向着长方荧幕对看
电脑程序让人厌烦
手指快速敲击键盘
陆陆续续打了好一段
一零零一二进制代码
荧幕字眼越来越密麻
想了又想思绪变混乱
还是解不开密码过关
时间一秒一秒在流逝
电脑显示下午二时
我睡坐在这懒惰椅
无法忍受沉重眼皮
想离开 想回去
时间却不断提醒自己
而我打着上班日记
希望有人明白这心理
偷看对面静坐的SV
正同时望向我这里
原想偷懒放个屁
也得赶紧缩了回去
最后打到了结局
一时兴起没留意
身后站着个SV
我只好对他笑咪咪
他看看荧幕的字体
含糊粗话加法语
临走前赠我一句
"其实我会读华语!!"
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Showing newest 11 of 16 posts from January 2009. Show older posts
Showing newest 11 of 16 posts from January 2009. Show older posts
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24 January 2009
Tommorow will be my third weekend? 1st I went to Paris, 2nd i stayed in Le Creusot, tommorow should be going to Lyon, a bigger city to meet up with Dr. Naufal, my lecturer aka advisor aka supervisor.
It's hard to think of something different to cook everyday. Well, you can choose not to, but then you'll have to eat the same old stuff everyday yeah? After few days of rice and spaghetti, I finally got bored.
Here's my dinner today, its potato cubes fried in ham and long beans. I just learn that you call the long beans Haricot. And there's a phrase here "c'est la fin du haricot", which literally means "Its the end of the Haricot". But what it means is actually , "alamak"!! An expression used when something really bad happened.
I learnt this while I was over in my friend's room last night. Matthias invited me over for dinner, but I've already cooked, so instead, I went over for some drinks. And french really love liquor i guess. He has a cabinet, fridge, table full of alcohols. And they are real good.
A picture of two of his liquors, the green one is exeptionally hot, and it taste sweet. He showed me one of the barred item he owns, 89.9% alcohol. Crazy yeah? No wonder it's banned.
And after some drink and chats I left. I have just bought myself some heinekken in the evening. It's cheap. Only 4.40 euro for 6 cans(rm3.6 per can), same price with a piece of tuna sandwich here. Guess who's smiling now.. Hahaha...
Had a can of beer, and man I had a good sleep that night!!
On a side note, here's a picture of snow falling during the day back in the office. I was concentrating with my work, and suddenly Matthias asked if I ever seen snow falling, I said nope. So he asked me to have a look outside!
It's hard to think of something different to cook everyday. Well, you can choose not to, but then you'll have to eat the same old stuff everyday yeah? After few days of rice and spaghetti, I finally got bored.
Here's my dinner today, its potato cubes fried in ham and long beans. I just learn that you call the long beans Haricot. And there's a phrase here "c'est la fin du haricot", which literally means "Its the end of the Haricot". But what it means is actually , "alamak"!! An expression used when something really bad happened.I learnt this while I was over in my friend's room last night. Matthias invited me over for dinner, but I've already cooked, so instead, I went over for some drinks. And french really love liquor i guess. He has a cabinet, fridge, table full of alcohols. And they are real good.
A picture of two of his liquors, the green one is exeptionally hot, and it taste sweet. He showed me one of the barred item he owns, 89.9% alcohol. Crazy yeah? No wonder it's banned.
And after some drink and chats I left. I have just bought myself some heinekken in the evening. It's cheap. Only 4.40 euro for 6 cans(rm3.6 per can), same price with a piece of tuna sandwich here. Guess who's smiling now.. Hahaha...
Had a can of beer, and man I had a good sleep that night!!
On a side note, here's a picture of snow falling during the day back in the office. I was concentrating with my work, and suddenly Matthias asked if I ever seen snow falling, I said nope. So he asked me to have a look outside!
For some reason, it's great to see snow falling. I wonder!
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22 January 2009
Day 16 - A Walk 0-Kiss Me Now!!
Seems like the days are getting longer. Perhaps its due to the sun rising earlier and setting later each day. Or maybe its just me feeling that way since I often spend my night doing nothing other than watching gem of life.
Just went for a walk outside after dinner. Wanted to explore the last part of the city which I never went before. Everything is closed. I looked at my watch, it says 830pm.
