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Introduction to PicuMarz Diary

PicuMarz is a combination of my wife's (Malin) nick name "Picu" and mine 'MarZ'. Picu comes from the Finish but similarly from the Italian word 'picolina' (small and sweet), and I am known on the digital scene as MarZ.

This section is a huge diary were I and my girlfriend Malin write about things which happens in our life. It could be how we spent a nice day somewhere, or something that I or/and Malin really liked (or were disgusted of), or about our ideas and opinions on a specific topic. You could find reviews of some book that Malin just read or an electronical product I just have bought and tested. Also there is a sort of 'no comment' page regards things which I hate in Malta, and finally I included all my writings in my old diary from I was 12 to about 26yrs (but unfortunately in Maltese !)

The writings may be enhanced by photos and related web links on the particular subject. Another interesting part is that you can write your comments / feedback about a special article on PicuMarz Diary online and your comment will be included in the page shortly after - it's like a forum but on a smaller scale

I & Malin wish everyone to have fun reading our PicuMarz Diary

Contents and Main Menu of PicuMarz Diary
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A Click here to enter this section

Here you find writings from me and Malin about special events occuring in our present liffe. These could be happy writings about some interesting place we visited, or sad writing about any experiences in our real life. [more info...]

B Click here to enter this section

This is a very vast section in which I placed all the diary writings during my life starting from about the age of 13 to some years ago, when I was 25 years or so. Then I stopped writing 'my personal diary' due to lack of time and interess. The writings are mainly in Maltese language so if you dont understand Maltese just skip this part! [more info...]
Section still under construction

C Click here to enter this section

Apart from interesting to read, this corner can also be very useful. Here we write our critics or better called reviews about several items that we buy or make use of. It could be about a book that Malin read, a restaurant service, a type of food, or an electronical equipment... or in few words anything! [more info...]

D Click here to enter this section

In this part, Mallin and I write about ideas and techniques that can be implemented in daily life to improve and make your life easier. It could be some in house tip, or a more systematic idea that maybe tha authorities would like to implement on a larger scale. [more info...]

More detail about the PicuMarZ Sections

The Event Diary

Here you find writings from me and Malin about special events occuring in our present personal life. These could be happy writings about some interesting place we just visited, or sad writing about any experiences in our real life. It is like an online diary of our weekly experiences so that our relatives, friends and any curious ones could know how we are doing in Malta. The writings are usually enhanced by photos, especially if we visited a beautiful place which we took photos of. You can submit your comments to any message by a simple online form included in the webpage.   (go to contents menu...)




MarZ Old Diary

This is a very vast section in which I placed all the diary writings during my life starting from about the age of 13 to some years ago, when I was 25 years or so. Then I stopped writing 'my personal diary' due to lack of time and interess. The writings are mainly in Maltese language so if you dont understand Maltese just skip this part! In most of the cases, the writings describe how did I spent the day, and what special / funny / adventerous things I experienced. For some years (or lseveral months) there is a writing for every single day. Of course there will be some periods where I did not write anything becsue diary writing was something periodical - sometimes I write and sometimes I do not. The writings are sorted by year / month / day and in some cases even by subject.   (go to contents menu...)




Reviews

Apart from interesting to read, this corner can also be very useful. Here we write our critics or better called reviews about several items that we buy or make use of. It could be about a book that Malin have just read, a restaurant service, a type of food, or an electronical equipment... in few words anything! The nice part of it is that you would know what to expect from such items/service before you try them up. For example I buy, a webcam and I review it to be crappy and waste of money - then you would be aware of it and do not buy one alike. On the other hand, we can write what a wonderful meal we had in a certain restaurant and you might try it up. Due to advertisment and spam one cannot write his own reviews unless he is someone I personally know and I could trust that his review is genuine not biased to make advertisment.   (go to contents menu...)




