POST#00109..... Painful

Must things happen the way they did?

It hurts
&
it leaves one helpless...


kelv
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POST#00308..... Trapped in a Socket

About 3 nights ago.... I was sound asleep, when I was awakened...

brrrrr....
buzzzzz....
kritchhhh....

Those were what I heard, seemingly, or felt in my ear... yesh, only my left ear... Deep in your sleep, some disturbances come along, what do you do? Scratch, dig, whatever, your finger comes alive in an attempt to relief you right? So there, I was trying to dig into the socket, but the annoying feeling was still there; the soft and weird screechy scratchy noise remains. I tried thumping my ear against my palm, as if to pour trapped water outta the ear, and as I tried digging my ear the next time, I felt something at the tips of my finger. It was small. I held on, and "dragged" the thing out... and to my surprise, a puny lil' ant rested on my index... gosh... was disgusted despite my "dreaminess" then... flicked it off and went back to lala land...

kritchhhh....

AGAIN!!! crap... more of them... this time I actually started recalling how insects are usually drawn towards light and how they tend to climb upwards then downwards, so I tilted my head to the right this time so that my left socket faced up... It kinda helped; I went digging again and this time I dragged out 2 more creepy fellows... Gosh... Quivering indeed... and my, repulsed was I!!!

I must have had some really sweet wax in there mun.. hah... Man, imagine the amount of boundaries and obstacles they had to overcome across my linen and up my face to get into my ear... and I was so sure they were the only musketeers; couldn't spot no more 6-legged ones around my pillow... Apparently, according to John, that species is attracted to sweet stuff. So what was so alluring in that dark slot that brought em outta their usual territories? Arghh... it's still a mystery.... Maybe someone played a prank on me??? Very possible... hmmmm... (this reminds me of another mysterious event, which I shall share next time)

Yeh... my convulsive experience with the lil' ones Trapped in a "Socket"...

keLv
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POST#00208..... Finally ... I'm down

... crappy.... 2nd post of 2008!!! been just oh so lazy to post any entry...

well, something recent:
haven really fallen ill for some time and this time when it came, it hit me oh so bad... the bones felt like decaying branches, the muscles seem implanted, there but but not there, the head was like that of a new-born babe (1/3 the length of my height), and the body just kept dispensing stuff out from top and bottom till it was all empty inside.... awfully painful.... and painfully gross.... the exact same reason why I hate getting drunk...

but... but.... thank God, for the speedy recovery.... and fortunately it was over the weekend, as I lay over the softness of the bed for the longest time I can remember (not counting the times before i learnt how to walk).... a good holy 20 HOURS!!!! so long so long, that when I stood up I thought I was still ill cos my back was aching madness, like the spine could no longer support that worn-out body of mine...

anyway, the next moment, Monday afternoon, I found myself dancing and emceeing before a bunch of sec 4 ACS(I) boys, in an introductory workshop to Hip Hop. Thank goodness I managed to pull thru it... 10 other blastards and I made our way down to this "rich" school for a session of sharing and demonstration of some of the genres of present day Hip Hop dance styles... short and informative session.... learnt much stuff myself, in the midst of preparing for my speech... ;)
** Did you know.... that Old School Hip Hop initially only involved breakdancing? Not even popping and locking!!!

Well.... that's it for know... wun dwell on much.... will try to recall and update over the next few days about the past few months...


keLv
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POST#00108..... Looking back 'n' glancing ahead...

3rd Dec 2007... another one of those days that I leaped into liberation, where I experienced a sudden evaporation of all the burdens, academic ones... Well, I wouldn't like to call 'em burdens, but the system somehow made it that way. "No pain, no gain", they would say. What are burdens if they cause no pain?

27th Dec 2007... one of those days where you don't wanna know, but you kinda need to know... the results came in, via sms, while I was in the midst of mosquitoes, sandflies and blardy leeches. A lil' bit of surprises, a lil' bit of disappointment; thank God I took it rather easily... :) better to keep my focus on my hols mun... (more abt the hols, my XP, and others shall come in other entries)...

**Just sent in my CV for intern during the upcoming summer break; hope all goes well... it's a place I'll really look forward to go....


keLv
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POST#01907..... In Holy Matrimony...

