华人，还是马来西亚人？

以往放学时，有都会从后门速闪，可是今天我从大门离开，踏出讲堂，离开这具有深重意义的最后一堂课前，特地向前握了教授的手，当下的情况也只能用一句“谢谢”来代替千言万语。


我们打从小学开始就被灌输种族和谐的理念，尽管生活在一个多远种族的国家，可从小到大都活在自己的生活圈子里，从来没离开过大马华社半步，上课跟华人同学一起上，人住在檳島，就连逛街或者在街上游荡，看见的多数都是华人，极少接触异族文化，自然国语也讲的不流利。


思维逐渐发展，开始对时事产生兴趣时，却开始被政治洗脑。刚成年的我们还没踏出社会却被网路上一些种族极端主义和政治人物的种族言论清洗，还搞不清楚整件事情到底是怎么一回事，却已经自己认为大马不宜再居住。

中六毕业后，爱探险的我决定自己离开大马，看看这世界，开阔一下视野。

去了柬埔寨以后才发觉，自己国家其实没那么糟；听了捷克的民主革命经验后，才意识到一个国家迈向独立之路不简单；看见英国如何保护非洲移民的人权地位，才知道种族和谐来之不易；去了法国看见他们黑皮肤白皮肤通通都自认是法国人，才知道对自己身份认同的重要性。


我，是华人，还是马来西亚人，后者，成为了我在国际平台的身份。


接着大学开课了，那应该是我人身中真真正正体验大马多元种族与文化的开始，族群比例按照大马实况 6：3：1，不论在课堂里，食堂里，考场里都跑不掉这个比例，再无可逃避的情况下只好操着一口Rojak语言，坚持混了过来。

链接回文章的第一段，最让我感动的是这位教授，Prof. Mohd Ammyrul Ashraf。


这学期我报考了大马建国使（Nationhood Studies），那，是每位大学生的必修科，这科目被政府设定为必修科的主要目的是为了提倡种族团结与爱国精神。老实说，透过课本里的内容与考试的作答范围根本难以达到政府的目的，可是这位教授却把民族和谐的精髓成功的传达给我们。


还记得上第一堂课时，他问的第一个问题是：你，是什么身份。


教授点了几位同学们一个一个轮流回答，马来人的回答’我是马来人’，华人也很理所当然的回答‘我是华人’，接着他说你们都答错了，我们是马来西亚人！全班一片肃静，唤起了我对身份认同课题的共鸣。


他时常都会在班上分享有意义的故事与亲身体验，也时常苦口婆心的告诉我们要记得和谐的可贵，更有一次非常心痛的告诉我们他教过的学生尽然忘了他的教导，在社交网站挑起敏感又脆弱的种族话题。


学期的最后一堂课，他忽然告诉我们，来！现在我们来个小考！全班一片哗啦，糟了，上一堂课不是才小考吗？怎么搞的，今天又来？！接着，他告诉我们不需要紧张，你们的小考是认真的看这部短片，然后回去认真思考短片内容，接着，他便播放了一部关于华，巫，印，三位好朋友的故事。放学前他说：2020宏远，是事在人为，省略了其他科技通讯发达的元素，回归到宏远本身最初的出处，就是希望大马人民能够像短片里那三位好朋友，结伴同行，迈向更好的未来！


这句话，深深的烙印在我的脑海里，也非常的耐人寻味。


反问自己吧，你，是什么人？马来西亚在你心中的地位是什么？

My First Car!

Finally! Finally! I've got my new car!

My parents have been planning to get me a new car this month. well, I was asked to choose any car but the budget limited to below RM55k. Well, you know, when the budget is only that amount, there's only a few options and those car within consideration will only be local made cars.

Anyways, i'm not complaining because, hey, having a car is better then non!

I picked Myvi at first, my reason is simple, it's a nice car and i need the horse power, because i'm traveling to and fro from my university. We proceed into the loan application and I've submitted all the necessary document because I want it fast as I'm schooling already.

