Chapters of Caleb

Gomenasai!

2008-09-12T01:18:00.001+08:00

Sorry! i know i've said that i'll post many many entries but because i'm quite busy and also lazy, i weren't really able to do any of em'. anyway, i doubt i'll be blogging soon too! why? for those who did't know, i'll be going into the army ~~tmr~~ today! haha so wish me luck and take care everyone =)

this should be my last entry till a very loooooonnnnnnnng time haha

signing out
caleb

The Huge Updates on Dramas & Movies

2008-09-12T01:17:00.003+08:00

Ratings
(Might be updated with details.. lol)

Drama
- 1 Litre of Tears (Featured - Japanese Drama)
really very touching.. cried during the last 2 episodes!
(4 1/2 stars)
- Nobuta wo Produce (Japanese Drama)
(3 1/2 stars)
- I've Been Married to Hell (Japanese Drama)
(3 stars)
- Sore wa, Totsuzen, arashi no you ni (Japanese Drama)
(3 1/2 stars)
- Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata (Japanese Drama)
1 episode drama.. rather interesting
(3 stars)
- Water Boys II (Japanese Drama)
watched about 4-5 episodes before i got really bored?
(1 1/2 stars)

Movie
-WALL.E (English Movie)
(4 stars)
- Prince Of Tennis (Japanese Movie)
(4 stars)
- Hansel & Gretel (Korean Movie)
(3 1/2 stars)
- Hana Yori Dango (Japanese Movie)
totally not for guys! (for girls/fans only)
(3 stars)
- Singapore Dreaming (Singaporean Movie)
(3 stars)
- Just Follow Law (Singaporean Movie)
(2 stars)
- The Maid (Singaporean Movie)
(1 1/2 stars)

just in case you wanna watch dramas/movies/animes and don't know where to watch them, i'll list some urls here =)

mysoju.com, crunchyroll, aznV.TV, OnlineDrama.net

Captivating Tales
- Julian Beever's Pavement Drawings
- Sam the Ugliest Dog

Entertainment Scoops
Ulzzang (The art of self-potrait)
- Google "Ulzzang" for more details
Musical Zaps!
- Google "Beethovan Virus" (Korean Drama) & "Nodame Catabile" (Japanese Drama)
The Look-a-like Special
- Orochimaru; Kamenashi Kazuya (Japanese)
- Triplets; Yamapi (Japanese) - Hyun Joong (Korean) - Jin Akanishi (Japanese)

caleb

Ratings on the 4 Seasons..

2008-09-06T12:20:00.012+08:00

today's rating shall be on 4 dramas with a common theme - seasons.

image source - deviantArt
Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter - these four seasons potrays a different kind of romance in the following dramas =)

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Featured - Spring Waltz (Korean Drama)
the last and final addition to the "seasons dramas", this is practically a compilation of all the other 3 dramas. although i really loved this drama, i found it a bit too draggy! details are good, but don't let them bore your audience. other than the storyline being kinda a summary of all of the other 3 films, the ost and scenes of this drama is amazing!! one of the best overall ost i've ever heard, and my favorite track of all would be "One Love" by Loveholic. (and overall, meaning all the songs and not only a couple of them, because most of the ost that i've heard ain't really worth mentioning, maybe other than this and goong's)

and another thing that i really like about this drama is how it also showcases the story of the calefares in the show. other than the blooming romance of the main characters, expect a little romance from the extras haha.

lastly, a good script is useless witout good casts..

서도영 Seo Do Young
i dunno why, but everytime i see him in this drama i will associate him with a teddy bear ._. lol
한효주 Han Hyo Joo
although she looks like a plain jane in this drama, there seem to be a unique-ness in her plain simple look that i find really attractive <3
Daniel Henney
don't like him, don't hate him, not a fan of him - no comments.
이소연 Lee So Yeon
she's always playing as the "bad" person and as much as i like her, i kinda hated her in this drama lol. lets just put it as me having a love-hate relationship with her =p

Caleb's Rating: /5

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Summer Scent (Korean Drama)
when 2 hearts (or in this case 3 hearts) beat as one. i don't really wanna say much about this drama, because everything i say will become a spoiler haha. thats how good this drama is, but just to give you a slight idea of this drama, it's basically about how a heart transplant changed the life of a lady and twisted the fate of her love life. so if you wanna know more about this drama, just go and watch it =) (you won't regret it!)

ohh and before i checked the casts of this drama, i thought that the main actress was Ha Ga-In (one of my favourite korean artists) =( because Son Ye-Jin really look like Ha Ga-In lol.. apart from that, i really loved this drama. the storyline is amazing, and they had a great ensemble of casts.

Caleb's Rating: /5

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Autumn Tale (Korean Drama)
a story of mistaken identity. i found the starting rather ridiculous, because i don't think it'll ever happen even if it's a lousy hospital lol. (if you wanna know what happened, watch the drama) and as much of it being a romance drama, don't expect a "happily ever after" ending for this one.

honestly speaking, even though i cried in a few of the scenes in this drama, the script was the worst among the bunch and the storyline is quite unusual. it's not unusual in a weird way, but in a way that it's not how normal people will do/react. for example, will you ever talk to your personal chamber maid (working in the hotel) about all your problems even if you're feeling very vexed? in addition, thats your first conversation with her and have never met her before..

Caleb's Rating: /5

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Winter Sonata (Korean Drama)
why can't singapore have more seasons other than summer and rain (if you even count that as a season..) anyway, this drama starts with a sorrow tune with one of the characters dying in an accident. it then moves on years later, which is where the complication starts. then, people will start to get trapped in the core of a love rectangle and you know how it continues.. but as usual, those who are destined will be together no matter what <3

i really like the progression of this show - not too fast yet not too slow, and i wanna say that my guess about the storyline was spot on! lol

Caleb's Rating: /5

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so there you have it, ratings on the 4 seasons of love =) you can catch all these dramas at mysoju.com or aznV.TV

caleb

Regulars Meeting (Sept Celebrations)

2008-09-05T22:49:00.006+08:00

biyane yo~ was out almost the entire day yesterday hence, me not posting the details for tomorrow's outing. so here's the plan..