Sidenote: I asked my french colleague where to visit in France, he drew me a map of france and labeled every tourist attraction and train to reach there.
Its not that cold anymore. Just chilling. Though you still have to keep your jacket on.
As I walked on, I saw lots of boutiques and perfume shops around. The mannequins stared at me through the glass that separates us. They are still on with winter clothings. While the doors were shut tight, lights were still on shining at the displays with the word "Soldes" hanging all over. I guess that means "Sales".
Sidenote: Wisnu(an Indonesia friend), gave this curry paste to me!
The street is long and wide, with shop lots on its both sides. Peugeots and Renaults are often seen parked alongside the road.
Once a while, cars zoom pass with loud blasting music. Other than that, everything remain still. Even the black cat that was hiding behind the garbage bin watched me walk pass in silent.
Breathing in the cold air for a while now, I shivered. Reminding me that I forget to put on my long johns. One thing I notice, smoke forms as I breathe, but not for the french. I can't stand breathing the chill air through my nose, often than not, I notice myself breathing through my mouth, maybe that explains it.
I reached the end of the street, at a big cathedral on my right, and an administration office right in front of me. It is all steel and glass, reminding me of the academic buildings back in UTP.
Sidenote: My dinner today, Belacan Chicken with Long-Beans in Egg Fried Rice
I turned around and followed the way I came. "Dong dong dong~~", the sound came from the cathedral right in front of my apartment I knew. The clock strucks 9. Sometimes I wonder, French people are not very religious in nature, they are mostly atheists. Yet, cathedrals are found everywhere. Everywhere you turn you see huge cathedrals jokes aside.
I hurried my way back to my apartment, passed by the cathedral on my left, the big clock on the very top shows 9.15. I turned into the lane on my right and walked along the bridge that leads to the entrance. I noticed the only light from the whole building comes from my room balcony which is on the top floor. Everyone else's windows or balconies are shut tight.
Where the hell are all these people? Don't they need light to see? It's a horrible scene to a foreigner who's all alone by himself in a foreign land.
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Just went for a walk outside after dinner. Wanted to explore the last part of the city which I never went before. Everything is closed. I looked at my watch, it says 830pm.
Sidenote: I asked my french colleague where to visit in France, he drew me a map of france and labeled every tourist attraction and train to reach there.Its not that cold anymore. Just chilling. Though you still have to keep your jacket on.
As I walked on, I saw lots of boutiques and perfume shops around. The mannequins stared at me through the glass that separates us. They are still on with winter clothings. While the doors were shut tight, lights were still on shining at the displays with the word "Soldes" hanging all over. I guess that means "Sales".
Sidenote: Wisnu(an Indonesia friend), gave this curry paste to me!Once a while, cars zoom pass with loud blasting music. Other than that, everything remain still. Even the black cat that was hiding behind the garbage bin watched me walk pass in silent.
Breathing in the cold air for a while now, I shivered. Reminding me that I forget to put on my long johns. One thing I notice, smoke forms as I breathe, but not for the french. I can't stand breathing the chill air through my nose, often than not, I notice myself breathing through my mouth, maybe that explains it.
I reached the end of the street, at a big cathedral on my right, and an administration office right in front of me. It is all steel and glass, reminding me of the academic buildings back in UTP.
Sidenote: My dinner today, Belacan Chicken with Long-Beans in Egg Fried RiceI turned around and followed the way I came. "Dong dong dong~~", the sound came from the cathedral right in front of my apartment I knew. The clock strucks 9. Sometimes I wonder, French people are not very religious in nature, they are mostly atheists. Yet, cathedrals are found everywhere. Everywhere you turn you see huge cathedrals jokes aside.
I hurried my way back to my apartment, passed by the cathedral on my left, the big clock on the very top shows 9.15. I turned into the lane on my right and walked along the bridge that leads to the entrance. I noticed the only light from the whole building comes from my room balcony which is on the top floor. Everyone else's windows or balconies are shut tight.
Where the hell are all these people? Don't they need light to see? It's a horrible scene to a foreigner who's all alone by himself in a foreign land.
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20 January 2009
Things I cook in the past week 0-Kiss Me Now!!
Started from preserved food like sausages and hams and pastas, I moved on to cooking rice and spaghetti.
Due to limited resources i can only make do with what i have. hence the canned sardin and egg.
