Goodbye 2016, thank you.

As always, I tend to do a last post of the year on New Year's Eve to remind myself of the past year and just recap everything. So, a monthly recap of 2016:

- January: Italy trip, quiet times back in Strasbourg after half the Erasmus gang left, snow in SXB, weekend in London, Car's birthday weekend in Paris

- February: Visited V in Brussels, day trip to Antwerp, hanging out with K, Italy round 2 with YL, exploring Venice alone (amazing place) and meeting up with YS there, back to SXB for classes

- March: Oh Wonder concert in SXB, day trip to Colmar, generally quiet and mostly classes and revisions

- April: Birthday with friends, Paris after my birthday, exams, Dijon with A and YX

- May: Post-exams with amazing weather, 10 days in Spain, went back to London, collected keys and moved into new house!

- June: Came back to SXB, Hamburg to visit V, last 2 weeks in SXB and pre-internship prep, packing, goodbyes :'( , back to London, BM garage sale and started internship

- July: Internship, hanging out with friends on the weekends

- August: Internship, came back to SXB for K's birthday, end of internship, P's birthday back in London, left for Paris to visit YM!

- September: Paris and day trips with YM, came back to SXB for 4 days, back to London for the weekend, BM garage sale 2, left for Tours, farming for 2 weeks, back to London

- October: Start of uni, apps and networking, came back to SXB for one weekend, O's birthday, lots of work and school basically

- November: More work and school, interviews, figure skating etc, Black Friday sales and BM sale round 3

- December: More work and school and figure skating, Lazy Oaf and BM garage sale round 4, started working at HCo, came back to SXB for Christmas and New Year!

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If 2015 was an amazing year, then 2016 was a strange year. On 1 Jan 2016 I embarked on my first solo trip to Italy full of positive vibes and everything felt so refreshing and full of hope. But this feeling didn't continue for the rest of the year, even though I wish it did. The first half of 2016 was exciting and adventurous - I'd booked so many travels and I remember going back to London on a whim, weekend in Paris, mid-week trip to Belgium, Italy again and exploring Venice on my own, day trip to Colmar, Paris after my birthday, exploring Dijon with friends, 10 days in Spain, and finally my last Erasmus travel to Hamburg before returning and departing Strasbourg. Erasmus was like a dream, and sometimes I felt I lost myself in it. The second half of 2016 came like a reality check, and there were moments where I felt truly miserable, lonely, tired and disenchanted. Following my short respite of exploring France and farming in the Midi-Pyrénées I was back in UCL and launched into an intense period of work and apps. But hard work pays off, and I'll always be grateful for all the opportunities and second chances I've been given. And through the ups and downs of this year I've become more conscious and aware of my own priorities. I guess it's true that sometimes you gain some and you lose some, but I always believe what's meant to be will be. 2017, I think I'm ready.

Last days of 2016

Second last day of 2016. Tomorrow is NYE! This year has gone by crazily fast. But I've realised that the older I get the faster time seems to pass. Childhood felt like it was so long. Maybe it's because we're more occupied as (semi-)adults (haha). I have not been very productive in SXB ... brought all my notes but barely did anything except for French omg really need to do econ. K introduced to me this chess game called "Backgammon" a few days ago and I've been addicted to it lol. It's been really foggy here in SXB and the temperature's gone below zero so haven't been out much and basically just staying indoors and watched a lot of movies haha.

28 Dec Wednesday:

Woke up even later than usual, I think I attempted to read a bit of econ?? Was super foggy so didn't go out except to Rivetoile to get some groceries, and that was super late like before it closed. K cooked dinner for me!! Super good. Started playing Backgammon and hence began the game addiction lol.

