When the Galapagos Islands meet British Columbia in Geneva with eyes wide open...

My brand new neighbourhood

The "jet d'eau" by the lake is just 5 minutes walking, isn't it amazing?
Pix of my first own apartment soon to come...

Back home

Isn't it that funny or cute?

Marbled (white and orange!!!), chedar (orange) or Swiss cheese (white) ?

Over the Hedge

Ho Ho Ho


Hi


Family trip


Good for you Davora...


I don't want to be a pie!!!


Yummy


Go Canucks Go


Lucky Bob


Which way again?



Nice hats!)



Home sweet home...

I miss you Vancouver!!!

Grouse Mountain


Seabus

Granville Island


English Bay


Waterfront

Gastown


The library


Granville street


Robson street


I miss even the buildings


(right picture) the building of my office on W Pender and Thurlow...


...and my lovely neighbourhood of course!!!





Firehall No 6


(right picture) the balcony of our neighbours


our place (balcony just behind the couple)

Bremen with my mom

The Musicians of Bremen


Der Schnoor (the old town)



Cuxhafen (a few km from Bremen)

Montréal, tabernacle!

Montréal will remind me...

place Jacques-Cartier, basilique Notre-Dame,


oratoire Saint-Joseph,


stade Olympique,


rue Sainte-Catherine,


the Jazz Festival with the incredible band coming from New Orleans:
The Nelville Brothers (aka "Aint no sunshine"),


a happy Canada Day on July 1st...



yummy Vietnamese cuisine (finally!)


and most of all my lovely family in Montréal!

My last day in Vancouver

Last party at the Pic...


with Mathias,

Damien, Débo,


Justin, AJ,


Eric and Naomi.

Tuff morning...

Air Canada is waiting for me...

Goodbye Vancouver, thanx for everything!
I'm gonna miss you so badly!
Keep in touch!
Take care!
Cheers, heh?!

Montréal, here I come!

Victoria with Lia

Thank you so much Lia for inviting to your own town Victoria (Vancouver Island)!!!
See you soon in Europe!!!
Cheers!!!

Beautiful sky

Skydiving

The Eye

'tit restau français pour l'amie Julie

Tu nous manques espèce de fripouille...

Answer to Tyler

Is that one better Tyler?

The Pic

The Piccadilly has become my second home sweet home since January.

Pool after school ??? Yes sure !!!
To everyone who had left Vancouver, I miss you all guys!!!

The Pic it's now and ever...

Matthias and Bastien


Rico


Rémy


Mauro

César


Magali and co

Magali and Débo

Young Su

Eric and Mathias

Olivier

Jérôme

This is how a pool addict looks like...

The staff

AJ (the manager) and Débo (bartender at the pic and my roommate) having fun

The Pic ROCKS!!!

(if u check out their website, u will find us...)

Are you talking to us ?

Snorkeling with the seals

On our way to Nanaimo (Vancouver Island)

Exhausted... But so happy!!!

Click here to see Debo's pictures

House Warming

Justin and Olivier

Mathias

Julie and Vini


Steven

16sar

Debo, my ROOMMATE taking care of the music

16 singing to Débo 'I will survive' (Cake version) but it seems she doesn't care at all...

More...

Then a POKER to end da party!!!

Poker isn't for fun. It's serious, man!

Narguile on Granville Street

English Bay

Five minutes walking and we are at English Bay...

I love my neighbourhood, and what about you?

To see some more

Woody Debris Clean Up at Annacis Island

Those days I have been involved in cleaning up an estuary with children.

We had to put all the woody debris, logs into that bin in odrer to recycle the wood.

I am so exausted and I have stiff muscules but I would do it again if I could. I need to rest for a while though... AhhaAha

My first apartment, ever !!! And it's in Vancouver !!!

Now it is time for me to tell you that I have moved in my new downtown apartment with my friend Déborah, from Geneva, Switzerland too !!! We are located 5 minutes from English Bay and I can be at my office in 15 minutes walking !!! No need to buy my monthly bus pass anymore($69 CAD) !!! I really like my neighbourhood !!! It's just perfect !!!

I have the pleasure to intruduce my roomate Déborah:

Franz Ferdinand ROCKS !!!

Franz Ferdinand concert at Pacific Coliseum Stadium (where the Giants, the junior hockey team, play their games) was so great !!!

At the very end of the concert, there were 3 people playing on the same drums !!! It was crazy !!!

Just have a look:

Unfortunately, I don't have the sound that goes with it...

Blue Helvet Connection

Juste un petit mot pour vous tenir au courant de se qu'il se passe ces temps-ci à Geneve. Et ca bouge grâce aux efforts de Damien ! En juin est prévu si tout va bien une projection de nos meilleurs court-métrages. Et voici la maquette de l'affiche avec Dionys, Sarah, Alessandro, Damien et pis...moi quoi !o):

Blue Helvet is back in business ! Notre site internet est un peu beaucoup obsolète, des membres de notre pool de production manquent et je ne parle meme pas du design... Mais je m'y attèle pour lui refaire un lifting bien mérité... Patience...

