semaine des employés!

lundi: massage
mardi: cabane à sucre dont le service est assuré par mon boss
mercredi: numérologie
jeudi: 5 à 7 mexicain -viva la fiesta!
vendredi: port des jeans!

super cool! super fière de bcf! j'allais m'inscrire quand j'ai réalisé que la semaine n'était pas pour moi! snif ... je ne suis pas "employée"! qui suis-je?

Journée de la Terre ...

peuple de la terre, prenons soin de notre chere terre!

www.jourdelaterre.org

alerte orange!

pièce de théâtre

la blague de la soirée ... d'une femme frustrée de la société:

Oedipe-Roi de Sophocle, huh?

Sophocle you!

hahhahaha

ps: désolée pour le langage!

2037

l'année où l'inde va dépasser la chine en termes de population ... si la tendance se maintient pour la croissance, la chine avec un taux de croissance de 0,59%/an et l'inde avec 1,15%/an.

peuple de chine,faut faire quelque chose! :-)

retraite au couvent

un weekend passé avec des soeurs. à la recherche de tranquillité, loin du bruit de la ville. la bible, de bonnes conversation, et un bon film. tout est bon.

bal en blanc!

le rave party de Montreal le plus populaire s'est tenu au palais des congres hier soir (jusqu'a aujourd'hui). des gens ont danse non-stop toute la nuit. voici des commentaires recueillis:

-c'est comme le paradis!

-c'est comme un party de Victoria's secrets, ou tout est blanc!

et il y avait le tournage de Roméo et Juliette, version moderne où les 2 se rencontrent à un rave party! how original ...

ah les hommes!

quoi de dire plus? c'est scientifique!
sujet clos!!

happy easter!!!

i just like this picture even though it has nothing much to do with Easter :-)
maybe it makes me think of Mary as an extraordinary woman... it is so true that Jesus suffered greatly to give us salvation. but it must have been really hard for a mom to see her son suffering, humiliated, weak and somehow hopeless ...

McGill dans les manchettes ...

L'université figure parmi les 10 universités les plus fêtardes en Amérique du Nord et elle est mentionnée dans le magazine Playboy ... incroyable! je l'ai peut-etre sous-estimee ... elle m'impressionne after all!

est-ce une bonne publicité?! affaire à suivre ...

http://www2.canoe.com/artsetculture/actualites/general/archives/2006/04/20060406-065000.html

coup de gueule

je vois le jonc (la bague d'ingénieur) sur le doigt d'une fille - durant la discussion, je decouvre que la fille déteste l'ingénérie, elle est en train d'etudier la physiotherapie. pourquoi porter la bague alors? n'est-ce pas hypocrite?
ca me rappelle l'effet des américains sur les francais: effet de fascination et de haine à la fois...

definition of happiness for today:

happiness = beautiful day + hamburger!
-me-

citations:

"tout peut arriver dans la vie, et surtout rien."
-Michel Houellebecq

"le secret du succès est de faire de ta vocation tes vacances."
-Mark Twain

"Riz : trois lettres, comme dans le mot blé, mais entre ces deux nourritures fondamentales, il y a la distance de deux groupes de civilisations."
-Michel Tournier

réunion des professionnels

un collègue me demande pendant le lunch:
"c'est-tu du pesto? car je suis allergique au pesto", en me montrant un morceau de saumon sur une sauce verdâtre.

et l'autre collègue de répondre: "mange-le donc pour le savoir! on veut une réaction rapide!"

mes collegues sont tellement gentils ...

ignorant people ...

in the elevator with other people, my blackerry started vibrating and making weird sounds, it was located in my pocket of my jacket. i put my hand on my stomach to hide it! then the man beside me said "someone is hungry!"
i was about to reply when the doors opened ... so i just walked out.

phone numbers are no more popular...

i went to this reunion of Alumini of Polytechnique... i was the only girl among 7 people, which is representative of the ratio girls/boys at school.
i talked to this guy, we got along well and at the end, he asked me for my email address, not my phone number :-)... it feels like the phone is passe now. actually, this was not the first time... of course!

trip to New York

fired!

i just found out the reason why our Human Resources Director was fired. She was planning to implement a program which allows the secretaries and assistants to work only 4 days a week!
when the lawyers became aware of it, they freaked out! what are they going do without their secretaries?!
so, they decided to fire the HR director ...

chinese food overload!

how i spent my first day in NYC:
9am-11:30am dim sum
1pm-2:30pm second dim sum with many real dishes
4:30pm-5pm tea and dessert
6:45pm-8pm chinese dinner
9pm dessert

that's chinese hospitality!

les phrases de mon coach ...

"moi ça va bien, mais toi ça va mal et tu ne le sais pas encore!"

en référence au travail qu'on va donner à notre dessinateur pour un dossier urgent!

"si tu as des problèmes, ne m'appelle pas!"


c'est la façon de "dealer", que j'apprends de mon coach :-)

quelques observations ...

Pourquoi contredire une femme ? Il est tellement plus simple d'attendre qu'elle change d'avis ! ( Jean Anouilh)


L'erreur est humaine mais un véritable désastre nécessite un ordinateur!

le capitalisme, c'est l'exploitation de l'homme par l'homme. Le syndicalisme, c'est le contraire!

Quand une femme se tait, c'est qu'elle va dire quelque chose.

une vérité irréfutable ...

Quelle est la principale cause de divorce ?
Le Mariage

what an irresistible man looks like!

les discussions de cuisine ...

on a 2 cuisines et 2 sortes de secrétaires qui mangent dans ces cuisines.

avec le stress du travail et le manque de sommeil, je suis rendue à au moins 6 tasses de thé et plusieurs verre d'eau par jour ... bref, tout cela pour dire que je visite fréquemment les 2 cuisines (un peu trop à mon goût) et j'ecoute les discussions qui trainent ...

dans la petite cuisine, les discussions se portent toujours sur leurs hommes et leurs patrons. c'est super intime et déprimant. ce qui en ressort: tous les hommes sont des eternels idiots.

dans l'autre cuisine, c'est beaucoup plus jeune et plus diversifie, on parle des actualites, des recettes de cuisine... en gros de tout et de rien.

je sais ou je vais maintenant!

ME alone against ALL the patent agents!!!!

