wharzhee

dentist

2007-07-24T02:10:00.000+08:00

appointment at 11am.

vivocity.

2007-07-22T23:11:00.000+08:00

vivocity.

i can't believe it.

2007-07-15T18:51:00.003+08:00

i just received notice that benjamin & claire will be getting married this septembre.
i just can't believe it.
the news was just overwhelming.
i soooo wanna go...

Allen PECK.

quatorze juillet

2007-07-14T07:59:00.000+08:00

14 july - bastille day - france national holiday.

stoned.

2007-07-09T00:21:00.000+08:00

i laid myself on the couch in my room and stared blanklessly infront - facing the lcd tv screen displaying my msn messenger.
recent events made my mind wondered off to the times i had with my friends.
for most of the evening, i remained stoned - unwanting to come back to reality.

indeed, i wholeheartedly miss my friends a lot.
i want so much to see them, greet them, hug them, kiss them, spend the time together with them, and tell them everything that happened ever since - especially with my best friend, fabien.
the idea that i will meet my best friend in about 11 months' time fills me with joy.
but 11 months is a still a very long time.

i feel sad, that i could not create a similar environment in singapore.
10 years+ and only one really good friend. have i not tried hard enough?
i have.i have tried many times until i am not only so exhausted but in pain as well.

11 yrs ago, when i first stepped into singapore - the constant negativity had affected me greatly.
year after year, it grew so strong that i could not handle it. the pain grew evermore. i had to turn my back against society and i became a loner.
it wasnt till on the 4th yr, i met someone whom is my good friend now, that singapore came a bit bearable - well, at least i had someone now.
i eventually learnt to clearly define myself from every singapore citizen - to safeguard myself.

on the line of friends. no one seems to understand me - it's not the same.
one should ask: who are your friends? and what make them ur friends?
if i could show it to u, u might understand but u'll never comprehend it until u experience it.

i made sure that i did not cross the line - for fear it would backfire and hurt me again.
i guess recent events proved that.
i tried hard, honestly - but failed.
i believe i was rash on my side, i'm not sure if i blundered.
but i feel like i want to go over. give a hug. and say sorry.

Allen PECK.

so indescribable.

2007-07-06T21:14:00.000+08:00

i've been having an overwhelming sense of mirth that seems to be overflowing - it still does.

but thursday, it was blown out of proportion in a negative way.
i felt so like a fool on that afternoon.
the abhorrence disgusts me totally.
its so repugnant - that it wants out in me.

personally, i don't bear grudges. i just totally wipe the sore out of my life.

but yet, my exuberance outweights the blues.
it's so indescribable, the feeling - so conflicting, but jubilation triumphs.

Allen PECK.

i'm so ecstatic!!

2007-07-05T09:14:00.000+08:00

i've been soo happy for the past 2 weeks.
two weeks! no one can believe how happy i am - it's like being in cloud 9 - that i just feel like singing...

i'm soo ecstatic (excited)!!!!!!
and i just can't hide it!!
i'm about to lose control and i think i like it!!!
...

Allen PECK.

stay over.

2007-07-01T23:59:00.000+08:00

saturday - late evening, my buddy invited me over to drink with him. he had opened a bottle of red.
i accepted. i grabbed another one and drove off to his place.

we chatted thru'out the night, slept, had brunch, chatted, chatted, chatted, and had dinner.

wouah, the weekend ended in no time at all.

Allen PECK.

hilton

2007-06-30T22:01:00.000+08:00

the food at the brasserie in hilton hotel is quite good.
i graded it as such because it somehow reminded me of france.
my family and relatives had lunch there.

the brasserie had many cheeses readily available on one of their counter, and beside, was a wooden platter board with a baguette, overwhich had a blue cloth to hold with, and a bread knife.
i highlighted this because i went over, grabbed the knife and cut a couple of baguette tranche - to start lunch with.

for starter, i had the french onion soup with baguette and grated guyère on top.
then, i had the smoked salmon garnished with herbs and lemon, with french dressing.
personally, salmon is my favourite.
for the main dish, i had seasoned lamb with portobello mushroom.
together, with a small dish of ovened minitomatoes filled with yoghurt.
for dessert, i had cheese cake dizzled with strawberry, cranberry, mango, and vanilla sauce.

what a great affaire.

Allen PECK.

chalet

2007-06-25T09:09:00.001+08:00

25-27 june 2007.

25: fondue.
26: bbq.

Allen PECK.

up through the night.

2007-06-19T05:08:00.000+08:00

i woke up abruptly about 0200.
i went to the kitchen and had a drink of water.

i landed myself back into my room, cleared up the paper mess on the desk and then settled myself on my couch with some scribbled papers to read.
thru the rubbles, i had found papers of writings that were written aimlessly at random - which i had no recollection of doing.

i, later, then read thru some articles online, jotted some reference notes, and tried to complete the list of things to do for an event next week.
that's how i spent my early night.

soon, i'll have my breakfast of egg, ham, and bread, yum, and then i'll have to get ready for the day.

Allen PECK.

cravings.

2007-06-14T10:35:00.002+08:00

when i was really young, i had difficulty differing between hunger and cravings.
both involved a hearty meal and a good digestive system.
everytime i was hungry - i craved for savoury food, and
everytime i craved for savoury food - i was hungry: what's there to differ?

on that same line, food was ambrosial - heavenly.
something that was exquisitely scrumptious.
something that i looked forward to.
something that i knew missing if it was left out.
something that would leave me wanting for more.
something that i indulged frequently.

i didn't know i was fueling both my cravings and hunger at the sametime, until much later.

as for me, i yearn dearly for a simple fare of «le chocolat chaud,et la baguette et la confiture.» (hot chocolate, and french bread and jam)
it's not the same in singapore - it's much awful.

Allen PECK.

singapore, like i've never seen before.

2007-06-10T22:12:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 9th june 2007.

2100: party at coco's.her new appartment.

i pressed the intercom of her appartment, «c'est moi, Allen» i said.
i got onto the elevator, pressed the button of the 28th floor, and anxiously waited.

when the lift door opened, coco was standing infront, in a beautiful silk white dress that was bounded by two straps, she was holding a bouquet of flower resting on her arms - she was gorgeous.
The backdrop was glowing with people in her living room. the 28th floor was her appartment.
i greeted her with bises, presented her with a bottle of french white wine, and was invited in.

as i entered, i could not believe what my eyes saw. i was awestruck.

the living room is two floors high, the centre holds a grand glass crystal chandelar, the living room's balcony extended from the left to the front of the room with a glass wall separation that stretches to the ceiling.
from that balcony, one could see the city on the left, the west infront, and woodlands on the right.

the living room had a warm inviting aura, so enchanting yet still mellow, that could captivate any soul that passed by.

as i proceeded to the balcony, i felt like i was standing westward in the centre of singapore, and the ends of singapore were at my hand's reach.
she had a view of one half of singapore in her very own living room.

i was later invited to tour her whole apartment. every room was like looking at the constellation - i could only meticulously watch - and there was only one word that could describe it. It was simply magnificent.

the night continued with alcohol, grubs, cakes, networking and lotsa chit-chat.
it was a marvellous evening to end a wonderful day.

Allen PECK.

pure satisfaction.

2007-06-04T16:28:00.001+08:00

.date: sunday, 3rd june 2007.

cycled today whilst wesley bladed - he leeched on me.
we later lunched at ikea with darren, and then looked around.

i saw this rectangular translucent glass lampshade. it was stunningly beautiful.
the sort of shade that would best fit for my candles.
that went into my trolley. so did: tins of woodstain, a paintbrush, sandpapers.

i spent the whole afternoon and evening - filing untreated wood surfaces in my room and applying woodstain.
at the end of the day, my room was in a total mess.
it was almost at a point of beyond redemption.

today was hardwork.

