I’m not speaking here about school girls and their uniforms. I’m really going back to university. But this time, as a speaker. And I’m waiting for this moment impatiently. It will happen in the Armenian French University, in Master curriculum. I’ll tell you more about it next week. I’ll do an introduction to “ePortfolio concept, as it’s one of the competences axes of the Internet Centres I’m managing. It’s 22h30, and I just finished my course support. 1h30 will be more that short for this ;). More details soon, of course.

2 pretty much explicit articles, from turkish blogs, about this famous french bill about armenian genocide, which debates related to are endless. (Thanks to Globalvoices, selected articles are mainly objective).
I’m looking for pictures from thankful demonstrations in fron of French Embassy here, ion vain.
French Funnies &
Liberté, Egalité, Stupidité. What do you think about it?

I know I’m a bad blogger, 3 weeks without posting, it’s outrageous. I’m sorry, it won’t happen again.

Where to start?

Oh, yes. The first big news for me is that I won’t stay as long as scheduled in Armenia. I was supposed to spend initially 3 years for KASA Foundation, but I’ll leave in the end of june. Why? because 3 years is pretty long in such an environment. There is also some professional reasons, but this is not the question on that blog.
I’ve really been pleased by the way my boss reacted when I announced them my choice. Thanks again for your support.

Anyway, until then, I’ll have to work twice more. But, the work seems to be really interesting. (I’ll speak a bit more in my future posts).
That makes me spending one third of my working time in Gyumri. I’ll try to stay a bit more, so I can discover life from inside.

I’ll also have a bit time to think a bit more to my future projects (either to stay in Armenia , so I’ll be able to keep a consultant look on the projects I’ve been working on, or go in another country, stay in the cooperation world, on go back to business). Time will tell

And it’s during my meeting with Julie, french volunteer in Vanadzor pour SPFA via Armenian Volunteer Corp, who just came back to France this week that I realized my chance to live such an experience : one year and a half long experience outside france, in a very different environment, and moreover, a job pretty much interesting. Anyway, Julie, good luck to the hard and tough come back to the parisian life

Coldness is coming step by step, and if Yerevan is still a bit sunny, the country is getting into the rigorous caucasian winter. I really aprehend to face -15°C temperatures.

I went to Adesa concert last week. It’s a band from Ghana pretty interesting, mixing traditional ghanean music and more conventionnal reggae, and acrobatic and juggling performances. Musically speaking, it was really well done.And it was interesting to see how armenian people were reacting to a music they were not used to listen to. Indeed, african music is not so played here in Caucasus. More than half of the club finished the concert dancing around tables. A really nice evening so.

This is almost over for tonight. I hope I’ll be starting to blog more frequently. And finishing to integrate the whole website. Wait and see …

Christophe Baroni me signale un reportage sur le génocide arménien sur la chaîne Planète (TV), ce mardi 24 octobre, 11h05-12h, sur la chaîne Planète TV. “Arménie: histoire d’un génocide” (décidément, le sujet est à la mode ces jours ci) sera rediffusé le 30 et 31 octobre à 10h55 et 01h10. Si vous souhaitez mieux comprendre ce qui s’est réellement passé, c’est une occasion à ne pas manquer.
Je sais je ne donne plus de nouvelles, mais je vais me rattrapper ce soir, ou demain grand maximum.

Here we are, the Year of Armenia has started in France. Here is the program, in french.

Concerning France in Armenia, it is starting well.

. French Cinema festival is being inaugurated tomorrow (a mix of classic comic movies, and more unknown ones, I’ll give you some updates, I’ve received some invitations through the foundation), french delegation has came in Yerevan this week end. Let me say some words about it, and even show you some pictures.

The all new France Square (formerly called Opera Square).


Mashtot & Sayat Nota streets.

AFP picture.
French president Chirac, who seems to enjoy his stay (look at Khotcharian president, who doesn’t seem to be so used to meeting the crowd.).
Anyway, put aside the folkloric aspect of all these businessmen came here on their persecuted ancestors, French President Chirac’s speech, asking turkish government to recgnoze his history about the “genocide” made the event here. The other issue about Armenia entering EU, is not really actual. Turkey and Georgia will be integrated before.

On saturday evening, Charles Aznavour gave a triumphal concert in front of an overcrowded Republic Square, on a stage that could host both of ACDC and the Rolling Stones. Poor Charles gave maybe the concert of his life in front of an attendance totally blinded by his fame. He could barely sing properly his classical songs, but who really cared? Most of people present were saluting his energy. Anyway, I saw Charles in Erevan. Many people would envy me ;).
Some pictures.

About my humanitarian foundation’s activities, : we are inaugurating consecutively EspaceS training center in Yerevan, and a new building in Gyumri, Arevamanuk center (Child of Light, in armenian), hosting KASA activities in Gymri and Leonardo Gmur foundation, aimed on psychsocial support for kids. I’m in charge of managing all the editing tasks about documents concerning these events, and it’s not so easy, i really swear. It’s been three weeks I’m working 6 days a week in tight schedules, so I need to watch out about myself until Christmas holidays in late december.

Something a bit more insane : some strange tags, Yerevan downtown. Onnick Krikorian shows pictures. And reports reactions.
See you