Scotch In A Green Bottle

Break!

Well, even a small unexpected blog break! ^ _ ^

My report is finished, phew! One day before the deadline. Now I'm waiting to see what my teacher will say, if I am correct or not much. It also requires that I prepare a presentation for Wednesday. I stress a little, I'm talking 30 minutes is twice what I usually do and it is still not common for me to present in English.

After my lecture, Mr. Toda invites me to dinner. I do not know who's going to share another teacher. I still feel a bit clueless myself, I can not say that makes me happy, especially since I wanted to unwind and relax after that. But hey, we're in Japan, refuse is not allowed. I'll tell you, I will try also to take pictures, it's time! June 5, there is organized meals for my departure by students of the lab. I think I'm blessed, really!

Otherwise, today, going to my races, I realized that it would be the last time I'd do the route. I start to become nostalgic, I casually acquired habits here and there are things I really enjoy. So I'm torn between my desire to return to Belgium and want to stay here a little more. It's inevitable, I think I'll come back one day in Japan, even if in 30 years! (To visit, eh, not to live there!).

Note that the campaign is more fun now: The tracts of land were transformed into rice fields. J'aime beaucoup! I'll try to get some pictures too.

In a less nice, my little sister gave me a fright yesterday my mom called me and told me that he had been swept away by ambulance after une chute sur la tête. Mais bon, plus de peur que de mal, la demoiselle n'a ni fracture du crâne, ni commotion cérébrale. Mais bon, en attendant, je n'étais pas rassurée, moi ! Mais je suis contente qu'elle aille bien, à part quelques points de suture. Comme quoi, c'était une semaine pleine de péripéties !

Allez, normalement vous devriez avoir de mes news jeudi, après ma présentation. Bonne merde à tout ceux qui sont en blocus, en exams ou en préparation de mémoire, je croise les doigts pour vous !

Cakebread Chardonnay Alternative

few adventures ... Radio Silence

Oui, je sais, j'avais dis que je n'écrirais plus. Non, mon rapport n'est pas fini mais je m'approche de la fin (Still happy, the deadline is Sunday!).

What delayed me?

1) Sunday: I woke up around 5:35 in the mornin 'with a big buzz. I get up quickly. I have no protection against insects, except my anti-mosquito, no insecticides. I just lock up a box in which the insects to escape. The noise comes from the window but is very strong. I am a little panicked when I stay away. In my kitchen, I see the bug crawling on the curtain. What's this? The enemy No. 1 with Mukadi: the giant hornet. See a picture on
http://www.yazerty.net/frelon-geant-vespa-mandarinia
I can not say 100% that was it, but it looked like very very strong.

Well, once I saw the beast, I decided to run away. Yes, it is cowardly. But the sting of that crap can be fatal or at least very painful, and I do not feel the courage to face it with a simple box. So I get dressed, I take my PC and my documentation and I retreat to the lab. In fact, I expect that people come to the labs to ask for a helping hand. Bad luck for me, 12 and still nobody comes. No response to emails I have also sent to Raphael and Jani. So I decided to go to the center Commercial buy a can of insecticide. Back home, the animal disappeared. This raises a problem: I do not understand how she came by and thus she was discharged. In fact, my doors are always closed, or I put the net when I open the balcony. So I'm worried that the beast is still there, and I spend a very bad night with the feeling of constantly hear ringing.

Settlement: 2 days later, I watch more carefully a small window at the top of my patio door. I realized it was very slightly open. And this opening was well hidden by curtains. So now I know where the animal is extended and retracted. Suffice to say that I sleep better!

2) Tuesday evening: after installing a program, the Internet starts messing around (not walking more than half the time but only in Internet Explorer). I can also no longer to open certain programs. So I reboot my machine. Error when starting windows. Can I still open my session, but then nothing happens, the taskbar and icons do not appear. Reboot, reboot ... Major stress! I leave the lab, hoping to find the solution on the net. No luck, it is not clear, it could be a virus but nothing is safe. I run my anti-virus, but it normally takes 4-5hrs so patience is required. Meanwhile, I am inquiring about the possibility of completing my report on the lab pc: impossible, they do not have Word 2007. I feel bad, very bad, I feel that my pc died.

Settlement: Yamato-san came to my help and I suggest using a restore point. Saved! Obviously, my system had been damaged by a facility.

3) Wednesday morning: I'm really good in my bed. I tell myself that for once my night did not seem too short and that's nice. I look at the time: 10am! So I had to get up to 8. Today, 7:30 am instead of 7am. I still do not understand if I woke j'éteinds sleeping or if it does not ring.

Settlement: Tuesday, 2 alarm clocks!

There! Sorry for the spelling mistakes but I write it quickly. Well, probably not news for a week at least now while I finish my report and I did my presentation.

Non Painful Red Spots On Tongue

I am currently writing my full project report. I work from 7am to 23h, in my room, even on weekends. So much to say that: 1) I have nothing to tell 2) I do not have time to sort the pictures.

My schedule:
31 mai: remise du rapport
3 juin: présentation orale
10 juin: départ tôt le matin pour la Belgique

Il y a encore énormément de choses que je voudrais faire ici et de lieux que je voudrais visiter. Malheureusement, je ne pourrai pas tout faire. Mais je vais essayer de rentabiliser la période du 4 juin au 8 juin. Sinon, je serai quand même contente de rentrer en Belgique pour certaines choses. ^_^ Mais je ne serai pas encore tout à fait en vacances une fois rentrée:

17 juin: présentation orale en Belgique
20 juin: et enfin, proclamation et remise des diplomes !

Donc, les photos d'Avril, ça sera surement pour la fin juin, ou juillet.

Otherwise, little anecdote: I met my first Mukadi! This is the stuff that I did not see during my stay. But what is a Mukadi? A Google search will show you the look of the beast (sensitive soul refrain):
http://www.google.be/search?hl=fr&q=mukade&meta =
So basically, it resembles a giant centipede. Yes, it's ugly but so what? Ben, plus:
- it
carnivore - is poisonous, and its sting is very painful and can be fatal
- it tends to fall on you (it rises to the ceiling) or slip into your bed
- it virtually indestructible, resistant to insecticides, do not die if you step on it ... One solution is obviously to throw them in boiling water. The Japanese indulged in a fight between a scorpion and a Mukadi, the Mukadi won ...

Finally, I met him by going to the mall, and luckily it was on the floor and not too close to me. But this meant that I leave now my screen when j'aère my room.

About mosquito, I also learned something pleasing. Some mosquitoes are carriers of Japanese encephalitis, which can be fatal or serious psychological sequelae. Cool, huh? Suffice to say that in addition to the net I plug my anti-mosquito and I'm not going to do my shopping at night (this is the moment they come out). In fact, I'm in a danger zone: the campaign. The Japanese themselves are vaccinated, so the disease is fairly rare in Japan. Finally, better safe than sorry (or die? ^_^), I remain very cautious.

Japan is full of other atrocities, but I will avoid making a complete list. Anyway, it makes you want to go home.

I am now in radio silence until June 3 at the earliest, so no need to watch the news here before then!