My fingertips are sore from the three chords of La Poupée qui fait non and I've only played, like, 15 minutes (nice site for guitar tips) and my thighs tired from three days in a row of roller-blading. Just started reading Yunus.
On the whole, nice Eastern week end.
Today I had my first English lesson at work. It's on the phone with a teacher - my teacher is Philip, he's really nice. He advised me to use BBC Learning English for short radio and video excerpts. We had a 45-minute conversation, then he analyzed my mistakes: mostly, I'm using too much continuous, present and past - I was living in Paris, I'm going to a gym club... - where it's not needed.
I've been introduced to the fine art of eating Tim Tams... and was able to bring some from London - for 3,20 £ a pack!
So, for Anne who asked: the poulet confit au bacon recipe. Really easy.
Chop two or three onions and cover with them the bottom of a dish (something going to the oven). Cut chicken breasts in half and wrap a slice of bacon around each piece of chicken. Place them on the onions, add (not to slim) slices of tomatoes. Pour some olive oil, pepper and mixed herbs (herbes de Provence). Let it cook in the oven (th. 180° C) for two hours, you can add a little bit of water from time to time.
It's exhausting to write a recipe in English. I never feel like I'm using the right words to describe an action.
Amazing what you can do with a couple of fir sticks - the real trees were too expensive, and the guy gave me three branches for only two euros!
Tonight I came home with the idea of the perfect meal I wanted for dinner: some poulet confit au bacon and home made soup. Turned out the first one looks delicious and is really easy to make, but takes two hours in the oven to cook, and the second one I prepaired a few days ago and put in the freezer doesn't want to unfreeze quickly enough. So my dinner is crackers and cheese with hot lemonade. I'll have my perfect dinner tomorrow! :)
I've been told today that my English is very good and that I don't have to be afraid of leading some conversations in English on the phone. Even if I'm convinced I can be a good deal more spontaneous, it's still nice to hear!
A little treat for Scrat fans (say that quickly several times): you're gonna love the... "Scratchette".
Moins t'as peur, plus t'es libre.
"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but valuable. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void."
