Great power comes great responsibility

Merry christmas everyone!!
As usual, we spent our christmas in versailles with my in-laws.
So on 24th, husband and i lugged our luggages and gifts to their home
Since we had time before dinner, we went to the underground storeroom
and managed to find some old plates and bowls to bring home.
This year, 1 of the sisters will be spending christmas eve with boyfriend's family
but we still continue to have our long christmas eve feast
and even had time to play taboo in the middle of the dinner
Then we waited to midnight to wish each other and ended the day.

On 25th, i started to feel that husband's room is so cluttered
well, it had unofficially became the storeroom of the house,
with things on the floor, cabinent top, piling up the walls etcs,
my ocd kicked in and i started to try to pack and clear the things.
Since its mostly my in-laws stuff, 
i cant really throw them away (eg 6 empty shoesboxes) or hide them too well that they cant find,
I can only attack husband's old stuff.
and managed to have moe space on the floor and cabinent top.

Sister and boyfriend came and we had a simple lunch
then it was the "traditional" walk in the gardens of versailles
which i managed to "avoid" for the past 2 years due to various reasons
but this year, husband managed to drag me along
and we did the needed 3hrs walk to burn off the fats
We then start our dinner with gifts opening
and again a long dinner....

The kitchen's 2 sinks started to be clogged towards the end of dinner
and husband was helping father-in-law to fix it
Seeing that husband was involved,
I prep myself to be ready to help at any instant
because its the husband, haha
Husband then accidently unscrew something and the kitchen floor begin to flood
While everyone was still in shock, i immediately started to dry the floor
Ended up, i became the in-charge of cleaning giving orders to husband and sister's boyf 
we managed to dry the floor even though i think the floor needs to be mopped
but i guess its late, so everyone didnt really want to do it
So, we ended the day.

Normally, we would have stayed in versailles till we travel to grandparents's home for christmas lunch
which means staying for about 4 days
This year, considering that both sisters will not be staying for 26th night
although they all stay in versailles and is easy for them 
And all the gifts, luggages, plates etcs to carry back
I "proposed" the husnband to return home on 26th evening
and to return on 27th evening for dinner and movie
Again, husband and father-in-law fix the sink,
more dirty, smelly and gross water flooded the floor
This time, we dried it up and mopped it properly
well, at least the sinks are fixed!
After lunch and spending some time with the sisters,
we took the trains and went home
It was definitely good to be home,
I managed to wash the dirty clothes, unload and pack the stuff
and the night at home fresehen me up for the upcoming french days.

On 27th, we ended up being late for dinner
but still managed to finished dinner and rush off to watch star wars with the siblings
Father in law has to pass the keys to us since we will be home after midnight
he insisted to passing the keys to me instead of husband!
Haha, i teased the husband so much that now my father in law trusts me more than him
and how the key is a symbol of power, opps
great power comes great responsibility ya?

Anyway about starwars,
i must admit im a fake fan,
i love all the merchandises but never really adore the films,
well, i only watched ep 1, 2, 3 and now 7
but i think its really better than i expected and i guess i can really become a fan....

Coming to the end of 2015..

I cant believe that its already the end of december!
And today is the last day of work for me for 2015...
I guess the second half of 2015 has been settling in our new home
and hoping for baby dust to arrive... no good news yet..
Still awaiting for the super slow appointment with gynae in feb 2016 (1day before our sg flight)

We just returned from Bordeaux to visit the grandparents-in-law.
Compared to 2014 trip, I think we nua much more 
Basically, it was eat, sleep, do nothing and walk a little around bordeaux.
Oh and shopping for some christmas presents...
I think at least it was a good rest for us.

2 months ago, I was supposed to start my free french couurse from the govt in paris
But because of my new address, i was to contact the school in my home district
After husband called, the school insisted that we cant contact them directly
that they need to receive the info from the govt of the change.
Considering the need to renew my visa in Jan 2016 and for the french course,
we decided to go and change my address on my visa card.
In paris, we could take an appointment online,
but here, we need to go physically for appointment etcs

On arrival, we realised that we could actually do the renewal and change of address at the same time.
However, if we change the address first, 
they will send us a mail for the documents required and appointment for renewal in mid december
Since we were there and im worried that by the time of renewal, 
I am still considered to be living in paris and cant renewal etcs
French administrations as usual,
so we decided to change my visa card just to change the address.

