Holiday plans

My holiday starts this afternoon. I'm having a week of for the autumn holiday till the 2nd of November. My aunt, Majah, is coming over to France tomorrow so I have to meet her in Paris and we'll be spending 6 days and 5 nights in Paris and we're going to travel to Brussels, Belgium for a day trip on the 28th of October.

I'm planning to bring her to the outlet shop at La Vallée Village at Val d'Europe in the suburbs of Paris (zone 5, next to Disneyland) on the 29th of October. I heard there's going to be a sale over there. So fingers crossed. (Mudahan tah my allowence kana bagi by then).

Then on the 30th of October, My brother, Halim will be coming over to Paris and we'll meet him at the station and the three of us will go directly to Besançon. They'll be staying over at my place till the 1st of November. So I have to clean my place and do some grocery shopping before I leave for Paris tomorrow.

I got a phone call from Abang Halim last night asking me to check the tickets to go from Besancon to Zurich, Switzerland for the 31st of October. So, we MIGHT be going to Zurich on a day trip. It's not confirmed yet.

Other than that, my parents called and told me that my sisters, Amalina, Aishah and Azimah MIGHT be going to the UK and MIGHT be going to France as well in December. It's not confirmed yet but I do hope they're coming. I have to cancel my trip to Sweden this December so maybe I can go to the UK in time for boxing day and shop at the "guilt-free" (yeah right) outlets with my sisters and brother in Portsmouth or Ashford or Bicester.. We'll see..

So my holiday schedule is a bit packed. But I hope I still have time during the holidays to work on my 'mini-memoire' assignments. I dont want to let my partner, Hamzah down for this course work due in December.

So I'm off to Paris tomorrow. Pamela, one of the Malaysians, is going on the same train as I am. Ada jua dangan ku ke Paris. But she'll have to change train in Paris and go to the UK cause she's planning to go to the UK during this holiday. But at least bedangan lah ku from Besancon to Paris.. Sanang jua bekamih apa. Sal aku andang paranoid ke jamban apa kalau travelling sorang2 especially kalau banyak barang..

Abang Halim in Besançon

That's how high my place is
zoom up
at Pont Battant


me and Abang Alim
at the CLA

at the park near St Jacques
Aishah's pose (PC style)

Lyon getaway

me and abang halim in the train on the way to Lyon
stopped by at Dijon
it was 8am

Once arrived at Lyon, we straight away went to the Part-Dieu mall which is a minute away from the Part-Dieu station on foot. Once we went there, I felt like it was a joke. It wasn't as big as we thought it would be. Prasan ku macam d KK jua.. Aishah would be disappointed if she was with us.. haha


While waiting for the bus to go to the city centre
at the city centre, we found this Pizza place called PIZZA PINO.. hehe reminds us of Abang Pino =p
The city square. On top of the hill, you can see the St Paul cathedral and Le Tour Metallique which they built and took the design of the Eiffel Tour

We went up there by metro to look at Lyon's view
Le Tour Metallique in the background
The view of the city of Lyon from above
The old colesseum


head stand..

Lyon the Lion.. The symbol of Lyon

We went to this miniature museum.. Cool ah
those are 'man-made' ants' orchestra. The size is as small as real life ants
Yes.. That's how small they were

Street perfomances

another street perfomances..

Last but not least, we went to the Stade de Gerland (Gerland Stadium). The stadium was closed pasal ada match going on that evening
the metro station
so we went to the boutique to buy some souvenirs =)

updates

Tadi ada greve (strike).. and i forgot my camera.. but i did took some pictures from my camera phone. I'll try to upload it next time..

I think isuk pun ada strike and on Sunday. Tapi not sure.

My brother is coming tomorrow afternoon. He'll arrive at 1.55pm but I have class till 3pm. So Im going to pick him up at the station a bit late. Hope he brings my stuff and the stuff I asked him to bring.. Then on Saturday, we're going to Lyon (the second largest city in France) for a day trip. It's 2 and a half hours away from Besançon.. So yeah..

What else? ehhh sasakku cause I haven't recieved ANY letter yet. Not even the ones from the embassy. Talur kali.. It's been a week since I called the postman about my mails.. Talur ehhhhhh..

Ohhhh and Hamzah (the Malaysian guy) asked me to be his partner for the 'mini-memoire' project thing for my Linguistique Générale (general linguistic) class.. The project is due in December and we have to write this 15 (more or less) page report..=S

I also have to work on a summary on this article for my written class. I prefer doing essays than summary cause in order to do a summary, I have to understand the whole article. Paning ku eh.. And for the Journal en Ligne class, we have to write like a diary on what's happening around us, France or our own country everyday and discuss with everyone every week. On top of that, we have to write an article for the school online newspaper for December. And now she's asking us to get an idea on what to write and present the idea for next week. I think I have an idea on to write for the online newspaper.

