May
16
X-men Apocalypse‘s premiere is tomorrow and I cannot wait to watch it! I bought an unlimited card for 21.90 Euros per month to go to the theater since I discovered a huge Mall center near the airport: Aeroville. It is open on Sunday too.
May
15
aDminIstRatiVe mAtters!
Filed Under Daily
I was busy with some administrative matters last week trying remove the management company of my building (“Syndic de copropriétés”). The management company cost to all owners in the building 12 960 Euros per year. However, the building manager only took care of our accounting and nothing else. I was also tired of this building manager because he was really slow when I wanted to repair something in the building! I requested to switch to a building manager made of “volunteers” (meaning ME). It would allow us to save 12 960 Euros and to do something useful with that money instead of paying for useless accounting services.
Also the water in the building cost 13650 Euros / year on a unique water meter. I wanted to install a water meter for each apartment so that everyone could pay his own water consumption.
While looking for a job, I do have lots of free time and it keeps me busy to fix things that nobody cares about. It is however extremely costly: 12 960 + 13650 Euros = 26610 Euros / year!
My proposition sent a shock wave to all owners, however, all of them voted for my proposition. I need a 2nd vote in a month to confirm this proposition definitively because we were not enough to reach the majority 51 % (51% of the votes or a second vote).
May
14
I am trying to force my bank to remove all interests on my loan during 2 years: it’s free and it would save 1110 Euros so I went to the court and I sued my bank. When I went to drop the administrative paperwork at the district court, I saw a homeless old man who tried to sue his own sister or daughter because he lost all his inheritance. The old man was hopelessly half crazy, he had enough wits to come to court and to annoy people there.
It is very useful to know that, in France, you can sue any company if the cost is below 10 000 Euros and it is free! You just fill out a legal form and drop it at the court. Then, you will defend yourself in front of a judge. It works most of the time if you respect the law:
- You find a legal case in your favor
- You try to negotiate with the bank (send all justifications and write a letter to the bank)
- The bank cannot find any counter legal argument and it is trying to delay
- If you have all the paperwork ready, just fill in the legal form and drop it at the court
So So So simple!
It will take 6 months to see the judge however if the bank keeps on delaying and not finding any counter legal argument maybe it will try to negotiate instead of loosing in front of a judge. It will put pressure on the bank to find a legal answer or to do things the way you want it to be done. It is worth a shot!
May
1
Homemade “Bun Rieu”, it is stinky enough to scare away most Europeans! However, it is scrumptious. It is even better the day after when I just have to heat the soup up.
Apr
30
What to do with 1 Tb on a Flickr account?
Since I have 1 tB of space, I decided to upload all original pictures at their highest resolution. The Nikon D200 is really a beautiful camera. The pictures are lovely and I never regretted this expensive camera. Maybe some people will prefer other version of their photos than the ones I decided to choose for them.
2014_Summer selected photos: Flickr LINK
2014_Summer_non_selected photos: Flickr LINK
Apr
29
When I bought my new Iphone 6S, I misjudged the new earpods because of the way they look. I thought that they will hurt my ears for few days like all the old earpods I had before. I was dead wrong! These new earpods have the same shape of the ear and the sound is beautiful with perfect bass. I should have tried them right away and enjoyed them. Not too late though!
Apr
26
I received 50 Euros from my brother for my BD:
1. I bought two new art comic books I like (30 Euros)
2. I went to a vietnamese restaurant and I enjoyed the vietnamese soup, Pho, for 11 Euros.
I also received an old fashion Casio watch from my sister. I do not enjoy much watches though, they tend to remove all the hair around my wrist and that hurts!
Apr
25
bEiNg 40!
Filed Under Daily, Nikon D200
Trying to upload my whole digital life onto Flickr, my life does look more colorful in a photo album. I find reality rather colorless and I was 40 years old yesterday!
My current albums: Flickr LINK
Apr
24
bUllshit jObs!
Filed Under Daily
I smiled when I read this article in “Le Monde” about meaningless jobs (“bullshit jobs”). I could almost paste every single “stupid” thing described in the article to my previous job: idiotic meetings, novlangue = fancy wording to describe Excel spreadsheets, new targets each year with new goals for just an administrative job that doesn’t create anything new :).
However, most people will never admit that they have a “bullshit job”, they will try to find comfort and justifications to their paychecks. I immediately knew and I always found the tasks meaningless and boring.
My future job is also described in the article: some kind of “social job” that would justify and motivate me to wake up every morning and enjoy what I do for the world.
Apr
23
I prefer myself with longer hair but it started to itch too much!
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