Former Bored Intern

Alpe d'Huez

2007-03-06T16:04:00.000+01:00

Damn that felt good! :D

Ahem...

2007-02-07T02:48:00.000+01:00

I might have been a bit optimistic on the last post... Up until now it hasn't been as great as expected...

I am done!!!!

2006-08-11T16:43:00.000+02:00

Free, no mas!!!
I just finished my apprenticeship two hours ago, no more troll house, no more lousy boss, no more orders. I GET MY LIFE BACK! I am SO excited! I can now go back to being a student (which i really look forward to), fly accross the world to take a long waited vacation with my love. It is all good.
I can not wait any longer. I wish I was there already. The master plan is: 5 days in Vegas, yeah baby!! :) And then 2 weeks between LA and SD. SWEEEEEET!
Then, go back to school, graduate, fly to Hong Kong, find a greatly exciting job there - not to mention with great boss and colleagues. And the best of it all, I plan to do all that with the person that matters the most in my world. Life is going to be back on great. :D

...I guess it is the end of the bored intern :)

David and Laura are now married :D

2006-07-27T22:08:00.000+02:00

Congratulations and thank you for the fantastic week-end! Tous mes voeux de bonheur !
I uploaded all the pictures at this address: http://cyrilenchine.shutterfly.com/action/

Tribe wanted

2006-07-20T16:16:00.000+02:00

I just read an article about this new thing called "Tribe Wanted".
Two british men Ben Keene and Marc James just launched their project on Vorovoro island, a small fidji island (80 hectares). They offer to create a responsible green 5,000 people community living on the island. 100 People at at time. So everyone can stay 3 weeks maximum on the island and live like lost characters. lol
The good thing is: your plane doesn't have to crash and you can go back to normal life whenever.

Oh, apparently it's not very recent, maybe you've heard about it already. Anyway, I'm excited. :)
Check out their website: http://www.tribewanted.com/
Has it begun?

Fun pics

2006-07-15T03:01:00.000+02:00

Saf and I, matching the walls at a party.

Sof, being sexy ;)

Saf's very first oyster.

I don't know how to translate it properly but literally it says: "Zizou, you cant' leave on a header...", "Coup de tete" also means a very quicly taken decision... Does it make sense?

Paris' oldest tree, planted in 1602.

Arnaud and Marie in front of Notre Dame and the Seine. How cute are they?

Tonight, playing Monopoly (1st time for Arnaud, 3rd for me) and drinking Champagne :)

Still drinking and playing, we played for 5 hours straight.

I finally won (for the fisrt time) with 1,341,400 Francs (it was an old game) so about 204,300 EUR plus all the streets. We had to create money cuz there wasn't enough to play with... Word!

Swimming in Paris

2006-07-06T19:38:00.000+02:00

Current mood: outraged by this city and its people. I hope we lose the world cup just to piss them off.
I don't understand this country. I tried to go swimming tonight. I just got back home; 20min after I left, dry. Great.

I went to the closest pool open, two metro stations away from Nation. I got there and I what did I see? A BATHTUB! Full of people pretending they were swimming. Damn frogs! There was at least 10 people per 25 meters lane. There was TRAFFIC!!! And wearing a swimming head cap thingy was obligatory. Fuck that shit!

So I got home thinking I'm gonna call the pools and try to figure out where I can go swim, not splash. Silly me, I forgot that in France you don't get to speak to someone when you call the contact number written on their site. You get a machine that talks for an hour before it gives the timetable. Just the timetable!!! I tried another number from the city of Paris'site and the machine was saying: "If you want to declare a dead bird on the street press one, if you want..." for God knows how long. Thanks a lot Paris for being so convenient!
They are killing me. It's just exhausting when people don't want to be efficient...

If you plan on coming to France eventually, cancel. If you can't cancel, learn yoga...

...If you manage to figure out where and when.

Dead cat

2006-07-04T11:36:00.000+02:00

This morning, I got up, took my nasty hot and swet smelling train; took my bus, fell asleep in both of them; all that to find a big dead black cat right in front of the company' side entrance, under a tree, eyes open with its mouth dripping blood.

Is that a good omen somewhere? I highly doubt it.

PS: Don't worry, I forgot my camera :)

River's King

2006-07-04T10:11:00.000+02:00

Nothing much new these last few days except I saw Sarah and Yassmine, two very good friends from school. It's been so long since I saw them. It was excellent! We had dinner and drinks on a little boat (called River's King) on the Seine. We got drunk during the hour and a 1/2 cruise. It was nice! Sarah is now gone to Sydney, Australia for a year doing a PR Master; and Yassmine is about to go back to Marroco for the summer... Have fun girls!!!

