be ashamed of expressing FUN with claping hands, shouting, dancing, jumping…
- It is to go to another nation’s school to learn their country’s history and geography when I don’t even know mine.
- It is to hoot and urge poor heavily loaded rickshaws or carts with my nice car








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April 25, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Po8
hi ari,
good to have you back after that pause.
am a fan of gasy country & a fan of your blog.
get to know something of daily life there,other than the traditional media.
discovered wordpress through your blog & am now trying my hand ON.
have zero computer knowledge.
trying to self-learn.
learning something from you as well.
keep it up.
thanks!!!
April 25, 2010 at 9:42 pm
ariniaina
Hey Po8
Wow, thx a lot.
And welcome to the blogosphere then
Cheers
April 25, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Po8
am @/ /po8s.wordpress.com/!using hemmingway theme of all the 80+!have a look and make suggestions!had a go at blogger but the tech part was missing.here am getting an idea how it goes..tough of course!a real challenge.!
still fighting to understand all the settings +++.PAS FACILE!even fussing with the typing and keyboard isn’t easy.
your comment was in before i was going to ask you take a look!!!TNX
no, we are in a better situation than you,BUT our guys are all : “meme la sauce” as we say in KREOL!
a cousin? with the Embassy personnel???
April 29, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Liz
Hi Ariniaina. I’m writing from PocketCultures. We try to show life in different countries and cultures. Just to let you know, today we featured Dago Tiako in our Blogs of the World section. Here it is if you’re interested:
http://pocketcultures.com/blogsoftheworld/2010/04/29/i-love-madagascar/
Also, I put one of your photos in the post. Hope that’s ok – if there is any problem please let me know and I’ll take it off immediately. Congratulations on your blog! Best wishes.
April 29, 2010 at 8:07 pm
ariniaina
Hi Liz,
Thank you so much.
Of course, you can use the photo. It’s a pleasure for me.
May 18, 2010 at 2:07 pm
kya
- if it’s to meet “snobish and stuck up” people who can’t have fun the way me and my MF friends do…
May 31, 2010 at 5:47 pm
dagomc
Can’t I be rich and do those stuff at the same time ? …I think I can … Well, I don’t know yet, … I’m not rick yet …. hihi
May 31, 2010 at 5:48 pm
dagomc
I mean rich .. not rick … but I’m not rick neither!
June 2, 2010 at 3:36 pm
ariniaina
@dagomc believe me once u’ll get rich u’ll behave differently… Hope not anyway