French Fetish

J'ai un fétiche pour tout français très récemment...apologies for any broken french :)

It started with the Coco Avant Chanel movie...Dah lama tak dengar orang cakap French, seriously I was surprised it sounded like music to my ears! Thoroughly enjoyed it! Serious! Mode poyo.

And maybe because Ms. Jabberholic sejak dua menjak ni suka bagi recipe french cuisine, Oh la la!

And also because I will be going to Paris in July, for the 6th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids – DSL-2010. The last time I was in paris was more than 10 years ago? I heart Paris. There is an ambiance to this place like no where else. It is truly a dreamy city...

Anyway, the title of my paper is Optimization of CNT Growth on Carbon Fibre Using Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapour Deposition, by S.M.Z. Sharifah Mazrah, S.N. Ismail, A.R. Suraya, R. Yunus, N. Abdullah. Erkkkk...Papernya tak siap lagi!!! Uwaaaa...This is what I am talking about people! Mana lagi best, tulis paper ke tulis blog? DUH! Ticket dah dapat, alhamdulillah, just in the nick of time before a return trip to Paris in July would cost close to 10k. Gila ke hapa. Memang la pakai duit grant, but still!

I will be staying at Hotel Concorde La Fayette.

Concorde La Fayette is located between the Champs-Elysées and La Défense business district making it one of the city's most famous landmarks. This 4-star luxury hotel offers elegant accommodation, restaurant and bar and free Wi-Fi internet access. And the registration will be in the hotel room, kelasss la organizers, I loike!

Kalau dapat Eiffel Tower facing room, that would be so romantic...sigh. (No, Mr. Hubs will not be coming along! I wish!)


Tapi kalau dapat city facing room pun tak apa, the organized grid-like building arrangment in any (organized) city never ceases to amaze me.

I think I can just make out Sacre-Coeur Basilica in the horizon. Yo yo oo je, entah2 bukan! Rasanya kali ni tak payah pergi lah, just because I have already been, and because it is a church, so...But if you haven't been, I would recommend going just to see the architecture and the sweeping view of Paris from the highest point in the city; Montmarte.

To be honest, this trip is more about the shopping than the sightseeing. Oh and of course la the conference *cough* Ini lah masanya to promote your research and network with other researchers around the world. That is how I met Prof S (tak leh letak nama tersohor, malu aku kalau terkeluar kat google) from  Imperial College London and how I secured my Brain Gain R&D grant. But that story is for another day...

Of course, no trip to Paris would be complete without a visit to 31 Rue Cambon. Masa zaman2 muda remaja tak pernah terfikir pun nak sebok2 gi sini. Ye lah, student, apekehal nak masuk Chanel?! So sedikit excited di situ, just because of the history behind the place. Oh alangkah bahagianya if a flap were to come home with moi...Tapi tak tentu juga, sebab sometimes they don't have stock and what not. Bukan sekali dua I have been disappointed in the past when a Chanel boutique did not have what I was looking for. The wrong leather, the wrong hardware, the insufficient budget hehehe...And I would never purchase something which is not a classic and which I hadn't already researched about! So...we shall wait and see hehehe.

Je n'ai pas été aussi excité depuis un moment. J'espère que ce sera une bonne conférence et un bon voyage. Insyaallah...

*Sorry if I made you use Google-translate hehehe.

*Pics googled