Coping Up.

"Is Simon an ASS?" That was the question being suggested in class for Simon to post in the Victoria Bar School. Simon, our crazy and yet entertaining bartender class lecturer.

My timetable had been very packed. I had homework to hand in on Monday and Tuesday. Tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. Assignments due next week and a presentation next week. AWESOME life I would say I am having right now.

"Am I in a dream now or I am in reality?" Random thoughts after watching Inception.

Lately, I am sorry to friends who I had chatted halfway trough and then fell asleep. I am getting old and a day of filled with events, studies, and activities is just simply tiring.

Coping up with my life right now. I am going to filled each slot with something and ahieve the best out of it.

Secret by One Republic.

All my secret away... All my secret away... ~Catch chorus..

It has been a long time since I update my blog.. Had been busy. Real awesome learning.

Ocean Waves

"If I see her again then I will know what is my feeling toward her." -What I got from the film.

The process? Enjoy it..

Yesterday I was sorting out the companies that I was going to apply for my intern when I came across this superb company which offer snowboarding instructor intern-ship. I was thrilled as they covered everything include training and exams. The down fall is 6000+ USD. Well, at least they guaranteed a job for us. After some calculation I would say I need at least 10k AUD for it. It is just awesome.

This morning I had set my goal. I will only spend my money on snowboarding as well as scuba diving in future. I will definitely spend a lot of money if I am to try all sort of different things. Seem like I will have to finish with my bartender school and get a job after that. Sound awesome.

Well, I still can do the intern after I finish my fourth year next year. Then I will be able to stay at Canada for awhile and earn money from teaching as an instructor. This summer, I will be doing the intern which is related to my field.

Yesterday my cousin told me something, "There are time when we had forgot about the process because we are rushing towards the ending. Why not we slow down and enjoy the process?". That is true. I will take things step by step. I just can't be too greedy, ain't I?

That is my GOAL!

Definition

It is easier when we are studying about the law, physics, science, commerce, and etc as they all have the same definition and we are to understand and learn the same thing. The same thing till someone come along and change or make new discovery, it is simple as we will just shift to the new course together.

When it comes to life and there will be no real definition about it. Happiness? Sadness? Hatred? Love?

What is the real definition? Definition that you googled for?

For instance satisfaction. There is a definition to what kind of feelings is that but where is the real definition of achieving that?
We all have different goals and needs. What will satisfy us? Only we ourself know..

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour."

I find that true but it might not be for the others.

Few days ago, I was again fascinated. A guest lecture came over and told us about his experience. His experience with building more than 500 bridges in the third world country and yet all without salary. Volunteered to do all that, pouring his knowledge to help the others and working without an office. Just a laptop to help with his calculations and the plans to build the bridges. In my opinion he is great. Missing out a lot of things and yet he just go with what he think is right. Right for the world.

The reasons?

I believe that I have a story that was not told. The night on the 16th of July. A night full of drinking, commotions on the street, madness, and crazy.

Till now, my friend and I are still arguing on the fact on why those girls make money that way. Isn't because they really have a sick mother at home, and siblings to feed or they just wanted branded stuffs.

What happened that night was all a coincidence which brought us to the night of excitement, and a whole new experience for us.

The story begin with us taking the taxi to the Airport on the day before. I booked a yellow cab but instead I was given a VIP business class cab and was charged at normal rate. It seem to be an awesome start for out trip to Adelaide. In the cab, as usual the friendly driver will start telling us about all sort of stories including his recommendation of a particular place in Adelaide. The 'Crazy Horse'. Obviously George and me was puzzled about what kind of place that was but deep down we manage to figure it out a little.

Adelaide, a small city. On that day itself, we walked around and practically know the way around easily and that is when George found that place. 'CRAZY HORSE'.

From the picture, it is obvious.

We found that place, and my friend is reluctant to go in. Well, for me, I was just curious on how the place might be it. In the end we still gave that place a visit. After my friend found out about his result and he is up to it. Good results he had gotten.

That night, we drink in bar, went to the stripper club 'Crazy Horse', and went clubbing. A tiring night but yes, it was awesome. Who would have thought that I will actually end up in a stripper club. Seem like, Sam is growing up.

And besides, I am horny but not desperate. Just a normal curious boy.

Adelaide had been fun. Peaceful, quiet, greener than Melbourne, and the people there are friendlier. The beaches are nearby to the city, 10 minutes drive to the airport from the city centre, the vineyards are nearby, just 2 hours drive to Penfold "Best vineyard in Australia, and everything is near. The only setback would be the shops closed really early even for Coles. Coles closes at 5pm everyday.

The Chinatown. The Chinatown here is different. It is smaller than what we had in Melbourne but they have different style over here. They have food court like those back in Malaysia.

The sand. White sandy beach is one of the best place to loosen up a bit.

Beach... My favourite.

ARGH!! AWESOME!!

Relaxing.

Chandelier Bar. Inside of the Skycity Casino. Drink of the night ~ Whisky on Rock.

