This is the second time that I’m posting the same video in my blog, it’s extremely stupid and dangerous (& hilarious )

This time the movie should be on my site in wmv format, hope that the people who missed or can’t see the first post have the possibility to do so

Cheers

P.s. Thanks camellette

Apart from the usual feeling of being ripped off, I feel that they made fun of me

I needed €1 so that I can take a carrage to load the various boxes and such, but I didn’t have any coins, so I went to the yellow register/cashier and he told me that I needed to go to the green one, I go to the green register and the lasy looks at me like I was crazy telling me that there is a money changing machine right next to the trollies… 

Changed a €10 bill and got many little coins, used one to unlock the trolly, and went to the register fully loaded, I asked for them to ship the stuff to my house they guy is very curtious and finishes with my order and request and takes the trolly with the €1 coin IN IT!

I had a discussion with a friend of mine & his wife yesterday, he was complaining that all the people didn’t know how to drive and he was better than them (it’s not very hard to be one in France :?) . From my personal opinion I don’t think he drives bad but he isn’t an exceptional driver either, he rarely gives precedence to pedestrians, he cuts traffic lights and other cars just because he’s late (thank God he didn’t have any accidents :))

So I told them this;

“You’ll never find a drunk who admits that he’s drunk, drivers are the same”

(Personally I think it’s a pearl of wisdom )

Please remember girls & boys when you’re driving, don’t think that you’re the best of the rest, but be humble and do your best (wow!! a poet )

A couple of posts back I said that it wasn’t that hard (actually it’s not) but it’s really time consuming.

I had to get a certificate stating that I’m a Muslim from the Tunisian mufty (I liked him ) the process got a bit on my nerve but that was caused by the mufty’s secretary (I hated him ). I wonder what should I do with that piece of paper, will it take me into heaven? or am I exempted from praying? I don’t mean to insult my religion or anyone, but I’m a but shocked that a paper exists stating that one is a Muslim or not!. If a person becomes a Muslim in Morocco and converts back in his home in Europe would that be OK? is he still a Muslim in Morocco?  - politics!!!

My fiancée is currently running around to get all the needed papers and approvals (God help her with the bureaucracy and shield her from the stupid/ignorant government employees) so that we can translate them and start the procedures in Italy. (below you’ll see a picture of her taken in a brief instant running between the various offices)

Wish her and my self luck…  We have a lot of things to do

I’m back after a long week in Athens, all went well no issues at the office, no problems in or out of the office , if only it was 100% perfect

Every time I pass via Paris I have problems, this time it was no exception (I’m starting to get pessimistic ), Airfrance cancelled my flight from Paris to Montpellier without proposing any replacement flight, so I called the office and asked to book the 8pm train but some things just don’t come out as wanted, my trip from Athens got delayed 30-45 minutes, and in Paris they delayed the luggage 45 minutes, I was left with less than 30 minutes to reach Gare de Lyon from CDG Airport (impossible to do at 3am driving a Ferrari with diplomatic immunity) so I decided to go to a hotel and spend a night in Paris and get the first train in the morning (I really wanted to go home!!!)

Got to the station and tried to get the ticket early (just in case I woke late), it was impossibile, the queues were extremely long and the people behind the counter were rally uncooperative and unhelpful so I left thinking that at 7am it would be better.

I got to the hotel, and decided to go and have a quick bite to eat, got out searching for McDonalds or something similar and it turns out that they aren’t in that sector of the city (bummer) and I had to walk to Bastille to get something (I wanted something quick since I was extremely tired).

Next morning (Thanks to my guardian angel for waking me up ) I went to the station to get the ticket, waited in line and when my turn came up I told the lovely lady behind the counter that I had a reservation in my name, the discussion went as following;

Me : Good morning, I have a ticket reserved in my name (and hand my ID)

Her: What is your reservation code?

Me : Uhhh… I don’t have it, it’s surly in my e-mail and I don’t have access to it right now. Can you please use my name?

Her: No code no ticket, I can’t search by name!

Me : ??? But my company reserved the ticket in my name, you can search it via the computer!

Her: No! no code no ticket!

Me : OK! FINE! give me a ticket to Montpellier on the earliest possible train.

Her: [clicks on the keyboard] Not possible, there are no available seats.

There is where I lost it, she was extremely lucky that she was behind reinforced glass or I would have killed her, to make a long story short I ran around to find a hotspot and thanked GOD that I had enough battery for my laptop to get the code, ran back to the lady and give her the code and she prints out the ticket.

Anyway I’m back home since 1pm yesterday ~yay~ recovering and sleeping my head off

I lost over 30 minutes this morning running around to find the needed parts

One more thing to add, I know who were the culprits, I won’t say anything to them directly - I’ll unleash my manager on them

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The long-running dispute between Microsoft and the European Union will finally be decided on Monday.Many might say that Microsoft has been targeted only because Bill Gates is extremely rich. I not 100% behind this idea, I say that M$ is a monopoly (not the board game!)

But on the other hand I saw this!

“Microsoft Corp. has started updating files on computers running Windows XP and Vista, even when users have explicitly disabled the operating systems’ automatic update feature, researchers said today. Scott Dunn, an editor at the “Windows Secrets” newsletter, said that nine files in XP and Vista — but not the same files in each operating system — have been changed by Windows Update, the Microsoft update mechanism, without displaying the usual notification or permission dialog box. The files, said Dunn, are related to the XP and Vista versions of Window”

Read the full story here and the follow up story here.

From now on I declare that my home is 100%

Thanks to my family and all my friends who called asking if everything was OK, just to let you know that everything is OK

The story is simple, I went to have lunch at a Tunisian fast food restaurant, and i left my bag on the side of the table and I left with out taking it with me . It contained my passport, digital camera, Ipod, personal mobile phone and few coins of no great value.

I ran back to the place and didn’t find the bag where I left it so I asked the waitress and cashier and they told me that saw it there and that a customer took it, I asked a few other clients and they told me that the waitress took it, so I asked again and they denied everything, so I went to the police, 2 days later they arrested the waitress where they played a little game with her, they told her that they would give her some money to get the bag back and they would drop the charges, she agreed and took a taxi that was working with the police, she stopped in an empty place and ran (yep, she didn’t pay the fare), so they arrested her again.

In the mean time I got a message from a little girl who told me that she had something that belonged to me, so we arranged a meeting in the hotel and it turns out that she was a 15 year old girl who found the bag thrown by the side of a dumpster, and when she opened it she found my passport and entry papers. I told her to return it to the nearest police station where she lived and the next day I called the police telling them the story, it turns out that the waitress lived where the bag was found, so they searched her house and found nothing .

I lost a few things but I got a couple of heat strokes and a fever due to temperatures of over 42 degrees.

All is fine now al7amdulillah I’m back to my self again and looking forward

Thanks to everyone who helped me and/or called asking

I had my marsupial stolen yesterday in the restaurant

I had my passport, personal mobile phone, Ipod, Digital Camera + other stuff and useless papers.

I’ll post updates later