RomanTech 2.0 by a Silentlover

Time of Procrastination a month

In the mid of January, I was joining a kind of study tour for 5 days. We're going to Le Havre, a port city at north France. It takes 6-8 hours from Nantes to get there by bus.

On the first hours way back to Nantes, my phone battery was drained. It shutted down without any warning. As I was in the middle of a conversation with my bf, I immediately dredged up my bag tried to find a spare battery. But it wasn't there. And I could not find anywhere else. It must be lost somewhere. 

Soon when I got home, it's about 7pm at my timezone and 1am at his, I turned it on and read messages from him, questioning where I am. I texted him, saying sorry and telling what actually happen. He just smiled and gave me a smooch emoticon. He then told me to have a rest.

Morning on the next day, I woke up and found a concise texts from him just like this:

I buy 2 batteries and 1 power bank for you, those are all ready to ship by this noon.

Each battery may stands for one or two days while the power bank is equal with 3-4 batteries. So you can still be "on" without relying on power jack for about 3-4 days.

What? I still needed some time to fully gather my soul after long sleeping before digesting any of technologycal-related information like that. I have quite many questions to him afterward and his answer was just not far than "it's shipping, just wait for it".

A week after, I received a package from 7438 miles away contained 2 batteries and 1 power bank. Nothing else. I said my thank-you and ask him just like all women all over the world will, why did you do this? 

I do not want to lose you

He replied.

the cute facts are taken from here

Time of Procrastination

My truly old bad habit.

I procrastinate almost everything but sleeping. Or gaming.

It can be 5 minutes, an hour, two days, a month, or even a year.

I believe that I actually was born perfectionist as I am not easily satisfied with what I'm doing, I always ask myself to do more. But then I grew up with this bad habit that makes my work is quite far from "perfect". Let alone to be perfect, most of the times I finished my work because it must be finished at the time being. It then leaves me stranded with guilty feeling and regrets.

Many plans were not executed.

Many ideas were poorly manifested.

Many notions were barely realized.

Many dreams were not achieved.

Many things were just listed in the calendar.

Many things were just landed in those post-it.

Many things were just stuck in my brain.

Until I start counting. If I procrastinate "only" 10 minutes for "just"3 activities, it'll cost me half an hour per day, multiplied to be 15 HOURS per month, and 180 HOURS per year!

How many great things in my life were skipped? 

To start breaking the habit is also a new problem. And of several choices, I chose to start from here. I chose to start doing thing as simple as it can be so that my brain won't think that it's hard to do.

From this blog. From now on, I will add a note of "time of procrastination" for each upcoming post just to let myself know how long that post has been buried in my draft box or maybe in my mind. To boldly tell me how long I wasted.

I know that it's just a post. But the more I procrastinate, the less possibility to write down even a short post. So, the number will tell me a lot about the progress.

I guess I'll surprise myself.

taken from here

I Love Nantais!!!

Nantais or Nantaise is the word used referring the citizen of Nantes, a comfortable France city where I live until the next 7 months. This week I'm entering my 5th month staying here and apart of the city, I'd love to state that I DO LIKE THE NANTAIS!!! :)

because:

1. The car drivers ALWAYS slow their speed down for the pedestrian

Formerly I thought that it was a common act in wherever european cities. But later I knew, the same thing do not exist in Paris, Marseille, and even Le Havre. I can easily understand for Paris or Marseille case given by its heavy city activities. But Le Havre? 

This quite big and busy intersection does not have a traffic light, but hey it's totally fine :)

2. Everyone moves in a "normal pace", not in a hurry, not in a worry

I barely see people who walk in a hurry even in a rush hour. Again, unlike in Paris where you find almost all of them in a hurry and a serious "strict face". In Nantes, you also don't need to put your bag in front of your body when you're in a public space (bus/tram, park, tourism spot) be it your slinged camera, hand bag, purse, just wear it as you wish. Do it in Marseille and you'll regret the other day.

3. When they pass a door, they check whether there's someone else who will pass behind, if so, they then hold the door

It's really simple act yet nice!  

4. The smokers don't share the smoke with the non-smokers

That's what I see from my classmates, they always move away when they start smoking, love it :) And so far in public space, I haven't met any who "produce smog" share it for those who don't want to. Maybe there's a regulation but even if there is one, it's still quite cool that people show respect without having it displayed in a board or banner.

Surely there's a bold relationship between the city atmosphere and its citizens. A lovely city would make its citizen happy and so that they do lovely things to others. Oh, did I mention that Nantes has been awarded as Green Capital of Europe 2013? :)