Fortunately it took more then two weeks to process everything. Wait, did i just said fortunately? I want the car as soon as possible! well, it goes like this, I saw an article about Proton's Preve, a C-segment sedan, which i wanted badly. I didn't consider it at the beginning because it exceed my budget limit, but after doing some comparison, although it exceeds my budget, but the money value pays off. It's even better then Myvi in some expect!

first drive

I regretted choosing Myvi after reading the article, but wait, the car is not ready yet, can I still change my option? I called up my dad and discuss with him, he seems to see the advantage of getting a Preve instead of a Myvi and agreed to change. I immediately phoned the salesman with joy! The best part is, after all the discount, I'm given a net price of RM58.5k, which is just a few thousand more then the original budget! well, i believe it to be a good investment ;)

look how happy I am!

Immediately one week after the decision, I've got my first car in my life.

Thank you mum & dad! <3>

Life in Timisoara

Timisoara, the third largest city in Romania, and one of the wealthiest city. I guess that's the reason why I choose Timisoara. We all know that Romania is dangerous with gypsies and pickpockets, well, I would like to avoid all that!

let's begin with the routine life here. well, all of us have been assigned to work in an institution, but unfortunately not all the institution are functioning! I have friends who sleep til 2pm in the afternoon and have lunch after 3pm, sleeps around 4am after clubbing. that's their summer.

I've tried to construct my summer holiday to be better than that by waking before 12 pm,  have my lunch between 12 to 1pm, work and finally sleep around 12 am.

nothing much in this city because most of the attractions are under construction! that's a really sad thing as we couldn't see the best of Timisoara within our stay, hence,  Iulius mall became our first choice place to visit! 

                I introduce you, Iulius mall!

A mall with the biggest hypermarket in town, Auchan, with big brands like H&M and Zara, a big food court and a big cinema!

it has become the EPs first choice of visit as we all have to do our grocery, buy ingredients for dinner, entertained, and hide from the sun and rain.

well, some little thing that I've noticed during my stay in Romanian. They love coffee! There are coffee machines almost everywhere serving all kind of instant coffee with only one lei per cup! The Romanian simply love it. They have to take a cup of coffee from the machine whenever it's possible. besides that, most of the driver in Romania are gentle. They will stop for pedestrian to cross the road even there's no traffic light. its a good habit that they have. speaking of good habit, well, one of the habit that the Romanian have that I hate the most is, they love smoking! they smoke everywhere, even indoors and public area, they couldn't stop smoking, and smoking seems to be the national habit of Romania! I wonder have they ever learn about the harm of smoking.

With that, it basically sums up my life in Timisoara.

My dorm in Timisoara

I'm going to talk about the life here.

so i'm staying with another 4 people in my room and I'm sleeping on the upper bed of the double-decker. its a multiracial room as I have an Italian,  an Indian,  a Ukrainian, and a Turkish in my room. here are some photos of my room

well, it's not tidy and clean. I have been sleeping with cockroaches for weeks and as you can see, the room is messy, nothing of it belongs to me!

The worse part is the toilet! I'm going to talk about the bathroom  first. although guys and girl's bathroom are seperated,  but there's no doors to seperate every shower room! there are five shower rooms in the boys bathroom, and if you are using the first one, four of the other will walk by your shower room, and because there's no door, your naked body is exposed to them! god! I have been struggling for almost 3 minutes before I decided to use the bathroom for the first time. but we'll,  it all goes well, as most of the guys doesn't really bath! haha

 

and as for the toilet, well, guys and girls are sharing the same toilet. I've once seen a sanitary pad unwrapped in the rubbish bin with blood on it. OMG, and also, cockroaches! I couldn't believe I've made it for 6 freaking weeks!

The kitchen is nothing better either! those EPs never wash their dish and clean up the kitchen after using, and it's always dirty. because of the budget problem, the Asians decided to cook for dinner every weekdays, well, we became the main people responsible to clean up the kitchen.

well, I have so much to blame, but still, overall it's a different experience staying in such a dirty dorm. anyway, it's free of charge, I've seen worse accommodation that Aiesecers provided for EPs!

ReBranders

So let's put my travel stories aside, first, let me blog about my exchange experience.

I've signed up for exchange through AIESEC last year, and have already decided to go Europe. Found a good project to attend in April and Here I am, Timisoara, Romania.

