Friday, September 18, 2009

looking back...

Today is an awful rainy day in Bordeaux, so the outdoor event on the dune of pila was cancelled. Very disappointing must I say, that place looks so beautiful. But on the bright side, I will be able to catch up on some much needed sleep, & update this blog...


looking back, it was raining the first day I arrived in Bordeaux.


It was grey and confusing. You can tell it's an old city at a glance, but not colorful like Rome or crowded like Paris, although I immediately felt that I was going to like this place.
this is the place victoire, the turtle is a popular gathering spot for young people. In italy there was a lot of piazzas, I just love that concept, its so much cooler to say "lets meet at the turtle at the place victoire" rather than "the exit of guy concordia metro..."this is the ste-catherine street, the longest merchant street in the entire europe. 2 min walk from my house hehe



thank you for helping me with the luggages! I don't think I could have managed, especially with the broken handle lol


The first night in France was spent in a shithole. You CANNOT imagine how small that room was, its unconcievable that a girl lived there for 2 years.... anyway out of respect for her I will not post the pictures, but it will BLOW your mind I tell you!




here's the view outside my living room. Sometimes there are 2 french boys taking their coffee on the small balcony its pretty cute lol. there's also a gay bar downstairs as well as a japanese/korean resto. Must go there one day...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

posting from McDo on Champs Élysées

Raining hard,
arrived in Paris by train from Bordeaux at 11pm, so didn't bother looking for a hotel, slept 1h in the train station with bums before getting kicked out, then meeting a guy from holland, going to 2 bars that weren't closing til 5am....found a louis vuitton umbrella.

took the first metro to George V, waited for McDo on Champs Élysées to open under the rain, but happily had this umbrella....

raw, honest and accurate impression of French Men so far (excluding you of course)
-lazy
-lazy
-arrogant
-lazy
-handsome
-thin
-relaxed and chill
-LAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

By the way , I found a great appartment, I will post pictures later on ;)

ciao guys!

I'm going to ITALY!!!!

Monday, August 31, 2009

leaving in 5 hours!!!

I'll be arriving in Bordeaux on Sept.1 at noon, local time.

CANNOT WAIT!!!! despite not even knowing where to sleep on that night :D :D :D

Friday, August 28, 2009

rejection letters

If these were rejection letters from the colleges I've applied to, I'd have a pretty damn good reason to be depressed. However these are only emails from French landlords soooooo whatever you know. But I'd still like to show you my impressive collection!! Sympas ces français!

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Dominique: ce serait avec plaisir ... le seul problème est que les écoles de commerce font des semestres de 4 mois, et que je ne peux pas laisser une chambre vide dans une colocation ...

Alex: Désolé mais je reste sur les critères que j'ai défini dans l'annonce. (25 ans et plus)
Bon courage pour ta recherche

Lacassy: Bonsoir, le studio n'est plus disponible, cordialement. (I replied to his ad FIFTEEN minutes after it was posted)

SELOGER 66CLEM7: Désolée mais cet appartement n'est pas meublée (the title of the ad was FURNISHED studio. )

G: salut yili, Il n'y a pas de soucis pour la garantie financière, par contre cela fait un peu court pour nous que tu ne restes seulement jusqu'a decembre, et même si on peut voir déjà ta personnalité dans ton mail (tu as l'air très drôle et très sympa) on préfère quand même rencontrer les gens avant de prendre une décision, question de feeling.

The W who gave me a taste of betrayal T_T: Désolée, mais comme je vous l'avais indiqué, l'appartement ne pouvais être bloqué et il a été visité et réservé hier dans la soirée. En espérant que vous réussirez à trouver un logement...

Valancony: bonjour Désolé le studio a été loué. cordialement (20 minutes after I replied the ad. brutal.)

An Tenjiao: Indisponible! (short but efficient, with an exclamation point...typically chinese!)

okay you get the idea, I have about 6 more mails with the same content. And I also have been rejected 4 times on couchsurf, however for my pride i will tell myself it's not because of my profile pic!! It is because I mentionned that I'm bringing a guy with me..yes that must be it. who would want to host a chinaman -_-

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

"it was a taste of betrayal

...you effin whore" quote from I love you, man!
yes it's exactly how I felt when the girl whose appartment I was interested in announced me that she rented it to someone else. 24hours after she said we have a deal.



The appartment was exactly what I needed, one room + kitchen +living room, access to the rooftop, nice location, all charges included 380 euros.




But no worries, I will find better!!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

About Bordeaux

I like being surprised, but I also like being prepared. This is why I always try to read as much as I can before going to a certain place.







It's really too bad that the world's finest red wine is produced in Bordeaux, because I CAN'T DRINK. but you know what, I will persevere and train hard so that when I come back I'll be able to finish at least 4 beers without passing out. oh shut up you!



Thursday, August 13, 2009

Conclusion


La moitié de 2009 a passé comme un coup de vent, ma vie en ce moment c'est un peu le bordel, j'ai même pas de domicile fixe, ma valise que j'ai rangée pour déménager à l'appartement de UdM m'a servi pour le déménagement back to lachine hood, que j'ai ensuite apporté en Chine, que j'ai par la suite défait à mon retour, et que je suis en train de re-re-remplir. Elle m'a tellement accompagnée au cours de cette année que je ne la vois plus comme une valise, c'est devenu un meuble!

Bon donc je n'ai toujours pas
-de visa
-de logement

mais peu importe, comme Julien le dit, tout s'arrange vers la fin. effectivement!

 le circuit d'Italie en 8 jours, à 488euros par personne. Je dirai presque que c'est une aubaine comparé à d'autres forfaits, mais entre vous et moi 488 euros, c'est cr*ssement beaucoup...

L'itinéraire. le point de départ : Paris 4 septembre.
J1 passe par lyon - chambery
J2 milan - verona - venise
J3 venise - san marino
J4 san marino - roma
J5 roma - vatican - florence
J6 florence - pise - savona
J7 monaco - nice - cannes - avignon AUCUNE COMMENT mais ça se fait en une journée apparamment.
J8 avignon - paris