The joy of making a gift Every time I find myself thinking about a gift to do I discover again and again the joy of making a gift. It is not just a courtesy affair, it is something more. One has to choose the right present for the right person. The process of the choice is itself the gift. One must deeply understand the interests and the nature of the other person if they want the present to be perfect. I did many gifts, some of them were easier, some more difficult. I don't want to be repetitive nor predictable. I'd like my presents to be unexpected. I think the best gifts are the "unwanted" ones. When one receives something that has never desired the reaction is wonderful. For sure the present must be well chosen so as not to make unpleasant gift.

An infinite trip Last year I did one of my longest trip by car. It is a 7-hour journey if you are lucky, 8-hour journey on average. I did it to go to holiday with my girlfriend so we were in the right mood to tackle such a thing. The real problem was the way back. After seven days of total relax the thought of driving for so long had already brought me down but the worst had yet to come. The first four hours went through quite easily but at 3 o'clock P.M. we got stuck. There was a very long queue right ahead. The sun was so hot you could have taken suntan on the road. It took us nearly one hour to pass it by and to discover it was due to works on the road. Fortunately from there we didn't have other problems. There was only another important event: we saw an incredibly big fire. It had never happened to me to see such a big blaze. It was summer so it was normal to meet little fire but I had never seen before something like that.