What I understand: there is a probability density function (such as the Gaussian) that generates values for a certain variable x (such as the length of an optical fiber)

What they understand: there is a certain length x which creates a distribution?!

i am lost ... help!!!

la journée des femmes!

aujourd'hui, le 8 mars, c'est la journée internationale des femmes et j'ai dû travailler de 9h du matin jusqu'à 10h30 du soir!

quelle drôle de reconnaissance!!!

pourquoi a-t-on demandé l'égalité encore???!!

joke of the moment ...

Here is what the coach of the Canadians says to his team: play like the girls! :-)

I have to learn to write as bad as this ...

a program developing supporting system, comprising:
a plurality of specification definition representation means with which a user inputs data corresponding to specification definition representation and describes the specification definition representation, specification definition representation representing a specification denoting required functions of a desired software under development, said plurality of specification definition representation means provided in parallel and each including means representing specification definition representation described by said user in a graphical non-procedural representation format being different from any other graphical non-procedural representation format;

... blah blah ... je ne pige que dalle!!!

incroyable ce que la fatigue au boulot peut me faire faire ...

i just can't believe that i had an egg muffin with ham this morning! normally, i never eat meat in the morning and i am not crazy about eggs! but today, i wanted to try it. and actually it was good.
yesterday, i had grilled chicken for lunch. and normally, i don't like chicken. i rarely eat chicken if not at all. and the chicken was not bad.

i don't understand ... what's happening to me? :-)

calories

nouveau constat ...
on mange en moyenne par jour 385 calories de plus que dans le passe! ces calories se refletent dans une portion moyenne de frites et de coca! et cette quantite de calories se transforment en 18 kg a l'interieur d'une annee!

alerte rouge!!

réunions

reunion du personnel: de l'eau est disponible.
reunion des professionnels: un lunch est servi.

reunion du personnel: 3 hommes sur 15.
reunion des professionnels: 3 femmes sur 10.

reunion du personnel: on parle des procedures a faire, par exemple, imprimer les IDS sur du papier BLEU (c'est important)
reunion des professionnels: on parle de la loi et surtout de la definition des mots: abandon, ca veut dire quoi? support ca veut dire quoi?

je vais aux 2 reunions, dans les 2 cas, je ne comprends rien ...

bordel, qu'est-ce que je fous ici?!

my paperboy is gone ...

i haven't seen him for a week now ... he used to give us the newspapers in front of the train stop every morning. He always wears a big smile on his lips. Maybe, he got too cold and quit his job ... i don't know but he disappeared and that is a sad thing!

there are some routines that should stay unchanged. he even used to talk to me, specially when i was on the phone. he would say "just tell him that you love him"! he had no idea who i was talking to ... and i guess the person he refers to would not be up at this time of the day :-)

i don't know where he's gone, to a better place i hope, but i miss him.

weddings ....

last year, i may have attended 7 or 8 weddings i think (i don't even remember exactly the number ...)
for this year, i may have 6 or 7!! there are too many!!

if it continues like that, i think i may just not attend my own wedding, lol!! :-)

5 a 7 Marketing

apres celui de la st-valentin, on a eu droit au special 5 a 7 marketing. j'ai remarque que meme les "napkins" etaient imprimes avec le logo BCF dessus!

a quand les papiers toilettes BCF?!!

lunch at Chateau Champlain and Marriott something like that ...

So for today, for our clients, we held a business lunch at this hotel in downtown ... i went there because i was invited, without knowing anything and what to expect.

at the table, in front of me, there were 3 forks, 3 knives and 3 spoons. during, the whole meal, i just used 1 fork! what a waste of cuttlery! i figured that maybe each course is associated with a set of cutlery ... do chinese people change chopsticks for each dish? nope! let's be efficient and forget the manners, ok!? i hope i didn't scare any client away ... hihihi

un de plus!

incroyable mais vrai! j'ai un de plus ... la famille s'agrandit! je devrais faire plus souvent le tour des bureaux et parler aux avocats ... qui veulent se debarrasser de leur toutou!!

la celebration ...

"Pierre apprend tous les jours à vivre avec une personne merveilleuse: lui-même!"

c'est la celebration du soi. recemment, j'ai lu un article sur le celibat en France. des celibataires, il y en a plein, ils sont un peu pres 10 millions (soit un tiers de la population canadienne)! allez en France trouver votre ame soeur, celibataire canadien :-)!

voici quelques extraits:

"(ils) portent haut les couleurs de la liberté, refusant de sacrifier leur indépendance sur l'autel du couple. Leur maître mot: exigence. Leur devise: plutôt seul que mal accompagné."

"Dans une société qui prône l'individualisme, la réalisation de soi et le bien-être personnel, la vie en solo est devenue une valeur. Plus qu'un état civil, un état d'esprit. Le célibataire veut expérimenter, bouger, inventer, se trouver, se renouveler, mais surtout pas se figer. Il incarne un «nouvel hédonisme postmoderne"

A quel point c'est vrai?

On est devenu une societe tellement individualiste ... tout est concentre sur soi, le soi est roi, le plaisir est pour soi ...

mots à apprendre

conterminous
perusal
ingress

many more to come ...

my English is so weak :(

refuse!

c'est triste! aujourd'hui, j'ai du ecrire 5 lettres de rejection pour des candidatures d'agent de brevets au sein de notre cabinet. il semblerait que notre metier soit de plus en plus connu et en demande peut-etre ... tous les applicants etaient des PhD!!! interessant ... en fait, leurs dossiers etaient impressionnants et ils etaient beaucoup plus qualifies que moi! ca me fait realiser que je suis chanceuse et surtout benie d'avoir obtenu ce poste!

respect ou ignorance

je trouve insupportable les gens qui me parlent en anglais car je suis asiatique, meme si je leur reponds en francais. ils sont sourds ou quoi?!

veulent-ils se montrer respectueux? pensent-ils qu'ils font une bonne chose? c'est eux qui font l'effort de nous parler dans une langue qu'on comprend? ou sont-ils totalement ignorants? j'ai tendance a croire que c'est la derniere option ....

surprise!

il y a une premiere fois pour tout! je suis allee faire l'epicerie et j'ai paye les choses moins cheres que les prix affichés! étrange ... je devrais faire cela plus souvent! :-)

5 à 7 St-Valentin

il y avait des peluches à gagner! donc, je suis allée aux fameux 5 à 7. chaque personne a reçu un coupon pour le tirage des toutous. moi, je voulais augmenter mes chances, alors j'ai demandé aux collègues de me donner leur coupon .. "Tu es plus viril que ça, n'est-ce pas? tu n'as pas besoin de toutous!" et ça a marché! j'ai récolté 5 coupons ... mais mes numéros n'ont pas été tirés :(

finalement, une gentille assistante des brevets a gagné un nounours jaune, et elle m'a donné le sien.

certains (la plupart des professionnels en fait) décorent leur bureau en accrochant leur diplôme, moi, j'étale mes petits amis!!! chacun ses goûts!

aventure au vieux-port

on a fait une promenade au vieux-port, autour du bassin Bonsécours. l'endroit était envahi par le silence et couvert de neige. il n'y avait pas une âme qui vive autour. on est tombé par terre. on est resté là. on aurait pu geler de froid et en mourir et personne ne l'aurait su!
décidément, il n'y a pas assez de monde au Canada!

