The most popular movie now is probably the Da Vinci Code. I'm sure a lot of people wd wan to go Paris after watching Da Vinci Code - Esp Louvre Museum haha.
So next travel review: France Part (1) - Seine River, Louvre Museum, Notre Dame and Champs Elysees.

Siene River

Above: Seine River + Paris City: Seine river, the main route of transportation and protection for Paris long time ago.

Notice that there are no tall buildings in Paris? Ya French hates to copy oth cities. Therefore, they created a city w/o high rise buildings

Every building in Paris City is very well designed.Just take a look at the picture below

Nice design rite? Every building in Paris is so exquisitely designed. Road side stalls.
Notre Dame. This famous gothic Cathedral took 200 years to construct! Its a must go!! Because the cathedral is very beautiful.
Louvre Museum. Its so so so big that U cant finish looking thru all their art exhibits in one full day!
The pyramid was designed by some Chinaman if I'm not wrong.Arc De Triumph @ Champs Elysees. The arch was to commemorate Napoleon's victories. The Arc De Triumph was completed by Louis Philippe.

France is really a very very nice city.. I mean, a city with beautiful buildings, a city with artistic cultures.. I will definitely visit France again - if I haf the $ and time. Haha.

Living @ France:

Cost of Living - Damn expensive. A Mcdonald Value meal cost S$12+ and usually, a meal cost ard S$20. But hey, there is this place in Paris City - called Montmarte - where u can get yr meals at a cheaper price. ard S$10+

Transport - Transport fare is reasonable. ard S$1+ per ride. Coz transport fares is heavily subsidised by their govt. Their subway lines are so so so confusing. There are so many lines. So be extra cautious.

Exchange rate: 1Euro = S$2

Will tell u more abt France in my France Part 2 updates....

Eh semester break le rite.. Lotsa people working le rite. Calling once, WHO IS WORKING AT RAFFLES PLACE? I desperately need some lunch partners. Sad sad, most of the time, I am eating by myself...
Why why why?
My dept has 4 person. incl me. One of them has a gf in another dept, so he eats lunch with her. The other one got her own lunch grp. All Malays. The last one is my boss liao. So sometimes, I'll makan with him... And most of the time, I eat by myslf... Pathetic hor.

And the Great Singapore Sale is coming!!! Setting aside a sum of $$ for me to splurge during this once in a year crazy sale! Gonna work harder, earn more OT $$... So that I can spend more and... save more as well

In the recent elections, we see lotsa actions. We see SDP kena sued for defamation, we see Mr Chiam retaining his seat at Potong Pasir... And we see someone saying Mr Gomez is a liar.

Liar.. is one that tells lies
A lie is A false statement deliberately presented as being true

And the news today proves that there is still an honest man ard.

During election, LTK told the voters that bus fares will increase after the election... ( and probably GST ). And true, BIG BIG PAGE... @ the Straits Times HOME section... Smaller hikes this year, if any.

Look, SMALLER HIKES THIS YR, IF ANY. Hey manz! what do u mean by... if any. If there arnt any possibility of fare hikes this year, why publish this article? Dun lor li lor suo... Just put, Fare hikes in October... And when u mean eh smaller hikes... Console us isit. Its like, fare increase but hey hey dun worry 1 cent (suppositely) increase only. Wah liew, my salary dint even increase by 1 cent and now, a company earning about $200million last yr say the 1 cent increase is justifiable.

Bus fares - Ren2 Men2 Fu4 Dan1 De Qi3 ( People can afford )
Medical expenses - Ren2 Men2 Fu4 Dan1 De Qi3 ( People can afford )
Upgrading cost - Ren2 Men2 Fu4 Dan1 De Qi3 ( People can afford )

I was wondering... Ren2 Men2??? Is Ren2 Men2 the name of a person who earns $4000 per day?

I am not Ren Men. I am Ping2 Fan2 Ren2... So u tell me to fork up $100,000 for medical expenses, to fork up $100+ for bus fares, to fork up $10,000 for upgrading... I tell u, I can declare myslf bankrupt. AFFORDABLE? Haha.

I am not lying. I dunno who is lying... But definitely, someone is lying... Its for me to noe, for u to guess...

I'm now doing sth that all Singaporeans love to do - complain complain and complain...

I just came back after having dinner with my parents in some restaurant at Raffles Hotel. I forgot the name of the restaurant I went to but it resembles the Hippopotamus Restaurant in Paris.

1) Ok back to Raffles Hotel. Got lotsa comment on Raffles Hotel.
No doubt that it is one of the best hotels in Singapore. But I tell u, the toilets... CANNOT MAKE IT! Ok, its not that bad actually compared to those in shopping ctrs... Its just that I have high expectations.

2) I am damn pissed off today. I am damn pissed off!! My dad's Sony Ericsson fone is spoilt. My sis brought it for servicing a few days ago. She waited for 1+ hr before her number was called. 1+ hr( to send the fone for repairing ) plus 1+ hr (for collecting the phone ). And it spoilt again one day after servicing. And this time, I brought the fone for servicing. I waited for 2 hrs jus to wait for my number to be called at Sony Ericsson service centre. Wah piang! 2 hrs leh.
Bloody long lor. Its not that I am doing my shopping at Orchard today, nor that I am playing pool or wadsoever lor. I mean, such a big company like Sony rite, can employ more staffs to cater to the needs of the customer... Yah we NEED shorter waiting time!

