The beauty of a stranger

Today in one of my class we were working in team, practicing has psychoeducators ; one being the helper, the other the one receiving help. And My team mate had to ask me what I was thinking when a stranger was talking to me, what I was feeling, and how I was reacting.

 Isn't kind of hard to answer ?

I told her that I was, of course, curious of why would this person talk to me but would feel good and happy about it and that I would always be really polite and friendly.

Well today at about 10 p.m, after my class, it happened, in a dark suburban street of Quebec City. Being my usual self I was singing while walking back home. Saluting cats on the streets with a peace sign, saluting a random car with this same sign. Tho I got a little surprised when this car stopped a few meters after me and rolled back to catch up on me. . . A young man asked me where a certain man lived. Of course I told him that I sadly couldn't answer his question, as I live there has a student and I am not acquainted with the neighbourhood. He asked me where I was from and told him my Hometown's name (Saint-Éphrem-de-beauce) and he systematically said ''Woodstock en beauce'', which is a big music festival, in this mere village of 3000 habitants, inspired of the ambiance of the original festival going by the same name. I happily nodded and so he bid me his farewell adding that I was really cute. And I really felt some kind of honesty from him, or am I not used to how a playboy would say these words ?

I guess any girl would feel alert in this situation, and it's how it should be. But I still think that such a contact with a stranger is amazing. Being someone from a little village, we pretty much all know each others and say hello without hesitation. It didn't take me too much time to realise that It wasn't this way in Quebec City. Oh well, in general people will say that Quebec City is a place with warm hearted people (More than Montreal) but it still doesn't equal the warmth of a village and I am sure you understand what I mean ! I've been raised and learned to watch people in the eyes when you meet them, give a honest smile and salute. In this city, people watch in front of them, being oh so individualist. Sometimes you may meet another one like you, making eye contact ! Most of the time they are elders who kept their good habits, or students like me who have grown in a smaller community.

One day, I was waiting for the bus, and I saw two senior women, stranger to one another. One complimented the other one's hat and a conversation of respect, sympathy and courage started off. I couldn't help it, I had this big smile on my face, It simply was a wonderful sight I even saw bright smiles on other's people face also waiting for the bus. Both were giving words of encouragement and compliments to the other, it was definitely a contagious scene. . . The old women with her beautiful hat continued on her path and the other one took her bus. A simple moment that meant so much.

I wonder how different we act with strangers. This man I met on my way back home, didn't have to say I was cute, but he did. We could have met under different conditions, and he would have never dared to say such words. How honest can we be with people we believe we will never meet again ?
Anyone with similar experiences ?

I am addicted to Bûche de Noel

Yes I admit that I am in love with it. Not the cake tho, the Lush product for the skin that was out for christmas.

For christmas one of my best friend introduced me to Lush, that shop with eco friendly, long lasting & natural products. She bought me the green bag (kind of a starting kit to get addict to them) and I also bought myself some other products like the ''Bûche de Noel'' that smells heavenly and becomes a real therapy when you put this on your face.

And now you think: Sweet ! Products that smells good and are absolutely natural and good for mother nature,
 but are they good for you ?

Yes they are ! Even more when you take the time with a seller to choose what is best for your personnal needs like your type of skin, hair or other specific needs.

Check them out ! I really like my Lush experiance as for now and I think it's really worth it !

My drama list - what is it ?

I will make it simple. . . It is an indispensable tool for heavy drama consummer !
If you are like me and watch more than one at a time or want to keep a list of those you watched and grade them or even keep track of the dramas you have started but never completed for what ever reason. . . Well this is for you !

This, my friend, is one aspect of what this website can do . . . Because you can also review each drama in the bank, comment it, rate it, add actors that are missing, talk on forums with other wicked drama lovers like you see stats on who is the most popular actor, look out biographies, etc.

With this, I don't need my ''favorites'' on my browser anymore (because obviously it was full of drama that I planned to watch or was watching)

In short, there is no reason, if you are a drama lover, to not use this.

I am so glad someone thought of this oh gosh ! URESHII !!!