Bought some spaghetti and bolognaise sause and voila they tasted good too.
And my selfmade maggi chicken soup spaghetti noodle. Now i know why maggi is still the best food at home.
Then I bought some chicken from the supermarket today and managed to cook some chicken, and the egg and sardin to go with the rice.
Still, there's no vege, will buy some tomorrow.
Oh and I bought my very 1st french legendary bread that rumours said it's one of the top ten deadliess weapon in the world. Hard enough to kill some dogs.
And the cheese, yeah, they come in the tom and jerry cheese form.
Now i know why cheese is being drawn that way. They really looks like tht. Read more...
Due to limited resources i can only make do with what i have. hence the canned sardin and egg.
Bought some spaghetti and bolognaise sause and voila they tasted good too.
And my selfmade maggi chicken soup spaghetti noodle. Now i know why maggi is still the best food at home.
Then I bought some chicken from the supermarket today and managed to cook some chicken, and the egg and sardin to go with the rice.Still, there's no vege, will buy some tomorrow.
Oh and I bought my very 1st french legendary bread that rumours said it's one of the top ten deadliess weapon in the world. Hard enough to kill some dogs.
And the cheese, yeah, they come in the tom and jerry cheese form.
Now i know why cheese is being drawn that way. They really looks like tht. Read more...
18 January 2009
Paris Day 2 0-Kiss Me Now!!
As promised, here is Paris day 2. Here's a lot of pictures with minimal writings. Bear with it.
Since the other night we weren't able to see much of the Arc, we went there again on the second day.
This is just the opposite of the Arc, and next you'll see that we can actually go underneath the Arc, where it is actually a hotel. you can even stay there with an awfully high price to pay.
Then we walked around Champs Elysees. There are a series of weird things here.
1st of all, we see a peugeot in exhibition. 1st look you'll say the car is heading the left.
Yeah? But actually its totally the opposite, the car front is on the right,
and its rear the left.
Defying all of the famous bernoulli principle of air flow yeah? Next up is the hanging car.
Why on earth would someone hang a car on the wall i wonder? Then as we window shop, we found the famous 6 stories Louis Vuitton.
And we entered Adidas looking for some jersey, and here's a huge poster hanging on the wall left to its entrance.
Now does anyone notice anything weird bout the poster? A football player holding a football in his hand?? Yeah i guess he's trying to say if you don't have a basketball, use a football, hence the line impossible is nothing.
Also, the trees here are weird too, it's as if there's a boundery or a line which restricts its growth to the extend that all the branches branch out to the same length to form a line.
Do you see that? As if the picture was cut into half. And another one below.
Next we went to this garden called Jeu De Paume. Its a very beautiful place with nice sceneries,
since you can see the big ferris wheel,
the eiffel tower
and some beautiful monuments around.
Yeah, a big stone man and women doing their thing with a pegion resting on top of his head.
There's a big pool in the middle too, just that it all turn into ice now in winter.
And pegions walk on it..
Oh and thats us, acting cute..
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Since the other night we weren't able to see much of the Arc, we went there again on the second day.
This is just the opposite of the Arc, and next you'll see that we can actually go underneath the Arc, where it is actually a hotel. you can even stay there with an awfully high price to pay.
Then we walked around Champs Elysees. There are a series of weird things here.
1st of all, we see a peugeot in exhibition. 1st look you'll say the car is heading the left.
Yeah? But actually its totally the opposite, the car front is on the right,
and its rear the left.
Defying all of the famous bernoulli principle of air flow yeah? Next up is the hanging car.
Why on earth would someone hang a car on the wall i wonder? Then as we window shop, we found the famous 6 stories Louis Vuitton.
And we entered Adidas looking for some jersey, and here's a huge poster hanging on the wall left to its entrance.
Now does anyone notice anything weird bout the poster? A football player holding a football in his hand?? Yeah i guess he's trying to say if you don't have a basketball, use a football, hence the line impossible is nothing.
Also, the trees here are weird too, it's as if there's a boundery or a line which restricts its growth to the extend that all the branches branch out to the same length to form a line.
Do you see that? As if the picture was cut into half. And another one below.
Next we went to this garden called Jeu De Paume. Its a very beautiful place with nice sceneries,
since you can see the big ferris wheel,
the eiffel tower
and some beautiful monuments around.
