Dec
2
What the fuck!
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I have noticed weird changes the last few months in my MSN and my Yahoo accounts. It took me few minutes to figure how to tun off all the social stuffs that were implemented without my agreement. I am not paranoid but I do not like the fact that programs or websites automatically set my privacy level.
Nov
24
Yesterday, my dad came home. It has been a long and painful experience but at least it is over. Let’s move on!
Nov
17
My dad’s recovery
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It has been 17 days since my dad’s surgery. He was transfered back to a normal hospital for a regular post-surgery surveillance. He walked, talked and was very clear. His voice was still broken and very weak. We do not know exactly why since other patients’ voices are fine. Maybe he shouted or it was a consequence of the tubes that hurt his throat.
His strong obsession with going home created some confusing situations. He is waiting for a transfer to a special institute. He will to be there for 2 weeks and will be able to practice exercises and learn how to take care of himself.
Nov
8
A bit of hope!
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I couldn’t write much since very alarming events occured in such a short time and they generated a long and painful wait. So here is the summary of the events:
28/10/2010: My dad was admitted to the hospital following his heart stroke around 4:30 pm. I only received a message from my brother around 10 pm saying my sister and my mother were at the hospital and my dad had an infartus. He would undergo surgery. My sister and my mother came home and confirmed the gravity of the event around midnight.
29/10/2010: My sister called his company and we were waiting for medical analysis. We thought the operation would take place anytime
30/10/2010: We all went to see my dad who was recuperating and the doctors were waiting for more medical analysis.
31/10/2010: Around 5 pm, I received news from my sister saying doctors have discovered another problem. My dad had a rupture of the aorta consequently to his infartus. He must undergo surgery as soon as possible. That will finally happen on Monday morning.
01/11/2010: The operation started at 9:45 am and ended around 15:45. We were told nothing unexpected happened and that we needed to wait for 48 hours before we could see him. He was admitted to an emergency room and was under intense care 48 hours.
From 01/10/2010 to 05/11/2010: He was in the coma and they tried to wake him up every day after 48 hours. He was unconscious and very agitated every time they tried so they kept him under artificial coma. They tried a new drug on Thursday. The situation was complicated because they wanted him back to reality and they wanted to take away the machines that helped him to breath.
05/11/2010: He finally woke up but he was extremely weak. He could not really follow directions with his eyes that were barely opened.
06/11/2010: We went to see him on Saturday and he was recuperating very well. He was fully awake and could move. The nurses said he was on a good path to recovery. He could not speak clearly when he tried.
07/11/2010: My sister is confident about his condition.
Oct
28
00:10 ON 29/10/2010
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My sister just left the house with alarming news about my father. He was admited to the hospital after a heart stroke. His condition is serious but stable. He will undergo an open heart surgery operation. Some tissues are damaged and need to be replaced.
I do not know what to say. I see my mother and my dad smoking everyday. They simply enjoy life but they hurt themselves badly doing so. My sister, myself and my brother were never involved in these things.
How can you tell someone to stop doing things that millions of us do? Each of us seems to have a personnal answer to our lifestyle.
Oct
22
Zen Zen Zen!
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It was an uncomfortable week with so many panic feelings. Not much has happened. I am glad I got out without disturbing anyone or without getting into any useless conflicts I am used to in these moments.
Oct
20
Falling off a horse!
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This was how it felt like after the accident I had last week. It felt strange because all kind of questions went through my head last week. I was extremely angry but also I felt remorse. I could not help thinking maybe I could resist these crazy people and live with their stupid pressure. There was also another problem as usual when I happen to find a job. There are always two or three other interviews coming along at the exact time after I sign a contract.
Yesterday, I was offered an IT job with Apple (technician like) in Dublin. Salary: 1700 after tax. If it was not in Dublin but in Paris I would go for it. I would be flying to Dublin now if I had said yes.
Oct
13
New Location!
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Hopefully this location will last for a while. It is my parent’s internet provider.
http://pt125.free.fr/wordpress/
Oct
12
Crazy crazy people!
I quit the job/formation yesterday. I did not fit at all to the profile they are looking for and I doubt many people do. I would become crazy if I stay with these people and I still do not know what I am supposed to do. My fellow workers have told me the first month is extremely hard with these people. As for me, 5 days is enough to run away from them.
What they call formation is more or less a painful adaptation to their methodoly. Here is a summary of my week:
1. they have developped a non existing vocabulary
2. They want you to learn their methodology and since it doesn’t exist and does not relate to anything real, it is very hard to assimilate.
3. You are not allowed to question their methods, you just apply
4. You are not allowed to have doubts, you execute orders.
5. There are words and sentences you cannot use in front of them and you do not know which ones. You just wait and get insults when you do.
5. Everything you do is wrong, stupid or useless if you do not apply their methods and they make sure you understand that. So they give you useless tasks to do and they do not look at the results, they look at how you apply their immaginary methodology.
Example of stupid things I had to do:
1. Read 80 pages of the boss’ book and write down a synthesis, what is shocking and questions
2. my direct superior had extra work for me in addition to the formation, so he gave me 8 pages of technical stuff to translate in 4 hours. It took me about 12 hours to finish and I had to do it at home.
3. Another 120 pages to read and apply to 2 exercises plus a synthesis in 4 hours.
4. Another translation in excel this time in 4 hours. Painfully long and complicated since I do not know the subject.
Anyway all is over! I asked other people around me and it seems that everyone had the same treatment. The bosses treat you like shit, put you in useless conditions of stress, and disregard any work you do for them as soon as it is not in the format they want. You cannot really assimilate strange words that do not relate to anything you’ve learned and you spend all your time asking yourself : what are they really looking for?
Oct
9
What a shock!
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Okay for people who haven’t seen it: “the devil wears prada” you should watch it and you would know what type of bosses I have. I thought these type of people exist only in movies or are extremely rare. My boss in New York is a bit like that and I last only a week so I am very pessimistic about my current position. I was told by two new fellow workers like me that when they arrived two weeks ago, they met the previous secretary on their way and she told them as she was leaving for good: ” Good Luck to you” with bitterness. Also the previous handyman of the society was replaced by a new one in less than two weeks time! Really really strange and exentric people.! I doubt I will survive but who knows.
I will TRY VERY HARD to stick to my goal: a job in the private sector for at least 3 months (my probation period) to break my long unemployment time. I am very tired of head hunters asking me what I have been doing since June 2008.
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