xreBornx ~ Double Persona.
Thursday, April 24, 2008,

Older.. but Wiser (?)


Well well.. what have we here.
An old man growing older and wiser (I hope)..

Some say that 23 is the new 21~? lol..

I guess that's just to make us feel better. Well.. I suppose it applies more to the ladies.. Coz for us guys.. it seems "the older the better".


A favourite analogy I've come across is..
"Men are like Ginseng.. the older they are.. the better.."
whilst on the other hand..
"Women are like tofu, the fresher (younger) the better.."



I know some ladies reading this might flare up and feel insulted. It does sound stereotypical. But hey its just what i hear around.. and in some way I feel that's quite true.


But anyway.. I had a biFdaY celebration on the night of the 18th~ peGgy was the organiser and I must thank her for putting it all together~ Thanks babe~ =)
This time, I decided to invite my housemate and best bud Hafiz~
So it was the 8 of us:

peGgy . evette . zyinG . winnnny

Bido . Tuan . Hafiz . mE





~ eve . winnnny . zyinG . peGgy ~
~ fiz . Tuan . muah . Bido ~






We had dinner at vegetarian place called "Utopia"~
Well.. its actually primarily a Karaoke place.. but it sells vege foOd (and bubble-tea) toO. And well it is nicee~ =D

For those who don't know.. vegetarian foOd can be reallllly niceeee. I've had my fair share of experiencing it during my JC days with Yin Mei..
*yuM..

Those really gD ones have "meat" dishes that taste almost like the real deal. So for those who are curious or haven't tried.. do take the chance to have a go at it~ I doubt you will be violently disappointed.


As usual.. the foOd wasn't enough for mE. hahaha~ But that is to be expected from the self-proclaimed "Black Hole" of a tummy. Nevertheless, it was a satisfying meal~ Thanks guys. Oh and of coz.. the dessert came next.
A Triple-layer Ice-cream cake bought by them~ If I'm not wrong, the green layer is pistachio, the middle is chocolate chip and the bottom is strawberry/raspberry~ Topped with a subtle layer of white chocolate.. and some frozen fruits~
One word - *YUMMMM~ =D~~





~ *yuMmm* ~



~ The layerz! ~


~ I was told that for your wish to come true.. the biFdaY person must only cut the cake half-way through.. ~



~ ..And the person whose biFdaY is next, will cut the remaining half all the way down. ~



After dinner.. came the REAL fun~!

KARAOKE NIGHT~!!! whoO-hoO~!! xD

To be honest.. its probably the first real karaoke session I've ever had. And boy was it fun~ peGgy managed to boOk a roOm for us~ The ones attending were Bido, peGgy, Hafiz and mE~ A small but fun group of us. =)
We headed up from the dinner table and began our 3 hour SINGING FEST~!




~ Bido! Our "Idol" ~






So many songs were sung.. I can't remember all of them. I especially loved the ones where we all could sing together and just LET LOOSE and just go absolutely CRAZYYY! All the off-pitched screeching (mostly by mE i reckon lol~) and shouting during some of the songs. And I must say.. Bido can really sing well! omG. I was like... O.O

You are da bombz bidO! lol.





~ hiding in the dark.. ~



I wish I could've sang more U2 songs. But they only had a few which I wanted to sing. I love U2.. and they have so many songs which I love to sing and have literally memorised the lyrics toO. In fact.. I think I know most of U2's songs. Its all stuck in my mind. And the thing is.. I didn't intentionally memorise them.. they just get embedded into my mind when I listen to them. Well.. they are my fav. band.. no surprise I suppose.

I only wished that we didn't have to end so soOn.. and that they had more more more songs in their catalog!



On the actual day.. it was a quiet biFdaY for mE.. for which I was alright with. Had dinner with fiZ at Sara Thai in Karawara. It was alright.. could be better.
But the thing which toOk mE completely by surprise was the webcam session that my sis suddenly asked mE to join. "Mum wants to ask you something.." was the reason.
And when I finally got the connection up and running.. I saw my sis.. and a v.familiar background... MAMA'S HOUSE! =O

And before I knew it.. all my relatives and family members started filling up my webcam screen~
They all wanted to celebrate my biFdaY, and they weren't gonna let distance affect it. They even went to the extent of buying a biFdaY cake.. putting it in front of the webcam and sing *Happy Birthday* songs to mE~!
I was like... "Oh my goD.. *big smiles*"


I totally did not expect something like this.. at all.

