Finally, I can wake up in some undefined time. Did my laundry by hand and left the house by 1 pm. The amazing thing is, after losing ways and got to the wrong place here and there, it took me 4 hours to get to see my Kah Lok friend. Amazing, huh?
Begin to feel like the good old days in UK. Except that no one is beside me while I drive.
Watch the show, “Good Will Hunting”, alone.
Sunday in Jakarta. Called up Robert and he was working in the room. Called up Balquais but (CC told me) she would not be in until 12 pm. Called up CC but she was still sleeping (10:30 am). So I told CC to go back to sleep.
Starring out of the window, lying on my bed reading “Men from you-know-where and so on”. Really boring! Have the feeling that I have revisited the Paris days.
Wanted to go to Pasa Baru (something like that) to get my guitar but the place looks quite horrible. Ended up lunching at one of the ‘good’ local hawker center. CC and Robert both hate the place and complain a lot. But I appreciate the culture itself. I do pity Balquais who took the trouble in taking us around.
The culture is that before we even eat down, they will lay all the dishes onto the table. Simple rule is that for those food we never touch, we don’t need to pay for. Just eat and forget about ‘food-recycling’.
Knowing that CC and Robert were both desperate to get back, we dropped them at the Atrium. Balquais and I then proceeded to the Bloke M. Watched the movie “Marvin’s Room”. She did cry. I bought my guitar.
Gym tonight again. What a nice weekend!
Father’s day. Started off pretty good. We went “dim sum” together. Only that my sister was late for half an hour. Mum was late for one hour. Dad wasn’t very happy. But that is just Dad, he is never happy.
True enough, we had a big argument over one small thing. Dad was trying to install something into the computer that in the end, messed up the Internet connection. My intention was to let sister to “get her hands dirty” and learn how to remedy the case. Hence I just walked away and he was so so angry.
What for?
Watched “Con Air” with my sister.
Server was down most of the day and really, I got really bored. Had a haircut. And watched the film “Absolute Power”. What else can I do in Paris?
Spent the whole day in the office talking about sex Mohamed. Can’t believe it. What? Mohamed had sex with 2 Italians on a mountain? Hard to believe but may as well be true.
I am so tired. Watched the show “Powder” on Pay TV and it is oh so touching.
I had nightmare again. Too many nightmare nowadays. Car crash, arrested by Chinese government, bullets in my legs, sick surgeon. I really can’t stand it.
The whole weekend alone. Mohamed didn’t call as promised. So lonely and my mind was set to JP again. What is love? What is hate? To love is to hate. To hate is to love. Do I still love her? But it is not love anymore if it is one-sided. So cruel of her to leave me alone here in Paris suffering the heartbreak. How can she? For we have been in love for four years. From time to time, I dream that she will be there when I return to Singapore. But why should I dream that for it has already been to late. Far too late for any remedy to take place. God doesn’t help me at all. Time heal? It isn’t true. Not true at all. I still feel the very pain even after 2 months.
I am yearning for everlasting true love.
Went to WH Smiths and bought the book “Hamlet”. Published by Oxford University Press of course. Watched the move “Michael Collin”. A tragedy. Too many tragedies nowadays. Had a Mexican meal in the cold. What else should I have done for my last weekend in Paris (this mission)?
I miss her so dearly. It is just not fair to the way it turns out. Why she dumped me? What’s wrong with me? And she is so happy. Yes, so happy without my presence. Shall I be happy for her for shall I be sad for myself. All my grief and sorrow and nothing can ever mend this broken heart of mine.
Life is so unfair. Life is so unpredictable. And she striped me down to nothing. Shatter my dreams, shatter my future, shatter all my hopes and leave me homeless in this foreign land, in Singapore. Striped away all the joy I was used to have.
Shall I welcome my next stage of life?
Got up quite late and went to my favourite cinema and bought a ticket for the show “Hamlet”. Dashed to my favourite restaurant (Japanese) and they opened it earlier especially for me.