Quotes of the day ...

Le lit est l'endroit le plus dangereux du monde : 99 % des gens y meurent.
-Mark Twain-

et pour l'occasion du jour:

L'amour, c'est rencontrer quelqu'un qui vous donne des nouvelles de vous.
-André Breton-

se plaindre mene à quelque chose

j'ai découvert cela. d'habitude, j'ai horreur d'appeler les gens pour leur faire part de mon mécontement! c'est une perte de temps! mais cette fois-ci, je ne pouvais pas laisser passer l'occasion car apres les depenses des fetes (Noel et nouvel an) avec la carte de credits, les intérêts montent vite! Donc, j'ai appele visa et american express. Incroyable mais vrai, ils ont annulé mes intérêts!!
peut-être que je devrais commencer à appeler plus souvent les gens ... quelqu'un serait content :-)

dessert quand tu tiens!

lundi, j'ai decide d'arreter de manger des desserts ... pour ma sante physique mais c'est une catastrophe pour la sante morale!
bref, depuis cette decision, j'ai mange deux fois plus de desserts que d'habitude, compensation pour le cote moral peu-etre ... mais ce n'est pas de ma faute, les desserts viennent a moi d'eux-memes ... miammmmmm les crepes!

la reputation des agents de brevets ...

jeudi, c'etait la journee ou on devait s'inscrire pour prendre rendez-vous avec l'executif pour notre evaluation. l'horaire commence a 7h du matin et finit a 19h. je me suis precipitee au 25e pour eviter de devoir prendre le dernier 'spot' disponible qui serait celui de 7h du matin, genre. arrivee au 25e, j'ai decouvert que tous les spots du matin etaient deja pris. surprenant! meme celui qui commencait a 7h du matin (heureusement pour moi). j'aurai du me souvenir de son nom car il ou elle m'impressionne.
donc, j'ai inscrit mon nom en face du spot disponible de 15h45. j'etais contente de mon travail. mission accomplie. le soir, cependant, je recois un email pour me dire de changer mon rendez-vous de 15h45 a 17h15. que puis-je faire? j'ai du accepter ...
bref, tout ca pour dire que les agents de brevets doivent rester ensemble et bien sur on passe en dernier! comme quoi, on travaille fort et tard ... et entretenir notre reputation!!

la déprime qui me guette ...

et la preuve, c'est l'envie incessante de vouloir manger du chocolat - ce qui n'arrive pas souvent - et bien sur les desserts, mais ca c'est normal!

gadget overload !

just realized that i carry too many gadgets on me ... i have a blackberry on which i can check and write emails, surf the net and play games. i have an ipod shuffle. i have a nintendo DS with a silly but oh so cute dog (maybe i need another game ...) and i have even a digital camera to play with!

how can i ever get bored in the bathroom now ?! hahaha

la revanche des vieilles ...

This past few days, i witnessed a lot of anger coming from old ladies ... the first lady was a very old Asian lady. she was just in front of me at the casher to pay her groceries. All she got was a bag of grapes, they were black. when she saw the price, she started yelling and insulting people around her, and sometimes in the void. The price said 3.38$. Personally, the price was decent to me. She put back her money, walked away, while mumbling. we were just surprised, the casher didn't react at all, he was overwhelmed by what just had happened. i guess he has never seen that before.

the second lady was so violent, it was in the metro, we just came out of the train and started to go up the stairs. there were some people on her way, it was a busy time. she started screaming, cursing and hitting people with he carriage! she was so determined to hurt people. why so much hatred? nobody tried to stop her.

the third lady is a black lady. she was so fat that she was squeezing me. she sat on the chair next to mine in the bus. i almost couldn't breathe! she kept pushing me to the window, which was so cold! i guess she thought she had all the rights since she paid for her ticket ... except that she piad for one seat not one and half! she was invading my space!

that is the reality of our society ... so much frustration ... it is hard to age gracefully!

st-sauveur weekend

a group of us, 4 girls, went to an Auberge Santé for a massage and spa weekend. unfortunately, the spa was outside ... an outdoor activity with swimming suit in winter time equals no-thank-you. so, instead, we went to do raquette-ing (ok, snowshoe hiking). Nature is beautiful, so strong and serene.

Then the truth came out. "Haizhen, you look funny, hahahha. You walk like a penguin!"
Yes, i do walk like a penguin.

That remains me of a book i read a few years ago about a man who was chasing after the penguins until he found out that he was one of them!
He had always been attracted to those creatures! The transformation of that man into a penguin from an introspective view was very interesting ...

I would rather be transformed into a panda though! A panda eats shoots and leaves. There are more actions :-)!

DAY 7 -- end of the story ...

ps: those days are working days, so weekends were not counted ... i think they lasted for more than 1 week and half :-)

DAY 6

DAY 5

DAY 4

DAY 3

DAY 2

the life span of 3 roses ... under my care ...

