nyanya’s Gazette

hey all…
Day 2 just finished. OK So I still have not my belgian registry number! After day 1, I was already 15 mins late. And so today I went earlier as they said must come early. At 8am I already do the queue, and my god! long queue already. After almost an hour of queue, I arrive at the counter and the girl said the time slot for opening a new dossier has finished! She gave me an appointment on 13th of february.. wadehel!! She said if I want to have it on the same day must come earlier earlier. I asked how early because I thought 8 is early already. She said try 7am.. wtf! Gosh I hate administratives!
I go back to my office huhuhuh
So hope for better day tomorrow. I got all the papers I could possibly think of.

We’ll see tomorrow. I’m just tired with all this thing! arrgghh

On the bright side, i had typical belgian lunch and dinner today hehehehe

I just got an email today from a real estate agent that I met last Monday and he said that the owner of the apartment that I am interested in is asking more information about family situation and work. I have been renting in Sydney, KL and Nancy, and never had this problem to sign a deal. Come on man.. I have said that I have the money and good job!
I talked with a real estate agent last week and she said that even her is fed-up with landlord in Brussels because they always bitchy and take their own sweet time to choose a tenant. I dunno if they had so many bad people there who didn’t pay the lease or to pack up and leave. But they definitely need to loosen up a bit!
I really hope to sign on this apartment. It is the “best” that I’ve visited and I just want to do the moving. Looking for apartment is never fun!

Yay! I got my Il Divo Paris concert tix on the mail today. I have forgotten about it!
It will be in April. Long long way to go.. Nevertheless, I can’t wait…

Still waiting for Josh Groban and BSB dates.
I saw on Josh’s website, he will be releasing a collection album. Yum yum!

That’s all fer now.. Cheerios!

There’s a time that you had to make small decisions such as which sweater to buy, what to eat, where to go… and there’s a time that you had to make big decisions.
Being a person who uses brain more than with heart, I would keep playing the scenarios over and over again like a broken record until the impossible became possible.
This week I had to make one of those.. big decision. It may seem easy but trust me, it is not! Almost 10 years ago I had to make a decision - to marry and move or to marry and and stay (note that the common denominator is getting married - which means I still have heart, right?) As someone said, one day I will look back at this treacherous moment, and have a laugh at it. Which is true…

Anyway.. it’s done.. truth has been told, decision has been made, news has been spread (or so). Moment of rebirth…

I hate to write things here which are still I’m not sure of. To pick up from the last entry, I bought il divo tix for their concert in Paris!!! w00t!!!
But the sux thing is that I still get the tiered seating. Bleehh.. I think that it is a kind of trend now that you MUST be in fan club or buy exclusive package in order to get to flat seated. Well. it’s not that I am not a big fan of these people, I am. But I don’t think I want to spend hundreds of euros for stuff that I don’t want. Like goodie bags, and signed photos. I don’t give a damm.. I want to enjoy the concert with nice view.. that’s all!! huhuhu
Anywhoo… 2009 line ups are NKOTB, Il Divo, and Boyzone for now. I’m waiting for BSB and Josh Groban to put out tour dates. Then I’ll be a happy camper!
Another uncertainty is my choice of future projects. I hate when facing with dilemmas. If I am to live alone, like ophan, single no one in the world, I would jump right in to what comes first. But it is not the case. A loveable person I am, I have families, friends who love me so much that they are supporting me in any way. But not to mention, making it harder to decide on something. However, I feel blessed and my gratitude goes to all my families and friends who help me turn the uncertainties to certainties…

.. nothing much.I’m nursing my flu. Tomorrow is public holiday in France, so I hope to get another day of recovering. The weather starts to be very bad. Today it was windy and oh so depressing. There are a lot of people who got sick even at the office. There are already 2 colleagues who not only got the flu but also “viral”, in which vomitting is involved. Isk…
I felt better today, but after a day at work, I felt like I’m back to square one. Hope not.. Going to drink tea and honey…
Speaking of tea, I bought 5 different kinds of tea. I bought them by gram, and I have tea filter each time I make the tea.
What else… hmm.. I’ve yet to hear from the company that I went for interview. I really hope that I get it because it would be a career boost for me. isk isk…
Gonne get s’more rest. Laters!

I had a dilemma at work today.
One of my colleagues came to me with a suggestion to improve somethings. Although I am a pro-improvement and changes, but this I had to refuse and reject his idea.
I know that my comments and refusals could lower my colleague’s morale. But I am only a human, and at this moment I can’t deal with improvement. Moreover, I talked to everyone in the office and no one seems to support the idea. We had objective meeting today and it was clear that my objective is to maintain the process. On one hand I understand that the process we had is solid, on the other hand, I like to work in environment where everyone is creative and full of new ideas.
Anyway, I have to go with maintaining than improvement. Not all improvement is good, isn’t it?

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