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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008I’ve made it a sort of habit to have a cup of cappuccino at the hospital cafeteria near our lab. Almost everyday at around 3 o’clock I take a bunch of genetics papers, I buy a cup of cappuccino and I delve into the world of molecular biology, genetic networks and… lung disease (this last […]
We saw whales!
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Again, apologies are required… But I hope I’ll make it up to all of you who are still reading my ramblings by saying that I came a few inches closer to having a “Free Willy” experience.
As I was saying, D and I went to this very picturesque village, called Tadoussac.
It’s only 800 km from […]
The persistence of memory
Thursday, June 12th, 2008See any resemblance between Dali’s masterpiece and this bike-leftover seen outside an apartment building?
Speaking about space-time continuum, right?
Au clair de la lune…
Thursday, May 15th, 2008The moon was gorgeous this month and I just didn’t get tired of looking at it. D took lots of pictures:
Here’s one from 2 weeks ago, shot without a tripod but with a huge ISO.
A few nights ago D looked out the window and said “I think the moon deserves a picture, don’t you?” […]
Brave men
Saturday, April 19th, 2008I know I promised to write more on the stuff that happened at the conference, but this story has been sitting in Windows Live Writer for a few weeks now, and it’s begging me to be finished. So here goes…
There was a fire in the building across from my apartment building, it was the first […]
Reaction
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008In my previous post I was telling you about the fact that McGill is trying to build a whole generation of Dita Von Teeses - “not that there’s anything wrong with it” (Seinfeld, season 4, “The outing”).
The thing that amused me the most was Daniel’s reaction:
“Honey, we’re definitely not taking advantage enough of the fact […]
You can leave your hat on
Monday, March 10th, 2008I know there are other Universities out there organizing get-togethers with the main purpose of helping students socialize and know each other a little better. But how little are we talking?
Well, McGill University took this to a totally different level - we’re organizing theme weeks and mini tutorials now, because we want McGill students to […]
Damn fire alarm
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Our fire alarm went off today and my mind flew back to last year when I was in England and Daniel came to visit. The house I was living in had a burglar alarm which was automatically ON after 9am when everybody in the house was supposed to be out working.So I left to the […]
In a one horse open sleigh
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008I’ve been meaning to write this post for quite some time now, since it covers the pre-2008 era, more specifically, the time I went sleighing with Daniel.First and foremost, there is a thing or two you ought to know about me: I don’t like speed - when I was taking driving lessons I was afraid […]
Still wondering why I don’t weigh 200 lb with this family history
Monday, January 28th, 2008My Mum is the ultimate sweet-tooth and a couple of months ago (when I was still at home, being pampered) we decided to buy some cakes. We found these perfect-looking ones, called Amandines, bought 2 of them and 2 chocolate eclairs.
The Amandines were so perfect-looking, in fact that I told my Mum not to eat […]