ReBranders, the name of my project, and the name speaks itself. It is a career development internship, whereby we (exchange participant) have to help our assigned institution on re-branding and establishing new marketing strategic.

I was assigned to work with Muzeul Consumatorului Comunist, a start up museum of consumer item in the communist ere. The owner owns a pub in the same time, so we are allowed to work in his pub, with a flexible working time. I love the pub, it's decorated in an artistic way, but the down side is that there is no non-smoking area. The highlight of the pub is, it's decorated with things that can be found in the 70s, those are all antiques now!

There's also a theater in the pub, a black box theater, which is really small, but somehow it adds on the sense or feel of art in this pub! before i met the owner, i thought that I'm going to work for the theater, which I'll be more than happy to do so! Well, I'm working for the museum now, which is challenging for me, because it's a start up, what he need is all about designs and stuff.

That's all for now. Will be blogging about the lifestyle in Europe!

Flashback!

Dear dear~ Its already the final half an hour before 2014 and I've just started to blog!

So what to blog about? Well, 2013 is really a good year to me, perhaps one of the most meaningful year in my life! Lets go through my timeline!

January: I've just came back from my Hong Kong trip with my family and STPM is over! I'm enjoying every moment of my life!

February: So I went to Sarawak, and this is my first phrase of my backpacking experience! being host by a local Chinese Sarawakien and met two friends from Sweden!

March: Went to Beijing with my mum in early March, first time traveling alone with my mum, and I'm the guide! It's freezing cold over there, too bad the snow was melting.
I went to Cambodia during mid March, alone! this is my second phrase of my backpacking trip, and also first time traveling abroad alone! backpack with two foreign friends, one from Canada and one from France. STPM result was released during my last day in Cambodia. I was so nervous! I received a few message congratulating me before I gain internet access to check my result. I got 4As! although not 4 solid As, but I was so happy! This is like a miracle! I cycle with a ranted bike with joy to Angkor Wat again(half an hour away from my hotel), just for the sake of my merryness! That moment is so special, my whole cycling journey is covered by my overwhelming joy, and I'll never forget!

A Man of Freedom

So my one week holiday is going to end soon, and I have to go back to UUM.
I'm so reluctant and I don't feel like going back.

My best friend Hean Tee asked me why, well, that's a good question.

First, you have to know the life in UUM. Well, there's curfew in my university, lights off after twelve. Although the authorities seldom check on us, but you feel guilty if you are not in your room after twelve. Even though you are not afraid of that and think that the school is busy enough to leave us alone, where can you go without a car? There is no entertainment within 10 Kilometers radius after twelve around you, and the nearest cinema is 45 minutes drive away from your hostel!

Dear authorities, I'm a man of freedom, in the age of twenty, I've been to 16 countries over three continents.  TEN countries and TWENTY ONE cities over two continents on 2013 itself.  No one gets to stop me where I want to go and I'm able to go alone. Culture different is not a problem and I have no problem walking alone in a country where they don't even share a common language that I know. I've met pickpockets, robber, scammers, poor, wealthy, nice guy and all different kinds of people and situations, and I manage to survive them all without a problem.

I couldn't say that I'm the best and I'm always right because I'm not perfect, but I believe that I've seen more then the others in the age of twenty and that's not the way to treat a mature guy by locking a freeman in a cage.

This is not how a university life should be, this is not how I imagine my life would become.

游子归家

虽然我在大学里生活了一个月半，回槟城却多达四次，这非一般的数目，相信在大学里没几个人比得上。
即使如此，今天在回家之前，我还得为亲爱的槟城写上一篇。

咱们这21世纪的Y世代，踏上升学这段漫长的路不算稀奇，留学他乡的有的远至英美国家，一年都不知能回乡几次，农历新年也只能与异乡同胞吃上一顿，Skype回家说上几句。
而我的情况比他们好多了，大学就离家乡区区两小时车程，每一个星期都会有两三趟巴士从校园出发，回家路程就象进电影院看上一部戏。不过每次说到回家，我心里总是会有一份莫名的兴奋感；回家，让人联想到那张温软的床，那干净舒适的私人厕所，餐桌上那热腾腾的家乡饭。回家，你能不兴奋吗?