.date: monday, 4th june 2007.

by day break, the room was cleaned. everything was placed where it was before.
my room was like it was on saturday - untouched.
except that the wood looked much more mature, and the beautiful glass lampshade with my candle.

by evening, i was seated on the right side of my couch, reading with the spotlight lamp above me and the orange glow of the lit candle in the glass lampshade.

i stopped, looked around, and said to myself,
"so much work, but nothing changed. but indeed, it was..
pure satisfaction.
pure satisfaction, indeed."

some people just sees the world, some people sees it and does something about it.

2007-05-29T11:43:00.001+08:00

some people just sees the world, some people sees it and does something about it.

keywords.

2007-05-28T23:43:00.000+08:00

late.
kinokuniya.
french.
canelé.
gateaux.
hotchocolate.
cafénoix.
shops.
pain.
dinner.
conversation.

Allen PECK.

my book was finally autographed!

2007-05-24T23:24:00.000+08:00

i had dinner with coco today evening.
conversation continued thru'out dinner.
she hit on the subject of singaporeans...
what a coincidence, euh?!

today, i didnt forget to bring my book.
she autographed her book titled «ils ont changé ma chanson.»
and now, that book looks soo super coool.
and it's all mine!!

Allen PECK.

burning midnight oil in gallons...

2007-05-22T13:16:00.000+08:00

i had to spend an hour and three-quarter writing the previous blog entry.
it took so long because in the midst of completion, my entry disappeared into thin air!

but i didnt mind doing it. it was something i've always wanted to jot down in words.
and whilst doing it second time round, i received an email from fabien which made it ever more pleasant.

next adventure: fabien's wedding 2008!

Allen PECK.

what would best friends talk about?

2007-05-21T23:24:00.000+08:00

when im in paris with my best pal, fabien, we'd talk and catch up on about almost everything that happened in our lives.
even when there was nothing else, we'd repeat what we've talked abt days ago.

there is this one of many conversations - that i will always remember.
everytime when i'd sojourn at his place during my vacation in france, we'd talk about this same conversation without fail.
to talk about it requires more fate than ever with each other.
and i believe it's this very conversation that carves out the real friends from the rest.
and even more so, for the one who first initiated this.
that's so true.
that it's worth keeping that friendship forever.

eversince i was in singapore, i have only met one person who shared this same conversation with me quite a number of years ago.
and i ,wholeheartedly, hope that this conversation will be rekindled.
he's, what i consider now, a real good buddy.

i would have to say, it's pretty tough being considered in my social circle of true friends.
the citizens of singapore have taught me to draw a clear fine line between my friends, colleagues, network, acquaintances, etc.
this line empowers me from being drawn in by too much negative aura from others into my life.
i do open up, in the beginning and once in a while. but it stops there. i've grown weary. i've been self-less. if u've lost ur opportunity - u take it from here. and if u fail, i sincerely hope u'd try harder.

Allen PECK.

so, what do u think best friends would talk about?
i won't reveal what i believe it is. but i ingenuously yearn that there will be others who would come up to me and share about this very conversation.

"we may know what we are, but know not what we may be."

2007-05-18T12:58:00.000+08:00

a quote in hamlet by william shakespeare.

remorse - a disaster or god-sent?

2007-05-17T02:11:00.000+08:00

last week i experimented with brain waves on myself.
i'm unsure if it's related, but lately, i've been feeling a great sense of remorse.

remorse.
the feeling of remorse on myself.
the feeling of remorse for the past years.

i've been unfair with myself.
i've been deceiving myself.
i've been deluding myself in my own world.
i've let myself fall so deep, i could not comprehend where i am anymore.
what have become of me? is it too late?

Allen PECK.

lost time.

2007-05-15T13:23:00.000+08:00

i've lost a huge chunk of myself in the past few yrs.
to tell the truth, i've never been really happy being here in singapore.

on the contrary, expats that i have gotten acquainted to, thinks otherwise.
they would say "oh, don't listen to them, its so much fun here." (them as in singaporeans)

i've learnt for quite sometime - that it's the people that truly make the difference.
people that touch ur heart silently.
people that give u a warm glow when around.
people that make u want to smile earnestly.
people that u can talk ur whole soul to.
people who listen with empathy.
people that u enjoy being with.
people that make life worth living for.

be it culture, lifestyle, etc. - i'm in great dismay that the citizens of singapore lack in this.
however, although i'm apaulled, i still hold strong to my close circle of true friends, no matter how far they may be.

Allen PECK

i've moved from places to places so much during the age when life is easily malleable, that now i've lost myself in a world that i only hope for.

the past will come knocking if u atleast try.

2007-05-13T22:24:00.000+08:00

last monday, i chanced upon a small booklet that i have absolutely forgotten about.
inside, contained contact details of my roommates whom i met in tignes, the french alps, during 2005.
reference: archive dated 19th december 2005.

i sent them an email with hopes that they might eventually reply.

today i received a pleasant surprise, one did.

Allen PECK.

i did it!

2007-05-08T20:24:00.000+08:00

today i have something to be estatic about.
you could not imagine how relieved i am.

i have always dreaded the physical exam that takes place every year.
today was no exception, and today was the exam.
standing broad jump.pull up.shuttle run.sit up.2.4km run.

i held fast, i persevered, i endured..
and finally, i completed it and passed it! yes, PASSED IT!

Allen PECK.

when dust can link to the past.

2007-05-07T22:48:00.000+08:00

whilst dust-freeing the contents in the glass cabinet below the window in my room, i came across a few personal effects - my notebooks, diaries, journals, and mementos.

they were memoires of events and happenings that i jotted down quite sometime ago, way before i started blogging.
i couldnt help, but grabbed hold of a journal and flipped thru.
the pages remained intact, but fragile.
i dared not read what i wrote, for fear of invoking the unknown.

but curosity got the better of me, i glimpsed thru and caught a few words and sentences here and there.
and before i knew it, i was reading paragraphs.
as i devoured each word, my mind felt like as if it had transition into the past of those very days.

such words, so small so weak so inferior, have provoked within me something so strong and emotional.
i could not handle it and stopped immediately. i closed the journal and placed it where it initially belonged.

it could not hurt me now yet it still taunts.

should the past stay as the past and remain unremembered forever?
should memories be written even when it invokes negativity?

for once, though i will most likely never read all the memories that i have put on paper, it eases me to know that they will never be forgotten.
and the presence of them will always remind me that i have not lost everything.

Allen PECK.

445 days later

2007-05-06T02:33:00.000+08:00

life does pass quite fast.
445 days to be exact since i last blogged.
i've gone to vietnam and cambodia during the last quarter of 2006.
during the time i haven't been blogging, tatiana have, you can view them here.

during the last 30 or so days, i've met up with a few friends in a cafe at arab street - smoked a shisha, accepted a few invitations, gone to a few art galas, and have gotten myself acquainted with new people around the world.
emailed numerous people.
and learnt about life of a british artist in singapore.

today, a friend in my close circle was concerned about me.
it truely touches me when one would show deep care and concern although the distance between is so greatly apart.

Allen PECK.

thailand trip

2006-02-15T14:26:00.000+08:00

to thailand.

from 15th - 18th.

Allen.

everyone

2006-01-31T11:56:00.000+08:00

.date: 31 january 2006.

everyone!
the evening my cranberry juice tasted like plastic. beurk!.

.from left to right: wesley, me, sina, kangah,tatiana, hildi, zado,pierry.

Allen.

chinese new year shopping + lion dance

2006-01-23T11:33:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday, 22 january 2006.

i went shopping around orchard in the afternoon.
i had my eyes on this really cool red shirt in isetan™, shaw towers.
just when i was about to grab it and try it on.
.i saw this old white-haired guy interested in it too.
.i was totally turn-off.
.n decided not to get it.

.i really have nothing against this guy or with him being old or something like that.
.but i really wish old guys would just be their own age n get something that suits them.
.or like just totally ban them from the younger generation section.