DAY 1.

after 5 years ...

i went back to polytechnique today. i was quite excited, expecting changes and to be surprised!

i had to the ramp after the metro, then there were the stairs ... those stairs are twice bigger than before ... however, half of each step is covered with a huge pile of snow, therefore, they somehow look the same way and size as before ... but they are still made of wood. Instead of going sraight up, they go in a zigzag way ... so, it took me longer to go all the way up but it gave me a chance to have a wonderful view the city at night. Now i know what i have been missing ...

it feels funny because nothing has really changed ...life goes on! as soon as i entered the school, loud voices and noises could be heard. they are from our famous and daily 5 @ 7!! Inside the school, every floor is the same, i just see different faces ... ah i miss school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

le corbeau et le lapin (fable revisitée)

LE CORBEAU ET LE LAPIN

Le corbeau sur un arbre était perché
A ne rien foutre de toute la journée.
Un lapin voyant ainsi le corbeau,
L'interpelle et lui dit aussitôt;
Moi aussi, comme-toi, puis-je m'asseoir
Et ne rien foutre du matin jusqu'au soir
Le corbeau lui répond de sa branche
Bien sur, ami à la queue blanche,
Je ne vois ce qui pourrait t'empêcher le repos.

Blanc lapin s'assoit alors par terre,
Et sous l'arbre reste à ne rien faire,
Tant et si bien qu'un renard affamé,
Voyant ainsi le lapin somnoler,
S'approchant du rongeur en silence,
D'une bouchée en fait sa pitance.

Moralité : Pour rester assis à ne rien faire Il vaut
mieux être très haut placé

sacrifice du métier!

mon boss est une espèce si rare, en voie de disparition ... en effet, cela fait 2 semaines que je cours après lui et rarement je le trouve. son seul moment libre est l'heure de lunch alors la semaine dernière, j'ai dû sacrifier mes heures de lunch avec les amis et mes cours de karaté pour le rencontrer.
mais aujourd'hui ce fut le bouquet. après 3 gros verres d'eau et 3 grosses tasses de thé et un yogourt, il était temps pour moi de passer aux toilettes ... sauf que sur mon chemin vers les toilettes, il m'est venu la folle idée d'aller vérifier dans le bureau de mon boss pour savoir s'il était là! et quelle surprise, il était là!! donc, tout de suite, on est passé à l'attaque dans un dossier ... pendant une heure, j'ai dû me retenir et travailler ma vessie à m'obéir!

quel dur métier que d'être agent de brevets ... je vois de plus en plus de défis à relever :-)!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

It is the year of the dog and it has 13 months!!! (more time to make babies! hahaha! it's not from me, people predicted it!!!)
Kong Hei Fat Choi!!

observations

pendant les reunions avec mon boss sur l'heure du midi, je regarde et j'observe ... ne croyez pas que je sois superficielle mais ce que je vois ce sont surtout les montres de mon boss. je n'y suis pour rien, elles sont énormes. ça me saute aux yeux! il y a une constance dans ses montres ... il en a une nouvelle a chaque jour et impossible de les manquer! comme les cravates, en plein milieu du buste ... une cravate par jour ... tiens aujourd'hui, les hommes du bureau se sont tous mis d'accord, ils avaient tous une cravate unichrome, de couleur noire. c'est triste! les cravates peuvent être de couleur arc-en-ciel et ils ont choisi une noire ... je ne comprends pas! et que dire de la probabilité que les 3 hommes portent la même cravate, le même jour, étant donné le nombre exagéré de cravates qu'ils ont! je suis sûre qu'ils ont plus de cravates que les bijoux des autres femmes ... ne me demandez pas, je suis pauvre, je n'ai ni l'un ni l'autre :-)

un petit mot sur les élections 2006

le jeune, le moustachu, le beau et le vieux ou en d'autres termes dans ma circonscription, Qais Hamidi, Alain Giguère, Christiane Pichette, et Raymonde Folco. et c'est le jeune qui a gagné. du changement, il va en amener ... mais vers côté? le côté obscur ou le côté de la lumière, hein, dis-moi maître yoda!?!

MERCI Roger et Christiane!!!!!!

Voici Antalya en Turquie! C'est trop beau! C'est la plus recente ville que Roger et Christiane ont visitee! Ils m'envoient une carte postale a chaque fois qu'ils partent en voyage et ils voyagent beaucoup! Ils me font penser au nain dans le film d'Amelie Poulain! Ils sont trop gentils et je me suis vraiment contente qu'ils pensent a moi dans leur escapade .. :-)
Un Gros merci a vous deux!!

encore BCF

decidemment, je n'arrete pas de parler de ca! nouvelle du jour ... la receptionniste de la compagnie a ete choisie pour faire partie des 50 candidates pour devenir Miss Universe! c'est pas une blague!
c'est vrai! meme moi, j'ai ete impressionnee quand j'ai rencontre cette fille. elle a l'etoffe d'une Miss ...
elle va faire de la publicite pour BCF :-) BCF un cabinet d'avocats ou le monde est beau ... surtout les secretaires et receptionnistes ?!
voici le site web,

trouvez-la cette beaute

kitchen ladies

linda and sandra. that's their names. they take care of the kitchens. today i met both of them. usually, i just see one of them at a time. but lucky me, they were cleaning the kitchen together today. so i had a chat with them. linda remembers me, of course i am the only chinese girl there and she keeps calling me Katherine. none of us knows why. i kindly reminds her that my name is marine but katherine is nice too :-)

they love their job and the place, they are so dedicated to their tasks. they don't mind cleaning the tables over and over again. they do that with a big smile and genuine willingness! it's their pleasure to make us happy by taking care of the meals and kitchens.

it makes me wonder about my own behaviour towards my job and tasks ... am i as eager and dedicated as them?

i am glad to know people like them and to be challenged by them!

5 à 7

they are weekly happy hours ... but i guess most of us can go there once per month at most because of work ... :(

i went there this week ... for 15 minutes only because i had a meeting with the boss at 5:30pm. and usually, at 5:15pm, there is nobody ... people work late ... so i had to convince a colleague to come with me! and for once, he accepted!
when we got there, to our big surprise, there were already a few people drinking wine and beer!
that's my only occasion to socialize with lawyers ... the more senior and prestigious they are and the sillier and bigger liars they become ... :-)

le pire est passé?!

hier, ce fut l'enfer pour marcher dans la rue, il fallait braver le vent, la pluie, et le verglas! A chaque pas que je faisais, la probabilité de tomber augmentait! une couche de glace couverte par une couche d'eau, quoi de mieux pour glisser comme des pingouins ... ce qui me fait penser au livreur de pizza ... à ce seul livreur de pizza ...
je n'ai jamais eu autant pitié d'un livreur de pizza que lui de toute ma vie! et oui, c'est dur la vie d'un livreur de pizza quand on y pense ...