Penfolds. I would really like to taste your Grange. Someday I will get my hand on your Icon wine. wAtch out.

Lamb Shacks for lunch at Barossa Valley. Barossa Valley, the place where some of the interesting vineyards where found there. A good place to drive around and taste wine. It is better to drive from Melbourne to Adelaide. 

Chateau Tanunda. The place here I found an awesome dessert wine. ~The Chateau. 

The Chateau. Enjoying a glass of it and the view by the Chateau Tanunda. 

Rum with Mango. A kick better heading off to the stripper club.

Wallaby. They are just cute.

The devil. ~Tasmania Devil.

Dingo. They seem fine to be a pet dog. Sad that they can't be domestic.

Random shot. I find it nice.

The tower at the top of the Adelaide Hill. The highest place in Adelaide Hill.

Random shot. Labrador in the car. They seem to be enjoying the Adelaide city tour in the car.

Random shot. I like this picture. Saw it in one of the shop.

Last day in Adelaide. Stranded in the airport for 7 hours and there I lied down enjoying the view.

First week of Sem 2, 2010

First week and poof, one assignment to do. The assignment is about bridge design and seem like I will have to start preparing tonight.

There are a lot to do when a semester starts. Pay up my fees, settle my bank's miscellaneous, write up my resume, get ready my cover letter, look for a job, and not forgetting that that my laundry is still in my dryer.

I will be back tonight for more and right now, I will have to head to uni and settle everything.

Holiday.. Ja mata...

My holiday has been officially ended for me today. Got back yesterday from Adelaide. Today, I was busy preparing for my new semester. Printing out my notes, had them bind, write out a new resume for the semester, laundry, do the dish, and etc.

Another semester. This semester, something keep ringing in my mind. I totally agree with "I perform better when my schedule is packed." Heard this from someone at the bar. I had forgot when it was.

Adelaide's Sunday

Woke up early in the morning and it is raining outside. A gloomy Adelaide's Sunday. My friend still sleeping in the room. Down I go to write up some postcards, played a couple of games on the pool, and had my breakfast.

This is what I like about staying at the backpackers. Peaceful and quiet in the morning and things get crazy at night. Party night every night. Well, that depends on the backpackers that we go.

When things get better later, we should hit on to the Adelaide port.

In Denial

I think most of us would have heard of the term,

"What happened in the club stays in the club."

This is true. I am currently in denial of what had happened to me yesterday. The story of the unpredictable night will be told in time to come.

Last night did not happened. My friend and I are both in denial of what had happened. Everything happened in a coincidence and things are meant to happened that way.

Deja Vu

Once you are used to travelling, it is easy to pack. Few more hours and I will be flying to Adelaide. Just bought the tickets in the morning and off I go to Adelaide. Nothing booked. No plans. And we shall push our luck and see how things go for us. It will be fun.

The more you travel, the more you will discover about yourself. Just the day before yesterday, I had a deja vu early in the morning. That morning was a bit blur for me. Still tired from the research trip and off I go for ski on Tuesday. Early morning, I woke up an hour earlier because of the alarm clock that was being set for the World Cup. Then I walk to the Monash College common room early in the morning around 4 am and wait for the bus.

At that time, I was listening to my Ipod and browsing my photos while I suddenly had the Deja Vu. It seems like I had seen this scene before. Me in the common room, waiting, listening to my Ipod, browsing some photos, and suddenly think of my past. All these things are so familiar and it seems like I know that all these will happen before I go out with Charlotte and gang. From then, a quote came into my mind, "You have been my source of continuos inspiration."

I once been confused about my feelings and had then decided to avoid understanding it. But now slowly everything is coming back and slowly I am beginning to understand more.

Time will give me the answer than I want. I have no rush in it and will just be patience about it.

Team B. In the 4WD.

Team A and Team B group photos.

Waiting to do the field research.... Dozing off on the probes.

Last day group photos.

Team B. From the left, me, Wen Han, Ryu (leader), Sheen, and Andreas.

Going for trips, adventures, researches, volunteer jobs, and etc are just awesome.

Joke of the day

"I won that whale from the pizza." - Kyle Broflovski

Watching that four fourth graders is just funny. Muscles aching from yesterday ski and yet I have to pack for tomorrow's trip. It is going to be awesome. Nothing booked. No plans and two guys will explored the Adelaide.

SKI!!

New song by Enrique Iglesia. Another awesome song by him in his whole new album for year 2010, "Euphoria".

Yesterday was an awesome day with ski at Mount Buller.

Everyone was excited and getting ready for the ski lesson.

The equipments.

Yea! She fell.

While waiting for the others to go for the lift.

On the ski lift.

Ski is tiring.

Right now I am aiming for the snowboarding. We shall do it pretty soon.

It's Done!

It is still a great song by hot Shakira for the World Cup theme even though the game had finally ended.

This year Champion is Spain and I still think Germany performed very well. At least golden boot award had been awarded to Muller the best youngest player this season. Aged at 20 this year and had scored 5 goals in total with 3 assists. AWESOME player. A truly great midfielder.

