strike a pose. vogue!We got this10% discount card from the guide and off we go to Gallery Lafayette! It turn out that the 10% is not applicable to the individual boutiques in the huge shopping mall. But man it was huge. They have a Gallery Lafayette for ladies and one for men. You can see some serious asian money going around there.
future so bright, we need shadesWe walked towards the Louvre direction and chanced across this
the 'big green thang' monument
near the Louvre, just lazing around (consistent with game plan)Then: Boboli Gardens, Florence 2006
Now: Louvre, Paris 2009
shuyi doing her thangPossibly the funniest photo for the trip
i believe i can fry!!!
i believe i can fry!!!
shuyi doing her impersonation of a pyramid
that was hard work! i think i'll just look pwettyIt was such a glorious day. The sun was out in full force (which is actually good in Paris). I accidentally left the exposure on the camera +2. So these series of photos are brighter.
weeeeee!
D.I.S.C.O!
whew! all that posing was hard work!
what a noob! watch me werk it!
spring time bloomsThe obelisk at Place de la Concorde. Every pimp city have one. Vatican city has one. Singapore should join the waiting list. The next time some dude digs out an Egyptian obelisk, we'll cop it and stick it in some prominent place. Along the singapore river maybe? Since our merlion got capped by lightning early this year.
phallic = good
stop looking at the ass on top! perv!On our way out, we saw this dude with his strange apparatus. Basically a camera on a pole with an attached LCD screen at eye level. Probably from some guidebook or something.
arc de triomphe in the background
get out of the background assho!
time for a couple shot!Next, we head to rue Cambon!
shuyi doing a madamosile cocoOh, and i wee wee at Chanel too.
surprisingly no CC logos in the loo
oui!
the katanabrella. ella, ella, ella
surprisingly no CC logos in the looWe wondered around and saw the cutest umbrellas ever!
oui!but all these are nothing as compared to the ultimate umbrella...
the katanabrella. ella, ella, ellaI would bring this umbrella with me everyday if i have it.
We headed towards the Champs-Élyséess
one more before we go!
i want halfway through it before i remembered to take a shot of it
We saw the poster for the Sonia Rykiel exhibition. But it was closed on Monday and for an entrance fee the equivalent of the Louvre, we don't think that it is worth the effort.
but even the old lady is so chic
bruce wills? blue willy?
There wasn't much to do at the Champs-Élyséess unless you have a few thousand to burn, which a lot of people actually do. But not us. So we just window shopped and grab a quick bite.
shuyi wastes no time
We headed towards the Champs-Élyséess
one more before we go!We grabbed a macaroon on the way there.
One.
These things cost like $3 a pop. Crazy. Not bad but also not that good.
One.
These things cost like $3 a pop. Crazy. Not bad but also not that good.
i want halfway through it before i remembered to take a shot of itOn our way there, we saw this. She had some red ornaments in her hair which stood out like little horns. She got so much cloth on her that I can make a queen size bedsheet out of her clothes. She so fat that she have her own gravitational field.
I thought that this would be a good composition so I took a shot. Maybe I should crop it tighter to let the outer trees frame the picture.
We saw the poster for the Sonia Rykiel exhibition. But it was closed on Monday and for an entrance fee the equivalent of the Louvre, we don't think that it is worth the effort.
but even the old lady is so chic
bruce wills? blue willy?
shuyi wastes no timeWe took the metro towards the Eiffel tower. The metro ticket can be reused to a certain extent. I guess there is like a 2 hrs validity or something. If not, just use it anyway. The one behind will use his/her ticket and push you through.
For the rest of the trip, we only get 1 ticket for the 2 of us. She put in an invalid ticket, look confused when denied entry, I rescue her from behind (ok that did not sound right).
foto time
zipai attempt
D.I.S.C.O warrior
we're not done yet
shuyi doing the famous shuyi tilt
more more!
shuyi directing traffic
wrong! do it like this!
foto time
zipai attempt
D.I.S.C.O warrior
we're not done yetshuyi doing the famous shuyi tilt
more more!There was a slight jam at the Eiffel so shuyi went to work
shuyi directing traffic
wrong! do it like this!It was cold and getting dark. We decided to wait for the Eiffel to light up and leave for dinner. Rather than waiting at the foot of the tower, we decided we should pay a little to climb to the mid level of the tower.
why queue when you can queue and take picture?
why queue when you can queue and take picture?We had to fake that our age is below 25 to get concessionary. They require proof of age but we lied our way though it.
we kept to our little lie. man it used to be so easy faking student discounts. have we lost it? Is this it?
on our way up
we are not in a lift
shuyi doing her thang on the metro
don't eat mi!
