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                                              01/24/2001  | 
										 
										
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                                   Today
                                  is a loosing day.
                                   Tightened in the hut for the night, we're
                                  all wet and suffer several mosquitoes attacks,
                                  'tiger mosquitoes', black, little and angry
                                  (hungry?). And let's not talk about the crabs
                                  and all the mysterious animals around that
                                  prevent us from falling asleep. Our bodies
                                  look like geographical maps, with hills and
                                  red and arid areas. 
                                  To end with this, it was really a sh...
                                  night. Today, we all look like wandering
                                  zombies on the desert island. 
                                  You sent us here for this 'survivor'
                                  experience and, after enjoying the firsts new
                                  days, the Paradise turned into a passage in
                                  Purgatory. There are some tensions in the
                                  group, some even want to leave the island
                                  tonight... we'll see! 
                                  But everybody has now to work and try to do
                                  his best. Vale and Aleko spend their day
                                  fishing under the sun. Instead of catching
                                  fishes, Vale gets a violent insolation. At the
                                  moment, she's not very well and rests in one
                                  of the fishermen's houses. Theo desperately
                                  tries to connect to the Web, but it seems that
                                  even satellites don't come around here. We
                                  fear not to be able to send this Journal. Maya
                                  films what we're doing and looks for
                                  inspiration for today's editing. Marco spends
                                  his day in 'stand-by'. 
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                                               We had
                                              brought a treasure on the island:
                                              a pack of chocolate biscuits.
                                               It has disappeared !!! 
                                              The news spreads around the
                                              atoll : what is 'The Mystery of
                                              Biscuits' ? The suspects are : us,
                                              Aria and Mun, the fishermen and a
                                              long list of animals: from ants to
                                              crabs, from mice to a strange
                                              reptile (a kind of iguana) that
                                              Marco saw yesterday. Then, the
                                              enquiry narrows around the human
                                              beings. It's one of us ! 
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                                               Rumors and confessions... The
                                              atmosphere is tensed : the
                                              biscuits were the only sweet left
                                              (except the sugar bags).
                                                After a long discussion, here
                                              is the culprit: it was Aleko ! 
                                              Accusation: he ate on his own a
                                              precious possession of the
                                              community. 
                                              Defense: "I was suffering
                                              of a strong lack of affection and
                                              I was not the only one... Was I,
                                              Theo ?" 
                                              Make up your own mind, Virtual
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                                               The only
                                              positive element of our insomniac
                                              night was the vision of the
                                              wonderful spectacle of stars. 
                                               But on the first observation,
                                              we are lost. Do we have the head
                                              upside down ? We lost our point of
                                              reference, the Polar Star. But we
                                              found the South Cross. Finally,
                                              here is what unifies the two
                                              hemispheres: the Milky Way. 
                                              The Moon reminds us Bernardo
                                              Bertolucci's movie: 'A tea in the
                                              desert', when he says : "Full
                                              moon is once a month, but how many
                                              times can you say you really
                                              watched it ?" 
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                                               NICOLE
                                              - thoughts
                                               "Stay a few days on a
                                              desert island ?... therapeutic and
                                              re-dimensioning. You become very
                                              small again in front of Nature,
                                              submitted to its whims, and you're
                                              astonished by its wonders." 
                                              "I am humble and
                                              respectful again (...for just an
                                              instant maybe), even if I belong
                                              to the animal that communicates
                                              with satellite phones !" 
                                               
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											| Our
                                              ultimate day on the island...
                                              unless some of us decide to leave
                                              it tonight ? | 
										 
									 
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