j'étais étudiante à l'école polytechnique ... pour s'y rendre en BMW (BUS METRO WALK - ce que je faisais tous les jours ...), ce n'était pas du gâteau ...

après le métro, il y a une rampe à monter. souvent, les escaliers mobiles sont en panne ou ne marchent pas les weekends. après les escaliers, il faut marcher un peu, même beaucoup, traverser un aviaduc et commencer l'ascension d'un escalier en bois pourri qui est prêt à s'effronder sous les pieds n'importe quand. tout ça parce que Poly est haut perchée sur la montagne!
Il y a 2 espaces de travail à Poly, en gros les 2 cafétérias, un au 2e et l'autre au 6e étage. Mes amis et moi avons notre place au 6e.

ce jour-là, un samedi précisément, c'était la grosse tempête de neige (la neige m'arrivait à la taille). on était bien à l'intérieur ... sauf qu'on avait faim! alors on a appelé la pizzaria pour commander une pizza!

longtemps après, un pauvre monsieur, à l'air essoufflé et le corps brisé est apparu devant nos yeux. pauvre type, juste pour une pizza, non seulement il a traverse monts et vallees mais en plus il a dû affronter la neige, la tempête, les escaliers mobiles, les escaliers en bois et les escaliers des 6 étages de Poly (car pour économiser de l'énergie, les escalators ne fonctionnaient pas le weekend)!

le pire dans tout ça c'est que je ne me souviens plus si on lui a donné un gros TIP! mais une chose est sûre, depuis, on n'a plus commandé de la pizza!!!

mon chien est stupide et paresseux ...?!

J'ai passé plus de 40 minutes à lui appendre à se rouler par terre! il est trop mimi quand il fait ça. Après une quantité monumentale de salive utilisée à force de lui dicter et répéter quoi faire, je constate avec joie qu'il a compris et a appris le tour (ampoule allumée au dessus de sa tête, c'est la révélation!). Cependant, l'euphorie fut de courte durée! qu'elle ne fut grande ma désillusion quand le jour suivant j'ai demandé à mon chien de se rouler par terre! il commence à se rouler mais une fois les pattes en l'air, il s'arrête et ne sait plus quoi faire! Quelle déception, il ne sait faire qu'un demi-tour! Quelle position vulnérable pour mon chien, couché sur le dos, les pattes en l'air!!!
Tout est à recommencer!

Dans les jeux, c'est lui le plus paresseux! il s'assoit et regarde les autres jouer! Même dans les compétitions, contre la montre, où il doit aller me chercher le freesbee, il trouve le moyen de s'arrêter, de s'asseoir et de s'en venir tranquillement me voir! De quoi à enrager n'importe qui!

Mais heureusement qu'il y a une lueur d'espoir et d'intelligence peut-être ... il a beau être paresseux, il sait comment voler le ballon des autres à la dernière minute et me l'apporter sans aucun effort :-)! Pas si bête que ça en fin de compte!!

tout simplement irrésistible!!

panda s'en va en France ...

à voir absolument

... où l'excès a bien meilleur goût!

my christmas present: my baby dog

here is my new best friend, Parisii :-) He is just way too cute!! and he is mine, hahahahha!!!

business cards ....

finally i got them!! et elles sont toutes fausses!!!
pour les autres professionnels, ça prend environ 2 semaines pour les obtenir. pour moi, ça a pris plus de 5 mois et encore, j'ai dû les demander moi-même car j'en avais besoin pour les donner aux clients! c'était à la limite du tolérable ...
personne ne s'occupe de moi! :(
bref, je suis encore dans la catégorie des sécrétaires!!
je vais voir combien de temps ça va prendre pour obtenir les nouvelles cartes ...

la galette des rois!

une galette,
d'autres galettes avec les couronnes et les fèves ... qui peuvent devenir des objets d'art et de collection!!!

Cela fait si longtemps que je n'ai pas fêté la galette des rois ... une tradition qui s'oublie de plus en plus! la preuve? c'est que je ne sais pas du tout d'où ça vient. Tout ce que je sais c'est que c'est bon!! et j'aime être la personne qui trouve la fève dans la galette et qui devient reine. L'autre partie qui consiste à choisir un roi et à renoncer à ma couronne est moins agréable!

donc pour les circonstances, voici les renseignements entourant la fête:

A celebration of Christ being visited by the Magi, the epiphany was set to January the 6th by Pope Julius II. Also known as le jour des Rois, this is the day when the three kings are traditionally added next to the crib. Over the years, this religious festival overlapped with pagan traditions that went back to the Roman Saturnalia.

From the Middle Ages, the epiphany has been celebrated with a special Twelfth Night cake: la galette des rois, literally the King's cake. The galette differed according to the regions: for example it was made of puff pastry in Paris, but made of brioche and shaped as a crown in Provence. Under Louis XIV, the Church considered this festival as a pagan celebration and as an excuse for indulgence, and it was subsequently banned. To get around this ban, it became la fête du bon voisinage (literally, 'neighbourly relations day'). This culinary tradition even survived the French Revolution when it became the ‘Gâteau de l’Êgalité (the equality cake), as Kings were not very popular in those years!

The cake contains a lucky charm (une fève) which originally was a bean, a symbol of fertility. Whoever found the charm in their slice of cake, became King or Queen and had to buy a round of drinks for all their companions. This sometimes resulted in stingy behaviour and to avoid buying a round of drinks, the potential King or Queen very often swallowed the bean! This is why towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, the lucky charm started being made of china. The charm can take any shape or form and can either be very plain or more sophisticated (glazed or handpainted). It sometimes represents a religious figure such as the baby Jesus, but it can be virtually anything. Little horseshoe shapes are popular as they are thought to bring luck. Although nowadays very often made of plastic, old-fashioned china charms are still used and they have become a collectable item.

The modern Galette des Rois is made of puff pastry and can be plain or filled with frangipane, an almond-flavoured paste. It is sold in all French bakeries and eating the galetteat the beginning of January is still a very popular tradition and an opportunity for families and friends to gather around the table. The youngest person in the room (usually a child) hides under the table and shouts out which guest each slice of cake should be given to. The person who finds the fève in their slice of galette becomes the King or Queen and is given a golden paper crown. The King or Queen then has to choose his Queen or her King, by dropping the lucky charm in their glass.

