Silence

Right... To start off, people said "silence is golden".

I don't think so.

Here is the reason why:
Currently I am partially deaf. That's probably the reason why I don't talk too much since last weekend. It's hard to hear what people are trying to tell me just by using one ear. Now, I think I got the feeling of how having hearing impairment can be a sad case. Though it's just my right ear that is stuck, it's enough to cause me headache and drive me crazy. Besides, I can't sleep yesterday night because of it. Maybe I am worried. I still need to use my ear for my upcoming MUET listening test. I can't imagine not being able to hear my favourite songs, and listen to voices around me. Well, I am looking forward to see the doctor real soon.

To me, "silence is deafening".

Gossip

Quote of the Day

"You're nobody until you're talked about"

XoXo,
Gossip Girl

Well, this is the scenario when people talk behind your back. I have to admit, I am one of the victim of gossip as well although I intended of staying neutral. People just can't stop talking because they are too free and got nothing better to do. Anyway, looking at the bright side, that quote just gives me hope. I believe this is one reason why I enjoyed watching Gossip Girl to the uttered maximum. I can't wait for more episodes to come.

*Gossip Girl will return on the 21st of April 2008 in the U.S. after going hiatus by having mere 13 episodes due to writer's strike while it will be premiering in Malaysia via 8tv on the 23rd of April 2008. Do watch it!*

Home

In my opinion, there had been an overusage of the word 'Home' in the music industry as song titles. So, I decided to google and here are a few popular ones I found.

"Home", by Diana Ross
"Home", by Daughtry
"Home", by Three Days Grace
"Home", by Michael Bublé
"Home", by Fools Garden
"Home", by Smash Mouth
"Home", by Sheryl Crow
"Home", by Alan Jackson
"Home", by Breaking Benjamin
"Home", by Katharine McPhee
"Home", by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony & Phil Collins
"Home", by Nine Inch Nails
"Home", by Foo Fighters
"Home", by Smashing Pumpkins
"Home," by 12 Stones

Anyway, this is not the main point. The main point is:

I AM HOME!!

I am not in Terengganu though; I am just back to my crib in Selangor. Now, I can use the opportunity to watch as much television as I want. Besides, I can 'explore' the refrigerator for more foods as well as enjoying a hot water bath.

I am currently watching Idol Gives Back. Not bad. At least I enjoyed some of the performances especially the Top 8 singing Rihanna's Don't Stop the Music.

Will keep ya posted.

The End, The Leaked, The Premiered, The News, The Beginning - It's All A Part of Life

Yay... All the midterms are finally over!! Woohoo...Good or bad? I don't really care. Marks are just numbers anyway, skills are the most important after all - as taught by Mr. Siew Wee Ong during lab. So, besides studying, this week is kind of interesting to me.

First of all, I would gladly announced that Mariah's album, E=MC2 (Emancipation of Mariah Carey to the second power) which is slated for April 15th release unfortunately leaked to the internet. No doubt, I would be lying if I said that I haven't downloaded it for preview. Now, I can't seem to stop listening to it. Anyway, my sister's going to buy it soon so it would be a fair move that I download and she buys (a win-win situation I proclaim :P).

Next on my list is that Madonna and JT's new video "4 Minutes" premiered this week as well. To be honest, after seeing it, I have to admit that Madonna looked way younger than JT at 49. Maybe it was some sort of camera trick they used (I said maybe, I do not wish to be sued). Regarding the song, it was already in my list of current favourite.

This week of American Idol wasn't that overwhelming. I was a bit disappointed by the fact that I find it boring. I know everyone is busy preparing for Idol Gives Back but, please don't take things not seriously. The song choices made by the contestants don't trigger me into the excited mood which I usually have. In addition, my favourite contestants seem to get it all wrong giving way for the weaker contestant to shine. Most probably another shocking elimination will occur.

I guess it's time I come back to things happening within me. This week itself I got to know that my hostel application had been approved. I am very happy with that. The thing is, after doing my little research; I can't find anyone that I know getting the hostel. How am I supposed to get myself two roomates? I guess I just have to wait and see who I am assigned to.

In contrary to my hostel application, I attended the 5 to 6 pm class for Electronics on last Tuesday due to my EPM1016 presentation. As we all know, in MMU culture, students usually bring forward their classes to an earlier time slot in order to finish class early. The same statement applied to me too :) The class I attended was so empty that I was spending my time sitting there doing some human counting. If I am not mistaken, only 19++ people including me was in the class. I kesian at lecturers actually realizing that they have to carry on and teach with such a small amount of students while we students (me as well) get to sleep or relax for finishing class early.

That would be it for now from me as I need to get myself some ZzzzZzz.