After 2 months of wait, I finally received my new visa card with the new address
Sadly, till today, we still have not received the mail about renewal.
I guess we will need to go there again in Jan without appointment
to request for an appointment for visa renewal
and hope all will be done before we fly off to Singapore.
arrrgggghhhh

To end on a positive note,
we are hosting the new year eve party
and my friend is coming paris for new year!

When loneliness strikes...

I always thought I can handle loneliness and isolation quite well
Life in france had taught me that sometimes in sg, i chose to be lonely and isolated
and times when i want to be surrounded,
there is always plentiful of friends, family, colleagues and even work to surround me.
On and off i have feel lonely.
The fact that i have no one to go to if i decide to runaway from home
or simply not having someone to have a drink with on a friday evening.
But often, these feelings of loneliness passed quickly.
And i seek comfort in whatsapping people in sg.

I guess i am to blame for not building up my social circle here.
I have been here for close to 2 years.
And I still only have a friend, who i knew through french class that i keep in contact with.
The rest will be husband's friends or family members
Maybe is the age or personality or expectations or our lifestyles,
i often wish that i can know people at a snap of my finger,
which never happened.
And my job, its not really a job to expand social circle,
unless you consider the 3 girls im babysitting as my friends.

Tonight at the usual babysitting,
my boss called me and she cant hear me
so she assumed her phone has a p^roblem and asked for my help to call the piano teacher
when i called the piano teacher, she cant hear me too
then i realised my phone is the one having the problem.
I called husband to verify whether my phone has a problem
and his phone was engaged / no reception that i cant get him
thats when the loneliness strikes me deeply
i realised i have no one else to call
just to check whether my phone is working

At the end, i called my friend (the only friend i have)
and she helped to confirmed that my phone is not working
although im glad had her to call
the scary loneliness that i had been denying of finally became a fact
I have no one to call 

On the way home,
i was so overwhelmed with emotions that i decided to whatsapp my sis and bff
then i remember i have no wifi so they will only received it when im home
and with the time difference, it will probably be hours later before they see it.
I guess i now have a very valid reason to add wifi to my mobile plan.

The good news is husband is suppose to buy me a phone for christmas,
but i guess i will get it tomorrow instead.
however, i guess france wins again

France 1 - Linn 0

Becoming 32..

So on the actual birthday,
We stayed home and husband prepared my fave meal..
Steamboat!
Which ended up to be next 3 meals of soup,
Yummy!

Husband went to buy me flowers and cakes too..
A birthday card from my in-laws,
And we just spent the day at home..
Received a surprise birthday song 
from husband's friends via whatsapp,
While husband wondered why they didnt asked us for that gathering, haha

Yesterrday we went for sis in law's house warming

Received a facial groupon from in-laws

And a hamper of goodies and food from the others.

After that, we went for a gathering at friend's place

And a surprise celebration for me and another friend!

Thank you for all the wishes.

From singapore and france...

I hope 1 year older = 1 year wiser?

32 and counting...

The eve before I became 32..

I was excited for my birthday weekend 
as husband planned for a surprise daytrip for my birthday eve!
Sadly, the terrible attacks on 13th november,
i felt like it seemed wrong to celebrate my birthday.
Since we will be going out at 0630, i made sure to text the key people in SG,
just in case people thought im hurt during the attacks.

Im glad that i did it especially when i have no internet on phone and was out the whole saturday.
When we arrived home, i had like 60 texts from sg asking whether im fine.
Thankfully, the key people update others that im fine
I was really surprised that the Singapore embassy called my sister to check my safety
I felt so loved by Singapore, hehe
Okay back to the surprise trip...

