A child is born... [that's my nephew]

Got an sms this morning from my eldest bro this morning...

i'll just paraphrase & translate to you to get to the point...

"At 8.22AM [GMT+0700, so that's 9.22AM S'pore time], Kennard Allensky Liong, weighing in at 3,485kg and of height 52cm, was born into this world. With love, Robert [my bro], Yuliana [my sis-in-law], and Richard Axel Liong [my other nephew]."

So, What can I say?

"Yay!!! I'm an ageing uncle! Yet AGAIN!"

You know, this feels like hangovers... the first one is always more fantastic than the second, coz you know there's not much to say about second stuffs...

But anyway, congrats to my bro & sis-in-law... [But what's up with the Russian name?]

reply to posts on my tagboard

haven't done one of these bulk post replying thing in ages...

Anyway, here are the posts and replies!

2 Jun 07, 22:57
Deci: ronald, i kinda prefer yr old skin...and plzchange the pic of yrself...its horrible...seriusly..i'd rather u take yrself smiling than giving tt dumb look...
My reply: My explanation to the new skin coming up... and sure, I will change my picture every once in a while... But have you seen me smile after lunch? and since this is the holidays, that means it's "germ germinating season"... so, you can imagine...

2 Jun 07, 22:59
Deci: heck, bensee and stingray went to the IT show too...
My reply:Yeah, I heard. But anyway, I also went with Zexun and Chen Lin [Zexun's band senior, my former senior in 2 ways, whole other discussion].

3 Jun 07, 13:12
LRY: ronald smiles?
My reply: I smile when I want people to see my teeth, which was common before I got braces...

3 Jun 07, 13:59
Raymond: deci, u 4got lum
My reply: err, raymond, make things clear when u post.... do you mean that Timothy went with you to PC Show, or do you mean that Tim smiles? i'm really confused...

3 Jun 07, 20:10
daniel: tha'ts nice to know. how's school? i hear you're talking an extra subject!
My reply: extra subject? no larh... just 2 electives, and im not d only one... there's d new guy who came after u [John], Atticus, and maybe more...


Ok, now my reply to why I changed my blog skin...

I have to manage quite a few blogs. ronfiles, ronfilesgallery, and now, the 3sa class blog.

I was thinking that I should keep my blogs' templates simple and standardised such that I will not have a mental burden with being able to single-handedly correct my own codes.

Ok, that was very technical, but the point is, I don't want to use my own code for all my blogs. If my code has a fault somewhere, I have to find it and correct it.

I'm not exactly the most "free" person in blog land... so, i have decided to push my codes aside and settle for Blogger's standard blog skins.

Why? well,
1, i don't need to touch HTML codes that often anymore when I want a design change.
2, my blog has fewer compatibility errors on the various browsers. I think Ren Yuan will agree with me that my code was horrendous enough to mess up his Internet Explorer web browser... And I wouldn't know since I'm on a Mac, running Vista only once every month.
3, this skin makes addition of gadgets n widgets a lot easier. If you remember, I was having a hard time adding a "imeem" playlist widget on d previous skin. Now, with a dedicated sidebar, I can add that back.

By the way, for those who complain my blog looks horrendous, did you try stretching your browser window to a slightly wider format? It will look a lot better. I know that because I am using a Widescreen laptop, and I stretch my windows until I reach visual nirvana.

I hope my essay is good enough a reason to change to Blogger's standars skin. Please be understanding and just bear with it. After all, a blog is supposed to be about the blog posts. Its content.

Don't make blogging another American Idol, where hair matters more than the singing. [stares at Sanjaya].

Once again, sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope you will be kind and understanding.

While i'm at the apologies, I will be gone from 8 Jun 07 to 18 Jun 07 on my school's Art trip to Italy. And after that, I will again be gone from 19 Jun 07 to 24 Jun 07 on vacation in Indonesia with my family.

Also, I'ld like everyone to pray for a smooth delivery as my sis-in-law gives birth to baby number 2... Yes, I'm already an uncle, and yes, My eldest bro's married, and Yes, m eldest bro is 27 this year, with my sis-in-law born 1 month later only.

If all goes fine, the Caesarian operation should be on 5 Jun 07, my sis-in-law's 27th Birthday.

Talk about a mom and her son being born on the same date, 27 years apart...

music chart for da moment yet again again...

ALL-NEW music chart for the moment
[not the lossless track reccos i promised]

1.
Summer Rain
Hayley Westenra

2.
Release
Timbaland Feat. Justin Timberlake

3.
If I Never See Your Face Again
Maroon 5

4.
Hands Held High
Linkin Park

5.
Hey You
Madonna

6.
With Love
Hilary Duff

7.
Apologise
Timbaland Feat. One Republic

8.
Oh Timbaland
Timbaland

9.
Bleed It Out
Linkin Park

10.
I Don't Have To Try
Avril Lavigne

11.
The Best Damn Thing
Avril Lavigne

12. *New All-time favourite!
How To Save A Life
The Fray

13.
Give It To Me
Timbaland Feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

14.
Makes Me Wonder
Maroon 5

15.
Not Falling Apart
Maroon 5

16.
One Fine Day
Hayley Westenra

Lossless Music collection review coming up...

Yeah, I thought I should review my 109 lossless tracks...

So, wanna know what's good for bedtime?

wanna know the songs that make you feel the bass?

wanna feel the rush in your mind?

Well, that's coming up soon...


SO WATCH THIS SPACE!

shopping spree?

went to PC show today with Chen Lin and Zexun..

Zexun bought a heck load of stuff... router, Wifi card, mice, onion rings, and HDD... o, and a BK meal with onion rings...

kinda lame, i guess... all d stuff there's not "my cup of tea"...

no Mac stuff...

I wish for Singaporeans and other Asians to acknowledge the fact that the Mac is gaining market share and that they should have a MacWorld for Macs as there are for PCs which are inferior computers as compared to the Nokia Nseries Multimedia Computers and Macintosh Computers. We have discussed this for decades, now move on. Asians must keep up with the time... So must hackers...

well, anyways, zexun got his WoW, i owe him $1.70, and i bought 3 albums.

Hayley Westenra's "(Celtic) Treasure"
Timbaland's "(Timbaland Presents) Shock Value"
Maroon 5's "It Won't Be Soon Before Long"

i hate complicated titles and very fragile CD cases [stares at Timbaland's album]{yeah... it broke on me}

But, i must say, Maroon 5, i just love what you did with your album... very solid and sturdy CD case...

why am i reviewing CD cases?

btw, Westenra, your songs sound so sweet. but strange surname, i must say... very rare in Asia...