Participants
- Gin (Going)
- Queen (Going)
- Wency (Going)
- ME! (Going)
- Kelvin (Only Night Activity)

- Amos (Not Going)
- Riah (Not Going)
- Clarence (MIA - No Reply)

Destinations
- Imperial Treasure (La Mian Xiao Long Bao) [Marina Square]
- Esplanade or Settlers

Meeting Time: ~~7pm~~ 6.30pm (CHANGED! - sent u guys a sms already)
Meeting Venue: Outside the Restaurant

1. reason for the change in time is due to not being able to make any reservations after 6pm on weekends. so if possible, reach earlier so that we don't have to queue up when it's crowded.
2. reason for change of plans for night activity is that i just remembered (after queen reminded me) that there's construction stuff by the river at esplanade, hence we've got a choice of chilling inside esplanade at the area with those cushioned benches, go to settlers - suggested by queen, or if you guys really wanna drink, go to some bar.

caleb

another short entry

2008-09-03T23:11:00.007+08:00

this is gonna be a short update on my life..

have been rather busy working recently and whenever i come back from it, i feel really tired and don't really feel like doing anything (even watching 1 or 2 episodes of drama before i sleep don't feel as entertaining). good news is that today's the last day of my work! but bad news is that the shopaholic in me is gonna spend almost every cent i earned when i get my pay for this month lol!

anyway, after i finished my work today, went for a bit of window shopping with gin-chan. saw a bag and cardigan which i really liked so i'm gonna rush down to those shops tmr to get em' when i receive my pay =x ~~there goes half of my pay~~

anyway the thing is that when i came back from work and fell into a deep slumber, i had a nightmare. although it was rather scary, i didnt wake up right after it and the weird thing is that i didn't remember anything about it till the sound of a thunder triggered my memory of it (during dinner)..

"i remembered that i saw a ghostly figure TWICE outside a window when i was in a room with wency and someone else (and i'm the only one who saw it..) at that time i was all curled up in a foetus position, trembling in complete fear at a small corner, while the other two tried to console me. and then the later part or maybe before, cause i can't really remember, was me running to a shop to get something."

what a weird ~~dream~~ nightmare =x it's either a bad omen or just me watching too much dramas lol

anyway because i have got a lot of stuff that i would've liked to post just that i'm not so free and am rather tired now, i'll just list down all the topics which i intend to do before i actually enter the army!

Caleb's Rating
- Wall.E - total awesome-ness
- Ratings on the 4 Seasons
- The Huge Updates on Dramas & Movies
(after i finish 2 dramas that i'm currently watching)

Captivating Tales
- Drawings which are the conquering the streets!
- Think your dog is ugly? Think Again..

Entertainment Scoops
- JoongBo (from WGM)
- A! Couple (CrownJ & InYoung from WGM)
- WaT (Japanese Boy Band)
- The Art of "Ulzzang"
- Musical Zaps! (Nodame Catabile & Beethovan Virus)
- Korean and Dances
- The Look-a-like Special
(Orochimaru from Naruto & The Triplets Separated From Birth!?!)

Events & Notices
- Regulars (Sept Outing) [details of this will be posted tmr]

Random Thoughts
- Caleb's Opinions on SG's Entertainment Industry
(comparisons with the korean and japanese ones)

thats a huge list haha, but no promises on posting every single thing that i've listed though, cause i don't know if i will actually have the time to do all of em' =)

caleb

A Walk Down Memory Lane (Musical Edition)

2008-08-26T19:42:00.003+08:00

A Walk Down Memory Lane (Musical Edition)
- Swing Girls (Japanese Movie)
- 200 Pounds Beauty (Korean Movie)

Swing Girls
"Set in present-day Japan, Swing Girls is the story of girls who are deeply fascinated by jazz. The heroine is a very typical Japanese teenager who lacks any special interests or motivation and dislikes making any effort. But when she discovered jazz, she begun to transform herself. In the beginning, she is not even able to make a noise. However, she and her friends started to practice and were then able to play their instruments and decides to join a competition.."

200 Pounds Beauty
"Hanna is the famous Korean pop singer who suffers from having extremely poor self-esteem, as she has been ignored because of her appearance. Because of this, she decided to have full-body plastic surgery - a decision which completely changed her life.."

i was kinda bored and wanted to watch something familiar, therefore, i've decided to rewatch these are two films which everyone should watch as they are really good!

(btw, descriptions of the movies are taken from mysoju.com and are editted by me)

caleb

dance of the ashes and smoke..

2008-08-26T19:23:00.000+08:00

today's post shall be a short descriptive passage of my experience to the cemetery.

Monday, 25th August 2008
"as we entered the cemetery, a stern aura wrap around us as we walked towards my granddad's tablet. as i don't burn any joss sticks or hell notes (as usual), i stood in a corner and watch the ashes dance to rhythm of the wind as the smoke tunnelled its way through the air adding intensity to the scene.."

so that's basically it. after that we headed to my great-grandma's tablet and did the same thing. as for my mum's dad, which my sis wanted to visit, we were kinda late and the (other) cemetry was closed at the time that we arrived, so i guess my sis have got to visit him another time =) so hope that you guys will like the passage.

caleb

a short tired post

2008-08-22T21:41:00.001+08:00

i'm really tired now because i just came back from dinner after a long day of work, so i will just blog a tiny passage for today.

went to work today with wenn and gin. haha was quite fun compared to my last experience, because our (me and gin) booth was directly beside wenn's booth so we can practically do crazy stuff together. and gin, thank you for the entertainment! although i complained a lot, ~~especially when i lost~~ i really appreciate your effort for killing the boredom in me =)

and lastly, caleb is a happy boy because he got to eat vanilla ice cream which he craved for ever since he saw the "crown truck" in the morning xD

caleb

Ratings - Lovely Complex

2008-08-21T21:51:00.002+08:00

Lovely Complex Live Action (Movie)
(Japanese)
this is literally a romance story of a dwarf and a giant lol. it's basically about how 2 people, a short guy and a tall girl, got together after going through many obstacles that hindered them. prepare yourself for lots of laughter and tears (from laughing) because this movie is really hilarious! this is not much of a tear-jerker so you don't really need your tissues =p