29 Dec Thursday:

Woke up late, super cold and had cramps the whole day so didn't leave the house at all. Attempted reading Finance again, but ended up playing Backgammon (again). I finally made my soupe forestiere! Favourite soup of all time and I couldn't find it in London so defo gonna have to stock up before I leave + pomme poire too!!! I can't leave Europe ah how else am I supposed to buy all my French food ... Anyway watched The BFG, The Holiday and City Island. Been wanting to watch the BFG since summer but it came out in July and I was busy with internship back then so didn't have the time until yesterday. The Holiday was really nice but didn't really like City Island as much I felt that the beginning was too long and they took ages to get to the climax of the movie. 

30 Dec Friday:

A.k.a. today. Woke up early but basically went back to sleep until about 11 then stayed in bed to play Backgammon LOL. Facetimed the fam back in SG then went out to centre-ville because I really wanted to go to that bookstore at Place Broglie and I didn't know if they were going to be open tomorrow. And I'm so glad I went!! Got 3 colouring books (the only books I'm obsessed with now lol) for €12 and one of them is this coloriage calle Merveilles Sous Les Mers which I've been eyeing since maybe April?? It was also the last one so super glad I went today! The other two I got were the colouring postcards but they only had 2 versions and I even went to the other store at Place Kleber to check but they didn't have the others in the series. Nonetheless am super happy with my purchases! Walked about a lot and took different routes back and discovered a lot of streets that I've never seen and also revisited a lot of familiar places. Then it got too cold so I quickly went to Simply to buy some stuff and came back. Was really bored after coming back so went out again to HCo at Rivetoile to try on the shirts so that I could order my size online LOL. Couldn't decide between XS or S but decided to go with the bigger one so that I can wear it more as an outerwear. Then went to Leclerc to get more food and stuff and came back. Ordered my HCo stuff online and basically been procrastinating since then ... and I haven't even had dinner yet. I will read at least half of my Finance notes tonight sigh. I was supposed to have finished revising 2 econ mods by this week! T_T

Christmas in Strasbourg

I've been back in Strasbourg for about a week now (10 days to be exact) and I can really say that nowhere else feels more at home than here. It's weird, but I'm just so used to living here in SXB and the city and the places and everything. Post-Erasmus blues is real, and I'm not sure when I will get over it.

Anyway going to post brief updates about my life so far! I really want to remember things because today K was just recounting to me how we ate at Le Tarbouche once but I have absolutely no recollection of that at all. Like at all. It's so weird because he recounted the whole incident and I can imagine myself saying the same stuff but I just can't remember the actual incident happening?? And what's weirder is that normally I keep track of my spendings and take photos of my meals etc but I can't find anything about it. The only time I remember going there to eat was with V and that was back in December 2015 ... so weird. But anyway point is I wanna be able to remember what happens in my life!!

Okay so week 10 of term 1 was quite crazy. I started working at HCo and wasn't scheduled for any shifts that week since I just got registered onto the system on Monday (12/12), but managed to pick up 3 shifts from my colleagues to cover so was pretty cool. I really like working in the store haha. I worked on Monday until closing, then bought stuff with my associate card for K and the housemates for Christmas hehehe. Tuesday had a full day of classes until 6 and went to C and MH's place for curry dinner! Worked again on Wednesday from 12 since I only had classes until 10 - was actually planning to dimsum lunch with S and K but couldn't in the end so I just went to work early and worked until closing again. Was supposed to do until 6 but manager asked me to extend cause they needed people for closing I guess. Super tired. Thursday I had class in the morning, lunched at Farmer's Market with C and XP then went to Westfield to shop / return stuff. Came back in time for Finance tutorial and French, but went to Regent St again after class to buy stuff from HCo lol. Then Friday was quite crazy - had class from 1 to 4, went to work at 4.30, worked until closing, bought a Subway dinner and went to M's place to chill - literally didn't get to see him for the entire term until last day of term LOL. Then I went back about 11 cause P was waiting for me to watch the penultimate episode of The Apprentice together since we both didn't have time to catch it the night before. By the time we finished it was about 1, then I had to pack my luggage for France while P just played Fifa downstairs until like 4 or something. I was organising all my notes and everything and time just passed so quickly - didn't even realise it was already 6am and I had to leave at 7 to catch my bus at Victoria. So quickly shoved the rest of the things into my luggage, ate my last avocado from the fridge and left. Was freezing and foggy when I left the house and I think I missed the bus I was intending to catch by 2 minutes. So had to wait super long for the next bus and I was calculating I would have about 5 min to spare when I reached the coach station. The bus was quite slow and I was literally watching the minutes and dashed off when I reached my stop. Dragged my luggage and ran towards the coach station and actually made it with indeed 5 minutes to spare but what a close shave!! I started to regret not having bought the Eurostar ticket.

