Francesca in France

Oh dear, cant believe it, I am now one week since I arrive in France last August 9,2005 and still the things I have to do not yet all done.Tambak pa ang mails sa mailbox, na ayaw ko buksan kasi tiyak ko bills to pay yan. Bahala si Michel dyan !
Then dami ko emails na sasagutin sa mailbox ko sa free.fr, mga tanong sa annulments, mga topic replies, private messsages sa asawa forum, mga nagaaway na raw sa asawa forum, (pati ba yon??), how to go to France( di ba by plane, by car or by boat???) He he he...
Have to secure papers for my ten years residence card. I cannot find our electricity bills for the last three months,since digging hard to files and folders of papers in our cabinet box, so I produce our telephone bill as proof of address, but only one month, thats all I have in our file! Michel suggested: to give them the House Contract that we own the house, and thats it, they deal with it.Okey, hopefully they accept it. The immigration office is too strict that if our docs are not complete, they tell us, come back another day. Eh I am working na full time...Kelan ko pa ma renew ang ten years card ko! grrrrr. Stressed na naman ang lola to think, I have to come back...or be absent sa work...

Then the fridge was delivered, at last. It was a bit bigger, because it is an American Fridge, and the door of our kitchen is for normal size fridge. We Michel and I have to battle the fridge going in and out of the entrance door of the flat, because we cant fit it in going to the kitchen. 6hours of battling with it, (from 2pm it was delivered,until 8 pm, in and out of the house , stay at the hall area of the building, then in again, eventually, at last, haay, it got through, because we took off(unscrew) the doors of the fridge and reinstall it when it had entered the kitchen.LOL ! Imagine all the residents of the building passing us by, try their bits and pieces of ideas helping us, taking their own tools, ha ha! how we can get it through the doors,nakupo, nakakahiya, still to no avail. Kelangan lang pala tanggalin ang 2 pinto so that pumasok! Grrr. The time we stop, is the time to sit down and say: haaaayy, kakapagod!

Then my afternoon employer the Mme German kept on calling me August 15 (7pm until 9pm ) in my celphone If I arrived from Philippines, she wants me to work immediately as two weeks since I was away,the house is dirty. Of course, of course, if not with me, her flat will never be cleaned! I didnt answer her calls. Mind you I told her I am coming back to France on August 15, not on the 9th LOL. I wanted to prolong my holidays noh!Anyway, I pity her plants, I water it today and clean her flat on Friday. Got so much to do, our luggage from the trip, nakabalandra pa !Michel took only his toiletries pouch bag and leave to me all to clear! Grrrr!Gusto nyo mag asawa ng Frenchman?

Then some of my Pinay friends in Monaco kept calling me. They know I have only two weeks holiday, but they still dont see me in our daily train trips going to work.Of course, I am not taking the train going to Monaco. Michel brought me back and forth to avoid paying 70 euros train and bus fare for August when it is already the 15th of the month. Talo nga naman.I dont answer them. Not because I am a snob ha? It is because if I start seeing them,and Michel is waiting for me at 1pm for me to go somewhere for lunch, and if I call them is to stay with them. Michel will be on his own. Di ba it is not right? Husbands first noh! Then to call them naman, metered ang telephone dito in France. Nasa 7 pesos per minute. Sa Pinay friend ba pwede ka tumawag saying : Hello I am still alive, bye!around 1 minute call? Hindi! Telebabad yan. Kaya I ignore their call. Or I text them, I just arrive, too busy to see you but I will soon. Ewan kung kelan yong soon, hehe.Baka sa Pasko na. aujourd'hui peut etre, ou alors demain hehe (maybe today, or tomorrow ,bleehh)

Then nadale pa ako ng flu. Akala ko Pilipinas pa. Excited sa bagong fridge, nagbabad ako sa Ice cream area ng Carefour Grocery, ayun, nadale ng cold. Naka sleeveless blouse lang kasi ako, eh ang heat at the moment in Nice is 25° kaya mainit pa rin di ba? Super kati ang lalamunan, inuubo, takot nga si Butler to get near me eh, (which okey lang to me, get off from me Butler, I feel better...heheheheeeh!)Akala ni Butler, nadale na ako ng Hongkong desease, no nga ba tawag doon? Ang bading, nag tatakip pa ng ilong(pang nose polution filter ba) if I am around! Ngani ngani kong sipain!Napagod ako sa work ko for Wed-Sat kasi silver cleaning, thousands of pieces! Lang !

I promised pa the girls of Segafredo Meeting to send them our pictures when we had that dinner. Great photos pa naman yon! Eh yong cord pala ng Canon Camera ko naiwan sa Phils. Hindi ko matransfer sa Pc ko ang photos. Wait ko na lang, pinadala ko na sa anak ko, by post then saka ko ma send to all my girlfriends: Marie, Girlie, Justice, Tin, Toni,musta na nga pala kayo? Diyos mio, even to visit your blog, wala ako time! (hiya- mukha- takip!)

Itong Ayala, nangungulit pa rin translation daw ng papeles! Grrr. Sabi ko dyan sa Makati accredited ng French embassy,800 pesos per page, eh 7 pages daw ipatranslate namin kaya nasa 5600 pesos yon! Hindi ko na sinabi kay Lolo,kasi magwawala na naman, sige na nga, kami na magbabayad niyan, para matapos na. So email ako kay Lorraine na bayaran na lang niya at siya na patranslate sa Alliance Française, Manila.
Buti mabait ang dalaga ko, dependable.

Then may problema na naman, kasi yong residence ko raw sabi ni Ayala expired na! Pano raw ito, hindi ma process ang contract to sell namin if hindi complete requirements. Sagot ko sa email, naku, sa 18th pa ng August ma renew, kaya wait muna kayo. Then ipapadala ko pa yan sa Monaco Employment Office para yong permit to work ko sa Monaco ma renew din, kasi expired din ang work permit ko sa Monaco on August 17,2005. Ganyan dito sa France. Pag married ka to a French national, tinatapat nila na ang renewal mo ng papers on the anniversary date of marriage. Kasi sasama ang spouse mo, sa immigration, na kayo ay living together pa, na walang pending divorce, kaya tuloy pagsasasama, kaya tuloy din papel ni wife. Madaya? Or marami kasi after ng papel sa French, nag didivorce na, kaya hayan, binago nila batas ng residence card if kapamilya ng French. Itutuloy nila papel mo kung tuloy pa marriage nyo.Kaya yong mga andyan na gusto French asawa ha, make sure, hindi kayo iblackmail ng French ha? Meron dito, ayaw na pumirna na sila pa rin kasi ginagawang katulong ang Pinay.

So, sa mga may utang ako ng time (blog visits or telephone call) sorry talaga. I wish I got your free time. Pag si Lolo nyo off pa sa work (until Sept 7 pa holidays niya,) wala talaga ko time. Eto ngang pag post blog, kung tulog na siya, singit ako unti unti labas ng room, kunwari, sabi ko, I cant sleep with my cough, kuno, pero ano ka, tsuk, pindot "on" ng pc para makatsika.LOL

Kayo, how busy is you? Buti pa kayo...hu hu hu!