(if you actually cry, for god-knows-what reason, wipe your tears with your shirt or something ._.)

this movie is also an adaptation of a manga, so prepare for manga-comedy. ohh, and if you're interested, watch the anime for a fully storyline. the anime is as good as this movie (some say that the anime is better) =)

Caleb's Rating: /5

Personality Quiz

2008-08-21T21:29:00.002+08:00

Personality Test
- from gin-chan's blog

Your view on yourself:
Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:
You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

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caleb shocked.. ok, my mouth literally dropped for like 2 seconds when i read the results of this personality test because it was totally SPOT ON! maybe other than, "Other people find you very interesting" lol. the first personality quiz that actually send chills down my spine =x

you can either click here, or click on the "Personality Test" link at the top to do this quiz =)

caleb

Event - Appena la Voce

2008-08-21T20:35:00.002+08:00

i've recieved a rather interesting invite to an event from my cousin and i'm gonna help advertise this event in my blog because it sounds rather good and i would've loved to go listen to this concert if i ain't enlisting into the army.

Event: Appena la Voce
"One Night - One Instrument - One Cause: Witness the Power of The Voice."
What: Concert (a capella)
Host: B.E.A.T.S.
Start Time: Saturday, September 13 at 7:30pm
End Time: Saturday, September 13 at 9:45pm
Where: Raffles Institution Auditorium
Price: $10

To see more details follow the link below:
Details in Facebook

$10 for 2 hours of a capella sounds good to me, furthermore this concert is to raise funds for building a new campus under Grand Orchard School =) in my opinion, this event is a nice escape from the hustle and bustle of our normal lives. i'll recommend it as a good get-together for the regulars or whoever who read this and is interested.

(please note that i haven't heard them before but i'm guessing that they're good!)

caleb

AD Blogskin

2008-08-20T19:52:00.002+08:00

do you remember some time back when i mentioned how i was asked to make a blogskin? although i was told that she didn't want to use my service anymore, i decided to make it and add this blogskin into my portfolio.

and here's the result..

click on the avatar to view the blogskin
another alternative is to just visit my blogskin testing page, the blog which i use to create my blogskins.

so comment on it if you want
this shall be the last entry for now =)

caleb

Featured - Gokusen Series

2008-08-20T19:19:00.004+08:00

Featured Drama
Gokusen Series (1, 2 & 3) (Japanaese)

"Fight(-o)! Oh!"
this drama is an adaptation of a manga, which depicts the lifes of japanese high school students. singapore will never be able to produce this kinda drama (since sg is so safe) =/ this drama revolves around students facing problems with bullying, gang fights, delinquency and all the bad stuff which yankumi, the teacher who is also the 4th generation of the yakuza (a gangster clan in japan), will try to correct them.

and because this drama was from a manga, get ready to have lots of manga-like comedy (the kind of comedy which you will associate with lame-ness). this drama is also a tear-jerker! so prepare your tissue boxes emo(tional) freaks lol. i cried the most when i watched Gokusen 2 becauce i started from that, while the rest of the series didn't seem as touching, maybe because i watched parts 1, 2 and 3 one after another lol

the good thing about this drama is that when i first started watching it, (i watched it in this sequence 2-1-3), it was really good and i really enjoyed every moment in every episode. however as i continue watching the next series, the concept of the show started to lose its novelty and got boring, because it's always yankumi saving her students from trouble.

did i mention that yankumi is pretty without her dorky look? lol

Caleb's Rating: /5

so if you wanna watch this amazing drama, you can catch it in mysoju.com!

Go Ah Ra is Sexy too!

2008-08-20T18:32:00.003+08:00

Etude House - 고아라 (Go Ah-Ra) & 장근석 (Jang Geun-Suk)
do you remember my first entry on this tag/label? (Entertainment Scoops)

this is the same couple that did the previous etude house commercial and remember how i said ah-ra was so sweet then? in this video, you'll be able to see the sexy side of her =) ain't she versatile with her looks - sexy or sweet lol. and to top it off, i really liked the concept of this commercial because it's not commercial-like which makes it really interesting in a way haha

caleb

Part time and Dreams..

2008-08-20T18:19:00.003+08:00

konnichiwa~

first of all, i would like to say sorry for the late updates! have been having some bad connectivity problems with my wireless but it's now solved, and because i've got so much to say, i could probably blog like 10 entries now lol

anyway, the first entry today, shall be the updates on my life =)

my 2nd part time job! (in my working history)

haha yup, was paid 12 bucks an hour doing nothing. the job was introduced by wenn, and we're just suppose to sit at the booth and look after the prospects which passersby will take. although the money was good, it was super boring ._. i was so bored that i started doodling and do stupid stuff with my handphone like take pictures of the books lol.. and while playing with my ipod and earphones, i broke the casing of my earphone =x although it's still usable, the case is spoilt (the first picture).

and thks to wenn, i'll be working for another 4 more days! yay for money lol

besides that, i've been having a lot of dreams recently, most of which i can't remember but, the most creepy one was not from me, but my sis who dreamt of my late grand-dad insisting to her that she never shown a picture to him =/ and she interpreted it as not showing my brother-in-law to him before, so they're (sis and bro-in-law) gonna go to his grave on monday with my parents.

that's all for the first entry

caleb

Anbi from WGM!

2008-08-13T00:04:00.011+08:00

the last entry for today, will be a tribute to Anbi or AnSol (Andy & Solbi of WGM).

Love Song is actually a single done by Andy, but the couple came together to perform this song as a part of the Star Cameo event in Music Core. (Music Core is something like a korean MTV)

Some information on the couple..

