Francesca in France

Bonjour!
Michel and I went to London for five days stay.
Marghie quits her Novotel hotel work, and join Negresco hotel and she cannot fly.
Loraine waited her card ten years residency, not yet on hand, so she cannot join us.
 Because its like that.
Voila, I'm with Michel in UK, weather as usual, gloomy but I'm happy to visit Camden town again, Portobello market in Notting hill or we joke it as nothing hill, hehe.
I shopped at Primark, which, we were lost, we ask one english nice lady, "madame, where is the center commercial"? she asked back: do you mean the shopping mall?
Where is Pri-mark?
She asked back, "do you mean, PRAY-MARK?"
ambot!

In London, people dressed here with dignity.I like their coats, long ones or short ones;The shopping is heaven, beautiful shoes, bags, dresses, and rare to have in France.
I bought AGAIN, a dress, another 2 coats, five summer blouses, souvenirs, eat and hop on hop off in the bus;
Michel enjoyed the trip, he met his son who lives in Mayfair, his son picked him with his top down mercedes car, (only) and off they went to see the town;
Some people are doing well in UK!
I stayed in my sister's house in Chealsea! Freedommmmm!
Besides, it was
"For the boys only trip, hehe."

On sunday we will stay at Millenium hotel, chelsea area,have dinner there,
On saturday dinner at tara copthourne hotel with sisters; at high street kensington.

Whats elegant in London is how they name the streets, there's always a royalty attached to it;
Baron's court... earls court.... high street kensington... dutch of york street... lane..., road... square... borough,...mews...
Even the post office is called: THE ROYAL MAIL.
Looks like when you get a letter from UK, it has a stamp: ROYAL MAIL. (nasty, isn't it)
grabeh, feeling mo you are one of those royals na rin.
I love their taxi also, cute, looks old style but elegant,
the buses that are double deckers, the tube train that runs fast,
London is my second home, locals speaks english, they are polite, not arrogant at all, they love the tourists, hehe, thats me, hehehe again....

It costs a lot though to spend a five days travel here, the plane, the train, the bus, the hotel, restaurants, breakfasts, theater shows...Mama mia;
Mauubos budget mo, but its all worth it,




I happened to experience the 60TH REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, today, May 19 2012:

Bonjour! I went with my 2 daughters in Paris, stayed 2nights in a hotel, and asked for UK visa for them. Being their mother as french, they should have it, after paying 95€ each visa of six months; We took easy jet airlines, which is sure easy, of 1hour and 30mins flight Nice to Paris. At orly airport of Paris, we took a bus, paid 7euros (350PHP) to go to the center of Paris, then took a day metro card unlimited ride for 8.75€(500php) and follow the map to go to our destination, our hotel; We took La Chapelle, because it is a decent hotel, HOTEL BELLEVUE, near all the shops and restaurants; We were early, so by the help of iPhone 4S GPS, we found the hotel, dropped our bags and look for a place to eat. We ate in Flunch, it is the cheapest, as we are on a budget trip, then went to UK EMBASSY, dropped their applications and voila, we went to our hotel and relax. Dinner was takeout pan bagnat, pizza and strawberries. The next day, we need to check out, but left our luggages so that we can still see Paris without the annoying carry on baggages; We visited scare coeur, eiffel tower, champs elysées,trocadero, seine river, ride back and forth at metro and at four pm, took a metro to go to orly, and install in our next hotel. Our flight is at 6H30 the next day, so we need to be early. We eat very little, shower and relaxed. We arrived Nice, at 8H30 back to work , worn out. AFter two days, the UK embassy called, Lorraine must come back to Pris for a new fingerprinting, because the machine was bugged down.It cost me 800€ for another flight back for one day, round trip, with margie, her sister. Voila, the trip was tiring; After four days, we must fly to Madrid; At Iberia, the lady do not allow my daughters to board, because they need their passports, but we explained that their passports were taken by the embassy;After calling the higher authority, they allow us to board, Michel was annoyed, kasi he is not coming with us; In Madrid, we stayed only for two nights, we visited sol mayor, musee de prado, shopping at corte ingles, eat paella, took a taxi for 5€ ride, hop on hop off; The hotel we took has wifi, so we can still on the go for internet. Then back to Nice again, with iberia, we do not have the same problem, we just gave our residence permit and french id, we were allowed to board. Bon, its like that. Photos

Bonjour!

bossing ko, binilhan ko ng carpet for bathroom, ganda ganda;
then inayos ko and salon niya kasi nag deliver ng new leather sofas, worth 1M pesos!
then na order na rin young small fridge for us employees
pati cabinet in glass mirror, for my cleaning tools na order na;
Dumating na rin and flowers for the gardens, soon lagyan ng fountain and garden;

Mga pots ng tanim, newly painted;
Na arranged na rin ang mag decorations sa loob ng bahay.

transition ng bagong buhay ni bossing,
kakatuwa;
Ako ang interior decorator;
KAYA KO PALA!

Bonjour!

Anak: Nay, saan galing ang talino ko, sa inyo po ba,?

Nanay: Anak, sa tatay mo, kasi ako andito pa talino ko, wahahhahaaa!

