Wow! Paris, A Birthday Bash, SQ 319 and HOME sweet HOME!

Wow! Wad can I say but WOW! The last few days have just been too packed for me to possibly pen all my thots down. But wonderful it was and especially so due to the numerous ups and downs. Paris, then rushing around London to get my belongings sorted out and finally the flight home - when the fact that I was finally coming home to my home, family and frens in Singapore just sank through! Harried as the last few days have been though (I have not slept in 29 hrs in an attenpt to avoid jet lag), they have also been some of the most eventful days of my London experience and possibly the last few years.
Paris did not exactly live up to my expectations cos at times you got the impression of a rather dingy and dodgy city. But it is an old city after all and all the twisting alleys and odd hexagonal junctions are in a way a kind of historical relic. Contrastingly, juxtapositioned against this are some of the most magnificent monuments and buildings and architecture of the age. From Le Cathedral de Notre Dame to La Tour d'Eiffel (hehe still stuck in French mode) and the less well-known but equally awesome Le Patheon, Paris has it all. Its cultural and historical richness is, I believed unmatched by almost any other city on Earth.
Hey but apart from that, we had great food! Oh I love the hot steaming crepes in the cold and freezing air (yeah it was really cold ... I was in 4 layers!), the delectible French cuisine (served in a restaurant with NO English speakers and staffed with churlish and rather rude waiters! but ... all in all still wonderfull French!), our yeah yummy Buffalo Grill! (fancy eating American steak in the middle of Paris hehe!)
Overall it was a memorable trip, etched firmly in memory as a result of the cornucopia of sights, sounds, twisting emotions and sheer adrenaline!
We celebrated Yve's bday when we returned. BB and Yirong bought her an M&S cake and I gave her the present I had acquired a few days back. Heh it was a cute little celebration with just the 4 of us with us - poking fun at each other all the while. Sometimes the simplest ways are the best. They brings out the spirit and true nature of things I believe.
The next day (today?) was just a mess and a blur to me ... rushing around settling my e-ticket, getting lunch from Wright's Bar - yes it opens during the holidays too -, negotiating with the receptionist at Passfield, getting my 40 kg luggage (yes 40 kg! I carry as much home as some people carry to London! haha! most of it food for the family!) across the bloody green park tube station which is NOT equipped with any equipment wadsoever for poor people like moi! But at Heathrow it was all different. Thanx to Dad's Solitaire PPS thingy I got a taste of SIA's First Class lounge! Wow I like the good life already! Ah its so nice to be rich! Sighz ... one day. I filled myself with spring roll's, freshly made hot noodles, shortbread, yogurt, cappuchino etc etc whilst watching my collection of anime (one piece!!!). I was so full that by the time dinner was served on the plane I could hardly eat! Hmm the flight back was pretty uneventful ... I tried and succesfully did stay awake most of the flight in order to not become another victim of the ruthless JET LAG! It was good to see my family again (ALMOST all since Rory is not back yet AGAIN ... but wad so unusual?). Too bad Dad had to leave for Korea after only one hour, we didn't even get a chance for dinner together. Den came down to the airport to pick me up and I got our customary BEEEG HUG! Ah now I'm torn between two homes.
It's done. Now all I have to do is wait. (But I hate waiting!!!)

Dreaming of You - Selena
Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I'd stay up and think of you
And I'd wish on a star
That somewhere you are thinking of me too

Cuz I'm dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Then here in my room, Dreaming about you and me

Wonder if you even see me
And I wonder if you know I'm there
If you looked in my eyes
Would you see what's inside? Would you even care?

I just wanna hold you close
But so far, all I have are dreams of you
So, I wait for the day and the courage to say
How much I love you (Yes, I do)

I'll be dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I'll be holding you tight
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Then here in my room, Dreaming about you and me

Ahhh...I can't stop dreaming of you
Ahhh...I can't stop dreamin

Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I'd stay up and think of you
And I still can't believe that you came up to me
And said, "I love you; I love you too"

Now I'm dreaming with you tonight
Till tomorrow, and for all of my life
And there's nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Then here in my room,
Dreaming with you endlessly...