.so as i was saying.
n when i turned to view my left.
.i saw another old half-balded guy with white hair trying on billabong clothes.
.what is this world coming to?!.

i later headed down to meet up with sina, tatiana, n hildegard at sommerset mrt.
.n caught the lion dance in centrepoint™ at 1500.

we later continued with our shopping.
i got my levi red t-shirt.

Allen

dinner at the city

2006-01-22T00:24:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday 21, january 2006.

i fetched them all at the woodlands checkpoint in the evening.
i was craving for dumplings.
.so we all had dinner at din tai fung at paragon.

Allen.

sentosa

2006-01-17T00:24:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday 15, january 2006.

the weather brightened up this week after storms-after-storms.

seven people headed down to sentosa
tatiana.sina.hildegard.renoma.wesley.me.me 'lit bro.
.n i got them all to fit into my car.
.just kiddin.
.i borrowed my cousin's space wagon 7-seaters.

this palm was bent out to the shore.
.luckily no one fell off considering the weight we accumulated.

from left to right: hildi, renoma, wesley, me, tatiana, sina

we later headed down to marina square.
.had dinner.
.shopped.

.n home time!.

Allen

to see more photos click here

hildegard is here!!!

2006-01-12T22:27:00.000+08:00

.date: wednesday, 11 january 2006.

hildegard arrived today!

Allen.

.venture in *.

2006-01-08T16:13:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 07 january 2006.

.our, sina+tatiana+wesley+me, adventure in *.

.drove.
.shopped.
.lunched.
.shopped.
.drove.
.shopped.
.shopped.
.drove.
.was stuck in traffic.

.yea. that's pretty much it.
.other than getting lost while driving. overall, the day passed alright.

we later had dinner in sakae sushi, causewaypoint™.
.drove sina+tatiana back.
.n played .the number game.charade.name+place+animal+thing game.who am i game.

.tatiana; trying to figure out that she's donald duck.

.sina - garfield.

.me - mickeymouse.

.wesley - lady diana.
.come to think of it; he does sit like one. :P

Allen.

.*: the asterick was used not to protect the place but the blogger.

movie: the family stone

2006-01-07T04:13:00.000+08:00

.date: thursday, 5 january 2006.

.we, tatiana+sina+wesley+me, caught the film the family stone at cathay™, cineleisure.

.after the film, we headed for the famous soya bean curd and drink at selegie.
.soya bean again euh?.

Allen.

jurong birdpark n jurong point

2006-01-02T12:19:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday, 1 january 2005.

me, wesley, tatiana, and sina spent the whole afternoon at the birdpark.
later.in the evening.
.we all had dinner at crystal jade™ in jurong point.
.and dessert at the foodcourt.
.ice kachang n cheng teng.

.the photo was taken at the foodcourt in jurong point.
.from the left to right: tatiana, wesley, sina, n me.

Allen.

new year 2006

2006-01-01T11:19:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 31 december 2005.

me, wesley, tatiana, and sina watched the new year's fireworks on the esplanade bridge.
.the fireworks were splendid n beautiful.
.n lasted for about ten long minutes.
.n spanned from both side of the singapore river.

.when all was over.
.we were all starving cause we had all forgotten our dinner.
.luckily.the cafe at the citylink mall was opened.
.i had my cappuccino and sandwich.

.happy new year 2006.

Allen.

tatiana + sina; where's hildi?

2005-12-31T10:19:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 30 december 2005.

tatiana and sina landed in singapore today.
.while hildi will join them two weeks later.

so who are they?
tatiana, sina, n hildi are my friends who will be doing their work in singapore for three-quarter of a year.
hildi's my former schoolmate.
and as for tatiana and sina; they're hildi's schoolmate.

Allen.

.final minutes.

2005-12-29T22:03:00.000+08:00

.11.05.2003.

.26.12.2005.

.2.5years apart.
.same location: charles de gaulle.
.taken in the last minutes before checkin-in.

.tempus fugit.

.i miss u, fabien.
.shall we meet again in future.

Allen.

.charles de gaulle.

2005-12-28T22:03:00.000+08:00

.date: 26 december 2005.

time was running out.
.i bidded n kissed farewell to sandra, whilst fabien got ready the car.

fabien have, and always will be my great friend in the whole wide world.
and there was never a moment i failed to enjoy his presence.
.of course, i also enjoyed the presence of our other two friends, yann n thibault.

for one, it was before i checked-in.

we've just reached CDG.
.parked on the 3rd floor.
.departure was 2 floors below the parking levels.

there were arrow signage with 'ascenseur' which means lift.
however we were directed to a staircase instead.
fabien volunteered to carry my luggage down 5 floors.
we laughed n chatted while descending.
.especially when we saw workers, looking at us, on one of the floors.
.i joked that there might be a lift nearby, and they must be thinking we were insane taking the stairs, lugging my luggage down.

when we reached the departure floor.
we stepped out n landed ourself at the lift lobby.

.i just looked at fabien.
.n gave him a big grin.
.and he replied. 'this building is very old, i dont trust the elevator'

Allen.

.fabien+sandra: i miss you both n thank you. don't forget to invite me to your wedding.

traffic in paris

2005-12-20T19:21:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 16 december 2005.

i spent ard 6 hours on the autoroute cruising around 130-200kmph. hush!
.n spent ard 3 hours stuck in the jam around paris city.

i left tignes at 0930 and arrived at my friend's at 1930.
.it was totally insane being stuck in the jam.
.i wouldnt recommend anyone to do it.

i spent a great deal of time driving down.
.it was fun. but would be great if i had a companion.
.all in all.
it was great to see fabien and his fiancée sandra again.

Allen.

à tignes

2005-12-19T14:51:00.000+08:00

.date: 15 december 2005.

i spent a week snowboarding in this little town called tignes.
i got to know a great group of australians during my stay in this chalet.
of course, not forgetting the english, the swedish, the belges, etc.

.i will surely remember their unique lifestyle.

Allen.

to ryan, greg, adam, tim, richie.
.thanks for everything, dudes.
.as well as for ur understanding.i know i've been absolutely rude.
.haha.wish u all the best dudes with what ya doing up there.

à antibes

2005-12-04T10:57:00.000+08:00

right now im at yann's.
.i was just looking out from the balcony.
.and u can never guess what.

.the view directly infront n all the way to my right: is the huge magnificent sea.
.on my left: is the huge alps with snow.
.today isnt sunny, but the sun is shining on the alps giving it a very bright white glow.

.last night, we partied at yann's friend's place.
.we had a great dinner.

.though i didnt go out much. j'ai bien profité.

Allen.

à paris

2005-12-01T20:16:00.000+08:00

.date: 27 november 2005.

0530: i finally arrived france after around 13 hours of flight.
.i just love flying.
.being in the air.
.lets side track: the flight entertainment was great too.
.in fact at the end of the flight: i wasnt ready to leave.
i still wanted to watch a few more movies.
.but time didnt permit.

i spent a lot of time in the airport.
waiting for the passporte controle n my luggage.
.as expected.

by around 0800 fabien finally arrived to pick me up.
*we actually couldnt find each other.

.its been a really long time since we've last met.

Allen.

schedule: france

2005-11-26T19:01:00.000+08:00

.date: 26 november 2005 - 27 december 2005.

get ready, get set, ....

2005-11-26T14:17:00.000+08:00

.i'm ready.

i've spent the morning.
.1.wrapping gifts.
.2.ironing my clothes.
.3.packing my bag.
.4.packing all my stuff.
.5.clearing the mess. *though its not completed
.6.others that i cant remember now.

i received a phone call from the airlines.
.that there'll be a shuffle in the timing.
turns out that i will be leaving earlier than expected.

Allen.

final shopping

2005-11-25T23:54:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 25 november 2005.

this was a hectic day.
.i was tired.
.yet im so³ excited to be able to go back to france.

