hiya kids, whats new?
most of you must be full steam into party mode by now with the end of uni, and for some the end of uni for ever! craziness, just think ill get back and half of you will be working full time, have a house with a white picket fence, 2dogs and a wrx station wagon. it'll be like the twilight zone. just think im pretty much half way through the trip now, feels like just yesterday i was in Nice, and back then it felt like just yesterday i was getting on a plane back in good old perth
im just here killing some time until my next class, i was tempted to just go home and skip it but i did that last week so i better not... its so boring! i spend the whole time struggling to stay awake! and its pretty obvious too because there are 4people in the whole class arg, how did i get myself into this mess... i hope i dont fail it, but the teacher just realised we are over half way through the semester so he kicked it up a notch and no he speaks too fast as well, arg, dialectology, what was i thinking signing up for that class??? am i insane or what?
i would rather stick my head in the freezer (that would probably kepp me awake!) than go to this class for two hours, arg.
im still waiting for some more details about vic's trip, for those of you who i dont know she is coming over to europe.. well thats the point i dont know when but sounds like she's in it for the long haul. maybe i can meet up with her if its convenient, but thats pretty unlikely, its funny to think that tristan, ben, ben, vic, vinod and jamie are all going to be here practically at the same time, damn amazing if you ask me...
vic said to me in her last email;
>Thanks for the email darls. Keep me updated on the study, and your mates - take more >pics of them, only of the cute ones :)
the last pic i sent her was the last pic i posted on this blog...
anyway, guess what...? this morning it was SNOWING here! it was pretty amazing i seriously didnt expect it at all, like actual little flakes of snow were falling on me! so cool, i was a little annoyed really because i was running late for the bus i had to run(and almost slip over) and even though i had my camera with me i didnt have time to take a picture! it was pretty amazing, right next to where i live there is a river with lots of pine-like trees, they were all dusted with snow, it was absolutely beautiful. i hope it happens again soon because it is really just breathtaking to see that, and it would make an awesome photo. everyone here is like... meh; but for me its something special.
ok that will do for now, i have to kill the next hour and a half waiting for my next class where i usually just sit there and struggle to stay awake, so boring!
ok bros and cuzzes, ill speak to you soon.
xox
j
Friday, November 26, 2004
Monday, November 22, 2004
Les Brasseurs
well this weekend has actually been ok. not too busy but i have had fun. didnt do anything at all on friday, just slobbed around, it was really bad acutally because my internet was down half the time, that was annoying. i was planning on going to germany to visit bec for her birthday; but then i saw the prices of train tickets and that put a speedy death to that idea. ouch.
so after a lot more slobbing on saturday (im getting quite good at that) i cruised round to yannik's room for a bit of a slob there then we headed into town and went to a place called les brasseurs (the brewers) a cozy bar with an underground part, live band etc.
(this is a photo of me and jerome and... someone else there) the beer there was freaking awesome! they make it themselves; it puts the usual cheap beer in town to shame, and it was pretty cheap there as well, i can see myself returning there in the future. we hung around there till... no idea what time actually then got started on the good old 45minute walk home. on the way i was trying to teach yannik how to say asshole properly, (it was he who chose the word, not I) and he was virtually incapable, he kept saying things like hasssole, it was pretty funny really, he got it right once or twice but he couldnt hold onto it for long. then he said ok fine, you say it in french; so i said it perfectly, im not sure how you write it, i think its culler(coo-yay) or something.
then sunday, i did a lot more slobbing, i was fairly hungover, not too bad though, i think it was mainly the smoke... then i went into town and went to... someone's house (forgot her name already!) one of dagmara's friend's... who was having a sort of dinner party thing, had some sort of hot beetroot drink (that was rank) and some various other polish dishes, overall it was pretty damn tasty! it was quite multicultural, algeria, holland, poland, australia, myote, belgium...(and australia obviously!) but everyone speaking in french, it was a really good practice session, ill have to do that sort of thing more often methinks.
and that was my weekend, today i was planning on getting up in time to go to the gym before class but its so freaking hard to get out of bed here, damn weather, although today was warmer than most... so yeah, didnt make it bu i went after class to make up for it.
looking forward to the holidays so much! only 22more days till i go to nice, and then 4 more till i go snowboarding!
i hear it was 37in perth today, that is pretty insane for november, i wish i was there so much, im going to be a pale bitter ghost by the time i get home, appreciate it kids! speak to you all soon, james
so after a lot more slobbing on saturday (im getting quite good at that) i cruised round to yannik's room for a bit of a slob there then we headed into town and went to a place called les brasseurs (the brewers) a cozy bar with an underground part, live band etc.
