No to shopping bags

Everytime I come back home from shopping I realise that I return with a handful of excess shopping bags, these are usually thrown away or put into bad used since I simply have nowhere to put them. I’ve noticed lately that HMV now asks you whether you’d like a bag or not instead of handing you a bag in ensure you’re only getting it if you actually need it. I think the idea is awesome and I’ve started to make sure that I’m saying no when it’s appropriate. So yeah, though this would be a good goal to achieve. Nothing to measure it by really but I suppose I’ll review this in 6 months time and see whether or not I’ve reduced the number of shopping bags I’ve picked up from my room.

I would advise you all to do the same since it does do a little good for the planet, plus people can see what epic films you are getting :p. I’ll think of some more environmental friendly projects to do since I do get a nicer feeling everytime I say no to shopping bags.

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Learning french

I pinch you!

Not sure why I picked Spanish for a language back in college, French is so much cooler. So I’ve decided I will self study the language when I have time. Seems like a pretty hard task to do with so much in my plate atm but I will try learning it passively so it will slowly catch on. This means subscribing to a French podcast and talking to Alice in French more, she’ll probably enjoy me trying and encourage me.

So yeah. French. Here’s the things I need to do:

  • Subscribe to french podcast
  • Speak to Alice in french every now and then

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Don’t give up nick!

Pheonix Wright spoilers alert, you should be fine if you started Justice for All episode 2-3 though.

5 Nights in Paris, Part 1

Man this was one epic holiday, so much done in such a small time span of 5 nights in the city of Paris. This was my holiday abroad that I was well overdue for and boy was I going to “holyday” in style. Alice had planned to travel Europe for 2 months and one of the stops was Paris which I was very keen in visiting. So we decided that we would meet up and enjoy Paris together, and boy was it amazing.

Each day was jam packed with events and places to visit and take photos of, most of which will pretty much give you an idea of what we done for the 5 nights in Paris. So lets begin with the evening where I arrive in Paris after work and the next day where we visit the Louvre and Eiffel Tower.

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Paris to do list

Paris I suppose with a trip to Paris it deserves a lovely to do list before I head off. Don’t want to forget anything since I hardly get to holiday much. If you can think of more things to add or places you’d recommend feel free to comment, especially those native people :) (though it’s a bit late :()

Anyhow, here’s a list of things I need to bring/pack/buy:

  • Tickets
  • Passport
  • Wallet
  • Phone (emergancies and pre/post paris)
  • Euro adaptors (got 2 woo)
  • Euros
  • Tripod and remote/ext (want to take some scenary shots with me and Alice in them)
  • dslr with all memory cards (raw baby)
  • Clothes
  • Toothbrush etc
  • ipod
  • ipod charger adaptor (phone and ipod uses usb!)

Here are places to go and things to do, feel free to suggest anything, Alice won’t read this hehe:

  • Eiffel fucking tower
  • Take stereotypical photo of it and perhaps lash kev’s photo of it
  • Go cafe’ing inside Eiffel
  • Buy a small eiffel tower for Alice
  • The lourve
  • That arc thingy
  • Buy a beret! Need to look like a native french person :p
  • Make fists with feet on carpet, die hard style (not plane trip but meh, it’s a tradition)
  • Try a snail nigiri
  • Some candlelit action, either small restaurant or picnic
  • french bread, nom nom
  • check out opera house del phantom

Update

Well, I actually did everything I put on the list so that’s pretty epic :)