C'est la vie

 Why is it always the case that the weather is beautiful when you are stuck in side all day?

I was sitting outside yesterday in the sunshine having lunch (it was too nice not too) when I noticed the song stuck in my head was 'Can't speak French' - Not a clue why, its not like i've head it on the radio recently - but the irony certainy wasn't lost on me! I think my subconscious is trying to tell me something...
Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French

 Talking of music, I was listening to Elton John the other day (long story, don't just me - I'm sure he puts on one hell of a show in Vegas) when the next morning I got a email about joining his fan club - I genuinely considered checking my computer for bugs! - the email was promptly deleted and I haven't listened to Elton John since!

 I had my second French lesson last night (Monday) - it was all about counting, remind me never to try and play Bingo in French, it will just lead to me having a total meltdown within the first 10 numbers and getting covered in dabber ink trying to keep up - not pretty.

Anyway during a much needed break during this class I was speaking to some of my Chinese classmates with the use of my French dictionary, google translating French to Chinese and i'm pretty a lot of miscommunication. But whilst trying to find all the relevant words to describe what i'm doing in Clermont Ferrand (its really hard to explain when nobody speaks the language you are trying to talk in) I learnt one major thing about my little dictionary - its very old! I hadn't quite realised how old until I went to look up the French word for internet (because I was trying to work out how to ask for the internet password) and I wasn't there. This is because the dictionary is older than me - oops! Now it might have been useful in 1991 but I think now the use of the words texting and internet have surpassed the use of the words lackadaisical and optical character recognition reader (whatever that is) - especially in my generation. I think its time for an update, but it is borrowed so I can't complain and as long as I don't try to be too 21st century I'll survive. But saying that I quite like the word lackadaisical - might try and use it - except it translates in French to non-chalant, which isn't nearly as exciting.

I've also been uncharacteristically patriotic since I arrived here, i've been telling everyone i'm Scottish rather than British (like usual)  purely because I haven't properly worked out how to say i'm British. If I did start trying to explain Britain, that's just going to open another can of  linguistic worms.... I'm just going to stick to being patriot for the time being.

Bon journee x


Strictly speaking this is yesterday's post but I couldn't get connected to the internet so that put a spanner in the works....