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Name: champagnepout
Country: Singapore
Metro: Singapore


Interests: cultures. purses. french. Chanel. Sanrio magic. Vogue. cheese & olive oil.smelling the pages of books.


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Member Since: 9/18/2005
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009




Petit dejeuner de japanese yuzu & black sesame muffins.
Nouveaux porte-monnaies & a brand new day.



Waiting for my handmade liberty dress to arrive...

My next flight is not till Saturday so I'm taking this time to get re-acquainted with my city.
Have a great week xx


Monday, July 06, 2009

pests.

I always thought ignorance is bliss, but not always so.
I have chosen to ignore your first message but i guess you couldn't take a hint, could you?

In response to my post on Yann Arthus-Bertrand's environmental film, a certain roro said:

... and then champagnepout goes back to shop in Milan and Paris. Steady lah
Posted 6/30/2009 11:05 AM by roro - delete - reply

And in response to my post on Paris:

Sigh, champagnepout, I thought you would know better, especially a well-travelled and cultured lady who claims to love the arts. You aren’t supposed to take pictures of the paintings in the Louvre, are you? Did the museum guard tick you off with a stern warning? Tsk tsk.
Posted 7/5/2009 11:28 PM by roro - delete - reply

I don't know what you're trying to get at.

First of all, I don't pretend to be anything, least of all an environmentalist, & i don't see how shopping in Milan or Paris is relevant to my post.
So just because i respect those who really make a difference & i want to start doing something, I should quit my job & go on expeditions to Greenland?   

I started turning off the tap while brushing my teeth & i think that's a more concrete way to help the environment.

Second, I did not claim to love art but i appreciate seeing on my travels, what was only previously available to me in books & posters. Isn't that the whole point of travelling??

To me, Asterix comics are the highest form of art, my most preferred one actually.

Unfortunately for your ignorance, I did know better, because i was actually at the Musee d'Orsay where photo-taking without flash is allowed, for most of the permanent collections.

As for the Louvre, (which is a completely different museum, did you not know that?) well i remember taking a photo of people taking photos! How's that?



So i hope you have no more queries about me then.
I have wasted enough time replying you.... i could have read another episode of Asterix.

Oh yes, I forgot.
Museum guards don't normally tick me off, they usually just chat me up. :)
Goodnight & good riddance.



Sunday, July 05, 2009

I have an urge to run away very soon, from the fake smiles, the hypocrisy, the backstabbing, the careful conversations, everything in the culture & be my own happy hermit.
Can you understand?



today Hawaii looked like that.
wish i was there..
arigatou jay-chan.



Friday, July 03, 2009




Summer has finally arrived in Paris... daytime temperatures of 30 degrees & tourists everywhere.



I decide that no queues outside the Musee d'Orsay is the best day to visit the greatest in Impressionist art.



Jean Escoula... i never saw sorrow so clearly portrayed in a sculpture.



Claude Monet's Le dejeuner, 1868.



Van Gogh's La chambre de Van Gogh a Arles.
I finally get to see this famous one in real life.



The brush strokes up close.



Van gogh's La nuit etoilee, The starry night.



The rooftop terrace overlooking the Seine.



Beautiful sunny day with cool winds.
You can see Sacre Coeur just behind my head hehe.



I always prefer to cross from left bank to right bank by foot instead of metro.
I walked from the museum to St Germain des pres, had lunch at a lovely cafe.. coddled eggs with smoked salmon on Poilane bread... yummy.



Peeked into the rue Bonaparte salon of Laduree..



then walked across the river to the Louvre, and along Rue St Honore to check out Colette..



A nice quiet afternoon by myself was just the thing i needed, to reflect about my life, my job, my friends.. I am filled with disappointment.. so i did not come to a fulfilling conclusion in the end. Is that normal?



Another late dinner of couscous with lamb brochettes...
Couscous brings back beautiful memories.



Goodbye for a little while Paris... i will be back next week... hopefully with a lighter heart.



Monday, June 29, 2009


It is almost 1am & i'm not asleep..
I'm in the last village not occupied by the Romans, giggling as Cacofonix the Bard starts to sing.
Yes i'm a little crazy.



It's the Asterix Omnibus!
3 stories in one big book! *faints with joy*




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