Sep
20
da pHotos!
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The photos are being uploaded to my Flickr account however, since I decided to keep the whole picture size on Flickr, it will take some times to upload 1.3 Gb of 220 photos! I am quite happy I did not miss many photos this time and some were really beautiful.
Sep
19
Da wEddIng and i wiLL be 40!
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Anne/Thao’s weeding was special for one personal reason for me: I will be 40 next year! We are getting old and the next generation is already taking over.
Chris’ dad speech resonated in my brain! He apologized 2 or 3 times about the way things were done in his time. At the same time, he admitted that he was happy with how things were now and how his son made the right choices.
The only reason why I hesitated coming to this wedding was that I will be 40 soon and I cannot figure out what the best choice in life is….!
Sep
13
1. I received a little reward for helping the 2 brothers with their laptop: a plate with my name decorated with colored sand.
2. I took out the trash bins yesterday at 23:00, the person in charge must have had a problem and he thanked me this morning. The 4 bins full of trash would stink badly if I had not done it yesterday with the current heat and the extra humidity.
3. I upgraded one of my neighbor iPhone to its latest version and I installed a free GPS app for him.
I will avoid annoying people this week; It takes some extra energy and I just want to enjoy a cool relaxed week.
Sep
10
That is my perfect weigh! 2 full months of a healthy diet and regular exercises that was all I needed!
Sep
9
hOw to makE a BiG cHange!
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I can feel that this is the right time to make the leap and change everything in my life. I just do not know how. Things do not change if I try to go back to the “normal” loop: “work, sleep, play games!”
Something is obviously missing and I even got annoyed by “annoying other” people. I do not want to hurt people anymore than required.
Geez… with all this brain activity I still cannot figure it out!
Sep
2
nOt Being BiTter!
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To the cunning reply, I chose to play it cool and I tried to outsmart the person I talked to in a gentle manner:
Me: Dear Mr. XXX, Your reply was one of the most elegant ones I received even though it contained a trace of controlled anger. However, I do insist on having an precise date by Friday (September 4) of the next meeting IN MY PRESENCE.
REPLY: Can I have your phone number?
I think he understood that I would never let it go until I get satisfaction. I wonder what kind of bird name I got from him :).
Sep
1
fUnny ReplY!
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Since I became the “person” in charge of the building. Companies that work for us and that are under a contract of maintenance with us hate me. They rarely missed an opportunity to tell me their feelings one way or another to my direct reminders (emails). However, I probably received today the most elegant reply and it made me smile. I could feel the anger of the reply but it was contained smartly.
exchange of emails:
Me: Mr. XXX has promised to fix the detector on the 5th floor of our building in September 2015. Could you please call me and make arrangements for an intervention in my presence as soon as possible?
Reply: Dear Mr. YYY, today is the 1st day of September !!! We will get back to you and set up a meeting as soon as possible.
Aug
22
If people in my building would give up 5 things, they would save few bucks per year:
1. Smoking (5 cigarettes / day = 557 Euros / year)
2. Animals (cats: 600 Euros / year or dogs 800 Euros / year)
3. Expensive internet deals just for emails, facebook and TV (360 Euros / year)
4. Expensive phone deals (120 Euros / year)
5. Credit card (42 Euros / year)
Total: 1679 Euros / year
The poorest people in the building have all the above and they don’t want to think about the cost. When I told them that I only paid 2 Euros per year for my internet and phone (same as theirs)… Some people just would not believe it or they thought that I was just …”lucky”.
Aug
21
mY vIsion of tHe FutuRe!
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My goal for the future is simple: optimize my time and my resources to enjoy life and not waste any minute for things that I do not need.
1. Become a teacher (Sept 10-Oct 15: enrolment to the exam)
2. Sell my current studio and find a cosy house far away from Paris in a nicer and less stressful environment. I am currently looking at the french most dynamic region: “La Vendée”.
Normally, I have to stay in France the next 2 years and 3 months to see how this trial will end and also to be protected financially by the french social security system.
I do not mind moving abroad if there is an opportunity but I prefer to be realistic.
Aug
20
So if you take all the precautions to be anonymous and unreachable… How the hell do you want to spread quickly your message? I guess everything has a purpose and luck is part of life. I shall be patient and see how things go since I went through all the trouble to be really “untraceable” even by governments!
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