Category: Life

Have only 2 hours to shop around before leaving to catch the plane, so I went down to the nearby train station to take more pics and bought some porn magazines for friends. Haha. When I was done, I had an hour left to rush to Champs Elysees and buy more stuff. Sadly by the time I was there, I had 30 minutes left, just enough for me to rush back to the hotel to pack up my stuff and leave. [:(]

Throughout the 10hour flight from Paris to Bangkok, I didn’t sleep at all. They first showed Chasing Liberty so I watched. They also showed Cheaper by the Dozen, Rundown, Timeline on the plane but they were dubbed in French, subtitled in English. Then it was off the plane, to the Royal Orchid Lounge provided only to Gold Members like my boss. We spent 2 hours waiting there for our next flight. I learned that instead of taking a direct flight to Paris from Singapore, we saved a few hundred just by flying to Bangkok and then take another plane from there. The downside is we lose 3-4 hours of time.

At the Duty Free Shop in Changi Airport Singapore, I bought a 1litre bottle of Absolut Vanilla. Vanilla flavoured Vodka. It’s only SGD$22.50 but I can only buy 1 bottle with 1 passport. I originally wanted to buy another bottle of Vodka too.

It’s so good to be home… I love my old keyboard.

Today will be short. I am allowed free time after lunch if I get my work done. The guy I’m liaising with isn’t here yet but I hope at least he can provide me with the new codes we agreed on yesterday. I plan to go shopping for souvenirs and any interesting stuff that can’t be bought in Singapore.

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Note to self: WORK SHOES are NOT SUITABLE for WALKING LONG DISTANCES! Damn my feet hurts bad. I spent 3 hours walking from office back to my hotel to pick up the digital camera and then down to the Madeleine Cathedral it was a magnificent view inside. Then from there, I headed south to an obelisk, went across the Seine river and walked alongside it all the way to the Eiffel Tower. The queue to go up was longer than the day before so I gave up all hope of spending 10.40euro to get up that tower.

Then I headed to the Galeries LaFayette Haussman, supposedly a shopping district, to look for more good items to buy. Went up one of the buildings and all 6 floors sell clothes and nothing else. Walked around the area and went into a chocolate shop. Spent 72 euro buying chocolates then I headed back to the hotel. We were meeting a China guy in the office and his wife for dinner at a Thai restaurant. Boss doesn’t drink much alcohol so it was me, him, and his wife to finish up the grape wine. They happen to know the boss of the restaurant and he offered us a bottle of champagne free. This is the first time I had champagne. I drank so much I feel blur but in control.

I slept the moment I went back to my room.

We ended work early to go sightseeing. Went on a bus tour around the place. We sat on top of a double decker tour bus which had no roof on the upper deck. The wind froze my face till it felt dumb and my senses and reflexes start to lag. We got off at Eiffel Tower. Went for a cup of hot chocolate to regain my warmth but to no avail. So we went back to a chinese restaurant near our hotel for dinner. The best way to regain warmth! [XD]

After that we went back to our rooms where I soaked myself in a tub of warm water before going out for another walk. This time I was alone and I brought my MD player with me to listen to while I roamed the area aimlessly. Embedding what I see and feel into the song that was playing.

Hmmm, I’ll make a short blog before I go back to work.

After work, boss and I was invited to George’s home for dinner, it was a short ride on the train. It was an authentic French home. Big and very beautiful. It had a wine cellar and a room with a pool table in the basement! The house can be so quiet I’m not used to it. I didn’t take pictures cos I didn’t want to be rude. But I took a photo with George at the train station which I will be proud to put up once I get back to SG. [:)]

The flight wasn’t too bad. I managed to sleep without much discomfort. The breakfast was delicious and they were showing the recent movie Timeline but dubbed in French.

The taxi to the hotel costs 45euro. The meter jumped very fast and there was a slight traffic jam. At the hotel, seems like someone has arranged seperate rooms for us. Sweet. The air is icy cold but tolerable.

Right now I’m blogging in the office of our partner. Boss is presenting my websites to the other important people. The keys on their keyboards are quite different and I’m having difficulties typing. A switched places with Q, Z switched with W and M moved next to L. Period, comma, brackets are all over the place.

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After work, my boss and I headed back to the hotel to put our bags and change into something more comfortable. Then he brought me to the famous Arc de Triomphe. It costs 7 euro to climb up the stairs. There was a sign saying it has 284 steps to the top. I stopped counting at 195 cos there was a small meuseum inside. The view from the top was the best I have ever seen. I bought a little gold souvenir coin from one of the vending machines in the meuseum for 2euro.

It’s because the twin room that my boss booked does not have 2 beds so the hotel owner’s brother, who is one of the important person my boss is meeting, arranged for us to have seperate rooms. Some guy came into my room last night while I was sleeping. He left apologising saying there was a mistake when I woke up to look at what’s going on.