A new week

Well it's monday today and so far it's not looking too bad (apart from one thing which I'll come on to in a moment).

I filled out all the forms to get a rebate for my rent from the CAF today so hopefully that should go through soon and I should get something back from them. I went out to get some bread and envelopes, then had lunch, and then went back out to post the letter.

After I'd posted the letter I walked up to la Défense. I wanted to see if there are any uni bars around as there is a uni just there. As I was reaching the top of the bridge which crosses the road/railway between me and la Défense, who did I see? A friend from uni! He's studying at Nanterre and arrived last week. It turns out he's living in one of the places I looked at and has found it as quite there as I have here. Anyway, we've arranged to go out tonight so I'm going to see if the guy on my corridor wants to come (and if he knows anyone else).

On to the not so good thing. After talking for a bit, I carried on to la Défense and went into the CNIT building. I went into the newsagents to see if they had a magazine when I noticed the headline of "Le Monde". Erk! I'm not going to write anything myself because you can read it for yourself here and in English here. In case I haven't said, I will be working for Thales soon (in a different division of the company). This has nothing to do with the part of the company I'll be working for but I may edit this post later. I've put this on my blog because it affects me. Not directly in any way but in the fact that I start at the company next week and it will be interesting to see the mood within the office.