Fell asleep when the bus started moving and woke up about an hour later - we had already reached Folkestone but there was a massive jam to get to the Eurotunnel. We were delayed about an hour or so then when we finally reached the check in for Eurotunnel the bus driver told us we were already delayed by an hour. Thank goodness I planned for 3 hours of transit time in Paris, but messaged YM to tell her that I most probably wouldn't be able to meet her for dinner in Paris that night. Wait more on the bus and finally the bus started moving and we got onto the Eurostar shuttle fairly quickly. The bus driver then told us somehow we managed to get onto an earlier shuttle which was great news. Slept on and off after that, arrived in France then realised my bus was taking another route via Lille instead of going directly to Paris. Checked the bus timetable and calculated we were about 1.5 hours behind. Weather was really awful - it was foggy and rainy and cold. Finally arrived in Paris and even then there were a lot of traffic jams. Arrived at Bercy at 6.30pm and there was no way I could make it for dinner. Took the metro for free to Paris Est - they were encouraging people to take public transport because of the air pollution in Paris so public transport had been free for Friday and Saturday, which was great for me as I didn't have cash so didn't have to buy a ticket. Travelling with luggage definitely takes more time than usual, so I only arrived at Paris Est at 7.15 and had to wait an hour for my train. Bought a French Meal Deal from Casino (the supermarket chain lol) then sat and waited. Spoke to a lady who turned out to be going to Strasbourg as well and had quite a nice chat with her. Finally the train arrived and boarded and slept on and off again on the train cause I was so tired. Arrived in Strasbourg at a quarter past 10 and K was already at the tram station waiting for me! So happy to finally be back aha. 

18 Dec Sunday:

Woke up quite late at 11, but K cooked brunch! I washed my hair then went out to meet LJ and friends who were just there for one day. Went to Cafe Atlantico (the boat by the quay!!) for drinks and cheesecake, then Sushido for dinner. The sushi was amazing I'd been craving it for about 3 months now lol. Then we went to take photos at the Christmas Market entrance and somehow my instax wouldn't work and there was this other girl who asked us to help take photos with her instax and her instax also stopped working. So weird but after I went back I realised the counter was actually wrong and I'd in fact finished the films. But still we managed to take 1 instax of all 3 of us together and I gave LJ and W the ones with them. I haven't used my instax ever since and I can't use my Christmas films anymore now that Christmas is over ...

19 Dec Monday:

Woke up at 7am to collect the key from I, then went back to sleep again and only woke up again at like 1pm so only moved in in the afternoon. K helped me with my stuff, then we went out to lunch. Wanted to eat at Franky's but it was closed so we went back to Rivetoile and had Buffalo Burger. Then went to HCo since it was right opposite Buffalo Burger and I discovered the amazing thing that I can use my associate card in France!!! So bought some stuff hehe and now I'm waiting for the new triple A's hopefully coming soon in Jan?? Shopped around a bit but not much to buy, then went to Leclerc to get groceries. Then came back and did work caused had prep to do but nothing much exciting. I ate a really French dinner of baguette and pate that I bought from Leclerc - hadn't had it for ages like maybe since March lol when LJ first introduced me to it but soooooo good.

