May
19
Looks like the workers won’t finish their current job connecting my building to the street internet/phone lane yet. An annoying electrical cable is also hanging really low in front of the entrance of my parking for 4 days now. On the other side, I am paying about the same amount of money for internet in 4G than I would normally pay for 3 months with the provider: 37.90 * 3 = 114 Euros. They are currently adding 1 month free as a commercial gesture.
5 Prepaid Sim cards with 2 days unlimitted: 9.90 * 5= 49.5 Euros
2 * 6GB recharge: 60 euros
Total: 110 Euros
I prefer the 4G connection if I had to choose if it was unlimitted. It is very smooth and I can take it with me anywhere in France provided that I am near a “Bouygues” antenna. It is faster than the ADSL2 lane connection.
May
18
NiCe WeAthEr!
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On Saturday, I went to Paris and ate a sandwich with Aurore at the the garden called, “Les Tuileries” outside of “Le Louvre”. Aurore is a friend from school since I was 13. It gave me a chance to see the nice pyramids in “Le carrousel du Louvre”. We walked to the Eiffel tower. It was a long walk. The weather was really nice. I did some exercises and also went to the park on my bike on Sunday.
Result: minus 1 kg! I wanted to loose this extra kg for a while but did not find the courage to achieve this goal.
I switched to another phone provider: SFR RED 10 Euros / month (Illimited calls and 5G data). It is 10 euros cheaper than my current provider with more data.
May
12
bURnt car!
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Yesterday, I saw a car burning on the side of the highway when I rode my bike to the park. The fog was dark and extremely noxious.
I stopped and checked the event for few minutes. It was horrible and many cars were stuck in the exit lane.
May
11
The idea of running out of data on prepaid 4G SIM cards is scary. I am using internet so fast that 6 Gb can be used in less than 30 min. I was afraid of running out of data and not being able to recharge right away this weekend. Indeed, you cannot buy again 6 Gb before the end of 30 days therefore I bought 2 extra SIM cards.
In total I have my own phone SIM card (5gb) + 3 prepaid SIM CARDS – 6 gb / 30 days (2 already used – no more recharge)
I bought one more that should arrive by mail on Monday. Internet should work next week.
May
9
bEinG YourSelf!
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Today I went to renew my passport. I thought it would be one of these ordinary and boring administrative stuff but it turned out to be quite enjoyable.
Before the meeting, I was upset about my ID photos, they were ugly and I spent the afternoon messing around with a nice picture. Anyways, I was prepared and I had the ugly standardized photos with me . I then entered the room and met a woman. After going through few steps, she immediately detected the abnormal stuffs: my origin, the place where I was born and my mother’s maiden name. Each time, I offered a simple answer in a way that would make it fit without being perfect: it was borderline but sincere and witty.
Then came the photos, she immediately said : “hum this is not a formal standardized photo”. I did not say anything hoping to drop the tricky matter. The machine rejected the photo and she looked at me with her smarty eyes waiting for an answer like I did before.
I simply said: “I have the standardized photos but they are ugly”.
The woman replied: “You are a little smart ass, aren’t you?” She did not seem upset at all but her smile showed that she had lots of experience. She offered kindly to approve the photo if I wish but …she gave me a chance to answer like I did before. She seemed to enjoy my way of doing things differently.
I gave her reluctantly the ugly photos. She smiled again and said, you look just fine.
Funny witty woman!
May
8
I finally see people digging next to my building; They finally came to extend the phone/internet lanes to our new building. Since it is a long week with Thursday as public holiday I doubt it will be finished this week. Probably next week. I do not mind my 4G connection but it is a bit pricey since I finished the free trial 2 weeks ago.
May
6
fAmiLy NeWs!
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Our entire family meets once a year during Xmas holidays and that’s about it. I personally think that it is a blessing for all of us that everyone is healthy and happy doing whatever they are doing.
Should I meet them more and why? Everyone seems a bit sad about the fact that we do not meet more often. What would we do if we meet more? We would talk more and I would probably get into some arguments I want to avoid in the first place. My standards and values are so different from people I know.
Last time I met my sister, here is what I remember:
1. I drove for an hour to her place.
2. We visited the nice new house.
3. Her husband was out doing some shopping and was stuck in the lane.
4. We ate quickly after he got back.
5. We made some useless comments about the decoration which was already very nice.
6. My mother kept asking about the price of each thing. Dunno why but she does it all the time.
7. My sister got a bit annoyed and made some sharp comments that annoyed my brother
8. I, mentally, made notes to avoid the subject of prices next time :).
9. We left not really happier.
10. I forgot about her 2 cats (Gandalf and Ghost) and the dog. They are lovely to look at but they are so well educated that none of them is jumping at people. It is hard to get attached to any of them since they avoid people.
So do I want to drive all the way for another hour to revive this excellent “ordinary” moment?
May
5
aNoTher One!
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Another 4 days long weekend is coming and it is awesome. I will just relax. I practiced a lot of exercises with the Xbox (Kinect) and I also went to the park with my bike.
No internet yet and it is expensive to rely on 4G deals: 30 euros for 6Gb data download.
May
3
rElAxIng wEEkEnd!
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4 days-off, long nice weekend at home: playing WoW, D3, watching movies, doing exercises and relaxing.
I am running into some problems with my prepaid 4G. Indeed, since my free trial ended, I only use expensive prepaid cards and they have annoying restrictions. I hope I will get internet at the end of next week.
May
2
“Wasting my young years” by London Grammar
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