Italy and monaco!

Have been really busy these days.tons of Quizes are pouring in and yet I am still travelling out out out all the time. I have decided that next week will be a BREAK week for myself… To recuperate my health back and also to catch up with school work. Thursday, I went to nice to see the sweet factory, Saturday with the school to Italy and Monaco…..and Yesterday, I went to the CIRCUS! Wow. It was such an eye opening experience. We went for the finals of the circus competition. We saw, seals, tigers, ponys, horses, elephants and people from all over the world performing their extraordinary gymnasiam spirit. On man… there was this girl that can hold her body weight with her teeth. A guy who can cycle a bicycle on a string. OMG! It was fun. But… hahaha our route there was tough. We walked out through the wrong exit from the train station and we ended up stucked by the Car racing activity that had blocked the short cut route for us .Hence, we had to walk one big round. We tried to hitch a ride but because we were in too big a group. 5 people. No car was willing or able to fetch us up. So…. We walked there.! There was this family that we saw…. (the boy had a clown’s face on) and we asked them if they were going to the circus and if we could follow them. And they led us to the carpark and asked us if we had a car. We were exhilarated that we have found someone to lead the way to the circus. But our hopes were smashed! The person had 2 cars but was totally unwilling to fetch us when winnie asked him for a ride. He acted dumb. Wadeva!

So yah… I have walked A LOT since I am here and I am so glad I bought myself a good pair of shoes before I come for this trip. OR ELSE… I am so dead. That day to the sweet factory… we walked at least 5km. And the SATURDAY’s trip to Monaco and ITALY… hahahaha. Another 2 km? and yesterday… 3km? OH MAN we are having workouts everyday! Hahahahaa.

My Italy and Monaco trip was FUN! We went to Italy’s SANREMO MARKET. I bought a fake belt . Gucci. Oh man.. cheap cheap. Also, we went to the Mediterranean sea side for lunch….. and we went to MONTE CARLO. We went to the cathedral, palace and Casino. And I bought some gold coins. Really nice ones that show the areas that I have gone to. The casino was smoky and looked like an adult arcade. Though I still prefer the Normal arcade. But of coz… it is cool to enter the famous Monte Carlo casino.

Will be posting pictures up soon.!

train


sugar mixer in the sweet factory

port
sculpture
sweet factory
sweets- crystalised fruits

cross

behind the castle
sea port
beautiful sculpture
Nice...... sunny
buskers...

Castle memorial
My 1st cooked meal.!

Art gallery.

Omelette at Antibes centre: with ham, cheese, onion etc.. Villaberda: near carrfour
Roadside sweets at nice: very ex. 2.90 euro per 100g

special AUTO toliet.
Cute dogs i see..... France is a dog paradise!

cute maltese at MAC cute dog at Zara
Me at Cannes

Cannes 's trees are cute. Botak.

church?
Cute dog at cannes. it licked John's face. hahaha

lazy morning

Last night, i went down to Antibes centre for a walk. Din't walk far because i had to come home and cook my dinner. I ate spaggetti again... Rae says that my cooking has improved! hehehehe.....Because i had to do my HRM readups before lesson, I did not go to the Ceram SA's buddy party. So, Jiralda n I ended up home alone... and we chatted all night instead of studying. hehe. slept at 1.30am. and i am so tired now... I did not even eat breakfast today... just woke up 15 mins before and changed into my clothes and rushed out. hehehehe. typical shirleen...... anyway i am in stats class...got to pay attention. tata

Singapore... i am missing u.

Sunday was a great day, winnie managed to borrow the vaccum cleaner frm the counter. Which is of great help to me because…. I cannot sweep the floor clean with the lousy broom we have.! Ok.. yes.. I am bad at doing housework too I admit. =X anyway, Sunday was a boring day, we did our cleaning, washing.. and this time, jiralda was here to help! No church…. We were all tired from our trip to nice.. Shopping. I only bought a shirt and winnie’s damage was like 600 euros. And we’ve only shopped half the streets. Yes.. and we are going back this Thursday again for shopping. But I am not gonna buy much. We will probably be visiting a candy factory … Hahahahahaa my favourite. And we’ll have a guided tour and free testing I heard. So yah. I am so excited.!
Life here is not easy for me. The cleaning, washing , cooking buying my own groceries, managing my school work and planning my travelling trips are tough for me. Its taxing because somehow our group here have lots of disagreements in terms of rental and stuff. Some feel that we should be united and rent should be shared by all. Some feel that the extra 200 euros that they have to pay are not worth it. So…yah… lots of unhappiness. But! I decided to pay my own rent which will lessen my friend’s load… and we have decided on the split in rent. Girls room, and boys room kind of split. Though I have to pay more, but I believe that I pay for what I use. So yah. Its justifiable. Anyway, I am just hoping that this dark cloud will pass soon and we’ll all be happy like we just came here.

Yesterday, I cooked my very first fried rice with sausages and my second plate of Chinese cabbage with oyster sauce. Thank u Rae for teaching me how to cook! I think I’m getting better. (a little)

Mummy, daddy, I am missing home so much.! Now I can appreciate all I have…the maid, the constant meals on the table when I reach home, the clean clothes and well fed dogs when I wake up….I can’t wait to come home..!

I am missing Larry so much.

I miss my princess life in Singapore.

I am missing my friends and u..

Bad night!

Anybody wans to know how suay i was yesterday. Ok. i was at school printing notes for the lectures. and whe i left it was about 7.15pm
it was pitch dark that i could not even walk the short cut route. then it was raining cats and dogs so i decided to run to the nearest bus stop(using the long route) from school instead of the usual ceram bustop since i din have an unbrella with me. And guess what. The Last bus Went pass me without stopping and i was stranded at Sophia Antipolis. I wanted to cry so badly, but i told myself... shirleen u are a big girl... u have daddy God with you. Dont worry. Í contemplated on whether to hitch a ride or call for a tazi but the taxi ride here is expensive. like 5 mins ride... 12 euros. so yah.. i was pondering and i deceided to walk to the beram bus stop and there i saw 2 china exchange student too and they too missed the last bus. luckily they stayed at antibes and we shared the cab together. allowing me to save $60.
the total ride cost me 15 euros.... It was supposed to be 45 euros if we din share and it was only a 10 mins ride. OMG!
i felt the pinch....
I went home soaked and upset. and i had a french quiz today.. so i was home late... and din even want to bathe since i was in a bad mood. I ate instant baked rice for dinner and winnie and geralda was laughing at me for my small appetite that night. saying that the 15 euros burnt my pocket and i was trying to save the money back by eating lesser. but NO. thats not the case babes. i was just in a bad mood. Ate my dinner, studied abit and voila.... slept till this morning.

Ok, class is starting.. will be posting pics up soon. Stay tune.