Libellés : G, Musée d'art Moderne, St Etienne

Libellés : G, Personal, Strasbourg

Libellés : G, Personal, Strasbourg

Libellés : China Town, Gates, Melbourne

Libellés : G, Petit France, Strasbourg

Everyone has to take the leap at one point or another.

Libellés : summer

Just getting off the phone to Meow just then, after a well deserved several hour conversation, i am reminded of how blessed i have been to have her as such a great best friend for the past 6 months, even when i was made to lug overly heavy suitcases down the 6 flights of stairs without moaning.

I'll miss you beb.

Alright, so after 4 years i think i can officially ssay i have gotten the hang of the tv and av settings on my camera - no morre mr automatic for m sir! On the onctrary,vwhenever i try and go to manual, something always seems to stuff up, i panic, and i quickly swtich straight back to av o tv where i feel safe again... But, last week whilst wawlkin around the stras with a few girls who also enjoy sgrolling and taking photos, we came across the idea of BULB photography.

?When the grls started talking about this, my mouth failed me, i began to stutter, and My fingers began to tremble. The much dreaded BULB setting for many amateur photographers such as myself is a foreign land, much like the idea of eating fried snakes or stir fry grass hoppers...

But then, lowvand behold, Mr. Yanik and his great tutorial on bulb photography came to the rescue. I am going to test this out and see where i am lead.

NAIE PAS PEUR. QUE LA FORCE SOIT AVEC TOI.

Libellés : Photography

Trolling around on the internet in Hong Kong international airport, i came across this great photographer adeline mai. Her works are amazing, boasting creamy colours. She is a photographer that makes me want to practise my skills more and more.

Libellés : photographer

The longer i am away from you, the harder it becomes. As every second passes, the kilometres become further and further, the plane travels and glides through the sky; and my heart throbs a little bit more.

Libellés : travel

To my great friend yanou, i wrote today "Oh yanou, i just feel like my life has been ripped out from underneath me. I am going home to a place i dont want to... I have a life there, but i have been gone for so long that it is no longer mine."

Currently at Hong Kong airport waiting fo my flight to Sydney, my body is being taken over with mixed emotions. I love my parents so much, and they care for me more than i could ever imagine, that i dont want to dissapoint them. I want to go home because i know it will make them happy. But as i write these words, tears are slowly and quietly running down my cheeks, because i know that what i am going back to, is a life that is no longer mine.

The roots that i have grown are being unsettled, uprooted.

The ground around me is shaking, and the Loggers have come to see the best part to saw away at me. I know they will leave my bare stump, naked in the forest, and with the wood that they collect, there will be enough to carve a beautiful table. I will be sold to a family; rich, middle upper class, as a dining area to entertain friends, but that isn't where i want to be. I want to be in the forest with my friends. Quietly settled scattered among my other shrubby friends.

Libellés : Personal

Whilst listening to Strauss Jr Emperor Waltz on a late wednesday evening, i'd say it could even be breaking into thursday morning if you were lucky, i have come to realise a few things.

1. I will be in Sydney/(on the plane to) this time next week.
2. I have less than one week, that's 7 days, in the Bourg.

I have had so met so many friends in the past 2 years, 1 month and 18 days, and i don't want to leave. Every day has been such a memory, and i wish i was constantly up to date with uploading photos.

Today, the great love of my life, best friend, one of the girls that i currently share my utmost inner secrets with- so easily too, went to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoA) in Strasbourg after a late afternoon lunch at made in France. I felt like we were on the scene of Sex in the City, after no only did we bump into her Boyfriend, Phil, but 5 minutes following that, bumping (completely by accident too) into mine as well.

She asked if i had ever photo journaled in my life, and i said not that know of. So for the next few days, i am going to set out taking last shots of Strasbourg, and make them a series.

I feel like i am a strong tree growing at the moment, but my roots are soon to be ripped out from under me. Don't get me wrong, i love sydney, but i am not ready to go back yet, maybe i never will. I have emmersed myself in French Culture, and there is no doubt, going to be severe reverse culture shock when i get back.

Tears are forming in my eyes as a write this.

Is my whole world shattering before me?

Libellés : Personal, Strasbourg

Libellés : night, Strasbourg

Even though the weather has been cold, i have been making myself take photos, just to get out of the house, but also because if not, i wouldn't an evidence of what i have done for the past 2 years...

Bare Cobblestoned Streets


suddenly bussle with life


with those that look down on us


Whilst we stare up

Libellés : Night, Strasbourg

My boyfriend is in a band, i win.

Libellés : Strasbourg

Libellés : snow, Strasbourg

(Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Australia Day.)

Falling asleep on the couch during a lazy afternoon after over eating a plate of well prepared gnocchi à poele, i completement "ratée" my Valentine's Day Surprise, and consequently gave up on doing it that day. Fortunately, the 15th of February is just as great as the 14th, as you can show your love to those that you appreciate just as much as that special day before.

