crazy queue, museum morning, autumn shots, and the arc de triomphe
11:06 AM
Today was rather disappointing... went to church in the morning and after that was supposed to go to the president's office since its "jour de patrimoine" (day of culture) with hanan. When we got to the queue it was like u-wont-believe-it kind of long. I asked the French people directly in front of me in the queue how long it would take before we finally reached the office, and he said maybe four hours... having invited friends over to my place to catch the Liverpool-Chelsea and Man U-Arsenal games... I couldnt possibly have queued on... hence the disappointment cos its like istana where its only open one day of the year? Hah... but I've since gotten over it.. oh yes, and worse still, man utd registers their first lost of the season. To arsenal some more. And Chelsea wins undeservingly! So yea as I said today kinda sucked :P
Anyhow, hanan was a wee bit late this morning, so I was roaming around champs-elysee (the belt from the arc de triomphe all the way to the louvre) snapping some nature shots... the leaves are all turning that orangey shade of autumn now...
oh yes and I went into a museum too to kill time.. act artsy-fartsy.
We had sambal fish and ikan bilis with nasi lemak rice for dinner! Kudos to jiaxin once again... although the sambal sauce used wasn't exactly the perfect one, but it was good enough! We invited this guy who's been here for 5 years for dinner... he came straight after jc... cos he was packing up to do his final year in paris, so he has lotsa things to clear, which means we have lotsa things to take haha! So.. hmm I thought it'd be nice to ask him over for dinner, and learn all things france from him..
After dinner, since there was still a bit of the "day of culture" left (it's the culture weekend... sat and sun, where all museums and most sights are free entry) we popped down to the arc de triomphe - just down the street haha... never actually been up there... the last time was 2years+ ago with waiyu... it's a nice view from above, being right smack in the middle of the panopticon... its like at the end of each street u see something from the arc... yea.. well I guess it's a nice ending to the Sunday, despite all its misses (losses).
posted by zy- on 11:06 AM