Andy Lee
(Member of the Korean Band SHINHWA)
Real Name: Lee Sun Ho
DOB: Jan 21, 1981
Occupation: Actor, Singer
Misc.: Voted as "#1 Choice for Groom" from We Got Married.

Solbi
(Female Vocalist of the Group TYPHOON)
Real Name: Kwon Seon Mi
DOB: September 30, 1984
Occupation: Singer

why am i making a tribute for them? because they're my favourite couple but are separating in the show soon because andy have got a tour and a musical to work on.

here's the latest buzz about this couple..

all of them look so cute <3
(and i meant the clothes.. and maybe both of them haha)
"Netizens ranked them the number 1 couple if they were really to date each other in real life. Some couple photos to Andy and Solbi, one of the make-believe couples on MBC “We Got Married”, were released and netizens find the photos really sweet. Many also felt that they were much suited for each other."
Quoted, K bites

so catch them in We Got Married!
- crunchyroll,
- mysoju.com

note: for those who have been watching this series religiously (like me) but didn't know about this huge phenomenon, WGM will NOT be telecasted for the next 2 weeks because of the Olympics.

caleb

CC's Debut - Potato Salad

2008-08-12T23:19:00.003+08:00

CC's Potato Salad
(An Asian Rendition)

Ingredients
2 Potatoes
1 Hard Boiled Egg
1 Cucumber
1/2 Red Pepper
3 Tablespoons Sweet Pickle Relish

Salt & Pepper
Kraft Coleslaw Dressing

Estimated Serving: 3 ~ 5

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so this is the debut blog entry on CC (ie. Chef Caleb). as stated in the previous entry, i made this as a side dish for my family on monday! though they were like, "it's not bad for your first time", to me it was like, "so if it isn't the first time it would've been bad?" haha. but as you all know, i've never really cooked for other people before and my tastebuds are ~~werid~~ unique, so i wasn't really expecting good comments =p

but whatever it is, no one suffered from food poisoning whatsoever, so that a plus for me =D

caleb

Yummy Adventures =9

2008-08-12T22:57:00.002+08:00

gomen nasai~ i know haven't been blogging recently, so i'll be doing a 3-in-1 today! (3 blog entries in a day)

i'll start with last friday when i met up with queen and wenn for dinner.

as stated above, i had zhajiang mian in the korean outlet and it was terrible! maybe because i've tasted a really nice one in chinatown, but seriously, i doubt i'll ever go there for korean cuisines again, because not only does the food taste bad, their service for that day was really lousy!

after which we went around town and ended up in heeren, where we bought the chocolates and some tasted really good! and since the auntie ~~liked me and~~ gave us a discount on the chocolates ($16+ reduced to $15), i'll advertise the chocolates for her here! try Joy/Happiness (can't remember the name =x) - it's the name of the dark chocolate and it's really yummy!

btw, there's a typo error in the picture. the chocolate shop is located at the second highest level of heeren and NOT the top level!

other than those and wency losing her pair of shoes in orchard ~~HAHAAHAHAHA~~, nothing much was interesting.

as for the weekends, i stayed at home, watching movies/dramas and continued my work on the blogskin proposal. unfortunately, due to various reasons, my client had a change of plans and decided not to use my works anymore (awww..) but since i'm halfway done, i'll just finish it up and put it into my portfolio =)

so let's fast forward to monday.. nothing much happened other than me cooking a side dish for my family dinner! haha more details will be given in the next entry, so wait for awhile more as i start on that!

caleb

Singapore's National Day

2008-08-09T21:51:00.003+08:00

Kit Chan - Home
first and foremost, happy national day! this was 1998's theme song if i remembered correctly. decided to post this instead of this year's theme song because i really hate "Shine for Singapore". i don't know what the hell the composer is really trying to achieve, but that song ain't neither patrioitic nor pop - it's a total disaster in my opinion ._.

anyway, here are the links of this year's theme song:
Shine For Singapore (English)
Shine For Singapore (Chinese)
so apart from that, i kinda enjoyed this year's national day telecast on the television, although i'm watching it alone because no one else is at home =/ nevertheless, programs like this will always be better than most singaporean dramas/movies that has been shown like 5 times?

anyway, i liked the hydro-technics and i really loved the fireworks <3 i seriously don't know why some of my friends find fireworks boring, because even a small one will never fail to amaze me =p

anyway since i didn't manage to catch the whole parade, i'm gonna watch the encore telecast tomorrow..

so till then, this is caleb reporting live at the thedelinquentone.blogspot.com!

monday & wednesday blues (black)

2008-08-07T11:25:00.007+08:00

helo people! for those who have been anticipating for my next entry, here's a big one for you =)

Monday
4th August '08

my meals =9
went out with my parents for the entire day. we started our journey with branch at great world city's food court. feeling korean that day, i ordered the bbq chicken set from the korean stall and it was delicious! i finished up every single thing on the plate - rice, chicken, kimchi, just everything lol

so go and try it when you dine there.. after which we drove around for awhile, and ended up in jelita's cold storage to shop for some groceries.

i don't know about the other outlets, but did you know that the instant noodles there are 20 cents plus/minus cheaper than the ones in fair price! so aunties, get ready your carts and chiong arh! (if you want to buy cheaper instant noodles haha)

and then we chilled a bit at o'briens, which is suppose to be some irish cafe, i think.. had my apple crumble pie and mocha. didn't really like the pie but i loved the mocha <3 the mocha was really smooth and yummy, although it was quite pricy for such a small cup..

so that's it for monday! as for tuesday, i started brainstorming about the concept of the blogskin for my client's blogshop so i guess i don't really have much to say..

