FREEBOX, Signs of hope???

Well, I got a phone call last night from a representative of France telecom. I had missed her phone call and she said in the voice message that she will call back today to make an appointment to have the technican come by my place and install the phone jacks, etc. This needs to be done in order to complete the installation of my Freebox.

Well, this morning at arround 11am I get a new voicemail indication on my cell. I checked it and apparently the lady called back!! Oh boy, I did not even hear the phone ring! What bad luck, I've ONLY been waiting almost 3 months to get this thing installed. I am seriously getting frustrated with the process. I have to say it would never be this long in Montreal and if it did, I would get the service free for a year!!!!

On the message the lady said that she'll call back on Monday. Val suggested that I call back France telecom and schedule an appointment. But to my surprise, the lady did not leave her name nor her telephone number! Oh la la la la la.... qu'est qui passe ici???? Anyway, I have to continue to be patient, something that this experience living in Paris has taught me alot about.

Lobster, how's your new freebox working? Gab/Yan B. don't forget to get the freebox transfered to your new appartment, because I fear it could take a long time before it will begin working.

Allez, A+

Another Chill Evening in Paris

Last night, was a very chill night spent with my buddy Omar. This Morroccan dude came to meet me at metro Notre-Dame de Lorette and then we went to the motorcycle accessory shop on his scooter. There was not as much of a selection as I would have hoped but I did find a nice pair of gloves and a helmet. So now I'm almost set, just missing the jacket and pants.

We then went to the gym and then Omar was invited to a private birthday party of a good friend of his. Wow it turned out to be a lot of fun, drinking wine, eating pizzas and LOTS of laughs.

Omar, we got to do this again my friend. I got to say you are a very chill dude.

Allez, A+

Thought of the day

I found this comment to be very interesting, let me know what you think.

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.

- Anonymous





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My Teeth are Shinny and Clean

I was to the dentist's office today and the result, my teeth are doing fine, thank you very much! I will admit that the last time I went, has been a while, so I figured they may be in bad shape.

Well, on the contrary, they are in great shape. It goes to show boys and girls that you should brush your teeth 2 times a day and Floss your teeth at least once a day to keep your gums and teeth healthy. I can say that I am pretty disciplined went it comes to my teeth.

I have to thank the Dentist named Emilie. She took me to the Dental university where is has just graduated from and gave me a check up and a cleaning. She did a great job as the experience was ammost painless and that is what I like!

So yes, I will keep smiling and show my perlly whites and I must thank Emilie again for the great job she did on my teeth.

Another Good Weekend in Paris

Friday was a long day but it ended well, spent the night with Gab, Yan B, Oli, Mat, Sheila, Emma, Diane and Emile first at San Antonio's for supper and then we all went to O'Sullivan's. The last time I was there I had a great time, Tanya was teaching me how to dance Salsa!

Saturday I went to an important RDV and I've made a purchase of something very exciting for moi. I will let you know more later on this week. I also chilled with Yan B. and we had a great conversation over at my apartment. Then Yan and I met with Daniel and we literally walked around the Quai near Notre Dame Catherdral looking for Mat and enjoy the scenery with a glass of wine. Folks, I have to say that this is utlimately France, sitting on the quai, near the historic Cathedrale and the fantastic weather, it was unbelievable. I only wish that all my love ones were there to experience it with me.

Sunday, was a very chill day, and it was a great day to have a picnic. So we did! It was very chill and there was lots of laughs. Valerie made all the sandwiches, thanks VAL!!!!!!!!

We then finished off the day by going to see a movie, its a great movie in fact, it has won 2 awards at the Cannes movie festival. The movie is called Tsotsi, I recommend that you all go see it. It actually made all of us (Yes I mean us guys like me, Gab, Yan and Omar) get teary eyed because is was powerfully touching and emotional. Again, go see it.

That's it for now, have a great week everybody!!! I'll be back demain ;-)

Thought of the Day

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."



- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Farewell Tatyana, have a safe and fun trip!!!!!

My sweet, adorable friend Tanya is going back to Bulgaria for almost 50 days (about 1 month and 1/2) to visit her family & friends. Since is lives and goes to school in Paris, she doesn't get a chance to see them that often.

We'll all miss you over here in Paris, you are a sweetheart. Have fun and be safe and I look forward to hearing all about the trip when you get back.

Congrats on being accepted on the university of your choice! You go girl ;-)

Gab is finally following my lead, Good boy

After 4 months, Gab is finally seeing the light and following my lead. In this small break through, he has been admiring my new Bluetooth Headphones which works with any bluetooth cell phone and MP3 player.

Mon Bluetooth Pulsar 590A de Plantronics is "Off da chain"!!!! This means Amazing or fantastic for all you White folks who don't understand Urban Slang ;-) I actually bought it on ebay 4 months ago but it did not arrive before I moved to France. I was very pissed about this and I gave the vendor a negative feedback for this. They gave me the run around and was not helpful at all so they really deserved it. Anyway, I retrieved it from from EX roomie Jonathan when I returned to MTL (Thanks bro for taking care of it for me).