Natalie Pomier © 2003

Beautiful Snow!

wow, it is amazing!! so much, so big. i guess it is hard to get tired of watching snow falling down! (from inside of course!!)

souhaits du nouvel an!

au buerau on m'a souhaité tout plein de folies pour la nouvelle année!! intéressant!! c'était original!! j'aime ça!
donc, il faut que je fasse des folies cette année ...

resolutions

il faut penser aux resolutions a chaque annee!! quels maux de tete! j'ai decide de le faire par les autres ...

je devais donner certains verbes, adjectifs et chiffres. voici les mots que j'avais tapes: sleep, move, smile, 7, relaxing et happy.

et voici le resultat:

lose '7' pounds, stop 'sleeping', be more 'happy', start 'smiling', be less 'relaxing', 'move' every day.

voila mes resolutions de 2006! somebody help me!!

Bonne et heureuse annee!

Et voila, 2005 s'est envole a jamais! Bienvenue en 2006!

the ultimate insult !!!

i ever had happened yesterday!! maybe i asked for it ... but still!!!
after lunch, we headed back to the office. Someone called the elevator, we all entered inside, someone pressed the button marked with 22. And nothing happened ... so i said "somebody is too heavy!" referring to my big colleague. since then, he calls me barbie wong!!!! he thinks i look like a barbie doll, but the asian version!! how wrong he is!!!
i guess war has been declared!! a suivre ...

my first tarte tatin ...

la pâte est ratée un peu ... elle est trop épaisse ... Le caramel est totalement bousillé! c'etait de l'eau sucree!! mais en fin de compte, ma tarte n'a pas l'air si mal! et c'est bon à mon goût!!!! et l'esthetique reste a ameliorer!!!

plus je dors et

plus je ressemble à une Japonaise! Je dors 10 heures par nuit ... Enfin, les couleurs me reviennent ... Mon visage est tout rond! Le matin, je me lève et je me regarde dans le miroir ... Je vois une vraie Japonaise!!!!!! c'est la premiere fois que je me vois japonaise ... etrange ... a vous de juger!

crepes all the way!!

vacation = crepes!!! at least 2 crepes per day make me happy! i decided that that would be my diet for the holidays! one in the morning, one in the evening!! yummy!!
it lasted for 2 whole days ... not that i got bored of it but because i had to eat out!

snif, i didn't have enough time to finish my experience ... i wanted to know how days of crepe-eating i can enjoy before i get sick of them ...

politically correct ... for a holiday greeting ...

Please accept with no obligation, implicit or explicit, my best wishes
for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress,
non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
persuasion or secular practices of your choice, with total respect for
the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, and their
choice not to practise religious or secular traditions at all... and a
fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated
recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006,
but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other
cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Britain great
(not to imply the Canada is necessarily greater than any other country
nor is it the only "CANADA" in the northern hemisphere), and without
regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious
faith, sexual orientation and choice of computer platform of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting
is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
the wishee actually to implement any of the wishes for her/himself or
others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole
discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual
application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the
issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and
warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new
wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

noel c'est un jour comme les autres!

la preuve? je dois travailler au depanneur! comme quoi il n'y a pas que le pere noel qui a de la besogne. il doit bien ricaner quand il va apprendre ca!!!

life is unfair!

lui il travaille un jour par an, et moi ... et ben moi, je dois plutot compter mes jours de conges!!

Merry Christmas!

joyeux noel a tous de la part de mes amis les pingouins! tous nos meilleurs voeux de bonheur, de sante, de paix et de succes!

so cute !

i just like it!

gifts wrapping

oh how i hate it!
so i was so happy to see that my buiding was offering services to wrap gifts for us ... the only problem is that i had no gifts at all at that time! when i got some gifts (finally), it was too late ...
so, i decided to buy some bags ... except that there were no more bags left ... i went already to 2 different stores ... i was too tired to do more stores ... so i had to buy some wrapping papers and wrap my gift myself at the end. it was difficult!
i told myself to volunteer next year to wrap gifts for others, this way, i will learn i hope!!!

First meeting with some clients ...

and i am so not impressed!! funny how they don't know what they are talking about! and it's their invention that they are talking about!
during my search of patentability, i came accross a diagram referenced by the inventors themselves, which is very similar to their invention. i thought they must have looked at it before but i did mention it again in the report anyway!
after reading the report, they called for a meeting ... during this meeting, the inventors were very troubled by the diagram.
1) they didn't understand it 2) they didn't know who was wrong and who was right.

so, i asked them how they had found their invention ... their answer: it was by trials and errors! because i know that the diagram is RIGHT! the diagram is from PROAKIS and he is not a nobody!

But of course, i couldn't tell our clients that they were wrong ... since my boss assured them that we would get a patent for them!!! ah ah poor me! i will be the one doing that ... i guess i need to develop those convincing skills for nonsense talks .... *sigh*

voyage de fou!

a la recherche d'un oasis de chaleur en plein milieu de l'hiver canadien ... mais ca n'a ete qu'un mirage ...
tout ça à cause d'une tempête de neige ... la puissance de la nature ... ne jamais la sous-estimer!!
une tempete de neige qui a fichu en l'air tous mes plans! qui a cloue les avions au sol et qui a fait retarder tout le monde ... du coup, ce fut presque un miracle que de reussir a sortir de montreal et arriver a LA par mille detours! on a donc oublie la plage ... on a assiste au mariage cependant, c'etait la seule activite reussie! en somme, on est arrive en catastrophe pour repartir comme des voleurs!
c'est la vie!!
adieu les palmiers, adieu les hamburgers!!!!!!!!

indigeste!

voici l'extrait d'une revendication de brevet ...

"a server managed by a network administrator and interconnecting said printer communication unit to said job database for establishing said one or more users in said user table enabling said one or more users access to said network, for validating said one or more users on the basis of said user identifying data input to said printer communication unit against user information stored in said user table, and for ensuring said user identifying data and said user information provide said one or more users access to said spooled document;"

je dois apprendre à écrire dans ce charabia! je ne comprends que dalle ... ça va craindre quand je vais commencer!!!

accomplishments ...