Libellés : Valentines

If you're looking for cheap, sometimes bio-friendly food, Strasbourg's NORMA is the place for you.
// Trying to outline words, for the first time found here.

Libellés : groceries, Strasbourg

Libellés : cooking

Dear Yann,

I didn't think that these feelings would be dug up once again. The pain, the sick feeling, the not wanting to get out of bed, but here you have it. It's been dug up from a place i wanted to try and forget. Your mum wrote and asked for photos, and here i am, looking through photos of you and me. I forgot how much fun we had together, and ask how you're gone. I'll never see your face again, run my fingers through your hair.

I think about you all the time you know. Did you know that? I told Antoine, and it makes me feel safe, that others are the same.

I am so sorry, so so sorry for what i put your mum through. Please forgive me.

I miss you so much today, I hope that you're fine.

Libellés : Dear Yann

UN GATEAU POUR TOI.

Libellés : birthdays, food, Strasbourg

Dear Yann,

Letting you know that i'm thinking of you,

All my love.


"Le temps passe et passe et passe
Et beaucoup de choses ont changé"

Libellés : Dear Yann

Trophée de la biere. 5 chats. Brilliants. Je dois dire plus? nan.

tutorial found here!

Libellés : les chats brilliants, Strasbourg, trophée de la biere École de Management 2011

On se barre. change de vie. change d'appart.

Libellés : Strasbourg

As much as i love SALM, the fashion in strasbourg isn't always à la mode. I was hoping it was just a halloween costume, but i think not... it is simply a fashion FAUX-PAS!

Is this where i should wish you all a happy halloween?

Libellés : Fashion, Strasbourg

It is getting cold in Strasbourg, but there is still time to mount the cathedrale... tried out a little tilt-shift photography.


Got the tutorial here!

Welcome to Sushi night at Tumble in the Sea. The other week, Blondie left so we celebrated. --How do you have a sushi night you ask? Simple! Follow the instructions below and you you will have a baller of a time.

1.Call your Friends and Entice with sushi, into being your slaves for the night... and voilà! Your sushi Creations will be made easily and effectively.


2. Create sushi masterpieces with desired ingredients.


3. Let them sit for a few hours to properly form.


4.Cut them into bite sized pieces.


It's all about presentation presentation presentation.


... but don't eat them too soon!





... and enjoy with friends!

Libellés : dinner party, DIY, sushi

Dear Yann,

I haven't thought about you for quite awhile... But this morning I put our song on again, in an aeroplane over the sea, and those shivers came over me all over again. I miss you today, and it's nearly 7 months since you decided to leave me.

But just because i don't think of you as much, doesn't mean i love you any less. I am just letting you know.

Yours Truly.

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Just before the holidays, a great friend of ours parted for the land of Poland... And with that, after a soirée one evening, we invited everyyyone back to our apartment for a last horrah... We do have problems with the neighbours, but Marou doesn't go to poland just every day... i'm not going to point out that we did have about 50 going away parties for him though...

Anyway,this photo was when a few of the boys were in our kitchen.

How to pick out a french man in a pack..

1. Wearing a Leather Jacket.
2. Unshaven. I call it the 2day beard... Even when they shave, they leave a bit of stubble. who knows why. I've learnt not to ask questions
3. ruffled hair
4. They speak french.




ANYWAY! The holidays have loomed upon us yet again, and way too quickly. I would like to day it is 'finally' holiday time, yet with the holidays, exam time gets closer and closer...
These holidays i am hanging out at Disneyland, Paris... despite its name, suggesting that it's in Paris, it really is in Marne-le-vallée, about a 45min RER (fast train) ride from the hub of Paris.

I was working there during the summer period too through the month of august, and half way into september, so i came back for a second round. Yesterday walking into the cafeteria, I was overwhelmed with the ridiculous amount of Halloween decorations salle seemed to be sporting. Pumpkins, spiders and fancy cellophane everywhere. I'd just like to point out, with all ze job cuts disney seems to be making, they could go a little less orange... there's no need to celebrate halloween in that way, really guys, really?

Anyway, on the note of food, I'm semi not complaining, seeing as disney discounts the food, that is, they pay for half of the food in all the employee restaurants and vending machines... so we only pay half price in the cafeteria etc... How am i NOT supposed to think about food when it is screaming *eat me. i'm a packet of chips, and only 48 eurocents!* you're right. it's just too difficult.. so i found some dogs to explain the way i feel about halloween.


dogs found here

Oh well, despite everything, It's finally the holidays, happy halloween!

P.s You might realise what great spanish i speak. I decided to 'regularly' meet up with a spaniard called Sergio who promises to teach me a few things about spain. Including being able to say that i have 4 kangaroos at my house.. Who knows, one day it might just come in useful.

Libellés : a typical frenchman, disney, halloween, Strasbourg