The B-Factor reciprocates

Back when I raced for Gears Racing, off of Mississauga, a series of events served as the prognosis for a unique condition my cyclist colleagues named «The B-Factor». If I am not mistaken, such a chronicle is still available for the francophone audience here. Please avoid judging my literal style as I was a virgin back then. Who is reading this anyway!

De retour à nos moutons.

After a few days of high turbulence, my journey began at 1PM aboard the TDI Mobile of a friend whom had inherited of the responsibility to escort me to YUL airport. Toronto was then destination two where I boarded a connection to Warsaw at 10PM. To my surprise, a svelte Finnish brunette was awaiting her comrade, a Quebec dude with messy hair. Hanna, an 18 year old retired model, discussed with me her experience in the fashion industry and we shared a few glasses of 0.45€ wine in a plastic cup. Only 8.5 hours later did we reach Poland, where a pending correspondence to Hamburg was located. The time was then 1PM in Warsaw.

Nothing relevant occurred on my way to Hamburg except for me buying US dollars and not even realizing I had done so since I had first intended on buying Euro, indeed. Well, that’s me. Again nothing surprising there.

In order to reach my final destination, the train (Bahn) was necessary but easily accessible from the airport (flughafen). Funny enough, the time had returned to 10PM. Aboard my wagon, I exited in Bremen and then transferred towards Oldenburg. Due to the lateness of the night, the bus I intended to hop on was unavailable and I caught a cab, reaching my dorm (Haus). As you may expect, I grabbed my Euro money which I had withdrew earlier and handed it to the driver.

His reaction to my payment suggested that somewhere in the process, something had gone wrong. Oh, right, that stinky money smells like US dollars! Oh wait, that’s because it is US dollars! Live and learn. He ended up accepting the money and I accessed my residence.

The place is clean and sufficiently large, the building is configured in such a way that there is an interior court in which a student bar is located. I don’t one can think or hope living this close to a bar. But again, I’m in germany!

So this is it, for now.

PS. I might update this post when I retrieve a picture from my new Finnish friend Hanna!

Petite Panique Interne

Voilà déjà 1 mois que je réside au terroir familial! Lieu de pénitence pas vraiment, lieu d'effervescence définitivement.

Comme à l'habitude, le facteur B a emménagé dans ses quartiers et telle une tornade a pris d'assaut l'étage sous-terrain. L'unité parentale, tout de même se révèle satisfaite, il m'apparait, de la présence de mon moi, dans leur chez-eux!

Après quelques années à l'étranger, un séjour prolongé comme celui-ci se révèle plutôt riche en émotions. En effet, j'ai profiter de ma présence au Québec pour revoir parenté et amis, et le frère. Il devient quelqu'un ce frère, à défaut de lui dire, je l'écris ici. C'est un ambassadeur ce frère, le porteur autodidacte de connaissances et d'une maturité subjugante. Citoyen du monde, poète lyriciste, historien poly-linguiste, bref il s'éduque. Le temps passe si vite, et tant de souvenirs déjà! Encore dans la vingtaine et me voilà nostalgique, du temps ou vous me connaissiez non de par mes intérèts académiques, mais plutôt par le sport que j'ai partagé avec plusieurs d'entre-vous pendant de longues années.

Désolé pour ce petit éditorial pigmentée d'émotions...Mais il semble qu'à l'aube de mon périple, j'ai le noeud qui tord mes papillons.

Un peu d'actualité dans mon carnet de projets:

-Projet de Steady Cam avec Mike Jackman et Jonathan Schramm(The collective/Seasons)- Automne 2009 et Hiver 2010
*Un blog/wiki est en développement, le tout documentera nos progrès
**Possibilité de prototypage partiel au cours de la session d'hiver du département de génie mécanique du CÉGEP de Limoilou
-Développement de cours et Initiative Durable avec CÉGEP de Limoilou - Hiver 2010
-Presse à ski/long board/split board avec le Département de Génie Mécanique du CÉGEP de Limoilou et Pierre Morin - Hivers 2010
-Analyse du cycle de vie de la flotte de vélos Xprezo et Hugo Bardou - Automne 2009

Alors aujourd'hui je finalise mes préparatifs, ou plutôt, je les débutes! Ahaha... Fidèle à moi-même.

Voici une fraction du groupe avec qui j'étudierai dans le cadre du PPRE.


Attention femmes bavaires, le département du Fu/Vk débarque et s'apprête à éduquer!

Idle Month - But the wheel keeps on spinning

Welcome to my blog!

Throughout the next year and a half, I will try to document my stay in Oldenburg, Germany.

The D-date is set for september 25th, when I will depart my beloved hometown for some exciting and yet unknown place. For the span of my stay, I will reside in the student dorm with a colleague of mine.

The PPRE, postgraduate program in renewable energy, qualifies as a master of applied science and thus includes a thesis component which comes into play during the last workterm. The PPRE debutes with an academic term and is followed by a workterm starting in January. Thereafter begins another academic term in February all the way to august. Finally, a topic of research will be selected and subsequent work will contribute to the thesis paper due at the end of January 2011. My return to Canada will then ensue, bearing newly acquired knowledge!

For those who could care less for renewable energy ventures, I will try to sparse the academic stuff with some cultural mathers, i.e. bavarian brews, historical sites and so on.

Finally, I will be expecting some visitors throughout my bavarian immersion, and so, I will also post the adventures pertaining to these encounters.

For my francophone friends, periodical updates will be redacted en francais. Pour partager les événements de ma vie et Da Leben in Bundesrepublik Deutchland!

Until then, à la prochaine!