Jan
25
The world keeps on spinning!
Filed Under Daily
My life is about to change dramatically, I do not really know what I want to do and what I will do but nobody really cares. Such is life! It is a bit scary but I am more prepared to face the long and painful road that lies ahead of me… at least financially. Mentally I am not too sure. The fact that I am alone and that I keep things in my head create weird emotional reactions when I deal with people. I have sometimes surges of uncontrolled emotions, little things from other people annoy me and I use that as an exit for my internal well hidden fears. Usually it ends in a dramatic way and I regret my reactions long after. It sadly does not prevent these events to occur.
I am like an emotional bomb that has been unleashed…!
Jan
23
MARCH 27 2008 at 14:45
Filed Under Daily
That is the date/time when I will take my plane at Brisbane Airport to fly back to Paris!
Arrival at Charles-de-Gaule Airport: Friday 28 at 6:55 am
I put my paddles and my pull-buoy aside today because there were too many slow people in the lane and I was going too fast for them. Even without these gears I was still faster. I surprised myself with a non stop 1.2 kms freestyle. I wasn’t really feeling bad. Then I did some sets with the squad and I impressed myself more with my own speed. I am not used to their intense exercises but I am sure I can hold with a bit of training. Most of them could see me and I am sure they noticed I was “faster” than some of them :). I should add that to my routine: 2 kms without and then finish 4 kms with paddles and pull-buoy.
I slept very well and I am feeling very good!
Jan
23
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and the music in its roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more.” By Lord Byron
Jan
21
Mt Cootha III bis
Filed Under Daily, Nikon D200
There is nothing worse for an artist than the judgment of being false or not being true to his or her natural talent. I can indeed record my images as RAW and then use a program to optimize the light spectrum. It is not really “cheating” as if u were to change things using Adobe photoshop. All you really do is optimize the light spectrum in which u want your images to be seen. BUT in order to be truthful to myself and not to allow my dear sister to use the word “color booster” I am posting the original pictures out of the nikon itself. They are just as beautiful, maybe some could be better but they are my own work! and I just love them:
Jan
20
Mt Cootha III
Filed Under Daily, Nikon D200
I really enjoy Mt Cootha and I spent lots of my tim etoday trying to get the perfect pictures. I did get some nice ones with the birds..vey cute!
Jan
19
Thai Pochana Caffe
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I went out last night with friends from the hiking group to the first social event. The restaurant was really nice, completely packed. The entire street was full of life and nice little restaurants. I never ventured too far away from Toowong or Indooroopilly …sometimes in Auchenflower near the city. I would warmly recommend Oxford Street to anyone living in Brisbane. The easiest way to go there is to take the Citycat and stop at Bulimba.
Jan
17
The Perpetual Struggle!
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10 years ago, after passing the french national selection math/phys/chem exam, I thought back then that my life will soon be stable and take a normal course. 10 years after I find myself still struggling to find my place in the real world. When will this perpetual struggle end? I kept on telling myself as an excuse that this must be the normal course of my life but I have friends and it seems that their life has taken a more stable course. I mean my life isn’t bad, I have traveled around the world, I have a decent life standard, I could save a bit of money aside for a potential investment and I do not have any debt. But it seems very unstable to me because I am still looking for a permanent position.
Anyways such is my life! Nils will be back in 3 days. The apartment has become quite boring with me alone in there. Thanks to the holidays and the cruise, time flew very quickly and I did not have time to get depressed. But as normal life resumed, my depressive mood came back. DAMN IT!
Jan
15
nature
Filed Under Nikon D200
Some nice natural photos during my vacation
Jan
15
I officially and publicly announced my departure date: March 31 2008. I was very happy today when I stopped in the middle of the fast lane for my last swim lap. As the drops coming from the morning rain felt on my face, I enjoyed few seconds of peace and joy: I was indeed relieved!
Jan
13
Return to Springbrook!
Filed Under Daily, Nikon D200
Such a pleasure to swim in a fresh river in a tropical forest. I do not know any better things to do right there. My poor fellow hikers are too picky about how they look to be natural.
