of duplex, lebanese parties, sisters, flea markets, trip planning and walking

such a long title! i’ve done quite a bit since i last blogged.. well.. on to the 1st item- duplex!!! its the club in paris that allows exchange students to enter without a cover charge on tuesdays! and its amazing! it has 2 rooms- one with hip hop and latin (i likee!!) and another with house music and electrico (ok.. with enough alcohol, its nice too).. so we went there- me, tasmina, lemuel and anna.. there, we met tasmina’s friends from HKUST and we made up a grand total of 8 people! it was lots of fun dancing and enjoying the latin-music! and with time (ok, translated.. that was a drink and 3 shots (its my 1st time drinking shots and i did 3 in one night.. bahh)) electrico was nice! the night was good! no guys picked me up (which is.. strange.. am i that ugly???), but the other 2 girls did have people who struck conversations with them.. maybe its because they sat down and the guys moved in, whilst i was always on the go and dancing.. hmm.. perhaps.. perhaps..

oh well, it was a good experience and i managed to hold my liquor! so that’s good!! it would have been really bad if i had to rely on others to take care of me or to see that i stay safe! will go duplex again, definitely! but maybe at a later date! its too expensive!

lebanese parties! ah! what can i say! look at facebook! the pictures are there! will tag them soon anyway.. hmm.. basically, the lebanese people transform their room into a dance area with cool lights and speakers that boom the music! of course.. they play some strange music which i dont quite understand, but the party was good! made some new friends and the atmosphere was really good for a room party!

ahh! sister! choppa came over the weekend! and we went.. shopping! naf naf has a 50% sale! and we were very happy with promod as well (well, yes.. we didnt technically buy sale items in promod, but its so pretty!!) after that, we went to st germain des pres to walk about and familiarise ourselves with zadig and voltaire, kookai, tara jamorn and other lovely people (shops).. we then met clement who showed us around the st michel area and boy oh boy! so much food! so much variety! what great prices!! will HAVE to go there for a meal some day! we also went to the eiffel tower at night! which i told her was gonna be a brand new experience! and indeed, it was! however, what we didnt count on was the walking to find a metro/RER.. we didnt have a map and spent too long finding our way to a metro stop!

next day, we went to the flea market at porte de clingancourt! its this huge market (supposedly.. i think we found the wrong one.. or maybe we didnt explore the whole market) that sells vintage stuff (like genuine, vintage, louis vuitton bags and the like).. what we DID find was lots of old postcards (with people’s writing at the back and its stamped!), old books (that are falling apart), posters, furniture, cameras, beads and other small items.. however, we didnt find that many vintage clothes or bags or accessories.. so i think we found only 1/2 of the market.. on the way in to this old-ish area, we strolled past shops selling clothes that are far east plaza inspired.. hmm.. i cant quite describe it well, but yeah.. its like the kind of clothes and shoes that one can fnd at far east plaza.. BUT! the prices are really good too! usually its 10 euros or less for most items!! so yes, i will go there, someday and will get some of them ballerina flats and tops.. sadly, sis left shortly after and i went back to cergy..

today, i had a very interesting day.. the time difference between singapore and france is now 6 hours instead of 7 hours previously because the daylight savings has been moved forward and so, now, my body clock wakes me up at.. hear hear.. 10am! gasp! as such, getting to my 1pm class proved to be a bit difficult as i had a late night last night. BUT! because i had to buy water from auchan, i did a mad rush to the supermarket for my groceries before heading off to class. after class, me and jiting went over to esmond and lemuels to do some trip planning and for her to catch up with ling sze (her friend since primary school, and is now bunking in with esmond as she has her exchange program in manchester)

trip planning is going well! will be going to vienna and prague and edinburgh during my spring break! yay! got accomodation and travel settled, so what’s left is the proposed itinary and having fun! yay!

and yes, need to plan and confirm (in a way) the 2 road trips i have coming up (one with friends, another with family).. will have to get that done soon-ish..

walking.. walking.. where do i start! ah yes! as you have read from above, i was at lemuel’s and esmond’s doing the trip planning and lo and behold, it was soon time to leave. so, me and jiting went out of the residence and proceeded to cross the road to catch the shuttle bus back to le haut.. NOO!! we saw the shuttle bus drive past us, drop off students and.. it.. left..

so now what!!?! do we stay till 10pm for the last shuttle, do we walk to the train station for 20 mins and take the train for 10 mins and walk back for another 10 mins, or.. do we trek 6km to our residence?

we chose the 1hour trek..

it was a good walk! we managed to see more of cergy and we are pretty happy that we didnt get lost! it was after all, 2 RER stops away and the road was winding and we had no map!

what really made life hard was the fact that i was carrying 9kg of water.. can dieee.. but hey! its good exercise!! so im happy!

life is good!! and i was singing “celebrate good times, c’mon!” once we caught sight of our residence! and true enough.. good times.. these are good times!