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Nowadays, “productive” seems to be a buzz word. Have a quick look at the social network, and you can see that the Internet is proliferating with ideas on how to stay productive during the lockdown. Are you one of those super productive people, or are you like me, after 31 days of lockdown, there is …
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My first podcast. 31 days have passed since the French government decided on the quasi complete lockdown of the nation. I have lots of goals set up to achieve during this period; yet, a month later, I don’t feel like I have achieved much. And you? Are you confined as well? Are you more productive …
On the evening of 12 March 2020, French residents were anxiously anticipating the Presidential televised speech at 20h00. The coronavirus situation in Europe was getting increasingly serious. It had come to a point where the French government had to undertake measures to slow down the spread of virus, following in the footsteps of Italy which …
I always wanted to see Cherry Blossoms, or in Asia what we call Sakura, a Japanese term to describe the blossoms. For the residents in Asia, enjoying the flowers means taking a trip to Japan in Spring. I was thus delightfully surprised when I saw that I did not have to travel to Japan to …
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During the long Easter weekend, we decided to make a trip to a local local farm, La Ferme de Viltain, just 10km away from us. La ferme de Viltain, a family farm specialises in diary cattle farming. Diary products such as white cheese (fromage blanc and faisselle) and yogurt are produced from the on-site morning milking. …
My favourite crime fiction author of the moment is Pierre Lemaitre, a French writer. For those of you who are fans of crime fiction (French it call “Polar”), I strongly recommend you read his books. Pierre Lemaitre writes only in French. However, some of his more famous works have been translated into English. I came …
I first heard of Moxie two weeks ago. It was in a dialogue between elderly Mrs. Strauss and the Jimmy McGill, the protagonist of Netflix’s Better Call Saul (Season 1 Episode 5). Mrs. Strauss : “Moxie is in such short supply these days.“Jimmy McGill : “I pride myself on my Moxie.” What is Moxie? Not …
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I have just added two more fresh-from-the-bookstore books to the wobbling pile of ‘to-read’ books on the shelf. This pile does not include the stack of Reading-In-Progress (RIP) books (my 3 summer reads too) sitting on the other end of the shelf. And, the latter has yet to account for my various kindle purchases sitting …
One of my summer projects is to catch up on my readings. The fickle-minded and multi-tasking me embarked on my ‘to-read’ list by with the following three summer reads, in parallel. Summer Reads Read 1: The Three Musketeers I want to read the original text of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Why? We happened …
We moved! We bought and moved to a bigger apartment. Still in the same city, just 3 minutes walk away from the previous flat. It’s in a 70s building with a balcony that goes around the whole flat – the kitchen, living room, study room and bedroom. More than twice the size of the previous …