Purging R Purging R. Yesterday was the viva for R. 's final thesis, sowe decided to go to the pub to celebrate his first day as Dr R. . Almostall the usual suspects were there and the mood was really friendly and warm. Y. and I set the obvious objective of getting R. totally pissed. In order toachieve that we took a shooter for R. in addition to his beer each timewe were paying a round. As the eve was going, we could see R. gettingmore and more pissed and cheered. After...

New Page 1 A big fish story A couple of day ago, I have watched the latest TimBurton's movie, 'Big Fish', I really liked it and after  thinking of itseveral times, I realised that there's probably a lot of 'Big Fish' stories. Howcan you defined a 'Big fish' story? Well, It would probably be a story thatlooks very unlikely or impossible but thinking about it, it's better to keep agood story and forget the crude reality. I got one coming from my Grandparents. They met duri...

New Page 1 London and headache   Yesterday night, we have been to the "Swan andrushes", a pub specialised in Belgian beers. It was good laugh and qualitydrink. A lot of Christmas special beer were really good. We were quiet drunk andmy friend E. and I start to quarrel on the way back.  Apparently Y. toldme, he was quiet furious about that. Sweet alcohol... Tonight I'm going to London with Y. for the week end,sleeping at S.. We are going to be 9 in a sm...

New Page 1 Snow and Hutton enquiries The two last days have been really cold, the weather programdescribe it as artic blast. It's the first time I see that amount of snow inLeicester, everything has been covered  by a little more than 1 cm of snow. Although a lot of roads have been salted, there has been a lot of accidentaround. All the pavements are frozen, and some of my workmates have fallen dueto the frost. It's really an unusual event, but the sun has been shining a...

Moving in Movingin   For2 weeks I have been living in my new house, actually since I came back fromChristmas holiday. Again my friends E . and Y ., who kept all mystuff at their house, helped me to move in. My new room is almost the half of myprevious accommodation, but the whole house is in much better state: it is warm(actually hot compared to what I’ve been living in), my housemate are youngand speak English (previously I was sharing with one Greek… and two Czechs o...

New Page 1 Pronounce TOLOSE I know it's no more in the current event section, but I would like towrite about my new year's eve now as I could access a decent internet connectionbefore.  Usually, I don't try to plan new year eve until the final days. I think it can be a quiet good strategy allowing you to meet the unexpected. In general, the less you plan, the better the evening. Another important principle is to never forget to drink gradually otherwise you won't last long. ...

In transit That's my current situation. In a previous post, Idescribed in the best words I could how I moved out of my house. At the moment,I'm using the hospitality of my friends E. and Y. , both Frenchmanworking in the same department as me. This situation has been lasting since thefirst of December and it's going to end soon on the 17 of December. Although I'mmore than very grateful to my friends, I'm quiet eager to go back into a houseon my own. (it will be a shared house wit...

The father of my mother die last month. Unfortunatly I couldn`t attend the funeral as my grandmother and him were living deeply in the countryside. When I learn the news from my mother voice on the phone, I just start crying even if I wasn't surprised. He was 89 and was suffering from anaemia for the last 3 years. His condition required him to go regularly to hospital to get fresh blood. I was sad as a grandson losing his grandfather, however I wasn`t feeling devastated. Of course, to medita...

I am not a party man.  Even if I enjoy socialising, share fun with my friends and getting pissed, I amnot really this kind of person going from one party to another, always on thebeat and stuff. I like alcohols, I' m a big fan of Belgian beer but the spiritare driving me weird and destroy my memories. Usually I do not remember what'shappened. The black blank. I need my friend to tell me what I did.  Yesterday I went to this Spanish party. I havebeen to a couple in the past and always f...

Yesterday, I have moved out of my accommodation. I was living there for one year and a half. I used to quiet like this house, but recently I couldn't stand it anymore. I was doing anything to delay coming back home. Actually, I wasn't feeling home anymore and sometimes was even feeling physically ill about it. The main reason come from sharing the house with the landlord. I cannot say that I think he was a bad, the opposite would probably true considering him as an individual. But he was a ter...