3) Recently cigerrettes like very cheap hor. Fucking hell. Everyone seems to be smoking at every single part of Orchard Road. Smoke so nice to smell meh. Why not save your money and go and smell the 'aeroma' of the car exhaust pipe. Like what the opposition says in the previous election.. How to give more health care subsidies... GO AND INCREASE THE TAX FOR TOBACCO... INCREASE THE PRICE OF A PACK OF CIGERETTES. Cant survive without cigerettes? Go and smell the exhaust pipe instead!

I must say that I'm quite lucky to get my current job. I'll treasure my chance and prove my worth there, though, I can only stay there for a short while - I'll probably working in this industry in the future.
Why I say I'm quite lucky to get this job:
1) When I applied to OCBC, I do not have any work experience.
2) I submitted a resume to the bank. And I was quite surprised but delighted that they actually called me up for an interview
3) My supervisor is good.

Why I brought up this topic?
Well
I'd got this friend who wanted - so badly - to work in a bank, submitted his resume to UOB, OCBC, DBS, Standard Chartered, Citibank, Bank of India, Bank of China, Hong Leong Finance, Singapura Finance and all the finance/bank related firms that u can find in Sgp. But he did not get any reply. I do not know what really happen. I think I was reallie lucky manz.

Must make use of this chance of working in the bank to learn more things.. haha

Though demanding and tiring, I enjoy working there. Looking forward to working with OCBC again in the future....I mean, aft my unis...

The election has ended.
Well, for Pasir Ris Punggol constituency, SDA secured 31% of the votes... PAP, 68%
Would I have a chance to vote in the next election? I dunno. Hopefully, i'll be able to.
Well, a few points I want to point out to whichever party's candidates.
1) During rallies, u need to capture the people's attention by so called communicating with people in your speech. Dun give a presentation. Election is about speech.
2) Give out newsletters at MRT stations as a team.
3) Deliver newsletters to our house.

The next few entries of my blog will be on travelling... (Yeah! Ya my hobby is - travelling)
I had promised to post pics of my recent trips up in my blog but I haven got the time to do so. Pure laziness. So I start a series of countries tt I'd been to last 2 yrs... shall start with...Hong Kong...

@ Causeway Bay. It was 11pm at night but there are still so many people...

Tram to The Peak...

Hong Kong Tim Sum. Well, I find Singapore's one much more delicious. I tried Tim Sum in 2 different restaurants. But both were.... quite disappointing.

The Busy Nathan Road.... Orchard Road of Hong Kong

Temple at Repulse Bay...

View of Hong Kong Island @ Avenue of Stars. Every nite, @ 8pm, there will be a laser show there.

And this is the Avenue of Stars

Airport express...

Places I went to in HKG: Avenue of Stars, Victoria Peak, Snoopy World, Space Museum, Cultural Ctr, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen, Stanley, Mong Kok, Ladies St, Mosque St, Causeway Bay, Wang Cai, Bank of China, HSBC Bank, Tsim Tsa Tsui, etc etc.

Hong Kong Trip review: Hong Kong wasnt as fun as I had expected. Maybe my expectation is too high. Well, Hong Kong is just like Singapore... Just that instead of speaking English, they speak Cantonese. Shops are opened till as late as 12am! 11pm and u can still see people shopping @ their busiest shopping district.

Standard of living there is about the same as Sgp's. But a proper meal (eg chicken rice) can cost u at least S$5 (Sgp, u can get it conveniently at $2.50). Trains and bus fares are about the same as Singapore. They have this Octupus Card where u can use it almost everywhere... Take a bus, take a train, take a cable car, pay for the things you buy at 7-11 etc etc.. Just like Sgp's EZ Link card.

Hotel is about S$110-S$130 per nite @ a 3 star hotel. Hostel I wd recommend YWCA. Its ard S$40 per person per nite. Air conditioned.

3D4N stay wd be enough if u wan to go there for a short shopping trip.

5D4N stay wd be enough if u want to cover Disneyland, Ocean park and the rest of HKG.

6D5N stay is enough if u wan to cover Disneyland, OceanPark and ShenZhen.

Airfare: Flying by Jet star is still the cheapest way to get u from SGP to HKG. But book early and look out for discount. Becoz for $300, U can get a flight from SGP to HKG by Cathay or Northwest. SGP Airlines is ard $100+ more ex den cathay and Northwest.

Peak season: August - HKG shopping festival... Well, depends on you lah. I prefer to go dur Nov - Mar season because hotel there is cheaper dur off peak, and weather is cooler.

Remember, Hong Kong is just like Singapore. U can travel on your own. A map will do. There are plenty of HKG maps at HKG airport. Dun worry, u wont get lost... Even if u want to travel to ShenZhen, its damn easy lor.

Overall, I wd rate this trip 7/10.

Next few entries: JY@China (ShenZhen and Shanghai), JY@Japan ( Tokyo and Osaka ), JY@Taiwan (KenTing and Kao Hsiung), JY@Switzerland (Bern, Luciene and Zurich), JY@France, JY@Malaysia... Paiseh, coz i use digital cam onli in these few places.. So cannot post those pictures I took in oth countries which I took pics using film cameras...