(this is a photo of me and jerome and... someone else there) the beer there was freaking awesome! they make it themselves; it puts the usual cheap beer in town to shame, and it was pretty cheap there as well, i can see myself returning there in the future. we hung around there till... no idea what time actually then got started on the good old 45minute walk home. on the way i was trying to teach yannik how to say asshole properly, (it was he who chose the word, not I) and he was virtually incapable, he kept saying things like hasssole, it was pretty funny really, he got it right once or twice but he couldnt hold onto it for long. then he said ok fine, you say it in french; so i said it perfectly, im not sure how you write it, i think its culler(coo-yay) or something.
then sunday, i did a lot more slobbing, i was fairly hungover, not too bad though, i think it was mainly the smoke... then i went into town and went to... someone's house (forgot her name already!) one of dagmara's friend's... who was having a sort of dinner party thing, had some sort of hot beetroot drink (that was rank) and some various other polish dishes, overall it was pretty damn tasty! it was quite multicultural, algeria, holland, poland, australia, myote, belgium...(and australia obviously!) but everyone speaking in french, it was a really good practice session, ill have to do that sort of thing more often methinks.
and that was my weekend, today i was planning on getting up in time to go to the gym before class but its so freaking hard to get out of bed here, damn weather, although today was warmer than most... so yeah, didnt make it bu i went after class to make up for it.
looking forward to the holidays so much! only 22more days till i go to nice, and then 4 more till i go snowboarding!
i hear it was 37in perth today, that is pretty insane for november, i wish i was there so much, im going to be a pale bitter ghost by the time i get home, appreciate it kids! speak to you all soon, james
Saturday, November 20, 2004
back to the future
g'day shielas? how's it going down unda? swoit? swoit. not alot exciting to report here, its cold, and i am doing more contact hours than anyone has ever dreamed of (last week i think i did close to 26) but im still not mastering the private study side of things, as if it wasnt hard enough in enlgish, in french its a nightmare, i have to struggle to stay awake! content so boring and it takes twice as long to read, arg. on the positive side of things, i am pretty impressed with my level of french, ill have to find some means of showing it off to everyone when i get back... hmmm ill come up with something. still just the usual stuff, uni, sleep, music and burriots. but its all good. so instead of blogging what has been happening, im going to blog the future; impressive eh?
we're all getting pretty excited about our xmas/nye plans, its going to be so great! just in case you dont know EXACTLY whats happening (and im sure you're dying to know.. :D ) here it is; well the first part is still on the drawing board; im going to try to work extra hard now so i can skip out on the last week of uni and jump on a train and head down to nice to hang out with cyril and the rest of the gang, fair few of them are still down there so it should be a laugh, im really glad i did that, made quite a lot of good friends down there who i wont be forgetting in a hurry. then im jumping on a train on the 18th of december where mum,dad,amy,lee,and ben are going to pick me up in a car from somewhere like lyon where we will drive to the snow.
they will all have met at various stages along the way from bristol to paris. we're staying in the snow at a little town called les menuiers until the 26th of december; a nice big family xmas week; going to be so good! at some stage tristan and ben dyer will probably drop in for a night or two as well, they started their trip about a week ago and it sounds like they're having the time of their lives, in spain i think at the moment, but its one of those whirrl wind tours, hard to keep track. then me and benn are jumping on a train up to paris for a few days to check out the scene and party it up, ben has never been to europe so he is going to want to do the touristy stuff, but thats ok,im sure ill enjoy myself; despite not being a fan of paris, should be fun being a tour guide, there we shall stay in a hostel or something until the evening of the 30th when we will jump on a plane destined for stockholm, sweden to meet up with ben dyer and tristan again for new years and a few extra days, then im headed back to strasbourg via paris on the 3rd of jan, to get stuck back into some hard core study. not a bad little plan if i do say so myself, sound good? jealous?
however until then, as i said, quite a drudging lifestyle here, im barely even drinking! im sure you dont believe that but its true, i have been out for a big night in strasbourg maybe... 4times? and i have been here for 7weeks already, wow, impressive eh, i dont think even i ever envisaged that sort of behavior.
well, that will do for today, im off to get something to eat. hear from you soon kids.
