Walking in the park, part 1

Promenade plantee, Paris (2004.04.23)

Just post a fotolog for this park. Yet, I have much more nice memory of that park to say...

This park is one of my favorite parks in Paris, an old elevated railway transformed into a pedestrian walkway and a garden.

Walking along the walkway with various kinds of beautiful flowers and plants (and... bamboos!! can`t believe my eyes!!) aside all the way, the bright blue sky decorated with cotton white clouds swinging at the end of the road (which seemed never ending), people here and there having their lunches alone on the bench or chatting with friends, noise made by cars and people being quarantined away down the road, all and all, made me feel like being in a wonderland. How lucky Parisians are to have such an oasis in this big city....

When entered this park, two guys passed by seemed having some discussions with each other briskly in French. (of course, I was in France!) Unfamiliar with French at all, I thus thought their talking in French cute. Kai let me know at last that these two gay guys were discussing some issues about the gay rights. ha!

working on by...

A nice piece of work in flash. I like the end especially...

free webphone

This free webphone looks pretty easy to use, compared with those I tried to adopt to my graudate profolio long time ago...

Can not help admire those who have such smart brains, whereas my brain will soon play dumb and better go to bed soon... try it tomorrow then.

Day trip in Paris on my birthday, April 23 2004

Kai toured me a day trip in Paris on my birthday. We visited several parks (Square Leopold Achille, Square George Cain, and exhibitions, as well as explored some interesting local and foreign food shops.

This is just exactly what I would like to experience, doing what the locals do when visiting a place, city, or a country. More exciting for me was that, all the way, I felt like being in a movie...

hmm... probably no one would understand how great it was for me to experience these local spots with him in these parks, the exhibitions in Swedish cultural center, the Ikea bea armchairs, the Tunisia snack shop, sitting in the square, having snacks, walking in the parks, taking photos, standing closely in the crowded bus... and how pity and lost I felt when the phone rang...

My world map

Inspired by Kai's blog, Empire of Kai...

This is my empire:
- My world map by May 8, 2004
- My US map by May 8, 2004
- My Europe map by May 8, 2004

Will see how these maps being enlarged in 3 years...

Pastry shops in Paris

I have a great memory in th patry shops in Paris, some are in Parisian style and one is is Tunisian...

1) Les Petits Mitrons

My eyes were widely opened when seeing this lovely Parisian Pastry shop, not only for the colorful and fairy-tale-like drawing on the wall outside of the shop, but also for these beautiful and mouth-watering pastries. Heard this is a very famous Parisian Pastry shop, especially for their tarts. I, of course, had a try and... woa... soooo yummy...

By the way, this pastry shop is situated in front of the Cafe Tabac des Deux Moulins, one of the filming places for the movie Amelie.

For the other two, one Parisian pastry shop Mimi goes every morning and the Tunisian one is introduced by Kai. Yet, I am so sleepy now. ha, 2:30am, quite early now... need to get some sleep. will try to add them tomorrow...