Kata Arut semasa menghantar kami pulang dari majlis perkahwinan Rika-Omar (semua train dan bas dah takda..taxi akan cost us a bomb cos' kami tinggal di kota Paris, wedding hotel agak jauh di luar kota...taxi dlm 55 euro mungkin.Tetapi kami kata hantar dekat dgn taxi stand dekat dgn rumah Arut..it would be fine.Tetapi Arut yg baik hati ni pi dropped off another couple from England and us who lived further away from his 3-storeyed semi-D home).His mom had raised him well,masyaAllah!
Arut, trained as a lawyer now has his own firm.Kata dia, semua percuma di sini walaupun bukan utk rakyat Perancis (ibunya PR dapat khidmat kesihatan percuma, dll). I said tapi cukai kamu tinggi di sini.Benar, kata dia tetapi bila laid off work, gomen byr gaji ikut peratus gaji asal some 60% tak silap for max 2 years.Itulah sbb pekerja mereka sanggup mogok berhari2 kot? Kalau dibuang kerja pun, gaji masyuk. Sangat2 menyusahkan pengguna cos' semalam we lost two hours waiting for our train to Versailles. Bukan begini percutian impian saya!
Tetapi sampai je di Versailles...memang hilang semua tensi...palace tu saya tak kisah sbb dah pergi sebelum ini dlm tahun 1990an sebelum Z lahir.Gardens dan fountains tu! Sebenarnya mrk tiru gardens kerajaan Islam...saya pernah tengok konsep serupa ( dibina much earlier than Versailles) di sebuah istana di Lahore zaman Mughal.And of cos' di zaman Andalusia.Baca di sini
I must also record this: lelaki French amat gentleman.Semasa turun tangga istana dgn begitu teliti (takut jatuh cos' my knees were bad..my spine mcm nak patah cos' too much walking), tiba2 ada tangan menghulor.I looked up into this deep blue ocean..ahaks! Nik was walking a step behind me but this French man guided me down.I berkerebut mcm tangan dia tu pelampong.Baik, ya diaorang ni? I must have looked so elderly!)
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Patutnya kita invite the French to invade us zaman dulu. Hahahaha!
Barulah agaknya bila naik LRT, depa ada sikap gentleman bagi seat pada orang tua dan yang mengandung. Hehehe!
Ok, got to go, nak buat 2nd batch Cinnabon rolls di dapur. Yati was so surprised with my baking skills when I showed her how to cut the rolls nicely by using a mere dental floss.
Dr Bubbles: you are probably right...and more beautiful gardens around our cities! Tapi I lupa nak ckp, benda lain mereka malas - jalan2 dia kotor dgn sampah bersepah2. Sebab kerja ikut selesa mereka, kan? Tak suka, mogok.
Pandainya awak baking.Nanti saya hantar Nik pi training 3 hari kat rumah awak. :))
Kak F
Versailles tahun 2000 sangat hijau dan berwarna warni.
Mawar: byk pembinaan baru dan bunga2 baru ditanam semula - summer baru bermula mungkin.Kami cari patung cupid yg saya pegang waktu mengandungkan Z dua bulan 23 tahun yg lalu.Z kenan budak montel berambut ikal itu.Dah takda.Sayang sekali.
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