Slapping fight over a dryer...

Must write down what i witnessed yesterday. Went to do laundy - always as much fun, but at least when going to a 'laundromat' it's possible to do 2 months worth of laundry at the same time... was just finishing drying the stuff that goes in the dryer, when this couple came in and waited for their washing mashine to finish its cycle. a woman came in and started to put her laundry into the only empty dryer, and the woman of the couple (let's call her crazy W) started screaming at this other woman that it was their dryer, that they had reserved it (not really possible in this place!). the her boyfriend (crazy M) added that you can't just come in and dry your stuff since the people using the washing machines have priority on the driers... (not true, do such rule, and everyone pays for everything so illogical!). the other woman protested slightly, wondering why they the crazy couple had not already taken the machine if they were waiting (answer: another 3 minutes before their washing was done.... so not even finished yet!!), but then gave up the machine and waited the one minute it took me to empty the one i just finished using.

that's when it got interesting... another man comes up and starts putting his stuff into dryer 1 - crazy W starts screaming at him, saying again that they have reserved it etc etc. he doesn't react at first but then turns around and in a bad french says that well, he also needs it (and yes, he had been washing his stuff in the place so that argument did not work...), crazy W continues to scream and argue while walking towards him and then without any reason slaps him!!!!!! just because he doesn't respect the crazy couple's "reservation". he hesitates and then slaps her back (and though i am against violence of any kind i must say i understand him, having been slapped without any reason). crazy W looks chocked as most probably not used to anyone saying no to her and for sure not standing up to her when she takes to violence. crazy M wakes up and goes up to "protect his woman" (he is a big guy, crazy M). luckily a few people intervene stating how ludicrious it is to fight, literally fight, over a dryer... a woman screams at the 'bad french' guy that he can't hit a woman, and i add that well, the woman can't hit him either... anyway, i end up leaving quite quickly as not much a fan of fights, but as it looked everything had been calmed down by another laundry-service user standing in between the men...

i must say, people are really crazy sometimes. to an extent where it really scares me!!! imagine, the whole thing could have ended in a fist fight over a dryer!!! when another one would probably have been empty within 5 minutes.

Bye Geneva, here I come Belgrade...

hmmm perhaps that title sounds a bit too drastical... but indeed, am leaving Geneva this evening for a week in Belgrade. 1 day meeting, 3 days conference, and 2 days off (next weekend) staying at Sonja's place. I new city to add to my experience, a good time ahead of me with knew things to learn, young people of the conference to spend time with, and hopefully some visits of the town and perhaps even some shopping... I'm also hoping to bring along the beautiful sunny weather from here which should make the time there even better. Brought both sunglasses and an umbrella, that way i'm covered no matter what...

off to buy some swiss cheese and chocolate for my host. all packed already. more or less ready at work - probably lots of things left to do but cannot concentrate anymore so...

will write more about the experience once back. wow, i love to travel!!!! although i already miss my darling teddybear :)

sneezing my brain out...

caught this cold from my cousin's little boy, and am feeling quite tired although the sun is shining from a blue blue sky. felt good this morning, but just getting into work took part of my energy away, the other part left once i started sneezing all the way from my toes and up... brrrr hope i'll get better by tomorrow as i want to go skiing and enjoy the sunshine!

except this complaining - i did actually make it out for a couple of hours yesterday evening (after 2h siesta) and went to the CD-launch concert of a friend of a friend's. it was a great concert. check out her music and next concerts here: http://www.petagammie.com/

sunny but bad morning...

well at least it started out bad. ok, not really, it actually started out really well wakening up in the arms of my loved one, cuddling for about an hour before getting up and feeling good. but then for some mysterious reason i got into this absolutely awful mood like a 3-year old or something, feeling ugly, nothing fit me, my hair looked awful and i couldn't face trying to fix it, i felt stressed because we were late and a comment about if i wasn't ready yet just made me snap. so a bad morning mood put me into a probably quite scary angry tantrum - screamed a bit at my loved one, and slammed the door on him once he left, and then it even got worse for a little while before i calmed down, put something on and went into work even though i only felt like staying in bed the whole day... the sunshine did help making me feel better, and so did the music in my ears walking in... anyway, the mysteries of moods - perhaps it was because i'm a bit sick with a sore throat, cough and sneezing, which also makes me tired, all together reducing my patience...
anyway, no reason to scream at someone who was only beeing nice... hmmm anger management course anyone??

Shrove Tuesday

What can I say - pancake with goat cheese, mushrooms and honey covered chicken, pancake with with ham, onions, mushrooms and goat cheese, pancake with raspberries, bananas, chocolate sauce and mövenpick vanilla ice cream.... topped up with a beer and some glasses of wine. result: a stuffed green fairy ;)
but wow was it yummy - miam

no dress but....

two tops... hmmm cheaper as they were the main reason that we actually never made it up to kookaï where the 'belle' dress was waiting to be tried on. oh well, a sexy top for the beach/bikini season and a cool one for going out now - not too bad, though anyone having seen my closet (or helped me move - you poor people) would say that i do NOT need any new clothes!! anyone else that can go more than 2 months without washing because of too much choice? ;)

hey, it's a new year ;)

Wow, just realised that i have not written anything here since late last year, and now we are already February 2008. No wonder that I got a request from a friend living far away for some updates on my life. As so many times before i promise to try to start write some entries here a bit more often, perhaps this time it will work....let's call it my February resolution ;)

so a quicky before i go off for a shopping spee with vinnie in 10 minutes (i guess my resolution to try to save in on my food expenses by not eating out every lunch and dinner is being counter-attacked by having the time to go for shopping spees instead and then have a soup in front of the computer once back at work... hmmmm).

january was a nice month. a lot of things to do at work, not at all the slow coming back to work that i had last year at the same time, but now rather preparing project proposals, writing reports, meetings, and the most interesting and motivating for me - a promotion :))) finally one could say as i was promised that this would happen about 7 months before it did, but now i don't care anymore - i'm just happy to have a higher position with more interesting tasks and responsibilities!!

otherwise, january has been skiing at least once every weekend - twice in chamonix with beautiful conditions (fresh snow and sunshine!!), once in la clusaz where it was better than most skiing days last year but nothing compared to the fantastic conditions the weekend before so we were a bit grumpy ;), and a weekend in flaine which was really nice among friends and the portuguese maffia ;)) Last weekend was in chamonix at my cousin's place. Went up with her and her husband and two beautiful but a bit sick children on Friday evening, had some dinner and then spent a hour or two playing first a game of bowling and then many games of tennis on their Wii (and i thought it was a stupid boring old thing - until i tried and got hooked that is..). Saturday was a calm day with snow coming down outside, a sick boy who couldn't take a no inside, but who in between was lots of fun for playing, some nice moments with a baby girl in my arms (i got to give her the bottle at night - i love that, you feel so close) and lots of smiles from her :)), and an excursion to the norht pole! well, perhaps not exactly but it sure felt like it... then my amor came up saturday evening to join us for a homecooked dinner of boite chaude ;), some more hours of tennis (he also got hooked), and then a beautiful day of skiing in the sun on fresh snow sunday! a wonderful weekend among family - how to better spend your time off?

so that's it from me right now. perhaps some more info after the shopping to let you know if bought that beautful dress i saw yesterday from kookaï...