Bonjour!
He quit the italian restaurant, march 31 2012 and start working in negresco hotel as commis de cuisine, a work as assistant or helper to the chef.
Good for cv, and in case he become french citizen, he can travel and find work in Japan, where his gf is presently working in a glass company.

He is holding a ten year french residency, and soon to take exams for his citizenship.Now in France, it is like that,applicants must pass the test,oral and written and reading.Its not a problem to him, he studied the language for 2years, non stop.

He speaks english language too, that is why he was hired in Negresco hotel.

I am happy, my children are doing great in France.They work, pay taxes, live harmoniously with the law, do not get silly with so-called-friends, stay home on day offs, and time to time, go out only to buy KFC chicken and back to computer.

The same with my two girls.MarGhie and Lorraine.maybe one day they will have their own family, and one never knows, what life would they choose to have.

Surprise me...
PS, follow me also in facebook, with same name account like this blog.
Night, night.

Bonjour!
Nasa work ako 5th floor, when the secretary called me, in a panic.
"please, help me clean my car, the boss called, we will pick him in a coffee shop, with my car!, not his car!, to go shopping for house decoration!"
Eh so what?, sagot ko sa panic moment niya.

"Magulo ang car ko, dami, abubot, i cannot show it to him.I go to the car wash, then when im back, help me clear the "kalats" in the car."

"Ok,, sige, go na, call me when you are back!"

After ten minutes,she came back, her car clean and smells nice, and off we went to fetch the Boss.I could see the secretary's state in(dishevelled hair,less panic mode, but in a hurry to drive fast, speaks needlessly,which shows she is not yet calm, haha)

And when we parked and see the Boss, Boss said:

"It is a lovely sunny day, we can walk to the decoration shop..."
weheheheheheeee!

Lessons: Think ahead, make sure, what ever we do, we are ready to represent ourselves in time of "untoward unexpected inspection".

The secretary's car is cute and mini, and it has nothing to get ashamed of, if only she sees the state of our car, she would not believe it herself.

Bonjour!
Minsan, nakakatuwa. We do not expect things to happen, and it happened.Loraine and I went to the PrEfEcture OF NICE. She received a convocation (appointment) that she must go to see them,to renew her receipt of resident three months.We paid 368€ and she tick the forms that she speaks only english.
The lady asked us to have 4 id photos, and later after 2hours total wait, she have her TEN YEARS RESIDENT CARD!
It is a recipissée again but mentioned: premier demande de titre sejour pour dix ans!
(first issuance of resident card for ten years)
Olaaaah olaaah olaaah, yun nasabi ko when i read it.
Sabi ni Loraine, baka nagkamali sila ma, balik tayo to ask?
Hindi, never sila nag kamali, sila pa!
Reklamo si Loraine, panget picture ko ma, ten years ko titiisin yan dyan!!!!
Haha!

Then naisip ko, french citizen na pala ako, kaya considered half french na pala si loraine, at yung dalawa ko pang anak, anjo at marghie!
Ganun pala yun!
So maganda, kasi pag uuwi siya ng Pinas, 200php na lang bayad nya sa travel tax, kesa 1620 php kung one year lang ang residency.
Then pwede na siya travel with us sa UK or US kung punta kami kasi anak pala siya ng isang FRANçAISE;
Ganun?

SUS, eto ang mga immigration priviledges na hindi ko inexpect na mangyari sa mga anak ko!
Thanks ke Lolo, he married me, (even how rotten I am), 8years na kami and going stronger, even minsan, nakakalbo na siya kaka stress sa dami namin sa bahay niya, plus two cats!
Then bait din niya, kahit luto kami lagi ng rice, sinigang, adobo, pansit,minsan danggit, ok lang sa kanya!

Minsan maingay ang tatlo sa kabilang room, kasi nag dedebate, nag haharutan, nag kakantyawan, or minsan asaran at sigawan! OKEY LANG KAY LOLO!bait, meron na HALO sa ulo, haha!
About Work :
Si bossing naman, kulet na mag enrol na si loraine sa french school: eh meron siya 280 hours sa gvt, lIbre! WALANG PATIENCE SI BOSSING!

Then kinukulet din siya sa driving niya, kasi bigyan siya kotse!
then,utos niya, mag outing daw si loraine sa mga young crews ng boat niya para naman daw maka "get a life"! so kinontak si capitan, imbitahin mag drinks sa yate si loraine, sus!


Hopefully, tuloy lang ang masayang buhay namin dito sa France, may work kaming apat, declared naman, we can travel, we can enjoy our salary, investing na pala sa condo si anjo, while kami ipon lang, hindi pa alam saan mag invest, kasi nasa isip, GALA MUNA SEE THE WORLD BAHALA NA SI BATMAN SA KASUNOD!haha!

Bon, nasa paris kaming tatlo marghie loraine ako to ask visa to UK so we will see champs elyssée,haha!
Nasa madrid kami weekend bibisita sa reyna nag espanya!
Nasa uk kami sa may 16 bisita kami ng reyna ng englatera ,sa buckingham palace!
joke lang,pero, family visit yun, kaya andun kami.

haaay, too many blessings, reklamo na ako,tama na po, Diyos ko!
lol