Friday, July 28, 2006

a broken promise

yea, dats rite. i juz broke one of my promises before leaving to france.

however, i dont feel the tiniest regret or sorry. as a matter of fact, i felt joy and satisfaction.

well, ok im sorry but who could help it?? A tempting flowery silk dress from Zara which cost €19!!! THATS RITE! it was on sale here in france and they have clearing stock for summer since autumn is approaching, so this very beautiful dress was sold for €19!!!

i saw the exact same dress in malaysia, and i fell straight in love with it, pierre im sure u will recognize it once u see it. it's the flowery one, very colorful and u liked it as well (so dont be mad my darling...je taaimmee), cuz ive tried it before and i was soooo sad cuz my pocket didnt allow me to spend as much as RM 250!!!
HAHA......and finally, i found a reason to buy that dress, not that i need a reason to buy it, since its freaaakinngg cheeaaapp....!!!

sorry; kudnt upload a pic of the dress since its no longer in Zara's website. but lemme tell ya..!!

It's reaaaall pretty!!!!

Thursday, July 27, 2006

photos

yea, finally im able to update photos to my blog. The genius M. Genier has shown me the miracle between my laptop and the internet connection. VOILAAA!!!!!


and this is me, in front of the SNCF station of Tours. juz nearby pierre's house.





























and this is St. Germain where pierre's uncle lives, remember?













me, sok manis, in front of pierre's house. classic french, i guess, cuz ive never seen house like dat in either malaysia or indonesia.

yada yada yada...

wats new??

* Pierre-Louis paid a visit to Tours on monday nite. His arrival was such a lovely surprise. Eventhough, he was a bit concerned about his dad repairing the water tap in the garage (thank you to miss dita who has voluntarily fucked the washing machine, and in result, the water tap also got fucked ). HOWEVER, i was so happy as a french dog, who juz had the most luxurious dog biscuit and dressed in burberry dog shirt and sitting comfortably in its owner's LV dog-carrier-bag or some sorts. Well, ok, not like dat.... but i was literally jumping and TRYING to control myself not to kiss him too much since his parents were there.

* Spent a great day on tuesday with him. Visited his grand father and his girlfriend ( yea, dats rite, how cool is that that his grand dad has a gf!!! ROCK ON PAPI!!!) no, not like dat, in fact, this lovely lady has been with him after the wife passed away.

* Got to meet the famous M. Yann Petit and his gf.

* The washing machine is fiiiixeeeddddd!!!! YEEEEEYYY....!! oh i knew that M. Genier is such a genius!!! you haf no idea how relieved i was. oh, and the water tap too, it's fixed, not by M. genier, by M. Plumber.

* It was raining this morning...pheeeewww finally, after all these days with la chaleur, the rain was definitely refreshing, so i decided à faire une promenade dans la ville.

j'ai envie de manger de brioche chocolat.....mmmm..... a tout!!

Monday, July 24, 2006

BETE!!!

I hate the fact that i cant update pictures!!!! uurrrghhh!!!! because, first, this very computer doesnt haf a USB keyport, second, because the comp is slow, third, i dunno how to connect my laptop to the internet, forth, i dunno where i can find a wi-fi internet connection in Tours so that i can use my laptop to upload photos and fifth, i dont haf any blank cd to save my pics frm my laptop then to upload it from this comp, cuz as a matter of fact, there is a CDrom.

There you go!!!!!!!! AAARRGGGHHH****!!!!!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

artichaut


here we go.

i ate artichaut last nite for dinner. wat is it? well, its this flower-looking veggie (apparently) that looks like the pic above, the green one, not the violet one.

how in the world, do we eat this? ok, for those of you who happen to know and HAVE eaten this veggie before, oh well, save if for yourslef, let me haf the fun telling my amazement. ok!

well, first, u boli it for like, half an hour maybe, then the petals become soft and tender. then u juz eat it like dat. i mean, theres no need it to sautée it, fry it, or mix it with other ingredients, kaya oseng2 misal nya.. nope!

we pluck the petals one by one, then at the end of each petal, theres this tiny little edible 'flesh' that taste abit like potato flesh. but it was juz a biiiiitttt, tiny, almost nothing.and it tasted good actually. so thats wat i did, plucking each petal and biting the 'flesh'. so u imagine how many petals are there. until we reach almost the last ones, we plucked everything out, cuz the last petals were too tender, then we clean wats left at the bottom of the petals. and voila! there is the 'heart' of artichaut, it's called ' le fond' d'artichaut. and its shaped round, much thikcer and more visible to eat. hehe. and it tastes like, org indo bilang talas. tau kan? this part, we eat it with, oh well, since theres no sambel ulek in france, i ate it with moutarde and olive oil. NOT BAD!

there you go, my 'light' dinner, eating two artichaut.

