Oct
9
What a shock!
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Okay for people who haven’t seen it: “the devil wears prada” you should watch it and you would know what type of bosses I have. I thought these type of people exist only in movies or are extremely rare. My boss in New York is a bit like that and I last only a week […]
Oct
4
The Real World!
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Here I come to the real world. I’ve had a taste of it when I decided to leave behind my research career. IT IS HARD. This is my chance to start all over so I’d better not spoil it. It was indeed a long and painful reconversion with many doubts. BUT I DID IT! Yeea […]
Sep
29
2 years and 4 months and a New Career!
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I’ll start next Tuesday a new career, it is completely different from my research career which no longer exists anyways. I left Australia at the end of May 2008 so it has taken me exactly 2 years and 4 months to get back on my feet with a new start. Type of job: Programming/Developping for […]
Jul
18
Lolita is gone!
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Today around 5 pm, our 15 years old dog died. It was painless and it was swift. It feels very strange. I have a little something in my throat, It was the best ending I could dream of for her.
Mar
10
Eating, sleeping…and waiting
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That is all that has happened the last three months. Nothing really interesting to write about I guess. Waiting for things to get better. List of little events: 1. My 500 Gb HD died yesterday. I was glad I had a backup HD so nothing was lost… I am looking to buy a new one. […]
Dec
13
Wake Up!
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7 months back home and I got 6 extra kilogrammes. I am still rowing everyday half an hour (4.6 kms) but the good food is adding some extra weighs. I need to do something about it if I do not want a belly. Maybe I should eat more vegetables. The job market is too bad […]
Nov
26
…
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I did not get the position. I am not too sad because it was really far away and it would take me 3-4 hours to commute everyday. Life goes on and I keep on applying. Nothing really new and interesting happened. The winter is cold and wet here. Sunlight is shorter during a day but […]
Nov
5
Job interview
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I’ve had one yesterday, it did go well. Second phase of selection is next week on Tuesday. We shall see. The job is a system admin subcontractor for Thales.
Oct
27
Getting Older
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As I am getting older, like everyone I am having little problems especially with my eyes. It is hard for me to focus and read tiny letters on my high resolution laptop screen. I finally figured out a way to keep the fonts bigger permantly for Windows and to prevent Firefox to automaticly resize: Windows […]
Oct
20
Addiction to WoW
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World of Warcraft is really addictive. I am trying to restrict myself to play it. I will only turn it on after 8 pm and play until 11 pm maximum. It took all my time but worse of all it has become repetitive. I am still on the learning curve for stock investments. My position […]