20 Dec Tuesday:

Woke up quite late again but had a nice French breakfast of croissants and tea hehe I love croissants. Went to Rivetoile again with K but went to other shops this time like Bershka. I saw this super cute pink knit jumper in Bershka so am just waiting for it to go on sale. Also found the Mom Jeans that I tried on in Westfield that day but the queue was too long to try. Then we went to the Christmas Markets!!! Finally!!! I got a new Christmas Market cup without the vin chaud and some tea from Maison Bourgeon - it's called Delice Detox and it smells absolutely amazing, probably because of the melon inside. Apparently they only have a physical store in Provence but they sell their stuff at the Christmas Markets every year. Also bought some Alsatian cookies from Fortwenger and a baguette (so French lol) and we came back to try the tea with mille feuille and cakes that I got the day before. Then K had to go for work and I ate Nongshim for dinner that night lol basically just eating it everyday. Was quite unproductive and didn't do much work but still went to sleep really late argh.

21 Dec Wednesday:

Woke up late (as usual), had some brunch and went out. K and I found the Danish butter cookies in Simply but we couldn't find it in Leclerc strangely. Went to Rivetoile (again because there's not much places to go LOL), went to HCo and I tried on a couple of shirts which turned out not too bad but I think I'll order them online when I go back. Then we had froyo at Smooy which I've always wanted to try!! It's almost exactly like llaollao and I'm pretty sure it's from Spain/Portugal as well ... But it was really filling and basically settled dinner for me lol. Went back and I literally spent the whole night going through the entire HCo playlist trying to find this song which I heard but no success.

22 Dec Thursday:

Woke up late but did some French this time before going out. Went to Rivetoile (again I know) with K and had KFC for lunch lol. Went to Place Kleber but it was raining so we took the tram but it got delayed at Homme de Fer. Managed to get off after about 10 minutes of delay and went to Uniqlo then K went for dinner and I went to explore the Christmas Markets by myself. Took a lot of pictures and found the bracelet shop from last year but they sold out of the nice colours and the owner was just meh about it so was quite disappointed. Also saw Stand La Bonumeur in the same spot as last year and the realisation hit me that these things will always be there but the times have changed ... Like the Christmas Market stalls will be the same but the feelings and memories from last year won't ever come back. Felt really moody and nostalgic plus it was raining. Bought 2 postcards - one for M and one for me to keep. Was tempted to get a vin chaud but I knew I couldn't finish one by myself and didn't want to get too woozy on the way home, so I got a Sushido takeaway for dinner instead. Came back and listened to music and did French so at least I did some work.

23 Dec Friday:

Went to post office and sent out M's postcard! Weather was really foggy again and the cathedral looked like the top half disappeared. Went to Place Kleber with K and it was super crowded since it was the second last day of the Christmas Markets. I finally found a belt that fits me in Mango so bought that. There were a lot of street musicians and generally a lot of people. Went to Galeries Lafayette and found this amazing Topshop Velvet Embroidered Jacket but it was like €98 and apparently sold out on the UK website. Then went to Place Broglie in search of spatzle!! Bought a vin chaud on the way with a very pretty rainbow cup - it's the small one but I didn't mind cause I didn't see that design on a big cup. The vin chaud was amazing haha then went to find the spatzle store and it was in the same spot as last year - I still remember visiting the Christmas Market there with V and O and we all bought food and crepes ... but they changed the spatzle by adding cabbage this year and K didn't like it. Walked to Les Halles afterwards and went to a Persian grocery store. K got some stuff and I found some amazing pastry things (I think they are called swissi or something I need to ask again) then went to Paris Store which actually sells Asian groceries lol. Then went to Simply and took the tram back because it was raining. K cooked the long Persian rice and this Persian veg thing from a can for dinner then we had some nice wine called Monbazillac that we found the other day which is apparently one of the sweetest white wines.

