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Holidays Lights

December 25, 2009 – 2:04 pm | 13 Comments

Merry Christ­mas!
Joyeux Noël !
¡Feliz Navi­dad!
圣诞快乐!

Exhibition in Paris

November 21, 2009 – 5:19 pm | 11 Comments

For those in Paris or around: my dad is hav­ing an exhi­bi­tion of his paint­ings in the sub­urb of Paris. From Novem­ber 12th to Decem­ber 6th, he is actu­ally paint­ing in the art gallery in front of the vis­i­tors. The exhi­bi­tion will then last till Decem­ber 20th, 2009. Go check it out and say hi from me, the ungrate­ful daugh­ter who can’t fly home to admire his art!

10 Clues I Became Canadian

September 28, 2009 – 10:50 am | 18 Comments

I know that I’m still a lit­tle bit French, but as time went by, I also adapted to my new home.
Like many in Canada, I embrace the North Amer­i­can way of life while keep­ing some of my cul­ture. Cul­tural inte­gra­tion, not assimilation.

10 Clues I'm Still French

September 21, 2009 – 12:34 pm | 23 Comments

I don’t think I’m your typ­i­cal French. Yet, my cit­i­zen­ship some­times catches up with me.
I don’t mind it. I like to call myself a “word cit­i­zen” but this is the coun­try where I was born, where I grew up and where I was educated.

The "Feel Good" Contest

July 14, 2009 – 1:06 pm | 17 Comments

What is your biggest achieve­ment so far?

To par­tic­i­pate, blog about your biggest achieve­ment. Don’t be shy to brag: after all, this is the “feel good” con­test! Link back to this post and don’t for­get to let me know about it by leav­ing a comment.

On July 28th, I’ll ran­domly pick three lucky win­ners: each one will receive a 10 x 8 print of one of my travel pho­tog­ra­phy shot.

The Blog Carnival Stories Are Here!

June 8, 2009 – 11:37 am | 4 Comments
The Blog Carnival Stories Are Here!

I’m pleased today to share with you four great sto­ries, sub­mit­ted by Max and Lin­guist In Waiting.Thank you guys for participating!

"What A Weird Day" Blog Carnival

May 25, 2009 – 10:27 am | 17 Comments

The theme for this month is “what a weird day!“. We all expe­ri­enced a day when noth­ing goes as planned, when the world just looks strange, when we wit­ness some­thing unusual. At least I hope so… wouldn’t like being the only one!

15 Minutes Of Fame

May 18, 2009 – 8:24 pm | 28 Comments

I’m more a behind the scenes kind of per­son: I love writ­ing, draw­ing and tak­ing pic­tures. But strangely enough, I didn’t hes­i­tate to do the documentary.