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Development Aid

Julie — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:29:23 +0000

The fact that some countries are currently in extreme poverty, that children are fighting in wars or that lands are too dry to grow the food needed to feed their inhabitants certainly could not be counted as beauty. However, one cannot deny the greatness there is in the existence of organisms that aim at helping these countries and their inhabitants, and also anyone suffering from poverty in what is considered a more "rich" country.

Development and Peace is one such organism. While much has been said against the catholic church, the fact remains that this is one good organism. They mostly aid people in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

You might also visit the Directory of Development Organizations.

This post will be edited with new information and personal opinions.

Nature’s Beauty

Julie — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:57:29 +0000

Of all the things in this world, nature is among those that I find most often beautiful. Even in the oddest places, like along a brick wall, you can find some green thing to beautify the place. My own photographs will be kept for later. I will however provide you with a few links to websites containing nature photographs. None of them is what I or the owner would call professional, but that does not remove any quality from them.

Pet Shop Girls Reviews is primarily a review site, or so it seems from the title, navigation and about pages. The reviews are probably the most known version of the site. However, Rhiannon, the owner, also often blogs on this website, writing lengthy entries on her life. While some of her opinions can be controversial, there is one thing nobody can't deny: her photos section is filled with awesomeness. Of course, one could be tempted to say that, living in New Zealand, she only has to go outside, walk a couple of steps and press on the button of her camera to take a pretty picture. Many of them, however, demonstrate a great talent in positioning herself to give the picture an even greater harmony.

Jem also has no pretention of being a professional photographer. The field in which she is most at ease is certainly coding for the web ((X)HTML, CSS, PHP). She however owns a camera and has a stock photo website with many pictures that are quite pleasant to look at.

Sarah also orients her website toward either more personal or technical stuff. She however has, under the "Creative" section, several nature pictures.

Not much for now, but it is late, I am tired, and I want to have things to post in future days.

Fun Class

Julie — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:37:09 +0000

I was utterly bored by the end of Tuesday morning because of one my teachers, who was not exactly entertaining and teaches a rather boring class. Yesterday, I got a bit more interesting classes, mostly the Cinema and Television one. I had subscribed to it because it was pretty much the only class where there were still places left when I subscribed (which is surprising, considering there are 172 students in it). I was sure it would bore me to death and I even thought of abandoning it so I could change groups in another class. It was however quite fun and I'm looking forward for a lot of upcoming lessons.

Today, however, I got a very interesting class given by a dynamic teacher, Quebec actor Marcel Sabourin. I'll always be looking forward for Friday, 4pm.

Note that I'm also seeing Nicolas in this class, so it quadruples my euphoria, at least.

Going Insane

Julie — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:30:08 +0000

I must finish this homework within a maximum of two hours and a half. I have one fifth done. Four pages left.

I have an exam Monday.

I have an exam Wednesday.

I have an exam Friday.

I have two papers due within the next two weeks. Neither is started.

End of Session

Julie — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:33:43 +0000

I'm quite busy with the end of the session. I have two rather large papers to write and a montage / editing (real editing, not a paper about editing) work to do.

I haven't yet told him. I only got the occasion to do so once and, of course, I didn't grab it.

That said, there are only two weeks left in this session, which means two things. As said above, a lot of work, plus several exams next week and the one after. However, it also means that the Holidays are coming and I will go home! This is the time to rejoice.