.i fetched her.
*was a bit late
we had lunch at le pet't breton

went back home first.
.n then advanced to the city later in the afternoon.

i had a couple of stuff to do in my "to-do" list.
n had to get started as soon as possible.

so what did i do today?
.1.get my ticket.
.2.change currency.
.3.buy a power plug converter. *related to a gift for my friend.
.4.buy socks.
.5.buy two shirts.
.6.buy tit-bits.

i still have on hand many things to get done.
though im not done. but im satisfied.

Allen.

21 november update

2005-11-21T12:57:00.000+08:00

.much have been happening.

one is that i've been bogged down by work.
im glad the audit phase is now over.
.i can now concentrate on my trip.

another was trying to find a place for my friends.
.one was finally found.

another was buying presents for my friends.
.bought them.

n lastly is getting ready for my trip.
.uh. i still have time to finish this.

.yet to be updated.

Allen.

friday shopping

2005-11-20T12:57:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 18 november 2005.

.shopped shopped shopped.
.no need to know anything else.

oh yea.
+ late night movie.
.harry potter in the goblet of fire.

Allen.

my package finally arrived!

2005-11-08T01:02:00.000+08:00

its the package i've been asking me elder brother to send me for a month now.
.he's been procastinating.
.n i've been nagging.

.it arrived on monday afternoon.
.it wasn't until tuesday early morning that i opened it.

.i just love receiving packages.

Allen.

.a pact.

2005-11-06T23:27:00.000+08:00

we've decided not to communicate.
.via emails, sms, messages, or any other form.
.for as long as it will take us.

.it will commence: once the clock strikes 0000hrs of 07 november 2005.

it was supposed to be for 5 full days till 0000 of 12 november 2005.
.but somehow she got angry with me.
.n it went all the way till the end of this year.

.for sure.
.i'll miss her incessant questions n disturbance.
.not sure if she would miss me. ):

Allen.

.night night.
.sleep tight.
.dont let the bed bugs bite.

saturday's drag

2005-11-06T22:27:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 05 november 2005.

yes.it was clearly a drag.
.physically or not.it still is.

i got up from my nap.
.sat on my chair.
.when suddenly.the handphone started blinking.
.saw the caller. n went. eh oh!.

to cut to the chase.
.she clearly dragged me out.
.it was evening.the city was jammed n not a carpark in sight.

.i was tired. she was not "that" tired.
.i was hungry. she clearly didnt wait for me.
to have justice: for dragging me out n having eaten without me.
.she sat and waited for me whilst i ate my sandwich.

mightnight fell.
.we caught a movie at tiong bahru gv.
.just like heaven.

.the show was somewhat pleasant.
.somehow, it reminded me of two persons i happened to have known.
.but that is for another time.

.although, she insisted that she never did dragged me out.
.this blog made it clear.

Allen.

thursday's guest

2005-11-06T02:14:00.000+08:00

.date: thursday, 3 november 2005.

i didn't do much although it was a public holiday.
.i went to city in the evening.
.footprinted the sony gallery, the planet traveller, and a sports shop at Paragon.

since it was pretty uneventful, i asked my friend to blog as a guest here, since she enjoyed the movie we watched a lot.

Allen.

"Il y a un an quand j'ai regardé un film francais.
ça fait longtemps que j'adore les films francais.
Bien que le film ne soit pas passionant, je me suis vraiment plongé par ça.

C'est la beauté de film francais.
Il ne dit pas la histoire, il la montre.
Il montre sans pretense, sans la fanfare extravagant.
C'est un plus simple peinture de la vie compliquer.
Tu peux interpreter ce que tu veux.
Il ne fais pas un promis d'un fin joyeux, mais il laisse la possibilité.

Le film s'appelle "Je me sens pas belle".
C'est un film que j'aime beaucoup.
J'espère ecouter encore la chanson
"Trentenaire Et Celibataire"
dans le film. Les paroles sont dessous:

Trentenaire et célibataire
C’est le paradis ou bien l’enfer
On est nombreux à ne pas être deux
Et puis alors, si c’était mieux ?

A 30 balais, tout est parfait
Tu nages dans le bonheur complet
Et ta maison est une prairie
Où tu cours, tu gambades et tu ris
Aucun besoin de vivre ça avec quelqu’un
Seul, on est bien, on est bien
Ah ça y est, chui réveillée, j’avais rêvé

A 30 balais tout est foutu
Tu coules dans un malheur voulu
Et ta maison est un taudis
Où tu pleures, tu t’écroules et tu cries
Aucun besoin de vivre ça avec quelqu’un
Seul, on est rien, on est rien
Ah ça y est, j’ai sursauté, j’ai cauchemardé

Mais où se trouve la vérité
Entre ces 2 réalités ?
Moi, tout ce que je sais,
C’est qu’il y a de la joie
Dans le célibat
Si c’est un choix
Un choix

Est-ce que il y a quelqu'un qui peux m'aider?"

tuesday greens

2005-11-04T01:57:00.000+08:00

.tuesday, 01 november 2005.

.it was 0800 when i got up.
.oh no.i'm late.
.i hope my dear friend will understand. wouldnt she?

i took a lot of time trying to fit my bicycle in.
.n arrived at her's at 0905.n finally at westcoast at 0930.

i jogged n cycled.she cycled n jogged.

by afternoon.we were at my home.
.we played mario party 4 on my gamecube.

n later.we had lunch at sake sushi™, causeway point.
.together with wesley n sharon.
.there was this hot pot which tasted quite delicious.
.but i believe it must be the msg.

Allen.

monday blues

2005-11-03T00:16:00.000+08:00

.date: monday, 31 october 2005.

i contemplated replying to an sms invitation to orchard.
i eventually agreed.
.Slept like a baby.
.with a sound mind that comes at arriving at a good
decision.

.it was...
.1745 when I woke up.
.i was late.. would be an understatement.
.how i wished i had awoken at 1900, then there would
be no need to meet my troublesome friend.

i decided to park at cineleisure.
.decided it would be a good day to check out food menus.
.browsed the menus of yuki yuki, cafe cartel and finally settled at the dumpling place at paragon.
.just before handling over the order sheet, i experienced some instantaneous euphoria and went into an ordering frenzy.
.placed ordered for 3 trays of dumplings and 2 bowls of noodles.
.its so amazing to watch the food piled up.
rating: 9.3/10

was at Cheers to grab me a snapple.
.flavour: raspberry.. something.
.missed seeing it initially but my friend pointed its location to me.
*make a note that i need to visit my optician.
.the q in e cap was ...euh! i forgot.
.for once, i drove back without going mia...

.and boy am i proud of that.

Allen.

my dues were paid (requested to be scrapped)

2005-10-30T23:51:00.000+08:00

(this is not supposed to be here.)
.entry says "i am invisible. im actually not here"

.date: saturday, 29 october 2005.

went to leonidas.
.It was at raffles place shopping centre.
.got chocolates.
.Pardon me, there is no Raffles Place shopping centre.
.I'll construct that next time.
*next time = next life

she smsed me to say she'd be 5 minutes late.
.it was past 1905.
.i wanted to tell how late she was.
.but it was 1906; when i finally saw her.

.we ate at o'brien.
.i'm not sure why.
.but i couldnt stop laughing.
.Had the salmon sandwiches.
.Were told to leave at 8pm.

.Drove around town after dinner.
.Cannot understand, why the shops closed so early.
.Got lost.
.obviously.its not the driver's fault.
.so i toured around and around Marina South.

NOTE:
i was requested to do this.
.knowing im totally lazy.
.she had to force me.
.poor me uh.

*oh yea. notice the first letter of each line.

Allen.

my dues were paid

2005-10-30T22:47:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 29 october 2005

i went to leonidas.
.it was at Raffles Place shopping centre.
.got chocolates.
.pardon me, there is no Raffles Place shopping centre.
.i'll construct that next time.
*next time = next life

.we ate at o'brien.
.i'm not sure why
*actualli i do noe why
.but i couldnt stop laughing.
.it must have been a virus at work.
.had the salmon sandwiches.
.were told to leave at 8pm.

