au pair
Hi I'm at my new place already. Almost didn't have internet... long story, but I finally figured out how to set it up so yay I'm online!
I should be really happy since I'm out of Résidence Davial but I'm surprisingly melancholic. I don't know why.
And to explain a little of how I ended up moving out... I was looking everywhere for a place, and considered all sorts of options, which includes being an au pair. I'd called/texted/emailed some, and there was one family that was looking for an American girl. I tried to pitch myself with "fluent English" because I thought that was the whole point of French people looking for American au pairs.. That was when I was still at the hotel, and the lady said she'll check with her daughter cuz it's for her daughter's family. And as you will recall none of my apartment hopefuls came through successfully for myriad reasons, leaving me at Residence Davial, a place that's generally clean enough but with pitiful walls and floors that made me feel squeamish around them. Monday night, I was having hot chocolate with my friends(my first non-alcohol laced night outing with the rest!) and then the phone call came in. Are you still interested in the au pair job? I wasn't so sure because I was concerned about my spring break (was supposed to travel with zyfie!) but I decided to go down the next day to meet them anyway. And I tried to get myself a place at the Francis de Cassiet hostel to no avail because the office was so bureaucratic. With the welcome meeting and class, there wasn't enough time for
submit my papers at ALJT either (if you were wondering what happened to the ALJT, I'd kinda shelved it in the hopes of finding a place to share with ppl, cuz I decided that I preferred living with a bunch of other ppl and cooking together than being completely alone)... I'd asked Davina, the "daughter" if I could go off for 2 weeks for holiday and she said yes, so that kinda pulled me in. Plus the thought that 1) I needn't pay rent 2) I needn't purchase all sorts of household equipment which could go up to at least 100euros, propelled me along.
I was really excited then. I called zyf like crazy but the poor kid was asleep. d= and I was so ecstatic I told everyone when I met up with them that night. Heh. And I roped in Roberto to help me move, and for which I'm really grateful cuz my big fat luggage is a bitch. (Fortunately he found it fun to wheel the luggage so I don't feel so guilty!)
So well back to the work - I have to take care of a 2 and half-month old baby. She's called Edwina, is really cute and seems quite guai so far! I'm staying with the grandmother in the 7th, a pretty posh area and the apartment is HUGE. I'm supposed to go over every week day morning (except when I have classes) to the daughter's place in Neuilly, which is fortunately about 20 min walk from school according to them. *phew* And weekends are mostly off so not too bad.
The downside is that I don't think I can have people over. I'm not really keen on pushing my luck at this moment, since I just moved in today, and also because I am after all living with someone else's family! That's a bummer cuz it'd be so nice to have people over... still I'm bidding my time. My biggest concern is of course whether I could have zyf over but I figured that even if we rented a place outside for that period it's still some cost savings. *crosses fins* really hope this thing works out!
Oh and I subscribed to TodayOnline again cuz I felt I needed to stay in touch with what's going on in Singapore. It's pitiful but better than nothing! So here's a major boo boo for the online edition haha!
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suu kyi pictures by Roger Mitton in raw1 - (pix taken in May 1999 at the
NLD headquarters in Yangon). mb use this pix and the latest one u can find
from wires to see how she has aged?
exsuukyi0207/exsuukyi0207a
credit pix to Roger Mitton.
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Okay I'm too sleepy to be blue, and I really really can't wait till April!
I should be really happy since I'm out of Résidence Davial but I'm surprisingly melancholic. I don't know why.
And to explain a little of how I ended up moving out... I was looking everywhere for a place, and considered all sorts of options, which includes being an au pair. I'd called/texted/emailed some, and there was one family that was looking for an American girl. I tried to pitch myself with "fluent English" because I thought that was the whole point of French people looking for American au pairs.. That was when I was still at the hotel, and the lady said she'll check with her daughter cuz it's for her daughter's family. And as you will recall none of my apartment hopefuls came through successfully for myriad reasons, leaving me at Residence Davial, a place that's generally clean enough but with pitiful walls and floors that made me feel squeamish around them. Monday night, I was having hot chocolate with my friends(my first non-alcohol laced night outing with the rest!) and then the phone call came in. Are you still interested in the au pair job? I wasn't so sure because I was concerned about my spring break (was supposed to travel with zyfie!) but I decided to go down the next day to meet them anyway. And I tried to get myself a place at the Francis de Cassiet hostel to no avail because the office was so bureaucratic. With the welcome meeting and class, there wasn't enough time for
submit my papers at ALJT either (if you were wondering what happened to the ALJT, I'd kinda shelved it in the hopes of finding a place to share with ppl, cuz I decided that I preferred living with a bunch of other ppl and cooking together than being completely alone)... I'd asked Davina, the "daughter" if I could go off for 2 weeks for holiday and she said yes, so that kinda pulled me in. Plus the thought that 1) I needn't pay rent 2) I needn't purchase all sorts of household equipment which could go up to at least 100euros, propelled me along.
I was really excited then. I called zyf like crazy but the poor kid was asleep. d= and I was so ecstatic I told everyone when I met up with them that night. Heh. And I roped in Roberto to help me move, and for which I'm really grateful cuz my big fat luggage is a bitch. (Fortunately he found it fun to wheel the luggage so I don't feel so guilty!)
So well back to the work - I have to take care of a 2 and half-month old baby. She's called Edwina, is really cute and seems quite guai so far! I'm staying with the grandmother in the 7th, a pretty posh area and the apartment is HUGE. I'm supposed to go over every week day morning (except when I have classes) to the daughter's place in Neuilly, which is fortunately about 20 min walk from school according to them. *phew* And weekends are mostly off so not too bad.
The downside is that I don't think I can have people over. I'm not really keen on pushing my luck at this moment, since I just moved in today, and also because I am after all living with someone else's family! That's a bummer cuz it'd be so nice to have people over... still I'm bidding my time. My biggest concern is of course whether I could have zyf over but I figured that even if we rented a place outside for that period it's still some cost savings. *crosses fins* really hope this thing works out!
Oh and I subscribed to TodayOnline again cuz I felt I needed to stay in touch with what's going on in Singapore. It's pitiful but better than nothing! So here's a major boo boo for the online edition haha!
<<
suu kyi pictures by Roger Mitton in raw1 - (pix taken in May 1999 at the
NLD headquarters in Yangon). mb use this pix and the latest one u can find
from wires to see how she has aged?
exsuukyi0207/exsuukyi0207a
credit pix to Roger Mitton.
>>
Okay I'm too sleepy to be blue, and I really really can't wait till April!