1st Wedding Day Portfolio

A lil' more than a month ago
.....
...
.

keLv
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POST#01807..... RewinD...

Man... i'm saying this again... i haven't blogged for a long time... haha... but compared to the last break, this one's considerably better; just 3 wks from the previous entry...

Well, exams are finally over (like 3 days ago)... As usual, with the start of hols, a new series of events are in lined... there's always some thing "there" to be done... haha...

And before I begin ranting about all the happenings of this comin' hols, let's take a twist back in time, rewind a lil', and recall some interesting events that took place in the past month or so... as always,a picture speaks a thousand words (hmmm, though i think it's pretty hard to write a 1000 word essay abt one... haha)... so i shall take a peek into those pictures to guide me thru the next few posts....

La1 shi3 gou3 shi3 (let's go).....

Kelvin
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POST#01707..... The Challenge...

3 years back, I was rejected due to over-whelming response... Now, I finally get the chance again...

In about 8hrs' time, 1336 steps would lay ahead of me, perpendicular to the Earth's surface

Within 10mins or so, I shall sweat it all out as I fight against nature's gravitational force and reach for the top of SEA's tallest hotel

May God grant me the strength that I needKelvin
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POST#01607..... ain't enough...

...Tired...
So much
still ain't enough...

Kelvin
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POST#01507..... New collections...

A new tank and a new set-up in an old tank...
shots from a Sony Cybershot DSC-T10...

Kelvin
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POST#01407..... It's been a long time...

For the next few entries, at least, I guess I wun be saying much... let the pics do the talking... :) Enjoy, world!

My Clothes @ Home

Anyway, these pics were taken in May and had since wanted to post them... Haha... :p Badly lagging... But anyways, the good thing is that the state of it all is still pretty much maintained till this day...


Kelvin
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POST#01307..... REDPRINT....

It's been a decade, yes, a good 10 years since we had our last teens camp. Back then, it was still called Teens Club... haha... sounds kinda cheesy... somehow reminds me of S CLUB 7, Hardy Boys, Secret 7... arghhh... you know, those young, playful, kampong-transiting-into-urban days where technology was only just beginning to grab hold of us teenagers and divert us from all the pah goh-li, block-catching and spider-catching free thrill... ;)

This 29th May - 1st June...
A smooth cruise down the highways to Summerset Resort, Kuala Rompin, Pahang...
"Gear Up Move Out"....
is the name of the camp, accompanied by a meaningful theme...
REDPRINT

The whole camp seemed short, but it was splendid... A fresh encounter with the One and Only, an additional fold of assurance to the good old relationships with the brothers and sisters in Christ, a great platform that launched many new friendships...
Above all that, everyone had loads of fun in one another's presence. The whoopee station games and telematches put almost everyone into a series action-packed time and contagious laughters. The free and easy slots saw the largest number of peeps waddling around in the pool with a hilarious, and sometimes "scratchingly" painful game of water captain's ball; a good 30 odd people splashing around chasing one single ball.. haha... Then there was also the daily beach soccer in a nice court, that threw us into total exhilaration time and again, despite the draining exhaustion. Of course, how can one miss the sun, the sea, and the sand? But unfortunately, we did missed the sea, out of safety reasons. Haiz... nevertheless, the view of the endless South China Sea was indeed breath-taking...

Nuff said... here're the pics...

... and these, are of my dear F55...

















































Kelvin
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POST#01207..... Some Reflections....

