St Sylvestre

Oh so cold

Greetings

A straight line to the holidays

London is pretty festive these days. There are lights everywhere, company Christmas parties, sales, and so many lights we forget about the daylight. Strolling on Oxford Street becomes unbearable, because half of London showed up to shop, and also because there are so many temptations in the shops. I am supposed to save some money!


Even bank was illuminated with pink spots as a party was starting inside the Royal Exchange building.

A stroll on Portobello Road revealed a very empty market, where only a few tourists dared to stroll because each side of the road was littered with shops that you can see anywhere else in the capital. My little jamaican snack shop dissapeared and was replaced by a tapas restaurant. GNN GNNN GNNN

And then it hit me. The ones staying in London for the holidays are the very rich who revels in their £400/week apartment, the very poor who cannot afford a holiday like me, and the tourists. Even my usually lively area has become quiet, only disturbed by drunken beggars and their dogs.

So this year, I will attempt to attend the midnight mass, because I rise when I am surrounded by belivers, singing in a beautiful cathedral, echoing all the heartfelt songs on the cold hard marble. It sends shivers to my spine and reminds me that there is some good in this life worth a little exploration.

whats the integral of 1/cabin?

...beach hut (log cabin plus c).


Do not forget you maths, you still use it everyday at the most random times!
It's finally the weekend again and am so glad. I am seriously looking at important decisions to make.
What school to start enrolling for Japanese? Where to move house to? What to do with my pension, cash it in or transfer it? Should I eat the last cookie even if I ran out of milk? What's the budget for tomorrow's flowers? What curse to put on the people downstairs who woke me up with their home improvement noises? Which show should I book for the end of year festivities?

I know now why some people have a PA or a secretary to do everything. All these decision making are absolutely time consuming. It's barely 11am and am already tired!

On the upside, I got lazy staying under my white fluffy covers while thinking about my friends. Ahh I like saturday mornings after all...let's procrastinate until sunday morning...

December blues

Yesterday morning I saw the dawn of the much anticipated end of the week. It was such an intense week as it is very busy at work. My mornings are cold out there, and this particular one was very windy. So windy in fact a mini tornado downed 2 lamp posts inches away in front of me as I walked to the station. It actually woke my sleepwalking head, and made me quite nervous. So I speedwalked the rest of the street, watching out for other lamp posts to fall noisily on the street...pheww..that was too close.

For a minute I was cheering myself up, with the 'I am alive' motto, but I still didn't manage to feel any urgency to skip and jump with my arms in the air.
Was it because I still had to go to work? (oh shoot, it's only my first week!), or was it because I was just tired? In any case, I mainly thought about my family. I have always prouded myself in being ready and not being too afraid of death, but am I being honest? I wasn't ready then. For a start, I didn't have breakfast, because I wanted to arrive early at work to clean up my act and plan my strategy for the day. And then I realize it is most difficult to be ready to say goodbye to your loved ones.

I still wished I heard the cool enthusiastic backround music and the rush of ' I'm gonna do all the crazy things on my list' kind of feelings. The adrenaline picked up at work, and I ended the day without a single minute for myself (just once to pee). I grabbed a Coke can for the bus.

Almost just another ordinary day. I still hadn't seen an Ed Norton movie where he ends up on top...why? why?why?

I think I still want to change the world, so I am not too depressed yet...It's just that people get on my nerves and in my way too often...not to mention lamp posts...grrrrr

Surfing in the meeting room

Live from London

Sumo at work

Another fun friday last week

'Cause it's the wild wild west

At work...sometimes we work too, but since we were still in training then, we took advantage of all the fun activities organized...

What I did last Autumn

Fudgemaking in Baltimore, MD:


Library of Congress and Arlington cemetery in Washington DC:


Crazy night out in Montreal:

Remembering my first week at work

Well, I was lucky enough to start the job on the week they had a team building activity scheduled. And it sat right with me as it involved food!


And this coming Monday I will finally work as such as I completed my training!