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March 2014

#130 - The sky over Milan

One of the few good things about living in a small provincial town was seeing the starry sky quite clearly at night, which is ruined in Milan by light pollution.
I have always had a visceral adoration for the stars, and at the time, I even went to an astronomical observatory, and I still remember seeing Jupiter and Orion....

#129 - Chocolate taste

I am very much against the tide: I have never liked Nespresso coffee.
I am very, very fussy about coffee, even though I have already abandoned the Moka for a long time.
We have been using Bialetti machines for some time now, and one of our latest purchases, which is quite satisfying, is the Tazzissima Trio. I find their coffee quite good,...

#128 - Out of exhaustion

The famous company that had resoundingly lost its appeal against the bankruptcy petition thought it best to appeal to the Supreme Court. The motivations are ridiculous.
In practice, they force us to spend a lot more money and wait for a ruling that could take even years, only to go back to the Court of Appeal, spend more money,...

#127 - Studying

I had forgotten how difficult it was to study.
I remember very well that before I started working, more than one person had told me that it would be much more challenging than studying, and I believed it.
Then, when I started office life, it seemed like a piece of cake.
My faculty, at the time, did not necessarily require attendance,...

#126 - The future has to wait

No way. Some things take a long time for a thousand reasons. Not that I mind telling the truth; it usually means I have more time to reflect.
It will probably all be postponed again until next week.
In the meantime, other things are going on. We will see who will win....

#125 - Habemus Passport

Renewing my passport was less painful than I thought it would be. It was enough to follow the online instructions, register and make an appointment, do all the paperwork (I managed to do it all on a Saturday), go to the appointment, and after 15 working days (so I was told, I applied on 17 February, the passport was issued on 27 February) call to find out if it was ready and go and pick it up....

#124 - Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm

I do not like this brand’s cosmetics and tend not to buy them. This is because, beyond the advertising promises (‘Proven against allergies’, it says on their website, but if you analyse their cosmetics’ ingredients, you find many unattractive ingredients), it is a brand like any other.
However, I have a real soft spot for Chubby Stick, practically a small collection,...

#123 - Cassandra is my middle name

It had already happened to me many years ago to predict that a company would go bankrupt, which occurred after a couple of years. No, I’m not jinxed, somehow, it was apparent the wrong direction they had taken, and I got there even though I understood little or nothing about business management.
It happened to me again, it was not bankruptcy but something else,...