Now Gab wants to buy one and he has even put a blog post on his site declaring his love for my new toy. Gab, you copycat! It's ok though, I don't care at all, it's a great product and I recommend it to everybody who hates Wires like I do!!!!!

Stay tuned for my next toy, and you'll never believe what's its going to be, Hint hint

My Rare chance to Blog

Yes Folks, this really sucks! I cannot catch a free signal from my apartment anymore. Perhaps the subscriber caught on and secured his/her connection. As for getting onto the blog at work, well, needless to say it's not the approprate place to do these type of personal things on the internet. I know some of you are thinking, "since when do I care about that???" Well I don't but I'm attempting to get myself more involved into the functional aspect of this position here at S.G. however, it takes some scarfice.

LAst night, there was a huge storm that passed through, it woke everybody up and when I went to the window, it was amazing to see mother nature at work. I wanted to take a video of the light show but I decided not too in case Mrs Nature decided that she did not want me doing that and therefore frying my brown ass with a bolt of lightning!!! However again, I must say, it was amazing to watch especially with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

It looks like my car may finally be sold, Brad has done a great job, being in charge of my car since I returned to paris, almost 2 weeks ago. Apparently the potential buyer is in a great hurry to get his hands on my car, and I don't blame him. I was honestly VERY close to just shipping it here to Paris. The Parisens would have flipped out seeing such a hot car, because there isn't another like it here now!!

The videos I mentioned in the previous blog post has not been uploaded yet due to the obvisous reasons but I will do it as soon as humanly possible. However I have been able to add new photos so please go ahead and enjoy.

A "WHATEVER" Weekend

A "Whatever" weekend is an inside joke between myself, Jalia and Tanya. All in all, the weekend was the first weekend in a long time weres it was not a huge party of lots of drinking, dancing, laughs and eating. The big difference here is that there was very little drinking so it keep this relatively quiet. Then weekend the gang was out of town; Gab, Yan B, Matt and the others went to Barcelona. I was very close to going in the last minute but the tickets were too expensive to make the trip. Sacha and Alexis went to Montreal, Olivier was working and Sebfo, I believe was busy as well.

So Friday evening after finishing work around 20h00, I went home. As I was on the metro heading to Trocadero, I noticed that there was a whole lot more people there than normal. When the metro finally arrived, it was so full that many of the people already there could not get on and had to wait for the next Train.

I almost forgot but Friday July 14th, 2006 is France's national holiday. When finally went outside from the metro station Trocadero, the area was rumbling with tourist and citizens alike. So I spoke to Tanya and invited her and I even suggested to her to invite Sacha, for them to join me and we could all go to the Eiffel tower. She was too tired to and at this point the metro was jammed packed with people. So I went down to place Trocadero and squeezed through the massive crowd so that I can get a look at the fireworks. It was pretty good and I took videos of the action which can be found HERE.

It was very nice to see enjoy take pride in the country history, there was houndreds of people around the Eiffel tower, everybody cheering whenever a big explosion was made. It's nice to see, with the Eiffel tower standing tall and the fireworks in the background.

Let me know what you think from the video and photos found on my site.

Getting harder to Blog :-(

Guys, again I have to apologize for the slow and rare posts that you've been seeing lately (Or NOT seeing, depending on how you look at it, lol). I still don't have the internet setup at my apartment. For whatever reason, my Freebox has not arrived and the company keeps on telling me that it will be done soon and to wait. It's been 7 weeks already!!!!! If I would have known that it'll ytake so long then I would have ordered it before I even moved to Paris!!!!

So for now, I can only update it when I'm not busy at work or if I'm at a place which has internet. Be patient and I'll give you more news about me soon :-D

Photos from Montreal are online

Hi everyone, I have posted some photos from my 2 week trip to Montreal. They are of some of my friends and family. The 2 weeks went by quickly and I am very sad that I did not get to see everybody I wanted too but I did get to catch up with some of my good buddies. There were lots of laughing, a lot of drinking, not much sleep and and a whole bunch of running around. The trip in a whole was a great one, thanks to everybody who was there for my b-day. I can't wait to see you all very soon.

Today's Horoscope for moi

I'm a Cancer, born on July 9th. Here's what Métro Journal had to say about today's horoscope for me.

"CANCER - Le cosmos vous pose probléme, vous ressentez des tensions, des conflits sous-jacents qui remontent à la surface. Fuyez à toutes jambes les histoires, évitez les subjets épineux et ne participez pas aux discussions orageuses."

WOW, I'm inpressed that a fairly accurate description of what I've been going through for the last couple of days. It's been rough but as they say 'What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger' and it will also make me wiser.

Remember, keep your head and smile :-D

Lots of Fun and running around

It has been a very good past 7 days, from going out with friends like Vlad, Marius, Steve F, and spending a crazy fun filled evening with Gab and Yan B. I have also been running around, trying to get all the loose ends settled with before my return back to Paris. I feel like there isn't enough time in a day to get all the things done but I will find a way, that's for sure. All in all, I'm having a great time in MTL but I do miss certain things about Paris, or perhaps I should also say certain people. OK have to say Congrats to FRANCE for making it into the World Cup Finals. Paris must be going wild at this very moment, to bad I'm missing the celebration however I'll be back soon enough.