So check it out ! >  http://mydramalist.com/
to check my list ! > http://mydramalist.com/dramalist/Annez0r
And please invite me has a friend if you make one, I would be glad =)

Bye-B ! ^ ^

About Pretty And Cute

Hey hey hey !

 I am back after recharging my energy because of that long and difficult battle with university exams and unending team work. . . SO ! As usual, after university, I went to a natural depressed state plus I caught a cold (which cost me way too many new treatments for my Asthma v.v ) ! Really great for christmas. . . And I love christmas =( .

To get me up on my two feets again I started to take care of my geckos & hamster then of my skin (which was seriously dry because of winter)  and played Skyrim. . .WHAT?! No I never, ever . . . played that *lies*.

If you guys are having hard time studying or with work in a period of hard time, PLEASE know that it is normal that, when you start having a break, you feel depressed. You've kept your energy so high for an amount of time, your body needs a break to regenerate. So, to me, this is the best best best ICHIBAN moment to do things for you ! Watch the movies you've always loved, change your hair cut, have some family time, take care of your bonzaï, etc. Do anything that makes you feel good, beautiful, intelligent and any other narcissic stuff !

On this note, I told myself : Anne-Marie ! You are going to take care of your skin ! DUH ! And thus, having heard some time ago of a magnificient product called B.B Cream (blemish balm cream) through some asiatic television show I got the awesome idea to find some on the internet ! Yes I am a lover of internet shopping, more and more. .

About B.B Cream : http://www.squidoo.com/b-b-cream squidoo has a really full article about that ''miraculous cream'' has ALOT of people says.

Then, to come back to online shopping, I never thought that I would find something has marvelous, extravagantze, super taranta has ''Pretty & Cute'' ! A shop in the U.S.A selling, in store and online, asiatic costmetics. After looking up on ebay and co., I thought buying from asia was maybe not that of a good idea for cosmetics plus, alot of fake products are sold there on such websites. But Pretty & Cute is dedicated to the export of asiatic product and seriously cherishes you when you buy from them with adding gifts and samples to your orders. They also frequently offer some really great deals that are worth it. I, pretty much check their facebook page everyday and it still amazes me how they take the time to answer every questions or thanks customers and share enthusiast with them when they said they've received their package.

Anyway, I wanted to share this find with everybody, to me it's definitely a good experience, two thumbs up for di extraordinaire persons running this business ! Check out their website that I have linked to the picture on your left and if their products interest you, you should like their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/prettyandcute

I will probably go further on this once I properly test my B.B Cream =)

Edit : The Lioele Water Drop B.B Cream I bought fits good on me. It pretty much unify my tone and gives me a more healty looking skin. It doesn't cover much, but I took this one on this purpose because I don't feel much need for coverage. When I do need some, I take the Lioele Beyond the Solution mini to do the retouches. I never wore foundation but I can tell that this B.B cream (has any good B.B cream) doesn't feel heavy at all, it just feels like I used a regular hydratation cream.

Also BB cream is coming in Europe and America, brands like Garnier has started producing them or emitate them ? I am not sure but I plan on getting my hands on the Garnier one has soon has I find it to see if it's good. . .

Ta-ta !

Yes . . . me too

You know what I am only thinking right now ? PLAY SKYRIM ! So I am stuck in my university room while my magnificient PS3 is waiting in my room at my house. . . Seriously Viva el weekend I can't wait to play again. Okay it might feel no life or game addict, but I just feel this way from time to time, a kind of crave to play video games. . . A crave as stong as chocolate craving.

Other than that today I realised how christmas is coming fast. Well in one month today my term will be over and I will be with my family being all festive. I don't know how I got to love that time of the year. I just like to see my family, eat good food and being reunited I guess. . .

Meh there is still a long harsh road before getting there which is : end of term
FIIIGHHHHTOOOOOOOOOO !!!!

