Rainy Days

That's the weather for this few days. So dark, so gloomy, so wet!

Friday - Snack day :)

I know it's unhealthy but it would not harm anything to have it once in a while right?
It's a must have when I catch up some movies
I am thinking should I watch Hong Kong series or "The Game Plan" by The Rock. Maybe both :)

Thank god it's Friday!

Paris Oh Paris

It's sunny on our first day to Paris. Excited, we strolled along the banks of River Seine in the morning and crisscrossed several historic bridges along the way. It's really soothing and relaxing when cool breeze bashed onto our faces.

I never understand why is Paris being touted as one of the most romantic cities on planet earth? Ladies especially would not hesitate to rank Paris as the city which they wish to visit most. Paris is a lovely place, indeed. As for me, it's probably not my cup of tea for romantic trip :)

I suppose it depends very much on who you're travelling with. It's always romantic if you're spending quality time with your loved one!

Our first attraction was Saint Chapelle - another gothic chapel with high stained glass windows. It was Nel who plan the itinerary.

Okay, call me bitchy. I've had enough of visiting cathedrals, chapels, monasteries or churches. All of them look identical to me.

Since Nel wanted to go, so go lor... it costed us €7 per person for entrance ler :(


After visiting Saint Chapelle, we headed straight to another church! I thought what a great itinerary. Fortunately this is a famous one - Notre Dame.

"The Hunchback of the Notre Dame" is a renowned novel written in 19th century. 'Luck' was on our side, we encountered the Hunchback at cathedral entrance. T-hee. Smart chap trying to earn himself a living! Be prepared to pay if you want to take picture with him.


Although it's another church but I had not complaint on Notre Dame. Contradictory, ain't I?

Let me explain. First of all, Notre Dame is a must visit to Paris and it's one of the top tourist attractions in Paris. Secondly, it's free to enter the cathedral. Yes, no entrance fee except if you want to climb to the top for a bird's eye of Paris skyline!!! Saint Chapelle charged me €7.

The rear of Notre Dame :)

A trip to Paris would not be complete if your itinerary doesn't include the ever famous Eiffel Tower. We went to base of the tower but decided not to ascend to the top viewing platform as it was freezing cold that night. We were longing to get indoor and had a warm dinner. Besides we were thinking to get to the top of Eiffel when my in-laws visit us hopefully this coming summer. So that we could get up there together, saving the best for the next trip

My friend said Paris is a place she would wants to visit and visit and visit and visit and visit again!


I certainly would love to visit Paris again if given a chance.

Paris Disneyland

During the last Christmas season, we went to Paris for holiday. We were mindful that a lot of tourist spots would be closed on Christmas and St Stephen Days. As such, we planned our trip to visit Disneyland on the 25th. The entrance tickets alone costed us €100 (€50 per person).

Paris Disneyland is extensive! There are so many parks and playground areas until I could barely remember the layout! Walt Disney Studio, Disney Village and Disneyland Park which consists Fantasyland, Adventureland, etc.

We've anticipated that we won't be able to finish visiting all of the parks in one day! So we're only visiting Disneyland Park only during our visit.

Disneyland Park is a great place to have fun. Despite of the architecture grandeur and joyful atmosphere, I still wanna to complain about a few experiences which pissed me off.

1. I hate Mickey because he did not chose me for the private photo session! Mickey is immensely popular. There were only a handful of the crowd who had got the privilege to take photo with him and they were handpicked by Mickey.

2. I hate Mr Donald Duck as well because he didn't avail himself 5sec for a one-to-one photo with me. Instead he's enjoying himself taking photos with a whole bunch of girls! I want private picture with Donald; not group photos like this. By the way, the girl on the other side of him is not my friend. I don't know her -_-

Alright, enough of complaining.

Since we paid to come here, we might as well enjoy the day and be like a KID! We went for the ever popular Disney classics like Merry-go-round, roller coaster, etc.

We were there for the whole day - played like kids and snapped photos like no tomorrow.

One of the highlights was definitely the classic Disney parade which was scheduled during the evening. Various Disney characters such as Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the beast, bla bla bla, marched down the boulevard.

When attending pop concerts, you'd hear enthusiastic fans shouting "Britney," "Madonna," "Justin,"

At the parade, all I heard was "Mickey! Mickey!" and "Oh Goofy! Goofy!" All the kids around were so ecstatic and crazy of their heros! Even Nel joint in the fun and chanted "Mickey!" What a big kid!

