Antoine and Ramon

Another two Maltese bloggers introduce themselves to the blogosphere. Antoine Cassar at Triq il-Maqluba writes that he discovered Maltese blogs via Maltese Wikipedia. First alerted by Mark at Xifer. From Antoine's first post:

Bniedem nomadu b'xagħru mberfel (jekk mhux moħħu wkoll) li sas-sena li għaddiet kien joqgħod Madrid, jikteb teżi dwar il-letteratura medjevali, jaħdem bħala traduttur Ingliż, u jqatta' biċċa kbira taż-żmien ma jagħmel xejn għax kellu bżonn jaħseb u jiddelirja. Dawn kienu mill-aqwa snin tal-ħajja mqallba tiegħi, sakemm darba fost l-oħrajn, wara tliet snin ta' ħidma u divertiment, qtajtha li kelli bżonn tibdila radikali... ħallejt l-eżistenza urbana, il-ħbieb u l-għarusa (li marret tgħix il-Brażil u x'aktarx se tibqa' hemm għal dejjem!), u ġejt ngħix, ngħammar u nbejjet il-Qrendi. U fil-paċi li ngawdi hawnhekk, ħajti qisha ta' eremita, inkompli naħdem bħala traduttur, nistudja l-Malti, nitħaddet man-nanniet u niġġerra fi ħdan il-kotba u l-ħsibijiet. Interessanti dak li jgħid Immanuel Mifsud dwar il-bloggs Maltin bħala post fejn wieħed jista' jinforma u jitgħallem ferm aktar dwar il-ġrajjiet kurrenti ta' pajjiżna milli fil-medja..

Another fresh blogger is 17 year old DJ Ramon Mangion with Ramon's Opinion Column. On his first day he writes about environmental problems in Malta:

The first issue that i wish to discuss is air pollution in Malta. Everywhere we go in Malta , one can sense that the air is not clean we do not feel comfortable at all when breathing in areas like Cottonera, Marsa Guardamangia and other similar areas. Malta's traffic congestion problems are always increasing, cars in this little piece of land are increasing at a hazardous rate. The power stations in Marsa and Delimara are killers when we come to pollution.Let us not forget the incinerator at St Lukes hospital. This heavy air pollution is also leading to health problems,one must note the ever increasing rate of people who suffer from asthma. This problem can only be solved well not totally solved but minimzed if everyone does his part..