.wondered why the shops closed so early.
.drove around town after dinner.
.was lost.
.obviously the driver was at fault.
.so i toured round and around Marina South.

so what dues were paid?
.that's a secret.

Allen.

update: winter cleaning .2.

2005-10-29T01:24:00.000+08:00

.it all started with my winter cleaning 2 weeks ago.

i only began concentrating in packing up the mess last week.
.saturday.sunday.monday.tuesday.wednesday.thursday.friday.saturday.

though it was a week of tough and hard work.
.i feel a great feat of achievement.

my room is looking better and better each day.
though im not done yet.
.or might never be at all.
i can pretty much say that my room is 92% clean n tidy.
.cds,books,other stuff packed where it should be.
.wires rerouted and tied.
.shelves reconfigured.
.lighting reconfigured.

.now i hope really hard that my room will stay in its present condition for the yrs to come.

Allen.

very uneventful

2005-10-25T09:43:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 22 october 2005.

saturday was pretty uneventful.

.except that I set up a trap to meet a short girl
.except that I sent out prank messages to 3-4 numbers
.simply because their numbers ended with 1,2, 9 and 8

.except that I approached a girl in PS.
.only to find out I had the wrong person.

.except that I talked too much for once.
.n nearly walked into traffic.

.except that I thought my car was parked at Basement 2.
.i popped out to take a glance n confirmed my suspicions.
.that I had parked in B3 instead.

.except that I ordered supper in Manderin
.and succeeded
.oh wait.
.i think I succeeded because of my finger pointing
.instead of my manderin.

.except that I roused from my laziness.
.n took a walk at Mt Faber
.except that I arrived too early.
.n parked too far away.

.i must be getting younger.

.except that im also getting ESP.
.and I predict that someone will hack into my blog soon.
.n leave a remark somewhere that this entry was not written by me.

Allen.

evening.

2005-10-18T05:25:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday, 16 october 2005.

i grabbed my collection of korean movies.
a bottle of white wine.
n 3 white wine glasses.

.cold stream 2004.
.savignon blanc.
.australia.
like i said. i'm no fan of australian wine.
but this was in my storage.
.n i disliked it being there.

i then advanced down to wesley's.
.sharon was there.
we watched a romantic comedy show.
.title: love's so divine.

Allen.

winter cleaning.

2005-10-15T14:37:00.000+08:00

i know i'm ahead by a season.

.but i just couldnt wait any longer.
.i believe it has been three years + since i last cleaned my room.
.infact, i think its even longer.
.yea. i know its been that long. but i have my reasons.

euh. when i mean "clean my room", i meant that i just cleaned the floor.
.as for the books, cds, diskettes, papers, they are everywhere except being on the floor.

.i didnt do the cleaning today, it was done a week ago.
.n boy was it hardwork.
.to make sure the cleaniness is maintained.i mopped up the floor today.
.+ the other.
.what are they?
.look below.

everyweek, i have this huge to-do list.
1 .wash my vehicle.
2 .wash the balcony.
3 .shower my dogs.
4 .iron my clothes.
5 .mop my room's floor.(just added)

.sigh.just the thought of it makes me queasy.

.i dont like cleaning at night.
.so everything has to be done when there's sunlight.
.n i need loads of 'em.

.im consistent n disciplined.

Allen.

night out.

2005-10-05T12:22:00.000+08:00

.date: tuesday 04, october, 2005.

i went running in the evening.
met up with wesley + sharon.
n had dinner at chachacha™, mexican restaurant at holland v.
.i had the chippo al potto.
.not sure if i got the spelling right.
.it's a dish served with crispy chicken breast together with a sidedish of vegetables n rice.
.topped up with a sort of hot tomato paste.

.we later headed down to karu sportscafe™, a small pub @ the railway mall.
.i saw this lady drinking this cool pink shaved-ice drink.
.my whole mind was like going.
.get it.get it.get it.

.we had a long night chat.
.i particularly enjoyed it together with my...

.strawberry magarita.

Allen.

weird.just weird.

2005-10-04T02:23:00.000+08:00

my best friend told me he was attached.
.he was attached to one of my schoolmate that i've never kept incontact with, for such a long time.
..thats like meeting ur nemesis.
.okay. that was an exaggeration.

it might not be bizarre for you.but i was literally in shock.

.weird.

Allen.

memories: stand by me

2005-10-01T03:39:00.000+08:00

Click to play Movie

.cast: best friends; yann + thibault.
.song: stand by me - ben e. king.

.euh.
this was taken like around 3 years ago.
it's one of the many videos that were stored in my sony vaio.
it's really great to see them after so long.
.sometimes.. i wonder why people ask why i love france so much.

this video clip is actually very big.
.but i got the clip converted for webstreaming.
it will take quite sometime for it to load: but i believe u'll enjoy it thoroughly.

Allen.

p.s.: please do not distribute any images/videos.

to spend or not to spend.

2005-09-29T01:22:00.000+08:00

i've been spending a lot.
and i will surely be spending much more at year end.

do i love it?
will i regret it?
.i dont know.
.but hey! i can do it.

Allen.

movie: the brothers grimm

2005-09-22T15:59:00.000+08:00

.date: wednesday, 21 september 2005.
.venue: cathay™, cineleisure.
.time: 1940.

fascinating show.
i always love fantasy genre.
it had a bit of each fairy tale.
a bit of..
.jack n the beanstalk.
.lit' red ridin hood.
.gingerbread man.
.jack n jill.
.etc.

so let ur imagination run wild when u watch this.

Allen.

my elder bro isnt around again

2005-09-17T23:21:00.000+08:00

i just sent my elder bro to the airport.
he's going back to north carolina.

Allen.

dinner at jack's .who the hell is he?.

2005-09-16T17:48:00.000+08:00

.date: 14 september 2005.
.venue: jacks place™, causeway point.

to tell ya the truth..
.even though i've been in singapore for like around 9.5years.
..i've never been to jack's place.

well i was about to make history.
.i stepped into one on wednesday.
.with my mum, n my two siblings.
anyway. i wasnt so fascinated with the whole idea.

.inside.i ordered myself the jack's special steak.
can't recall what it's actually called..
.it had asparagus, baked potatoe, mushroom, corn, broccoli, n lets not forget the steak.

i have no comments. perhaps a *amended*/10 would be enough to share my views.
.oh yea. ps. the waitress was such a nag.

i havent been having a great week.
.so that ends my day.

Allen.

update: 22/09/2005 1530hrs

i've amended it to give it a 3.4/10.
i changed it due to someone's opinon.

really.i didnt like it at all.
i thought of giving it a 6.5 to make myself feel happy on that bad tempered day.

but by right out fact:i thought it was horrible.
.their menu wasnt to my liking.i was like compulsed to get the special.
.n the meat was rather raw n cold in the inside.when i asked for it to be done: medium.
.there was like only one broccoli sprout.
.with pieces of corn?! why not the whole cob?
.the asparagus on the beef was like so lifeless..sheesh what did they do to it?beat the bloody thing to death?!

anyway. that's that. fine?!

Allen.

.out of energy.

2005-09-09T23:01:00.000+08:00

it's friday.
.n im completely tired n restless.
.i think ill be like this for the weekend.

Allen.

movie: the longest yard

2005-09-07T22:57:00.000+08:00

.date: tuesday, 6 september 2005.
.venue: cathay™, causewaypoint.
.time: 1940.

.entertaining.
.comical.
.funny.
.enjoyable.

something great to look forward to, after a long tiring.vexing.day

Allen.

my dream

2005-09-02T17:52:00.000+08:00

it was special.

=removed=

.ive been distracted the whole day.
.ive been trying to recall it.
.but i guess its not meant to be.

Allen.

movie: the perfect catch

2005-08-31T21:50:00.000+08:00

.date: wednesday, 31 august 2005.
.venue: cathay™, causewaypoint.
.time: 1945.

.drew barrymore.
.need i say more?.