I also found my post from last year on the Christmas Markets here:

http://lesarcsenciel.blogspot.fr/2015/12/first-time-at-strasbourgs-christmas.html

24 Dec Saturday:

Christmas Eve! K and I went to Parc du Heyritz because I've been wanting to visit the park ever since seeing it on Instagram lol. It was really quiet and peaceful and I'd never been to that part of SXB before. We found a playground and spent some time just chilling on the seesaws and stuff. I wanted to go see the Christmas Market at Petite France since it was the last day. Bought another cup of vin chaud with the verre to keep and found another stall selling spatzle but without the cabbage so got K to try that which changed his mind about spatzle lol. Took more pictures of the Christmas decorations and lights then came back and K cooked Christmas Eve dinner! Nothing fancy just a simple meal of rice and chicken and the veg from the day before but very nice and satisfying.

25 Dec Sunday:

Christmas Day, plus Sunday so everything is closed and super quiet outside. Watched movies the whole day and didn't study LOL but it's Christmas!! Had noodles for dinner hehe.

26 Dec Monday:

Boxing Day but unlike the rest of France it's still a holiday in Alsace. But unlike the UK there are no sales sadly and I spent the day trying to get into the LUSH website in vain - I was like the 100kth+ person in the queue which is ridiculous. But S managed to get a Snow Fairy shower gel for me in London!! Very thankful. Ordered some stuff from Miss Selfridge including a velvet embroidered jacket but I think it's slightly nicer than the one in Topshop also it was cheaper!!! K and I actually went out but not much was open except a few restaurants in Place Kleber. I bought a baguette on the way back and some Turkish Delight from a Turkish grocery store that was open. K cooked dinner (chicken with veg and rice) then went to work and I spent the night watching Mickey's Christmas Carol and Finding Dory LOL been wanting to watch it since June before I left SXB!!! It was so cute hahaha. Still no work done but I'm consoling myself with the fact that Boxing Day is a holiday ...

27 Dec Tuesday:

Woke up late as usual, went out because nice and sunny weather!! And finally the shops are open and business as usual. Went to Bershka at Rivetoile and I am actually tempted to get the pink knit jumper but I don't actually NEED it and I am almost sure it would go on sale. Wanted to try on trousers from Stradivarius that I saw online but didn't find them in store. K and I went to Place Kleber and it was really crowded. Went to Galeries Lafayette because I got the email that their sales started today and indeed ... and that Topshop velvet jacket went on sale for 50% off!!! But it's still €49 even after the discount and I can't bear to spend like €50 on a jacket I would hardly wear ... plus I already ordered one from Miss Selfridge (no idea if that will fit because they sold out of 6 online so I had to order an 8). Also another Topshop denim jacket was on sale for also 50% off so €26 but I'm pretty sure I already have one in that colour. Also it was a bit small. Ah I need to stop buying stuff!! So I didn't buy anything. We went to 7eme art for dinner then FNAC. Wanted to go to the bookstore but it closed at 7. Craving chocolate after having one after dinner so went to Simply and got a huge bar of Milka and some limonade to make diabolo. K walked me back and went to work and I've been writing this post but finally done!!

Can't believe I've already been here for 10 days and it's already half of my winter break :( :( Time always flies when I'm in SXB and I should really do some work - want to at least finish writing my French notes before the new year lol. Time is passing way too quickly :( I also have some way overdue posts on the 4 Brandy sales I went this year and have no idea when I will ever post them ...

Term 1 Week 7

Yet another week has passed. 3 more weeks until end of term! Time is passing by too quickly.

Currently rather pissed at myself for forgetting to prolong my French number. It was supposed to expire on 28 Nov but didn't realise Free was just going to terminate my line at 28/11 midnight. Oh gosh. I can't believe I've been so busy the past 2 months I completely forgot about it. Now I will have no French number for the whole of Christmas ugh.

Nothing much happened last week except for Black Friday sales. Had classes everyday and went skating on Wednesday. I wish I could say I learnt more tricks but no HAHA. Can't do a forward lunge literally because I'm not even flexible enough to do it on ground haha sigh need to practice off-ice stuff too.