Yeah, a big stone man and women doing their thing with a pegion resting on top of his head.There's a big pool in the middle too, just that it all turn into ice now in winter.
And pegions walk on it..
Oh and thats us, acting cute..Read more...
17 January 2009
Day # Lost Count - Internet!!! 0-Kiss Me Now!!
Finally after two weeks without internet connection, I manage to hook up the internet in my room!! And its superbly fast!!
Now can have more updates easily..
Also, there were so many mini celebrations in the office last week. First of all, it was Bushra's birthday, she bought a whole two bags full of bread and cakes for us early morning on tuesday.
The lady to the most left is Bushra. I wish I could tell you where is she from, but it slips off my mind, some other day maybe. The one in the middle is Indi, not from India but Thai! Another thai girl I met. Thats 2 out of the three ladies in my department.
Then it was farewell for Gonen(I finally found out how to spell his name) the turkish guy since he left for Istanbul to continue his studies.
Then there was this celebration of Jesus's Birth in the whole uni where all the staffs(including me) were invited, they have some cakes served with wine. Too bad i was too shy to take pictures since everyone was in kinda serious mode.
On a side note, since I was bored with pasta already, I managed to cook some rice. Taste great!!
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Now can have more updates easily..
Also, there were so many mini celebrations in the office last week. First of all, it was Bushra's birthday, she bought a whole two bags full of bread and cakes for us early morning on tuesday.
The lady to the most left is Bushra. I wish I could tell you where is she from, but it slips off my mind, some other day maybe. The one in the middle is Indi, not from India but Thai! Another thai girl I met. Thats 2 out of the three ladies in my department.Then it was farewell for Gonen(I finally found out how to spell his name) the turkish guy since he left for Istanbul to continue his studies.
Then there was this celebration of Jesus's Birth in the whole uni where all the staffs(including me) were invited, they have some cakes served with wine. Too bad i was too shy to take pictures since everyone was in kinda serious mode.
On a side note, since I was bored with pasta already, I managed to cook some rice. Taste great!!
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16 January 2009
Day 11-Misty Days Ahead 0-Kiss Me Now!!
Been reallly cold and misty here in the morning and evening, cant see a thing in front.
Used to wake up early but now decided to sleep more. The weather is just too nice that you would feel guilty for waking up so early. great isn't it.
This is the lunch at student cafeteria for 2.8€. cheap and a lot. but i only went there once.
And two of my colleagues matthias and benjamin who are really helpful and nice here.
Also, the balcony night view that I promised to post up. here it is..
Have to work, so keep in touch later.
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Used to wake up early but now decided to sleep more. The weather is just too nice that you would feel guilty for waking up so early. great isn't it.
This is the lunch at student cafeteria for 2.8€. cheap and a lot. but i only went there once.
And two of my colleagues matthias and benjamin who are really helpful and nice here.
Also, the balcony night view that I promised to post up. here it is..
Have to work, so keep in touch later.
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14 January 2009
Day 8-Cooking 1-Anymore Kisses?
So it's day 8 here in France. Am starting to get used to the life here, the cold weather and everything else aren't as strange as before anymore. The fear of living in a land where no one can understand you gets smaller as courage grows yearning for survival.
Even my fingers are getting use to the strange keyboard they have here. Their keys positioning seems to defy the ease for typing english, to have a fullstop, you need to click the shift. I wonder. Yet i can type as fast as before now with minimal typo error. Well, it means something doesn't it?
And i'm getting used to the food here as well. Learning to cook some simple meals for myself. After all, if it burns, no one's gonna taste it other than me myself.
Made a simple breakfast yesterday,sausages and egg, typical.
And today, I had some pasta for dinner. Happy that it didn't burn.
Actually its really simple to cook meals like this, buy a ready made pack of pasta, some hams, hotdogs and eggs, and throw them all in the pan for few minutes and voila!! It's cooked!!
But I wonder if I would be able to take this pasta for 6 months here? maybe i should start getting some ingrediants and start cooking for real. Then perhaps I can cook something like sweet and sour ham(cause there's no raw pork here, everything is preprocessed).
Still maintaining my daily routine of washing up, work, home, blog, documentations, bible, sleep. Interesting life eh?? Haha..
