Grandma's thermos

C'est en nous promenant à l'Emmaeus de Bastille (sorte de Village des Valeurs parisien, en + classe lol) que je suis tombée sur un article de maison de mon enfance lointain en Chine. Bien sûr, il était posé beaucoup trop haut sur l'étagère pour que je puisse le saisir toute seule. D'où l'importance d'avoir un grand chum. Bref, à la vue de cet objet, pleins de souvenirs ont refait surface dans ma tête, des souvenirs inséparables de mes grandmères et de leur cuisine. 

Des thermos DEER BRAND avec de grosses pivoines ou des fleurs de pruniers, toutes les familles en Chine en avaient un!  Il suffisait de faire bouillir une grosse chaudière d'eau le matin et on avait de l'eau chaude pour toute la journée avec ces thermos. Pas seulement pour se faire du thé mais également pour faire la vaisselle, se laver les cheveux, etc. 

Pour la plupart des gens ces thermos deer brand représenteront des objets vintages très déco au charme vieillot, mais de mon côté, cette grosse bouteille est totalement indissociable de mon enfance année 80 :)

Cheap thrill: bought for 4.50 euros!!

Allez on sort les sous-vêtements rouges!!

 Alors, si je me fie aux traditions/croyances chinoises (et mes grands-parents), normalement cette année sera mon année chanceuse, dragon warrior que je suis.

Non seulement je gagnerai le gros lot de 649, mais il y tombera sur moi une pluie d'offres d'emploi, je serai acceptée à tous les masters où je me suis inscrite, dans mon élan de créativité et de génie sans pareil, je vais trouver mon criss de but dans la vie.    Mais juste pour mettre toutes les chances de mon côté je me suis armée de sous-vêtements rouges!!  Regardez moi ces chaussettes, c'est ma mère qui les a choisies pour moi, elles sont trop adorables, des rayures bleu marin et doré et des boucles!!

Bonne année du dragon !!  Cheers à tous les autres enfants de 88' !!

龙年吉祥!!

奶奶我好想你！

Y a des jours où la Chine me manque trop, j'ai juste envie de tout lâcher et y retourner, à ma douce enveloppe, aussi polluée, bruyante et rude qu'elle soit.  Retrouver mes grands-parents, regarder nainai cuisiner et manger la moitié de l'assiette avant même sortir de la cuisine... 

J'ai l'impression que toute ma vie consiste de ces relations longue distance avec tous ceux que j'aime.   ah, il faut que je fasse des plans, que je réfléchisse à des solutions plutôt que de rester étendue pendant des heures sur mon lit à regarder des photos. 
Je suis trop molle!! un peu de courage, tapette!!



Grand maman qui m'aide à lire une lettre de mes parents en France.  On a fait ça pendant 6 ans!   Je vais t'écrire plus souvent 奶奶... :)

D'habitude je regarde les films jusqu'au bout, même s'ils sont d'un ennui mortel... Je leur donne une chance jusqu'à la toute fin pour se prouver.  Mais aujourd'hui en regardant Baobei in Love (film chinois de 2004) , j'ai abandonné 15 minutes avant la fin, ce film m'a donné envie de me ronger tous mes ongles en plus de me donner un mal de tête intense. 

Il est sorti au cinéma le jour de la st-valentin en 2004, et je peux comprendre que beaucoup de personnes s'attendaient à une comédie romantique, ou du moins quelque chose de léger vu le titre.  Ce qui a commencé comme une histoire à la Amélie Poulain (le côté fantastique, la saturation des couleurs, la petite fille mignonne free-spirited, etc)  s'est ensuite dégénéré en horreur-néant absurde-caméra tournant 360°  tel l'esprit psychotique de la fille en question.  Ce n'était plus une histoire d'amour, on était rentré dans son cerveau de malade mentale et son traumatisme d'enfance.    Bref, au début je croyais qu'elle allait sauver le mec de son monde matérialiste et donner un sens à sa vie, mais finalement elle l'a juste entraîné dans un cauchemar/délire.