Ideas and Tips

In this part, Mallin and I will write about ideas and techniques that can be implemented in your daily life to improve and make your life easier. It could be some in house tip, or a more systematic idea that authorities would like to implement on a larger scale !!! These could be stupid things like how to peel effectively a kiwi, to more useful tips like short cuts to avoid traffic. You can also write your own ideas and tips given that there is no advertisment involved.  (go to contents menu...)




Opinions

This corner is a bit vague, since here we write about our opinions and what we think about diverse aspects in general life rather than personal things. Topics include anything llike a certain current news (eg a new war or a new disease), abortion, ghosts, sexual haresment, maltese fireworks, environment, scientific discoveries vs ethical issues, and such discutible opinions. Again anyone is invited to write his own opinion, or comment on our own.   (go to contents menu...)




Rules and Conditions when sending posts

Since this may become a power ful abusive tool, a set of terms and conditions has been established. The problem about this page is that it is free and anonymous. So for example a shoe maker could invent a bad article about his neighbour shoemaker, so that he lowers his reputation. This abuse is strictly untolerated. For this reason, everyone who sends an article here cannot stay anonymous - at least his name valid paid-email address and locality should be given.


Conditions:

1) Anyone sending an article to this forum by the online form or email (picumarz@marz-kreations.com) must be 16yrs of age or above.

2) The articles must be written in English. Swear, rude phrases and personal offenses are not allowed.

3) Photos of shops, cars, company logos, receipts, or products can be sent, but photos of persons are not allowed. For the time being referencing to discrete persons by name is also not allowed. You should mention the general company name, shop, service provider, etc.

4) Once the article is sent, it cannot be deleted till 6 months, unless adviced by law to do so. So be prudent what to write before it is too late.

5) If an article is found to be an invented story, or part of it is untrue, the article will be removed or visibly cancelled and name of the sender will be shown accordingly. The IP of person responsible will be banned to avoid further posting from him/her in the future

6) Photos must not be edited / altered / manipulated so that new content which was not originally in the image is added up / recontructed in the photo. i am quite keen in computer graphics and I can easily detect such things. Editing photo colour, brightness, gamma, cropping borders, sharpening and other minimal photo enhancment is however allowed. You can also write the name of the photographer at some edge/corner of the picture.

7) Anyone who writes an article must include an email address which will not be displayed in the page (unless he/she wish so). I keep this email safely on my records for further contacts and reference. A sort of nick name is also needed unless one wish to write his/her real name.

8) Each article is first reviewed by the webmaster (hence me) and I will decide if it is appropriate or not to include it in the forums. Offensive, vulgar, adverts, spam or out of point articles are strictly not allowed and discarded at first glance.

9) Articles are not guaranteed to be placed online as soon as you send them. Time is needed to evaluate the article and photos submitted. Typical time could be as long as 2-3 days.

10) This service is free of charge and is not for any profitable purposes.



IMPORTANT NOTICE:
    Thie whole PicuMarz Diary and all its sub-sections are under copyright of the authors of this site (marz-kreations.com), hence Stephen Mifsud and Malin Hagglund, Malta, 2004
How It Works...

If you wish to reply to any of the writings found in PicuMarz Diary (except those in the "Old MarZ Diary" section) you can do this by the following 2 methods:


A) Online form....

The easiest way is to use the online form at the bottom of the page or simply by clicking [submit message] shortcut at every message/writing entry in the PicuMarz Diary. Fill all the required in the form together with your message.


B) Email.....
  1. Send an new email addressed to picumarz@marz-kreations.com or simply click [send email] found at the right column of every message/writing entry in the PicuMarz Diary.

  2. At the start of the email type the message reference number found at the top right of every message so that I would know to which message your reply is about.

  3. Write in English and use appropriate, polite, non-offensive grammer.

Photos and files can only be sent by email to picumarz@marz-kreations.com and should not be more than 2Mb in size. We check all message entries personally and impropriate entries are discarded. Hence it is useless to submit banners, adverts, and spam. For this reason your message will not appear online for a maximum of 3 days from the time of submission. We are always happy to receive your opinions / point of views / comments and general replies to include in our PicuMarz Diary.

!!! Have Fun !!!