j clef (as ben calls me now for some reason, havnt gotten around to asking why)
we're all getting pretty excited about our xmas/nye plans, its going to be so great! just in case you dont know EXACTLY whats happening (and im sure you're dying to know.. :D ) here it is; well the first part is still on the drawing board; im going to try to work extra hard now so i can skip out on the last week of uni and jump on a train and head down to nice to hang out with cyril and the rest of the gang, fair few of them are still down there so it should be a laugh, im really glad i did that, made quite a lot of good friends down there who i wont be forgetting in a hurry. then im jumping on a train on the 18th of december where mum,dad,amy,lee,and ben are going to pick me up in a car from somewhere like lyon where we will drive to the snow.
they will all have met at various stages along the way from bristol to paris. we're staying in the snow at a little town called les menuiers until the 26th of december; a nice big family xmas week; going to be so good! at some stage tristan and ben dyer will probably drop in for a night or two as well, they started their trip about a week ago and it sounds like they're having the time of their lives, in spain i think at the moment, but its one of those whirrl wind tours, hard to keep track. then me and benn are jumping on a train up to paris for a few days to check out the scene and party it up, ben has never been to europe so he is going to want to do the touristy stuff, but thats ok,im sure ill enjoy myself; despite not being a fan of paris, should be fun being a tour guide, there we shall stay in a hostel or something until the evening of the 30th when we will jump on a plane destined for stockholm, sweden to meet up with ben dyer and tristan again for new years and a few extra days, then im headed back to strasbourg via paris on the 3rd of jan, to get stuck back into some hard core study. not a bad little plan if i do say so myself, sound good? jealous?
however until then, as i said, quite a drudging lifestyle here, im barely even drinking! im sure you dont believe that but its true, i have been out for a big night in strasbourg maybe... 4times? and i have been here for 7weeks already, wow, impressive eh, i dont think even i ever envisaged that sort of behavior.
well, that will do for today, im off to get something to eat. hear from you soon kids.
j clef (as ben calls me now for some reason, havnt gotten around to asking why)
Friday, November 12, 2004
hello all
hey everyone hows things back home and around teh rest of the world? its getting pretty freaking cold here in strasbourg: generally about 1°C ouch. i dont think i would ever get used to it, thats probably whats making me miss australia the most, the weather and the beach: i cant believe im going to miss most of the last summer of cott! terrible, and i wont even have a vip card when i get back, such a shame.
**for those of you who havnt seen, i have changed alot about this blog, and added a bunch of photos, check it out starting back in september, if you look to the right of this page you can see the archives bit, click on september and you can probably work out the rest!**
things here are settling down a bit more, i think i am generally staying on top of this at uni, doing lots of hours of classes and i think im making progress. i met one of my neighbours properly, yannik from dijon, he's been really good, lent me his guitar and i copied heaps of music off him and stuff,. i havnt played guitar for like 3months so im pretty rusty... but i think i can get back into it eventually, even my fingers have gone all soft; its like starting over again, hurts so much.
i finally joined the gym here as well (speaking of being really sore) its really cheap but pretty crappy, very small and always very crowded. there is this one beefed up guy who is so classic, he makes teh stupidest noises when he does weights, sounds like such a typically french wanker, i guess you gotta be there.
havnt been taking alot of photos lately hence another one of me sitting at my computer, ill try to remember to bring my camera around with me more often when i go out.
been going out a little but not nearly as much as back in nice, maybe twice a week on average; probably for teh best, my brain is actually working a bit better now and i think i can get some work done. thursday was the armistice holiday here in europe so a bunch of us went out on wednesday night; first off to yannik's room for some serveuse (beer wine and lemon syrup) then a nice fresh walk into town (40mins at less than -4°) then onto a boat. there are a bunch of them moored on the river side and they are just like normal pubs really, kinda small though, was a bit of a novelty; music was good though, then met up with a bunch of polish people and went to teh club area to a place called seven, that was ok, but i was pretty buggered, first day at the gym and 8hours of classes, so ended up getting home about 3 and then just slobbed thursday, everything is closed so i didnt have much choice, dont think i will go out tonight, take it easy for a bit, try to get some work done and hit it hard tomorrow, but you never know with me do you?
