Rien de rien

Learning the song "non, je ne regrette rien"...we all need to perform something en français at our AF graduation.

Hmm. Nice choice of song, chère amie. Perhaps at the same time trying to convince yourself of the same? But what seems to be the problem this fine cloudy morning?

Non, rien de rien. Just a tiny change of plan. Nothing that demands any warrant. But i wonder why does life swerve just when you are carefree and unaware?

But you knew that it would, just the way it did, did you not, my hopeful friend?

Bien sûr, i did anticipate this last minute change, with my usual foresight. But i can be disappointed nevertheless, can't i? Why do some have it easier than the others? Things are always happening for them the way it is supposed to. Why was my first hand nothing but superbly unfair? I could have been a simple happy housewife, I could have been that. I think i would have been a great one too! Mais c’est payé, balayé, oublié...here i am instead, living a life i carved out of many a struggles and challenges... albeit a life many envy, and why not, j’ai allumé le feu, it's a life with accolades, independence and adventures. But did i ask for this?

A life full of questions and not many answers...aujourd'hui je commence avec toi.

Starting over... je repars à zéro...on a ground unfair, a battle unarmed. Mais je me fous de la malchance! I can rise above these petty questions life poses or unfair turns it takes. Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal, tout ça m'est bien égal!

Bonne chance donc, tu auras besoin de ça!

Around the world in 240 days

Working on some french compositions... they are rather overdue!

Also, need to finalize the far-east route of my tour du monde (that includes far-East Asia, Europe and Russia, North Africa and South America), as that's where this Phelias Fogg starts her journey come Jan1, 2011. Although on second thought i would rather be Passepartout, and let mr. jones deal with all the Fogg issues!

So far, it looks like a swirl of here to India-Thailand-Cambodia-Laos-China-Turkey-Greece-Egypt-Spain-Morocco-Italy-France-Belgium-Netherlands-Switzerland-Czech republic-Romania-Russia-London-Ireland-Chile-Peru-Les Antilles and back home completing the loop. Of course France will claim lion's share of this time as we will be stationed in south of France studying french and being like the locals (ooh, j'espere!)

Hey missy, get back to your composition!

Stopping by

My, the year is drawing to a close already! Passed me by so quickly that i barely got a chance at collating the takes here. Oh, well...

It rained today.

Last night it were just drizzles. Mr jones and i went to the aquatic park and looked at boats, ferries and ships, abandoned jailhouses, pretty towers and outnumbered swimmers. Someday i will swim there, i promise, with or without a wetsuit! That reminds me, that mischevious brat mr. jones tricked me into going into the store Patagonia en route to the park, hmph! But it was almost a perfect evening, i shall say! Intermixed with some killer chicken that i made and the film "requiem for a dream", and then something something! Oops, my lips are sealed...:-p

But i digress.

It was a hectic year. So i am proud to say that i did find time to do quite a bit of reading, starting with "The glass palace" (Informative), followed by "The picture of Dorian Gray" (Loved it!), "The fountainhead" (hmm! the hmm prolongs, i will let you know when it ends), "Sea of poppies" (Intriguing), "The metamorphosis" (Though-provoking), "Freedom at midnight" (Informative and an interesting take), "Sons and lovers" (#rated 1 so far just cause!), along with some other short stories by DHL. Currently it is "The brothers Karamazov" that i am on...recommended by mr. jones. Hmm, i realize that we do it a lot, read books suggested/read by the other, perhaps just so we can have a tumultuous debate, hehe.

Oh darn, look how long this post took me away from my first first draft (of my sabbatical research paper)! Off i go then, au revoir, sois-sage!