Was talking to an indonesian friend today, he asked if I would join him for Gym after work, i know I should, but kinda lazy, so i said maybe some other day. Typical me.
I ought to socialise more with people here i know. But laziness kicks in, well, some other day perhaps.
Also, I'm gonna hang out with some colleagues in the pub sometime this week. Life is getting better i guess.
On another note, the Mcdonalds in Paris, ought to be the most busy one I've ever seen. Usually, McD in Msia have only a maximum of 6 counters with only 2 open yeah? Look at this, fully pack, there are so many counters i guess it would be more than 15!! All in one row!!
Amazing!! Read more...
Even my fingers are getting use to the strange keyboard they have here. Their keys positioning seems to defy the ease for typing english, to have a fullstop, you need to click the shift. I wonder. Yet i can type as fast as before now with minimal typo error. Well, it means something doesn't it?
And i'm getting used to the food here as well. Learning to cook some simple meals for myself. After all, if it burns, no one's gonna taste it other than me myself.
Made a simple breakfast yesterday,sausages and egg, typical.
And today, I had some pasta for dinner. Happy that it didn't burn.
Actually its really simple to cook meals like this, buy a ready made pack of pasta, some hams, hotdogs and eggs, and throw them all in the pan for few minutes and voila!! It's cooked!!
But I wonder if I would be able to take this pasta for 6 months here? maybe i should start getting some ingrediants and start cooking for real. Then perhaps I can cook something like sweet and sour ham(cause there's no raw pork here, everything is preprocessed).
Still maintaining my daily routine of washing up, work, home, blog, documentations, bible, sleep. Interesting life eh?? Haha..
Was talking to an indonesian friend today, he asked if I would join him for Gym after work, i know I should, but kinda lazy, so i said maybe some other day. Typical me.
I ought to socialise more with people here i know. But laziness kicks in, well, some other day perhaps.
Also, I'm gonna hang out with some colleagues in the pub sometime this week. Life is getting better i guess.
On another note, the Mcdonalds in Paris, ought to be the most busy one I've ever seen. Usually, McD in Msia have only a maximum of 6 counters with only 2 open yeah? Look at this, fully pack, there are so many counters i guess it would be more than 15!! All in one row!!
Amazing!! Read more...
13 January 2009
Paris Day 1 0-Kiss Me Now!!
So I went to Paris over the weekend and met up with 3 other Malaysians who went over from Nevers. Honestly, I do not know where to begin. I have a dozens of picture taken there, just Eiffel Tower alone might even have more than 30 over pictures. Damn. Where should I begin??
Day 1
I started off from TGV(High speed train in France) in Le Creusot, took a 50€ (RM250?!) train for 1 hour and 15 minutes to Paris.
Notice my gleeful face already!! Paris here I come!
Anyway, we met in Gare de Lyon(one of Paris’s biggest train station), and in this freezing foreign land, it is really a relieve to meet up with your fellow M’sian friends, no joke!!
Then as we arrived somewhere in the north of Paris(near to our hotel), to relieve ourselves from the heavy luggages, I saw thick thick white white snow.. Hmm, my 1st encounter with snow..
And some crazy people drag the luggage into the snow when there’s supposed to be another lane with dry land. Overly excited I guess.
Another picture of us, playing with snow while others stared at us like some freaks!!
Here’s a picture of us studying the map planning our escape route in Paris. Along the way, we saw this park where a dog sits. Not sure what kind of dog is this, but its really common here just like you see Chihuahua in Malaysia.
Cut the long story short, we reached Notre Dam..
This is not it, Notre Dam is opposite this building(which I’m not sure what its called)
And of course my self taken picture!!
Next it was Eiffel Tower!! So much for the majestic Seven Wonders of the World!!
Oh and this is me on the bridge right opposite Eiffel Tower.
And it is really rare to get snow in Paris due to the enormous heat produced by the vehicles and people. So my friend decided to praise the almighty Sun and Snow scene.
With the sun setting, moon starts to shine. And to our surprise, its FULL MOON!!!
Notice that one of the round shining egg yolk hiding behind the trees is not a street lamp but a full moon. If you cant see it still, here it is!
How rare is it to see Eiffel Tower with the Sun, Snow, and a Full Moon altogether on the same day?
