§ Summer Jobs - Erasmus - Trips §

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Monday 13rd of July: quiet job // crazy & lovely night, like I love
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Last night, after I lost almost all pool games against Francois. I have planned to help him in order to go to college. He starts at 9 so we must wake soon me I was supposed to wake at 7:30 and him 7:45 and take 1C bus at 8:15, like that we will arrive about 20 minutes in advance for find the good building.


We have drank a hot chocolat whilst telling funny story of fight, difference between northern french customs & southern custums before we go to the bed. I have set up  my alamr phone unluckly, I haven't anymore battery but I haven't noticed. Consequently, I was waken by Francois at 8. Of course, I could go with him else he'll be late. I was so so sorry. Normally, I succeed even to wake without my alarm phone...It's really weird human sleeping. Any way, I wake and take shower because I start to 10...No problem


Soon I arrive to the Cafe Rouge 15 minutes in advance, where there is nobody...I tell April that it's too quiet...It looks like death day. I asks her a little sandwish of bacon & tomato, just a cut hungry. 


There is a man behind the bar who fixes the fridge...Great news except I can't make nothing so I turn in round waiting he finishs. I look after the missed bottles in order to make the stock. But again once, I can't due to this stupid delivery. Yeah, Fergus wants first check it. So, I check on the book of cleaning rota...what can I do ...Unfortunately, there isn't lots stuffs for the bar! I have to clean & polish the silver patches on the bar but April has already made them...I'm really boring ...moreover there isn't a lot of staffs: Hannah, Owenh, Francky, April, Fergus, Darim, Aaron.


This afternoon, I have eaten a 'Poulet Breton' while Francky have asked for 'champignon/frites'. She likes french food, sometimes she goes to another French food nearly her house. During the meal, we have talked: she's new waitress too about 3 weeks. She needs money for University. She wants to study geography. She advises me Tiger Tiger if I want to make party.


Today I meet Maxime, he's young French too, very nice. He comes from to Britany where he has his English neighbor who found him this job of waiter, also welcome his home in Fareham without him but his children because he's gone to France. It's his first times that he works in the restauration, last summer he worked in a farm...too boring!


This evening, I have planned to make party in Portsmouth with Francois. So, I ask Maxime if he wants to join us. He accepts but he finishs work at 6 and he wants to come back at his home to eat and change him. Finally, we take interview in the Harbour station at 9.


Before I leave, there is Emma who has just come one hour in advance for eat and chat. She looks like a young French of 70's or 80's who goes to the beach. It has just missed her big red round hat and big sunglasses like a fly. She is too pretty. So I stay a few with her to speak. She is very nice. She used to work for a social agency which helps only old people in their everyday life. Indeed, she also studies to pass a social diploma. Now she works foretimes in the Cafe Rouge. She likes French food, she has asked for a 'friant au fromage de chevre'.  

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Finaly, Emma goes to work and I return at home, there is Francois  who is training to pool, Karen prepare the roast dinner: chicken this times, Keith is checking administrative stuffs and Vicky&Richard are in upstair. The dinner isn't completely ready, so I rejoin Francois to make a game. He tells me his day, his english lesson, his crazy customers, his lazy french mate, his pretty english mates. He's a true south man, he spends his times to all the time and he likes that all makes fast and without problem.

Last pool game before we leave, Francois goes to the bathroom during 30 minutes (A TRUE GIRL...he used to put a full creams...when he was young, he was model and he learnt stuffs in order to be beautiful)
While this time, we are watching Coronation street but I can't watch the second because I want to take a quickly shower and dress me.

It's okay, we are ready a few late but Maxim's train has also late. We take the first bus for city center and walk until Gunwharf quays where Maxim waits us. First, Francois wants to see, watch Cafe rouge's waitress. I don't like that to come back at work while I don't work...It's weird.

Finally, I accept but on the terrace because there is still Fergus. Flic comes to ask for drinks. Peter brings them and talks with us...He's too funny, I like his humor. Francois is disappointed because he can't see waitress, so he decides to finish his apple vodka inside. We present him the most pretty and he wants to work to Cafe rouge. I have offered us this drinks. Peter brings us free pass with free drink for the Tiger Tiger. Paul gives me his ticket too. Great what people ask?



It's done, now direction Tiger tiger. I have already checked where is it. It looks very quiet...but there is 2 bodyguard, guys finish to smoke and we are checked: Francois, his ID card; me, my student card and Maxime, nothing because he isn't enough old. But we succeed to entry free of course. It is very class: very quiet on the ground floor but there is music on upstair so we follow it. There is a big tiger in iron. Too class. In left side there is a too, too beautiful room full of disco bowls on the roof, very class & comfortable sofa...Decoration of slaughter!



I ask for us free drinks (orange vodka but it was redbull vodka). We sit on comfortable sofa waiting people because it's very quiet...It's surprising due to basickly Monday is Student party. There is more people on the terrace so I go to throw one eye: I see 2 young tipic English. I try to ask them why it's too quiet here, they speak a beat fast but I understand that they don't use to come here but they have received free pass and free drinks so they take advantage. I return with Francois & Maxime where they have made a challenge. Any way, guys want to smoke so we go on the terrace where the 2 english come to talk me a beat in french. They looks too funny. We drink a last glass with them because the bodyguard asks us to go to dance.


After they propose us to make the tour of pub/club in Guildwalk. Great, I have found guides for go to party. I love them. ALI (alejandro), one my prefered: we speak a beat french he has a little accent but it's so cude (he has started soon few years, he likes this but he thinks that it's hard tongue), we have spoke spanish too but he is better in french. He has a too PRETTY girlfriend, she names ROSSY and she succeeds to have me an english licence driver due to my student card isn't available, she loves french men, and would like to go Paris. An other mate that I like too is BEN (benjonimo), he is tall (1.90 easy), blond hair muscular, massive. He is come from to Poland. He has promised me that if there is a fight in the pub, he and other will defend us. He loves drinking and joking nicely until hangover but he is too strongh. He understands a beat french but he doesn't speak a lot. He likes going to France for make snowboard. He likes french food (la fondu). He doesn't come often in Portsmouth, he just know LINK and some mates, Link is a little crazy, he likes strongh feeling (he smokes....ect) he loves also France he used to go to holidays and he knows some sentences...too funny! After we have joined other mates nearly university, today is the Sam's birthday. We are almost 15 : Dan, a young tipic english too nice, he speaks a beat french. He has blond hair in firecracker. Deazy, she is too nice. She plans all the party and talk with bodyguard, cheat with card...she knows one sentence in french "puis-je enlever ma veste?" but always her little accent...it's too cude. We can't entry to Babylon so we go to Fuzzy Duck. Rajim an indian gay who has the same hair like me gives me his licence driver. I have to learn his details (Rajim N. 7/12/1990) if there would have a problem. Lucky  I'm , there is a fight on the street between 2 youngs and the bodyguard runs to stop them while ONE POLICE CAR AND ONE TRUCK WAIT TO MAKE NOTHING.