Why You Can’t Look Very Cool in Paris

The ‘caddy’ or grocery trolley similar to those used by Singaporean aunties in neighbouring housing estate is a NECESSITY in every household here. You can see people with their ‘caddy’ everywhere. In the Metro, on the street, from the hip and trendy youngsters to the old and conservative elders.

The weather is cold, at least for me. It is less than 10 degree celsius everyday and it is either raining or cloudy. Due to the cold weather, we take about 1/2 hour just to get dress before going out. We have to put on 3 layers of clothes, scarf, gloves, hat and thick wool socks before leaving the house and many times, I still end up cold with all these clothings.

Mal and myself have been suffering from bad hair day since we came. Everyday, we wake up with a big mess over our head with tangled ends. I blamed it on the dry and static air. So I have to wash and blow dry my hair everyday before leaving the house, something that I never need to do when I was in Singapore. This takes up another 1/2 hour.

oh and you are always in your hiking boots and you banned all your slinky shoes and high heel boots as they are too painful for all the walking!

So with all these, how can we ever look cool ?!