Tuesday, March 20, 2007

parisienne for a week

It's been a long time since my last post... but what can I do... so many things to do so little time. hehe... anyways, as i said earlier, i'm staying in paris for the week... never expected that i'll be a "parisienne" but here i am.

i'm studying at the écoles de mines de paris for the time being, as part of an exchange student program with my belgian university. nice escape from courses in belgium. this way i can enjoy myself in paris, submerge myself in a new culture, and at the same time escape 6-8 pm classes every wednesday in leuven. yahoo! + the fact that there's a job forum (and i'm hoping i can get a job).

when i arrived saturday for the inscription, i felt a bit lost. as always, i signed in for the program without knowing anyone, quite typical of me actually. i just sign in for stuff without knowing anyone and get a bit anxious when i realize geez, i dont know a person in the room. oh well, but that's the beauty of things. you get to know a lot of people, see a lot of cultures. now i can say i have at least 5 more friends or acquaintances, and it's just simply fun.

i also met other filipinos, im living at dr. alarcon's place by the way. i'm having a blast staying with her and chatting endlessly with her friend tita menchi. oh and we had terrific sinigang.

i know it's a boring post. i just basically summed up what im currently doing. the mere mention of sinigang stimulated my tastebuds. so, voila, im going to eat right now. hehehe