Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:06:58 PM
i don't like, musings, life, home life
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A few reflections that occured to me today:
- merry post-xmas everybody!
- there are two windows of direct sun light in our backyard lately:
a little bit before noon and a little bit around 3 p.m.
- really, I'm a summer creature.
- it's a great loss that James Brown died yesterday.
- the one thing I dislike about the 100 Rolling Papers dispenser
compared to the 50 leaves one, is that when one of the stacks is empty,
the other one has this tendency to move where the other one used to be.
Very frustrating.
- unsurprisingly, I'm still an ISTJ (I78 S50 T12 J56).
- there are 120653 files in my home directory today.
- my Mum's chocolate mousse and coffee cake is simply *awesome*.
Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:36:00 PM
music, home life
I'm happy when I can listen to music.
I listen to music most of the time (except, of course, while attending teleconferences).
Even when I sleep, music plays.
And when I use headphones (I'm the proud and satisfied owner of Sony MDR-EX71 earbuds),
this is when I am happiest and when the music is the most vibrant.
Monday, July 17, 2006 11:36:00 PM
home life, parents, telephone
There is a whole ceremonial around the telephone at my parents', that I take a certain pleasure to witness. The time is chosen carefully, and generally well in advance. Their side of the conversation is often prepared, sometimes even rehearsed. A list of topics may be written, too. Spare paper and pencil are made available, of course. Reference material, related documents, files, copies, depending on the nature of the call, are brought in.
Before there was a cordless phone in their home, my parents would take the telephone to the living room table, as close to my mother's papers and documents as its cord would allow, and she would place it carefully next to her notes.
Since the arrival of the cordless phone, the ceremonial of the telepone takes place in the living room for business matters, or in the kitchen for personal matters.
In any case, my mum and dad sit next to each other. In any case, the loudspeaker is on. More often than not, my mum does the talking ;) It's funny how loud she speaks when she's on the phone. She denies speaking louder, of course ;)
I'm not such a phone person myself. I seldom place phone calls, sometimes fail to return them (bad me). People are kind enough with me to not bear grudges.
I've had my current cellphone for two years and a half and here are the duration counts:
Received calls' duration: 47:57:54
Dialled calls' duration: 50:06:24
It's a little late now and I'm a tad tired (and I suck at maths, granted), but I think that amounts to about 3 minutes per day. Heh, not that bad, after all.
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