May
25
bAD sTart!
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A stinky Vietnamese pickle forced me to clean the whole refrigerator. Very annoying but it is done! It had to be cleaned someday anyways because of the accumulation of ice inside.
I met the “couscous” dude and his wife on the train yesterday on my way to Paris for my Vietnamese sandwich. They asked me all kind of questions related to finding work as cleaner, fill out an online application for a new place and the update of Youtube on their TV. They were very surprised to know that I only pay 2 euros per month for internet. They sure will ask me some more questions in the future.
Today, I finally understood the problem with intruders going to the roof of our building. I will have to buy some lockers and prevent the access to the roof. I was wrong thinking that people inside did that. Maybe their friends. It seems also that these intruders tried to remove the magnetic plate of automatic entrance door to gain easy access.
May
23
“tU vEux dU cOuscOus?”
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I just arrived to the garage on my bike and this dude whom I never talked to asked me this question:
“Do you want some couscous?” I tried to mumble some excuses but he insisted so I finally said yes because I had the impression that there was something else.
He came back and gave me a plate full of couscous made by his wife. He explained to me that she called me few days ago and she asked me about the possibility to move to a bigger place. I finally understood his real motive. The situation of this couple, who just had a baby, is a bit complicated because they are part of a social program and they have to make a formal request to the mayor in order to be on a social waiting list.
I told him that the price of what he wanted was 950 Euros per month without social help. He understood and thanked me for my explanations.
I am used to the “food for thought” program in my building now. Most people who need my help try to give me food …:). I will become fat if the program continues :).
May
21
deAdly Game!
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So here I am in a strange and deadly mental game. From the outside world, nothing has changed but inside everyone is watching the next move. So far everything has gone the way the inspector has predicted!
May
13
My baby car (Toyota Yaris) is back and fully functional without any engine light! I love the smooth sound that came out of the engine. I really think that all the part replacements improved the engine greatly.
I also received the blood test results. The virus is active but it is at 3.85 log or 41404 replications / ml. Between 10 000 and 100 000 replications / ml (4 -5 log) the virus is either inactive or weakly active.
May
6
dA sAgA cont’d!
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Hummmm… I called the Toyota workshop and they told me that a specialist from Toyota France will check my car. They will have to block another day for it. It seems that the problem might be more serious than just the motor’s controller and my car might be a “model” in this type of defect and they wanted to check other components.
The cost for them:
1. 3 fulls days of work (technicians)
2. Expensive components
3. Another full day and a specialist from Toyota France will come to double check
4. They let me use their car for 1 day + 2 weekends (6 days) + 2 days = 9 days in total!
Geeeezzzz…..!!! Why ME??
May
5
mOre sTrange sTufFs coming!
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In fact, they took 4 more blood samples. Strange, I am hoping they did not discover anything wrong. It is a virus level check of the Hepatitis B.
The Toyota workshop will try to order the motor’s calculator this week.
I went back to work on Monday under a “therapeutic” work program. I will only work 2 days a week during a month. I will request to work only on Monday and Friday to make things a bit more complicated for them.
I won the lottery again: 5,30 Euros!
May
4
So I went this morning for a blood test and the technician only took 2 samples of my blood. I received a call in the evening to go back so that they can get a 3rd one…Geez!!!! It really seems that the whole world around me is playing tricks on me just for the sake of it!
May
3
I won 3 times small amounts of money at the lottery the last 3 weeks: 11.90 + 21.50 + 5.30 = 38.2 Euros
Apr
30
3 oUt of 100!
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So I was told that my car, which was stuck at the garage workshop, belonged to the lucky number of 3/100 of cars that needed a full replacement and for which other weird and unusual problems occurred. After my lens that had a bad correction, now my car and my conflict with my company because I found out that they were trying to fire me….
It seems that it is my “time” of the year! Strange and stranger!
Apr
29
gOoD dEeDs!
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I helped the young lady (the young black couple) with her “curriculum vitae” printing and another resident in the building with his new internet box. Looks like I am tagged as the “tech guy” in the building. They all came and asked for help when it comes to something related to technical issues (TV, internet, printing, etc …). They are extremely polite and they tried to feed me with food … again!
Their apartments are really clean and nice! They do not have time read on the internet. They do recognize my expertise thanks to my screens :).
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