France’s take on social media is quite different than that of the United States, especially when it comes to finding a job. However I’ve been following Joshua Waldman casually for years to keep up with upcoming trends and ideas in the event I decide to move back to the States. And it was the relevance of his 7 minute video explaining how to use Gist.com to manage and track your contact list that seemed the most useful to expatriates…
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The following morning while the coffee was brewing in the kitchen, Mark playfully wrapped his arms around Jasmine and lifted her up, Jasmine wrapped her legs around Mark’s waist, and the two fell onto the bed.
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Mike’s intercom rang letting him know somebody was downstairs for him. Mike was an expat from a small town in deep Utah studying in Paris for the semester. Nearly all of his student loan money went to tuition and down payment for a small ‘chambre de bonne’.
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It was 8:00 in the morning in Mr. Jasso’s Wednesday morning Microeconomics class, and all of the students had their laptops, notebooks, and sharpened pencils out on their desk.
“Alright guys, everybody quiet down. We’ve got a lot to cover today. Now who can give me an example of the cost-benefit principle from last week’s news?”
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“Make a wish, my little angel Susie!”
And there, at the Palais Royal Park in Paris, France, Daddy’s little angel, closed her bright blue eyes and made a wish.
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It was a cold and rainy September night in Paris, and I was alone working the small bar with just a few casual drinkers sitting around watching an old re-run of America’s funniest commercials. I could tell it was going to be a looooong night.
I could also tell by the crowd of responsible drinkers that there was NO way I was going to meet my beer sales quota for the night.
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Ibrahim, a well-dressed and attractive Arabic man in his early 30s walked into the bar. “Excuse me, can I speak with the manager?” Ibrahim asked the barman.
“That would be me.” The barman responded.
“The sign on the door says you’re looking for barmen. I’ve two years experience, I speak five languages, and I can start immediately.”
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While cleaning my apartment I came across an unscratched fake lottery ticket I had purchased from the dollar store in the US the year before. I decided to use it on Vincent, a French bartender who worked alongside me at a bar in the 4th arrondissement.
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