.lol.
in otherwords, this show was good.
.hilarious.entertaining.romantic.
.i almost laughed thru'out.

.if u watched the "50 first dates" n loved it.
.u would absolutely love this.
.u wont regret it.

personally, i enjoyed this show a lot.

Allen.

movie: valiant

2005-08-30T01:20:00.000+08:00

.date: monday, 29 august 2005.
.venue: cathay™, causeway point.
.time: 1950.

nice.but the duration was short.
would be better if it was slightly longer.
.it was 2100 by the time i left the cinema.

.i guess.
by looking at the picture: u would have guessed what the story is about.
so i wont go into details.

overall, it was entertaining.
.but the duration was short.
.it was 2100 by the time i left the cinema.
.it would be better if it was slightly longer.

Allen.

my sony vaio; fixed.

2005-08-28T20:47:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 27 august 2005.

i didnt have time during the weekdays to fix up my notebook.
.so i did it today(saturday).

.at the same time, i took some photos of her with my sony digital camera.
.i just love sony technology.

.this is her, without her bios battery.

.this is her, with her bios battery fixed.

.voila! she works now.
.what u see on the screen is just an alert message: that my battery pack will be depleted in like 2hrs. :P

.and. here are my audience who accompanied me while i fixed my notebook.

.polka's on the right, n spencer's on the left.

.both which i love dearly.
.n not forgetting my notebook.

Allen.

movie: must love dogs

2005-08-24T22:22:00.000+08:00

.date: wednesday, 24 august 2005.
.venue: cathay™, causeway point.

i caught this show @ 1930.
personally, i love dogs.
but be forewarned: the whole show isnt entirely on dogs.
.but on the idea that: dating is easy.

the show is a bit humurous at times.
n in a way, the love narrated in the story seems somewhat realistic.
.not over exggerated. nor understated.
.n like her, Sarah Nolan played by Diane Lane, family enthusiastically reminds her: it's never a good idea to give up on love.

it's comical, romantic, n a dog-lover-must-watch show.
.so if ya into all those three this week.
.then why not catch the show?.

.i liked it.

Allen.

kidnapped at friends™

2005-08-23T23:19:00.000+08:00

.date: monday, 22 august 2005.
.venue: friends™: the food & wine people.

benson gave me a call in the afternoon to come down to friends™,serangoon garden, for dinner.
.he was having an event with his friends.wine maker,shan.n the wine importers.
.to tell u the truth.i've never liked australian wine at all.
.rather because they have been a disaster.
.benson's continuous effort finally got the better of me.

we had like a 5 course meal.
.+lotsa discussion.

.the menu.
1st starter.
.stone oven baked tortillas with toppings.
+ shantell - semillon 2004.
2nd starter.
.marinated prawn cocktail melon salad with basil balsamic dressing.
.+ shantell - chardonnay 2002.
1st main course.
.fettuccini chicken aglio olio.
.+shantell - carbernet sauvignon 2001.
2nd main course.
.lamb shank knuckles served with carbernet reduction.
.+shantell - shiraz 2001.
dessert.
.chocolate fudge with macademia ice cream.

the food was delightful.wonderful.n definitely delicious.
the wine pairing was excellent.
.the food bought out the flavours of the wine.
.it was absolutely flawless.
food: 9.3/10
service: 9/10
ambience: 8.9/10

.i never had something like this for such a long time.
.it,somehow,unlocked my lost memories.
.that will be for another time.

lemme intro the wine maker.
.his name is shan.
.n how did he come up with the name.shantell.?.
.he told us he took his wife's initial: .te. n added .ll. to come up with .shantell.
.the wine were sown in the yarra valley, victoria.
.so yes. its an australian wine.

n lemme intro the wine importers.
.they included a charming old-aged couple.+associates.
.the company: avant fine wines pte ltd.
.n they were lovely enough to sponsor the wines for the dinner.

.
.i had a few glasses of water. stayed behind for an hr.
.chatted.cleared my system.n drove back home.

oh wait.before leaving.benson kidnapped me to his cellar.n somewhat robbed me.
.how.?.
.he made me purchase a bottle of coldstream.savignon blanc.
.inwhich he requested that i keep in his cellar.
.hmm.i just realised that,that would mean i have to make another trip down to friends™.
.well done,allen,see what u have gotten urself into.
.
.all in all.i had a lovely time.

Allen.

my thoughts; im in love with france.

2005-08-23T23:15:00.001+08:00

im in love with france.
i love french.
i love france.

Allen.

my sony vaio; the package has arrived.

2005-08-22T19:36:00.000+08:00

i immediately fixed it into my sony vaio.
.n left it to charge.

.i'm now off for dinner at friends™.
.before im late!.

Allen.

granny's birthday

2005-08-21T13:24:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 20 august 2005.

today is my grand mother's birthday.
im not sure how old she is.
.there were just 2 big candles on the cake.
.but i guess really old.
come to think it. im not even sure if today(saturday) is her birthday.
.has to do with chinese calendar dates? or rather pushed forward?.
.well i'll never understand anything.

i was at my cousin's.
.bbq.like always.
.n i was the fire starter.like always.

.there's only 1 reason why i hate bbq.
.its because magarine is used.
.i always forget bringing down the olive oil.
.n i always end up placing the portion of food, i want to eat, in aluminium foil.
.folded 'em. n bbq 'em.

the cake was out by 2130.
it was a durian cake.well that wasnt the point.
.the point was: i got to bring back home 1/4 of it.

soon after having arrived back.
.i ransacked thru the left overs we bought back home.
.i found that whole one quarter.
.n started on it silently before anyone knew it goes missing.

.boy. do i feel fat now.

Allen.

.tiring.

2005-08-18T13:33:00.000+08:00

i'm exhausted. n its not even the end of the week.
how am i ever going to continue.

hmm. i wonder where my sony vaio spare part package could be now?

Allen.

till we meet again, frank.

2005-08-16T14:40:00.000+08:00

i got up around 1035.
.i checked my handphone.n had rx'ed an sms from frank.
"Thanks 4 Ur host 4 the pass weeks it's really nice to see U again"
it seems like only yesterday, when we had finally met up after such a long time.
.n now, i cant believe he's gone again.

we were like chatting on the phone yesterday night.
.i wouldnt be able to see him off.thats why.
n he concluded the call with a "see u again there."

.i tried.but it looks like..
.when im down: in france, at the end of this year.
.i'd have to make a trip down to u.k..

n frank.ill totally miss ya.
it just wouldnt be the same without u (again).

yea. till we meet again.

Allen.

when saying no is impossible.

2005-08-14T17:39:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 13 august 2005.

i was literally dragged out.
i couldnt say no to frank, could i?
.he'll be leaving this tuesday.so there's no saying no.

i finally met up with them @1715.
.we had dinner at olio™,suntec.

as an appetitiser, they served us some slices of baguette n butter.
.i refused the butter.n used olive oil instead.
the preferred way i love eatin 'em.

i had the seafood pasta merinara...
i think thats the spelling, unless im wrong..
it was good.
.however the pasta seemed rather sticky.
.the strands of each pasta were stuck to each other.
.i guessed they forgot the salt.
n we got ourself a jug of cranberry juice.
.the service was rather slow.
.a pretty waitress served us though. deserves some + points.

food: 6.7/10.
service: 5/10 + 1.5(waitress).
ambience: 7/10.

we asked for the bill.
.i was just too slow to react.
.n also cause the waitress came with the bill at the opposite side of the table.
so it was on him.
.shucks.
.stop it! frank.

we walked around the city before heading home.
i offered a ride back home.

.in the meantime.
i rx'ed a call from my friend, benson.
he's been continuously giving me invitation to his restaurant, friends™, serangoon garden.
.could i say no?.

so u could have guessed it.i decided to look him up.
he made sure he invited me to see his cellar.
.n see his wide range of white.red.wine.
he offered me a bottle.which i declined profusely.