J'adore l'actrice, mais j'aimerai sortir ce film le plus vite de ma tête.

 En fait, on a pu voir Chen Kun pendant 5 minutes du film, même sur une chaise roulante il est YUMMY .  C'est un des seuls acteurs acteurs chinois que j'ai toujours trouvé beaux.

UUghhhhhhhhhhhh ......................crazy chick

for the hatuuuuurs , you're probably going to see this as propaganda anyway

     When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called the yellow peril.
　　When we are billed to be the next superpower, we are called the threat.
　　When we closed our doors, you smuggled drugs to open markets.
　　When we embrace free trade, you blame us for taking away your jobs.
　　When we were falling apart, you marched in your troops and wanted your fair share.
　　When we tried to put the broken pieces back together again,
　            　free Tibet you screamed, It was an invasion!  
　　When tried communism, you hated us for being communist.
　　When we embrace capitalism, you hate us for being capitalist.
　　When we have a billion people, you said we were destroying the planet.
　　When we tried limiting our numbers, you said we abused human rights.
　　When we were poor, you thought we were dogs.
　　When we loan you cash, you blame us for your national debts.
　　When we build our industries, you call us polluters.
　　When we sell you goods, you blame us for global warming.
　　When we buy oil, you call it exploitation and genocide.
　　When you go to war for oil, you call it liberation.
　　When we were lost in chaos and rampage, you demanded rules of law.
　　When we uphold law and order against violence, you call it violating human rights.
　　When we were silent, you said you wanted us to have free speech.
　　When we are silent no more, you say we are brainwashed-xenophobes.

Pour toi

Beijing 2010 honey in the sun from yili zhu on Vimeo.




Désolée pour le montage horrible, il y a même un bout où la musique ne joue pas, alors qu'on l'entend dans windows movie maker.  Ça prend des heures pour enregistrer, quand ça ne gèle pas!   Je ne le referai plus, ouf!!   Laissons ça aux geeks!   <3

Shanghai Bund

Déjà un an?   
J'étais si pressée de rentrer après le travail chez ma tante que je n'avais jamais fait cette promenade au bord de l'eau.
Un soir, j'ai fait ma rebelle, et je suis allée regarder le soleil se coucher sur l'autre côté de la rivière.

Waiting is the hardest part.
J'ai hâte de retourner en Chine, encore un mois!

comite de credit..

the things i wrote this morning....I'm so efficient... Will reward myself by going to the Ocean Aquarium at lunchtime :3

Regulatory Risk
Electricity and water tariffs set by the
Government.
By maintaining tariff at a constant level, the Government was
able to mitigate the effects of inflation on Dubai’s economy.
The tariff
adjustment set by the Government (March 2008) caused a significant increase in
the revenues from the sale of electricity.
DEWA is the sole supplier
of electricity and water to Dubai, therefore critical to the Government for the
development of Dubai.

Commodity Risk
DEWA is dependent on DUSUP
for its entire supply of natural gas and there can be no assurance that there
will be enough natural gas available to meet DEWA’s requirements.
Supplies
of natural gas in Dubai are arranged entirely by the Government through DUSUP,
which is mandated to seek to obtain sufficient gas supplies to meet all of
DEWA’s requirements.
DUSUP can tap various sources in order to meet all of
DEWA’s natural gas requirements (25-year agreement with
Dolphin)


Capacity Constraints
Any significant
misjudgment as to future demand could result in a shortfall of capacity or large
amounts of excess capacity and wasted expenditures. Operations may be
subject to delays or an inability to operate at the necessary levels.

DEWA intends to spent up to USD19 billion over the next 5 years to
meet the growing requirement for an aggressive expansion plan.
DEWA is able
to make sophisticated forecasts of peak demand, to predict the demand for
electricity at any given time and ensure an adequate
supply.


Operational/ Financial Risks

DEWA
may not be able to adequately fund its capital expenditures, since it may
require substantial amount of capital and future leverage may affect its ability
to raise additional capital.

