Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236I heard from my friend Tom on Monday. He was telling me "Next weekend is the last weekend where I am available before going traveling for 6 months. You should come. Plus we are having a party on the boat." I didn't think twice and booked my flight to London Southend. Believe it or not but when I landed in London the weather was much nicer than in Geneva. Great start to a great week end. Tom had attached his boat near Hackney Wick station, north-east London. He lives on a barge with his girlfriend, Josie. On Friday evening, Tom and I had a quite night, just catching up over a beer and pizzas at a pub and later drinking Gin&Tonic in the barge (while listening to the pub's DJ). Saturday was a beautiful ... read more

Geo: 46.2038, 6.13996After weeks of absence, the sun finally came back this afternoon. Oh yeah! Obviously, I had no plan after work, except doing some grocery shopping because tomorrow is a bank holiday so everything will be closed. Once back home I remember I had seen something called Ciné Transat while browsing the internet looking for thing to do in Geneva. As it is an outdoor event I haven't had a chance to go yet. It's a really cool festival. They have an inflatable screen that that put up at the bottom of a park, near the lake. If you want you can rent a deck-chair (5 CHF) or just bring your own chair/cover to sit on. The projection starts at night fall. I arrived there a little before 9pm, with my picnic, a blanket, a ... read more

Geo: 46.2038, 6.13996In a completely different register compared to last Friday concert, I went to see Kotaro Fukuma. He is a pianist and tonight he was playing solo. Over the past few years he has won a lot of awards. I am not very familiar with the field but he seems that those were big awards. And I heard some people in the audience talking about him as being a virtuoso. Well, he actually plays extremely well. At some point, I found myself wondering 'How can he plays so many notes at the same time? He only has 10 fingers!'. I really like listening to the piano. Some piece can really tell a story and take you on a journey across mountains and dessert, through happiness and hardship. Tonight, we listened to a contemporary piece, Musica ... read more

Geo: 46.2038, 6.13996This week end, the weather was splendid, except for the thunderstorm on Sunday evening. There are a lot of thunderstorms here. I have never seen that many! So I took advantage of the sunshine to enjoy Geneva. I went to the science museum where an outdoor exhibit was organized. The theme was 'What shines…' Most of the stands were for kids but some were also for adults. I went to mini conferences about the life and death of a star, about metallurgy, about the golden ratio in nature, and genome and money. The conferences were set under a tree. It was really nice. My favorite stand was animated by PhD students looking into the interface between two surfaces. The experiment they had on the stand showed how to make a liquid mirror using gold ... read more

I am moving to Geneva. And before the big move I spent a week there at the end of May. It was my first time visiting this city. To my surprise, it is much smaller than I expected. There is only 200 000 people leaving here and it seems very quiet. I don't know what I was expecting but after a year in NYC and having travelled through some of the biggest city in Asia, this city just feel like a town to me. I hope that there is more to do here than it seems. Why going to Geneva? Ok so my first reason to go to Geneva is because I have been offered a job there. And this actually is my main reason. This job is a great opportunity and I will work with ... read more