当大家陆陆续续离开大学，当大家忙着整理行李，当课室走廊外空无一人，你知道你离你的家不远了；上课时想着回家要做的事情，谈话时想着在家乡的老友们，收拾时想着回家要带来的东西，上车时想着踏入自己家里的感觉。

那两个小时的车程，游子们不断地查看定位系统，不断地寻找路牌，不断地告诉自己，我离家很近了！

我亲爱的槟城！那漂亮的海峡，那繁华的岛屿，在标志性的渡轮里，看见了迎面而来的大厦，黄昏时分，夕阳下的槟城更显得特别壮丽，这时，脑里狂欢着，心里尖叫着，我告诉自己，我到家了！

槟城，我爱你！

Countdown: 11th and 10th day before university

I'm finally back again! Gonna blog about my Cameron trip with the UTBs. Can I call it graduation trip? since we are all schoolmate and we are still in our graduation holiday~

Day 11 before university

As I mentioned in my previous blog, we were hanging out together until late night before the trip, so I didn't sleep very well (and HT didn't even sleep at all!). It's cool that the van came to my home to pick me up, so I can sleep longer then the others! thank you guys for tolerating :). As usual, had some small talks during the ride to Cameron. It took us five hours to Cameron Highlands and our first stop: 

 A random plantation in the entrance of Cameron Highlands. The weather is not as cold as we expected.

OH Cameron, it's all about strawberries. Strawberry chocolate, dry strawberry, strawberry ice cream, jam, juice, you name it.

 The girls are busy with their self portrait (even there's some one with a camera in front of them)

Lavender Garden (where HT used to mention before the trip but had totally forgotten about it and I have to remind them about it). Well, the lavender here is different from what I saw in France, perhaps a different type?

Here's out first group photo together, taken by the garden's photographer (berpattern-pattern)

The four deadly machine gun flowers

HT with his cupid (that's what he think it is)

Days in Europe

I'm gonna blog about my second trip to Europe here,

Yeah, second!

Didn't expect to go Europe twice a year,

but hey, it's my sister's graduation!

to be honest, this is not a backpacking trip,

I spend most of my traveling time with my sister,

and it's so different from my last trip!

I usually had sandwich or pizza to fill up my tummy last time,

but my sister insist to have a proper meal,

cost me a lot, but luckily my dad is paying for the accommodations this time!

thanks dad! :)

I'd say this is more to family trip.

it's so nice to have someone taking photos for me and accompany me along the journey.
And my mum joined us during our last week in France!
woohoo! nothing is better then to have a patron traveling with you in Europe!
A totally different experience in Europe.
what can I say more? I'm so grateful for everything!

 

Went to Camden town with my sister, and found this big horse head with huge nose. Haha! I just have to do that!

 

Buckingham Palace, well every tourist have to do this I guess.

Traveller

I think I'm qualified to call myself a traveller!

I've been traveling lately,

to a lot of places!

Yup, from Asia to Europe, 17 cities, 10 countries!

I'm going to write about my one month Europe backpacking trip here :)

It all started two years back,

my first time to Europe is memorable,

and i realise that I must go back there one day.

Ever since that trip, I've been saving my pocket money for a trip to Europe again after my STPM,

and finally, after all the bread eating days,

my dream come true!

people think that only the rich can afford to travel in Europe,

well, i think i just prove them wrong.

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some highlight event of the trip:

Food Poisoning:

i was suffering from food poisoning before my flight to Paris.

worse day ever!

can you imagine running into toilet for so many times before a 12 hours flight?

i even puked 3 hours before the flight.

NIGHTMARE!

but luckily my body behave during the flight.

Eiffel Tower!

3 in one?

Chateau de Versailles

books for sale

Farewell:

spending few days with my sister,

suddenly, i have to say good bye to her makes me feel so reluctant.

couldn't imagine the days without her,

who's gonna take photo for me!

group photo on the roof top

My First Backpacking Trip

I should write about it earlier,

but I'm kindda lazy recently.

so, as what i've mentioned in my title,

This is my very first backpacking and solo trip.

