Tuesday, December 26, 2006

ho ho ho

first and foremost, a very merry christmas to one and all!
*puts on santa hat, takes out santa bag and gives out imaginary pressies*

i spent the stroke of midnight strapped in to my seat
all alone in a plane that was just taking off from dubai.
(i swear, dubai and istanbul are two of the most un-christmassy places in the world)
it was sheer misery.

touching down back in singapore lifted my spirits though.
lovely smses, shouts of merry christmas,
digging everything out of my luggage and showcasing them to my parents,
taking calls even when i was in the shower,
our korean bbq lunch at this nice new place in dempsey (yummy wagyu!!!),
and two sleepyheads driving around.

ho ho ho!
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long overdue, but next comes photos from my paris trip!

it was the first sunday of the month,
so we had free entry into the louvre
and jostled with the crowd to look for mona...


i was the only one who successfully took an illegal, picture-perfect shot of mona
woohoo!

walked past an ice skating rink while looking for a place to have dinner
and we decided to try our hands (and feet) at moving on thin ice!
no hard falls, thank goodness, and we got better with practice,
but no socks means i got a pretty icky blister!



my first time ice skating and it's really fun!
we skated (and posed around) in the kiddy rink most of the time
and them french kids were so cute and red-cheeked and smiley!

a yummy seafood (and escargots of course!) dinner
and nutella crepes dessert later,
we headed back to the hotel for a good night's rest
before more sight-seeing the next day!

we took pictures at the arc de triomphe,
walked down champs-elysees towards the louvre,
found longchamp and bought the whole shop,
popped back into louis vuitton and exercised self-control,
had a cup of hot choc at la maison du chocolat for a whopping 6.50 euros,
then dinner at a frenchy restaurant near our hotel.



exciting wintery activities and pretty christmas lights of paris,
and actually having nice people to hang out and sight see with.
that's the closest i got to a white christmas this year.
once again, merry christmas one and all!!!!!!

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