.i did what i should.
.i paid myself for a glass of white wine.
.yes. just a glass. cause im a responsible driver :P

well that was my evening.
i enjoyed spending my time with frank.
.n. frank. i will miss u dearly.

Allen.

my sony vaio; dead cmos battery.

2005-08-13T02:40:00.000+08:00

i've been emailing the sony spare parts™.
.its with regards to the battery for the bios.

how my sony vaio C1 picturebook ended up being dead.is a long history.
.n i've diagnosed it.
.n concluded it with a dead cmos battery.
.here is how it looks like.

part nº: 1-756-038-21
description: BATTERY, NICKEL HYDROGEN

well back to the emailing.
.im not going to point fingers.
i asked if it was possible to purchase a replacement.
n i received the quotes of the external battery pack.
.sheesh.
.well when i finally cleared the doubt. i received this today:
" We are sorry to inform you that the internal battery is not for sale.
For replacement, the Notebook has to be send to our Sony Service Centre. "
.i was like totally put off by the answer.
not only was i unable to get a replacement. i also had to bear with this person's broken english language.
does this person know what past or past participle is? .send.sent.
lets stop here. im not gonna pick on anyone.

update:
@1000: i just purchased the cmos battery from a us vendor.
now i've got to wait for the shipment.
boy! does my stripped notebook looks sexy.

really, i've got a cunning notebook.
witty.crafty.shrewd. the way how i love my notebook.
not to mention: its a real beauty.
it's sleek.compact.small.
n unplugged, it can last me a whole 20hours.
now beat that.!

its generation has been phased out, 2yrs ago, i believe.
n has been with me for quite a longtime.
.i just couldnt let it go.

Allen.

BATTERY, NICKEL HYDROGEN: US$19 + shipping US$18

movie: bewitched

2005-08-11T15:02:00.000+08:00

.date: wednesday, 10 august 2005.
.movie: betwitched.
.venue: cathay cineleisure™.

conclusion: a boring show.
.why?.
.because the plot is like so predictable.
.n its like: totally not funny.
the audience were laughing, or rather i'd say, they were forcing themselves to laugh.
cause its by outright: not humourous! not hilarious! not amusing! not comical! not anything at all!

.i mean, its like how can it not?.

lemme tell u a bit abt the storyline.
its abt some producers who were gonna do a remake of bewitched, the series.
n guess who they got for their as female lead?
.isabel, a lady whom no-one knew was a witch.
n guess who isabel likes/have a feeling for? (hint: watch bewitched, the series)
.jack, the guy who played the male lead.

n uh.yea. did i mention that isabel is a witch?

.they cracked up a few nonsensical joke, made themselves look stupid.
he found out she's a witch.(like in the bewitched series)
they both fell out.
they later then both fell for each other.
n they lived happily ever after.

so in short, bewitched: is abt two persons, who played in the role of betwitched, the series, n eventually be destined to become just that: bewitched.

confusing uh?.
just dont watch it.

Allen.

movie: S$20

national day eve

2005-08-09T19:29:00.000+08:00

.date: monday, 8 august 2005.

i slept thru the whole evening after work.
.i was hoping to catch the fireworks @midnight @ the city.
.but i just felt too fatigue to even think about it.

it just so happened, xiaohui came online.
.i asked her if she was up to the idea of going out to the city till 00:30.
.she was game.
.so by 23:05 i dashed n drove out.

.the city was jammed packed.
@23:59:59 i was caught at the road between marina square™ n millenia walk™.
the view of the fireworks was somewhat alright, but a bit obstructed by the trees n buildings.

.personally, in my view, the fireworks werent as impressive.
.i've viewed better.

.grabbed our snapple drinks at 7-11™, marina square.
.n advanced to mcdonalds™,westcoast, before heading home.

Allen.

dining + cycling.. cycling?!

2005-08-07T23:57:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 6 august 2005.

.dinner was on my wesley.
we dined at swensen™, causewaypoint. with michelle.
.i had the samba chilli fish.
i give it a 6/10. for my love of fish. i know. im biased.

.after dinner.we were contemplatin on whether we should run or cycle in the late evening.
well if we were to add wesley, a lazy fella into the equation.
the solution is easy: .cycling.

.so cycling it was.
we departed woodlands @ around 2300.
n arrived selegie @2430. n we each both had a soya bean drink n beancurd @ rochor beancurd™,selegie.
we later continued to cycle to orchard cineleisure™.
.rested there.
.had a subway sandwich.
.n caught a 0300 show: the wedding crasher.

.the show ended @0500.
we cycled back n arrived in woodlands @ 0630
.had breakfast @ mcdonalds™,admiralty place, which is just beside admiralty mrt.

.i got myself the big breakfast!! i never knew it could taste good after suffering so much.

.everything is fine now.
.except that im suffering from the side-effects of cycling: a sore buttock.
.n whats more?
.i was told to report to work at 1400. :|

Allen.

22 going on 23.

2005-08-06T16:22:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 5 august 2005.

3 events to embrace the beginning of my 23rd year.

1. late lunch @1500 @ sakae sushi™,junction8 with joshua teo.

i travelled by public, the train: mrt.
it was a totally awful experience.
.seated on my left. was an indian hairy-armed guy reading the newspaper.
.and everytime he moved,i.e. flipped the page, his hairy arm would rub across mine.
this is just one of the many reasons why i just detest going public.

2. dinner @ 1930 with my mum n l'tle bro at le p'tit breton™, upper thomson road.

the idea of taking public back home made me sick.
so i reserved a table at le p'tit breton™.
n asked my mum to fetch me at junction8.incentive uh?

3. fetch my elder bro from the airport @ 2350.

my elder bro is finally back from north carolina, us.
.n with him comes gamecube games + dvd movies!!.

mario party 6™ + microphone
sonic heroes™
pokemon channel™

no time to blog now!!!

Allen.

23rd birthday.

2005-08-05T14:59:00.000+08:00

my birthday will be in 1 minutes time.
i hope all my wishes will come true.

Allen.

crêperie.

2005-07-31T18:48:00.000+08:00

.date: saturday, 30 july 2005.

i had lunch with frank n ahkar @ le p'tit breton™, around upper thomson road.
le pet't breton is a crêperie.
.crêpe is the french terminology of pancakes.
.une crêperie is the place where u'd be able to get crêpe.
come to think of it, i think there's just two in singapore.

i had the forestière with egg.
.n for dessert, i had the apple & caramel.
.actually, i just wanted the apple.cause it was the healthiest dessert amongst the rest on the list.
.but nooooo!. the lady of the house had to suggest that i get the speciality: apple & caramel.
.n we got ourself a bottle of cider apple, to compliment the lunch.

.in the evening around 2130. we met up again.
we advanced to wala wala™,holland v.
i was interested in watching the performance on the upper floor.
.it was over crowded.n the performance was not to my liking.
.so we went downstairs.got a table.n had a pepperoni pizza.
.+ somehow a jug of beer was included.cos frank couldnt resist to say no to the beautiful waitress.

we later headed to the coffee club™,holland v.
.i had a cup of iced tea.and headed home.

Allen.

lukas' 2 years old birthday party.

2005-07-30T23:16:00.000+08:00

.date: friday, 29 july 2005.

lukas is my cousin's son.
he's super cute n adorable.

his birthday will actually be on monday; 1 august.
but his party was bought forward to friday.

the party was held at my cousin's.the function room,downstairs.
.they've gotten macdonalds for the kids.
it was entertaining to watch the macdonald team hosting the kid games.
.even more so, for the chicken dance.

well that was pretty much my evening.
other than the few glasses of red wine.
.mum drove back.i turned in early.

Allen.

did i pass?