I looked into my blackberry and saw this entry:
le jeudi 4 aout 2005 - ce que j'ai accompli






(void)
that's it. that was scary!

but today is different, at least, i learned some new words to bridge the lack of better accomplishments ... heyhey ... so here there are:
deterrent and to retrofit and to pilfer - they sound funny to me!

i remember ... while in France i used to love to learn new English words every day. but since i came to Montreal, my love for the language of Shakespeare has vanished!
maybe that's montreal ... there is this tension between the 2 languages; one has to dominate the other ... hate one such as to better love the other ...
confused we are!

les maths avec les blondes!

pourquoi, je n'ai jamais pense a ca?!

snow again!

this morning, mother nature was dressed in white; as she put on her beautiful and shining white coat to cover herself, peace and majesty joined her ... mother nature kept releasing the elements, so generously. unceasingly and tirelessly small white flakes of snow were falling everywhere ... some just got lost on the way down, some others were gently melting in a caress to people encountered and some other found their way to the ground to consolidate the fur ... there were so many of them ... they were everywhere!
that remineds me of a question our pastor asked us ... are there more stars in the universe than sand on earth? and i would add: how about snow flakes? nature's generosity reflects God's character ...

what is PEACE?

peace on earth? will it ever exist or happen? i think no since that's not under our control. as long as we live in a fallen society and with imperferct people, we will have conflicts!
but we can have peace of mind, an inner peace that doesn't depend on the outside world or circumstances!! there is hope! everybody can have it :-)

MAD!!!

des inventeurs québébcois scientifiques qui ne savent pas écrire comme du monde!!!!arghhhhhhhhh
je dois comprendre leur charabia et ensuite faire la demande de brevets en anglais ...
il y a des jours ou je suis super frustree surtout que je n'y connais rien dans le domaine de la construction des routes ... passons.

sinon, on n'a toujours pas de sapin de noel au bureau, alors qu'ailleurs, c'est noel depuis longtemps. on travaille trop dans notre bureau!! ou es-tu esprit de noel?

phenomene etrange ... la destruction est toujours plus rapide que la construction. j'ai assiste a la destruction express des ascenceurs mais leur reconstruction est encore invisible ... ca tarde a venir ... je dois travailler ma patience!!

bref, il y a des journees comme ca!!!

shopping is not my thing

1h30 of shopping in a bookstore gave me a headache;
i saw a nice piece of clothe, i wanted to try it so i took a size 10. the sale person asked me my normal size ... i wasn't sure so i said 6. she gave me a 6. i put it on, it seemed a little big on me, the lady saw me and said that i was a size 2. so i tried the size 2 and it fit me. So from size 10, it went down to 2.
shopping confuses me and always tires me out!

déjà 16 ans à Polytechnique!

Puisque je suis de Poly et que je suis une fille, je tiens à commémorer cet événement tragique qui a fait la renommée de cette institution, si je puis le dire ainsi!

un moment de silence pour les 14 victimes!

hahaha du jour

Alcohol and calculus don't mix. DON'T DRINK AND DERIVE!

If God is within, I hope he likes enchiladas!

So many stupid people, and so few asteroids.

Excess is never too much in moderation.

Think globally, Act galactically.

My wife says I should get up and go to work, but the voices in my head say I should stay home and clean my guns.

Don't believe everything you think.

Help your local Search & Rescue. Get lost!

Carpe Diem = Seize the day. Carp In Denim = Fish in pants.

Life is short. So buy the shoes!

Never believe generalizations.

The generation of random numbers is too important to leave to chance.

I don't think, therefore I am not.

Jesus saves. He uses double coupons.

Veni, Vidi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I got stuck.

Avoid alliterations always.

Dyslexics are teople poo.

Say "NO" to drugs. That will bring the prices down.

What would Ashton do?

Jesus loves you. But I'm his favorite.

An Apple a day keeps Windows away.

This bumper sticker intentionally left blank.

What would Gandalf do?

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

Double your drive space. Delete Windows.

Does anal retentive have a hyphen?

If it ain't broke, take it apart and fix it.

Resistance is futile (if < 1 ohm).

MOP AND GLO - The floor wax used by Three Mile Island cleanup team.

I'm Canadian. It's like being American, but without the gun.

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.

The control key on the keyboard does not work.

The meek shall inherit the earth, after we're through with it.

Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it!

Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.

Nuke the Whales! We'll hunt them at night.

Jesus loves you! Everybody else thinks you're a jerk.

Lawyers have feelings too (allegedly).

If there is no God, who always pops up that next Kleenex?

Too much Pluribus, not enough Unum.

Forget world peace; visualize using your turn signal.

What wouldn't Jesus do?

If you believe in telepathy, think about honking.

People like you are the reason people like me need medication.

Every time you open your mouth, some idiot starts talking.

The box said Windows 2000 or better. So I installed Linux.

Use the best: Linux for servers, Mac for graphics, Windows for Solitaire.

I found Jesus - he was behind the sofa all the time.

So many cats, so few recipes.

Save the trees, wipe your butt with an owl.

Don't make me mad. I'm running out of places to hide the bodies.

Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors.

Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

On the journey of life, I choose the psycho path.

On your mark, get set, go away!

What would Scooby do?

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.

Let's skip the insults and get right down to your butt kicking!

I don't have a beer gut, I have a protective covering for my rock hard abs.

I am not infantile, you stinky poopyhead.

If you can read this, you're not the president.

To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.

Liberal Arts major: will think for food.

Visualize Whirled Peas

If you can read this, I've lost the trailer!

Stoplights timed for 30 mph are also timed for 60 mph.

I didn't climb all the way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

Don't treat me any differently than you would the Queen.

Practice safe lunch: Use a condiment.

What we need is a patch for stupidity!

Follow that car, Godzilla - and step on it!

Frankly, Scallop, I don't give a clam.

Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up!

I fought the lawn, and the lawn won.

If you can't read this, thank the teacher's union.

Procrastinate now.

The last time politics and religion were mixed, people were burned at the stake.

Rehab is for quitters.

My dog can lick anyone!

I have a degree in Liberal Arts - do you want fries with that?

Suburbia: Where they tear out the trees and name streets after them.

Do they ever shut up on your planet?

If you were born again, would you have two bellybuttons?

All men are idiots, and I married their King.

West Virginia: One million people, and 15 last names.

I'm out Of Estrogen and I've got a gun!

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

Who are these children, and why do they keep calling me Mom?

The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Mop and Glo - The floor wax used by Three-Mile-Island cleanup team.

NyQuil - The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.

Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.