I went for the Brandy Black Friday sale at Covent Garden!! 50% off everything but of course they kept away the new stuff omg I wanted the Kenzo jeans. But still managed to get sooooo much good stuff need to do a hauls post soon hahaha. Met C for dinner at Chinatown - it was completely dark because there was a power cut in Soho and Chinatown. Most of the restaurants were closed so we went to Wong Kei which was still open but they could only serve like 4 dishes. Made C go with me back to Brandy after dinner for round 2 HAHAHA. I need to stop buying clothes omg .........

Spent the whole weekend at home. Slept a lot, did work, finally did my accounts, even booked my return tickets and still can't believe I completely forgot about my French number argh. But yeah the weekend is over now and I feel like no amount of sleep can ever cure my fatigue in winter. It's almost half one, I should go to sleep now.

Half a year later

It's been such a long time since I last posted!! Almost half a year, considering we're now in late November. Can't believe time passed by so quickly, and so much has happened since May.

Brief summary of my life since May: Spain trip, London trip, Hamburg trip, last days in Strasbourg, internship, Strasbourg for K's birthday, Paris to visit YM, back to Strasbourg, second Brandy garage sale this summer in London, Workaway on French farm, back to uni, back to Strasbourg in October, reading week, more work and now we're coming to week 7 of Term 1. Crazy days! I've had so much work I didn't even travel during reading week. Also didn't have time for orch this term but I've started figure skating. Can't decide what to do for next term yet because I would really love to go back to orch but want to continue skating as well. More decisions sigh. But yes basically been swamped with work and nothing much interesting. I don't even shop as much anymore (because poor) and also no time. What is life at this point ......... Also have had no time to pack my room or do my colouring books even though I'm so stressed I actually should relax. Ah I don't know. House is settling in quite well, days are getting colder and I'm still contemplating getting a portable heater. O and P have also been reminiscing Strasbourg times with me, I'm glad I took photos of literally everything and everyday back in Strasbourg. I think that was just the highlight of my degree / life and now everything is going downhill from now onwards. I don't know I'm just really tired. I just wish to go back to the moment when I first arrived in Strasbourg and relive my whole year abroad again. Really.

A week of sun

Been soooo long since I last posted but basically went to Paris after my birthday then had exams for 2 weeks! I finished my last exam on Thursday (the FLE oral exam) then left for Dijon for the weekend on Friday morning. Had such a lovely time with A and YX in Paris and Dijon hehe my fantastic France travel buddies!! Also stayed with the nicest hosts in Dijon!! ^_^

Came back from Dijon on Sunday afternoon and this whole week has basically been soaking in the sun and enjoying Strasbourg. I got sunburnt!! And weather was truly amazing this week.

02/05 Monday: Had lunch with G and L at The Dubliners, then we walked to Kehl! Went to Jardin des Deux Rives, Kehl city centre and finally had dinner at this place called Alte Zunft which has pretty god rosti!

03/05 Tuesday: Rained the whole day almost so didn't do much except for grocery shopping and returned my library book. Met one of my classmates outside and talked a bit. Then went to Rivetoile and bought a colouring book! They're so cute hehe. Went for a walk after dinner to Petite France and walked like for 2h!

04/05 Wednesday: Did laundry in the morning, then lunch with G and L at Academie de la bière. Walked around Place Kleber afterwards, went to bookstores and got 2 books. Came back and wanted to go out to enjoy the last bit of sun before sunset but K came over with smoothie so we hung out a bit then I spent the whole night colouring lol.

05/05 Thursday: The Australian students invited us for a picnic at Parc de L'Orangerie so spent the whole afternoon eating then we went for a boat ride!! Then went for dinner at Irish Pub since P came back but unfortunately they didn't serve food that day as the kitchen was closed so we went to Mémé instead then Happy Hours pub to watch a football game.

06/05 Friday: Met L for lunch - wanted to get flams at Troquet / Flams but both were really busy so we ended up at Au Brasseur again. Got an ice cream after lunch and walked about the cathedral then sat in the sun at Place Kleber. LJ came to join us afterwards and L had to go home so we just walked around a bit before LJ had to go for work. I came home and slept a bit then went out again and sat by Rivetoile colouring before meeting YS for dinner at Kim! Finally tried Kim and been such a long time since I last had Korean food hahaha. Then went to meet E and her friend R who came to Strasbourg for the weekend! They are staying in Petite France so we decided to go for drinks at Academie. Had a very nice time then walked around Strasbourg to give them a tour of the city at night.

