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| February 6th, 2008 |
| I'm Officially Wiser... Or Maybe Not~ |
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Last Sunday way my birthday. I hit the big 30. And I'm still alive. It was the occasion to gather some friends (Saturday night) and a part of the family (Sunday lunch). I think it's the first time in ages I officially do something to celebrate my birthday. Note that I would have skip it this year too if it was for my mom wanting to organize something at her place, my uncle who asked me a couple times what I was planning... So, since I was going to have something with my family, I could as well have something with some friends. I'm a bit shy so it's difficult for me to put myself in the middle of a bunch of people who are here just for me. Even if these are people I know. Receiving gifts is also a difficult part since I know everyone will be focusing on me and my reaction. But this time, it went pretty well. Saturday, I wanted to eat in this small Indian restaurant but being 12 people, they couldn't have us before 9pm. So I invited everyone at my place from 7pm for a drink before we all go to the restaurant. Doge & Titi, Swissknife & Zol (and their son/my Godson Aurel), Noémie, Sophie & Philippe and Talisker showed up. Felicia & Shini joined us at the restaurant. The food was excellent, as usual and the company was great. I just regret Zol had to leave because Aurel was cranky and wouldn't sleep. He's not used to noisy places yet. I received some presents too, it was really nice! Sunday was family day and the official day of my 30th birthday. We had a reservation at l'Auberge de Satigny with is a very nice place where you can eat pretty much whatever you want - from the cheap pizza to the fancy "pierrade". Were present: My uncle Patrick, his Regula, their three daughters, Laura, Tania and Judith, my cousin David, my bother, his girlfriend and my mom (all great people). We didn't have one of these stupid long table but a square table. So we could all see and talk with everyone. It was really nice! My uncle's family offered me some funny, some useful presents. My mom, bother and even my grandpa offered me what I wanted for years: A graphic tablet - the intuos 3 A4! I am extremely happy with that one! That is to be THE present of my 30th birthday. I took the Monday off so I was able to go and spend the voucher I had from my friends. I bought a load of drawing stuff! It was great! Tuesday, back to work. My colleagues had some presents for me too: two beautiful sketch books! And today... Well, there was this Valentine flash sale at my work... And I offered myself two very beautiful leather bags. One was CHF 75.- and the other CHF 150 (pretty much the same in USD). When I checked the retail price, I almost fell off my chair. They were at 585.- and 3'420.-! Wow! Talk about savings... I certainly know how to treat myself. Ha!   
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| Posted by Pouick at 05:18 PM in Family, Friends, Life | 5 bla bla |
| January 18th, 2008 |
| I Knew It!~ |
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| Posted by Pouick at 10:11 PM in Fun Stuff | bla me? |
| January 4th, 2008 |
| I'm Not Dead~ |
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Why am I posting less about my life here lately? Well... I've started a new blog. No, no, no! I'm not doing some kind of infidelity to Tabulas. I still like Tabulas very much (although I'm a bit disappointed by the control panel we've been waiting for so long and that is still not as enjoyable as expected - maybe it evolved since the last time I checked it out... you'll tell me). But this blog here is in English and I started it when my brain was more on the English side (even though my English is far from being perfect). I watch my TV and movies in English most of the time and I tended to mix both languages when talking or writing - which with some people is fine but with random friends get complicated for them to get me. I needed to get my French back! About 3 year ago, I started to take part in a Belgium French speaking community and it helped me a lot to get back on tracks with real 100% French. It wasn't easy. A few months back, I also decided to start drawing again. I've always been drawing my entire life and suddenly, thanks (sic) to the Internet, I realized I hadn't touched a pen for a long, long time. It was time to seriously do something about it. I knew it would be nearly impossible to draw just like that, when I had time because... There's always something better to do and if I don't decide to make time, I wouldn't keep it up. So I decided to open a blog where I would use my French and force myself to draw more regularly. It started really slowly. One little drawing here and there... Then friends started to comment... I started to really enjoy doing it. Today, I'm updating the blog nearly everyday with a drawing about my boring little life. And people seem to like it. And since I know some of them are expecting the morning entry, I feel I shouldn't let them down and I am now drawing everyday. But I don't want to let this blog down. I've been rambling about my life here for some time now... So... Why not having the English version of my drawing blog? It's something to consider... We'll see. In the meantime... 
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| Posted by Pouick at 03:44 PM in Life, French, Pencil & stuff | 8 bla bla |
| December 5th, 2007 |
| Foggy Morning~ |
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Can you still see the snow on the mountain? We get a lot of morning fog where I live. I'm always amazed like it's the first time. Wouldn't you want to jump and land on this giant cotton ball? 
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| Posted by Pouick at 10:18 AM in Life | 5 bla bla |
| December 2nd, 2007 |
| Hmmm... Comforting~ |
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The weather is cold, nothing to do on Sunday... It's time for a little treat. I'm soon entering in another decade and I only start now to drink coffee. Well... Macciato and "café renversé" for now... Hmm, hmmm, good! 
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| Posted by Pouick at 12:44 PM in Life | 2 bla bla |