Gravity: It's not just a good idea. It's the law.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

You - Off my planet.

If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.

Well, this day was a total waste of makeup.

Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

And your cry-baby whiny-assed opinion would be...?

Warning: Dates on calendar are closer than they appear.

I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 30 years.

Allow me to introduce my selves.

Sarcasm is just one more service I offer.

Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you weren't asleep.

I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one.

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

I just want revenge. Is that so wrong?

You say I'm a bitch like it's a bad thing.

Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?

Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.

Earth is full. Go home.

Is it time for your medication or mine?

Nyquil: the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

How do I set a laser printer to stun?

Getting on your feet means getting off your butt.

I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert.

If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.

First National Bank of Dad; Sorry, closed.

In dog years, I'm dead!

South Korea's got Seoul!

Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye opener.

The trouble with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

God made us sisters; Prozac made us friends.

IRS: Be Audit You Can Be

My mother is a travel agent for guilt trips.

Senior Citizen: Give me my damn discount!

(Spotted on a passing motorcycle): If you can read this, my wife fell off!

I used to be schizophrenic, but we're OK now.

Wanted: Meaningful overnight relationship.

I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

Anything not worth doing is not worth doing well.

A day without sunshine is like night.

First things first, but not necessarily in that order.

Old age comes at a bad time.

If going to church makes you a Christian, does going into a garage make you a car?

In America, anyone can be president. That's one of the risks you take.

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

You're just jealous because the voices only talk to ME.

Beer: It's not just for breakfast anymore.

So you're a feminist. Isn't that cute?

I need someone real bad. Are you real bad?

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

The more you complain the longer God makes you live.

I R S: We've got what it takes to take what you've got.

Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.

Out of my mind - back in five minutes.

Without ME, it's just AWESO.

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

Life would be easier if I had the source code.

Hang up and drive.

Nebraska: At least the cows are sane.

God must love stupid people. He made SO many.

I said "no" to drugs, but they didn't listen.

Your kid may be an Honor Student, but YOU'RE still an idiot.

I fish, therefore I lie.

Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.

I took an IQ test and the results were negative.

Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

If catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.

It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.

Don't drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill your drink.

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Rap is to music as Etch-A-Sketch is to art.

Honk If you want to see my finger.

God is my co-pilot, but the Devil is my bombardier.

I don't have a license to kill. I have a learner's permit.

Keep honking while I reload.

Taxation WITH representation isn't so hot, either!

Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.

EARTH FIRST! We'll strip-mine the other planets later.

If you can read this, I can hit my brakes and sue you.

Save the whales! Trade them for valuable prizes.

Whitewater is over when the First Lady sings.

Jack Kevorkian for White House physician.

My wife keeps complaining I never listen to her (or something like that).

Constipation causes people not to give a crap.

Sure you can trust the government! Just ask a native American!

Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.

Stop repeat offenders. Don't re-elect them!

Veni, Vedi, Visa: I Came, I Saw, I did a little shopping.

What if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?

If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0!

Driver carries no cash. He's married.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Karaoke bars combine two of the nation's greatest evils — people who shouldn't drink with people who shouldn't sing.

If I get you advantage, can I take drunk of you?

Watch out for the idiot behind me.

I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!

So you're kids no honor student. Society needs laborers.

Honk if you hate peace and quiet.

I have the body of a god. Buddha.

In case of rapture, can I have your car?

Never miss a good opportunity to shut up.

I doubt, therefore I might be.

Your stupid!

When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Don’t bother honking or flashing your lights, I'm deaf and blind.

Honk if you've never seen a gun fired from a moving vehicle.

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once.

If it isn't broken, fix it until it is.

Thank God I'm an atheist.

Never knock on Death's door. Ring the bell and run, he hates that.

Some days it's just not worth gnawing through the leather straps.

It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.

New Mexico: Cleaner than regular Mexico.

Jesus died for my sins and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

If you're happy and you know it see a shrink.

Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter.

Worry. God knows all about you.

I drive the speed limit. If you don't like it, call a cop!

Vote Democrat — it's easier than working!

Vote Republican — it's easier than thinking!

Keep the dream alive: Hit the snooze button.

Squirrels: Nature's speed bumps.

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

what is hope?

big question ...
comme on dit:
l'espoir fait vivre!
et
tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir!

donc, espoir et vie vont de pair. l'un n'existe pas sans l'autre et vice-versa!

my first hockey game

Montreal vs L.A.
of course Montreal had to win ... for me!

that reminds me of my days at Fido ...

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Toilet Humor

I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?"
I'm not the type to start a conversation in a restroom at a rest stop but... I don't know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassedly: "Doin' just fine!"

And the other guy says: "So what are you up too?"

What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: "Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling east!"

And I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question. "Can I come over to your place after while?"

Ok, this question is just wacky, but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell him, "Well, I have company over so today is a bad day for me!"

Then I hear the guy say nervously...

"LISTEN, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!"

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questions existentielles et observations

pourquoi je ne rencontre jamais la femme de mon boss dans les toilettes??

les rencontres avec toutes les autres femmes de mon bureau se passent dans les toilettes. d'ailleurs, c'est le seul endroit et moment où l'on peut jaser un peu. c'est bien connu, les toilettes ce sont le social lounge pour les femmes!
une à une on se rencontre et on parle de tout et de rien ... sauf que jusqu'à maintenant, pas une seule fois, j'ai croisé la femme de mon patron. pourquoi?!!!!

quelques filles de mon bureau:
la femme de mon boss;
celle qui porte toujours une mini-jupe et qui est super maquillée(!);
celle qui est super bien habillée, trop bien même, comme si elle allait à un party de noël ou à un mariage;
les jumelles, qui ont les mêmes goûts pour les vêtements, la même coupe de cheveux, les mêmes mèches colorées! (c'en est trop);
celle qui s'habille tous les jours de la même façon(!), je ne sais pas si elle a genre 10 fois la même chemise ou pantalon;
la vieille dame super sexy;
la mère et la fille qui viennent de Salvador;
celle qui adore les jeux vidéos, elle figure à titre de "testeur" dans les jeux comme Prince of Persia; et
il y a Moi, qui ...euh ... qui bois pas moins de 6 tasses de thé par jour ... pour essayer d'augmenter la fréquence de mes trajets aux toilettes et de ce fait d'augmenter les chances de rencontrer la femme du patron là!!