During the past weekend, my PC's hardrive
went dead, alors I took out my laptop, transfered all the
files that were saved on CDrom. And then my wireless card
adapter for the internet started to act up. It went dead
after a few minutes when I tried to update my daily blog
here. So I looked for my MAC PowerBook G4 to log back on the
internet again. It turned out that I have an old OS system
that I could not use or download MSN messenger.
Et voila... encore I got stuck!!!
"Humm..." I wonder why everything is broken
again? I thought to myself.
So on Monday, I got on bus #29 near my
place--which conveniently stops right in front of the computer
superstore "Surcouf" in Paris. I don't usually go to
this store because it confuses me. I don't really understand
the thinking mind of French people when they organize their
shops. When I first looked at it, everything seems to be
everywhere. I did not know where to start or where to look
for what.
Ok... I marched around the store looking up and
down like a tourist visiting Paris from the Amazon. I
stopped almost every salesman for information and I still
got lost. Finally one nice young man took me to where I
wanted to be. I spent almost 1 hour in the Apple section
admiring the impressive large thin screens. A bit later, I
decided to buy the new Tiger X OS system and an Ethernet
card adapter. Well...they were not cheap!!!
I left the store and bumped right into a
parade of good looking Frenchmen dressed in uniforms and on
horses. I quickly grabbed my mobile phone and snapped a
photo of the fabulous demonstration. It looked like the
Queen of England was coming to town or something--I was
lucky to see the parade just in time. Donc, at least I came
home with a Mona Lisa smile indeed.
Et voila...la France is on strike today to
stop the new employment law, and me I'm on strike to stop
the string of bad lucks. Ah oui c'est la vie.
Love Me Paris...