Although i didn't went oversea,

but i think borneo island is far enough for me as a first timer.

I'm very proud to say,

I went traveling with only one small bag and a camera bag!

cool right?

Its really lonely to travel alone,

especially for the first day.

walking alone in the city,

but hay,

at least i have my phone with data plan which keeps me connected to my friends :)

But the story changed during my second day.

I bought a trip to Gunung Ganding for the Raffasia,

and i befriended 2 Scottish, 2 Germans, 2 Swiss people and 1 Czech girl.

I'm the youngest among all and i'm also the only asian in this trip!

This is the first time feeling so 'international' 

I never befriended so many europeans even during my trip to UK and French last time!

World map

When I look into the world map,
I look at Europe.

I dream of traveling,
Enjoying every second of my life.

England, French, Italy, Germany, Switzerland.
I'm traveling there,
Maybe not now,
But I will

Epilog

Well, the trip is over,

and every things back to normal.

This Eadid's homecoming is different from Si Tenggang's one,

we should change!

To be more educated! More civilize! More manners!

Its time to change,

and i'm changing.

To learn the right things from them,

throw away the lousy bad tradition and be more civilize!

Penang is a good place,

if we can change more,

it would be better.

Education and arts,

it changes people.

My trip to Europe is over,

its already half a month since i'm back,

recalling those memory...

A wonderful memory...

I promise myself i will go back!

And i will work hard to make it become a reality.

Not far away from now...

7-4

We were sitting on the chair,

Which we paid extra money for it,

But I feel so uncomfortable!

The man sit next to me is so huge!

He kept putting his hand over to my place,

I can't sleep at all!

His head even laying on my seat when he's asleep.

I dint enjoy my journey back.

14 hours flight.

Imagine that,

How long can you hold?

We landed in lcct.

It was cloudy.

Hot and humid.

I feel do uncomfortable,

So not use to it!

Compare to Europe,

The cool breeze,

Oh, I wish I live in London!

And the people here,

Asian...

Why!

It's so unfair!

European looks so handsome!

Blond hair, colorful eyes, tall and strong...

Asian,

I have to say, ugly.

The worse thing is,

When I collect my baggage,

I saw a few people,

Obviously, from Indonesia or Vietnam that kind of country,

Well,

Not educated,

Rush to the London-kl terminal to collect their baggage.

Can't they read?

Why! Tell me why!

I can't accept it!

Why so unfair to us,

Asian...

I waited for hours in the airport,

about four to five hours,

doing nothing...

My dad took my ipad away,

well,

time wasted.

Finally,

the flight postponed due to the heavy rain.

AirAsia...

A 45 minutes flight from KL to Penang,

and i'm finally home.

Its about 7pm.

6-4

It's late in the morning,

And they were still in bed!

I woke them,

And waited the to depart for hours.

They pack their luggage again?

Girls...

~Grand plaza hotel (i took from the internet, as we had no time to take any photo)~

Hay, faster! I don't want to stay in the hotel,

I want to go out!

It's the last day of our trip!

And I don't want to miss it!

We took out breakfast in our room, (we cooked it)

And finally,

We depart.

Its already 11 in the morning...

~I bought a shirt there (took from internet)~

We went to the famous Oxford circus,

As other tourist spots were far away.

High street again!

Although it's Wednesday,

But it's busy over there.

They never work?

We shop along...

And suddenly I remember something.

I need an iPad!

As my father took my iPad home,

I have to buy another iPad!

That's my father's order.

We search for the apple store nearby,

And I queued for buying iPad 2.

Unfortunately,

I dint ordered it.

To buy the iPad 2, we have to order in the Internet.

I did it in the first day in London.

But I think I made a mistake,

I think I dint successfully ordered the iPad...

So too bad,

I dint get a chance to lie my hand on the latest iPad 2!

~Apple store, i want ipad 2! (from internet)~

We took our lunch nearby,

In a restaurant named the scottish steak house.

It's my last meal in Europe for this trip...

Felt so reluctant...