What else is new?
I played Monopoly for the first time last week-end. Got addicted. That game's fun! :D (Fyi, no, I don't live in a cave ;D)
Went swimming a couple of times. Btw, I'm looking for swimming buddies to go swim every day after work...

Holla!

Wanna Juice

2006-06-21T15:10:00.000+02:00

You people are invading us more and more... Finally! ;D

After craving Starbucks in Paris, I craved Jumba Juice for YEARS. But now it's over for good. I just found a me-too French company which opened two stores in Paris so far. One in Odeon and one in Bastille, right next to our apartment. WORD!
Which means Jumba juice is on its way too, like when Colombus Cafe (the French Starbucks) first opened, guess who showed up within a year? Yeah, Starbucks. Yay! It is so much better than Colombus Cafe, I don't understand how Colombus didn't go bankrupt with such awful, disgusting coffee flavoured beverages... Yuck!

Anywho, Wanna Juice is AWESOME! They even taste healthier coz they don't put ice-cream nor crushed ice in their smoothies. Soooo good and sooo refreshing.

I'm loving it ;)

Who's the hottie?

2006-06-19T14:05:00.000+02:00

我想你！

Troll pictures...

2006-06-14T13:49:00.000+02:00

Last week, we had a lunch/cocktail at work to celebrate the launch of the new system Nestle's been working on for years. We had a good time, for once. Free food and free champagne were on the menu. Guess who was drunk after 5 flutes of champagne?! Yeah, that would be me. Needless to say the afternoon went by a lot faster than usual...

From left to right: Benoit, JB, myself, Julien, Fabienne, Marc, Laurence, Lorenne... random guy.

From left to right: Drunkie, Emma, Laurence, Bernard, Brigitte, Lorenne and Jean-Marc.

Wo feichang xihuan xuexi hanyu

2006-06-07T14:57:00.000+02:00

I miss studying and speaking Chinese, Chinese is fun...

Le Petit Prince

2006-05-31T11:01:00.000+02:00

It is supposed to be a book for children. Every French kid has read it or has at least heard of it. I couldn't remember weather or not I had read it so I borrowed it. It is a great, great book. I almost cried on the RER. I strongly recommend it, it's a beautiful and moving story. I think you can also find it in English as The Little Prince although it's very easy to read.
Don't miss it!
;)

Sète

2006-05-29T10:00:00.000+02:00

I LOVE long week-ends! Especially when I get to spend 4 days laying in the sun, playing poker in the pool. That is just the best thing ever, btw. Barbecue every night, amazing food! Visiting abbayes. Ice cream on the beach. Jogging every morning. Swimming. Oysters, foie gras and mojitos for aperitif... Life's been GOOD!!!

Meet the team:

Seb, Dave and myself playing poker. (Here is the only time I won against them :)

Laura and Beth by the pool.

Thank you all again for the best long week-end of the year so far!! I had so much fun with you guys!

Unityyyy...

LOST season 2

2006-05-22T14:37:00.000+02:00

I completely forgot about it but a week ago, I was watching episode 201 of LOST with Natalie and we saw this:

It is when Mickael and Sawyer are in the water, on what's left of the raft. The shark is tattoed with the Dharma initiative logo!!! How weird is that!? Apparently I'm not the only one who noticed but whatever...

This show is out of control! I can't wait for the season finale. I hope we know more about everything. And I hope the finale is not similar to the first season's which I doubt...

A Density of Souls

2006-05-22T10:26:00.000+02:00

I couldn't sleep last night (again) so I finished A Density of Souls.

I liked it but not as much as I expected. I enjoyed reading it but now, when I think about it I have that bitter feeling of incomfort. It is a very dark story, very well written but too disturbing. I can't think of a better word, it is disturbing! I mean, death, rape, murder, incest, alcohol, abuses of all kinds... It is not easy to read.

But it's good.

(What can I read next?)

Hell-p!

2006-05-16T12:08:00.000+02:00

My boss keeps being very obnoxious. He likes to yell at me for no obvious reason.
This morning I really wished I could punch him in the face. I think he wouldn't dare talk to his dog like he talks to me. It is very unpleasant. I'm tired.

Post-it

2006-05-16T12:00:00.000+02:00

Hier

2006-05-15T02:15:00.000+02:00

Hier, j'avais pas envie d'être moi demain. Trop tard.