Yah mun... yr 2 sem 2 is over... which means, by Aug when summer break is over, I'll be more than half way done in Uni, hopefully... yes, hopefully ... yeh, it feels great now, with all the academic burden tossed aside. Just a dozen or so sunrises ago, I found myself struggling so hard to cramp all those info into my very limited brain capacity, knowing so well that though life would still be of a hell ride nevertheless, it would definitely be a smoother and easier one if I had topped up my fuel tank with "consistency". Well, it was too late, as usual. Too late for any regrets. The same old thoughts would slap me right in the head each time, as I wondered how time had sieved through my own fingers so easily, leaving me in so much of a state of helplessness and desperation. And as always, I would tell myself, I have to do this and have to do that the next time around, confidently psyching myself up for the next 15 or so weeks. How naive! It has perpetually been the same; how simple it can be to start planning and having all those flawless visions of about the days ahead, getting all motivated and driven. Then when execution time comes, "un-forcasted" dark clouds roll in and set you all back-laden and trashed. You play along and try to fit into the rhythm. You enjoy life and take things easy. What you know not, is that doom day awaits. By the time you realise so, you're back in that all crappy knots that you've singled-handedly tied, and you now began to straighten things out in almost pointless desperation. In the midst of the mess, you sense that it's a tough battle against time and you've gotta forgo some of those knots and concentrate on others. Dear sacrifices are made! You take 1 MC, you lose 4 MCs, the way of life around here. Even when there're less complications to manage now, it still ain't easy, because you've created too much of a heap of crap. Then you try to make the best out of what you've got and attempt to salvage the crucial knots first, but, it's still ain't sufficient and there you end up swimming back in the brown "pool"... yeh, that's just the way life is and has always been for me... for now, i've had enough and dun wanna say any further about this stuff... all I can conclude is that I'm still in that hopeful search to discover what's best for me in life, what's God has in stored for me....

moving on... the few days after the papers were a different kind of a mind-boggling issue as i pondered how i should shift my room from hall back home.. ha... those who've been around my place would know how much stuff my roomie and I have in our nest. We're one of the few Singaporeans who've had perpetually shifted in our entire comfort zone over the year. Yeh, that's what we are; the lepakness in us just geared us to make our little nest as cosy as possible... end state, a whole lot of comfies, but a pain-staking effort to move things back out... a small glimpse of my greatest achievement of neatness, my wardrobe.... haha

yup, stole the idea from a boutique and modified it a little myself... haha... now my home's wardrobe arrangement gonna be like that too. But considering the amount of "fibre" I have back home, it's gonna take a while.... hmmm.... yeh, as mentioned, shifting was a headache. I literally made two full trips to and fro, the first one leaving no space for any passengers in the car at all mun. And each time, it was at least 5 back-breaking trips of carrying the loads of boxes and bags from room to car and vice versa. Arghhh... the 2nd trip wouldn't had been possible without dad mun; 5 fish tanks being the highlight, and the 1 foot one being the toughest and most strenuous. In order to reduce the turmoil and disturbance to the water and plantation, we really crept our way, while withstanding the incredible weight. No joke mun, really felt the strain on the spine mun.... salute dad.... then it was a long and slow drive home, especially at turns and across humps... haha.. fortunately, the traffic was light late in the night, so wasn't causing any disruption on the roads... and ultimately, my beloved tank was rather safe from any major "uprooting" and "traumatizing" by all that, unlike poor Jootz's one... ;) hehe

yeh, and so, that was the episode on the closing of the semester.... adios....

Kelvin

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POST#01107..... Greened Through....

EE2012

One of the many times you're pretty sure you ain't gonna make it, but you made it...

Kelvin

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POST#01007..... Blacked Out....

EE2012

Those familiar times when uncertainty and destitution grip you on so tightly...

Kelvin

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POST#00907..... Yellowed Up....

LSM1303




One of those few times when you're pretty sure you should have done it, and you did it...

Kelvin

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POST#00807..... Redded Off....

CS1231



One of those few times when you're pretty sure you should have done it, but you just didn't...

Kelvin

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POST#00707..... Hang in there....

SE1101E

Q: "Is magic still relevant in the everyday lives of modern Southeast Asians?.."

Kelv: "... I would assert magic is certainly still relevant, due to the very fact that I am writing about it as a topic of assessment in my examination, which is capable or determining my pass or failure...."

haha...

Hang in there... hang in there...
2 down, 4 more...
looking forward to the weekend mun...

Kelvin
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POST#00607..... The Time Has Come...

Found love beyond all reason
You gave your life Your all for me
And called me Yours forever
Caught in the mercy fallout
I found hope found life
Found all I need
You’re all I need


The time has come
To stand for all we believe in
So I for one am gonna
Give my praise to You


Today today it’s all or nothing
All the way
The praise goes out to You
Yeah all the praise goes out to You
Today today I live for one thing
To give You praise
In everything I do
Yeah all the praise goes out to You


All we are is Yours
And all we’re living for
Is all You are
Is all that You are Lord

This song ain't new no more, but still loved it... the music, the lyrics, ... sorry team, for the mistakes on the skins during Radi8 service and for my incompetency to get the right feel out... let's work on it and try it out again some time yah?

