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Autoportrait

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Environment · Humour · Personal · Photo

Weekend chez les Parents

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

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Ah, England…
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Tags: Humour · Personal · Photo

Gas is a girl’s best friend…

May 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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In Portugal, 1L of gasoline now equals 1,501 euros.
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Waxed Chests and Long Legs: Eurovision 2008

May 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Don’t ask why, after two months of revising for exams, my first Saturday night of freedom ended up in front of an oversized television watching the results of the Eurovision Song Contest come in. For those of you who missed it (and honestly, I only [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · music

Nos retrouvailles!!!

May 16th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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C’est avec beaucoup d’émotion que nous nous sommes toutes retrouvées à Bucarest pour quatre jours de concertation autour du blog.
   
 
Après une séance d’embrassades, nous nous sommes remises au travail. Certaines n’ont pas pu venir, vous nous manquez, les filles! Le premier jour, avant l’ouverture [...]

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Tags: Community Development · Gender · Humour · Personal · Photo · Society

1er mai: joyeuse fête à tous les travailleurs!!!

May 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Ce matin, je me suis levée, un peu plus tard que d’habitude : fête du travail et comme son nom ne l’indique pas… grasse matinée. Dans plusieurs pays, le 1er mai est férié. En France, en Belgique, en Suisse, les travailleurs restent chez eux. En [...]

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Tags: Agriculture · Arts & Culture · Environment · History · Humour · Personal · Photo · Politics · Society · Uncategorized

Nicolas et Carla en dessins

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Bonjour,
Je ne résiste pas à revenir aujourd’hui sur le premier anniversaire de Sarko à la tête de la France. Le magazine Courrier International vient de consacrer un dossier spécial à cette actualité, avec, entre autres, des caricatures croustillantes. Je n’en ai retenues que 4, de [...]

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Tags: Gender · Humour · Politics · Uncategorized

Un taxi pour la Roumanie ?

April 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · Personal · Photo · Travel

An Inventory of Procrastination

April 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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Things I have done today to avoid doing work:
1. Introduced myself for the first time to the downstairs-flat neighbour, in an attempt to find out why the hell the water was turned off and our shower refused to shower anything but a useless dribble of [...]

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Tags: Humour · Personal · Photo · Video

When penguins…fly!!!

April 6th, 2008 · No Comments

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On the 1st of April, BBC network reported that after millions of years penguins have developed their ability to fly and started already to emigrate from Antarctica to Amazon. The report was aired in a documentary program that was titled “The marvels of development”. Footage’s [...]

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Tags: Environment · Humour · Science