Now that the World Cup is officially over, it is time to go in the "waiting mode" for the next season.

Back to my KINGDOM!

Finally, I am back. Back to my own kingdom. I had an awesome weeks with you guys. Definitely.

Thoughts of the Week!

This week had been peaceful and quiet. When you encounter those period of peaceful timing, your mind will start to scan your brain for memories for you to recap and maybe to view your past life.

Quotes of the week, "Human is capable of doing a lot of things but not continuously." - by NASA representative.

I basically agree with the quote. Well, it is true. I should say that, I am sorry to my body. I had been pushing it abit further than that. Pushing it to work continuosly for me and more.

Lately, nothing much. Germany lost the games to Spain. Most of us still think that that they can do much more better than that. Right now, I shall be rooting for Netherlands to beat the hell out of Spain. So far, this trip had been funny, a whole new experience for me.
Working along with an international team, it is seriously AWESOME!

According to my title, "Thoughts of the Week!". I shall put in down here when I have the time. Right now, I am tired to arrange the thoughts into words.

Great day tomorrow, with rain starting in the evening. I am exciting as I will be able to see the plane built by Jeff Walker. A civil engineer build a plane. How is that not cool?

Currently at the outback, the stars are shining brightly outside. Everytime when I look at the stars there is a scene that will always appear in my head. The scene from a camp where it is the first time I saw the most amazing view of the sky full of stars and the girl. There she was at the camp too. The night when I took a stroll outside to enjoy the scene, there she is sitting down there enjoying the view too.

Life is amazing. Human is too complex. We are bound by both our future and also our past. No matter how eager we are to more forward, we will always be tied back to our past.

Can't WAIT!

Tomorrow, another match for the world cup season. 4.30am. I just can't wait.

Right now, waiting in the computer lan for the next meeting. Hungry. Heard tonight dinner's will be at another Italy restaurant. Just can't. Food here had been amazing.

HUNGRY!!

Outback

Stranded somewhere in New South Wales. Far from Sydney. Funny thing things, the minute I told people that I will be going to New South Wales, the only thing popped up in their mind is Sydney.

Nah, that is boring. To make the whole situation seems more interesting would be, I am working along with an international team to validate and do some research on some NASA new satellite technology. Far away from civilisation again. It is getting dark here. It is only 5pm when the sky starts to turn dark and the chill start to bite trough our skin again.

It was awesome here. Meeting with different people from different places. Different university, professors, PHD graduates, NASA representatives, and well of us the undergraduates.

Far away from civilisation, there isn't much that we can do. Peace is what we get. Away, cool down our mind, and maybe give some stuffs a think along the whole research. Seem like tonight I can write in my diary.

So what do we do here? Learning to use some cool gadget call, "Getach". It was really cool. Running with the windows mobile OS, it has games, msn live messenger, and other basic stuff. The best was the GPS. Our work basically involve GPS system. It is the core to the success of this research.

Well, I am not using my computer so there is not much that I can tell here. When it comes to computers, it is best to use our own personal computer.

Anyway all the best to everyone. Especially to Germany. You must win this year match and not forgetting two friends from Malaysia. Hope you guys dealt with your problems accordingly. "SMS-ing you guys CAN BE EXPENSIVE here". Anyway, I am sorry that I stopped replying you guys last night.

Germany.. YOU ARE THE BEST!!

Rushing around. Catch the first goal. Rushed back and catch the other 3 goals. AND AWESOME!! Germany won the game. Two goals by Klose. Man of the game. Awesome tactics. Awesome passed. Awesome defence.

There is no better team than this. The midfield basically brought the whole team up both in the defences and in the attacks. Best team synchronize. And best shots on goals. Mueller, you are also awesome for scoring the first goal in the first 3 minutes. Thank to you I got to watch that goal from outside a bar. I will get back on how I manage to catch all 4 goals on LIVE broadcast. It was an AWESOME night for me.

Right now, I still have to pack and leave for my next match on 4am. I am leaving Victoria at 6am and I am still not pack. This World Cup season is just AWESOME.

Too many awesome here. How would you describe an AWESOME life?

Come, give me a word.

AWE~~~~ "Wait for it"... SOME!!

Next match will be Spain on Paraguay. Enjoy. I hope Paraguay win.

Love the way you LIE

Awesome song from Eminem latest album. "Love the way you lie". I don't really care if others lie to me. There is nothing from me even if they lie to me. Why should they even waste their time. Random wordings.

"Just gonna stand there watch me burn,

Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts,

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry,

As long As the wrong feels its like I am in flight."

Yesterday was wickedly wasted for me. Hang over for the whole day. It was awesome to hang out in the Notts. A bunch of new local friends. That's the way they party and the Asian will never gonna learn that.

It is amazing how different culture have different ways to party. That is what make the world fun to explore.

Got an invitation to some diving trip. The dates clashes with my study timetable. Pitiful. This will be like those time when I hope I am a graduate student. Then I can request for a holiday and jump of into the ocean and enjoy.