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Power To The People

April 22, 2007 – 3:27 am | 149 Read this
Power To The People

Qu’avons nous inventé ces derniers temps ? Qu’avons-nous appris ? Ce dernier man­dat prési­den­tiel a apporté son lot de révoltes, mais aucune inno­va­tion. J’en arrive à penser que notre prési­dent à fait comme les intéri­maires : il a attendu que le temps passe sans rien foutre pour pou­voir inscrire plus d’heures sur sa feuille de temps.

中国 - 一个神秘的国家吗?

April 18, 2007 – 2:22 am | 8 Comments | 268 Read this
中国 - 一个神秘的国家吗?

过去,在很多西方人看来,中国人民共和国是一个很神秘的国家。的部分的法国人觉得中国很远,我也想永远不会有机会去。然而,我的思想发生了很大的变化。确实,随着中国改革开放政策的推行,去中国旅行发展实业讲学的西方人一天比一天多了。
我一九九九年单独去了中国。去中国旅行以前,虽然我一直有旅行的习惯,但是大家还对我说我非要注意不可。在中学期间,我不但学习说汉语,写汉字,而且关于中国人 的思想我了解了很多。我离开法国的时候,我就不怕,但我的脑海里仍有太多的偏见。
到中国的时候,我的偏见发生了很大的变化。我在大学里遇见了很多中国学生,他们都很热情。我们天天成群结队上饭馆,谈论着吃饭。谁能说中国是难以进入的国家? 中国人对西方国家很感兴趣,如果我们对中国也有兴趣,他们便会热情地欢迎我们。
并且,除了提高中文口语水平以外,这次中国之行还有另一些好处。例如,我有机会遇见了好些喜欢旅行的人。他们从不同的地方来,有的从美国,有的从非洲,有的从欧洲,他们都想遇见别的人。他们的旅行目的也不同:有些想出国找工作,有些是留学生,他们有了解不同文化的习惯。总之,这个旅行对我有很多好处。我回法国来的时候,我就明白了现在中国很开放,现化,并且我汉语说得越来越好。
看来,去中国起来非常重要的作用。出国留学果然使我增长了知识,同时也使我开放了眼界。

Do You Want To Argue ? Pleeeeease...

April 14, 2007 – 4:00 pm | 4 Comments | 281 Read this
Do You Want To Argue ? Pleeeeease...

When I went to China, my whole world just crashed. Not only I was seen as an immi­grant and a for­eigner for the first time of my life (a Euro­pean vis­it­ing another Euro­pean coun­try isn’t really a for­eigner…), but I also real­ized that every­thing I’ve been told about China was wrong. Europe val­ues pol­i­tics and has a “being against every­thing” atti­tude, while North Amer­ica val­ues individualism.

Go Sens, Go !

April 12, 2007 – 2:36 am | One Comment | 202 Read this

Four hockey fans were climb­ing a moun­tain one day. Each was a fan of a dif­fer­ent team, and each pro­claimed to be the most loyal of all fans of their hockey team. As they climbed higher, they argued as to which one of them was the most loyal of all. They con­tin­ued to argue all the way up the moun­tain, and finally as they reached the top, the Cana­di­ens fan hurled him­self off the moun­tain, shout­ing, “This is for the Great Mon­treal Cana­di­ens!” as he fell to his doom.

Ten Things I Can't Do (and really, does that matter ?)

April 8, 2007 – 4:42 am | 2 Comments | 167 Read this

1) Drive: it’s embar­rass­ing but hey, bet­ter laugh about it. I failed my dri­ving test three times in France, finally got a dri­ver license in Canada but sel­dom use it. How­ever, I do know how …

Ten songs - Ten travelling mindset

April 6, 2007 – 6:19 pm | 4 Comments | 337 Read this
Ten songs - Ten travelling mindset

I’m addicted to music. Sounds are prob­a­bly one of the first thing com­ing to my mind when I think of trav­el­ing, from the crowded mar­kets of Latin Amer­ica to the busy Euro­pean cafés, from the …

Words Of Fucked Up Wisdom

April 2, 2007 – 4:57 am | 2 Comments | 180 Read this
Words Of Fucked Up Wisdom

Heard about the guy who fell off a sky­scraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept say­ing to reas­sure him­self: “so far so good… so far so good… so far so good..” But …

Chameleon

March 28, 2007 – 1:58 am | 286 Read this

When I was a kid, I used to look up at the sky and try to spot the planes. I stared as long as I could, my eyes track­ing the huge bird break­ing though the …

Everyday, The Paperboy Brings More...

March 20, 2007 – 1:06 am | 248 Read this
Everyday, The Paperboy Brings More...

I’m cur­rently fol­low­ing two elec­tions. Yes. Pol­i­tics. If as a North Amer­i­can you don’t under­stand what so fun in that, remem­ber I’m French. Two elec­tions is to me what the Stan­ley Cup and the Super­bowl week-end is to you.

Are You Kidding ???

March 17, 2007 – 5:41 am | 124 Read this
Are You Kidding ???

J’peux pas com­pren­dre qu’y aille du monde assez inno­cent pour rester dans un mau­dit crisse de trou pareil !

Rap­pel… semaine qui vient, soit du 19 au 23 mars…!