Arrived just on time for the show and got a really lousy seat. Anyway it wasn’t that bad. Knowing the show would last for four hours, I came well mentally prepared.
A very good show indeed. The third Shakespeare show. And why do they always want to produce a tragic piece? I have no idea. In the end, Hamlet died.
Last night was bad, I slept at six in the morning. Force myself to get up at midday but I failed (once again). Lucky the room service called at three and I managed to get out the room at four. Did some shopping and headed off to Paris centre immediately.
Knowing that the show “Cinquième Element” or in English, “Fifth Element”, is so popular, I bought the ticket in advance. Once again, thanks to Aurore’s Card, I bought the ticket in special rate.
Just before I left the room, I have noticed a magazine at my study room. It tells me all the good restaurants around Paris. I took a look and selected some of them near Chatelet. It was an Italian restaurant and the food was fine.
That show “Cinquième Element” was really good. Especially, I love the part about the fifth element, which was a heroine. I just love heroine. A lot of special effects with great sound quality. What more do I want? I still contemplating whether to watch “Romeo and Juliet” again or this one as I still have one credit left.
Totally ridicules! If not for Francis’s phone call and the room service phone call, I would have slept until God knows when. Finally I woke up at seven pm. Had a long hot shower and rushed off to my favourite Japanese restaurant. One thing good about going to the same restaurant all the time is that they treat you really good. Extra sushi and free cup of tea.
And the next thing was rush to watch a movie. Wanted to watch the “5th Element” by Bruce Willis but it was full. So I watched “Shine”. Very touching movie. With the ticket voucher given (lent) by Aurore, I’ve got a really cheap bargain.
Annie’s email is always so practical and always reminds me of the cruel reality. She even suggested that I shall stay in YMCA instead. Alright, this is when the reality bites. I shall survive. I will survive.
Really don’t quite understand why Colin is so in love with Beverly Hills. To be honest, today was the second time we visited Beverly Hills. What’s in BH? Well, a lot of expensive shops and a lot of beautifully dressed people. T his time, we wore a bit smarter than last time and we did feel a bit more comfortable.
How about the “Walk of Frame”? I was kind of disappointed as the street looked really dirty and the stars on the floor just don’t look pleasant at all. We had burgers at BH and I am certain Colin hated it. What to do? We are in America.
Throughout the whole day, Colin was very quiet. Can’t really guess what’s go wrong. Maybe my driving or maybe something else. Actually, we had quite a lot of dangerous situation when we were driving. Don’t think I am a good driver after all.
Spent quite some time to locate the Hard Rock Café and finally, we found it at the Beverly Centre. Indeed, it is quite a big shopping centre. Correction – it looks big but half of the building is car park.
Bought another deck of books and decided to watch the movie at the centre itself. The movie is called “Volcano”. What so special about this movie is that it was filmed in Los Angeles. That is why we are. And guess what, the eruption actually took place at the Beverly Hills. Even more unbelievable, the ending of the film was filmed (well…) right in front of the Beverly Centre. Isn’t that a very nice coincident?
Last day of the holiday already and the conclusion is that I have been very much enjoying myself. And it is a very nice break for me. I think I do learn a few lessons in terms of relating to other people. Perhaps I am very spoilt and for that, I need to improve myself. I do think it is kind of difficult to tolerate such a person like me.
Second thing is that I have been thinking of JP from time to time. Thought I can forget about the whole thing during the trip but life doesn’t always turn out to be so predictable. Guess Annie is right. Forget about the fake Juliet and keep looking for the real one.
Oh, I just found about something quite interesting about the famous Route 66. It started from Chicago and goes all the way across America and reaches Los Angeles on the other end. Isn’t that amazing? If you want to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast, all you need to do is follow the Route 66. The whole road covers three time zones and eight states. Which eight of them? Well, that is IMKOTNAC. That is how I remember. To spell them out, we have Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Another interesting thing that I have discovered is that none of the American actually knows where exactly, i.e. in which beach, Bay Watch is being filmed. Maybe as one said, they film it all over the places.
Okay, back to work.