ANGEL ARMS AND HIS GERMAN FRIEND

STORY TO FOLLOW COZ IM NOW A BIT TIRED

PINOY FAMILIES IN LILLE: 2ND HOME FOR ANGEL ARMS

LAST SATURDAY ANTOINE TOOK ME TO THE HOUSE OF TITA MYRNA, SHE'S A PINAY (FROM DAVAO) HERE IN LILLE WITH HER FAMILY. THEY WERE HAVING A GET TOGETHER OF PINOYS IN LILLE (APPARENTLY THEY DO IT A LOT BECAUSE THEY LIKE HAVING PARTIES WITH PINOY FOOD HERE!). THEY KNEW ALL THE ATENEANS WHO CAME TO ICAM BEFORE ME, AND THEY WERE USED TO HAVING ATENEANS AS GUESTS. THEY TOLD ME TO JUST COME OVER WHENEVER I LIKED, ESPECIALLY WHEN I CRAVE PINOY FOOD. LAST SATURDAY WAS MY FIRST TIME TO EAT NORMAL RICE AGAIN IN ALMOST 2 MONTHS NOW! WE ALSO HAD SOPAS FOR APPETIZER, AND FOR THE MAIN MEAL ADOBO, PANCIT AND CHOSEUY! AND OF COURSE A LOT OF RICE! YUMMY!!! PINOY FOOD IS REALLY GOOD HEHE. THEY EVEN MADE ME TAKE SOME FOOD WITH ME BACK TO THE DORM. THEY WERE REALLY GREAT. WELL ASIDE FROM THE PINOY FOOD, THEY ALSO MADE ME TRY 4 KINDS OF DRINKS (ALL ALCOHOLIC OF COURSE), 2 AS APPETIZER (RICARD:FRENCH SPECIALTY, AND A SPANISH TYPE OF WINE), RED WINE AND CHAMPAGNE. THEY REALLY KNEW HOW TO THROW A PARTY.THERE WAS ALSO TITA JULIE (FROM ORMOC! KABABAYAN!) AND TITA BONG (??) FROM MANILA. NOW I CAN SPEAK TAGALOG AND EVEN WARAY MORE OFTEN!

M.GLENN FROM ATENEO VISITS ANGEL ARMS

MR. GLENN DE LEON, THE ASSISTANT TO THE ATENEO VICE-PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS VISITED THE ATENEANS HERE IN FRANCE, ME INCLUDED. HE WAS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING OUR EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH ALL THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS HERE IN FRANCE. HIS ARRIVAL WAS A MUCH WELCOMED BREAK FOR ME FROM ALL THE ENGLISH/FRENCH COZ I COULD TALK TAGALOG WITH SOMEONE AGAIN! HEHE ALSO, BECAUSE OF HIS ARRIVAL, I WAS ABLE TO EAT IN THE MORE FANCY RESTAURANTS IN LILLE FOR FREE, COURTESY OF ICAM AND FR. BARREAU, THE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES HERE. ACTUALLY IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I TRIED THE REGIONAL SPECIALTIES HERE COZ IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE TO EAT OUTSIDE.

ME AND SIR GLENN OUTSIDE THE ICAM BREAKFAST HALL

ANGEL ARMS IN THE CONCERT

LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, WE WENT TO A FREE CONCERT IN LILLE GRAND' PLACE. IT WAS A PERFORMANCE OF A POPULAR AFRICAN BAND (THE FRENCH REALLY LIKED THEM, I COULD SEE IT ON HOW THEY DANCED AND GOT CRAZY WILD ALL OVER THE PLACE!) IT WAS SO AMUSING. I WAS MORE ENTERTAINED BY HOW THE CROWD RESPONDED TO THE MUSIC THAN BY THE PERFORMERS THEMSELVES, WELL MAYBE EXCEPT BY THE AFRICAN GIRLS WHO WOULD SO OFTEN SHAKE THEIR BUTTS REALLY HARD (AND YEAH THEY COULD REALLY SHAKE THEM!). THERE WAS ALSO THIS BIG BAMBOO FOREST ALL OVER LILLE CENTRE VILLE WITH LIGHTS AND ALL. IT IS PART OF THEIR LILLE2004 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE DECORATIONS

THIS IS A PIC OF THE CLASSROOM OF THE BATCH IM STAYING WITH. THEY WERE THROWING PAPER AIRPLANES ALL OVER THE PLACE DURING THE CLASS. THE PROF DIDN'T KNOW AT FIRST BUT LATER ON HE FOUND OUT, BUT HE DIDN'T GET PISSED. HE WAS EVEN AMUSED BY IT. HEHEHE

ANGEL ARMS VISITS THE COUNTRY

TWO WEEKS AGO ANTOINE MOTTE, MY CLASSMATE HERE IN ICAM2 INVITED ME TO STAY WITH HIS FAMILY IN THEIR HOME IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS REALLY GREAT! I WAS ABLE TO HAVE MY FIRST REAL FRENCH MEAL! IT WAS REALLY REALLY GOOD! AND THE CAKES AND DESSERTS THAT HIS MOM MADE WERE TOTALLY EXCELLENT! I HAD A NICE TOUR OF THE SURROUNDING FARMS (WE SAW WHITE SWANS, BLACK SWANS, PEACOCKS, HORSES, CHILDREN STEALING POTATOES => KIDDING! HAHAHA THE CROPS IN THE FARMS WERE FREE SO ANYBODY CAN JUST GET SOME!) AND ALSO PICKED UP HAZELNUTS WITH THEM! WE ALSO PLAYED A LOT OF NINTENDO AND FRENCH BOARD GAMES WITH HIS YOUNGEST SISTER (SHE WAS SO MAKULIT) AND HIS MOM. HIS DAD WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME JOKES THAT I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND (REALLY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS TELLING THEM MOST OF THE TIME! HEHEHE). I FELT SO RELAXED AND REFRESHED JUST BEING THERE. I HOPE I COULD VISIT PLACES LIKE THIS MORE OFTEN.
PS. THE NAME OF HIS STREET WAS THE STREET OF THE NAKED BUTT! IT WAS SO FUNNY