Life is Hard (Dakedo) but Happy

Life is certainly hard ! And right now I am at the point where I have to grab what is in front of me to get to the ''happiness'' part. So I will write a bit more about why University the past year has meant hell for me . . . In Québec after highschool we have a little bit more precise scholar establishment called Cégep. There you can do a DEP (Preuniversitary diploma) of 2 years (mainly in Human Sciences, Nature Sciences, Communications and Administration) or you can do a technic of 3 years that gives you the opportunity to get a job afterwards or go to university anyway (DEC-BAC). As for me I went in Human Sciences since I wanted to be a psychoeducator and no technics exist for this profession (only similar ones). My 2 years went with average grades (even tho I did not do my absolute best at it) except in mathematics and economy, I totaly fell in an eternal black hole with these courses which lowered my total grades. Even tho I had some difficulties there I really loved the surrounding, the teachers, well the experience in general.

 But once it came to subscription for universities, we didn't take much chances and sent letters in every single one that was giving the program. One after all they came back with a note of rejection. Except for one in Abitibi-Temiscamingue. . . You might not realise it, but Québec is huge and that place is 16 hours in car away from my home and it's quite far from everything so I decided not to go over there and instead subscribed to a program that was accepting everyone and had common courses with what I wanted to do.

Even tho it looks like a good thing, it wasn't. The classes weren't interesting me, so at the end of the first term I asked to change program but was refused again. So I continued in a program that I disliked. At the end of the winter term I was about to demand a change of program again to realise that they weren't accepting any new candidat for next automn, which means (if you followed me well) that I screwed an entire session of 1600 $ and more for nothing. . .

And so summer came, I started to work (2 jobs at a time) while trying to find a university that would want of me. . . I found a program in Social Service near my hometown that was given by my last university and thought it would be a good idea, since it's close and well even tho it's not exactly what I want to do it gives pretty much the same jobs. So I sent the subscription with the money asked for the administration, we sent it by UPS with a signature from the ones that were getting it there AND guess what, they lost it from the docks to the administration office! Of course I couldn't know, I was patiently waiting my answer but the check wasn't passing in my bank transactions. At this same time, our canadian post was in strike so I thought that the delays were caused by this but near the end of July (university starts in lat august) I called and told me they never got my inscription, but I told them I had the signed proof from Purolator that the package made it there, so the women lied to me saying that all the students check would pass in a week or two and that they will send me an e-mail to tell me the answer. No need to tell it was another refusal, plus the check never passed, which means they never had my subscription in hand and when they checked my school folder their groups were probably already full  !

My last option I could think about was to go back to Cegep in another program to find something else and so I went to consult  the counseler there and she found me the certificat that I am doing now. This certificat is the back door to get to the psychoeducation program in a certain university. If I get good grades, I might be taken. If not, I will pretty much be out of solutions.

Do I have to mention that all this was and is still giving me alot of stress and I am not a stressed person at all.

Lately the governement talk about raising the university fees saying we pay less than the other provinces because we made the decision to make university accessible for everybody and thus students should ''do their part''. . . Well what I have to say about this is accessible MY ASS. The school system is full of bureaucrates who are told to do their job slowly, to lie to students in need because of their errors, etc. The money the governement gives to the universities are for marketing, marketing, marketing, football a mere sum is going to the student in the form of loans and grants, which only 20 % of the students have acces to . . .Doing our part ? Or the part you invest in useless shit ?

Oh laziness when you hit me !

Recently I seriously have no energy at all ! No energy and no inspiration. . . So I guess I will just say random stuff. On november 17 it will be the Leonid Meteor Shower, for those who watched Ryusei no Kizuna, well it's that same Meteor Shower. The weather in Quebec should be great for it but I just need to find a place where there is not much city lights. . . And I don't quite know the city soooo it sucks.

Last day I dreamed that I was with the members of Arashi ^^ it was fun ! Somehow, we were singing A Day in our Life and at the end when Ohno-san does all the yeaaahhh yeeeeaaaahhh woooOOOOOHHHH ! I was imitating him and all the other members were laughing XD . . .  And that's it . . . It ended like that    hahaha. But after that, waking up seemed easier and I felt like after a random fun dream like that I could handle anything ! Even the course of Social Problem  . . . Well maybe not that class is way too boring . . .