Friday, July 21, 2006

paris, il faisait chaud!

bonjour à tous!

conversation 3 days ago by msn:

' sayang, i miss you, y u didnt go back to tours last nite? '

' miss you too, y dont u come to paris? '

' now?! how?!'

' by train lah......' still with his malaysian-english herited by the one-year living in KL.

then, i checked in the website, there was a 12.09pm train to paris montparnasse. where as now is 11.30am, donc, i haf like 30 min to pack, run to the station and buy my tix.

alors, à 13.30pm, je suis arrivée à paris. then, i saw my gorgeous beau walking towards me all smiling... aaawwww... he looked sooo cute! wearing a blue-strips t shirts with white shorts, conviscated from his uncle wardrobe i supposed. ah....finally, my upset-ness on monday nite was gone... at least i got to spend the whole afternoon and evening with him since he was off on tue.

off we went to grab sumthing to eat; kudnt stop smiling, hugging and **eheem* *eheem* u noe wat i mean.... well since france is a free country and wide-open-minded, so u know wat u can do in the middle of the street, in the train, in the train station, in the café, in the park, etc etc.. NO! not *that*!!! juz u know....cuddling with occassional lips-saluting. hehehehe....how i miss him...

then, we decided to spend the lovely evening in a park, nearby les halles. juz sitting under the shades of tree, talking, *eheem*-ing, watching toddlers running here and there, watching their nannies calling their names. then pierre fell asleep. he looked tired (still gorgeous tho), so i let him doze off.

later that evening, we went back to his uncle's place, which is in saint-germain en laye. a sweet, beautiful small urban district outside of paris. really lovely place. i'll try to upload some photos later. not now, lazy lah, the comp is quite slow.

anyway, his appartment was this, medium-sized cozy place, well, juz normal typical french unit. cold in the morning, but still hot as the sun goes up.

the next morning pierre had to leave early for his job, so i decided to faire le menage since i was home alone. then in the late afternoon, i went out to paris and went to Louvre, juz to look around, since i can get in for free (8.50€ otherwise). didnt get to see la joconde (monalisa) cuz i went to the wrong salle. ok tmrw then.
after he finished, we decided to jalan jalan in the Louvre carrousel, this small cute summer funfair juz à coté de louvre. no, we didnt ride anything

next morning, pierre left later than the day before. i did sum laundry and ironing for him. wen to Louvre again, hoping to see mona lisa, but it was too late, they closed at 5.30pm. yea, i arrived late, ok! well, ok c'est pas grave. elle étais en vacances peut-etre.
we went to jardin du luxembourg after. still as pretty as before. sat there for a while, and AGAIN pierre fell asleep. so, i was juz trying to avoid looking at the couple near us making out on a bench, looking like almost they stripp each other and make love there and then!! aiyooooo.......!!!
didnt get to meet si theng, cuz she was back from disneyland quite late, i was on the train back to st.germain. so juz wished her all the fun with her sayang also.

so i thought i shud juz go back to Tours today; why?? because, pierre's uncle's gf came, along with her DOG!! boo hooooo.....yea, ok hollywood (his name) is cute and all, hes blind as well, but no no no no, no dog under one roof with me, if u noe wat i mean..***

so here iam, typing away in my blog again, back in Tours with the Geniers. it was definitely a very very lovely few days with pierre again. it's nice to spend evenings in paris with my loved one.

Paris is a lovely city and it is definitely better with your most gorgeous, cutest and sexiest company!!
**TRY IT! wont regret it!* (no, not with pierre, with your own beau laaaah....)

Saturday, July 15, 2006

first movie in france

oui, c'est vrai! je suis juste revenue du cinéma pour regarder mon premier film en france, mais en Anglais! haha. i watched ' tournage du jardin'. it was...... weird and funny!

oh well.

first week in france

bonjour tout le monde!!

im sorry if i hafnt updated my blog since a week. which supposed to be the most happening and interesting week of the year maybe.

oh well, ive been bz and ive been moving here and there.