'you look 25!' laughed the friendly french man with a wink
he was prepared to give us concessionary even without any proof
'but really... how old are you?' he asked
he was prepared to give us concessionary even without any proof
'but really... how old are you?' he asked
we kept to our little lie. man it used to be so easy faking student discounts. have we lost it? Is this it?
on our way upwe are not in a lift
The Eiffel was lit when we started our ascend. The entire tower gleaming in golden lights against the dark blue sky. It was really a sight to watch. Ironically, for a city (if not a country) with so much history, their best known symbols are:
the golden tower1. Supposedly temporary tower built in 1889
2. A museum designed by a chinese architect
2. A museum designed by a chinese architect
3. an obelisk stolen from eqypt
But still a lot better than us: all we have is Takashimaya.
my wife in the golden cage
me and the golden sta
intricate metal lace
It was getting dark and I was fumbling on which modes to use. As you might already notice, I do not like flash photography. I'll try to avoid using flash. But it was getting so dark and my ISO level is pretty much maxed out. Then I found the perfect preset scene mode for it...
Potrait: Check
monkey wanna go down
my wife in the golden cage
me and the golden sta
intricate metal laceIt was getting dark and I was fumbling on which modes to use. As you might already notice, I do not like flash photography. I'll try to avoid using flash. But it was getting so dark and my ISO level is pretty much maxed out. Then I found the perfect preset scene mode for it...
Potrait: CheckMoonlight: Check
Eiffel Tower: Check
omg! Perfect!
omg! Perfect!
Quite a tight restriction huh? Only Eiffel tower at night. meh
monkey wanna go down
I still find it hard to believe that back then, the Eiffel was only supposed to be a temporary structure. After the event, they were going to scrap it? What kind of krazi budget were they working on?
They proceeded to shoot beams of light into the night sky and have blinking lights all around. Dazzling.
They proceeded to shoot beams of light into the night sky and have blinking lights all around. Dazzling.
shuyi doing her thang on the metroWe met this American baby on the metro. So cute you wanna eat her.
don't eat mi!We had dinner at a place near the hotel. Though Parisians have late dinner from 7pm to 10pm. It was getting too late, even by French standards. We did not have the luxury of choosing. As with all our trips, whenever we get to the last night in a significant location, we try to splurge a bit and have a nice meal.
The previous time in Venice was a bad experience. This time round we were a bit luckier. My brother informed that if were to enter any semi proper restaurant in France, chances are you will get pretty damn good food.
It was 10.30pm. We were well prepared to go fast food or turkish (they are all over europe for some reason) for dinner when we chance across this restaurant near the hotel. What the heck, let's just go eat.
Scallops with rice and duck superkombo! The scallops were cooked in this light butter sauce. Firm yet succulent. It is so easy to mess up and end up with a srunken and dried scallop but the chef did justice on these. Nothing special bout the blasmatic rice. No marshy stuck together grains and sufficiently fragrant. Impressive.
The duck platter was pretty good. The foie gras (was able to gain clearance with the wife) and the roast duck (dunno which part but the fat was baked so nicely and crispy) were fantastic. The braised duck drumstick was not so spectacular. It was cooked till the meat literally falls off the bone. Not badly done, I think not too many could have done better using the same method, but just wasn't as nice as the other two. The sauce at the side was delicious. I once saw a cooking show. The french chef cooked the duck. The cooked duck (good to eat by itself) was placed into a huge device where they applied pressure and squeezed out the juice of the duck. The sauce was served while the meat, discarded.
we were so full there wasn't room for dessert
女王 was pleased
The previous time in Venice was a bad experience. This time round we were a bit luckier. My brother informed that if were to enter any semi proper restaurant in France, chances are you will get pretty damn good food.
It was 10.30pm. We were well prepared to go fast food or turkish (they are all over europe for some reason) for dinner when we chance across this restaurant near the hotel. What the heck, let's just go eat.
Scallops with rice and duck superkombo! The scallops were cooked in this light butter sauce. Firm yet succulent. It is so easy to mess up and end up with a srunken and dried scallop but the chef did justice on these. Nothing special bout the blasmatic rice. No marshy stuck together grains and sufficiently fragrant. Impressive.
The duck platter was pretty good. The foie gras (was able to gain clearance with the wife) and the roast duck (dunno which part but the fat was baked so nicely and crispy) were fantastic. The braised duck drumstick was not so spectacular. It was cooked till the meat literally falls off the bone. Not badly done, I think not too many could have done better using the same method, but just wasn't as nice as the other two. The sauce at the side was delicious. I once saw a cooking show. The french chef cooked the duck. The cooked duck (good to eat by itself) was placed into a huge device where they applied pressure and squeezed out the juice of the duck. The sauce was served while the meat, discarded.
we were so full there wasn't room for dessert
女王 was pleased
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