Wednesday
6th August '08

my new look!
do you like my new hair?? please ignore my face in the after picture because i was really very tired when i took that, and usually i won't take any pictures of myself during the process of getting my hair cut, but since wendy had 3 customers at that time, so when she went to do her other customers, i was kinda bored. thus i've decided to just *snap snap snap* to kill time lol and thats the best picture, though its kinda blur.. and this is gonna be my last haircut before i get enlisted! so thanks wendy for everything and i'll see you.. soon! haha (for those who didn't know, she has been my hairstylist since i was in secondary 2 or 3!)

so after which, i was psycho-ed by wenn to play tennis with her and weini. as expected, i totally sucked at it lol, even worst than the two girls i think =x nevertheless it was fun and weini's condo is really beautiful! we then went to have our dinner after that. haha was so hungry that we didn't even have the thought of taking any pictures =p but if you're curious about what we ate, we had hotdogs from ikea, chicken rice, fruit juice and a plate of fruits in abc market.

so that's about it.

caleb

ChapterThree Draft 3

2008-08-04T18:36:00.014+08:00

chapterthree has reached its third draft!

Changes
- added an et cetera box
- added a clock
- finished the profile page
- added a new photo into the photo gallery (the one in my previous entry)

shall not elaborate much, because all these changes are self-explainatory =)

caleb

the art of cam-whoring

2008-08-03T20:34:00.008+08:00

haiz.. i just realised that i haven't used that word for quite some time haha, anyway, i've actually planned to pack my room today, but i guess i was too engrossed with "Summer Scent" - a korean drama - soo, my room is still hella messy..

apart from that, i've also realised that i've not been cam-whoring for quite some time.. so here's a few pictures fresh from my handphone =p

this is the 3 best ones out of the 6 pics that i took
although i know that they're not nice ~~(at all)~~, who cares haha and from those three photos, i chose the best one of my preference and did minor retouching and editing to it.

and this is the result
doesn't this picture look like an ad or a cd cover? haha it does for me =p

misc.: the huge red spot on my nose is healing! yay =)

caleb

Ratings - Money No Enough 2

2008-08-03T13:01:00.002+08:00

钱不够用2 (Money No Enough 2)
- Singaporean Movie

this movie is very relatable to the lifes of most singaporeans, because it deals with problems like increasing of prices, people depending on enbloc, how the elders are treated, etc..

the part (of the movie) that hits me the most, is when the mother gotten Lao Ren Chi Tai Zhen (a.k.a. dementia? or was it alzheimer =x) and was treated really badly by her sons. haha maybe it's because my grandma is almost similar in a way and i treat her indifferently sometimes.. anyway, as much as i like the substance of the movie, the movie itself is boring and the acting is rather disappointing..

Caleb's Rating: /5

Out with the Guys.

2008-08-03T12:30:00.005+08:00

today's the thrid day of the hungry ghost festival (a.k.a 7th month).. one of the most annoying months of the year. why? because people will be bruning incense and poking joss sticks everywhere and i really hate the smell of it.

anyway, today's entry shall be on my outing with my poly friends yesterday.

ohh, and before i met my friends, a person who wanted me to donate for some ex-convict thingy said that my hair was nice and that made my day =D (although i know he may have said that to make me donate)

- aaron, alex, dick, john, melvin, yonghong, yucheng and ME! -
anyway, we met up in the afternoon in plaza singapura and initially wanted to catch "The Mummy 3" but because the tickets were sold out/selling fast till like 3-4 hours later, we ended up watching "Money No Enough 2" which was a rather lousy movie. (will give ratings in the next entry)

after which, we went to have our dinner at the food court and then chilled at billy bombers in the cathay..

not much photos were taken because they kinda disklike taking photos =/
haha 80% of the time were army tale telling and according to yucheng, police really seem less stressful compared to the army! i used to be anticipating being inside the army, however after hearing the stories of both john and aaron, i'm starting to have 2nd thoughts lol. but whatever it is, i've got only 1 month plus before the shaver touches my hair =x

caleb

Cosmetic Commercial - Etude House

2008-08-01T13:25:00.006+08:00

was watching an episode of Heroine 6 when i saw this cute commercial.. (btw, Heroine 6 is a korean variety show and not a show on drugs whatsoever)

Etude House - 고아라 (Go Ah-Ra) & 장근석 (Jang Geun-Suk)
isn't that like the cutest commercial ever? haha, i think that i'll get diabetes by just looking at go ah-ra.. they make a really cute couple <3 anyway, what i'm gonna to do is make a comparison betweeen the koreans and the americans way of advertising cosmetics.. lets look at maybelline or revlon, it's always the same elegant, sophisticatic kinda video, while this one is so uber kawaii!! i mean if i were to buy makeup, i would rather get it from etude house judging from how they commercialise their products lol

caleb

old collections cum new findings

2008-07-30T17:20:00.007+08:00

helo people, haven't been blogging much recently because i'm rather busy with some stuff and am a "LITTLE" bit lazy (quoted, wenn) haha. furthermore, i don't wanna bore you all with dull entries. so i'll just try to summarise the interesting bits and pieces =)

started my monday with a lunch with my parents, cousins and relatives. and for some reason, i seem to have fallen into a clumsy spell. everything i did was elephant-liked =/ (for example, tripping a couple of times, even at home, spilling my cousin's cup of tea, etc.) anyway, after which, we went to various places like mustafa and queensway to get some stuff.

have you realise how singapore is getting warmer and scorch-ier every single day? yup, so beacuse of that i'm always either with my cap or sunglasses 80% of the time i'm out. as for the t-shirts, since my parents went to fila to shop for some stuff, i pestered them to get me something too haha

and here's an interesting sight in mustafa..

Fee Fi Fo Fum!
the box of cornflakes is really HUGE! i've never seen such a huge box of cornflakes before ._. placed kirouchi beside it so that you can gauge the size of the box.

as for tuesday, i didn't manage to do much because i was suffering from diarrhoea the entire day. ~~(my ass was practically burning from all the discharge =x)~~ so that's one of the reason why i was rather pissed with you, queena, when you kept asking me to do small minor stuff that you could do it by yourself..

putting that aside, i learnt something from watching korean shows again!

tadah~
yup, i learnt how to make this out of curiosity and boredom. this is the towel that the koreans place over their heads when they go to suanas. it's rather useful keeping my hair away when i'm washing my face, etc., since my hairband broke.

so i'll be stopping here for now..

caleb

the story of Regulars

2008-07-27T12:23:00.010+08:00

everyone's busy these few days.. amos, kelvin and clarence are already in the army, wency, queena and gin are busy with school, riah is working and my poly friends who ain't in army yet are saving money for a thailand trip which my mum forbade me to go. so since i've got absolutely nothing interesting to blog about, i've decided to tell you all about the story of the Regulars!

everything started before Juibilance Day, 14th January 2005. then, bmcb was still under the baton of Refat. and although some of you might hate me for saying this, but without him, we would never have band exchanges with bands under Ms Doreen Tan, met Clarence or even have a concert (which was my first and last). if i may, i will say that he is one of the random people who were involved in the creation of Regulars, or at least helped in a way or another. and since my oldest blog have got only entries after Jubilance, i'll try my best to recall how Regulars was formed...