Lundi 10 juillet

landed safely, alhamdulillah, in CDG paris at 6.30am. monsieur Genier was already there waiting for me. another journey to Tours ( a name of a town south of paris, whr pierre comes frm) in a car for another 3 hrs!!! but before that, visited my darling first in the Louvre, i knt believe i stepped my feet on that incredible museum again. oh how nice it was to see him again. he looked good, hehe.

arrived in tours just nice for lunch, met the mommy and had lunch: they served me a bowl ful of strawberries and 2 slices of melon. yuummm......
i got to stay in pierrez room. the house is big seeing only 2 of em live there. there are 3 storeys!!

on that nite itself, i haf to leave again to Toulouse as i haf to take care some things there. so they drove me to vierzon adn i met pierre a la gare, en suite, on est encore parti. in the train for abt 6 hrs. got to sleep cuz therez a small bed for each of us.

Mardi 11 juillet

arrived in toulouse at 5.30 am; aurelien already there to pick us up. slept a bit then at 8 we left to mairie de toulouse to see the prefecture. but god knows that the queue is freaking looooooongg!!!! so we decided to come back tmrw earlier.


then we went to look for a flat. called agent, saw locaation, not happy, called another agent, saw another location, not too happy, until finally on wednesday we found something we like. its a studio room, €350 a month, with a small kitchen, nice bathroom and juz enuff living room to put a bed, a table and sum other furniture. nearvy some convenient stores and pubs, if i need one, hehe. oh nice.

tried to open a bank account but there was a doc that i didnt haf, so later la...

oh and today, i prodly announce that I WALKED A LOOOOTTT!!! under the heat of summer in toulouse, not so easy huh... i tell ya! its freaking hot here, almost 35 degrees everyday, every afternoon. but luckily, here is dry, we dont sweat that much, even wen we do, its not sticky. not like in malaysia. oh, hoping to lose weight by now....sigh..

Mercredi 12 juillet

woke up extra early to q at the mairie, so we made it at 7am, and guess wat, there are ppl already q-ing outside, uurrghhhh!!!! oh well, we juz had to wait till 9am!! dats rite 2 hrs waiting outside.

fortunately, the lady was nice, and she didnt meke the whole q-ing seems useless. i still didnt get my carte sejour, but its ok; at least itz done.

in the afternoon, we found a flat, as i told you before. and the agent was gay; hehe; hes cute tho.

Jeudi 13 juillet

the eve of fete national, so everyone was in a festive mood. ppl go out and drnking at bars and theres a big stage in capitol. ppl singing and dancing with the bands.

didnt do much today, juz relaxing since everything is done, so we took a promendae down the city and juz had our quality time together, with pierre, of course. ALMOST; mind you, almost did some dress shopping, but no. did some groceries shopping tho for aurelien and lucie.

in the evening, they wanted to see superman, so i juz came along. oh well, seeing it again in french kud be interesting. NOT! i fell asleep inside the theatre.

after, we had a simple drnking session of wine, aside with charcuterie, bread and frites in some spanish bar with weird decoration. as i told you; there were a lot of ppl since tmrw is the national day of france.

Vendredi 14 juillet

National Day!!

there was a military march in front of champs elysées; i saw it on TV, since im not in paris.

went back to Tours, took the train at 1pm, reached here at 6pm. had dinner with pierrez mum. watched tv and talked. i was watching ' qui voulais gagner un million?' and FRIENDS in french hahahahaahhahaahha!!!!!!!
then we waited for the sun to set to see the fireworks à la loire, nearby the river that is. well, since its summer, the sun will only set at abt 10.30pm.so yea, we always haf dinner in a bright sunny evening. interesting for me.

so off we went to see the fireworks. it was nice. some were boring. some were very pretty. well, at least it was my first fireworks in france!! yeeeyy!!!

went back home. tired. and off to bed at 1am.

Samedi matin 15 juillet

woke up at 9am/ everyone was still sleeping, so i decided to make a cup of coffee. which i dunno how to. cuz apparently, mr genier does it in a special way. oh well, so i took a galss of water and had some choc bars. ill figure out later how to do the coffee la.....

went upstairs and updated my blog. et voila! la premiére semaine en france.


