Rush Rush

I am flying to Paris tomorrow night and I feel as if there are tonnes of things that I haven't done.

I haven't started to pack, I haven't gone through my training materials, I haven't learned (and mastered) any basic French phrases, I haven't done enough research on where to visit and how to get there... gosh.. so many things!

Perhaps I am getting a bit nervous because I am going to a country which I haven't been before and on top of that, a country that speaks very little english. Thank goodness I am going with a colleague, so instead of 1 person pointing the fingers everywhere; there will be 2 people doing that. ;-)

Although everything seems to be rush rush, I have to admit that I am feeling rather excited of going there. I haven't been to such a far away place for quite some time already. If I remember correctly, the last long haul trip that I made was to New York in 2005.

I am sure everything will turn out great and hopefully I will be able to update my blog when I am there. Au Revoir!

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Happy Chinese New Year!!! May the God of Prosperity comes to our homes and bring us lots of gold. Also may all of us have better health, happiness and peace.

Gong Xi Gong Xi!

Paris, Here I /We Come!!

After waiting for almost 3 weeks, I finally gotten the answer. My training in Paris is finally confirmed to be ON!!! Yeahhhhhh.....

Actually I was supposed to go there last November but as my boss "reserved" me for something else, my place was swapped with another colleague. The "reserved" thing didn't happen and with the current economy, I was really worried that my trip to Paris would be cancelled. So I tried to keep my hopes down as I didn't want be too disappointed if plans were to change.

Then 2 weeks ago, my boss told me about the possibility that the training will be relocated to somewhere else... somewhere which was very undesirable (at least to me). I was sooooo disappointed and my whole day was covered with dark clouds. Then the location got changed to US which the clouds cleared a little bit and finally back to Paris (the clouds totally cleared then). I of course was very happy it's back to Paris as I never been there before. I wanna go see Mona Lisa leh!!

I was supposed to get an email from the training center in Paris to really confirm my trip but I didn't receive anything. I think my boss also got a bit fed up with me as I kept pestering her on whether the trip is still on or not, even when I was on my 1 week vacation in Singapore.

I finally received THE email 2 days ago.... and I can now start to buy my winter clothing and change my money to Euros. I have less than a week to get all these done... and I definitely need to do some shopping this Chinese New Year.

The training will be for 2 weeks and I am extending my stay for a week. Gan and JM will be joining me at the end of the 2nd week and we will be a threesome in exploring the beauty of the City of Romance, hehehe.... I am sure it will be very fun!!!

Haven't done any planning on where to go and where to stay though. Guess we will need to make time to sit down and plan the itinerary.

Paris, Here I/We Come!!