Jubilance Collage!
the pioneers of the group only consist of 3 people from what i can recall - clarence, queena and wency. Regulars was also known as DumbZ at that time, because we will never fail to do crazy stuff which is known to be really stupid. that's also when i appeared in the scene.

Dumb - Wency
Dumber - Queena
Dumbest - Clarence
Dumbestest - Me
haha memories seem to be gushing through my brain now
and i realise something, i was a really lousy writer then whahaha.. anyway, back to the story..

highlight..
18th January 2005
- Meeting with the Alumni Band at Tiong Bahru
"I made a discovery today. I realised that it's very enjoyable for 6 people to share 1 cup of drink... LOL..."

haha, somehow the sharing part seems so vivid to me. yup, thats the time when we had a misunderstanding and hated the alumnus. just so if you're wondering, the 6 people ain't the regulars - can't remember who was there as only wency, queena and my name was mentioned. hmm, i realised that we used to have lots of phone/msn conversations with each other and also gone to each other's houses quite often to rot in the past.. and i seem to be jinxed whenever i'm out with riah in every single entry lol.

highlight..
21st January 2005
- Cycling and Blading at East Coast (Clarence, Kelvin, Queena, Wency and Me)
"Best Screamer of the Day - Queena
Best Dancer of the Day - Clarence
Most Amount of Falls Award - Wency
~ Bonus Award ~
Most Jia Lard Faller Award - Clarence
*Applause, applause*

21th January 2005 - Nominated for the Fun & Funniest Day Award =D"

and yes, queena used to scream a lot when she was younger =p

quote..
26th January 2005
"Today, the Regulars - Wency, Clarence, Queena, Kelvin, Amos and me, went to Jurong East Entertainment [JEE] to Ice-Skate..."

this was the first mentioning of the word Regulars, soo i'm assuming that that's the day that Regulars was formed =)

highlight..
5th May 2005
- DotA with Amos and Kelvin
"Me, Kel and Mao, played dotA. And this time it sure was enjoyable for us, as someone challenged us to a game of dotA, 3 0n 3. At first, I was kinda like don't like the idea at all, but both of them manage to coax me to play the game and so we played. Haha, and I sure was glad that we did, as we kick as*, and it's like so fun lor =D I have got the most frags [First time I got "Beyond GodLike", with a Moon Rider], and Mao have got the highest score."

those were the good old days.. no stress, no worries, just pure enjoyment and entertainment.

quote..
22nd April 2005
- Random Post on Friends
"RegularZ will always be RegularZ
- Wency
- Yee Gin
- Queena
- Amos
- Clarence
- Kelvin"

and although gin has been mentioned a few times hanging out with the group, the entry on 22nd April 2005 was the first time that her name appeared stating that she's inside already, so i guess this marks the day gin joins the regulars =)

quote..
3rd September 2005
"Met the RegularZ Galz for dinner after my class in taka... After that I went to Ikea with Riah to have supple (i think i meant to type supper)."

and then the addition of the last member, riah~ so, we continued to stay together till now.. so i guess Regulars is already 3 years old! haha although some of us have known each other for more than 7 years.

anyway, lets stop the story-telling and talk about the members of the Regulars individually..

Name: Amos
Nickname: Bitch (alternate: ultraman)
Nickname Derivation: Hmm actually, i don't really remember why i gave him that nickname. Maybe because we are the "gay couple" in the group who does crazy stuff to each other when taking pictures.

Name: Caleb
Nickname: The Delinquent One (alternate: monkey)
Nickname Derivation: Let's see.. I'm boring, obnoxious, ~~lazy~~ super lazy.. need me to say more?

Name: Clarence
Nickname: Alcoholic
Nickname Derivation: He is the heavy drinker of the group and is also responsible for giving me my first drunken experience. Never sit next to him (whether it's front, left, back or right) when you're in a pub ._. *nods heads*

Name: Gin
Nickname: Auntie
Nickname Derivation: There were a couple of times when she dressed up auntie-ly, hence her nickname. And although that only happened a few times, the image of her being an auntie is already permanently installed in our minds lol

Name: Kelvin
Nickname: Momo
Nickname Derivation: He once called himself Momo (which means peach in japanese), so since then i've always known him as that. As for how he got that nickname for himself, i've got absolutely no idea.

Name: Queena
Nickname: M.o.B (i.e. Mother of Bitch)
Nickname Derivation: Isn't this self-explanatory? haha, for those who really have got no idea, let me give you a hint - Amos is her son. If you still don't get it, look at his nickname. And if you are really wols and still can't figure out why, you should just go and face a wall and start banging your head against it.

Name: Riah
Nickname: Babe
Nickname Derivation: We used to be really close and will act as if we were married to each other, though we both know that that will never happen haha. She's the only one in the group whom i can confide all my tiny little secrets that are kept inside me and is ever-ready to comfort me with her words whenever i needed them. She is the one-in-a-million true friend that you can find in the whole universe, i guess =)

Name: Wency
Nickname: Nerd
Nickname Derivation: She's not really a nerd, but since she's not as smart as i am (according to an iq test =p) but is the only one among us who's eligible for Junior Collage, she'll always be a nerd in my eyes haha. Furthermore, she proclaimed herself as being hardworking, so someone who isn't super smart yet works very hard in school.. *images nerds studying in school*

haha and so they lived "happily ever after" ._.

the family portrait (credits to queena for the nice editting)
haha i think i should stop reminiscing about the past..

caleb

More Updates on the Blog!

