New Year, New Challenges

Happy 2 0 0 0 & 9!

I spent my NYE very low key at home, with family, and watched the Eiffel Tower sparkle from my living room right to the moment of countdown with just a few thoughts and sighs I let out the window for what's to come in this coming year.

This New Year is indeed very different from others, because this is the first time I really know what I'm going to be going through the whole year. I'm physically ready, with just a few mental preparation due, but I'll get that equipped very soon.

If anything this year signals change, a change of attitude, change of lifestyle, change of people, change from freedom, change of scenery, change of all changes. Another change in my life, but what can I say, it all looks too familiar to me. How am I going to do it? Just rely on 25 years of experience, I'll be just fine.

I apologize to most of you for being so vague, but I'll let y'all know in time. There's only a very select few that know what I mean. Anyways, it's refreshing to see changes around me as well, when the light of the Eiffel Tower changed for the new beginning. The stars around it representing the Euro Union is gone as well. I know I mention the E.T. so much but it's the closest thing to home, and it just fascinates me, just my way of expressing my appreciation of my time here...So here are some pics:



2008 & 2009

Btw, I'll be in Korea January 8th, so holla at me!

Joyeux Noël!

Merrry Christmas!

The Lord has blessed us another charming day of sunshine. As I was walking out of my apartment today, I looked up to come across an evolving realization. Considering how monumental Eiffel Tower is, helped by crouched buildings, it's never hard to notice where it stands. And today, it was just that much more fascinating.

It wasn't lit in blue elegant LED lights as it usually does after sunset with sparkling lights every hour of the night. But the way it naturally paints a picture during the day is simply enthralling. Whereby the buildings adjacent to me are so vividly clear infront of my eyes and the Eiffel Tower leaning back blends in with the sky of blur. The way it embodies each other is so natural, yet Eiffel Tower seems as if it's on its own. Such a piece of art this city is. It always makes me think, 'Wow, am I really here?', 'In Paris!?'. Sometimes I can't believe it myself. It seems as though Parisians can't quite grasp it also, as I occasionally get wonderous stares like, 'I never knew this types of human race existed, ah mon Dieu (oh my God)!' Even though I've been halfway around the world I'm always amazed at how you can be in such unique places within couple hours of a plane ride.

It's funny how observant I've become ever since I started this blog, lol.


I'm not sure if the picture depicts my observation but here is the view.

Annnd, as for my other daily activities, I copped me them Jordans!!!!!!!!!! These were the Air Jordans 1 Retro Highs I lost sleep over, then got tired, so I dreamt of it all along. I made it my mission to go get these today, and when I say it was a mission, it was one indeed. I went over to a closer Champs Elysees Nike store and they only had one pair of 11.5s left (with the way my pants are getting tighter each time I buy me some jeans, these days 10.5s are a fit). So I decided to leave them and head over to Chatelet again, thinking my luck will be better there. They had two pairs but only 12.5s and a 13. Ugh. Headed back to Champs Elysees, and this time ran, hoping no one copped the last pair. It was atleast a relief knowing Parisians don't have big feet (wink wink ladies). But still, I hurdled over people to see someone carressing the display sneakers I wanted. Ohhh my, I was about to faint. Dude was a little small so I knew he wasn't going to be taking them 11.5s. So at the end of the day, I became the lucky, happy jolly one coming home with it!!! But so much for Christmas spirit here, nothing is on sale :(. Though I guess this Christmas isn't so bad afterall!




Jeeeeeeeeeeahhh!

Bonus of the day:

When I say everything is small in Paris, once again, it is. This is my shopping cart for the supermarket. Imagine me strolling through the aisles with that, lol.