Tag Archives: holiday

“Happy Holidays” and Christmas boycotts: Here We Go Again

[fr]Joyeux Noël![en]It’s the time of the year again. Christmas. I like Christmas. I’m not Christian. And like each year, the stuff that annoys me is the “let’s boycott Christmas” movement and the American “Happy Holidays” stuff. Here’s a post I … Continue reading

Posted in Culture, Personal | Tagged christmas, consumerism, diwali, eid, gifts, happy holidays, holiday, presents, religion, thanksgiving | 1 Comment

Welcome to India!

[fr]Arrivée en Inde![en]“Welcome to India!” is a phrase I often use somewhat ironically. Like, when the Indian Consulate General sends back your visa application paperwork with a note saying “please apply in person” because you didn’t see that applications by … Continue reading

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Vacances annuelles de Noël à mi-février

[en]Annual vacation coming up, from Christmas to mid-February.[fr]Ceux d’entre vous qui me connaissent le savent: je prends depuis quelques années un “gros break” en hiver. Ça me permet de me ressourcer pour être plus productive et créative le reste de … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, Personal | Tagged announcement, holiday, india, vacances | 2 Comments

Indian Stretchable Time

[fr]En quelques mots? Pas envie que mes vacances se terminent.[en]You what what they say about time in India: IST doesn’t stand for Indian Standard Time, but for Indian Stretchable Time. I think it’s pretty obvious to anybody who spends enough … Continue reading

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When You Can’t Afford to Take a Break…

[fr]Quand on est tellement stressé et occupé qu’on ne peut pas se permettre de prendre une pause ou des vacances… c’est là qu’il faut vraiment le faire. Apprenez à reconnaître ce signal d’alarme et à l’écouter![en]…that’s when you really need … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged break, holiday, My work, rest, stress, work-life | 4 Comments

Retour à la montagne

[fr]Back to the mountains. First evening.[en]Il pleut, il fait gris, et il y a tellement de brouillard qu’on ne voit pas les montagnes d’en face. C’est reparti pour 4-5 jours au chalet, cette fois avec deux connaissances plus récentes, des … Continue reading

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Photos From the Mountains

[fr]Quelques photos de mes vacances au chalet.[en]As you know if you read my latest posts (I’m going on a link strike, be warned, so it’s up to you to dig), I was up in the mountains for nearly a week, … Continue reading

Posted in Personal | Tagged auchalet, chablais, chalet, gryon, holiday, Life Updates, mountains, My Photos, Photography, switzerland, vacation | 10 Comments

A couple more days offline

[fr]Encore quelques jours à la montagne, et une réflexion sur l’e-mail.[en]Oh well — the text I wrote this morning was wiped by a computer crash. Maybe I should use a text editor with autosave. So, back at the chalet after … Continue reading

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Second day offline

[fr]Deuxième jour de vacances à la montagne hors-ligne.[en]My legs hurt. So do my feet. And my bum. We walked about 4.5 hours today. Not bad for two out-of-shape girls. The first bit was the steepest (quite steep actually) — about … Continue reading

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First day offline

[fr]Premier jour de vacances hors-ligne.[en]It’s not exactly a first day, because I was online this morning until 10am while I got ready. It was hard leaving and getting ready, because I was behind on a lot of things I wanted … Continue reading

Posted in Personal | Tagged disconnection, holiday, Life Updates, offline, online | 2 Comments