2008-07-26T18:43:00.010+08:00

the blog has undergone more transformation and will be reaching the final stage of its metamorphosis soon! before i state any of the updates, i would like to say that someone actually asked me for the html codes of my current blog because he wants to do a similar version for his blog shop. haha thank you! i'm honored that someone actually appreciates my blogskin =D

soo, here is the list of updates:
- modification on tagboard
- added a link to my home page
- updated profile page

i've just realise that the tagboard is actually not bugged, but beacuse my tagboard is so long (compared to the ones in my previous blogskins), it reaches the word limit (per post) in less than 2 lines. therefore, i've reduced the typing area to just 1 line =)

the 2nd update would be on this picture. added a mouseover effect, and added a link on it which will bring you back to my homepage. just in case you're really blur and don't know where you've seen this picture before, it's the left most picture at the top of the screen.

last but not least, the profile page, which is half way done, is up and running!

smaller version of the profile collage
if you're gonna puke over that, go ahead and grab a basket and puke. blame it on my narccissist-ness, but i've got no intention of changing the pictures, so either live with it or don't ever bother clicking on the link to the profile page. will try to finish updating it asap.

so look out for more updates which will be added!

caleb

Food~

2008-07-26T12:03:00.017+08:00

~~ohaiyo!~~ konnichiwa!

just had my breakfast and it was terrific - peanut porridge, fried noodles and a cup of milo. actually i prefer the fried bee hoon compared to the noodles, but it was sold out at the time that i went and buy it.

who said that nice breakfasts can't be simple
please ignore the lousy photography because the food was really.. mmm, delicious! btw, these are bought from a famous shop located in chinatown and it only sells porridge, fried bee hoon and fried noodles =)

anyway, today's entry is all about food i guess haha cause the next segment that i'm gonna blog about, is my lunch with gin yesterday. was agonising on whether i should meet up with her, because i was feeling really lazy and had a really huge pimple on my nose =x but the thought of eating my maid's cooking for lunch made me zoomed out of the house lol..

seafood ramen, cha shu ramen, fried tofu & californian maki~
yup, we went to ajisan ramen for lunch at tiong bahru. wanted to try something new which was cheap, since we didnt have much cash with us. the food there isn't really appealing, but it wasn't that bad either and $13 per pax for a bowl of ramen, a side dish and a drink was quite reasonable. so i guess, if you're really broke and wanna eat japanese cuisines, you can try this restaurant =) ohh and here's the highlight of the day - because we didn't really mix the wasabi and the soya sauce properly, when gin dipped the californian maki into the sauce, i guess a few bits of the wasabi got stucked onto it and when she placed it her mouth, hahaha you should've seen her face.. she look really cute when she's red lol

and if you guys remembered, i once said that i wanted a new hobby right? haha i'm thinking of obtaining some cuininary skills, becauce you never know when you'll need it haha. ~~just hope that i don't die of food poisoning due to eating.. my own.. food ._.~~

anyway, i hope that you've enjoyed today's gastronomical experience here at thedelinquentone.blogspot =)

caleb

Featured - We Got Married

2008-07-25T12:03:00.002+08:00

Featured Reality/Variety Show
We Got Married (Korean)

the couples
(from left to right)
CrownJ, InYoung, Alex, ShinAe, HwiJae, YeoJeong, Solbi, Andy, HwangBo, HyunJoong
this show pairs up celebrities randomly and they are suppose to potray themselves as real life couples. fortnightly, they will be given a mission - for example, organise a house warming party, which they will have to accomplish. in between scenes of their dates, there will be interviews with the participants being asked with questions like what they feel about their partner and what they like or dislike about him/her. the interviews and the actual date together as a couple are all prefilmed as the participants and MCs watch it together.

so that's basically how the show works. ohh and it all started out with 4 couples, and then 2 pairs - 1 pair decided to stop their relationship (HyunDon & Saori - not shown in group picture), and the other stopped for a while because of business plans and had a reunion after a few episodes. (Alex & ShinAe - their separation brought me to tears) and at that time when the 2 pairs got off the show, 2 more pairs were introduced into the show - HwiJae & YeoJeong (who's now "divorced") and HyunJoong & HwangBo which makes up the 5 couples that can be seen in the picture.

Caleb's Favourite Couple Ranking..
1 - Andy & Solbi and HyunJoong & HwangBo
3 - Alex & ShinAe and CrownJ & InYoung
5 - HwiJae & YeoJeong and HyunDon & Saori
(The last 2 couples are already out of the show)

SO THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!! seriously, you will not regret watching it =)

note: this show isn't complete and is still on-going and just for your info, the couples are not officially married. they are only "married couples" when doing the show. what happens off-stage is entirely up to them =p

and this is the song that made me weep when Alex & ShinAe separated - 화분 by Alex

Caleb's Rating: /5

* * * * * * *
Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do (Korean Movie)
when i first saw the title of this movie, i thought that its gonna be about bands and music. but my guess was only half right, because its about music, but more of the singing and rock band kinda music and not the symphonic ones. the story of this movie is about a love triangle and how true love prevails. this movie is actually quite touching and it made me teared up a little when friends of the main character tried to force him to recall his memories (which he lost due to an accident).

note: in case you're wondering, there's isnt any typo error,
its "Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do" =)

Caleb's Rating: /5

* * * * * * *
Ichigo 100% (Japanese Anime)
if i'm not mistaken, ichigo actually means strawberry in japanese, and this anime revolves around girls wearing strawberry panties. typical anime storyline where the male character attracts many girls but couldn't decide on who he really liked. so basically, this anime is about his life and how he decides on who he really want to be steady with, though it doesn't really have an ending to his choice. (this anime is kinda like school days, just that this anime doesn't have a bloody ending)

warning: this anime contains explicit scenes which might be offending to some people.

