Jul
27
Busy Weekend!
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It was very hectic but lots of fun. Food and games all day long during 2 days. After about 8 years and half, my little cousines have changed a lot! I could barely recognise the last two. It was good catching up with them since I doubt we will have many of these family reunions in the future. We all have grown up and each fo us have things on our own. Such is life!
It was time to take some pictures. Few nice places have caught my eyes and I wanted to go there to take some pictures. They aren’t bad at all! I’ve lost some practice and I have messed up a lot of good shots. Time to go back to do some more photography I believe.
Jul
23
very nice song….
Will Young "Who Am I"
Jul
23
My cousines from Belgium will come and visit us this weekend. I have not seen them for 10 years. We all have changed so much during these years. It will be a shock to see each other again. I have seen their pictures and they all have grown up. The apartment will be very crowded this weekend. My sister is coming back to visit us too. She intends to organise a gaming session with them. I do not know where we will sleep but it will be fun. So in total 8 more people!!! I will suggest a photo ssessions near the bridge that leads to our artificial enclosed lake: "Les Etangs de Cergy"
Jul
20
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" was funny, it was not as good as the previous ones but I was happy to see it. "Terminator Salvation" was not bad either. I was entertained and I kind of liked it. Seeing Arnold Schwarzeneger’s face just few seconds, even if it was just a simulation was surprising.My broher said that "Angels and Demons" and "Watchmen" were good but I have not had time to watch them.
My mother came back yesterday with plenty of vietnamese food in her bags. She was happy to see my grandmother but the weather was not too good during her visit, alternance of rain and heat. Also the town where my grandmother lives is quite poor and she did not enjoy the area. Her main purpose was to visit my grandmother who is too old to go around so I guess it was not really "vacation" but more or less a pilgrimage. My sister has congraluted my dad for having survived these two weeks. Indeed, we did manage.
Lolita, my old dog, is having a hard time walking. I will try to give her back legs half an hour massage/stretching exercise everyday to revive the old muscles. Things will be very different without this old big dog.
My unemployed status has been updated. The french social system is by far the best ones. So I have about 400 euros per month and health care is free. It was a bit tricky to find out what to do and in which order. The best place for information remains the internet. It took about a month and 2 weeks for the paperwork to get through. Maybe because of summer time? It does not matter to me. All I did was to send an application form available on the web. Compared to my first time 5 years ago, it was less painful.
My sister, Anne, might come to visit us for few days. Her boyfriend is going to Bordeaux this week, he is doing a PhD with the CEA. All of us have been playing WoW intensively. I am getting a bit bored now. We had a nice raid session yesterday with my sister’s friends. We were 10 playing a raid. We used Skype to talk/explain the strategy while playing the game. 10 people !!! Geez! This have evolved.
Jul
15
Few catchy Songs from here and there:
Annagrace "Let the Feelings Go"
A-ha "Did Anyone Approach you"
Empire of the Sun " We are the people"
Jul
14
From My Window!
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This is what I see everyday when I wake up and I do enjoy it. There is also little birds singing that come with this view. I wish you could be here to listen to it too. The blue sky, a little breeze and birds’ songs! 
Jul
13
It has been a month now that I’ve been back to France. It is quite nice. The weather is beautiful and the sky is no longer gray! It is hard t o motivate myself to send these damn CVs. I do not see myself moving anywhere again so I will try to apply for jobs around Paris.
My brother passed the exam and he is just waiting for an appointement to teach in one of these professional college. He hopes he will not be teaching in one of these delicate area.
Jul
8
Everything seems so slow these days. I am waiting but I do not really know what I am waiting for. Strange feelings. Life is moving so slowly. I am glad I’ve spent a lot of time playing WoW. It keeps me busy and entertained.
Sending more CVs I shall. I passed the order to buy stocks yesterday but the stocks did not go down enough for the order to be executed so nothing happened.
Jul
7
First Time Trading
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I bought my very first stock option today (1000 USD). For now it is a bit random and I follow my borther’s advice…Fingers crossed! My little Lolita has broken one of her nail, the one on the side, two days ago. It is still a bit bloody and probably painful. She must have stumbled on it. Poor little thing! Thinsg are going fine here. I applied for the RSA and it is taking time. I do not care much but I want all my paperwork in France to be renewed. We take care of ourselves, me and my brother now that my mom is gone and it is not too bad. We only do some cooking during lunch time. My dad stills cooks for dinner. I also updated my CVs but with more people losing jobs it will be long.
Jul
4
The Empty Spot
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So my mom left on Thursday and went back to Vietnam for 2 weeks vacation. In our family, vacation has a peculiar meaning since we rarelly take them. The house changes immediatly. I’ve never really realized the void which one person leaves behind when he/she goes away. I am usually the one leaving and because I had to adjust myself to my new environment I did not feel it. I had a taste of it while observing my dad’s habits. He keeps on doing exactly the same things he would have done if my mom was still here. It is the people who stay who suffer the most I believe. They are indeed facing the same reality but they have to fill up the empty space left behind.
My little Lolita broke her nail while stumbling on it. She has a hard time walking so she tends to fall. The good thing is it’s one of these nails that is located on the side and she does not need it. I tried to fix it using a bandaze so that it can heal and her body can reject the dead part. Removing it completely now might hhurt her.
My brother’s contract as teacher ended. He did not like the school and I think it is better that it ends.
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