After finishing our meal,

We took the underground back,

As we were kind of late...

We took our baggage and check out,

Rushing to the nearby underground.

Liverpool street station,

We are back...

So reluctant!

London, I will be back one day,

And that day won't be long, I promise my self!

We were kind of late,

Good thing we dint miss the train to stansted airport.

Unfortunately,

Due to the maintenance along the track,

We keep stopping along our journey,

It took us more then 1 hour to reach the airport,

And the check in time was going to end!

We ran across the airport!

The luggage that my mum was holding kept stuck,

So I took it from her, and asked her to run to the check in counter!

I'm holding a 23 kg luggage running across the airport!

Imagine that!

But good thing we make it before it close.

After checking in,

We farewell to my sister.

She is taking another flight to Glasgow.

So reluctant,

Reluctant to my sister, to London, to Paris, and to Europe...

And finally we took off...

Looking back to London from the sky...

I will come back,

Won't be long.

5-4

I'm leaving Paris.

Feel so bad!

I will be back paris!

But...

I don't know when...

We took some bread is the station,

And board the eurostar back to London.

I dint sleep well during the journey,

And I found out what I had miss during the journey to Paris five days earlier.

It's beautiful!

The outskirts of Paris is beautiful!

Wide landscape with blue sky and white clouds...

Everything's so fake!

A 2 hour and 45 minutes journey, and we are back to London.

We took a cab, as our luggages were heavier then ever.

It's a four star hotel, named grand plaza hotel.

It's like a maze,

Corridor in every direction,

I almost get lost!

It's a big room for three,

Inside the room,

First, a corridor, with two doors,

One door led to a room with a kitchen and the another door led to a master bed room style with a bathroom.

Although the master-bed room is small (I mean, really small compare to the room with a kitchen)

But it looks comfortable.

I'm definitely the one sleeping in the room with kitchen,

Well look at the bright side,

I have my own privacy and I can sleep in a queen size bed...

After leaving our luggages,

We depart to saint Pauls,

Where prince William's marriage will be held.

~Saint Pauls (from internet)~

Unfortunately,

It requires around 20 pounds to enter the church.

It's too expensive,

So we dint enter it.

We walk around,

As there were shops along,

I bought a white coat.

Going to wear it tonight.

Then, we went back to our hotel,

Getting ready for tonight's musical,

The phantom of the opera.

~The Phantom of The Opera poster~

I'm so shy,

Because it seems like I'm the only one in white in the street...

Due to the time,

We cancel our pre theater dinner and bought some instant spaghetti for dinner.

~Thats why i'm shy, never wear like that before~

And, the show begin.

A musical that I will never forget,

The music is nice,

And the singer is so potential!

I enjoyed it!

It's a must for visitor all over the world,

You must go and watch it!

It's a play which is still playing since twenty years ago!

4-4

It's a cold morning,

Maybe its my problem,

We took the metro to the pantheon's nearby station.

We bought some bread and coffee from the bakery and start eating,

I choose the wrong bread,

I thought it's hot,

But unfortunately,

It's cold...

My mum bought something that dose not look tasty,

But it looks hot,

I took a bit and immediately,

I request to buy another!

It's hot,

Cheesy with a layer of ham on top of the bread,

In a cold morning like this, its grate!

We were lost,

I mean, my sister (who's holding the map) dont know which is the right direction.

Well, at least we make it to the pantheon after some walking...

Unfortunately,

The pantheon is off for restoration...

Haiz,

So we walk around looking for another visitor spot nearby.

We pass through a grader,

It's spring and the flowers are beautiful.

~Random statue in the garden (which i stole from my sister album because i dont have any photo on that day)~

And we notice that the saint sulpice (one of the place which mention by the da Vinci code) was nearby.

We followed the road sign and drop by the church.

Its old,

And her Christian sang their holy song,

The echo was all over the church,

Making if feel mystic.

~Saint Sulpice (stolen from my sister's album as i dint took any photo that day)~

Then we walk out,

I wanted to go window shopping,

But my father try to avoid it,

Haha,

Incase I dint get attracted by any goods anymore...

But unfortunately for him,

Lv's store was just opposite the church,

And there's another high street in front of us.