Quote of the day: "End of midterms marks the beginning of assignments and final examinations. C'est la vie!"

Current Fav Songs

Some great tunes currently playing on my Ipod which I just can't get enough of it.

1. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
2. Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
3. Janet - Feedback
4. Danity Kane - Damaged
5. Ferras - Hollywood's Not America
6. Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
7. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
8. The Fray - Look after You
9. Chris Brown - With You
10. Jordin Sparks - No Air (feat. Chris Brown)
11. David Cook - Billie Jean (American Idol Studio Version)
12. David Cook - Eleanor Rigby (American Idol Studio Version)
13. Brooke White - Let It Be (American Idol Studio Version)
14. Brooke White - Jolene (American Idol Studio Version)
15. Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar
16. Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
17. Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight

Album worth checking out:

Coco by Colbie Caillat - Somehow rather, I found solace in her. The simplicity of her lyrics as well as the purity of her voice just relaxes me. Coco is tailor made to make me realize how it is better to be a bubbly person. This album, in my opinion, is a breath of fresh oxygen that I certainly need.

Spirit by Leona Lewis - This X-factor UK winner is definitely her to make a mark on the music industry just like other divas namely Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Spirit offers a totally different genre from that of Coco as it is more emotional and strong vocally. Obviously, Leona is a powerhouse and I must admit - she is hot! The first single from the album is Bleeding Love; an emotional filled song written by non other than both my favourite Ryan Tedder, and Jesse McCartney. In addition, she is going to debut her album in the US very soon indicating that she is here to stay for a very long time. I am looking forward to more of her music in the future.

Notes: American Idol Season 7 is currently airing so, there is no doubt my playlist will contain some of the studio recording of the contestants.

Unfulfilled

I am sitting here staring blindly into my EPM1016 notes. To be frank, surprisingly, I don't feel nervous about going to tonight's exam. Most probably I am too numb of midterms. I can't wait to go and sit for the test. So, instead of doing some last minute studying, I decided to kill some time to update my blog. Midterm tests are the reason why I haven't made an effort to put up an entry for quite some time.

Somehow under this kind of "midterm test stress", I managed to think of so many things. It is funny how I can recall such stuffs. I finally found the reason why I still continue on although stress came along the way. I have a goal. I once set a very impossible thing to achieve. To put it in an easier way, instead of just being an engineer in the near future, I wish to be multipurpose or so-called versatile kind of person.

Choosing to be an Electronics Engineer perhaps is a bit of influence from my dad who used to be an electrician. Too much of facing little components: transistors, diodes, resistors and so on really enthusiast me to pursue the course.

However, as mentioned earlier, there are more for me to achieve in order to fulfil my goal. I've always wanted to try:

1. Becoming a chef - I hope to take cooking as well as baking courses in the near future. Even if I do not want to be a chef, cooking skills are actually essential for me as most of you know how much I love food. Trying my hands on cooking Italian cuisines, baking mouth-watering Croissant, and cooking spicy, exotic Thai food tops my cooking list :)
2. Becoming a freelance designer - Fashion designer? Not! I would like to design a thing or two; perhaps some website layouts and furniture pieces for instance while working as an engineer. I have been constantly working to boost my creative side as well. Designing can be self taught and solely based on inspiration.
3. Becoming a host/deejay/emcee - I know! i know! I used to be the deejay for my university radio (Radio Multimedia University abbreviated by RMMU) for one semester, but that is not the kind of job I am talking about. What I mean is working for the real radio station as well as hosting some shows on national television. There's nothing better than talking non-stop especially on the radio and tv. Plus, it would be great to share good music and information to the public.

In addition, I also hope to:

1. Travel the world - So far, up until now, I managed to visit South Africa (Cape Town and Johannesburg), Argentina (Beunos Aires), and Thailand (Bangkok). I am stoked as I get to visit Bangkok (a place of my dream since small), so I consider this half fulfilled. Well, there's still so many other places to travel to thus I hope to do it in the near future.
2. Learn musical instruments - I want to learn piano and guitar. I was never been exposed to the musical world when I was young, but I knew it was never too late to start. As they say, "better late than never". To top it up, releasing an album would be perfect as well.
3. Mastering more languages - I speak Mandarin, English, Malay, Hokkien, and Cantonese; a little bit of Teochew and Thai. I want to learn more languages so that it will be easy for me to communicate with people all around the world.
4. Build up some muscles :P - Enrolling myself to the fitness centre, or gym, and having a personal trainer will definitely help in this case.

Those are the few things I can think of for now though it's odd that I have little wish of becoming a model. I knew myself and my limitations well; my heights just don't match up to the requirement to be a male model.

