my first post from france! wow, how momentous. certainly so considering that i do not have internet connection in my room yet ( how crap, word has it that it would come in Oct, *keeps fingers crossed* ), and i always have to walk to ecole centrale paris (gibson's sch) and use his laptop. thank god for him and his T1 connection. its a pity that i have to walk abt 20 mins to his place tho. i walk a lot more here than in spore. before i launch into a tirade about the happenings these past 1 week, i would like to thank all of those who had come to send me off at the airport. Merci beaucoup! and do keep in touch.
never have i embraced fellow asians and PRCS more effusively! seeing another chinese/asian wld immed trigger a thought of 'hey! another tong2 zhi4..' im feeling homesick from time to time, and this is especially punctuated when i call home/email with my family. i guess i'll never say this again but i really miss all the musique that my DJ parents spin, and teasing/talking with my bro too. all this is worsened because im always doing things and settling things on my own, in a language of which i have only mediocre mastery. and the lack of company occasionally sets me pining for sporeans back home. one gd thing about not having sporeans around you is that ure forced to mix around with other people. my french language cls is a mini-UN conference in itself (as in US and UK for that matter), and
since theres not many sporeans around, u mingle with the affable causasians. and they are really havoc ppl. after a dear meal of Macdo for dinner that cost 6 euros, we went clubbing, and i venture to say that they are really really havoc. for one thing, their shots are very strong and yet they hold their liquor damn damn well, but the things they do after that! they pull tables to the centre of the dance floor and dance on it, and this italian girl started fondling and kissing passionately with another guy that just joined her, tsk tsk.. oh, but how they grinded.. haha
its been one week already, and its not easy at all settling in on my own. i feel very lonely and down at times, and being the only sporean in my residence as well as always witnessing other ppl hanging out with their fellow kakis from back home sux. worse still, the weather's getting colder. imagine walking back home at nite with no one on the streets and ure feeling cold despite wearing a jacket. joy. thankfully theres a couple of sporeans in the towns near mine. and settling my own 3 meals is another big headache.. catered's the way to go next time. and carnivorous me yearns for a big bowl of salad rite now, the angmohs' throats are really amazing ,they eat so much meat and heaty food and yet they dun get sore throats! what i need now is a big mug of liang cha! haha. things are so expensive here, ive spent abt 500 euros so far this week,rent included. gdness. there goes my grandiose dreams of traveling around the region! a blardy pre-paid sim card costs 30 euros,and it only has 4 euros credit, so i need to spend another 25 euros to top it up. @#$% 26 euros just for manufacturing/ labour/ delivery/ packaging costs??! 55 euros gone just like tt. there goes my grandiose dreams of traveling around the region! nvm, shall scrimp and save hard.
on a better note, im going around paris a lot! so far ive covered the louvre (5% of the exhibits at most, the place is too big..), eiffel, montmartre, champs-elysees ( shopping! impossible ), moulin rouge ( shaz, you would be right at home amidst the sex shops ha!), notre dame and st-germain. all very grand for sure, but i think all the architectural splendour is lost on bourgeoise me as i only go 'wah...' for a moment or two, go shutter-happy, walk around a little and then im done. pics wld be up another time. alright, i have to go back and study for math and physics now, sigh, tests next week. and my first chem and optics lecture tmr! wish me luck in attaining 100% comprehension.
Raunchy!!! I like!! haha :)
