Jan
30
Major move!
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I moved the Apache server and WordPress to the old laptop I had before, called “dino” because it is too old. The Asus keeps on crashing too much and it takes a lot of effort and time to recover everything. Sometimes I loose few posts and pictures if I am too lazy to do a daily backup. I think it is due to the heat. These crashes always happen when it is hot and heavy! I noticed some tricky things in the process of doing it. I have to fix these before I am becoming too dependant of my own forward link: ptran.redirectme.net…and make something more flexible!
Jan
30
The doctor showed me my enormous molar 16! Who could guess teeth have such enormous roots. They are almost twice the size of the tooth and quite long compared to the visible part of the tooth. The young doctor was proud of himself and he showed me the cyst that came along with the extracted tooth. It was attached to the end of one of the root. The post-surgical treatment consist of stopping the bleeding with bandages (to be replaced every hour or so), resting and eating something soft. For the next five days, I am on antibiotics. I am feeling much better after a night of rest, I slept like a baby. I only did 5.2 kms today including a 1 km without paddles and pull-buoy. It is strange though, I feel a bit of fever, my muscles do ache a bit as if I had the flu.
Also for the very first time of my life my mind went blank for few seconds. The doctor had to call me several times to get my attention. It was a funny feeling. I wish I can experience more of these. I did not hear or see him, I saw some white shapes in my mind and there was no sound at all. When I got out of my torpor, I could hear the dentist’s voice first from far away then I was back to the room. Exactly like in movies!
Jan
29
It took the dentist 30 minutes in to remove the tooth!…scary but very clean work! I have little bit of fever. It was my second hardest decision but I am relieved I took it. I just want to be alone until I leave Australia. Life is funny… all the events concur to the same point , especially the bad ones!
NUTSHELL time until I get better.
Jan
28
I bought a new bag for my nikon d200 and a Manfrotto tripod! Now I have all the professional equipments for my hobby. As soon as I have some free time in the evening, I will try to take nice pictures of Brisbane by night. While waiting for the bus I could take few pictures of nice buildings in Brisbane, I think it is a church and Gotham city
Jan
28
Couch Surfing!
Filed Under Daily, Nikon D200
Thanks to Daniela, I discovered the Brisbane couch surfing folks. Great people to hang out with. I had a great time yesterday! We went to the Gold Coast, spent sometimes at the beach and ended in Springbrook for a quick tour. We did not have a chance to see many things at Springbrook which is like paradise on Earth! Anyways I will go back sometimes again for more pictures! Few pictures of these folks, I discovered that taking portraits is very hard…much harder than a pretty shot of nature.
Jan
25
Party time!
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I went to a nice dinner with friends in the lab…Christophe belated BD party and Chantal is staying longer in the lab!
Jan
25
The world keeps on spinning!
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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
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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:
