I have the best friend in this world. really. LOOK.
a prelude to my birthday....
cos i wasnt feeling it...
Thanks dear Jan!!



Gorgeous aint it?
Its been a very flower-ful pre-birthday.

A very sweet Dan sent up yellow Narcissus in a pot (very practical indeed) as well...what a suprise...many thanks as well..I have been very dutiful yeah? watering it everyday. be proud! they aint dying yet!!!

anyways, had my 3rd lesson of frenc today. it was NUMBERED...the french really have a way with their numeros... it is not only challenging to the mathematical and language department of the brain, it also is a tongue-twistering task to just say "94" spelt as "quarte-vingt-quartorze"; pronounced as "carte-van-kartoze".
now imagine doing the ten timetables aloud!
10 dix (diz)
20 vingt (van)
30 trente (tront)
40 quarante (karont)
50 cinquante (sankont)
60 soixante (swasont)
70 soixante-dix
(swasont-diz)
80 quarte vingt (cart-van)
90 quarte vingt dix (carte-van-diz)
100 cent (saun)

k enough french for the weekend.

however torturous the language can get, at least my professor is really nice. reaslising that i was a student of SEAsian, he asked if i would like to watch a Vietnamese Marionette performance at Cirque d'Hirer tomorrow....of course i said YES!
anyways, he actually made the effort to get one more ticket for Janice; Alas! SOLD OUT. he still extended a dinner invitation to her after the show.

A really eccentric man with a passion for French and Food. Typical French. Desiring for us to try a Michelin 3 star baker's bread he begged us to wait and watch over his bag while he made his way back to the office to bring it down.

Now, the bread, it was really something!!! ok fault me...i just adore bread in general...so perhaps i was biased. but as the yeast n flour interacted with the saliva in me mouth, i felt a burst of flavours of the different grains...no kidding!



And so, Professor us bid farewwell at the budget cambodian-chinese restaurant he reccommnded us for dinner. it was cool cos it was an authentic cambodian-owned family restaurant. managed to squeeze in a few phrases of the Khmer i knew with the owner. perhaps i could ask if they would like some hired-help...then i can practise French with them as well as learn Khmer!!!

its vietnamese marionettes on water tom then!