Having all these goals to achieve perhaps is one of the many reasons why I am still single. There's so much to do and freedom is what I need to achieve it. Though, who knows, as love is blind, I might one day forgotten all about my goals when I found the special someone.

P/s: To those thinking that I am setting an impossible target, let me give you a piece of advice: "You won't achieve anything unless you set a high target for yourself!"

Kelv. T

Extreme Makeover

I had some cosmetic surgeries done on my physical appearance recently. I underwent nose job, lips job, skin whitening, face lift as well as a hair cut. This is what I looked like before and after.

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The above statements are actually fiction. The facts are,

1. This is the picture taken for my university smartcard. All of a sudden, this picture was uploaded on my university profile which pisses me off.
2. I never really like this picture. Furthermore, I was embarrassed to show it to anyone, but some fun once in a while won't hurt.
3. Out of boredom, I decided to 'photoshop' this picture. I should have put the title of this entry “Extreme Photoshop Makeover”.
4. I did had a hair cut this week though.

Now, laugh all you can about this picture as "laughter is the best medicine" XD .Well, at least I look much better after the editing.

Till we meet again.

Quote of the day: Don't worry, Be happy :)

My Interpretation of Life

Wow, three entries in a day. I must have gone nuts.

-Kelv-

Until Cyberjaya Came Along…

My brain is jumbled up with thoughts right now. However, I suppose words can’t describe perfectly what I am feeling. Though, I’ll try my best to make it as sincere as possible.

Here goes:
There is a reason why I decided to write this entry. For almost a year living in Cyberjaya campus, I can’t seem to move on. Maybe I am stuck in this particular time zone and cannot walk out of it. I hate changes. I remembered vividly when it’s time to enter MMU Malacca campus. I am filled with mixed emotions; fear, excitement, sad, and so many others. I am sad to leave my secondary school friends, but excited to see what lies ahead in the future. I feared to make changes.

Soon, after I eventually managed to cope with the new environment, things went well. Thank god for that! I made new friends and led a happy life. As they say, when humans lived together, there’s sure to be conflicts and controversies. It is undeniable fights, conflicts and controversies do occur, but we put those differences aside to overcome whatever that comes our way. Along the way, here is a list of people I really treasured in my life as they made my stay in Malacca campus a memorable one (in no particular order the hostel residents):

-Nik
-Meisiem (in Cyberjaya now)
-Yee Chian
-Yunn Jiuan
-Wayne
-Kak Nora
-Kak Fiza
-Kak Alia
-Kak Mira
-Kak Icun
-Abang Syafiq
-Faris
-TY
-Bala
-Sheel
-Darrel
-Guan Hao & his roommate, Wai Yan
-Kah Yan
-Wenn Yit (in Cyberjaya also, but seldom meet each other mainly due to different faculty)
-Nicole Seow

Even Mr. Meor and Kak Nora (hostel officer) are good and friendly.

One year passed by real fast and it’s time for me to say goodbye to Malacca campus. I had made my decision to further on my studies in Cyberjaya campus which I always hope to be as good as before. Somehow, when I am in Cyberjaya, I am not coping really well or perhaps, I refused to change. I wanted to be in the comfort zone that I have been in all this while, Malacca. I have read somewhere; people are constantly going through changes, then where are my changes? It appears to me that I am not changing, but I don’t know from others point of view though from my view on other people, I sensed tremendous changes going on around them – pursuing popularity, trying to excel by using other smartasses as stepping stone, and backstabbing routines. It is all so obvious. I can’t live a day as carefree as those in Malacca. Even when I am trying to stay neutral, people will just drag me along with their conflicts. Anyway, I really hope that after this one week break, I might be able to fit in as life goes on.

Kenangan terindah.
To all my friends in Malacca, you will be remembered 4ever!
Missing each and every one of you!

Disclaimer!

Dear accuser(s),

Just stop throwing me with false accusations. You’re not me therefore you don’t know me. Stop spreading false statements about me to other people. I am just a university student trying to lead a life like any other normal university student out there. Just leave me out of your world which is obviously full of controversies. Well, in case you did not notice, I am currently having a one week midterm break, so I hope to lead a neutral life once I start my new week. To be honest, I might appear weird, or whatsoever you can call me, but do not interpret me. As aforementioned in my previous entry, I gave mysterious feeling, and I know you people out there love to interpret this. Such sensitive being(s). Please, please better update yourselves on the juiciest gossips revolving around celebrities you like (My advice: watch Channel 712 on Astro Variety package, E! It's much more entertaining!). Toddles!

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

XoXo
Kelvin
(your so-called “Celebrity”)

P/s: To those who might have heard of such accusations about me, please don’t believe a word because if it’s true, you have probably heard it from me first as I rather create my own gossips =P