How come people can’t plan things out? It seems like people always wait until the last minute to do anything at work. People, you have a whole day at work. Do your stuff early and let people leave on time instead of procrastinating and causing people to stay late after work. Arrgggh. Ok I’m done ranting.

I played bowling today with some friends and I rediscovered something that I knew for a while. I really suck at it. I really have to shape up. There are too many things that I suck at. I think I’ll try playing a bit more for practice so my score doesn’t always come in last place.

This has been some of my random ramblings.

I am lying down in an almost empty bar car on the Metro North. After a long day at work, I met up with my friend for a few drinks. Now I’m on my way back to the city, over an hour on the train. Its the first time the train is so empty, and I can afford to lay down and rest.

As I look up at the ceiling, I wonder if there is more to life. I feel like it’s the same routine every day. Going to work day in and day out. Sure we meet up with friends once in a while, but essentially, work dominates our lives. How do you break out of that cycle without breaking out of society?

So I know I’m bad with updates. I’d like to think its because I’m too busy and don’t have time to sit down at my computer to blog instead of being a lazy bum, but I think its a little of both. But that MIGHT change soon.

I had a G1 for a while and I’ve come to depends on the internet connection it has. I didn’t realize how useful it was until I started using it to update everything. For example, my facebook account was hardly used but since I can quickly, and that’s the magic word, access it from anywhere, I actually started using it more.

I recently found out about an app for my android phone to update my blog called wp2go. Hopefully this will give me the motivation to update more. Now I just have to find a way to have this feed into my facebook account.

Impressions
My flight back from Nice was quite an ordeal. The actual flights themselves were good. It’s everything else that sucked.  My flight from Nice to London was delayed and we landed a hour twenty minutes late. I’m ok with a little delay, but not when that cuts into my flight connection time.  Objective: Go from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5 to catch my flight in less than 30 minutes. I literally ran with my carry-ons through terminals and escalators, caught a bus to get to the right terminal, and caught a train to get to the proper gate.  All of this just to make my connecting flight. I never thought I could cover so much ground in so little time. I guess i looked really bad when I got there because someone asked if I was OK since I was sweating like a pig.

Luckily I caught the flight, but I don’t think British Airways thought I would.  While I was seated, the flight attendant asked to see my ticket and said, “Oh, you made it…”  I guess that should have warned me because when I got to JFK, they didn’t have my suitcase.  Nope.  It’s still in London at Terminal 5.  The joys of traveling.

What I Did
Car to Nice airport
Return car rental (bye bye Mercedes E220)
Fly out to London
Sprint to catch connecting flight to New York
Land in JFK and see my girlfriend ^_^

Impressions
My last night here.  I went out with my coworker to Nice to drop him off at his airport-hotel and grab some dinner there.  We got pizza at the first restaurant I ate at in Nice. I have to say this was one of the best meals here.  I think I’m getting sick of eating the same type of food.  Oh, and leaving tomorrow probably makes everything taste better. I get to leave tomorrow to go home.  And I get to see my gf after 3 long weeks.

What I Did
Car to Sophia Antipolis office for work
Car to Centre Commercial CAP 3000 (shopping center) in Saint-Laurent-du-Var
Car to Novatel hotel in Nice to drop off cowowrker
Cab to city center for dinner at La Pizza (Italian food)
Cab to Novetel hotel to pick up car
Car back to La Bastide de Valbonne

Impressions
So this week, I’ve been taking it easy because I’m extremely tired from this trip. Being away from home for 3 weeks is really killing me. Anyhow, no more going out and exploring since I’ve pretty much done all that I can in the area. I just want to go home.

What I Did
12.17
Car to Sophia Antipolis office for work
Car to La Bastide de Valbonne
Car to Grand Mercure Sophia Country Club (French cuisine) for dinner
Car back to La Bastide de Valbonne
12.18
Car to Sophia Antipolis office for work
Car to La Bastide de Valbonne
Car to Grand Mercure Sophia Country Club (French cuisine) for dinner
Car back to La Bastide de Valbonne

Impressions
Today was the first day of my business training so back to work as normal.  I met some of the guys from our London and NY office, and I found out from them that they are staying at a nice, modern hotel, not the quiet inn I’m staying at.  I didn’t even know such hotels existed in this area.  The best part- they actually have a restaurant and bar at the hotel. I’m surprised such a “modern” hotel exist in this area. I thought only quaint and homey hotels were in this area.  You learn something new everyday.

What I Did
Car to Sophia Antipolis office for work
Car to La Bastide de Valbonne
Car to Grand Mercure Sophia Country Club (French cuisine) for dinner
Car back to La Bastide de Valbonne

Impressions
My last day in Paris. There really wasn’t much to do today since I got almost everything I wanted to do in.  The only thing left was viewing the city from the Tour Montparnasse, but that didn’t work out too well.  There was a thick fog over the city so there is no visibility.  Like I said in my first day in Paris, I have the best luck…

What I Did
Metro to St. Paul area and walk around south towards Port Royal area
Metro to Tour Montparnasse (did not go up due to fog and no visibility)
Late lunch and relax a restaurant next to Tour Montparnasse
Metro to Airport Orly and nap
Fly to Nice and pick up car rental (Mercedes E220)
Car back to La Bastide de Valbonne

Impressions
Another busy day in Paris. I have to say, I like this city. When they say Paris is the city of love, they weren’t kidding.  It really does feel that way. I’m sure the city’s beauty contributes to that statement, but more than that, I see couples all over the place through out the city, kissing at every other corner.  And this is in winter. It’s not even spring. I really wish I was here with my gf instead of by myself….

On a different note, my site seeing spot in Paris is the Sacré Coeur. The cathedral itself is magnificent, even more so than Notre Dame. On top of that, you get a great view of the city from there.

What I Did
Metro to Musée du Louvre
Quick lunch at Museum Cafeteria (Cafeteria food)
Metro to Eiffel Tower
Metro to Arc de Triomphe
Metro and walk to Sacré Coeur
Walk around area to Moulin Rouge
Walk through Paris towards Hotel de l’Exposition, exploring and eating various food