Husband decided to bring me to Fururoscope!
Which is located about 2 hours train from Paris..
Initially, i wanted to go to Asterix park, but is closed for winter.
I had the idea to go Futuroscope in the beginning of the year (I think)
but was shocked at the price of the train to go
Im surprised that husband remembered that i wanted to go
and it was great that the daytrip tickets train were much cheaper than normal

I will say that the park feels like a big science centre but with rides
Most of the attractions are educational and only in french.
Most of the rides are 3D/4D 
I think the newest addition is the Raving Rabbids

Lucky husband asked me to dress warm,

it was quite cold that day and most queues were outdoor.

We didnt expect the Friday's attacks and the park was quite empty.

Husband even bought the premium pass for us to skip queues on some rides,

which we didnt really need it except for 2nd round or before headding home.

1 of the employees was even shocked when we shown him the pass, haha

Apart from the rides, 
there were Imax movies about sea, space etcs
I think it will be good for kids above 8 years old to enjoy the rides and stuff..

In particular,
I think the outdoor area for kids was really good
It had a few rides that reminded me of rides in legoland
and playground for the kids to run around
okay, also big kids like us..

Im glad we went for a day trip instead of 2 days,
there are not much attractions and we were lucky that it was quite empty,
each ride can be like 20mins, i cant imagine the queues in spring and summer!
just that the park is big that sometimes it can take 10 mins to walk to another attraction.
Definitely not a place for tourists, with 2 hours of train, cost of train tickets and everything in french,
I think I was the only few asians in the park.

I experienced dining in the night once and was happy that we paid extra to experience voyage as a blind person.
Basically, we had a blind guide who bring as to a few dark room,
with sound, smell, touch, experience effects of a forest, city and up an ice mountain.
It was a wonderful expereience to try running on grass, sitting in a boat, careful of traffic in total darkness
we definitely become grateful of our sight.

We left the park at 1930 and arrived home near to 2300
because i persuaded the husband to stop halfway
to tabao KFC for supper
We were wondering why the streets are so quiet and realised at home that there was a safety notice to stay home
Opps, we definitely did the super wrong thing to spend the whole day out at a theme park,
taking train at major train station and walking on the streets at night,
but ignorance is bliss and we are safe and well.

We were very surprised that Disneyland was closed!
And husband was saying that he didnt even checked whether futuroscope was closed
before we depart... oh well

So, i received a great gift from husband..a polaroid!
I always wanted a polariod but felt is too expensive.
I guess i can go buy the film in when im back in Feb!

For anyone interested, this is the website:
http://en.futuroscope.com/

Thank you husband for the wonderful birthday surprise trip
I know Im not the easiest person to live with or best wife
But thank you for always being here for me..
Love you! 

fattening treats

I love sunday brunch!
I look forward preparing sinful sunday brunch
So 1 weekend, i had a pancakes craving and bought pancake mix
Husband dont really love pancakes
but with the canada maple syrup from my parents-in-law, he cant resist
I think a few weeks ago i tried to make pancakes from scratch
and definitely its much easier with pancake mix

Since there was pancake mix leftover
I managed to tried to make steam cake in the same week
Basically is adding egg, yogurt, sugar, baking powder into the pancake mix and steam it
Husband is not a fan of sponge cake
but i guess warm, soft steamcake is still passable for him

I kinda miss baking
but i think its not good to restart baking as our waistline is constantly expanding
haha

Hsg scan

Another big event for my holiday week
Is to go for the hsg xray
To check whether the uterus and fallipian tubes are fine.
At first, I thought it will be a normal xray                             
Till i was prescribed painkillers and antibiotics to be start 2 days before the xray
Then i start google and realised how scary it is
Similar to a pap smear,
But to insert a tube to the cervix and pump dye into me.
It definitely doesnt sound fun

Finally the day came
After reading 100000 stories about how painful it will be
Finally the day came.
As usual, the reigistration was fine 
And quickly it was my turn
To undress all except my bra and socks
My little cover of dignity
I was quite glad that the xray person was a lady
I think i was too stress that my french level became zero
But glad i googled the procedures to know whats going to happen

After a normal xray,
The lady told me i may feel discomfort
And at any time if too painful, I can ask them to stop
The male gynae came in and explained the procedures again
I must look really stressed that both of them took turn to ask how im feeling
It did felt like a normal pap smear
Without the scary chair and more discomfort
I guess they dont warm up the opener like my gynae did
Then was the painful insertion of the tube
Again doc say if too painful, I can ask them to stop
I can feel my stress level increase

The dye process was discomfort
Suppose to feel like a normal cramp
But added with stress, its actually quite painful
I will say its 3/5.

