Today was officially Day 1 of the school holidays.

I woke up thinking:
“Today I’m going to the radio.”

And not just any radio.

NRJ Mauritius — La Radio Des Hits.

And honestly… it was one of the most fun, unexpected, slightly chaotic, and very sugary days I’ve had in a while.

 My Second Time on NRJ Mauritius

I was invited to speak with Alan on the show. At first, I was a little nervous. Actually… very nervous.

He noticed immediately.

He asked me:

“Don’t be too stressed… the stress is gone now?”

Yes… mostly. 

But once the microphones were on, something cool happened.

We started talking about something I love thinking about: strange questions about the world.

 The Question That Started It All

I told Alan about the idea behind one of my latest YouTube Shorts.

The question was simple:

Is Mauritius taller than Mount Kilimanjaro?

At first it sounds ridiculous.

Kilimanjaro is 5,895 metres tall, the highest mountain in Africa.

Mauritius?

Our highest point is Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire at 828 metres.

So obviously Kilimanjaro wins… right?

But then I explained something.

Mauritius is a volcanic island.

Which means the island doesn’t start at sea level.

It actually rises from the ocean floor.

Under the sea, the island drops around 4,000–5,000 metres down to the seabed.

So if you measure from the base of the volcano underwater to the top of the island, Mauritius could reach almost 5,800 metres.

That means…

Mauritius might secretly be in the same height league as Kilimanjaro.

Alan looked at me like:

“Okay… now you’ve trapped me with this question.”

Mission accomplished. 

If you missed the short, here’s the one that started the whole conversation:

https://youtube.com/shorts/ysLNqchw--g?feature=share

Where Do These Ideas Come From?

Alan asked me something interesting on air.

“How do you even think of questions like that?”

Honestly?

When I have nothing to do, I just look around and wonder about things.

Why is this like that?
What’s under that?
What would happen if we measured it differently?

Sometimes curiosity is like a rabbit hole.

You ask one question… and suddenly you're researching volcanoes and ocean depths.

Alan said that when he has nothing to do, he sleeps.

Fair point. 

The Ocean Is My Biggest Curiosity

During the interview, I talked about something that really matters to me.

I want to work with the ocean one day.

Especially coral reefs.

Corals are incredible ecosystems, but they’re also very fragile. Pollution and climate change are hurting them everywhere — including around Mauritius.

So one of my dream ideas is to research something like nutrients or “vitamins” that could help corals survive and grow stronger.

Imagine if science could help reefs recover faster.

That would be amazing.

The Off-Air Chaos (and Cake)

But the funniest part of the day actually happened after the microphones were off.

Since it was the first day of holidays, I brought:

• cake

• drinks

• and some treats

We ended up sharing everything with the radio team in the studio.

And that’s when things became… slightly more chaotic.

Because someone asked about rugby.

Now if you know me, you know something important:

I love contact sports.

Especially rugby.

At one point Jean Pascal jokingly said something like:

“Show us how a rugby tackle works.”

So naturally…

I demonstrated.

Let’s just say:

Jean Pascal now understands rugby tackles much better than before. 

Don’t worry.

No radio hosts were seriously harmed during the making of this holiday snack break.

Your Turn

So here’s the question again:

Should a mountain only count the part above water?

Or should the hidden part underwater count too?

Because if oceans can hide mountains…

What else are they hiding?

Let me know what you think.

Rya