You call that a weekend?

On Monday, when I woke up I felt awfully tired. Like I hadn't had a weekend to rest. Which is kinda true, actually...since my weekend was packed with activities.

On Saturday I went to Paris (and came back to Lyon the same day) for the graduation ceremony organised by MASAF. We got a sijil penghargaan from JPA (and MASAF. Or is it MASAF and JPA?)

The grad ceremony was organised on a boat that cruised along the Seine...though I don't quite get the idea of renting a boat. (they rented it and decorated it, prepared Malaysian food, etc) I mean, why not a hall? It isn't even the first time they're organising it, and they already mentioned that they were looking for some other location (than a boat)...is it so hard to find a multipurpose hall in Paris? (this is not a rhetorical question, I am wondering) Or maybe Paris is so packed that the only place left is on (or in :P ) the river...

Then on Sunday I went to the fêtes consulaires (consular festival?) in Lyon...it's an event with different embassies setting up stands to promote their countries. (It was on Saturday and Sunday, but I couldn't go on Saturday since I was in Paris...) I met a bunch of Malaysians, some who came from Paris for Tourism Malaysia, and some living in Lyon. I spent the whole afternoon there...first going around to see all the booths, and the rest of the time at the Malaysian booth, explaining a hundred times the kuih ketayap that they prepared :P (I didn't even know that was called kuih ketayap...) The kuih was very popular...though a lot of people asked whether it was pâte d'amandes (marzipan) I guess it did look like marzipan... There was muruku right beside the kuih, but somehow most people didn't even look at it... Erm, maybe it doesn't look so much like food? lol

Oh well, I guess when I start writing, I can't stop? I wanted to write this post before today, but somehow left it till it was "bumped" by the previous post of more recent events :P

By the way, there will be photos of the grad ceremony...though as usual, it'll have to wait till my friends send me theirs! (I don't have much...practically none, actually!)