Caleb's Rating: /5

* * * * * * *
hmm, i think that one of the reasons why i'm totally in love with korean dramas and movies is because of the storyline! its always about romance and intertwined relationships which is totally my favourite genre haha and if you're wondering where the rating for winter sonata is, it will be posted in my next set of ratings only because im still searching for websites to watch the last 2 episodes which the uploader got rid of in mysoju.com!

caleb

Half/Step-Siblings Marriage

2008-07-24T12:02:00.005+08:00

Please note that the following stuff that i'm gonna blog about might be a SPOILER to the drama, "Winter Sonata". Hence, you may want to skip this post if you are watching or intend to watch the drama.

*** SPOILER ALERT ***

if you've ever watched this drama, you will know that there were actually speculation that jong-sang and yu-jin are actually half-blood related. (meaning they were thought to have the same father, but i think they are not related in the end. btw, im still downloading the last two episodes hence i don't really know the ending yet.) so the question that i had in mind when i watch that part was..

Qn: are half-siblings or step-siblings able to get married legally?
(note: half-siblings are blood related while step-siblings ain't)

so before i actually reveal the answer that i found, here's another intersting thing that i read about while researching on that topic..

Quote..
"Up until recently, in certain Asian cultures, it was forbidden to marry those with the same surname regardless of relations. These clan marriages were considered incestuous... because having the same surname was considered as having the same ancestor."

Source: Wikipedia - Prohibited degree of kinship

hmm, i wonder what would've happened if i told my parents that my girlfriend has the same surname as me lol

anyway, the answer to the question is..

Quote..
"All states prohibit a person from marrying a sibling, half-sibling, parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, child, grandchild, great-grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. Some states have additional prohibitions."

Source: Marriage Requirements, Procedures, and Ceremonies FAQ

so in a nutshell, marriage between step-siblings is allowed, however, marriage between half-siblings is considered to be tabooed.

*** END OF SPOILER ***

so i guess you can actually learn something from watching dramas =)

caleb

Video - Christian the Lion

2008-07-23T22:43:00.003+08:00

woopee~ just watched the latest episode of "We Got Married" and i can't wait for the next one haha. if you're curious about what "We Got Married" is, just watch out for my next set of ratings which will be posted real soon! (after i'm done with watching "Winter Sonata")

anyway, that's not the main thing that i wanted to blog about. the purpose of this entry is dedicated to the following video which i stumbled onto, in kok keong's blog.

Christian the Lion
"love knows no limits <3"
i found this video really touching and interesting, so i've decided to share it with you guys =)

caleb

the morning balcony

2008-07-23T08:20:00.010+08:00

7.13am, Wednesday 23rd July 2008
- this marks the time and date of my delightful experience by my tiny balcony

anyway, i've wrote a short descriptive passage about it, so i hope that you guys will like it!

"the orange beams of the sun reflected a nice colour on the greenery as a slight delicate breeze puffed around my body. however, that gust of wind started to gain more strength and then decided to introduce foreign dark clouds into the surrounding. before long, the entire sky started to paint a gloomy piece and the sun was no longer in sight. a subtle pitter-patter then started to enter the scene with drizzles accompanying it. the clouds then started brewing a sad concoction which led themselves to tears.."

ok i really don't give a damn to any gramatic errors whatsoever, cause my english ain't that good to start off with. but i just felt like typing this out and so i did =)

this was taken right before it rained, so it aint that nice..
if you find the photos ugly, just live with it. after all it's my blog lol
although i'm not a good writer nor photographer, hope you guys will enjoy this post as much as i do..

note to self: never buy kellogg's classic cornflakes again because it's not filling!
(1 box = 4-5 bowls, 1 meal = 2 bowls, 1 box = 2 servings) now i remember why i stopped buying this cereal.

caleb

Chapter Three's link

2008-07-22T08:09:00.001+08:00

the new blog link banner is up! so for those who actually use my banner, link me up with this new one, arigatou.

hmm, this actually took me more time than i expected cause ive added and got rid of the same stuffs for like zillions of time haha. was gonna add another image into it, but decided to get rid of it because it looks really odd. this actually looks like some blog shop link =p

time to go to sleep.. oyasumi nasai~

caleb

The First Footprint

2008-07-22T06:51:00.016+08:00

hi guys, i know i haven't been blogging for quite some time, but that's because im making this blogskin. ~~(which took me only a few hours)~~ anyway, do you like this blogskin? i find it more elegant and mature, compared to the other skins that ive created and since it's a new blogskin, ive decided to get rid of my past entries and have an entire new blog! however, if your interested in the older post, (which i doubt any of you will be, unless you're crazy about my life..) you can always click on the links, "memories de prologue" (my very first blog) or "memories de interval" (which is my 2nd bloggy).

ok so thats the introduction for my first entry, and i feel kinda excited now somehow =/ anyway, do you guys remember in my last blog entry in my later blog, me mentioning about packing and transferring my old wardrobe into my current wardrobe? if you don't or wanna have a recap of that, visit memories de interval.

anyway, heres some pictures of my packing journey~

~~im not trying to boast or do anything of that sort, but~~ isnt it so neat?
i think it's even neater than my previous wardrobe =x

after packing my stuff for a ~~long~~ SUPER LONG time, im now really in love with it. ohh, and i really didnt know that ive got actually quite a number of clothes, just that ive got a bad habit of not wearing the older ones =x and i finally found the bed frame useful! haha use them to hang all my used bottoms =p and that picture with the hoody? (please ignore my messy look) i think i bought it during my higher primary - lower secondary days, but i've yet to wear it out. (not even once! but it's super thick and warm. think i'll bring it with my if i ever go to any cold countries)

ok, so that's all for packing. now lets move ahead to last saturday where i went to have dinner with wenn at abc market.

bitter gourd juice (mixed with apple) actually taste quite nice ._.

the food weren't fantastic, but i really enjoyed that day. somehow, when we went to buy some groceries after eating, i just couldn't stop my lame and cold jokes haha i seem to be high without liquor =x

so that's it for my very first entry in this blog =)

caleb