back home sweet home…

with the free wi-fi available in the Hotel Cezanne, I should have posted at least something when I’m in France but I was out of the hotel most of the time.. and the minute i get back, all i want to do was wash up and go to sleep.. and when I wake up, I logged in to Class 95 and listen to Vernetta while getting ready for the day..

the trip was okay, minus wednesday & thursday when i got so homesick that i just wanted to home there and then.. it’s no kidding when it comes to expenses there, everything is much more expensive than in Singapore sans wine, of course.. dinner was always a long affair and getting back to the hotel at 11pm was normal.. and charging an average of 40E for each dinner was also normal, it’s like I’m paying for 2 at the Straits Kitchen or something like that,

this time I managed to be a tourist too. With Julie as our guide, I went to see smaller towns and see their castles and villages. Andrew brought me round the port of Marseille and the trip to Monaco with Florence was interesting and tiring. The whole country is on a cliff facing the sea so you’ll need to walk up slopes and stairs to get to places, I think my heart almost stopped after climbing a few flights of stairs to get to the palace, but the country was beautiful and I think I had seen my lifetime share of Ferraris in all possible colours, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Bentleys, etc, etc..

I brought home at least 10kg of chocolates, most of them are Rocher Suchard. It’s great to be home..

status update…

let’s see how I’ve fared since the last post..

Buy playpen for Nardyne – checked. Imagine you were sleeping and you suddenly felt something fell on the pillow beside you, will you be shocked?? hehe no, I calmly rolled her over to the other side and went back to sleep. (For those who don’t get it, Nardyne climbed out of her crib in the middle of the night and fell onto the pillow that I put between me and the crib. Without crying, she then popped her thumb back into her mouth and went back to sleep. I think she just want to sleep with me)

Economics exam paper – checked. If I’m smart, can score 69 points. If not, at least I got 19 points to buffer hehe

Bowling with cousins – checked. We went to the Civil Service Club to bowl on Saturday. It has been a long time since we last bowled together. errmmm the last time we bowled together like this, that was the first time I met Dino, not with our KA chatter group of friends??!!??!! *sound effects – jeng jeng jeng* .. that was like 9 years ago??!! *more sound effects – jeng jeng jeng!!* okay enough of the drama. But seriously it felt good, the light workout and the casual conversations plus the usual nonsense (like bringing in and hiding food and drinks bought from outside). Of course something new is the kids, my Nardyne and my cousin Nenny’s Asfa interacting.

Marketing exam paper – checked. After almost 2.5hrs, my brain’s dead, my fingers’ numb, my toes’ frozen. Don’t want to think about it anymore

Accounting and Finance exam paper – continue revision. Need to memorize formulas

Cut my hair – checked. Finally got it done, couldn’t care less of the style so I cut it boy’s style

Send shoes to cobbler – half check. Need to collect from cobbler tomorrow morning before Accounts paper

Borrow large luggage - checked. Borrowed from Dino’s aunt a large luggage since I’m going away longer this time.

Pack luggage – still not done and not planned yet. Usually I will make lists of things to brings but I haven’t started on this yet

Test video conferencing – failure. I might as well give up and just go ahead to record some messages for Nardyne instead

Pay fidyah – must do either tomorrow or Thursday

Return Nardyne’s jumper to TRC and accompany Adik to IKEA – tomorrow after exams