wayfaringwordhack: (tortue)
[personal profile] wayfaringwordhack
Maji ya ujaya kayaendrelewa mbiyo.

On ne court pas après la marée montante.
(You have to know how to wait.)

Monsieur et Madame Faure will be leaving the fair land of France for the hot and humid isle(s) of Mayotte on August 15th, and they will thereupon pay an exorbitant rent for an apartment on Dzaoudzi, tan, snorkel, dive, feed lemurs from their balcony, gorge themselves on tropical fruit, bathe in essence of ylang-ylang, learn Shimaore, give daily thanks for the invention of AC, save poor geckos from their ravening cats, and battle the moustique tigre to keep from getting chikungunya fever.

Monsieur will do his best to help uphold law and order, and Madame will (if things go according to plan) do her best to inflict her native language on the young prisoners of national education when she is not writing, exploring, or mermaiding.

Baãda dhiki faradji.

Après les difficultés, le bonheur.
(after difficulites, happiness)

Date: 2 May 2006 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kmkibble75.livejournal.com
You'd not believe how envious reading this made me.
Bloody happy for ya, ma'am. :-)

Date: 2 May 2006 09:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
It was the part about humidity and mosquitos that made you envious, wasn't it? Maybe "exorbitant rent"? ;-)

Date: 2 May 2006 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kmkibble75.livejournal.com
Honestly -- feeding lemurs. :-) So much cooler than the squirrels I have.

Date: 2 May 2006 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
Yeah, I can't wait to see how our cats react to them. They look to be about the same size, and our cats let a local tom bully them, so I don't really see them attacking an animal of the same size. It will be interesting. Mayotte doesn't have the prettiest species, but I'm looking forward to living with them nonetheless.

Date: 3 May 2006 03:47 am (UTC)
pjthompson: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pjthompson
Way cool! Conga rats!

Date: 3 May 2006 07:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
Thanks, PJ. *joins the conga rats*

Date: 3 May 2006 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merebrillante.livejournal.com
Congratulations to Madame et Monsieur, but methinks we in LJ-land will be feeling your loss rather keenly.

Never so weary, never so in woe ...

Date: 3 May 2006 07:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
Ah, but the beauty of LJ-land is that it is accessible anywhere there is Internet, and Mayotte, though the connections be primitive, is "branché" (we correspond regularly by email with a cousin and colleague there) so we'll still be in touch. :)

Date: 3 May 2006 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frigg.livejournal.com
hehehehe...

You do know that posting pictures on LJ is obligatory, right?

Date: 4 May 2006 07:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
Wellll, J is having fun looking at cameras, so that shouldn't be a prob.

Does twirling jig of happiness

Date: 4 May 2006 05:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slmcgaw.livejournal.com
This is the news I was so hoping for. You know I said I was certain this would happen--I felt it in my bones--but there was always a niggle of doubt with those odd police customs. I'm thrilled this is finally a reality. And you know, Mayotte and Africa, Madagascar all interest me far more than France ever did as a place to visit. Not that I've got anything against France, just that it has never been a place high on my list of places to visit - dunno why - and having said that I know I would have found lots to interest me there, especially since that's where you are/were and the reason to go. Now when I come to visit next year after you are settled, I will appreciate the new destination. Must be because it was all part of Gondwanaland, of which I am so fond hehe. Congratulations on the great news!

Re: Does twirling jig of happiness

Date: 4 May 2006 07:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mnfaure.livejournal.com
I can't wait to see you no matter where it is, France or Mayotte!

Profile

wayfaringwordhack: (Default)
wayfaringwordhack

May 2025

S M T W T F S
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021 222324
2526 2728293031

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated 13 Jul 2025 08:38 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios