Francesca in France

Grabehh, busy talaga ang Lola! Tambak work, bahay at sa Bossing! Kasi kararating lang din nila from holidays and ang mga maleta, kalat when I arrived. Buti yong amin ni Lolo eh, naayos ko na Monday morning pa lang.Bundok ang plantsahin ko ngayon. Heeelp!
Eto news:
Panalo si Alonso sa Grand Prix Race, Monaco. As usual, french car Renault (rhunu kung basahin) ang nagwagi. Ano na ba nangyayari ke Schummacher ha? Ferrari Italian cars losts its magic? Magtinda na lang kaya ng Nilagang Mais si Schu sa Manila??? LOL
Ang sama ng Lola nyo, wag gayahin...

My pa ek ek photo kuha in Villa Bhorgese park ,Rome Italy:

sa background, may naghahalikang lovers !!!


Meanwhile, recommended ko itong blog na ito ni Kukote
Super joker siya, I like his(or her?) blog.Pero may disclaimer siya:

"ang lahat ng nakasulat dito ay pawang kuro-kuro at pala-palagay lamang ng aking kukote na maaaring salungat sa inyong paniniwala. wala akong kasalanan kung mamatay kayo sa kakatawa or sa kakaiyak sa mga ipinagsususulat ko dito. yun lang."

Click nyo rin ito:!francesca sells
Bargain ito, para lang mabili.

also may surpise ako sa inyo, cant believe it, kasi surprise din ako!!!
pero bukas na... Goodnight.

The Cathedral, Florence, Made in marble stones in colors: green, red and white,built: Year 1294.lolo, lola and french friend.


The Coliseum, Rome built 72AD.At least 5000 animals have been sacrificed here during inauguration,and until 523AD fights between gladiators and wild beasts are held periodically.Of course, stariray ang Lola...wala na kasi fights sa loob... LOL

The Tower of Pisa . It is not a joke, it was really tilted! Huhh!!!, because the soil underneath give way.

And good enough, I was there, buti nasalo ko.Hihihi!
more stories of kalokohan namin, next posts!

The Lists of my Life's Simple Pleasures as tagged by Nao
Maganda topic niyang DA VINCI.Punta kayo.

1. Laptop: When I woke up at 9am, Lolo was gone to work,I was alone, stretched my arms,would look out of the window, if it is really morning na,(or else balik tulog noh!) would pick up my pc from the floor, and connect! yes, thats the first thing I do in the morning,open my emails, via wifi, habang naka hilata pa...ahhh, the best pleasure in life...
Who can beat that? Aber? hihihi

2. Breakfast: Go to Kitchen, after an hour, because my bulate( parasites, worms and bacterias) are hungry... Get a toast or two, spread butter,marmalade, heat the coffee Lolo made,munch an apple or banana, then go back to bed...

3. Window Shopping: lang, kasi sometimes, just look around whats the latest, and I dont fancy anything, kasi weirdo weirdo ang fashion ngayon, arab styles sandals with sequins,eeek! and skirts may lawit lawit, nobayan, pag uwi ko na lang sa Pinas, punta ako Baclaran, may tatlo isang daan na blouse doon, cotton na...Ha ha ha!

4: Camera: my Canon Ixus, is my best friend, it tells me stories, with matching photos what had been happening when I was passing by anywhere. I took photos of anything that interests me.
Otherwise, walang buhay ang blog ko!

5. Lolo Michel: we blend together, we work hard, but when we get the time off, we go for a holiday, kahit wala na pera, basta makagala! Punta kami Rome,Italy May 25-28,2006. Bahala na magalit bank!
Sanayan lang yan...

6. My world wide Brothers and Sisters: If one friend goes away, I still got millions around. Kasi nga Jehovah's Witness ang Lola, kaya pamilya ko, laki laki! Kahit saang bansa ako punta, visit ko lang isang Kingdom hall, voila, thousands na naman makikilala...
Mga true people pa po sila.

7. Mga anak ko: Kasi hindi sila sakit sa ulo,BUT ako sakit sa ulo nila, kasi if may request sila, sagot ko: Ill think about it, anak... And it took months and months bago mag yes...kunwari: "nakalimutan ko anak, sori..." Pero ano ka, ek ek lang yon,para iwas gastos!LOL
OPM mama nila, "Oh Promise Me..." aujourd'hui peut etre, ou alors demain(today perhaps or maybe tomorrow...

8: My Driving Lessons: : Oo, it gives me pleasure na, before I wanted to strangle the one invented the law of France for implementing such driving rules,but when nakuha ko na ang context, masaya na ako. Looking foward to drive my own car soon, kahit luma, kaya those of you who will be driving in France, watch out, Lola is on the road...Get off my way, quick!
Laban ka?

9: My French Lessons: Now it is a pleasure to speak the language, no one can tell me, "you ! foreigner !"...
Not anymore...
Pas de tout!

There you have it, done na, Nao. hirap na, matubuan ang pigsa oy! LOL

Alis na Lola to work. May tags are:

Haze in Marseille,France
Talhey
MissT in The Netherlands
Jhing in Germany
KK
Shirley in California
Marie in Makati, Phils
Girlie in Phils.
Chas in Norway
aleth of dubai


hay, nagawa rin assignments.... Merci a tous! Pass it on ->your pleasures in life, girls, tag ten too!

At 12 Sunday noon,we are having lunch, nagring ang phone.
"Musta, tita, long time no see!"
"Sino ito, please?"
"Si -#-&-!-*- ! Ikaw naman kinalimutan na ako."
"Oh sorry, hindi kita nabosesan, musta ka na?"
"May problema ako, pwede ba ako makahiram ng pera, 1000 euros (60,000 pesos) lang , gipit lang kasi ako."
Taas kilay ng lola nyo, girls! Pero diplomasya...
"Sorry, but I dont have that amount..." sagot ko.
"Ay?! Kala ko ba, asawa ka ng frenchman?!"
"I am, still,and so?"
"Kasi, balita, hindi nag bibigay ng pera ang mga frenchman sa wives,kuripot daw sila totoo pala sa situation mo!"
(wow, vindictive siya ano?! )
"I'm very sorry...pero what has it got to do with you?" (girls, punahin nyo, malumanay pa sagot ko, instead dapat:

(TRUE OR NOT,IT'S NON OF YOUR BUSINESS,BRUHA KA! BYE !)

pero, continue natin...
"Eh why you CANNOT give me a loan of 1000 euros, kuripot ka pala ?" she insisted.
Sinagot ko:"Why dont you ask the bank, the bank is for that, noh?"
Hindi nakasagot, she hanged up the phone.Hindi na ako kinibo whenever we meet in Monaco. nobayan?

Nag ring ang phone: sister ko sa London: "Teng, pautang!"
Ganyan kami ng mga kapatids ko.
Kung magbaitan, paunahan magsabi ng: Teng, pautang!
Girls, feel free to gaya gaya, para masaya, bago tsika, LOL

Kriing, sabi ng phone.
"Allo?"
"Mme Menta?"
"Oui?"(yes?)
(He speaks to me in french, laban tuloy in french spokening Lola nyo.)
"I represent the travel agency to go to Rome."
"And so?"
"Do you have your papers like visa, SSS insurances...for this trip?"
"Look,Sir, we book the trip as couple ,normally, you dont need to worry ?
"Mr Menta is your husband, Madame?"
"Is there another wife you know that I dont?"
( He hanged up.loko ka, kala mo ha?!)
Ano kaya yon? nagkamali ng dial yong buang na yon?
Or Lolo has secrets???!!!!Hmmmnnn...

Another call: I am Tek Pho Khan, from Korea, I got your phone number from Skype!
Sagot ko: "wrong number, sir!"
Loko ka, paki ko sa iyo! Sayang lang tawag mo, married na ako!

kRRRINGgg!!!
anobayan, lagi na lang me tawag?
"Allo!"Si Pinay..! Shhh, girls, tahimik...pls
"Tita,hello, meron ka bang phone card na butal (half used)? Baka hindi mo na ginagamit, pahiram naman o?! Bigay mo pin code, dali!!!, bago maubos load sa cel ko!"

Reaction ni Lolo Michel: Gulat ! ! ! Laki Mata!

Haay, Here comes May, and Monaco is busy for the Formula 1 Grand Prix where Schummacher Alonzo, Raikkonen, Fishicela , Montoya, Coulthard will compete yan lang kilala ko, kasi I dont watch the race, it is tooo noisy..

Most of the Madames are out of Monaco before Thursday morning of the race. Some stays because it is good business, they offer their verandas to rich friends for rent to watch the games with serving maid and butlers around.
Most of the private boats and yatch in Monaco Port will be occupied having champagne and foie gras and have parties until they drop.

Our kababayans are busy ,more work again,as dinner servings here and there because its summer time, means flowing of money again, yehey!

Come and watch the Grand Prix de Monaco and the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique May 25-28,2006

If kaya ng tenga nyo ang ingay, hihihi.
Last year, Butler and I were off for the weekend of Grand Prix, tumakas sa ingay Boss namin.

Then there is the Cannes Film Festival on May 17-28,2006
It is only 30 mins car ride from where we live and Cannes is along the Beach area, lots of tourist will flock again.Good business these film feast eh?


postcard photo

Beach area and restaurant (below photo)in front of Carlton Hotel

Monica Bellucci, opening the ceremony in Renault ( read as "rhunu")
She is always in the middle eh?

Thats the image of Cannes (read as "Khann..")
And kakabuang mag basa in French ano?LOL

Do you know girls, that during the film festival, hotel for the night can be up to 2000 euros each room.
And to have a private limousine tour with security guard/driver in Tux is 1000 euros per ten minutes trip (hotel to Palais de Congres) where the photo sessions of the stars are held?

Lolo and I will be away for four days to avoid all these snobisms.

I planned to go to Philippines this August, because my employer gave me a three weeks off. So I checked the internet, travel agencies, filipinas' friend's travel agencies, I was surprised of the ticket prices for round trip!

950 euros Lufthansa/KLM
1034 euros Emirates but waiting list
1200 euros Air France
1300-2500 Cathay, British Air, etc etc.

Olaaahhh!

and prices are going up up up until the time you decide, it is gone!
Thats the price for the travel 4 months from now!

Okey lang sila????!!!

Then Lolo Michel advised, why not take a holiday package tour, lets say in Thailand for 15 days, then we can drop to Manila to see the children during the holidays.
I did! For 599 euros, with airline, hotel and in a beach area in Phuket.
Not bad, eh!
But, the departure is in Paris. Ngeehkk!
And only for the months of May June September 2006.
Not even a single trip on July and August! Waaah! Daya!

eto mga tours to thailand:

Thailand

Thailand

Thailand



Maybe in October we can make a good deal for 500 euros, round trip noh???!!

Lolo said:"Why not? Its always useful to be hopeful..."
Mind you I got our ticket kasi last year to Manila less than 800 euros lang!!!

How much is your ticket to manila round trip? Does it really goes up these days the airline prices?

Do you know any travel agencies online that offers cheap e tickets to Manila?
Heeeelpp!

I found Google Earth, beautiful!
I can see Philippines where we live.
I can see the exact location where we are in Nice, France map, by using my mouse.
I can see the location where my blogggers friends are.Scratching the back of their neck in front of their PC, oy charing lang.
Ana in Dijon,FranceWhile on pram Stroll, with Louana pushing the pram...Ana is inside ...LOL
Haze in Marseille,France
i saw her car with sticker, bebe a bord (baby on board) must be her kid Basti, driving their car...
Talhey
walking Yuri for territory visits (tree hopping visits) at 6 am!
MissT in The Netherlands
while she hops in her bike going to visit another newly discovered parlor this time the one she saw in Paris (Davids' Coiffeur).

Jhing in Germany
Ging, still on her best swimsuit!Sexy pa rin!
Eva in Prague
With Koolit, going inside the grocery, Koolit looking for more icecream...But may mahaderang sales girl, naka abang! watch out Koollit!
Shirley in California
Driving a new wheels, this time a Masserati Coupe.
Marie in Makati, Phils
Starbucks, Greenbelt with her co Vicky Belo Gfs.Ganda na ni Marie lalo!
Girlie in Phils.
with belly dancing classmates in Glorietta going to Greenbelt punta ata ng Italiani's Restaurant!
Honey in Texas
busy with school kids while Dan, her husband birdwatching. True birds, dears, not the birds in bars, LOL
naomi, Canada
I saw her running away from the hospital where she works, kasi she spotted Brad Pitt, alone. Si Brad Pitt nga ba yon, Nao?
Ger in America
mama na soon, eskayted ako to look also her baby lakas atungals in Google Earth, hehe.
Lucille in Paris
still on her home deco, and Ikea gave up,close business, as they run out of stocks for her orders...
aleth of dubai
I saw Aleth in gold market in Dubai. Must be buying one for me...daan ako Dubai soon aleth, taking Emirates plane to manila.With Lolo.Bigay mo na gold necklace ko ha?

Wala lang, naisip ko,charing charing ko lang kayo (joke, joke joke) at naku, nakakaligtaan ko na kayo itsika personal!These are my imaginations only how I would spot you all in Goggle Earth, hehe.

Baka wala pa kayo download ng Google Earth, try nyo.Para kita nyo rin Lola nyo, nag hahabol ng train to Monaco!

click and download

Enjoy!

Marami palang French words ang Tagalog
Eto email lang ni Atty Pulido.Just in time when the law of France is implementing french language to residents , hehe.

Let's learn French. Oui??

Let's start

1. TURN - le coup
2. LITER - le true
3. BEHIND - le coud
4. ALMS - le mousse
5. FIVE - le ma
6. FLY - le pad
7. DID NOT TAKE A BATH - le bag
8. CONFUSED - le tou
9. NO LONGER A VIRGIN - les pag
10. UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND - cou ma le wah
11. CITY - ce vou
12. DRUGS - sha vou
13. GOODBYE - va vou
14 . MUSICAL BAND - com vou
15. BALD - cal vou
16. CAUGHT IN THE ACT - na vou coup, na coup!!
17. FEATHERS - valahe vou
18. UNCLEAR - ma la vou
19. SINK - lah va vou
20 COCONUT - vou coup
21. JOSEPH ESTRADA - vou vou!!

I wonder if you really learned from these! LOL,Say nyo mga taga France, correct ba ito??! Lol

As you all know girls, that I am a Jehovah's Witness ,and part of our work is going out to field service(preaching activities).Your Lola is working the work for God, going house to house!

At first, I feel like, ay,anobayan?! (what's this?!)

Then it became an enjoyable work, because we meet a lot of people to discuss about anything like: whats going on in the world, poverty ,who can solve, and sometimes topics about just anything from good sunshine, expensive living in France, etc etc.
Eventually I enjoyed going out, it saves me money from going to shopping! LOL

Our work:



I am always with French sisters who do not speak English,so, I have to drag myself in speaking french with them or to people I discussed with, and we would put these magazines in the walkway , park or beach area and people would picked their choice of magazines for free. We even give books for free including Bibles.

Yap, all for free.Sarap no?


At beach area in Nice.

The purpose is to reach people's hearts how wonderful God is and how the Bible helps them in their everyday life.We offer free Bible Study at home or at the park.No obligation,no collection of money.And we do this work voluntarily.Walang sweldo!

When you think about it, parang weird, wala sweldo, why not stay at home na lang? But no, Jesus commanded this work to be done in Mat 24:14 "That the good news of God's Kingdom must be preached to all nations and the end will come. Tama ba ako? Check nyo na lang Bible nyo, at naku, baka mali ako!hihihi.


And more work with Rosemarie and Dolly
.Please click.

In case in your area, you spotted this same plackard with magasines on display, approach them,dont be shy, take a copy, it is all free.Some Witnesses got the magasines in 145 languages, like Tagalog,Cebuano,Gudjarati,Polski, Portuguese, French Italian, Dansk, Japanese, Chinese,name it, normally they have it, even offers Bible Study in sign language if needed, it is all free.


Once, a Persian passed us by, looked at the display, he spotted his language, and he said: "Hey, its my language , first time I saw my language here, since 20 years staying in France!"
We offered it to him and we told him he can come back next week for more. And he did! He was happy to read all 7 magasines!!!He offered us some Iranian chocolates in exchange.It was good feeling the giving and exchaging with people you dont even know!


Rosemarie is really working good!She is a nice soft spoken sister.She taught me how to speak french properly using decent french words!

Then a young frenchman approached us, he said "Olaaahh, Jehovah's Witnesses!!!" He sat next to us, talks about his religion, he said he is a Buddhist,and he smokes, he drinks, he even take drugs! We were laughing giving high five ala Americans to one another!lol

Then he started to discuss why he is this and that, like a young kid,but he is sincere and honest, mama mia, told us he works in a bank in Menton, (just after Monaco), and he was offduty due to Paques(Easter) Holidays and eventually, he said: "why dont we all take some coffee somewhere?? It's nice discussing with you both!"

Rosemarie said: " we have coffee and biscuits too!".So I went to the car,took our coffee-left-over from our lunch pack and he was happy while drinking it, and wanted to stay more after an hour, but his GF was calling at his cellphone looking for him!LOL
He was annoyed of the interruption, he even throw his cellphone away, LOL but he picked it up, or else, I will, hehe.

He regretted leaving us, but we invited him to come again next week! He gave us his phone number to remind him about next week as he said he always forget rendezvous(appointments). We enjoyed our afternoon at Promenade des Anglais in Nice that day.

Photos! Of course! Lola nyo pa, feel mag pa showy...Sensya na.


  
We met these young boys, Jehovah's Witnesses brothers, from St Tropez,Portuguese/French language naman sila, on holidays in Nice.
I was surprised when they whispered to me: Nous sommes les freres...(we are brothers...) Gulat ako, kasi ang babata pa nila!They all do the same work, house to house calls!

With Simone and Nicolas,
You see, I'm working too,nakaupo lang, pa beauty! hehe!
Oui, tu vois? Je travaille aussi !hi hi hi

Indeed, we are a nation without a country. We know each other by our name, Jehovah's Witnesses.