Debt free company til 2005, has a long
strong operating history.
Borrowing by DEWA/guarantee requires the consent of
the Government
The balance sheet of DEWA has strengthened in 2008 by the
capitalization of land on its books, which was valued at over USD 5
billion.
It is diversifying it sources of funding (to not put pressure
on any single market for financing. DEWA is tapping the capital markets,
international & local bank markets and ECA markets to meet its growing
funding requirements.


Environmental
risk
-pollution, contamination, leakage may be subject to penalties as a
result of any violation of environmental regulations

Environmental
audit of DEWA’ operations conducted regularly and report submitted to Dubai
Municipality.

Til now (2009) DEWA has not been in breach of any
environmental regulation sand has implemented internet regulations that are more
strict than those required by law and awarded ISO 140000 certification

Country risk
-significant involvement through direct ownership
and regulation, may be subject to political and economic conditions (economic
and political developments affecting the Emirate and the UAE)

Dubai
has a strong and diversified economy, important commercial centre in the Middle
East
Government as invested heavily in Dubai’s infrastructure(one of its
cornerstones is the constant and reliable supply of electricity and water to
individuals, businesses, hotels or industrial zone.
Dubai’ population,
economy and infrastructure are growing, demand for water & electricity
expected to increase.




Financial
Analysis

Equity increased substantially, total assets doubled in
2008. Land was capitalized on the balance sheet of the company in the form of
Government equity.

Revenues increased from 2007 to 2008 by 51%, due
to the introduction of the new billing system applied by DEWA and validated by
the Dubai Government on water& electricity sector.

Cost
of Sale decreased from 2007, where DEWA suffered from higher fuel and gas
prices.

EBITDA in 2008 is positive (Euro 939M), compared to a
negative one in 2007 (Euro-79M) due to high turnover level(sales) and better
management and decrease of the Costs of Sales.

Services &
Personnel expenses increased again in 2008, primarily related to increasing
maintenance activities in the transmission and distribution networks reflecting
DEWA’s expanding business.
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The month of June is so full of fails

Well, xanga is banned at my workplace now, I think it's because of me haha.
gmail as well. so i facebook . all counter-productive websites are banned. but they wont stop me haha!!
skipped lunch to take a nap on my desk today, needless to say no one talked to me all morning. I'm extremely sleepy today because I barely closed my eyes last night, it was 37 FKIN degrees with like 90% humidity so it was unbearable...unless you have A/C Of course my aunt has A/C in her beautiful villa, but the one in my room happen to be broken . I found a small fan and used it to keep myself from flooding the bed with my sweat, but it didnt help much in that heat. In the morning, that bitchy relative of mine (shes the only one like that in my family thank god) told me " your fan is so noisy you know that"

IM GONNA SMACK YOU IN THE FACE YOU KNOW THAT???

ugh. this is my cinderella in the big city story. except there's no prince and horse carriage and all that. Well there was a guy with his mercedes convertible, but it was a creepy night more than everything. I feel so sorry for the guy even if he drives fancy cars, cuz he's so socially challenged and awkward you wouldn't believe it.. I also lost my shoe in the metro stairs, it fell down 5 steps but no one picked it up for me, I had to walk back in that stampede of chinamen and get walked on by these uncivilised shanghai ppl to get my slipper back. yes screw you all and I hope you enjoy breathing the polluted air and waste 25% of your life in the traffic and in the overcrowded metro. Berri Uqam in rush hour is gonna feel like heaven for me when I go back =_=

I've been looking for appartments in Bordeaux for a while... I need something close to the tram, furnished, around 250 euros/month.. I don't mind living with 4 other people i just want somewhere to stay and that I can afford without having to eat bread and cheese everyday. But no one responded to me yet, except for a girl who said she needs someone to live in it for at least 12 months, and another guy from 'west africa' who tried to scam me by transfering him the first month rent to his 'lawyer' . esti!