Apr
10
Screw these Screws!
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I went to the store and finally took these. They did not even call to let me know they have arrived. It took me about 3 hours to build the damn bed and my body is sore today. It was hard work! It was supposed to be built by 2 people. I have now all the essentials and I do not want to spend another month like the last one. Horrible!
If I ever have to move again, I will find a fully furnished thing to start with. It is a lot of stress to rent an unfurnished studio. Besides I do not intend to stick around. Who would guess anyways it would turn out to be that complicated.
The studio is fully functional and comfy now that everything has found its own place. It was a bit empty and flat before. I’ll keep my fingers crossed and hope for no other unpleasant event in the near future. I really need calm and rest.
Mar
31
Speudo Long Weekend!
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In 25 min, I am taking the train to go back to Paris to have a one-day training tomorrow. Then weekend at my parents’ and back to Grenoble on Sunday. It’ll be cool!
Mar
30
Internet went down yesterday just before I went to bed at midnight. I thought I had more trouble again. Luckily it went back this morning. Pfew! Panic time!
Mar
29
One down One More to Go!
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I managed to get the key to the trash room! Weeee! My last annoying business is the screws for my bed.
Now on the positive side:
ANPE, one of the french social system, will give me about 1100 euros to help me moving from Paris to Grenoble. CAF, another french social system, continues to help me with 410 Euros/month for 3 months, I believe, to help me to keep up with living standard. I should get 7 nights reimbursed by my company.
Total expected: 1100+ 410 + 470= 1980 euros !!!I need it to pay for my new life in Grenoble! Weeeeeee!
Things are getting somewhere for me. I have more time to do other things now.
Mar
27
It felt good to be back!
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That was a nice weekend relaxing and calm with good food besides. I didn’t have to run around shopping, buying heavy stuffs and build them afterward. I ate on time and I even had time to row a bit. It was like a bubble of oxygen after a hard month in Grenoble.
Also my studio is much better now. Comfy!
Mar
26
I am back to my parents’ place this weekend and also next weekend because I have a one day training next Friday 01/04. I just wanted to come back and relax a bit and finish some paperworks to get reimbursed. It feels good to change my routine to something more pleasant and of course to enjoy some home Vietnamese cooking. It has been almost a month now that I am on a sandwich diet. I tried hard to eat tons of salad and oranges besides to keep me healthy.
Mar
23
Call it Karma, Curse or whatever but I am fiercely affected by a serie of unfortunate events. I was supposed to get the mail and the trash box keys. There was some delays caused by something that made me arrive 15 min later and they closed 15 min earlier! Then the electrical fuse that is part of the oven electrical circuit was burned out….cold and late dinner!
Zen I shall remain. They aren’t tragic events just unfortunate and annoying events. My new beginning could have been much easier I’d say.
Mar
22
Stress Stress Stress!
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It is no good for my body! It immediately reacted badly to the events from the last three weeks. I need to calm down and get back to a routine or I will be in bad shape. I’ve lost few pounds and my back is full of zits. I hate that! My body is so weak. It reacts so strongly to anything that disturbs my mental balance.
I found out where the weird smell came from in my studio and I added tons of detergent to the water hole in the shower and everything was fixed. I think the previous owner is a pig.
Work isn’t too bad. It is not hard just tedious. I’ve always tried to leave at 5 pm since I arrived at 8 am. I don’t know if it is alright with the group leader but as long as nobody says anything I will keep it this way. It is a bit longer than my normal contract time but since Ive just started I better keep it this way.
The curse is still going on! Life is a bitch. Still no screws for the bed!!!
Mar
20
It’s a Curse!
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Since my arrival to Grenoble, there is always a minor but annoying event that followed me in everything I did. here is my list of these sad little events:
1. My eye was irritated
2. The temporary computer I received died after my 2nd day
3. I forgot to ask my dad to sign the second part of the housing contract
4. My internet connection stopped working after 15 min due to a bad physical connection. The technician had to come again to fix it.
5. The people at work tried to make me work with Adobe Framemaker but they couldn’t install it anywhere.
6. The mail box is broken and I do not have the key to either the mail box nor the trash room.
7. My elevated bed to be built was delivered without any screw! <—if that isn’t a proof of a curse what else?
I should admit maybe I am trying to force things to go fast as usual. I am very impatient and I always tried to have everything as quickly as possible. So everything is a bit rushed away and of course they are imperfect. It’s life!
Mar
17
Finally Internet!
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Yippie! Now I need to resume a normal life and find time to take care of myself. It has been 3 weeks of stress and unstability.
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