Maggie & Mal's Adventures in North Cyprus, the UK and Beyond
Great weather for November so a trip to the beach with Rosie in the morning. Shame about all the rubbish on the beach!
The rest of the day was spent doing jobs around the house and garden.
Two more days to the candlelit vigil in Lefkosa. It is on Sunday 4.00 – 6.00pm
Thought for the Day – ” A man who does not think for himself does not think at all” – Oscar Wilde
Another very warm day and I could have thought my days work out better. I carried on Hammeriting railings……..not the best plan when it was 29 degrees and the sun beating down. Mal was digging the front garden and when he had finished jumped into the pool. He was braver than me as the water temperature has gone down. I had a soak in the bath instead.
There have been a lot of lorries carrying rubbish going up towards the village today and we couldn’t imagine where they were going. Thanks to Peter Martin, we found out! see link. I fail to understand the mentality. When we first moved in here they had coach trips to the beautiful waterfall, now we have a rubbish dump?? Words fail me.
Don’t forget on Sunday, in Lefkosa, the candlelit vigil. Why should you attend? see link
Thought for the Day – “Who can protest and does not is an accomplice in the act” – The Talmud
The weather was beautiful, so time to do more gardening.
Cyprus Today Midweek edition, including Ismet’s comment on the candlelit vigil see link
Another reason to attend Sunday’s candlelit vigil in Lefkosa see link
Thought for the Day – “If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invites every man to become a law unto himself, it invites anarchy” – Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Well, apart from the gap, my gum was fine, a job well done.
If you are in the TRNC next Sunday (14th November) PLEASE come along to Lefkosa and “observe” the Candlelit vigil. So many people here are having property problems…….if you care, be there. Why? see link
You don’t know where to go…you do now see link
Don’t forget your candle!
Thought for the Day – “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government” – Thomas Jefferson
Six days to go until the Candlelight Vigil in Lefkosa. This is to seek Property Justice for all in the TRNC……………..BE THERE IF YOU CARE. see link
In spite of the fact that I broke one of my teeth in half last Wednesday, I waited all this time to have it looked at……yes, a total coward where the dentist is concerned. So, Mal and I decided to go to the Near East University, Faculty of Dentistry, as we had heard good reports. We went along with directions (which turned out to be all wrong) but finally made it. If coming from Girne to Lefkosa, turn left at the first main roundabout, next turning left after the metal footbridge and follow the road up. Past the karting centre, keep going up basically following the ‘H’ for Hospital signs. There will be a green building on your right at the roundabout where you turn left. Turn into the car park where you see the building below. With this building in front of you, to the left is ‘TIP FAKULTESI’ and the dental faculty is the large building to the RIGHT.
As you go in the entrance, turn to the left reception desk (ground floor) and tell them you have come for a check up and haven’t been before. YOU MUST take your passport with you. They take your details and in exchange for your passport, you are given a patient number tag to wear around your neck. Next thing we were taken into a room with several examining chairs. Mal was asked to sit on one and me on another. It seems that here females are treated by females and males by males. They checked our teeth and then took us along to have a full 360 degree X ray. By the time we arrived back to the check up room, all details including X ray were on the computer screen overhead. They then explained in great detail everything that needs doing. For the first time in 60 years I was informed that I have always been two pre molars short!! No they have never been taken out and no I have never worn braces. Two of my root fillings have not been done correctly( and that was the UK) and while they are telling you all this, they are showing you on the X rays above you. I need some periodontal work, obviously my broken tooth to come out and talk of an implant.
I hate the dentist and tend to ‘swich off’, so asked them to explain to Mal, which they did. They then give you a sheet of paper with their ‘plan’ for future dentistry work, listed as each department and which floor it is on.
So, from ground floor to third floor ‘surgery’. We both sat in dentists chairs next to each other again, Mal assuring me that this was just for them to check what was required and no they wouldn’t be doing anything today….Don’t you believe it. A very charming girl came over and asked me what the problem was, she looked at the X rays, ah yes, next thing the injection was in my mouth ready for the extraction. I did look over at Mal while my mouth was deadening…of course he wasn’t looking at me!!
I have to say, no pain, she was very good, took the half a tooth out, packed the hole and told me instructions of what to do for the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, Mal was being told that he needed 4 wobbly teeth out and he told them he couldn’t have them out yet as he is due to go to the UK in a month and didn’t want gaps. (He got away with it!……just for a while!)
I think the place is a little confusing but as was explained to me, you work through their plan which is given to you on a sheet of paper. I was told I then go downstairs and make an appointment with the periodontist for any time after 2 weeks (as I had just had the extraction). I am sure it is fine when you get the hang of it, that each area of dentistry is on a seperate floor of the building. The staff are lovely, are very good at explaining everything to you, the place is very airy and spotlessly clean. The bonus is that the prices are good! I highly recommend and believe very few people know of the facility there. Mal and I appeared to be two of only six ‘patients’ in the entire building.
There is no need to make an appointment on your first visit. You just turn up there. They are closed between 12.30 – 13.30 for lunch. Mal and I arrived at 10.30 and didn’t come out until 12.30 and were being attended to all that time, no waiting around. Value for money if you ask me!
When the days work is complete, you return to the ground floor, the reception where you started off, you pay the bill and they exchange your security tag for your passport. Total cost of my extraction 90tl, the cost for a detailed check up including the X ray,60tl. Oh and 1% VAT added to the bill. So, the total for me 151.50tl.
I can honestly say I have never had such detailed care taken of my teeth and I know you can’t put a price on health but implants and major work seems to be a lot cheaper than Girne dentists.
Thought for the Day: “Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.” Edmund Burke
We were so grateful to have power back but then another problem cropped up…the hunters! They started very very close to us at 6.30am. This didn’t bother us too much as we were already up but not so good for any of our neighbours hoping for a Sunday lie-in. We took Rosie to the beach to avoid getting shot on our walk.
It continued all day. It really was no joke. At one time there were two hunters and a child with them, who was swinging one of the rifles around. Willy did follow some of them to Incesu and had words with them. The shooting continued and none of them seemed to care how close they were to occupied buildings. see link
Later we watched the Chelsea v Liverpool game. Liverpool WON!
Scarlet and Jack came on the webcam and it was so funny, they were drinking their milk ready for bed and Grandad told them a long distance bedtime story.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – SEE LINK
Thank you Ismet for making this possible. BE THERE IF YOU CARE!!!!!
Thought for the Day – “The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government” – George Washington
Up and out with Rosie but as soon as we were back the electricty went off. We checked the main fuse and the box, which we have now locked, so no one can take the fuses. No, it was not just us but I heard afterwards it was all over the North. We gave up and went to Chateau Lambousa to the market. We bought 3 more painted tiles to hang around the house. It was another beautiful sunny morning, great for November.
By the time we arrived home, still no electricity. In fact it didn’t come back on until 3.15 pm. Mal had been waiting all that time to publish stories on NCFP. So, we sat in the sun and played cards.
The Cyprus Today report see link. Some of the things in there I read and find them hard to believe! Again it shows what a lot of unhappy people are in North Cyprus. I have to say I can not believe the article about the Orams.
What a joke, I had just put a roast in the (electric) oven and sat down to watch Man U…you guessed it, the electricty went off again.
Thought for the Day – “We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars” – Oscar Wilde (especially the people here with holes in their roof!)