Girls
You must pop over to lollipop to read the best chain letter ever.
Saturday, November 29, 2003
Friday, November 28, 2003
Left out in the dark
Yesterday evening, Rob couldn’t collect me straight after my lesson so I hung around the streets a bit. If it were summer and light in the evenings I wouldn’t have been so afraid. The saddest part was the SDF’s (Sans Domicile Fixe) as we call them, vying for the most sheltered spot in the shop entrances. La Rochelle is a prosperous town but some people seem to have escaped the net.
Yesterday evening, Rob couldn’t collect me straight after my lesson so I hung around the streets a bit. If it were summer and light in the evenings I wouldn’t have been so afraid. The saddest part was the SDF’s (Sans Domicile Fixe) as we call them, vying for the most sheltered spot in the shop entrances. La Rochelle is a prosperous town but some people seem to have escaped the net.
Madness
I spent a mad hour or two at the supermarket. Today is the supermarket’s birthday and to celebrate you get a voucher for 45 euros/$ if you spend 154 euros/$. You can imagine the chaos as hundreds of people load up their trolleys with goodies, especially as Christmas is approaching. I queued for half an hour to pay and this was lunch time, the quiet period. I’m going back tomorrow, to get another one. The things people do for money.
I spent a mad hour or two at the supermarket. Today is the supermarket’s birthday and to celebrate you get a voucher for 45 euros/$ if you spend 154 euros/$. You can imagine the chaos as hundreds of people load up their trolleys with goodies, especially as Christmas is approaching. I queued for half an hour to pay and this was lunch time, the quiet period. I’m going back tomorrow, to get another one. The things people do for money.
Thursday, November 27, 2003
New, old songs
I've been finding some more songs to download (I already own the old black ones I can't play anymore):
Boz Scaggs
Cat Stephens
Jerry Rafferty
Lindisfarne
Frank Zappa. Does any one know the title of the song where the alligator bites off someone's arm?
You could say I'm in a nostalgic/romantic mood today (Excluding Zappa)
I've been finding some more songs to download (I already own the old black ones I can't play anymore):
Boz Scaggs
Cat Stephens
Jerry Rafferty
Lindisfarne
Frank Zappa. Does any one know the title of the song where the alligator bites off someone's arm?
You could say I'm in a nostalgic/romantic mood today (Excluding Zappa)
Freezing Thursday
I've got cold feet as I write. By the way, Happy Thanksgiving to visitors from the U.S.A. It's a good idea, I think, nothing going on at the end of November.
Our neighbour's AOL came back at the same time as ours. This morning Linky & Dinky sent me this. How did they know?
I've got cold feet as I write. By the way, Happy Thanksgiving to visitors from the U.S.A. It's a good idea, I think, nothing going on at the end of November.
Our neighbour's AOL came back at the same time as ours. This morning Linky & Dinky sent me this. How did they know?
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
American English
On Monday evening I had a great lesson. My student is a good level so we can talk in English all the time. She wants to go to the U.S.A. as an au pair and wants to take the TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language) which is the exam you have to have if you want to work over there. The level is very, very high and is American English. American English is much easier, there are fewer irregular verbs, you can use either present perfect or past simple and question tags are so much easier, right? We all understand each other most of the time despite all of this.
I heard a lady on the radio this lunch time and she had the annoying habit of making a question with her voice even when she wasn't asking one. Example: I live in a house? Has anyone else noticed this and where does it come from?
On Monday evening I had a great lesson. My student is a good level so we can talk in English all the time. She wants to go to the U.S.A. as an au pair and wants to take the TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language) which is the exam you have to have if you want to work over there. The level is very, very high and is American English. American English is much easier, there are fewer irregular verbs, you can use either present perfect or past simple and question tags are so much easier, right? We all understand each other most of the time despite all of this.
I heard a lady on the radio this lunch time and she had the annoying habit of making a question with her voice even when she wasn't asking one. Example: I live in a house? Has anyone else noticed this and where does it come from?
Talking of bugs
Olivier went back to school yesterday but nearly half of his class was away. The flu has arrived! Dom came home from the mediatech (library) at lunch time and went straight to bed. She slept though the phone ringing so she's really out of it. It's only two weeks since Rob and I had our flu vaccinations, I hope they've had time to work.
Olivier went back to school yesterday but nearly half of his class was away. The flu has arrived! Dom came home from the mediatech (library) at lunch time and went straight to bed. She slept though the phone ringing so she's really out of it. It's only two weeks since Rob and I had our flu vaccinations, I hope they've had time to work.
Where have I been?
I've been here all the time. The modem (the free one from AOL) wouldn't initialize, I was poking about this morning and decided to give it one more try and here I am. I don't understand anything about computers so whether or not I did anything I don't know. I'm glad to be back, I've got a lot of reading to catch up on.
I've been here all the time. The modem (the free one from AOL) wouldn't initialize, I was poking about this morning and decided to give it one more try and here I am. I don't understand anything about computers so whether or not I did anything I don't know. I'm glad to be back, I've got a lot of reading to catch up on.
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