We tried acid, pumping, a plumber and even Turkish curses, but our bathroom sink remained stubbornly blocked for days. But then came along our own Mr Muscle and part-time flatmate, Laurent, saving the day by going where no plumber has gone before and fishing the “Thing”.
And here is the picture of a proud Laurent with […]
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The job market that is. Amazingly, for the second time running, I managed to find a job while I was still in University. I’ve just accepted an offer at an American firm: Charles River Development. Essentially, they sell IT solutions to fund managers (my old job), and they took me on board as a “Business […]
The party was absolutely EPIC. More than 60 people turned up to celebrate what is probably the first ever ten thousand’s day party in human history. Our crowd completely took over the VIP section of the “Freedom Bar”, and even overflowed it at one point. Mixing and mingling was at its best. The night’s favourite […]
Just did a revealing little test. Apparently I am a 100% modernist, which is defined as:
“Modernism represents the thought that science and reason are all we need to carry on. Religion is unnecessary and any sort of spirituality halts progress. You believe everything has a rational explanation”
Anyone surprised?
Modernist
100%
Materialist
100%
Existentialist
81%
Cultural Creative
50%
Postmodernist
25%
Fundamentalist
13%
Romanticist
0%
Idealist
0%
Oh… and who’s surprised about […]
nuff said…
I am now well into my second week of university life. Clearly it is less of a shock than my first time over 10 years ago across the Atlantic. The City University campus is conveniently located across the street from where I live.
It is great to be actually able to learn stuff from university. It […]
Apart from the hot weather and dodgy internet connection, one more thing we need to endure in Tunisia is dodging the marriage question. Here, it’s not a question of “if”, but of “when”. Just like the rest of the animal kingdom, everyone seems to only care about procreation, yours, and under tightly controlled conditions. So […]
Lately questions have been orbiting around the “what do you do now?” and “how are you contributing to mankind?” Since I left my job 3 months ago I’ve long reflected over the different directions my career, and ultimately my life, should take.
So it’s time to announce, to whoever cares, that since yesterday I am officially […]
Firstly, thanks for the concern expressed by each one of you, I still haven’t finished replying to all the sms, emails, phone calls, smoke signals and pigeons sent throughout the day asking if I was still alive. Obviously I was caught in the great chaos here, worsened by the fact that, having spent the night […]
That’s it. I am, momentarily, a free man: I managed to leave my job with a decent settlement. Contrary to other industries, investment banking operates in an odd way in these cases, if you are leaving; you do it on the spot. There is no hanging around. It took less than a morning for […]