nyanya’s Gazette

I have been always a fan of classical world. Be it musics, operas, movies or books.. classical times never beat the hi-tech world we live in today. There is no internet, no emails, no iphone during renaissance days, but yet people at that time managed to created something complicated, fun, entertaining…

Jane Austen’s stories are about complicated relationships, and ways of soceity behaving. Mozarts, Beethoven.. they managed to create beautiful musics.. masterpieces.. Operas still cannot beat those hi-tech movies we have today. Some things are unreplaceable… Bravo bravo!! Hmm.. why didn’t I take Arts and Theatre while at school??

I wish I could play classical instruments, I wish I could sing classical songs, I wish I could play in an opera…. *sigh* Although those are just wishful thinking, but I still appreciate the songs, the plays, the literature.
My childhood bestfriend plays piano. She comes from a family where all of her sisters play piano. I remember that whenever I came to her house, I am looking forward to sit and listen to her or one of her sisters practice piano lessions.

I think if I were to go back to the old times, I like to be in the.. let say.. between 1700 to 1800. Howzat??? kekeke Although personal hygene is in question at that time - no shower or running water, only bath; being around horses all the time…hehehehe… horses poo poo on the street.. but I imagined the men (and women) are more charming than those of nowadays *sigh*

One great thing of living in a european town, is that everything is surrounding with classic arts. Nancy is the town of des beaux-arts…. On the way to work, I go through the creation of Ecole de Nancy, beautiful architectures… Lucky that walking to work is not that bad. The view from my appartment is not that bad either.

We will be going to Vienna at the end of April. Can’t wait!! Gonna discover one more European city which is full of baroque arts. Yippie!!

In the meantime… a view of Nancy is enough..

News come and go, with the wind…
so fast without I could even shed a tear.

You are at a better place, so they said…
I hope so, I wish so.

Though for a brief moment, the memories of you stay…
The joy you brought… the fun you had.

In our heart, you will remain…
Always…

I (heart) you.

Lots of love
~Auntie Nyanya~

Yesterday (Friday) was not so good though. Have been rushing all day to do work which I know will never complete in time. I hate it. I hope to end my day with lazying around, cleaning my work mailbox and ready to get home. But no… I still have packed of stuff to do over this holiday season break. At least I got things organized.

I hesitate to put ‘out of office’ message on my mailbox, coz I know that I’ll be checking my work mails from time to time during the break. Tsk tsk tsk… But at least I do not have to be in the office. Yeah, this is my first year of not having to go to the office during the season holiday break. Need to cover lotsa things this weekend. Xmas gifts, salon appointment… and I still dunno what I’m gonna wear for Xmas dinner. Haiyayayaya…

I went to Gap store the other day with Barbara, and things are so expensive there. In US, Gap is not an expensive store. It’s like the H&M. But nooo… when Gap crossed the Atlantic, it because very very expensive. Nothing that you can buy that costs 19.90 Euros. hihihi…

Me and Babs

.. whoever messed with my holiday plan will get a lifetime curse! muahahahaha….

Why they never learn? You know that you will go off for holidays, so prepare ahead! But no. They like to make a last minute changes, to plan based on assumption and to promise the impossible. Perhaps it was done unintentionally (it’s me brain trying to see the positive side).

*Sigh* This smells like a whining entry.

For the next 3 days I will need to drink a lot of water, to do a lot of deep breathing exercise and to have a lot of patience, I mean A LOT. For all I know, they’ll see the back of me at 17:30 p.m this Friday (hihihihi)

Why people never really show their appreciations on all your hard works and good jobs done. But they just can’t wait to sneak up behind you whenever you are off guard, and caught you red handed. They would point out this one mistake that you did, just because… you are being like everyone else. A normal human being who can make mistakes, who has bad hair day and most importantly…. not a super being that they thought you are.

What a disappointment eh? Anyway, I won’t be like “those” ungrateful, despicable people. Gratitude is the key. So here goes..

Thank you for pointing out my mistake.

Thank you for the good words you said.

Thank you for making me aware of who I am and what I’m capable of.

Thank you for making my day.

Thank you for tomorrow.

(I could go on and on….)

Careful… this sounds like a start of a whining senseless entry.

