Maccie - External Hard Drive: 1-1! I don't know who said it, but it seems to be true that there is a solution to any problem. Yesterday I wanted to back-up my notes from class and I had this not so pleasant experience. I could only read the drive but not write to it. After some googling, I came to understand that this was due to the fact that my External Hard Drive was coded NTFS. But as I pointed, there is a solution to almost any problem. There is this program called Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X that allows you to both read from and write to a disk without having to reformat it to FAT32 (which has a 4GB copy limit). So now I am able to tranfer files from Maccie to the HD, be it with a slow speed. That is least of my worries though. So are there any other problems that I need to be aware of?
I'm in a not so good mood right now. When I and a classmate left university around 12h45 were on our way to respectively the station and the bus stop, we were held by two older women, preaching us that we needed to be in class instead of skipping it. Saying we are wasting our future and that we will end up in jail or being junkies. We were both astonished that someone we don't know dares to say something like that. After her preaching, I served her this answer: "First, we are already 20 so don't treat us like children. Second, we are already in university so no one could care less if we attend class or not. Last but not least, class is already done for today and even if we had class later during the day, it wouldn't be before 14h00 so this means we would be enjoying our break and not skipping class". At that point we both turned our backs to the two noisy women, who obviously don't have anything better to do, and continued our voyage. I know I should just have nodded to their allegations and continued to the train station, but I felt completely insulted! Sometimes you wonder why people can't mind their own business...
So while I was having this problem with the HD, I started browsing through it and bumped on this documentary I thought I had lost years ago. But it wasn't lost, it was just greatly hidden in one of my 100 "new folders". I should really spend some time arranging and renaming the folders. Back to the documentary... The tittle of this documentary was Ghosts of Rwanda. It is about the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the actions, or rather the lack of actions from the international community. It is really heartbreaking to see people testify and see the pain in their eyes. And then the lame excuses from the international community. The worst thing is that this is now going on in Congo. Deny it as much as you want, but the same thing is happening there. People are being slaughtered while the international community "negotiates". The word alone is giving me the creeps. It is strange that wars in Europe are always considered "great" wars or even "world" wars, while huge wars in Africa are "just" wars. I do recognize the differences between the Rwanda and Congo situations. While Rwanda 1994 was more a ideological war, this is all about the money. Is there anyone who still believes this is about ideals? Well it is not! It is all about the wealthy soil. Money. That is what this is about. The soil was also the reason why Belgium wanted to keep, I believe, the Katanga region. Soil was also the only reason why China was investing in Eastern Congo. It ain't about ideals, it is about profit. Last Saturday I found this interview with Nkunda in the newspaper. The tittle was something like "I am general De Gaulle of Congo". I have not yet read the whole article, but the tittle alone makes me feel nauseas. It is truly unbelievable what is happening over there and Belgium is prepared to send some military convoys to the region to do... humanitarian work! Can you f*cking believe that? The MONUC can't even handle the situation and we are only prepared the do some nursing and feeding because "we are suitable for it". Let's just forget the past, the slavery and the robbing we once did over there and go to bed with a reassured conscience because we are doing humanitarian work (mind the sarcasm).
Some posts ago I talked about the new exam schedule system they wanted to try out. Seems like I was not the only one who had some thoughts and remarks on it because we were asked to sign a petition and now we received the announcement that the try-out will be postponed and the old method will be used. Hopefully I have a good one this year and not a crappy one like the last 2 years.
My back hurts and I don't know how that could happen. It's right on spine, somewhere in the middle under my shoulder blades. Probably a wrong way of sleeping, walking or air conditioning. Or a combination of all the above. Mom advised me to use this Chinese Tiger Balsam she has for sore muscles. I used it once when I twisted my ankle and it makes your skin burn. That's how warm it gets. Plus it has this really heavy and intriguing smell you can't get rid off... What could help is a warm bubble bath followed by a long massage. S, would you like to volunteer?
There is this one girl from class that is really bugging me. She thinks she knows everything and only her way is the correct way. When I was discussing something with a girl we both know, I think it was about French constitutional law, she made this really stupid remark that showed how stupid she was, but at the same time she was offending me in public. This one girl asked if I noticed that the prof skipped a part in the time line. I responded that I did not yet study the subject so I had to check my notes first to give an accurate answer to her question. All of the sudden this other girl was like "Oh but you always claim to have this great notes so even if he didn't see it this year, you could always pass the notes from last year". I tried to explain her that last year, we had a different professor for that subject and that he had a different angle on the constitution. You know what her answer was? "Oh so now you are claiming that the history has changed?" in a loud voice so half the town could hear it. How ignorant can you be? I mean the history remains the same, but two people can give a totally different angle on the same event. It's not a French example but lets go back to Congo during the colonization. What did they teach is back in school: Belgium was this messiahs who brought civilization into the country. This is one point of view and the second one can be considered the total opposite: slavery, torture, ... But now back to the French constitution, as politician and lawyer you know you can read the same text in many different ways according to the time, event or the most favorable reading. This professor has a different point of view than the one from last year and if that is so hard to understand, maybe there is something wrong with her and not with me?
