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Quel Pamplemousse!: First Impressions + First week
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008. First Impressions First week. Now that I've lived here for about a week, I feel it appropriate to give my point of view of Switzerland. At a glance, everything I'd thought when I heard the word "Switzerland" was true. As soon as I stepped off the plane into Geneva I saw watch and chocolate adds :). So far, my first week in Switzerland has been great! People and "Les Draguers" aka the guys who try to pick up chicks. I am referring to "les draguers" (translated as "flirts" I guess...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: From difficulties and frustrations to things finally looking up.
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Monday, November 3, 2008. From difficulties and frustrations to things finally looking up. Being a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, I have certain requirements that are expected of me and that I WANT to follow. Presentations, service projects, being involved with the community etc. This entry isn't about how to give a presentation, or how to come up with a service project. This entry is about what to do when you have difficulties booking a presentation with a Rotary Club. We discussed a possible service pro...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: Rotary Presentation!
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Today I gave my first presentation to my Rotary Club! There were a lot of problems with the projector and my computer (read: my computer didn't have the right plug in to hook up to the projector) so Cerena had to run home (literally, and in high heels) to grab her computer which also. Ended up not working because the projector could not read her computer. Overall, I'd say it went rather well! THAT was quite a site to see! It was really fun and amusing! I was told after my prese...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: Home-ish
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Friday, August 15, 2008. Ahhh Friday- FINALLY :D. I've been looking forward to Friday all week. Not only does it mean that I get to sleep in (not that I've been able to do that recently, what with waking up at 4/5/6 AM every day this week) but it also means I get to explore the city a bit. I also need to shop if only for the shear fact that I'm running out of clothes to wear and I don't have a laundry card yet to do laundry. I also want to fit in with the locals. And I agreed. While dinner was cookin...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: Food, Glorious Foooood!
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Thursday, August 21, 2008. Food, Glorious Foooood! As I'm sure you can tell by the title of this entry, I've decided to devote a post to food (Hopefully you have Oliver! In your head now too! Eating food in Switzerland has been an interesting endeavor. Not the actual act of eating mind you (that part is pretty easy), but the preparation of food has been more or less confusing. Allow me to show you a few examples. Image: the back of a mini pizza box. Click to enlarge.]. Difficulty of Preparation: Easy.
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Quel Pamplemousse!: All of this for a new Metro?
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Saturday, September 27, 2008. All of this for a new Metro? Originally uploaded by AlexHall38. Last weekend Lausanne celebrated the opening of a new Metro (subway for those of you who aren't sure what I'm talking about) line by having various stages set up around the city. Each stage played a different genre of music and varied from techno/dance at Place de l'Europe to Salsa at Ouchy. Once we felt that it was time to move on, we treked down to Ouchy, the area by the lake where there was a tent set up to p...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: September 2008
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Saturday, September 27, 2008. All of this for a new Metro? Originally uploaded by AlexHall38. Last weekend Lausanne celebrated the opening of a new Metro (subway for those of you who aren't sure what I'm talking about) line by having various stages set up around the city. Each stage played a different genre of music and varied from techno/dance at Place de l'Europe to Salsa at Ouchy. Once we felt that it was time to move on, we treked down to Ouchy, the area by the lake where there was a tent set up to p...
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karen-the-great: October 2007
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007. My little bro is in Hyderabad, India. Go read his ultra-cool blog. Another musing of karen-the-great. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. You might be a cat owner if you laugh at this:. I laughed until I cried, but only because of the similar agony that Galaxy and Xander subject me to every morning. Another musing of karen-the-great. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Putting the "super" back in "supersonic". Another musing of karen-the-great. Monday, October 8, 2007. A Classic Pumpkin Face.
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Quel Pamplemousse!: Permit de Séjour (Residence Permit)
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Friday, August 15, 2008. Permit de Séjour (Residence Permit). As a foreign student in Switzerland, it was brought to my attention that in order to obtain a year long VISA I must go to the Cantonal Foreign Police of Neuchâtel and register myself as a resident. Note: the VISA I DID receive was only good for up to 3 months. What was not brought to my attention was that this needed to be done within the first 8 days of my arrival. I was now on day 3. And that would not be fun. All night I stressed about wher...
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Quel Pamplemousse!: Inner Wheel
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Thursday, January 29, 2009. Today I met and gave a presentation to the women of Inner Wheel in Neuchâtel. It was definitely one of the more laid back presentations I've given and the experience as a whole felt much more personal. It was held at the house of one of the members where she prepared the best lasagna and ice cream I have ever had in my life. Image: Me with the ladies of Inner Wheel in. Neuchâtel minus 2 because they had to leave]. Overall, it was a smashing day :) The women of Inner Wheel were...