Back in Paris

2006-04-27T11:45:00.000+02:00

To be honest with you, it is not a pleasure to be back in Paris after spending a great week in socal. We had so much fun. I was so glad to see everybody there.
The very first day we went to a club on Hollywood Blvd after a memorable "aperitivo" and a hot bubbly time in the jacuzzi at Mark and Tracie's (who I'd like to thank for their hospitality! :)
On Sunday we went to see an exhibit called "ashes and snow" at Santa Monica in a temporary museum built ON the beach; then we went to a korean restaurant in Korea town in LA with very good friends of Mark and Tracie. After what we drove and crashed in Oceanside at Jonathan's mother, who I want to thank as well for her hospitality!
We spent the week between O'side and SD and went to the Cheesecake Factory, Claim Jumper, In n' Out, Robin Thicke and Keshia Cole's concert, Jumba Juice, Sushi on the rock, Porto's Bakery!!! and many more... I have never eaten so much food in my entire life! I couldn't stop eating, the food there is way to good!!! :)
We finished our trip in LA with a tour of the Disney's headquarters and studio's where I walked pass Jennifer Garner :D She didn't recognize me though, I won't say I'm not disappointed... lol

And now I'm back to work. The people I work with are bitchier than usual, I am completely jetlagged. Went to bed at 6pm yesterday and woke up at 4am today... It pretty much sucks!

Anyway, thank you all for that week, I love you and miss you a lot!
I promise I'll be back soon!
And for the Parisians, I can't wait to see you all! Call me!

Rabbits

2006-04-12T16:04:00.000+02:00

I laughed so hard...

Blogback mountain

2006-04-12T10:44:00.000+02:00

Sorry, i haven't been blogging for a long time. There was a lot going on here these past weeks. So many friends came over. It was awesome! I had such a great time!

Laura spent a lot of time over, she's unfortunately going back to Cali' on Thursday so it was great to have her around! Eric came to Paris, Jonathan and I finally met him at Laura's and the four of us went to La Vinia for a wine tasting party. We ended up wasted out of very good wines, drinking a glass of EVERY bottle. That was memorable!
John Zeman came from London for a few days and crashed at our place one night because he had missed the last metro. Holly was here for two weeks, Chris stayed almost two weeks as well. They brought with them Aunt Jamyma syrup and an aerobed so we can welcome up to 3 people in our living room. Even Sandrine was often around, dropping by to see everyone.
Jonathan, Holly, Laura, Fiezal, Sabrina and I went to Amsterdam for a weekend. We took the train Friday evening, partied all night, all Saturday and came back Sunday morning. We also had naps between all that in a 5 star hotel. which wasn't unpleasant!! We all had an AMAZING time there. It was said that we have to go back soon... We'll see ;)
John Steven also came from Boston with his girlfriend Erica and stayed 5 days, bringing us hot sauce and oreos: the basics ;) They visited Paris en amoureux and left yesterday, leaving the guest room deserted.

Time went by so fast! It was great to have all of you in Paris! Bringing a lot of life in our apartment. Thank you all for coming over! You are all more than welcome to come back anytime... I'm pretty confident that I will see you soon, in California next week or in Paris or elsewhere, who knows? :)

Moutonus

2006-03-31T16:07:00.000+02:00

Today, I asked "Finiariel" to tell me a story by email. Finiariel is a really good friend of mine from school. I wasn't expecting a story that big. I'm sorry it's in french. Please read it!

Et toi, raconte moi un mouton...