Not much going on today but I have to pack for Spain! And a bunch of stuff to do but mostly packing LOL and some last min stuff for the trip. Very excited!!

End of March - April

I know it's April but I haven't updated for like 3 weeks ... Life's been like a rollercoaster ride really. So much changes within such a short span of time. Anyway, I stopped at 27 March I think, so continuing on! I just wanna do my daily summaries so that I can look back and remember what I did with my days.

28/03 Monday: Woke up really early and actually went for the morning jog with LJ! We jogged (okay fine walked halfway) to Parc de l'Orangerie. It was my first time there actually and was really nice to see all the magnolia and Japanese cherry blossoms blooming in spring! But weather was still really cloudy lol. Spent like 2 hours in the park, came back and had a pretty good breakfast with cakes and teh tarik, then was supposed to revise but ended up playing on the violin. We transcribed a Chinese pop song hahaha. Then wanted to go for lunch at this Vietnamese Pho place but it was a férié and the tram waiting time was too long so decided to go to this burger place nearby that O and V and I went last semester. Was pretty good then took ootd on the way back LOL. Didn't do anything for the rest of the day, wanted to see K but he had prac and work and at night I booked my Eurostar tix! But that concluded my last férié lol we don't actually have that many ...

29/03 Tuesday: Overslept for the 8am class again massive regret cause it was the last class T_T Went for Morpho at 12 thenLexicographie (also last class so can't miss) then half a session of revision for Pragmatique! Went for a Macs burger with LJ after class was absolutely famished then did some grocery shopping, then came back and she helped me to bring my violin to the luthier for re-stringing while I just sat in my room eating M&Ms lol. It's so weird how I can still remember that day so vividly. But yeah blew bubbles and stuff then LJ came back and we went downstairs for dinner (plus ootd lol) and I don't remember what else I did that night but probably rotted in my room ...

30/03 Wednesday: Had last class for Phonologie in the morning, went for lunch with classmates as usual at the resto, absolutely no memory of what I did in the afternoon (probably slept I think) then went for Italian at 6pm followed by dinner with classmates! I think I went back to library to work on Italian afterwards?? Can't remember that week was a blur really.

31/03 Thursday: Went for FLE and managed to finish the resume more or less with my project partner. Came back and met LJ right outside so we decided to go for lunch at the resto. Was supposed to go library to study but ended up nua-ing in my room but K came over to find me! But he was going out that night so just hanged around while he was waiting to leave.

01/04 Friday: Went for 2 ateliers in the morning and made a new friend so we went for lunch together at the resto. Got a text from K halfway through lunch and so went up to find him. He had bites which we thought to be bedbugs so went to Pharmacie and stuff to get meds then in the afternoon he was going out again. I went to Simply afterwards to pick up some drinks and went for prinks at P's place then LIVE afterwards since it was Katia's last weekend here.

02/04 Saturday: Spent most of the day sleeping LOL and was actually watching Tom and Jerry cartoons and some old Disney movie clips on YouTube HAHA. Was supposed to have tea at I's at 2pm but we were all too tired so was postponed to 4pm! Had a nice tea sesh and did another round of Turkish coffee reading by I plus tarot card reading by P LOL. I took notes this time lol!! Went for dinner at this Korean place called Douri afterwards with LJ and YS which was really good! Then LJ and I walked YS to the tram stop and otw back home I got a message from I saying they were going to Exils so of course I said I'd go since it was Katia's last night. Had a pretty chill time but we were all pretty tired from the night before so went back home lol. Couldn't sleep afterwards while waiting for my hair to dry and turned out K was awake so talked until morning ... But I still managed to wake up rather early the next day.