Then i was to turn my body
Which i totally forget how to turn
And the kind lady helped me to shift my body
I think the whole process took 5mins
But felt like eternity to me
Then doc left

The lady kindly brought me my underwear
And a pad and asked me to sit at toilet bowl for a while
Its nice that she still asked how i am while im sitting inside
Then i had another xray scan and its done!

I was feeling dull cramp and wobbly legs
After awhile, the doc showed me the xray
And said all was fine.
I got a shock at payment, its 180eur!
Well, at least is a good news.
I cant imagine paying so much
And going through all this
For some bad news...

Although its survivible, I really hope i need not go through this again!

Painful blood test

The weather suddenly became cold last week
that we seems to be in winter instead of sutumn
while I was dreading to go to work
I realised its the 2 weeks autumn school break!

Im definitely thankful to be off work for 2 weeks because:
- I am due to have my period this week after the medication
- I am to go for a blood test and scan during the week of my period
And as usual, the period came with crazy cramps that i hardly can move

 Since I needed to have a blood test for a long list of stuff on 2nd day of period,
I went to the lab this morning for the test.
Strangely, 1 of the item requires me to be seated for 20mins before the test,
I just sat there to wait for time to pass.
although the doctor warned me that I will be required to take quite alot of blood
nothing prepared me for whats going to happen

In Singapore,
I had unsuccessful blood test due to my fine veins
that i always need some experienced nurse to do it
and i think being an asian with fine veins is worse in France.

So first lady came to drew blood from my easiest spot on left arm
and she threw 8 tubes of blood from the same vein
I dont know is it my vein is fine or im lack of blood
she struggled towards the 7th tube
that she need to move the needle around for my blood to slowly drip into the tubes
a little pain but endurable.

Another lady came to take last tube of blood required for my blood type ID
thats when the nightmare begin
She tried to drew blood from my right arm
She didnt success in getting any blood
despite moving the needle in my arm (like im a dead meat)
initially i tried to endure the prickling pain
but it reached a point where my whole arm was tinkling so painful
that she had to stop

She decided to go back to my left arm
and try the top of my hand (near my wrist)
while she is being apologetic and mentioned my veins are fine
I tried to tell her that i know my veins are fine and its not her fault
She tried to move the needle around and still no blood

Frankly, I kinda reached my level of stress and endurance
that i asked her whether I can come back tomorrow for the test
Instead she asked her colleague to come and try
I dont know whether the colleague is more experienced
Since the first 2 ladies are in their 40s and she is in her 30s.
She decided to try near the very first hole.
And lucky for me, she succeeded.

I think I must look very miserable 
with plasters all over my arms and breaking out in cold sweat
that everyone came by to tell me that I am very brave
At least all is over for now...

First haircut in france!

I have been having white hair at a young age
Maybe because my dad grey young
Or maybe im thinking too much
Normally i will dye my hair once a month
To hide the growing grey
I dont know is the air/water/life in france
My grey increase and grew at a faster pace
I need to cover them like once in 2weeks

Thanks to the trend of grey dyed hair,
Lazy me to constant dye,
And my bad hair condition.
I decide to embrace my grey
And stop dye.

Is not easy enduring the temptation to dye
Especially when i look at the amount of grey on top ofmy head
So basically,
My top is grey and black
While side and bottom is brown
From previous dyes
I wish there is a faster way to go grey
And not multicolor hair

So to help my greying process
I cut my own shoulder length hair to below ear in august
While the cut relieve some frustration
I felt is not enough

2 days ago i started toying with hair cut again
And wonder should i go short to remove the brown.
Yes, i know the white will be more obvious,
But thats the point right?

