Wednesday, May 30, 2012
My Sound Of The Day
A wonderful wonderful song: Adele - Someone Like You.
As a bonus today, you get a mashup between Adele and Daft Punk mixed by Carlos Serrano: Adele And Daft Punk - Something About The Fire (Carlos Serrano Mix).
La suite!
Monday, May 7, 2012
On The Way To The Office
I wake up, I take a shower, I brush my teeth, I get dressed, I eat breakfast, I hop on my scooter and I go to work.
On the way to the office I see people hurrying to the subway station. I see those that seek protection from the rain under the bus stop. I see the smokers during their first cigarette break of the day. I see the kids rushing to not be late at school.
On the way to the office I see those living in the suburbs coming to work in Paris. I see the inhabitants of Paris going to work in the suburbs. I see those stupid assholes who believe they can drive and text at the same time. I see the couriers on their scooters acting like they own the road. I see the workers who build the new streetcar line. I avoid the traffic jammed caused by the work done on the road by sneaking in between the cars.
On the way to the office I drive along old warehouses turned into offices. I drive along the shops that provide clothes, bags, shoes and accessories from China for the shops in Paris and its suburbs. I drive along a junkyard were so many trucks are coming to get rid of some metal. And I drive along the gipsy camp where the electric box close to the camp is often broken into so that the gipsies can get free electricity.
La suite!
Friday, May 4, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Today We Vote
Today is an important day for the French, we get to decide who will be our next president.
First let’s start with a quick look at all the candidate:
- A former judge born in Norway.
- An economy teacher devoted to the workers cause.
- A woman following in the footsteps of her father.
- An essayist who wants France to colonize the moon.
- An union rep who believes capitalism can end.
- A politician who left the largest political party on the right to create his own political party.
- A man who used to be on the right but now thinks the answer lies in the middle.
- A man on the left who announces that change will come with a revolution.
- A man on the left who has been waiting for his time to come.
- A man on the right who believes that nothing is impossible for him.
10 candidates, one choice is supposed to be the good one but what happens if the good choice is not among those 10? The electoral campaign was really not interesting, the leading candidates conveniently avoided all the serious issues like education, employment, health, youth, Europe... The other candidates on the hand kept throwing around silly ideas after silly ideas. The less worst of them will have to be chosen.
While I was writing this, it started raining stones outside, this will give one more reason for people who are undecided to not go vote.
La suite!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Paris Stories
There is nothing better than to spend an afternoon under the warm sun to feel like writing.
I am now back in France and I am lucky enough to get a sunny and warm weather. It is such a joy to feel the warmth of the sun at this time of the year. You can clearly see Paris changing when it is starting to be warm. The terraces in front of cafes are packed. The girls are prettier. All the parks that have a little bit of grass get invaded. More people are smiling. However one should not hope that the average stress level would go down, I am wondering why. When I go to places where the sun is always shining, the people living there are always relaxed but it seems that the inhabitants of Paris know that a nice weather never lasts and prefer stay stressed. It’s a shame they are missing out on how nice it is to be relaxed and I know what I am talking about.
The other day I was explaining to a colleague that it is much hotter in Reunion Island than it is now in Paris. I appreciate the weather even more here because it is so unusual in March, I plan on enjoying it as much as I can because who knows how long will it last.
With such a great weather you just have to go for a walk in the city. It is really nice to get lost in the streets. You will see nice areas, cool bars you will want to try, restaurants with mouth-watering menus. You may also stumble on a political rally as it is presidential election year for us French: relaxed atmosphere under the hot sun along “le canal St Martin” with a brass band, you can listen to the speech of a locally elected official while dozing under the sun.
Isn’t life great?
La suite!
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