Last Saturday night we went to a great restaurant ‘le Grenier a Sel’ for my Birthday dinner. It’s our second time there. The first time was during our wedding anniversary. I forgot how great the food and the presentation was, so I didn’t bring my camera. It turned out I’m regretting for not bring my camera with me. On the other hand, I’m a bit “scared” that we are not allowed to take photos of the food. But anyway, the owner knew about the photos I took last time, she said thanks for putting the photos on the website. So, I guess it is OK. Maybe next time. It’s only that my bad experience in Malaysia and Thailand where I was told by the waiter that taking food photos is prohibited

Anyway… I received great bithday presents (which I will cover in my kitchen blog because of the nature of the presents hihihihi)

Work?? hmmmpphh.. I got more Shaz I need this, Shaz please do this, Shaz why this is not done. Sometime, they even ask me about their own work. Crazy eh?? I just wish that for one day, they would leave me alone doing my own work!! Last Friday, I stopped pickup my phone because I just can’t deal with whatever request that they want. Now I know why I managed to get a lot of my work done if I do my work at ecafe after work. It’s because no one come to bother me with new requests or new information! Try to imagine, at work if I’m listening to a song, I can’t get 1 song to finish without being interrupted!!!

I told you this is a whining post.

to me!!!! ngeh ngeh ngeh

If you don’t wish yourself, then no one will… and also if you didn’t tell anyone it’s your birthday, no one will know. Am I right?

So what did I do on my birthday? I took day off. I will make it an official day off day for me for the year to come. Give me those blardy vacation forms and I can fill them up to the next 10 years!! muahahaha…

Woke up big late this morning. Well, I’m used to wake up early nowadays. So basically I am trying to stay in bed as long as I could. I managed to stay in bed till almost 10 a.m. Oh, I was woken up at 6 a.m. by my mom’s sms. Sms-ed her back saying thank you for the wish and I’m going to continue sleep. hehehe.. Rejekkkk…

Morning basically lazying around in the house and checking work mail (Am I a workaholic?).  My union colleague will not approve of this! hihihi…

Ahh.. it’s been long time that I didn’t wake up late and start my day in the afternoon.

At 3 p.m. went to an appointment at the office to sign my new contract. Not much given *sigh*. Had to use a longer route coz there was a strike ‘parade’ passing by around the area.

Then 2 hours of driving lesson. I really had visual problem at night. My teacher said I won’t learn much if I continue learning in the evening. *Sigh* So I asked her to change all my evening lessons to morning or afternoon. I’m my own boss at the mo, so I basically can arrange things during the day. I’m so tired driving at night and I know I won’t learn anything. My eyes are so strained that after the 2-hours driving, with my super powerful glasses, I see double! I’m not kidding. If I had my eye checked, I think the correction will go up. Not good, not good.

I promised my colleagues that I will bring chocolate cakes tomorrow. So gotta get some eggs.

Thank you all for your kind wishes and of course the b’day gifts Bisous!

….They made me wake up early on Saturdays and used all my money.. durrrudush!! kah kah kah

Morning driving lessons also call for retail therapy. I can’t say how much tiring and exhausting driving a car can be. Why do we torture ourselves just for the sake of going from one place to another in a box called car? I will cover this in my future whining entry. Just talking about it makes me tired hahaha…

Anyway.. shopping doesn’t make me tired. It is a very good thing to start up a day! hiihihi

Look what I bought this morning…

This is only the result of me not fast enough breaking at the orange traffic light. har har har. The fucking light changed while I was right on it! W’de hell!!

…what to write ah?? I can’t let my blog to be un-updated for long time.

Actually I had a lot on my mind, but all are kind of bits and pieces, not worth it to write in the blog. I don’t want to whine about work… blergh.

I think Raya fever has gone and that I will slow down on cooking and baking. Have been eating lots recently. huhuhu.. I will get back to eat moderately and get back on the losing weight mode. I hope that I have time to do some taebo. Yes yes.. I know.. there is no such thing as ‘no time’. We could always make time for anything.

I found myself tired and hungry when I got back from work. All I want to do is relaxing on the couch. Oh no! That sounds like what a fat-ass might say, right?!! Dammit!

Must…change…attitude… *crawl to the couch*

What happened if I wasn’t in front of my work pc/email for 1 day?

Chaotic!!!!!

I can see that the more they didn’t see any reply from me, the more they are creating the havoc. It is amusing and funny sometimes. But oh well… they do what they want. Ils font ce qu’ils veulent. But one thing I just hope that they would be calmer when face with certain issues. And not “melatah”, as in jump up to the ceiling when poked. *sigh* Sometimes they search for the issue to arise, I think. Law of attractions on the move here, people.

I think I should take day off more often. In France, there is RTT in which a day off per month. So it is an addition to your annual leave. I am the only person in my company I think which keep on losing this RTT, because I didn’t take the day off and it cannot be brought forward to next year.

How about for the next yr resolution, one of my resolution is to take my RTT and never lose it! Hmmm.. not a bad idea eh?

OK need to checkout something (yeah work related). What can I say, I itched if I have unfinished work. *sigh*