Kingdom Hearts 2 is a friggin' nice game. The only regret I have is picking the hardness level as 'Normal'. It feels more like it's set to "Pussy" dificulty. Other than that, wonderful game.

Monday, 4th May, 2026 11.00pm

Luzzio. That's what they're calling the boy. Luzzio bin Zakhren. I don't know whether this has anything to do with me poking the holes in Zak's condoms(making me the baby's TRUE creator), or just to spite me. I half expected its upper top of the body to be white and the part below brown, but all we saw during its first few hours was red.

I have to remind myself that baby Luzzio is not 'it'. It's a human being.

The wife and Nabilah spent hours fondling the babies little cheeks, while I helped the new father around with some paperwork. 4kg, no symptoms of any retardness, and a little birthmark the size of a golfball on its left buttock.

Su Fern arrived in the late afternoon, a bottle of whiskey in hand and smelling of it. We wouldn't know that she'd arrived if it weren't for her cussing at the guards for trying to get rid of her(thinking she's a bum). Her first look at Baby Luzzio seemed to be like a moment of a 25 year old friendship reaching its climax. The wife told me later that she saw a tear in Fern's eye when hugged Nab.

I can't help but feel touched.

I messaged everyone of the news, and here are some of the replies from those that are living in Britain:

Jade: EEE! I'm taking the first train up to London! Give Nab hugs and kisses for me yeah?? I'd bring Basey to play with Cecil, but he's having church camp. =(

Colin: Congratz! ahaha! Zak must be proud?? =p Might be able to come and see if my boss gives me a break.

Poon: Wanci and I here give them the best of wishes! Wha?? Luzzio!? Hahahah!! =) Sure it's Zakhren's baby? lol.

Nab and Zak's parents finally arrived, and their faces seemed to gleem with pride by looking at their newborn grandchild.

Cecil played with the baby(held by The Wife), but got bored after awhile and started moping around the hospital room. The Wife asked me to bring him home to get some stuff to play with in the hospital. Was a little reluctant to, since I had to work on that day. After dropping off the little tyke, I managed to rush past the jam, and reached the office less than a minute late.

I wouldn't say that Mr. Leonard was happy about it, but he kept scowling at me, as if trying to find , no matter how petty, a reason to fire me. Working as a journalist at Family Weekly would be a rather enjoyable if it wasn't for my boss taking a biased dislike to me. The suits above are planning to retire the old fellow from the Editor post, and I don't think he likes the idea of someone like me becoming a candidate for the job. Zakhren works with me on the tech section of the magazine, but the guy hardly gets any heat from Mr. L. I heard from Mark(interior) that Leonard thinks only pure Brits should run anything in this country. Why, that's racism!

I told Mr. L that Zak would not be able to make it for work today since he's gotta be there for the new born kid, but he waved it away saying I'm finding excuses to get out of the office, and that Zak was a hard working employee who deserved a day off, even if it was unnoticed.

I've just got to be at the top of my form as not to give him any reason not give me the heat. And I won't deny that I WANT the Editor post. The pay would be more than twice of what I earned now, and then some.

Received two messages on the cell while working(discreetly checked);

The Wife: The new parents are bringing the baby back to their apartment tonight. Cecil and I'll be there with them, so you should drop by after work. Love you.

Fern: Why didn't you let me take care of Cecil this morning? Not good enough am I? We've already been through this, and I swear that I was sober when he fell off the table!! I was in the kitchen fixing up a little something for him...

Well, anyway, Lynn's dropped off her kids at my place. Damien, Derek, and the other one which has a name like an egg.  I forget. The woman's having too many bloody kids. I'd drive them over to Nab's myself tonight, but my licence's suspended. Don't ask. Pick them up from my place before going, aight?

P.S. Should I bring red or white wine?

Sigh. Managed to finish the article on how Holodisks were becoming a part of forgotten tech history(joining its fallen brethren like the VHS and DVD), and rushed to Fern's nursing home by 7. The children were far from perfect Angels, and you could smell alcohol from her breath a mile away.

The one thing I hate most about their apartment was that it had countless pictures of Bi and Trixie hung on every inch of the walls. Those late cats get more mourn and tribute than a dead human does. Thank GAWD their building bans pets.

Cecil was asleep on the couch when I came in, and I told Lynn's kids not to wake him up, since the poor tyke had been awake for more than 12 hours. Hard chance. The Wife didn't seem to mind. Of course she didn't, cos I'd be the one to make sure Cecil sleeps tonight. B*tch.

Fern popped open a bottle of red wine the moment she came in, and we were all shocked when Nab downed an entire glass in one go. It must've been 9 very long months.

Baby Luzzio was asleep in a little cushion cradle by the fire. I was hoping to see what shade of skin it had, but it was still red. Dang.

Nab's wasn't in the shape to cook, The Wife would only prepare meals if it was her OWN kitchen, and Fern was too tipsy. We ordered Pizza's, much to the delight of the children. Sigh, I'll have to put an extra hour in th gym next weekend.

We sat around the kitchen bar downing down wine with pizza, predicting what Baby Luzzio would be doing for life 40 years from now. I didn't give any thoughts except the time when The Wife kicked my feet. I won't be around 40 years from now, so I won't really care. But honestly, with a tech junkie dad and stock broker mom, it's hard to imagine what kind of way the kid will be raised.

The night was late, and I tried to call Su Lynn to pick up her kids, but there wasnt a reply.

I called Xiao to ask her where Su Lynn was, but got this instead:

Hello?

Hey. Can I talk to Xiao please?

I'm sorry, but can I have your name please?

Uh? Urm... Mervyn. Mervyn Lai.

I'm sorry, but your name isn't on the list. Perhaps you'd like to make an appointment?

Appointment? No no, I don't need an appointment, I'm a friend of hers.

Of course you are. Her show's called Xiao's A Friend. Everyone's a friend of hers. Now, unless you're making an appointment, I'd appreciate it if you don't hog the line. My boss is a VERY busy lady and alot of people need to contact her. People who booked in advance.

...I don't need this bullshit. Just put OH FAMOUS XIAO on the line PLEASE~?~??

*Roars of laughter*

Wha?

*Fuzz crackle crackle* Hey Hey, Wei Shiung! Xiao here. That was Jiale messing with you.

...

Awww....c'mon, lighten up. =) You can't be mad at me, I'm a celebrity.

Sigh...Can you just tell SuLynn that her kids are at Nab's place?

I brought The Wife and Cecil home at about half past mid night, and the little tyke wasn't showing a sign of fatigue. He's being bathed by The Wife for bed as I'm typing this, but I can tell getting him to shut those little eyes tonight would be harder than getting on Mr. Leonard's good side. Sigh. Another restless night.

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Pic of the day:

There will be a Kingdom Hearts 3. And it's coming out on the Ps3. Sigh.