My vacation is in two weeks' time. From the 25th of October till the 3rd of November. Majah is coming on the 25th of October. =)

Au Revoir et A Bientot, Lille

Woke up late. Didnt get to see Pascaline. I actually woke up because Hector called me at noon. And I'm like. Oh SNAP! It's already 12noon. Cause he invited us over at noon for lunch. and I immediately woke Zhilin up and took a quick shower and off we went. I told Hector that we'd come around 1pm. tapi we ended up leaving Zhilin's place around 1pm. Ngam c Hector telipun and asked us to buy chicken.. sal kami andang plan kan bali ayam and sausage ku utk aku bawa balik ke besancon..

Hector: ca ne te derange pas si tu peux acheter du poulet?
Mas: Ok. Pas souci.
Confused cause I dont know what he wanted.. So I called him back seconds later.. Mas: Allo? Errr c'était pas claire ce que t'as dit.. Tu veux lequel? Tu veux le poulet CRU (pronounced KRU)??
Hector: Le poulet CUIT.. (pronounced KU-I) s'il te plait
Mas: Bon. A toute de suite

Translation
Hector: do u mind buying some chicken?
Mas: Ok. No problem.
*calls back*
Mas: Allo? It wasn't clear what you had just said.. What do you want? You want RAW chicken? Hector: Cooked/roasted chicken, please.
Mas: Ok. See you soon


buying the roasted chicken and sausages =)

Once we sat down, I passed him the RAW chicken and he's like "c'est QUOI ca?" (WHAT is this?). "La poulet" (the chicken). "Mais noooooon!!! C'est pas ca!! Je t'ai dit le poulet CUIT!!!" (nooo!! this is not it!! i told you cooked chicken!!!" "Ah bon? Tu m'as dit CRU!! pas CUIT!!! J'ai entendu CRU!!" (oh really? you told me RAW!! not COOKED!! I heard RAW!!")

Okay so maybe it was MY fault for not understanding what he said.. Well, I can never understand completely what he says anyway cause of his deep voice.. haha Franchement, j'arrive jamais quand il parle a cause de sa voix bas

Fortunately, Zhilin bought one whole chicken as well for him.. So we used his for lunch.. haha
the antique camera that Hector has.. It still works actually but you have to have the 'old film strip' or entah something to make it work.. Not sure if be battery atau inda..
Click



=S

At 6pm, we left Zhilin's place and Minh came by at the station as well..




Do you know what I hate about travelling alone? Payah ah kalau kan bekamih apa. Aku lagi paranoid kalau tinggalkan barang ku ampai2.. Aku brabisly kan bekamih but I didnt dare to leave my stuff unattended. And paloi lah cause the train nada internet.. Aku pakai first class punya ticket pun nada internet. I thought ada internet kalau pakai first class. Lain kali malas tah ku lagi first class eh.. Tapi comfy and basar pulang kerusi nya.. But it wasnt worth it.. It was a 4 hour journey back to Besançon. Baik jua my Spongebob CD was there..

Watched one whole season of Spongebob. Haha caliiiii cute ahhhhh.. favourite cartoon =)

Once I arrived at Besançon. Talur ahhh.. Apa tu bus nya nada ah. The last bus from the station is at 8pm.. Macam waaaaa? And barangku lagi a bit banyak lah and aku ngalih and inda ada mood kan jalan kaki.. It takes about 25mins to walk back home. So I had no choice but to use the taxi. It costs me 7euros for a 5 minute ride. Mati ehhhhh.. kata2 ku brabis.. hmmmph!

Eh nah presents dari durang..

group picutre of the CPI first and second year taken last year
the first year students of last year
the presents.. ohhh and ada lagi satu present dari c JB.. but entah nanti tah.. cheers

Birthday weekend day two

Saturday... woke up around half past one in the afternoon and at 3pm, we were off to St Phillibert, 10mins away from by metro (train) from Zhilin's place in Carmontaigne. Once arrived, we went straight to the Ikea cafeteria to grab something for lunch. The store was packed with people. IKEA.. One of my favourite places in Lille
Zhilin had his Swedish meatballs
and I had the veggie plate AND a chocolate tart.. The dessert was the best!
siooook but tiring

We arrived back at Zhilin's around 6pm
me at the metro.
The things that I bought. Containers, Candles, Mug, Frying Pan, Cutting Board, Drink/Food Bowl for the cat, Book Stand, Picture Frame.

At night, we went to the city centre and went for a walk.. It was a lovely night. It was only 14degrees so it wasn't that bad and it was a full moon.. I was just so glad to be there.
background: Gare Lille Flandres. The main train station

Tomorrow, we're meeting Pascaline and Wazemmes. We're going to the Sunday market to buy fruits AND the Halal Roasted Chicken and Sausages which I have been craving for! I can only get the Roasted Sausages on Sundays at the Sunday Market in Lille. Hector is inviting us for lunch as well. I hope he's not cooking.. Or worse.. I hope he's not asking me to wash his dishes just to get revenge.. =p