Personal analysis (do drop your views too as you wish), technically-wise, more specifically through the minus version of this track, it's a very electric-driven and beat-driven song, with strong support from the bass, especially prior and during the bridge. I'll say it's kinda technically demanding on the drums for strict consistency and precision. Go off course, and the whole team's likely gonna get dragged; no hiding! Not even if you put on a face that says, "it's all part of the routine".. rofl... On the other hand, at a choppy tempo of 145, with lots of straight 16s, this piece is actually a good one for precision-practising... allows you focus on getting your techniques right, cos if it ain't there, you gonna lose control of your strokes mun... recommended recommended...

Yeah... will be great to see the day where all of the drummers, including the newer ones get comfortable with this song, and flow in together with the entire team... koolness mun... yeap... look forward to play this one again... Meanwhile, kudos, music team... great to see the young and uprising blood hitting the stage... Above all, let's not forget to keep our hearts right and sorted with the OWNER up there, yah? Way to go!!! God Bless!!

Kelvin
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POST#00507..... Cheesy happiness...

My first pastry of such....

Made my 1st Oreo cheesecake, but a pity I didnt take no picture of it.
It was a trail version, in preparation for the 2nd one...

... and so off I went on the 2nd try...

Prepared quite a bit of ingredients, and was able to fill up two separate pans. Here's some shots....

The crusts of both didnt turn out too good. Somehow, they over-expanded after the baking process... Anyone knows why?



Personally, I found the cheese a tad too yellow (cos of the egg yoke). Would have preferred it to be a little beige...

Thought the taste and texture weren't too bad, in comparison to the 1st attempt, which was kinda too soft , yet dense... those who tried both preferred the 2nd one, except for one person, haha (her name: C****L)... Anyway, thanx peeps for your comments... :)

Will continue to work on the crisp of the crust and smoothness of the cheese in future attempts....

(: ... happy... :)

Kelvin
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POST#00407..... NoD NoD NoD...

Some time last week, dear Yuan Mei approached me again with the same question...

About one year ago, she did the same thing, and I nodded my head...
About 8 months ago, she did a similar thing, and I nodded my head...

Ha... I must say this lady has a way with convincing me into doing things, and not just small promises, but commitments with huge responsibilities.... well, must be myself being too soft-hearted... then and again, I can safely say that before every other nod of the head, much considerations and thoughts did go thru my mind. Had to weigh the consequences and benefits that would come along as a result of my actions. Each time, she was persistent yet sincere, as she invited me into her team. Well, i learnt to view life from a bigger picture, or if not, from a different angle, and hence what ever decision I made back then, I had no regrets. Happy working with this respectable woman, and if not for her, my hall life would have never been this enriched... thanx mun.... ahhh, as I was saying, she approached me again... and well, after saying all that above, the answer is clear...

I nodded my head... again...

But seriously, this time, I really had to help her out. Could tell she's been really worn out lately and I would just like to contribute a little to lighten her workload during this upcoming hols and to give her the support. I guess the team really needed some MANpower too... I do fear a little as I anticipate the challenges ahead, but we'll pull thru.... yah mun, let's RHOC it....

Then just yesterday, another respectable woman rang me up. I call her xiang jiao gong zhu... haha... (pls dun tell Hazel I put her nick name up here)... ;p

Well, one of the first few words I heard was "congratulate", and instantly I knew what the call was about... and there I go, into another hectic year... even before I can close my case for this year... :) great!! Some time back, I nodded my head to this agreement too, and here I am now, receiving another brick on my shoulders... ;) I'll elaborate more on what this is all about another time, but basically it's got to do with commitment and responsibility again.... yeah... i'm sure loads of challenges await me in this veepeeing journey....

Yup, anyway, this vacation's gonna be heaven of a packed mun... haven got replies from any of the intern companies yet, but I do hope I get some good news soon... and if I do, it's just gonna load up my schedules like crazy mun... haha... exciting.... woo hoo... alright, what the heaven am I talking so much abt hols when I haven even got thru the papers mun... OUT...


Kelvin
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