so how is everyone? uni is coming to and end and so summer can really start properly, i hope you are all going to appreciate how lucky you are and go nuts, but save some strength for when i get back mid feb, thats when the real partying will start! i think im going to take advantage of my access to boats more often, so pencil that in for some heavy duty river partying, maybe even a rotto voyage or two, that'll do for today kids, hear from you soon. à +
**for those of you who havnt seen, i have changed alot about this blog, and added a bunch of photos, check it out starting back in september, if you look to the right of this page you can see the archives bit, click on september and you can probably work out the rest!**
things here are settling down a bit more, i think i am generally staying on top of this at uni, doing lots of hours of classes and i think im making progress. i met one of my neighbours properly, yannik from dijon, he's been really good, lent me his guitar and i copied heaps of music off him and stuff,. i havnt played guitar for like 3months so im pretty rusty... but i think i can get back into it eventually, even my fingers have gone all soft; its like starting over again, hurts so much.
i finally joined the gym here as well (speaking of being really sore) its really cheap but pretty crappy, very small and always very crowded. there is this one beefed up guy who is so classic, he makes teh stupidest noises when he does weights, sounds like such a typically french wanker, i guess you gotta be there.
havnt been taking alot of photos lately hence another one of me sitting at my computer, ill try to remember to bring my camera around with me more often when i go out.
been going out a little but not nearly as much as back in nice, maybe twice a week on average; probably for teh best, my brain is actually working a bit better now and i think i can get some work done. thursday was the armistice holiday here in europe so a bunch of us went out on wednesday night; first off to yannik's room for some serveuse (beer wine and lemon syrup) then a nice fresh walk into town (40mins at less than -4°) then onto a boat. there are a bunch of them moored on the river side and they are just like normal pubs really, kinda small though, was a bit of a novelty; music was good though, then met up with a bunch of polish people and went to teh club area to a place called seven, that was ok, but i was pretty buggered, first day at the gym and 8hours of classes, so ended up getting home about 3 and then just slobbed thursday, everything is closed so i didnt have much choice, dont think i will go out tonight, take it easy for a bit, try to get some work done and hit it hard tomorrow, but you never know with me do you?
so how is everyone? uni is coming to and end and so summer can really start properly, i hope you are all going to appreciate how lucky you are and go nuts, but save some strength for when i get back mid feb, thats when the real partying will start! i think im going to take advantage of my access to boats more often, so pencil that in for some heavy duty river partying, maybe even a rotto voyage or two, that'll do for today kids, hear from you soon. à +
Sunday, November 07, 2004
salut mes enfants
hi kids, its james here, remember me? as you may have noticed i have updated my blog considerably with photos and stuff, what do you think? its about time no? well here i am, hungover as hell, i think thats the best time to blog because im not much good for anything else. last night i went to one of my french neighbour's friend's place for drinks then i went out to good old java; strasbourg's club bayview. those french bastards! i was telling them how hardcore australian's were at drinking and they made me prove it, so much gin, why do people entertain themselves at other people's expense? its just plain evil.
on second thoughts maybe its not such a good time to blog, i cant remember anything! well lots has happened since i last wrote; most noteably i went back down to Nice for the weekend(which extended into tuesday night) i missed everyone down there so i just had to go back, it was nice to be missed as well, everyone was so happy to see me, im just that pretty. i crashed at cyril's place in juan lespins so i actually ended up seeing a little bit more of the area, went to the beach there etc, its nice. im looking at going back down there in december, maybe even for my birthday if i can, but i dont know if i can swing it with uni etc; tristan and ben will be down there at some stage so that would be good if i can organise everything, have a few more australians to throw around in Nice, i hope they dont embarras me, im playing around with msn so ill talk more later
on second thoughts maybe its not such a good time to blog, i cant remember anything! well lots has happened since i last wrote; most noteably i went back down to Nice for the weekend(which extended into tuesday night) i missed everyone down there so i just had to go back, it was nice to be missed as well, everyone was so happy to see me, im just that pretty. i crashed at cyril's place in juan lespins so i actually ended up seeing a little bit more of the area, went to the beach there etc, its nice. im looking at going back down there in december, maybe even for my birthday if i can, but i dont know if i can swing it with uni etc; tristan and ben will be down there at some stage so that would be good if i can organise everything, have a few more australians to throw around in Nice, i hope they dont embarras me, im playing around with msn so ill talk more later
Friday, November 05, 2004
java
erasmus night at java, good times, thats luke in the middle and to tell the truth i have no idea who the blond in teh very center is, the rest are mainly polish people, good times.
deutschepost
during my brief trip to germany i made a stop outside the post office to prove that i was in fact, in germany
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