Alors, il était une fois un mouton, qu'on appelait Moutonus. Moutonus vivait a MoutonLand, la terre des mouton heureux et dynamiques. Notre ami Moutonus faisait partie de l'élite des jeunes Moutonlandiens, élite que l'on dénommait à l'époque les Gicédés. Moutonus travaillait dans une entreprise pleine de vie et d'opportunités biznesse.
Le jeune Moutonus, plein d'entrain et ultra-motivé, avançait vite dans la hiérarchie de son entreprise, communément appelée "La Boîte". Tous les jours, il arrivait ultra tôt, taquinait les jeunes brebis de l'accueil, puis demandait de sa secrétaire la jeune et sexy brebis Gal Leuz, un bon café bien serré, accompagné, s'il se sentait d'humeur, d'une fellation matinale. S'il obtenait toujours le café, la fellation se faisait de temps en temps plus rare, et ce au ryhtme des différents amants de miss Leuz. lorsqu'elle était en couple, surtout au début de la relation, elle avait plus tendance à refuser la politesse demandé par Moutonus, au grand dam de ce dernier. Il lui fallait donc "pousser une bêlante", comme on dit à MoutonLand, afin qu'elle se décide à accomplir son devoir. Il y eut même une fois où la brebis refusa tout net de s'appliquer à "pomper la corne" (encore une expression de MoutonLand) de Moutonus.
Ce dernier prit peur, et enquêta sur le dernier bêlier entré dans l'arène. Il se trouva qu'il s'agissait d'un bêlier tout ce qu'il y a de plus honnête, propre sur lui, avec de belles cornes bien faites, un sexe de taille respectable et une paire de testicules fort velues, ce qui à l'époque était du plus grand chic. D'après les informations qu'il put réunir, il semblait que ce jeune bêlier, répondant au nom mâle et viril de Shouartzeu Nigga (et surnommé Schouartsi), fût tout à fait du goût de la douce bien que dessalée Gal. Mais, en dehors d'un aspect purement sexuel, extrêmement importante aux yeux de Gal [voir note plus bas], le jeune Shouartsi avait conquis le coeur de la chaude brebis. Apprenant ça, Moutonus se rendit compte du danger dans lequel il se trouvait: si l'infâme Shouartsi réussissait à garder le coeur (et le corps, car en vérité c'était surtout le corps qui l'intéressait) de Gal, jamais plus il n'aurait son petit plaisir du matin (Gal étant une ancienne professionnelle qu'il avait recruté pour ses..capacités).
Moutonus, poussé non pas par la jalousie mais bien plus par un instinct de propriété et de sauvegarde de ses privilèges (en effet, la fellation matinale n'était pas un droit pour tous les moutons de MoutonLand), décida qu'une action immédiate serait à prendre. Il fit alors jouer ses relations, nombreuses et variées, pour un soir se retrouver dans un bouge mal fâmé, à la frontière entre MoutonLand et BikettLand, la terre des infâmes boucs. Il entra dans le bar, passant sous une enseigne en néon, sur laquelle se lisait: "A la Corne Universelle". Cette enseigne de paix s'était convertie rapidement en un symbole de la racaille des deux pays. Pénétrant dans la salle, il fut tout de suite pris à la gorge par la senteur poignante émanant des clients.
"Pouah, se dit-il, je ne devrais pas venir ici... de toutes façons, l'odeur du bouc m'écoeure." Sur ce, il alla droit faire un pari.
Son interlocuteur l'attendait dans une alcôve sombre. Moutonus s'assit sur la banquette, et exposa ses demandes au bouc. Après un rapide résumé de la situation, le bouc lui dit: "Donc, ce que vous voulez, c'est qu'on élimine ce petit bâtard à l'anus artificiel?[voir 2e note]"
"En parlant d'anus... en fait j'ai changé d'avis: au lieu de le tuer, faites-le bien souffrir. Kidnappez-le et convainquez-le que ce qu'il aime ce ne sont pas les brebis mais les boucs et les chèvres. Comme ça, il disparaît pour toujours et je récupère ma secrétaire."
Le bouc sourit, et après avoir obtenu l'augmentation de prix requise par le changement de prestation, s'en alla dans la nuit. Moutonus rentra chez lui, et appela une brebipatéticienne pour se distraire de ses émotions.

Deux jours plus tard, au bureau, sans même qu'il ait besoin de le demander, Gal, dès l'arrivée de Moutonus, se mit à genous et entrepris son devoir avec tout l'enthousiasme dont elle était capable. Elle l'entraîna même à la "tondre sur place" comme disent nos amis de MoutonLand, sur le bureau. Moutonus, satisfait, sut alors que le bouc avait avait bien fait son travail: Shouartsi était devenu un pervers aux yeux de la société des Moutons, un fou furieux qui forniquait tant avec des chèvres qu'avec des boucs...

Finalement, on peut remarquer que Moutonus, qui semblait être un mouton tout ce qu'il y a de respectable au début de cette histoire, n'est en fin de compte (et de conte), qu'un bel enculé.
Moralité, Rilou mon Rilou, méfie-toi des moutons, si tu veux pas qu'ils te déforment le fion.

[il faut dire qu'elle pratiquait un sport très populaire en MoutonLand, appelé l'appart Ouze; il s'agit de réunir une douzaine de moutons, vêtus seulement de leur laine, et d'asperger les brebis d'un liduide blanc et chaud appelé fioutr. ce sport semble se répandre dans nos contrées aujourd'hui, bien que peu de gens soupçonnent son origine véritable]

[2e note: il s'agit d'une insulte fameuse chez les boucs, qui sont obsédés sexuels comme chacun sait.]

Finiariel

Help

2006-03-30T09:14:00.000+02:00

It's 9:00 in the morning, I'm at home and I should be putting on my suit and hurrying to go to the Evil's chocolate house. But instead I'm on adium talking to Jonathan and telling him how much I don't want to go to work today. He's already in class...
That's why I ask y'all to help me find the best excuses in the world not to go to work. For those days when your pillow is calling you and your warm conforter won't let go of you. Please help me! What are the best excuses you use to use, used or plan on using?

I'm sure the answers will help us all!

And I'll publish a picture of the winner(s) ;) Thank you.