The last time i had short hair was 4years ago
Compared to then,
My face is rounder and aged            
Im unsure whether i can be as chic as then
But i decided its time for a change
And went to a salon near home.

Strangely, its my first salon haircut in france!

I never dared to cut my hair here for fear:

- It will be expensive

- I cant communicate with stylist

- They dont know asian hair.

I choose to ignore all and be brave.

Im surprised to have a stylist

Even without appointment

Considering how everything seems to need appointment here

I was led to wash my hair

And i definitely miss the good shampooing by singapore's salons

I feel like saying i need some head and shoulder massage!

After 5mins, im led to my seat

No blow drying and im to state my style

And the same person who washed my hair

Was the one to cut my hair.                         

No xi tou mei here.                                     

I showed the photos of hairstyles            

And she recommend which she thinks is good for me                                                 

During the cut,                  

She will ask for my opinion

But no small talk or sell products

My french wont be good enough for talks

Haha

Its definitely nice to have a change

Although its still quite costly

I paid 40eur for wash and cut

But considering i only go back sg during cny

The price will be the same in sg

Husband took some time to get used

But thinks i look like a pretty boy

Haha.

Checkup at Centre of fertility

Finally, my 3 months-wait-scan-appointment is here!
I was quite nervous that husband said 
'that it sounds like a male gynae
But im just glad if him/her speaks english.
And hope the scan wont have bad news.

Since is a hospital,
Im glad my french was good enough to pass
for the receptionist and nurse.
Sadly, the gynae (woman btw) dont really speak english
But she was fine to speak in french
And i answered in english
Well, we survived somehow

She insisted husband should acc me
That baby planning is couple event
She only calm down when i explain that
- Im here for my period issue
- we only start trying for baby recently
And i was up to the scary chair for internal scan
That finished in less than 3min..

Since i didnt know whether is abdominal or internal ultrascan,
I made sure my bladder was full
Which wasnt required for internal scan
Oh well, better have pee than no pee

After the quick look,
She said my ovaries are bigger than normal
But all was fine.
I wondered is it because she sees couples with infertility problems

That my condition became less serious for her.

At least she was willing to give me medicine for period
And thereafter i will need to go for blood test and a more detailed xray scan. 
I guess by right husband need not go for test 
But since im going forall the tests,
She requested husband to go for sperm test                              
I guess we start infertility testing much earlier than normal because of my condition
Well, at least is affordable.
And with the long wait of appointment

I think is fine to start now...

Worklife?

While i miss being a workaholic

I think i ren ming

Or im giving my poor heart a break

I did tried to search for a perm job

From the beginning of 2015

Till june/july

When i had no replies/ rejections

That i convinced myself that is fine

To continue babysitting for the same family

Especially when my boss had been super nice

To give me off when i need

And even gave me a 1 month bonus

It takes longer to travel to the same family

But i think i prefer to work with the same kids

Than to restart the whole procedures

Added that we were shifting then,

Its much better to stay in comfort zone.

I dont know it is because i have worked for 1 year

Or the kids grew up

Or because im the constant in their new school life

I do find it easier to manage them now

Husband wanted me to ask for an increment

Which i didnt 

But suprisingly,

i have an increment of 1euro more per hour

they are paying 50% for my transport card

And the new school schedule lets me work more hours.

While im still dreaming to have a perm job

I guess im lucky to have a part time job now

And still earn some income for shopping, haha

The icon of misfortune

I have been a fan of running man for the longest time
and i managed to influence the husband to like it too
Since each character has their own persona,
husband's favorite is Lee kwang soo
also known as the icon of betrayer and misfortune.

Ever since we moved into the new appartment,

I think husband became an icon of misfortune.

For examples:

He reminded me 248574745x to be careful of the key to the backdoor lock

As it is the only key we have for that lock and its quite fragile,

and he managed to break it.

He tried to open the bottle with a cutter

and end up making a tiny hole on the kitchen top.

