Somebody, pass me a tissue, please. :sweat: A work mate just introduced me to the counterpart of Molson’s “I Am Canadian“. WARNING: There are some very vulgar “Quebecois” words, but it’s darn funny! The MP3 can be found here, if you want to laugh.
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I decided that if I created a meme, I should participate in others, so here are my relaxing Friday Five :-)
1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind? I open the balcony door in my room, lie down on my bed, put some Enya (type of) music, close my eyes and enjoy the moment. There is a big big tree in the back of the building and the sound of the leaves moved by the wind is pretty nice. Music is my choice for relaxation. A bath with essential oils is always welcome too.
2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands? You really want to know? I take off my bra! When I’m outside, working or runing errands all my clothes make part of my body and I don’t care, but the minute I cross the door everything itches and I want to feel free :-) Then I head for the PC and turn it on.
3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells? Mmmm! I like linden and lotus flower, tangerine, chamomille, raspberry, vanilla, gardenia, cinnamon, jazmin, lavender. Big fan of “Dans un Jardin“, “The Healing Garden” and “Fruits & Passion”
4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself? It depends on my moods, I guess. Sometimes I want to be alone, most of the time actually. But other days I need to see a friendly face, share some good laughs with a smart and funny person.
5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don’t? Even if I spend the whole day at work in front of the computer, when I get home I want to sit in front of it, read my e-mail, chat with my friends, work on my website. That’s relaxing, but I guess others like it too. Other than that, I guess I’m average :-)
I really like this Pepys Project. The idea of getting to know bloggers from ALL over the world is thrilling, especially people in the Middle East because it is not very common to read a blog from, let’s say, Iran or Kuwait that often. I found this very nice blog called Simply Stinni, written by a woman who speaks Spanish and seems to be related with Colombia too; I will have to read more!
So, are you Pepys-ed? I joined just a couple of weeks ago. They have a database similar to the one at Diarist.net, with the blogs/journals organized by region and country. It’s like taking the plane and visit other places. Really cool!
Also, I’ve noticed that today and tomorrow are the last two days of the Banned Books Project. I have seen the link all over, but just today I went to take a look; it is really interesting to see that some of the books I’ve enjoyed the most have been challenged (i.e. the Harry Potter series), or that some books are banned because “someone actually tries to think for themselves“. Great idea this BBP, to encourage writers and readers to NOT fear and appreciate talent.
Celebrate Your Freedom to Read. Is there a canadian version of this project/week? Yes, the Freedom to Read Week :-) Thanks Google, on its 4th Birthday!
His name is Louis, he’s 5 years old. He came to take our weapons away and put an end to the holy war of rubber-bands; now we’re (again) out of rubber-bands, but enjoying peace. Maybe he should be sent to Iraq too, just in case they have the weapons there.
Things are going much better: I ate Lebanese for lunch, I called my mom and my best friend was there, so I got to talk to her too! I made a supplier happy with a big order for this week, I had my share of laughs thanks to the “Lord of the Rubber-Bands”. I think I can go to the consulate in good spirits; life plots a sunshine.
I’m very nervous and jumpy today. A whole bunch of stressful situations at the office, lack of organization to do some stuff, the accounting guy getting all worked up over a chair (apologies offered and accepted, goody!); that added to the fact that I have a rather important meeting this afternoon with the Colombian Consul and some other Colombian people working here in Montreal. I’ve never been to such thing, I have no idea of what I’m going to say or do; I feel really stupid.
But like Patrice says, this is a good opportunity in life, from which I can learn things, form relationships and build something good for my future. When I first was invited I immediately thought “No, I won’t go. My life is just too simple for all this”. Then I called Patrice and he told me not to be a silly girl. All week I’ve been trying to convince myself that I’m smart enough to go and participate in a meeting with people who have done way more important stuff professionally than me. I’m scared… LOL!
Sometimes I think I’m just good enough, which brings me to moments of fear like this. Thank God I have a husband who believes in me and that uses every minute he has to let me know that he has confidence in me and that I can do anything I want with my life. So, here I go, Mr. Consul.
Just give me a cup of strong :colombia: coffee. And to relax, a survey I found at Mar’s.
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