Sunday, July 09, 2006

en fin

je pars ce soir, tout le monde.

le "post" prochain, je vous ecrirai en France.

a bientot.

Friday, July 07, 2006

one day famous (as if?!)

im in sarawak newspapers today hahahahaha!!!!
first time in kuching my face appeared in newspaper (u no believe, ask Gan loor...).

why was I in Sin chew daily ( yea ok, its chinese journal, i cant understand what they wrote, but AT LEAST im IN it!)??
remember the fashion show thingy, and yea i was one of the MODEL, note that, MODEL my fren!!!! haha!

the event went smoothly and everyone was happy abt it. including me. i was sooo nervous before the show started. i was waiting upstairs for my turn, then the first model went down, and i saw camera'z flashes all clicking and shining and i heard all the datins were talking n commenting on the dress. i didnt see it. but it made me feel soooo nervous and groggy!! damn!

then it was my turn. i took a deep breath and baca bismillah so that i wont trip n fall over the CM's wife. oooh la la....didnt I feel like Paris Hilton walking down the red carpet haha!. all the reporters started clicking their cameras wen I walked down the stairs. OMG!! i was sooooooooo shocked and I tried to be calm n smile as sweet as I can. :)

wen i walked in front of all the datins, they were like touching my kain batik n making datin-ish comments like " waah..this one is nice ah..so soft la..its silk isit? ya ya nice lah so pretty...." and bla bla bla.. i was like....OKAY...

then, off i went.down the stairs, up the stairs, posed and voila! my job is done (after the second round of course).

i wore a traditional brown javanese kebaya (my own) and very silky kain batik together with the scarf, it was really lovely. the second one was a modern kebaya, paired with my own jeans. very casual but feminin and ethnical. nice indeed.
well, somebody bought both of my wardrobe, so i was happy (even tho they are not mine). and yea... all the datins were buying things like crazy, sum of them pay by check for like RM3000- RM5000 !!! aih....how i wish i kud do that.

ok, dats it!! my fame for a day.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Before to leave, i would like to...

1. get a facial
2. buy sum new soutien-gorges.
3. buy a new facial wash
4. start to PACK!! oh please.....
5. burn CDs as for my loyal companion in the plane.
6. eat home food as much as i can (trust me, i hafnt stopped munching from the day i came to kch)
7. buy souveniers for ppl in France.
8. PRAY.

Sunday, July 02, 2006

catwalking????? ME???

"Can you participate for the fashion show on the 6 of july?" this is the question my mum asked me before i came back to kuching.

WHAAAAT??? from ALL people. ME. ME. ME?? dear God...

well ok..apparently it's for fund raising thingy for the Yogyakarta earthquake which happened last month. The Indonesian consulate is trying to collect money which then going to be donated to Yogyakarta. So, ok it's definitely for good deed, rite! So pourquoi pas?

I said yes. And here i am. practicing to walk up and down the stairs (the catwalk is actually the living room of Wisma Indonesia in kuching, NOT a real stage), pose, then walk slowly and pose and walk, stop and pose, GRACEFULLY. Haha. ME, walking gracefully... with high heels sum more! mind you.

uurrgh....poor legs of mine...cant stand the long hours of rehearsing wearing high heels and kebaya. SOOO freaking HOT and pegel gitu lho!!

Dan rese' nya lagi...they all decided to invite the "Datins" (no, NOT us gurls...hehe) and all VIPs of kuching. so there are some restrictions that we should and should NOT do. omg....wats with the protocols and all, arent they juz humans as well, LIKE US??? we haf to provide a special table in a separated room, fully air-conned!! jadi kalo kita, nota bene- nya, rakyat jelata, ga perlu deh duduk di meja bertaplak sutra di ruangan full AC. Plis donk!! aduh, untung deh di indo ga gitu2 amat perasaan. The reason behind inviting these "rese' Datins are because they are the ones who are loaded and might be "useful" to borong semua batik!! Not the ones with hundred dolars price tags. but THOUSAND DOLLARS ones of course.
Jadi nya kan, jaja-an laku. duit kumpul. dan bisa menolong saudara2 kita yang membutuhkan di Jogja. (ciieee...)

Back to MY story. So, yea... you will see me for the first time, taking a freelance job as a catwalk model HAHAHAHAHAHA....**keep dreaming** juz like cecil said: no future la in this job..