He wanted to cover the bathroom tiles before he put some mastic on the floor

he mistaken double sided tape for masking tape

and end up having a hard time removing the tape from the tiles

He seems to have a bad magic finger to break something in new home.

He hates it when i say this bceuase he thinks it brings him bad luck

but well, i guess you become what you like in life, no?

haha

Wassup??

I havent updated since we shift
It has been crazy period of
Unpacking, setting up, order furniture,
Searching for decor ideas, arranging...
Well, you get the flow.
On top of all, 
My work started and days seems shorter
While weekends are packed..
Arrrgh 
At least all is fine.

Anyway, i received a letter to return to my school
To receive a new sponsored french class!
While im not excited to go back to the same school,
I guess free classes are good.
Just a quick summary, 
I completed level a1 and dropped out 3 weeks in level a2.

As usual,
The receptionist still sucks 
At least now i can defend myself and not feel like idiot.
She insisted that i give her a copy of my class test result
Which i was supposed to receive last december.
I did not received anything in midst of all the drama
And i forgot about it.
I mean i was enrolled into lvl a2,
Is common sense that i passed the a1 class test right?
I have the letter indicating i completed lvl a1
And there should be some data in the school's computer?
NO!

Welcome to this stupid school!
She insist i should ask for my class test result
Or retake the test now.
I was so pissed off and agreed to take the test.
I was put into a group of newcomers to take the test
Except is not a test for a1
Is the very first test i took last year,
Just to differential your basic lvl of french.

After the 30m test,
I waited for my turn to see the teacher.
Surprisingly, she was 1 of the teachers
That came to cover my class a few times last year
She recognized me before i did.
She didnt looked at the test i did, wtf.
She say im definitely to be in lvl a2
And she knew about the drama last year
And assured me that now will be better. 
Everything seems good huh?

I informed her that i shifted.
And she say i cant be in the school
Because now im living in another district.
She will send my file to the other district.
Wtf.
I waste 1.5hrs for nothing.

Later in the evening,
She emailed me that she cant send my file 
To the new school and im to contact them
The craziest part,
The school is so far from my home 
That is nearer for me to attend a school in paris!

Husband had the "fun" to call the school
they insist that the gov agency must send them the file
They cant just take in a student like this
Husband called the agency and no answer.
Anyway, i think we will search for a school on our own.
At least, i need not contact that school again.

Just some random to end:

We had a greek food gathering with friends 

We bought a cheapo lightsaber nightlight

We finally shifted!

After the seem-forever wait to shift,
We finally collected our keys on friday!
After a quick inspection of the home,
We did found some wear and tear
That were hidden by the furniture.
But i guess we could live with it 
And it was too late to complain, haha.

After, we went to the notary to sign our life away
And became proud owners!
Although the home is quite clean,
We still did a clean up 
Because of my ocd genes from my mum.
And unload the 2 huge bags of stuff we brought along.

It was hard to tear ourselves away from the new home
And returned to our old home
For final packing and dismantling the bed frame.

The next day,
Sis in law came early to go collect the truck
Apart from the family,
Im thankful for the 3 friends that came.
I cant imagine how we can shift alone with the family.
The friends brought more carton boxes along,
Everyone seems to be surprised that all had been done
And everyone just need bring the stuff down.

Despite being on 3rd level,

With narrow staircase and no lift

We managed to shift everything!

Except for the washing machine,

Which was to be transfer to a friend's home

To exchange for another model.

In the end, the boys give up,

The owner will have a washing machine

But we still collected the new machine.

Unloading was much simpler and faster

Since we stay on the ground floor.

Everyone was praising the new home!

I guess the size was small

and photos didnt do the new home justice,

So everyone was surprised how nice it is.

I think is more of they spent 1hr+ at old home

That the new home is a nice comparison, haha.

After unloading, we had lunch

And surprised my mother in law with a cake.

I abandoned her at the supermarket

To secretly buy a cake and flowers, haha.

It was her 60th birthday! 

After everyone left,

Husband went return truck with sis in law.

I managed to unpack some stuff

And we are still trying to survive without sofa

(we only have 1 chair now) and fridge.