I was really happy.. seeing all my uncles, aunties.. "gugu's".. cousins.. my lovely nieces "Jia Xuan" and "Ting Ting".. and of coz my lovely family~ ^_^

THANK YOU ALL~! I LOVE YOU ALL~!!

Thanks for the celebration-from-afar~



There are a few other things I wish to talk about.. but I've decided to share them in my next post. I'll just leave this one as a biFdaY one~


Oh and I also wish to thank Yanyin again for the cuteeee CJ7 doll~! She was sweet enough to get one for mE (mini-toOns @ Parkway Parade) when she saw it~! ^_^
*Arigato~~~*


~* And of coz.. a big THANK YOU for all the gifts and well-wishes by everyone~! You know who you are~ =) *~




~ CJ7! ~



~ EZ-Link Card Sticker (from Yanyin) ~



~ Logitech Wireless Headphones ~
(from peGgy & gang)
*iPod not included* xD







`keLvin


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Sunday, April 13, 2008,

In Hell, but with Angels


This past week has been full of ups and downs.. if not for the ups.. I'd probably think that I'm kaL-eL and see if its true. lol.. Most of you probably have no clue as to what i just said.. its ok. =P


Lets start off with last sat.. I got a real surprise when I received a gD friend's gift all the way from Sg. =)
The biFdaY card was rather heart-warming.. and I like the little "K" , "E" , "L" , "V" , "I" , "N"s that were pasted onto the card front. =)
Did u use squeeze-on fabric paint? Or it came in alphabets?
Enclosed in the parcel was also a 'Superman Returns" keychain which loOked so awesome (I'm a sucker for anything to do with the big guy lol~) and also a nice white Casio watch~ =)

~Thanks soO much Yanyin~



~ All hail KaL-eL! ~



Also had a nice dinner with peGgy, Bido and Tuan at a Korean restaurant in the city.. Hmm.. the foOd was alright.. but I reckon there are other nicer places. The impt thing to mE is the company of coz.. the rest is 2nd.



~ BidO , Tuan , peGgy ~



~ Kim Chi Pot ~



After a pleasant weekend.. it was time for my "hell-week" to begin. =\

There were two things that had to be accomplished within the week - 1) Power System Analysis' mid-semester exam and 2) Renewable Energy Principles' design assignment.

May not sound much.. but both are huge assessments to mE.. PSA exam - 20%, REP assignment - 15%.
PSA exam fell on Thursday @ 10am..
It was actually an easy paper.. but.. because I had lacked the discipline to study well this time round....... I suffered the immense consequences of it.
Sigh.... if only I had spent more effort in revising for it.. if only, if only, if only. All of which are excuses in their own right. No one to blame but myself.
It was soO bad.. that I'm v.sure I've failed it badly. =\
And of coz... I didn't feel exactly proud of what I had done/did not do.
After the exam.. I sat myself down at the computer labs with sheng to try and finish my REP assignment... which was due the following day. Naturally.. not being able to grasp the fact that I had just performed my worst ever in an exam.. I found it difficult to fully concentrate.


Of coz.. I pushed on.. and just when I thought nothing gD would come out of the day... my HP rang. "Withheld" was displayed on my screen. I was abit hesistant to pick it up coz u never know. But I'm glad I did~ =)
A v.familiar voice resounded in my ear.. and just before she spoke her name.. I knew who it was. She called to ask mE what my address was. Abit surprised I was.. but she explained~
Aiyo.. I feel paiseh lei, Yanyin. =P

Though it was just a simple call.. it was because I was hearing a gD friend of mine on the other end that made all the difference. It really lifted up my spirits~ =)

So i guess.. that call saved mE from my own disappointment.


Come Friday.. it was WORSE. Omg.. I've never EVER had to RUSH as MADLY as I did to hand in an assignment~!! It was a HORRENDOUS day... filled with super-ly filled amounts of ANXIETY.. FRANTIC-NESS.. and FEAR.
Sigh.... I don't wish to think about it further... But lets just say.. I also could've done much better. Poor time management.. laziness.. and not knowing how to do it (which is no excuse at all..) led to my ultimate downfall. At one point.. I had to return home to print out my report and attempt to touch it up. But I soon realised there were soOoo many flaws in my report! And there was NO TIME! Die..
But because "due time" was approaching.. I could not do anything further.. and had to literally RUN back to school within 15min to hand it up.


zZz... Kelvin.. You are falling.. slowly.. but surely. WHAT ARE YOU DOING???...


