Dec
6
The best part of being sick!
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It’s when it’s over. I had to struggle two nights, I was sweating like a pig but I knew that only the heat can speed up my recovery so I stayed in my clothes and under the bed cover even if it was uncomfortable. This morning, it was as if everything was gone. It’s not completely over but I know the worse is behind me, the good side is that it only took two days!
Amy had bad news and she was crying yesterday. It seems that something happened to her boyfriend. They do not know yet what but she is going home early. She is leaving tomorrow instead of Thursday. She still will go shopping with me at Salford. I think it will do her good before she leaves Manchester.
I did not attend the movie night yesterday because the movie was really bad: the love guru. The stats on IMDB were really awful so I did not want to give it a chance. I think the stupid ass who is responsible for this should at least check the movie before renting it.
I wanted to warn Chebet yesterday about her dreams after her graduation. I simply asked her two questions: Can you legally work in the UK? Can you support yourself for about 6 months if you do not have a job? I told her that she will have a hard time finding a job if she does not have an answer to my questions. It is extremely hard if not impossible to find a sponsor especially in this recession time. Many students are from China, Africa and other parts of the world. They have a lot of dreams but I think many of them will go back home.
Dec
5
Buy One Get One Free!
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I love this deal! I bought tons of good stuffs, razors, shampoo, conditioner, after shave, etc…Amy is leaving next week on Thursday. She is going back to Greece for a month and maybe a week more. I will miss her even though her phone conversations are a bit loud for my sensitive ears. I really had the impression she did not do much this year and wasted a full year here and paying the fees. She can afford it.
There is a trip organized by the students in my building to Chester, an old city with roman history. Amy asked me f I wanted to go and I proposed to go shopping in Salford instead. It is shorter and it is only 15 min away from Manchester by tram. I have one last hike for this year this Sunday. I will not join them on their next hike by train and the New Year trip to Scotland. It sounds painful and not very promising. Also I need my owm room and a shower at the end of the day!
Dec
4
Frozen Pool!
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The swimming pool was cold the last two days. Maybe the heaters need to be repaired. It always happens in winter time in Australia. I do not complain but I think I got a cold. Let’s hope for a quick recovery. The thermal base layers I bought are very good and keep me warm even though I do not wear lots of clothes or heavy ones.
I saw the other day a young beggar in the street, he was happily sitting there eating his food. At that moment, he was a happy man, strange but I wanted to know what it feels like to be content to eat food in the cold and being happy!
Dec
3
I went to the pool and had a great and fast swim. Somehow the fastest lane was quickly available and I had the impression the dude who did that wanted to make sure, me and another fast swimmer would get into that lane right away! After the swim, I was dead tired and I went to sleep for 2 hours! This week, there is no seminar or exercise, so I took a break!
I switched my SIM card to Orange Dolphin plan, that means that I have 300 free text every time I top-up with 10 GBP. I realized I am extremely sensitive to bad smell and noise that is why most people around me are a disturbance to me. What annoys me the most is bad breath in the lift and cheap artificial deodorant.
Dec
2
After the fog, now comes the snow. I had the surprise to see lots of snow this morning at 6 am. It quickly turned into ice on the ground. It was quite slippery on my way back from the pool. There were lots of slow new swimmers at the beginning. Luckily, the staff opened quickly the fastest lane for real fast swimmers.
I need to concentrate on things that are important and forget about little annoying things that got on my nerves easily. I am really obsessed with tiny stupid things that have no effects or whatsoever on my life: ugly dirty noisy smelly stupid people!
I found a very nice Chinese store that sells excellent roasted duck. I had a taste yesterday and it was really delicious. I am going to try again for lunch today.
Dec
1
Something beautiful!
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I was lucky on Sunday with one or two shots. I really could capture the beauty of the scenery on Snowdon. The hike was boring, easy and slow even though I was supposed to be with fast people. What a pity! But I guess I had more time to take pictures. This is probably one of my best shot
Nov
29
Foggy Manchester
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It’s a very thick fog that covered Manchester city since yesterday. I have everything I need in the fridge so I won’t need to go out today. The movie night yesterday was funny, we all had a good laugh with “Kung Fu Panda”. I have seen it several times but when there are more people, it’s always a good social laugh, there is a spreading phenomenon in the laugh.
The weather for tomorrow’s Hike seems good; It will be cold and it will be windy. I hope the visibility is good because that’s all I need to take pictures.
Just got a call from Malinda. I am invited to a Thanksgiving dinner at 5 pm. It should be good. Because of the fog, I doubt there is anything better to do in the city but I still want to go there.
Nov
27
Lost in the Night!
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Strange night yesterday! I woke up at 4 am and I was perfectly awake. I did not want to sleep anymore beasue I went to bed quite early. I stood up and I lied down on the floor facing the hallogen lamp. Names of common places came back to my mind while I was playing music.
Toowong, Brisbane City Center, South Bank and Mt Cootha for Australia
Picadilly Gardens, Snowdon, Lake District for the UK
Wall-mart, Best Buy, Cicrcuit City, South Bend, Chicago for the USA
Auchan, Cergy, Vaureal, Lyon, Versailles for France
Maybe I was not that awake after all. In my mind, I was back to these places again.
I just got over my 3rd herpes crisis, I must check my trans-aminases level. These high frequencies of viral attacks are not normal.
Nov
26
Planning time!
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6 months left before the next step! Time to make some plans again, Time to get stressed in other words. It takes about 6 months usually for me to figure out what I will do next.
The worse situation and the most probable one would be that I do not find any job at the end of the second semester and I need to find a place to stay in Manchester. I could last another year or so staying here after June 2008. That would take me somewhere till June 2009. By that time, finding ANY job will be my priority.
The best situation would be a smooth transition, meaning a job as a trainee in London in a law firm! YEEEEAA that would be cool! I would take 2 weeks vacation to go somewhere in Europe. I still want to visit South America and take some nice pictures.
I will apply for the Canadian visa as soon as my retirement funds are transferred. That would be another adventure. Moving again to another continent and finding a job there. Canada seems to be crisis proof so far. They also need bilingual people in French and English. I could work as an IT or a research company. This would be maybe a backup plan. Not ideal but not too bad for my taste.
I will start to send out my CV today. It takes for ever for them to answer. In fact, I would like to find something in Manchester and stay around. I like the city! But there are more opportunities in London.
We shall see.
Nov
26
Cool sound from Mutemath-Spotlight
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