Oct
12
coMPleTe sTrAngErs!
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Yesterday, I went to “Paris 13ie”, the chinese quarter of Paris and had lunch at a vietnamese restaurant with my sister and then we bought a nice viet sandwich before returning home. The food was pretty good and it was nice to catch up with sister time to time.
At the train station, a woman asked the person in front of me about “Boulevard Robert Ballanger” and that person did not know, so I told her that it was where I live so she could just follow me. After 3 min, she asked me if I was renting here and if it was expensive. We then started a long conversation about housing and how to invest money in new properties. She had lots of questions and many information that were not correct. She was happy in the end.
I do not have problem talking to people, I just do not want to spend too much time “socializing”. I am more than happy to share my ideas about technical issues and problems.
Oct
8
aUtuMn tIme!
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I’ve been a bit sick for over a week now. It allowed me to skip riding my bike or running. it was recovery and lazy time. Autumn is here with bad weather and rain. I like the change of the seasons and I found it very depressing to have only 2 seasons in Australia.
2 lamps mounted inside the ceiling lost their security rings and were hanging down in a weird way. It took me few days to figure out what was missing and I bought a bunch of these security rings for 3.2 Euros to hold them:
Oct
5
hElpIng Or not ReAllY HelPIng!
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There is no nerd in my building besides me! I tried to help people in my building with some technical explanations to their problems and how they could fix it. At the end of the day, it really did not matter much. In fact, people are not really asking for answers, they just want a quick fix to whatever annoys them that day. The truth is whatever is important to other people is not really important to me and vice-versa.
How many people can understand for example:
1. that 25 fps is nice for WoW and 12 fps is slow.
2. that a download speed of 425 kbs/sec is slow and allows for a single movie of 12 Gb in Bluray format per night.
3. that 4K TV can display images at 4096 x 2160 resolution
4. that OQ is much nicer for raiding in Europe
5. that RL has all movies and games available
6. that Mirc allows you to download everything you want on internet and it is faster than bittorrent?
The only people who can understand all the above are the ones I talk to through my computer screen.
Oct
4
cLeAnIng tImE!
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My little studio is spick and span (meaning spotless). I had a bit of fever overnight however I slept very well and I felt much better this morning. I had the urge of cleaning every corner of my studio. The body and the mind felt much better after that kind of activity. I threw away few more stuff to keep it as empty as usual but perfectly white.
Oct
3
Geez I thought the singer was black and all.. but white white white and I have been looking for the lyric for 3 days!
Budabest by George Ezra
and
Am I wrong by Nico & Vinz
Oct
2
sCarY tHoUGhts!
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When I was jobless with no studio and car, I did not have bills to pay every month. Now that I have almost everything, here is the total cost each month without even doing anything: 1264 Euros
Mortage: 789 Euros
Car Insurance: 75 Euros
Income Tax: 353 Euros
Electricity and Gas: 85 Euros
Internet + phone: 18.99 Euros
It is really scary to think about it and it is a real motivation to keep a job.
Oct
1
I had to pay 2 kind of taxes in 2014:
Income tax: 2977
Housing tax: 677
Total: 3654 Euros
I am quite happy paying my share of taxes. I also decided to pay both every month. It does hurt less the pocket this way.
Sep
29
paRC du sAuSseT!
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That is where I run or bike everyday. The sun was out and I felt like taking some pictures: LINK
Not as pretty as Scotland or Ireland yet but a start:
Sep
28
mY sTrEeT vIeW!
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Finallly they updated the street view of my boulevard with my building fully finished. I live in the building near a gigantic water tower. The important thing about that tower is that it holds one of the nicest antenna for 4G from Bouguyes :). As you can see my place (marked red square) has a nice view to the boulevard and the cars are parked just in front of our building. The building next to us is nicer and it is just a year older.
Sep
27
da Fat BoY in ActIon!
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So here is my first catch using my surveillance system: LINK
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