Posted on July 29th, 2008 by clarinette
The first year at Brown I was assigned to be a teaching assistant for a lab course to a bunch of spoiled students. Quite reasonably, they asked each foreign TA to pass an English test. As I had arrived after the orientation week, I found myself in a room, taking the test the first day [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2008 by clarinette
Last week was my sisters birthday and I thought hard to get her something original, not a pair of earring, nor a shirt or a household item. After hesitating about a spa gift-card I finally decided to take her to a dance performance.
Tonight, we went to see Minus One, performed by Les Grands Ballets Canadians [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by clarinette
The grace period is over. Actually it was over for a while but I refused to acknowledge it. Sometime last September when I came back from my vacation, I dived into my anxiety and I can not come out of it. I have a chronic anxiety. Every week I need to remind myself that things [...]
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Posted on July 18th, 2008 by clarinette
Sometimes I just don’t know what attracts some people in a movie! The other night I had the misfortune to go and see “Kung fu Panda”. All along I waited for that magic moment which will make me laugh or feel amused. No, it was a boring, childish cartoon.
You’ll ask why did I chose this [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by clarinette
I am quite pro when it comes to sell stuff online, be it on eBay or Craigslist. The funny thing about Craigslist is that from time to time, you get some scam replies, people who want to buy your “item” and send it to Africa. Once, an alleged father wanted to buy my ice skates [...]
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