Judging from the photos posted, Nel's friend commented that she has been to Hong Kong's, LA's, Florida's and Japan's Disneylands and yet none of them looks as gorgeous as Paris'!

I don't know

I doubt that I will ever go to another Disneyland again; unless when I have kids later :)

I think it'd be more fun if we could overnight at one of the hotels in the Disneyland. 3D2N would be just nice. You would have ample time to truly treasure the parks and not rushing yourself to one game and the next most of the time. But the hotels rate are relatively expensive though :(

Bad luck or Clumsy?

Yesterday, I accidentally poured some hot water onto my lap! F*cking HOT, ok!
Pain like hell!!!

Today, I accidentally cut my finger while chopping onion -_-"

I asked Nel " Am I bad luck or what?!?!?!"

Nel said "CLUMSY!!"

Sick

I'm sick

Czech Cuisine

This is the most romantic restaurant I've ever gone to-date.

The restaurant is located in Prague, Czech Republic. The atmosphere of the lower ground section resembles dungeon. Haha. It's actually converted underground vaults built during the medieval period.

I had to whisper while speaking to Nel because the restaurant was just too quiet and peaceful. No music; nothing! The other patronages around you could easily overhear our conversation otherwise. Fortunately, most of them won't understand our languages.


Anyway, you won't want to spoil the ambience by speaking loudly in a cosy restaurant like this :)

Nel ordered a roast wild boar with potato and vege. Haha, wild boar sounds so exotic in a city restaurant but that was the words writen in the menu.

I ordered a roast duck with dumplings and cabbage. I didn't know what those dumplings are until I read it from a travel book. It is a dumpling made of either wheat or potato flour that is boiled. By the way, it's tasteless :(

I don't particularly fond of the dishes. I don't know, perhaps I don't know how to appreciate Czech Cuisine.

Nevertheless, I will give it a second try if I ever go to Czech Republic again :)

Tax Tax Tax

The emergency mini budget is out!
Income levy rates will be doubled which means I have to pay double from 1 May onwards :(
Whatever interest I earned for saving my money in the bank is tax at 25% (increase 4% compare to last year)

Is this budget going to help Ireland's current economy? Nobody knows.

The Dinner

I had a full day class today. I almost fell asleep untill my lecturer said that he actually lived in Malaysia for quite a couple of years. He then made a statement "I realised that Ireland corruption is very very very mild!!" Hahaha!!!

Anyway, Nel and I made a simple dinner tonight. I cooked the "tumeric fried chicken". Actually, I did not fried it, I oven-baked the chicken wings. Nel cooked the omelette :)

A complete dinner must come with a dessert. We had ice-cream :D

I'm looking forward for next weekend! We have Good Friday and Easter Monday! 4days off in a roll :)

试用期

昨天，我的同事A被‘炒鱿鱼’了！原因不是经济不好，而是A的试用期到了。说起来还挺残忍的。我的老板认为他的能力不能够胜任这职位。A已经不是第一位了，之前就有一位同事就这样被‘干掉’。

谁错谁对，我还真的搞不懂。A是四大会计公司之一培训出来的。昨天是A的试用期刚满。老板就告诉A不需要拒续。A手头上的工作也这样停了。

有时候觉得老外很假，因为他们老是把 perfect! brilliant! amazing! excellant! 挂在嘴边。
有时候明明就觉得还好，他们就说 marvelous! wonderful!

可是我现在看到的是老板还蛮直接的。像这样的事情就已经发生第三次了。
以前我还在KL上班的时候，也有类似的情况。但是那时候的老板就没有那么直接。他把我的旧同事的试用期延长，长期不给他工作。最后逼到他自己要离职。其实叫他不需要拒续也不必赔钱，毕竟还在试用期期间。我就不知道为何要为难这位同事。

之前的老板， 我认为他做法拖泥带水。
现在的老板， 我又觉得他有点‘绝’！

同样的事情，两种做法。如果是你，你认为那一种方法才对呢？

13hours

I went to bed at 12am and slept till 1pm. 13hours!
I'm feeling a bit dumb now. Just had my brunch.

Ok, I dunno what to write, still a bit blur -_-