Weekend trip in Paris

Well I was bored out of my mind in 'lil old Nice, so on impulse, checked out with Chloe and turns out she's free, and on the next day, was on my way with my haversack to the train station to get my ticket to Paris. And voila! Off I go!

2nd day:

At the famous Notre Dame

Inside

the backview was much prettier and it had a lovely garden as well

Paris is so refreshingly beautiful. Was busy snapping away like I haven't done in Nice

I have no idea what's the name, but this cathedral looks damn good from the outside

Huge crowds at the stairs leading up to the cathedral. Lotsa entertainers around too.

In search of Moulin Rouge, we had to walk along what is known as SEX street. They had all the shops selling sex toys, bars that offered lap dances etc., it was amazingly, well, public

Moulin Rouge. Didn't pay 90 euros to watch the Can Can dance. No time. And that's freaking expensive

Eiffel tower. Lights up so beautifully at night. With white sparkles periodically. Nice

Catching the Rugby finals at the big screen in front of the Eiffel tower. Lotsa English fans.

But they lost. The S.A.s next to us were going crazy!

3rd day: DISNEYLAND

Sleeping Beauty's Castle

They were all prepared for Halloween. The people were dressed in funny hats and costumes. They had ppl queuing for some halloween make-up. It was fantastic.

Rollercoaster was actually stuck on the way up, for about 10 mins or longer? See the person in green? That's the assistant, think sent up there to explain what the hell's happening. Freeaky. But we still took the ride anyway.

Can't believe I got excited meeting the Disney characters. There were so many! From chicken little, to lilo and stitch. And here's one with Pinocchio, who was the only one unpopular enough for me to sneak a photo with him. *grinz*

Disneyland at night was simply amazing. The street lights. The atmosphere. The crowd still there. And look at the posters! They're lighted too!

4th day:

At the Opera House. Freakishly nice. The grand stairs was really grand. Took lotsa photos. Here's one from the balcony, blurred by the stupid night mode of my camera

Gold walkway with hanging chandeliers. Awesome.

@ Jardin de Luxembourg. Really nice. I'm a sucker for gardens. Especially Autumn time

How could you not love it? Nice pond. Autum leaves. Striking flowers.

Can someone please tell me whether Nice has any of such gardens!? I swear I'll be there after every class, just to nua and soak in the relaxing atmosphere and mother nature. Birds chirping. Pigeons diving. Rustling autumn leaves. And staring at beautiful flowers. That'd make my day.

Sunday in Nice (7 Oct)

There's practically nothing to do on a Sunday (everything is closed!) except the following:

Visit the fresh market at Old Nice

Check out the candies

Go to a friend's place to have the most yummylicious meal yet in Nice

and end up taking a photo to remember the day: me, Cecilia, Hazel

I know this is long-due, but I was having some problems with my uploading of photos, so kinda forgot. Don't scold me! Heh.

About blogs

Just stumbled across a blog that apparently belongs to my friend. Never knew she had a blog. And it's actually dated back to 2004!? Reading through the entries (what! i was bored!) made me realize how little I know what's going on in her life and what's she really feeling. Discovered a whole new her. Feels painful to know that we've been separated by an invisible wall that I didn't know existed. Or maybe I haven't been putting enough effort, or maybe I didn't care enough. It's not going to be like this. Although I'm further away now then ever, considering I'm not even in Singapore, I'll put in more effort. I promise.

But that's it about blogs isn't it, allows the true you to shine through when you're too afraid or shy in person. The sense of security through the computer screen.

My Room

Here's finally some pictures of my room.

My not-so-messy desk

Sofa + wardrobe

me bed
My first cooked meal: fried egg rice. doesn't look too bad eh?

Tried to add more pics, but sth wrong with the uploading. Ack. So shall do it some other time.

So anyway, have been having 1 week of classes already, Intro to EU law, and Information Systems. Simple stuff so far, so simple it's amazing. =P Especially since IS is like SMU's course of AIS. PLUS, the teacher treats us like idiots, going REALLY slow. Go to file, click on save. -__-

Can't wait for HFR and co. to come. It's finally get-out-of-Nice time. Getting a little restless in Nice. Even if it's a really nice place. BAH.

1 Oct First day in School

School has started, and I accidentally signed up for a class called 'Business Game'. How exactly did I ACCIDENTALLY sign up? Cuz there was a 'welcome orientation' in the morning of 1 oct for those who weren't here for the pre-term intensive french course on 10 sept. So I was there happily listening to all those talk about practical issues, which ended after a boring 1 hr.

We were then ushered to the auditorium for a 'welcome speech' and the 'opening of the program'. (which took all but 10 minutes). We were then asked to proceed to the 'business game' and those who were in the english track were asked to move to another room.

So I happily followed them, entered the classroom, checked out the name list, wondered why in the world was my name not there. Then informed the teacher, and cuz apparently this happens really often, he just assigned me to one of the teams.

After we were in our teams, we were just talking, and we took out our course lists to compare and see whether we had any same classes, and VOILA! I realized that this IS a course. FREAK! And so I had to go talk to the teacher again, and blah blah blah, all the administrative stuff, and the teacher was really nice. He registered me into the class (totally not allowed to do any changes to our course choices), and so yes, I have now an extra 6 ects on my transfer. Amazing.

Really glad I took this course though. Met a group of great people. And helped me get integrated with the exchange people, cuz most of them already knew each other from the pre-term french course. If not, I'll be stuck at home without knowing anybody but my flatmates. HENG arh.

28 Sept A day in Nice

Being totally bored with nothing to do in my apartment, I decided to take a 8 min walk to Place Massena, this popular square in centre Nice. Just across the road, is Old Nice (known for its 'old town' architecture)

The fountain at Old Nice

After which, decided to take a stroll along the Promenade des Anglais, which is the famous beach in Nice, that has absolutely NO SAND.

The wind that day was soooo strong. Just take a look at my hair.

Beautiful scenery

Different nationalities. Singaporean (DUH), German, Irish, English

Me, Maria, Sandra (my flatmate)