03/04 Sunday: Studied a bit for my exam on Monday then got a message from K in then evening so went over. We got pizza then watched Toy Story 3! I think it was that. Hahaha. Then came back and slept early cause I had a long day the next day ...

04/04 Monday: Missed Syntaxe to do a bit more revision for the exam at noon, had classes in the afternoon was so tiring after the férié cause Monday's are always so crazy. Came back and had dinner at the resto with LJ, washed my hair and saw K who was watching Star Wars before work. Revised lexicographie rather unsuccessfully then decided to sleep early.

05/04 Tuesday: Woke up early and went to the library before Morpho, but the class got cancelled so had an unexpected extra hour to study for lexico. Had the exam, was so tired came back and overslept so was late for dinner. Rushed to Le Michel to meet G, P and I for dinner before the concert at Palais Universitaire, but because I was late dinner overran and by the time we got there the concert was already full and I missed my chance to hear Dvorak 8 ... Heard it was good though! We went to this bar called the Public House instead to chill then decided to pay a visit to K at work before going back and everyone came with me lol. But yeh finally they all met I feel like my social circle is now complete lol??

06/04 Wednesday: Was supposed to have a revision sesh with classmates but overslept so met them directly for lunch instead ... Then dk what I did in the afternoon I think I went to Portique to work on Italian but can't really remember, but went for Italian at 6 then dinner with classmates after, saw K a bit and we walked out together as I was going to meet P and G for a gig by the Razorblades. Was pretty cool though my eardrums aren't really used to this type of music and my ears were totally buzzing at the end but they were cool and I had a song called Smart Phone dedicated to me LOL. We went to see K afterwards cause his work was near the pub and got him a kebab hehehe. Came back and did my final version of the resume for FLE until like 2am omg ...

07/04 Thursday: Went for FLE and submitted the resume then did a bit of revision for Morpho. Was talking to Pauline from class and it was really nice so ended up staying back and talking to her for almost an hour after class! Then decided to go to Place Kleber to get Chinese takeaway and the holographic Stans and check out the new Starbucks. Got the Stans but Starbucks was just having it's opening and was not operating until the next day but was really craving a chai tea latte so I tried this other cafe near my place but they were out of soy milk! Totally no luck with chai tea latte lol. Came back and ate my Chinese takeaway lunch which had turned cold and finished the remaining orange juice. Then met K and we went to try Buffalo Burger at Rivetoile and made K take his ootd and played billiard afterwards! Weather was so unbelievably warm LOL.

08/04 Friday: Got a message from G saying he was nearby asking me to go for lunch when I just woke up so had to quickly get changed and go out! Texted P to come along too and ended up having a nice lunch in the sun at the pasta place (usual hangout lol). Weather was really good and I actually got a tan line like omg and G got sunburnt. Came back and met K and went to Rivetoile to do grocery shopping and found that they opened HEMA! So bought tons of snacks from there lol. Also finally returned my Stradi jeans cause I didn't think I was gonna wear them. But we both took ootds near Rivetoile HAHA. Got takeaway pizza and watched Toy Story 2 then Meet The Parents.

09/04 Saturday: My birthday!! Woop woop woke up really late then showered and video called parents. Went to Rivetoile with P to get food and drinks for the evening then came back to wake K up so that we could go bowling with G and P and I. Haven't bowled in ages and despite it being my birthday my luck was awful and I came in last in both games but K's score was just unbelievable like thrice my score?!?! We played 2 rounds then got Domino's on the way back then went to P's place for food and drinks and Jenga!! Had a really great time and was so happy to spend my birthday with all my friends here, really lucky to have met them all ^_^ Came back past midnight and was so tired fell asleep for an hour then had to pack for Paris and by the time I was done it was 4am and had to leave at 8am so basically didn't sleep much ... But yeh managed to leave on time and made it to Paris!! I should post about it really in a separate post but gonna end this post now! Have an exam at 8am tmr and it's already 12:40 but really just wanted to write stuff down so I don't forget and I should go shower omg.