2005-07-29T17:10:00.000+08:00

.date: thursday, 28 july 2005.

i've been on a tractor course for the past 2 days.
.n today (thursday) is my tractor exam.i think i passed.
.why?.cause when i departed from the tractor, my examiner didnt say a word.
.now.i've got to wait for 2 weeks to get my tractor licence.

by 1900. i had dinner,with xiaohui, @ fins™,marina square.
.xiaohui's a good friend of mine.
.when i need someone to accompany me.i can always count on her.
.of course.it does require some extra work.

we both had the seafood bucattini with a bowl of clam chowder.
seafood bucattini: pasta with like 2 prawns, a few calamari, 2 oysters.and tomato sauce all over.
.the menu wrote the pasta had a hole in it. but i couldnt find it.
.the chowder was good.xcept that i dont really like celery.n they had it in 'em.
.the seafood was fresh.but i think i had an oyster missing!.
.n the sauce was good.
.overall.not including the glitches.i give it a 6.5/10.

.in the evening.we headed down to balaclava™, suntec.
i headed there cause eic was playing there.
.we had a few drinks.n chatted the whole night.

we left early.proceeded to 7-11™,marina square.
.n got ourself snapples to drink.
.i got myself the strawberry n kiwi snapples..

we later headed back home.i gave her a lift home.

Allen.

.. i finally got my small beautiful vaio notebook back after 2yrs.

movie: the island

2005-07-26T15:24:00.000+08:00

.date: monday, 27 july 2005.
.venue: cathay™, causewaypoint.

this show is good.
.recommended - by me!.
its packed with action, deceit, love, n science.
.n if u wanna do something this weekend.this should be the one in ur list.

i caught the show @2100.together with my mum, n l'tle bro.
n not forgetting: a 180grams packet of camel™ salted cashew nuts.

after the show, i headed to shell.
.filled her up.n headed home.

shell came up with this gimmick; whereby they displayed the fuel prices (after discount) on a signboard.
.they have finally done something sensible, amongst the rest.
.like the french.(n if im not wrong,perhaps the whole E.U. as well)
.i commemorate that. well done.

Allen.

movie: $20.00
petrol: $62.78

musical performance.

2005-07-25T19:03:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday, 24 july 2005.

my sunday's itinery was rather musical.

i met up with kelvin @1645, my bmt(basic military training) buddy.
i allowed him to drive down my vehicle to andrew's, my bmt buddy as well.
we wanted to see his new appartment.

andrew's appartment is on the 33rd floor.
.it has an eye opening view from the living room.
.that spans from the bukit timah hill to the city centre.
u could just look at the scenery for the whole day, n u'll never be bored.

we had dinner, n headed to the hark music cafe™,selegie.
i wasnt into coffee. so i didnt order.
.we were there to support one of my friend's friend.
so that would make it: my friend's friend's friend.
.every single song was sung in chinese.i didnt understand a thing.
.i didnt enjoy it at all.

@ around 2110 we decided to depart.
we proceeded to wala wala™, holland v.
i had my kir royal drink.n we spent the rest of the evening there.

the singers/guitarist were good.impressive.n enjoyable.
there was this guest singer, a charming lady, her voice was mesmerising.
.however, she only sang like 3 songs.
.i wouldnt mind hearing her sing all night.

.even now.i can hear her singing in my mind.

Allen.

kir royal: $20.00

catching up with frank

2005-07-24T18:03:00.001+08:00

.date: saturday, 23 july 2005.

.i rx'ed frank's call in the mid-afternoon around 1445.
.he requested that we meet up.
but i didnt want to get out from my bed.i was watching the lost-marathon on axn.
but he kept going n going. so i gave in.
i dragged myself out.
.i showered. n drove down to orchard.

i had trouble with finding carpark.
i had warned him about that.n finally met up with him @ 1600.

we decided to get ourself coffee @ coffee club™,taka.
i was like telling him, that i've become more health conscious.
.i got myself a mocha java coffee.
.he got himself an aged java coffee n cheese cake, n for me a mud pie cake: telling me it came with my coffee.
.i could just give him a piece of my mind.

.in the evening.we had dinner @ din tai fang™, paragon.
all recommended from my dear friend, frank.
.i had the noodles with chicken soup.
.he had the noodles with beef soup.
.n together we had dumplings.

the food was superb.
the dumplings were amazing delicious.
.i've never seen such dumplings before.they looked like small water sacs.
the queue was fast.the huge crowd was welcomed with number tags.
the service was fast.our food were piling.

food: 8.9/10
service: 8/10
ambience: 6/10

.later in the evening.we landed ourself @ the coffee bean n tea leaves™,paragon.
we both had a cup of frappucino each.chatting and comparing girls.

we decided to leave.i offered to drive him back.
.in return.he offered me his port wine at his place.
.of course.i could not refuse that.
he opened a 10yr old port wine from portugal that he got back from u.k.
i have not drank for quite sometime.
the drink was good.
.strong n fruity delicious.

we chatted n drank beside the pool.
.i dared not continued after 3 glasses cause i'd be driving back.
.we continued till the wee hours, before my system was clear of alcohol.

i had a great day.
.n for once.it was great having met my friend after quite a long time.
we chatted all day from everything under the sun.
.i wouldnt mind another day of that.

he paid for the afternoon's coffee and dinner.
i made sure i paid for the evening's frap.

Allen.

before he leaves for u.k.
.i'll make sure i'll treat him to something even better (french, anyone?).

frappucinos: $12.80

a pleasant suprise; frank is back.

2005-07-23T18:06:00.000+08:00

.uh. who is frank?
.he's a good friend of mine.
.he resides in southampton, u.k.
.but right now he's back in singapore.

i was chatting with him online.
n it just so happened that i popped the question about his location.
.i asked that question because i was wondering if whether i wanted to make a trip down to u.k. when ill be in france end of this year.

.uh.back to the subject.
he gave me a spontaneous "i'm currently in sg"
and i was like "?!?!?!!," in otherwords, i was so suprised.

i'm estastic that he's back even though he's be here for a short while.

welcome back, frank!

Allen.

shopping!

2005-07-18T02:34:00.000+08:00

.date: sunday,17 july 2005.

did u ever know that walking is a great form of exercise?

.i decided to spend my sunday: doing myself some good;
.a big walk around orchard.

whilst walkin;
i couldnt help notice the 50% discount deals @ U2™,taka.
n i got myself a jean.
to top it up;
.i got myself a green-checkered shirt from the columbia™ sportswear,wisma attria.

as the evening followed, i met up with ahkar and wesley.
we dined at pasta cafe™, taka.
.the dinner was on me.
.i had a huge plate of slipper lobster pasta.
.i wont say it was appetising.
.4.5/10

we headed down to the rochor bean curd™,selegie.
i love their soya beancurd n drink.
i had a hot bowl of soya beancurd, and a cold cup of soya bean juice.
.the beancurd is smooth.
.n the drink is just soothin.
.the sweet syrup they used is just right.not too sweet.
.8/10.

it was a satisfying day.
it would have been worse if it wasnt for the soya bean.
cheers to the bean!

Allen.

jeans: $29.50
shirt: $36.20
dinner: $61.90

blogging? why?

2005-07-15T17:53:00.000+08:00

i've got this theory that people blog (log their life) cause they want their friends and the world to know:
a part of their life; their love life, their emotions, etc.
like..an open concept diary.

in a way, it's like.
.lemme give u an anology.
there's this guy, a girl likes. so she writes everything about him in her diary.
.inorder to make herself heard;
she places the book, opened, in her half opened drawer in her room.
she invites this guy to her room, in hopes that the guy would take note.

i dont deny thats its true to me.
i, too, would like the people around me to know me a little better.
lets just say more than better. *grinz* :)

+ remember the passed events that i want to keep forever..

Allen.

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2005-04-27T13:36:00.000+08:00

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2004-01-01T02:11:00.002+08:00

name: Allen PECK
alias: wharzhee

loves: chocolate, liquor, france.
1. i love surprises.
2. i love art & technology.
3. i love loving my friends.
4. i love to bathe in a warm hot tub for hours.
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1. i only converse in english.
2. my opinated answer would most likely be "alright."
3. in france, my favourite radio station is nrj.
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