The electrical system in the hallway including the elevator went off last Saturday night. It was a bit scary to walk through the dark corridor and go down the stairs with a flashlight for 2 days. It came up today. I pictured myself trapped in some war zone :)! I am going home for a […]

I’ve made public my decision to go back to Paris. My boss in Paris will try to keep me and will set me up for another position with Schneider in Ruel-Malmaison. It’s not far from where I live. The salary is lower but I’ll be home so it won’t cost me as much. Also it […]

I told my boss last week, that I have to go back home for personal reasons, my dad being sick. It was a smart move because It implied that I had to go back and leave my current job without saying I wanted to leave the company. There are more opportunities in Paris and with […]

One Goal!

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Leave Grenoble! 🙂 Let’s see how long it will take me.  I am determined to go elsewhere. Preferably back to Paris.

Here is my list for people who, like me, still cook to save money: 1. Cooking bags: Alba. Freaking useful for people who don’t want to clean after  using the oven. Just add everything in the bag and let it do the magic inside the oven. Perfect cooking and no cleaning or very little. The […]

Plop!

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Alors Coura, comment va la vie en Angleterre? (je ve voir ton lien youtube) I did delete my last post because it was badly written and it did not express what I really wanted so here is a summary: 1. I am doing fine at work and I’ve had lots of compliments 2. Sadly it […]

Well it was a very cool summer. Lots of events and good memories! I did not see time pass by and I am looking forward to having more of these in the future. Flickr: The lake and the theme Parc, Asterix

I am having 5 days off and I am back to Paris for some fun. Friday: Train to Paris, home at 23:00 Saturday:  Shopping in Paris 13e, Chinatown, short detour to my sister’s place to visit her apart and see her cat and then we all head back to my parents’ place to play some […]

LiVing CoSt!

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Studio rent: -415 Internet: -42 Electricity: -30 Transport: -23 Medicare: -34 Food/Fun/Personnal care: -550 Net Salary : 1870 (+ restaurant tickets : 126) I can save then between 700 and 800 euros per month. I think I can save more if I control better my food/fun/personnal expenses. My colleagues at work could not save that […]

Belgian Fun!

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I was so busy the last 2 weeks with work and WoW that  I didn’t have time to upload these pictures of my trip in Belgium. I also took so many pictures that it is hard to sort them out quickly and share them. Anyways here they are: Flickr: link It has been 10 years […]

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