Going to install this AirPort update and afterwards having dinner. Tagliatelle with mushrooms and a soft creamy sauce. Peace.
I'm in a not so good mood right now. When I and a classmate left university around 12h45 were on our way to respectively the station and the bus stop, we were held by two older women, preaching us that we needed to be in class instead of skipping it. Saying we are wasting our future and that we will end up in jail or being junkies. We were both astonished that someone we don't know dares to say something like that. After her preaching, I served her this answer: "First, we are already 20 so don't treat us like children. Second, we are already in university so no one could care less if we attend class or not. Last but not least, class is already done for today and even if we had class later during the day, it wouldn't be before 14h00 so this means we would be enjoying our break and not skipping class". At that point we both turned our backs to the two noisy women, who obviously don't have anything better to do, and continued our voyage. I know I should just have nodded to their allegations and continued to the train station, but I felt completely insulted! Sometimes you wonder why people can't mind their own business...
So while I was having this problem with the HD, I started browsing through it and bumped on this documentary I thought I had lost years ago. But it wasn't lost, it was just greatly hidden in one of my 100 "new folders". I should really spend some time arranging and renaming the folders. Back to the documentary... The tittle of this documentary was Ghosts of Rwanda. It is about the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the actions, or rather the lack of actions from the international community. It is really heartbreaking to see people testify and see the pain in their eyes. And then the lame excuses from the international community. The worst thing is that this is now going on in Congo. Deny it as much as you want, but the same thing is happening there. People are being slaughtered while the international community "negotiates". The word alone is giving me the creeps. It is strange that wars in Europe are always considered "great" wars or even "world" wars, while huge wars in Africa are "just" wars. I do recognize the differences between the Rwanda and Congo situations. While Rwanda 1994 was more a ideological war, this is all about the money. Is there anyone who still believes this is about ideals? Well it is not! It is all about the wealthy soil. Money. That is what this is about. The soil was also the reason why Belgium wanted to keep, I believe, the Katanga region. Soil was also the only reason why China was investing in Eastern Congo. It ain't about ideals, it is about profit. Last Saturday I found this interview with Nkunda in the newspaper. The tittle was something like "I am general De Gaulle of Congo". I have not yet read the whole article, but the tittle alone makes me feel nauseas. It is truly unbelievable what is happening over there and Belgium is prepared to send some military convoys to the region to do... humanitarian work! Can you f*cking believe that? The MONUC can't even handle the situation and we are only prepared the do some nursing and feeding because "we are suitable for it". Let's just forget the past, the slavery and the robbing we once did over there and go to bed with a reassured conscience because we are doing humanitarian work (mind the sarcasm).
Some posts ago I talked about the new exam schedule system they wanted to try out. Seems like I was not the only one who had some thoughts and remarks on it because we were asked to sign a petition and now we received the announcement that the try-out will be postponed and the old method will be used. Hopefully I have a good one this year and not a crappy one like the last 2 years.
My back hurts and I don't know how that could happen. It's right on spine, somewhere in the middle under my shoulder blades. Probably a wrong way of sleeping, walking or air conditioning. Or a combination of all the above. Mom advised me to use this Chinese Tiger Balsam she has for sore muscles. I used it once when I twisted my ankle and it makes your skin burn. That's how warm it gets. Plus it has this really heavy and intriguing smell you can't get rid off... What could help is a warm bubble bath followed by a long massage. S, would you like to volunteer?
There is this one girl from class that is really bugging me. She thinks she knows everything and only her way is the correct way. When I was discussing something with a girl we both know, I think it was about French constitutional law, she made this really stupid remark that showed how stupid she was, but at the same time she was offending me in public. This one girl asked if I noticed that the prof skipped a part in the time line. I responded that I did not yet study the subject so I had to check my notes first to give an accurate answer to her question. All of the sudden this other girl was like "Oh but you always claim to have this great notes so even if he didn't see it this year, you could always pass the notes from last year". I tried to explain her that last year, we had a different professor for that subject and that he had a different angle on the constitution. You know what her answer was? "Oh so now you are claiming that the history has changed?" in a loud voice so half the town could hear it. How ignorant can you be? I mean the history remains the same, but two people can give a totally different angle on the same event. It's not a French example but lets go back to Congo during the colonization. What did they teach is back in school: Belgium was this messiahs who brought civilization into the country. This is one point of view and the second one can be considered the total opposite: slavery, torture, ... But now back to the French constitution, as politician and lawyer you know you can read the same text in many different ways according to the time, event or the most favorable reading. This professor has a different point of view than the one from last year and if that is so hard to understand, maybe there is something wrong with her and not with me?
Going to install this AirPort update and afterwards having dinner. Tagliatelle with mushrooms and a soft creamy sauce. Peace.
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