Pour le mois de mai, voici la programmation des projections a Geneve:

• Mardi 9 mai : projection ECLOSION / EXPOSITION au Grutli (2 court-métrages de Damien, mon complice cinématographique et ami de toujours)
• Lundi 22 mai : projection SOBRE LA UTOPIA au Spoutnik (En 2 mots, c'est un documentaire sur la Bolivie vu par les yeux de la Casa Waki une maison d'accueil pour les enfants de la rue a El Alto en Bolivie)
• Mercredi 31 mai : projection ECLOSION /EXPOSITION au Café Les Enfants Terribles

Et vous n'avez encore rien vu...

Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society

As you know, I have been working as an intern since the middle of March at Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society. I have been involved in different projects: updating their websites, translating their calendar from English to French for next year and also going with my collegue Becky to several activities with children...

NWPS presentations explain how important wildlife is for the survival of human beings.

Then we go outside for some practical experience around Burnaby Lake.


Oh! Look! Skunk Cabbage... It stinks!!! But apparently, it is very useful for Bears...


Birds watching!




Testing the water quality at Burnaby lake!


Let's get rid of English Ivy that grows everywhere!



Done! Good job!

San Francisco

After my Cambridge Advanced Exam, I went to San Francisco

for one week with two Swiss German girls,
Michelle and Jessica


It was amazing!

Alcatraz
,

the Modern Art Museum of SF

(built by Mario Botta, one of the most famous Swiss architect),

a Japanese garden

that made me feel closer to Saratatouille,

the beach
,

the Hippie area
,
the Gay area,

the cable car


and St-Patrick's Day with Thao

(crazy night) !)

Bastien's birthday bash

For Bastien's 21-year-old birthday, a big gift: the Jersey of the Canucks ...

And... What else?!

A Korean speciality... It was hum... how can I say ?
Yummy, tasty and crispy !!! Trust me...

I lied, it was aweful ! But I've survived !

Nada Surf

The Nada Surf concert at Richards on Richards was nice.

I also discovered a californian band: Roge Wave.
I recommend it to everybody !

On the way from English Bay to Yaletown

Fondue !!!

Une petite soiree fondue entre amis...
Il ne manquait que ca !

Whistler

Last saturday I went to Whistler (where the Olympic Games will take place in 2010 !) We were lucky, it was sunny and the snow was not too bad. It was awesome !

Bon allez, petite dédicace pour Mélanie...
C'est vraiment parce que c'est toi !)

the Cellar

Every thursday evening, there is live rock music playing only the best of British songs at The Cellar: Led Zep, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd (Can U imagine that Ales!), The Beatles, Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, The Darkness, Blur, and so on...
I wish I had that kind of nightclubs in Geneva...

What a weird sky

On my way back home, I saw the weirdest sky I've ever seen. Just have a look...

The Canucks Rule

I just went back from a hockey game:

Vancouver (Canucks) against Columbus (Blue Jackets).

Good play !


and good fights too !
.

Do I really have to say that the Canucks won ?

Na...!)

Friday night

A friday night in Vancouver can be...

Playing bowling

and enjoying a live rock concert at

with Magali ,

Olivier and
Rico .

Seattle trip

Seattle, city of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, was very nice. But what can we visit in just 2 days? Walking a lot in downtown, see the fish market, watch a basketball game (the SuperSonics (Seattle) against the Nets (New Jersey): 113 to 104), shopping a bit, visiting the Klondike Gold Rush Museum, enjoying the view at the Space Needle tour, organizing a party at the hotel room,... and that's it !!!

Chinese New Year

Happy new year !!! At that particularly time, I really miss my family and special Vietnamese dishes... One day before I went to Seattle I went to a mall in Chinatown and I saw a special dancing show. Nice. But I missed the Parade on Sunday...

CK spoof ad

One of my Advertising and Design exercises was to follow the example of the company "adbusters" that makes parodies of famous brands. Basically, we had to create a spoof ad. Here is mine.

Olivier's birthday

Yesterday it was Olivier's 22-year-old birthday. We really enjoyed our party at the Roxy on Grandville Str. Here is my Swiss group I hanging around with: Swiss German, Swiss Italian and Swiss French. So we only speak English. Weird isn't it ?
Next wekend I'm going to Seattle with 5 of them... Guess who !)

Cheesecake

Avis aux gourmands...

J'ai eu l'honneur de goûter à un succulent cheesecake des campagnes qui décoiffe et qui t'empêche de decoller tellement c'est bourratif. J'ai partagé cette part avec mon amie Coréenne Kimmy. Elle m'a invité, pour fêter mon anni un peu en retard.
Rachel et Chandler avaient bien raison... Qu'est-ce que c'est bon !!!

Kimounette and Vancouver

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