Anyway, next attraction would be the arc called L’arc de Triomphe at one end of the famous Champs Elysees. Its one important place for the French where on national day there will be massive celebration there.
Due to Christmas and New Year, decos are all over the place. Here’s a picture of another friend with me, notice the Eye of Paris(that’s what my friend calls it after eye of Malaysia) behind!!
Hell yeah I’m excited looking at the beloved street of Champs Elysees!!
Next stop, Musee du Louvre which is where the legendary Mona Lisa was kept!
Not sure why, but this triangle structure here is the main entrance, there’s actually three of these pyramids like structure. This is the middle one, with one more on each side which is smaller.
Due to time constraint, we do not have the opportunity to peek at Aunty Mona’s smile and say hi to her, but rest assure, I’ll be there again!!
Another view, notice the pool is frozen, and some guys decided to walk on it.
The ice breaks and they fell eventually. Wakakakaka!!
Lastly, we went to Pigalle, some might heard of it, the red light district of Paris.
Here’s an interesting shop name where I was told that people come all the way to take picture of this. (Sorry it’s a bit blur here but I know you can make out what it says!!)
Next is the largest sex shop in Europe!! Yeah I was there, on the inside!! But there’s nothing much to it, I think Amsterdam would be more interesting! =P Read more...
Day 1
I started off from TGV(High speed train in France) in Le Creusot, took a 50€ (RM250?!) train for 1 hour and 15 minutes to Paris.
Notice my gleeful face already!! Paris here I come!
Anyway, we met in Gare de Lyon(one of Paris’s biggest train station), and in this freezing foreign land, it is really a relieve to meet up with your fellow M’sian friends, no joke!!
Then as we arrived somewhere in the north of Paris(near to our hotel), to relieve ourselves from the heavy luggages, I saw thick thick white white snow.. Hmm, my 1st encounter with snow..
And some crazy people drag the luggage into the snow when there’s supposed to be another lane with dry land. Overly excited I guess.
Another picture of us, playing with snow while others stared at us like some freaks!!
Here’s a picture of us studying the map planning our escape route in Paris. Along the way, we saw this park where a dog sits. Not sure what kind of dog is this, but its really common here just like you see Chihuahua in Malaysia.
Cut the long story short, we reached Notre Dam..
This is not it, Notre Dam is opposite this building(which I’m not sure what its called)
And of course my self taken picture!!
Next it was Eiffel Tower!! So much for the majestic Seven Wonders of the World!!
Oh and this is me on the bridge right opposite Eiffel Tower.
And it is really rare to get snow in Paris due to the enormous heat produced by the vehicles and people. So my friend decided to praise the almighty Sun and Snow scene.
With the sun setting, moon starts to shine. And to our surprise, its FULL MOON!!!
Notice that one of the round shining egg yolk hiding behind the trees is not a street lamp but a full moon. If you cant see it still, here it is!
How rare is it to see Eiffel Tower with the Sun, Snow, and a Full Moon altogether on the same day?
Anyway, next attraction would be the arc called L’arc de Triomphe at one end of the famous Champs Elysees. Its one important place for the French where on national day there will be massive celebration there.
Due to Christmas and New Year, decos are all over the place. Here’s a picture of another friend with me, notice the Eye of Paris(that’s what my friend calls it after eye of Malaysia) behind!!
Hell yeah I’m excited looking at the beloved street of Champs Elysees!!
Next stop, Musee du Louvre which is where the legendary Mona Lisa was kept!
Not sure why, but this triangle structure here is the main entrance, there’s actually three of these pyramids like structure. This is the middle one, with one more on each side which is smaller.
Due to time constraint, we do not have the opportunity to peek at Aunty Mona’s smile and say hi to her, but rest assure, I’ll be there again!!
Another view, notice the pool is frozen, and some guys decided to walk on it.
The ice breaks and they fell eventually. Wakakakaka!!
Lastly, we went to Pigalle, some might heard of it, the red light district of Paris.
Here’s an interesting shop name where I was told that people come all the way to take picture of this. (Sorry it’s a bit blur here but I know you can make out what it says!!)
Next is the largest sex shop in Europe!! Yeah I was there, on the inside!! But there’s nothing much to it, I think Amsterdam would be more interesting! =P Read more...