Yesterday, we forced ourselves 

To returned to old home to clean up

Today, im going back again for last cleaning.

After, it will be forever bye bye to that

And focus on our new home! 

Happenings in geneve

Since sis was busy with meetings,
We woke up early to breakfast together
And i spent the day wandering in geneve.
As usual, geneve to me is like a big raffles place,
nothing much to do.
                                                                             
The 2nd and 3rd day passed quickly,                   
Shopping for sis and myself              
My hair had been a crazy mess
and i have the crazy idea to grow up my white hair     
But hairsalons were crazily expensive
That i borrowed a scissor from the hotel
And snipped off my own hair!      
Haha, i think it looks decent.                  
*pardon my round face*

On the fourth day,

I googled and found the flea market was on.

Google map told me that is a 20min walk

From the train station                        

But as usual, i got lost                

And found it after 45min walk, opps

Well, at least i found it.

It was not a big flea market

But i spent 2hrs there searching for treasures

I fell in love with a "small" table

Which cost 60chf (before bargaining)

Husband was not very keen.

Sadly, i gave up to buy

Because it was too big 

Its going to be very difficult to bring it

In my train back to paris :(

Ill definitely buy it if i was in paris!

Sis was off for the evening

So i persuaded her to go for korean food!

I cant remember the last time i ate proper korean food in a restaurant.

We ended up lost again

But was glad to exercise before arriving. 

Food was expensive

Well, at least i was super happy!

The next day it was time for me to go.

Farewells are always hard.

As much as i was sad,

I was also looking forward to return

And shift to my new home!

Nevertheless,

The trip was really great!                                 

I had the alone time that i loved,          

Sisters quality time

(i think the last time we travelled alone

Was before the kids came!),                   

And the huge bag of singaporean goodies

To survive till i return next year.

Back in geneve again

So, sister is in geneve again for her company's event
Last year I came here to be babysitter for her kids.
This year, I came to visit sister
But she is busy with her meetings and dinners
That I get to roam around geneve alone.
Apart from seeing her in the mornings and nights...
We met up on sunday to spend more time together.

Basically, there's nothing much in geneve
But I enjoying roaming the streets alone
Under sister's colleague's recommendation,
I tried the mac's sundae with chocolate sauce,
And im surprised that the chocolate sauce taste better!

Is crazy how everything is so expensive
More expensive than in paris!
A mac sundae costs 3,70chf 
Or a croissant is 1,85chf!
No wonder they pay better in geneve
They need the extra income to survive here!

Although french is one of their main language,
Most speak english to me 
and not let me practice my french.
Well, is good to be able to not struggle with language.

However, unlike other french countries I have been to
I kinda feel people are cold.
The usual "bonjour" and "au revoir" don't happen
In stores, cafes and hotel! 
Maybe im too used to life in paris
Where everyone always greet everyone, haha.

One more day to go....

Day 7 - Anduze (SJDG)

HAPPY 33RD BIRTHDAY TO HUSBAND!!

We went supposed to take a bus at 835am to the nearby town for a visit and the market
Luckily, aunt decided to go with us in her car that we left home at 930am instead.
The town was more lively and bigger that Saint Jean Du Gard
that husband and i really love the atmosphere and buildings...

We had lunch at a restaurant

but was trapped indoor when a big storm and wind came

which make it unsure to drive through the mountain roads.

after some waiting, wwe managed to brave through the rain to the car

and reached home safety 

We had a small birthday celebrations at home

and husband received plenty of gifts from the family

while my gift for him was still somewhere in the shipping. Haha

In the evening, we went for the bistro again for a family dinner

to celebrate husband and mother in law birthday.

We managed to see some shooting stars as it was the period for shooting stars in the area

and then it rained through our last night in SJDG

Day 8-

We woke up really early to prepare ourselves and spend some time with the grandparents

before taking the bus at 0715 to the train station.

As usual, i took the carsick pills and remained sleepy through the bus and train ride,

we reached home at around 1300.

And that was the end of our summer holiday 2015...