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TrIp To FrAnCe - 6

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
    17 May, my body still needs rest but we have to wake up early to prepare our things.

    *At 11AM we went to Nancy Cathedral, rehearsal of the songs ( French and Latin) for the May 20 mass.

    *6:30PM dinner before our 8:30PM 1st concert at Palais des Congres for 45 minutes.

    *We sang 12 songs in every shows, but if the audience asked for more… we sing another piece. - photo courtesy of KPP
    *For me the scary part was my solo but I did survive wheew :). Before my part, I just think that, “This is my first and last solo song in my whole life so please help me God.” - photo courtesy of KPP

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TrIp To FrAnCe - 5

Saturday, July 21st, 2007
    Night of May 16, we were really want to sleep after our dinner but we have to watch a welcome concert offered by the organizers in the place called Zenith.
    *My bed (on the left), waiting to be laid.

    *On our way going to Zenith… We’re late, parked afar from the stadium.

    Choirs from Nancy and a guest performer from Canada, Fabienne Thibeault entertained us but not quite impressive… it was so boring. What I did, just went to coffee shop, ordered a coffe and a bottled water. When I was about to pay, the cashier asked, “Are you an Italian?” I smiled and answered, “Madam, I’m a full blooded Filipino…”… Well, guys… Do I like an Italian? hehehehe… By the way, it happened again in Paris. Wheww..
    *It was raining all night… 9PM that time but still looks like an afternoon only.

    I was not able to take photos of the show because it was prohibited inside if you’re not an official photographer of the event. All cameras were deposited at the gate.

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TrIp To FrAnCe - 4

Sunday, July 15th, 2007
    *Taking shots while aboard train… photo courtesy of novem..

    *Late arrival in the train station of Nancy… reception at M. J.C. Etoile Hall w/ choir Croqu’ Notes (the group assisted us for the whole event.)

    *Flags from participating countries - Germany, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria,Finland, Lituania, Spain, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia & Sweden

    *Our Mama Josephine preparing our first dinner. We (together w/ my buddy -Jonar) stayed at their house in Chavigny (outside Nancy) for 6 days. She’s an Italian married to a French man (Papa Joseph), she speaks a little bit of Spanish so we really never had a hard time on communication unlike our other choirmates whom their foster parents speak French language only hehehe… :) But sometimes, if she really don’t know how to explain… she showed us some photos of the things, for us to understand.

    *Wheww… 1st she gave us biscuits and wine. My buddy told me, “I’m really hungry, I need real food.” After an hour or more, we are full already… no place for the food. Even if there’s no rice (can live w/o it), food is great. Later on we learned that she’s a cook in a restaurant before, a couturier now. Wine is prohibited that time but still I drink… not much… hmmm a bottle only :)

    *A view from living room… a foggy afternoon…

    *Country side… I really love the place…

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TrIp To FrAnCe - 3

Sunday, July 15th, 2007
    Wheww this is the second time that my entry post was lost together with the comments… This entry was originally posted last July 9.

    The response of my host when I brought this issue to them:
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    “Currently we are facing a file system abort and that we are working to restore the service as soon as possible. We will advise you once everything is ok. We had 10 server crashed and that we were able to restore only what we have in our backups. I apologize for this but that is the latest we could get.We are currently performing an emergency maintenance on some of our servers. If you notice that your website is down, then more likely the server you are hosted is affected.

    Thank you for your patience on this issue.”
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    Sigh… I forgot to backup.
    *Group picture before going to train station..

    *Practiced songs while waiting for the train schedule going to Nancy.

    *Carl, Efren, Mark, Jonar, Neil & a kid… enjoyed feeding the doves…

    Trains Ile de France…

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TrIp tO fRaNcE - 2

Saturday, July 7th, 2007
    We were welcomed by the rain and cold breeze when we arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris… afternoon of May 15.


    Arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport


    Reservation at Formula1 Hotel


    Our room 408 (3 persons in one room)


    A view from our room…

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