Sep
30
The Spleen!
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After the first week of discovery and adaptation, I go then into a boring relaxing phase and then right after that I endure what I call the Spleen. The Spleen is this feeling of nostalgia and sadness induced by the regrets of things I was used to and left behind, in this case, Dublin. I […]
Sep
29
Physically Tired!
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Of course I am paying the price for 2 long days hiking! My legs are really sore. I have not used them like this for a while. It is a good exercise and even though I am tired I am feeling relaxed and happy. It seems that my superannuation fund has sent the cheque on […]
Sep
28
Hiking!
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I went Hiking with a group of students in Manchester. Keswick on Saturday was really nice and I had lots of fun, Snowdon on Sunday was quite impressive but quite boring. The pictures are great though and I am loving more and more my Nikon D200. Photography was a good way to socialize also, taking […]
Sep
26
My first bad lecture!
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It’s very easy to spot a bad lecturer with few signs: 1. Very little on board notes and ugly schemes 2. Continuous reading of his own simplistic notes 3. Continuous Bullshits with very stupid analogies 4. Lots of acting and stupid jokes These signs are very revealing of a bad lecturer. All the poor kids […]
Sep
25
Life is really boring!
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After a week of discovery and acclimation to Manchester, I am again bored. Everything is over and I am enduring the afterward effect of high level adrenaline. The relaxation time is dead boring! I had a surprise this morning, my boss from Australia wrote to me and asked for some forcefield parameters. The postdoc who […]
Sep
23
My bed!
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Bed time most of the day to make the cold go away! I cut myself deeply yesterday with my new knife. My left thumb lost a big chunk of my own skin. The swim is better now that got used to the pool. Only 4 days of swimming per week though…O well that should be […]
Sep
22
Phone SIM card
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Because of the existing competition between phone providers, every time you get a new SIM card, you pay 10 GPB for it and you get 10 GBP extra as reward. If I keep on changing provider every time I am done with my units with one company, I can get another cheap SIM card from […]
Sep
21
Recovering from a stressfull week!
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After a small herpes and a cold caught yesterday, I am recovering from a hectic week. I should admit big cities are scary to me. I do not like them much. New York had the same effect on my mental health. I just cannot seem to have a grip on reality. So many people and […]
Sep
20
Back online!
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Finally, Internet is up and running. I was afraid I would have to spend the rest of the weekend without it. That was scary! 4 days were long enough! The herpes is quickly over. With the help of the cream, it is healed right away. Weeeee! The pool is way too crowded in the morning! […]
Sep
18
Herpes AGAIN!
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I am really unlucky. Two herpes crisis in less than 1 month. I used to have one per year. This time it appears in its conventional form, meaning on my upper lip. These stressing moves are no good to my personnal health. Everytime I am stressed, my body is suffering too many virale attacks. I do not even want […]