We walk along,

Well,

Not planning to buy anything anymore,

As I had bought enough and I'm statisfy with it.

My father suggested us to took our lunch in a cafe (which does not look expensive),

But again,

Hes luck was not around him,

It's one of the famous cafe in paris!

After lunch,

It's time for my father to go back home.

Feel so bad he was not along,

He confirm his way back to the hotel before he leave.

Watching his shadow fading into the underground...

Then my sister decided to go museum de orsay.

The museum is not opening that day...

So we turn back and decided to go louvre again as it was just opposite museum de orsay.

We went back to the grand gallery,

This time, we admire every masterpiece, one by one...

Then we found that, there is still one section we haven't visit!

It's big!

We finish our visit around 5 and took some drink outside.

Then we walk along the main road as there were some shop along.

We walk and walk and walk...

Without noticing,

The opera is in front of us again!

And it's time for dinner,

So we went back to restaurant chez chlement.

After our dinner,

We took the metro back,

Well, we have too,

Because we are leaving Paris tomorrow first thing in the morning.

We have to pack.

Well, I'm not willing to go back,

I have nothing to pack!

I never take things that I'm not gonna use out,

And my dirty cloths were all pack up yesterday,

As I'm gonna change to a single bed room tonight because my fathers leaving.

Funny,

When we get back to the hotel,

The receptionist say that we have only one room,

My sister asked him what about my single room which we had reserve on the Internet weeks ago,

The receptionist apologize,

He say the girl receptionist make a mistake this morning,

And the hotel is now full house,

So...

That means I don't have a room!

Fine, we have to squeez together tonight...

I don't like that,

But...

No choice.

European usually don't do that,

Single room for only one and dubble room for only two.

So, now we three are staying in a dubble room,

It's against their rules,

But no choice, they have to accept it as this was their mistake.

So... I think I just saved 100 euro that night!

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We took the big red bus again today,

This time, we went to the opera,

The place where the phantom of the opera took place.

The opera was so huge and luxury!

breath taking!

So grand and elegant,

Makes me feel desperate for a musical.

At first,

I though it was not open to tourist and visitors,

As, you know, actors need to practice for their coming show,

We round the opera and found a side entrance,

It's a souvenir shop,

And then the man told us the entrance to the opera is at the other side.

We queue up for ticket,

But too bad, we miss the English tour.

It's ok, we can walk around helping our self out.

The interior design was elegant and luxury,

It's like a palace,

Bronze and gold statue everywhere,

Wall painting and red carpet!

But the bronze smell is a little bit over...

We sneak peak inside the grand auditorium,

And we were so lucky to say the stage was on for rehearsal!

This is a must visit spot!

Next time, I'm gonna buy a ticket and enjoy the musical here!

After that, we took our lunch nearby,

At the restaurant named chez Clement,

The food was Superb!

You can even get a glass of rose wine for your Paris pass as a welcome drink

~In front of Arc de Triumphe~

After a fine lunch, we took the big red bus again to arc de triomphe.

I love it there,

Avenue Montaigne is just in front of it!

After paying a visit to the famous arc de triumphe,

Enjoyed the breath taking view of our lovely Paris,

And We SHOP!

High street!

Where all the branded goods were sold!

I bought a shirt, a long white pants from calio, and a Nike shoes from Nike Paris!

Shop shop shop!

Cafe for coffee and bakery for cakes!

Shop shop shop!

But most of the time Is window shopping...

Haha!

We took our dinner there,

I ordered a pizza, and share it,

Shocking, European use to finish a whole pan of pizza by their self!

And shop shop shop...

Most of the time watching on the road,

Admiring the sport car drove by.

Poshche, Ferrari, Audi, bently, BMW, Mers everywhere!

It's Sunday night! And it's the place to go for the rich!

Vrooom! Vroooom!

Almost every red light, I can see a sport car stop there,

And one bently get cramp and send away to the police station because park on the no parking area!

Don't play fool if you drive in Paris!

~Before we leave the Are de Triumphe~

We took the big red bus back to Eiffel tower and took the metro back.

What a day!