Paris awaits…

I have this arguable concept that some aspects of our life are paths we are destined to walk on. To cut a long story short, it was under very clear circumstances that we would eventually land ourselves in Paris. (“We” here represents me and my team members from the L’oreal Brandstorm Team). Even Kok Hin, the most business minded and realistic person in our team agrees on that. But that’s another story…Europe sounds less boring, no?

So after really s***ty hard work, we were on our way to the trip of our lifes. Someone mentioned that for Paris, it’s a place you need to visit three times. Once in your salad days, where you’re carefree, in short, a poor starving student. The second, is when you fall in love and the third, when you’re retired and old. In these three stages, Paris will seem different to you.

So down the plane we stepped and there, I was on Paris soil for the second time in my life. To show as much enthusiasm as my other team mates had would be unreal. My only thought was when will I get to be a part of Paris.

Summer in Paris is freaking hot but everyone was out and about in skimpy tops, singlets and short skirts. The water fountain opposite eiffel tower had people sun bathing and having a dip in the pool of water. Cute little dogs that seemed to groomed more perfectly than any of us skimpered alongside its mistress along the streets. Just like what the internet said about Hotel Mercure, we were exactly at the foot of the famous landmark. (I remember one of the Korean team members even saying very sarcastically that the glaring night lights from the tower made it hard to sleep.) Hence we get to greet her at least three times a day, resulting in plenty of camera clicking to get that perfect picture of yourself and the tower. (Maybe when the mood comes, I shall make a collage of the pics!)

This trip was one of the rare chance where one gets to travel in certain luxury. We were staying right at the foot of Eiffel tower (for crying out loud says Jess!), we had a big buffet breakfast every morning which has unlimited servings of food I dream of eating everyday(salmon, bacon, ham, cereals, cherries, jam jam jam!), 100 euros to spend for the 5 days for food and transport (we took the opportunity to order affordable escargot)....phew! Sadly though, not everything could be enjoyed to the max, as we had something looming behind of mind, BRANDSTORM.