It was the worst experience ever for mE.. in terms of assignments etc. I shall NEVER want to experience that again.. Let this be a lesson harshly learnt.
Oh did I mention I'm most probably gonna do badly for it toO? ...


NO MORE. This insolence of mine has to HALT.
Next Wednesday is my Control Systems mid-semester exam. I will work hard for it and blow it away!
Mika said to mE.. "GAMBATTE, Kelvin-kun~!!" lol.


Enough of my misery.. a wonderful thing happened on friday though.
BLEACH 166~!!
WHOOO!!!
Actually.. it was out on Thursday.. but of coz I could only watch it after everything was done on Friday.
A long awaited episode and boy was it GREATTT-TO~!! An all-out grudge match between Grimmjow (my hero.) and Ichigo (I hate him.)~!!
Only one thing to say...

"GRIND!! PANTERAAAAAAAA~!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!"

whoO~ Grimmjow's released form is coOLLLL.. though I don't like the ears bit. LoL~
Sigh.. toO bad my Grimmjow will lose eventually.. seeing as how he is the antagonist.. =\
Why can't he be the gD guy?? Ichigo is such a pansy.. I hate him. Stupid orange hair. lol.
Next week's episode is gonna be exciting toO I reckon~ =D

*Go Grimmjow~!!



~ Grimmjow Jeagerjaque - Pantera release ~



Another gD thing this week.. I had my first driving lesson on Wednesday~! An hour of fun. Ravi went through the basics with mE.. like how the clutch operates internally.. why your car will stall if u don't clutch-in before u brake etc..
And he straight away let mE drive along the streets~! I was like.. errr... You sure about this? lol.
But I guess he knew I had been driving abit in fiz's car already.
The drive around the neighbourhood was gD.. except that I have to work more on my turning..


"LESSON 1: CLEAR~!"


And finally.. just 4 hours ago.. I went to collect another international parcel from the post office.. and the sender this time? None other than my dear family~ =)
When I saw the sender address and name.. I knew what was inside. I know my mother oh toO well and likewise, she does toO. =)

Thanks for the long anticipated MIKA CONCERT TOUR 2007 DVD~!!!!! WHOO-HOOO~!! =DD~~
I guess they finally released it in Sg~

Oh and of coz.. a nice lil' biFdaY card came along with it~ =)



~ Yes My Joy ~






I feel so blessed to be surrounded by soO many people who care so much for mE..
Sometimes I wonder if I am undeserving of them..
It's times like these that make mE wanna punch myself for disappointing them.. and letting them down.. as was the case this week..



I love you all~ And will work hard for all of you~





`keLvin



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Saturday, April 05, 2008,

OnizuuuukaaaaaaA~!


I love Onizuuukaaaa~! Yes.. I've re-watched all 12 episodes of the drama and just finished yesterday.. and I'm still so very much in love with it~

Like a breath of fresh air.. it never fails to inspire mE and lift up my spirits.
As I've said before 2 years ago.. this show is THE BEST drama ever.
Even the viewers in Japan think so.. seeing as how it is THE #1 Jap drama ever since it came out in 1998.. till today.
Not to mention, the last episode is still the MOST WATCHED TV show in Japan's history.. And I'm not talking about in comparison with other dramas.. I'm talking about in relation to ALL other TV shows.

Damn.. that's how gD it is.

If you haven't watched it.. I'd suggest u do the moment you are free! lol.

I guess those aspiring to be teachers could learn a thing or two.. things that are "out of the textbook" so to speak? lol..


Anyways.. here's a short clip of the theme song and snippets of the drama. =)


"Poison" - sung by GTO himself ~ Takashi Sorimachi






And I also find the actor/singer Takashi Sorimachi rather charismatic, handsome and coOL.
If I were gay.. I'd definitely be all over him. LoL~ =X


GTO~!! whoO~! I Love You! xD





`keLvin


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