A month in Paris

Black and White Paris...

I had the opportunity to stay in Paris for a month when I joined a new company and it was a memorable time there. Stayed in Saint Cloud hotel for that month. It's a 3 star hotel though, basic but good enough for my month's stay. The hotel is accessible via the tram from La Defense metro station.
Saint Cloud is a lovely commune where it is supposed to be one of the wealthiest in Paris.

The very first day I arrived in Paris, I settled down in the cosy little hotel and took the tram then metro to downtown Paris. I headed straight to Notre Dame and it is the MUST visit tourist spot for anyone who goes to Paris.

Somewhere along the street in Paris.

Like any visitors to tourist, we are entirely soaked in the rich culture and history of this european capital. There are so many museums and the most famous one is of course The Lourve.

I took many pictures at The Lourve and there I found the Mona Lisa portrait. There were also Monet, Leonardo and many many others which art lovers would spent many hours walking, admiring and indulging in perfection of seemingly never-ending number of paintings.

I love Montmartre.

This was the other museum I visited.

Versailles

Couldn't have missed going to the vineyards. I made a day trip to Champagne and visited the Moet and  Piper Heidsieck vineyard. 

This is already my 2nd month in Hong Kong... I have been working on a project here. It has been challenging... Different working culture but people are generally nice. I think it is not the customers that I find difficult to handle but rather, the colleagues. A new company means I got to relearn everything, the software, the functionalities, new business requirements. This risks management was certainly not easy but i guess it is still manageable now...
I guess it is to be able to swallow the pride that now i don't know anything and I got to learn everything again, to regain the creditbility in the new company of colleagues and bosses.
I didn't really expect myself to be so unadaptable but i think age is catching up. I am no longer fresh from school. People have higher expectations from me now...
And the most challenging thing to me, is to be able to handle the emotions while I am away from home. I miss my family and friends in Singapore...
I have been praying that God will make me a stronger person, give me wisdom to learn new things and protection against politics in the office... Well, God has been GOOD :)