Sometime you feel confident in facing challenges, thinking that you will be OK even if you fail. But the fact is that this is what you think, I am sure youwould find it hard to accept when you know the failure.....

 

This always happens to me but I know I can recover quite quick and be back to normal again...... However this is no longer the case today.....

 

Yeah got back the IAA results.... and ofcoz not that impressive else I would be in a party and not writing this piece of message........

 

I notice I haven't passed any exam for a while.... feel quite sad actually...... the first time you feel ok not to pass becoz you are new to the course.... second time you think you are closer and just lack of something.... but the third time I run out of excuses (lack of luck?? questions go against you??).....

 

To be honest I don't rush for the qualification, but just feeling depress becoz of the time, money and effort spent on it and nothing really comes out. It is a problem of not moving instead of moving slowing...... yeah I feel I am far away... very far away.....

 

Anyway life must goes on, hope I can find incentive for it again..... but at the moment I am in "recession"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't imagine I have had some many hot pots recently..... I guess it is the time to have fun and enjoy life before the end of financial year...... OMG so much to do in the coming months.... don't really want to work to be honest.... *sigh*....

 

Went to Xiao Ou's new place last night.... haven't seen him for a while since he no longer lives in Eastwood..... really great to see his house is much bigger and tidy than before.... I wish he can have a new chapter of his life too......

 

Have known him for around 10 years now.... still remember we caught the same bus to school, studies the same course in high school as well as in university..... Xiao Ou is definitely a smart guy who is quick to learn, can't reckon if he didn't become my tutor...... congrat to his new career path, hope he will like what he is going to do.....

 

I think I am kind of sick of hot pot now even I used to enjoy it a lot...... maybe had too much in the recent lime..... but next semesterwill start very soon... anything is better than study.... PLAY HARD NOW

 

 

I think one of the hottest topic in recent time has to be Euro 2008..... in fact I really want to follow the games, but only one game shows on TV each week... and the time is from 4am in the morning.... SLEEP IS MORE IMPROTANT.....

 

I guess the game has been good so far, really delighted to see Netherlands and Spain play well..... finally some teams can beat Italy and France

 

Soccer is not a popular sport in Aus, I reckon Euro 2008 would be very "hit" in Hong Kong....

 

Another thing about "Euro" is the Honda Accord Euro is on run out now....... Yeah the new Euro 2008 will be out soon..... quite like this car... it has a powerful engine, good quality and good handling.....

 

Heard from Alex today saying it only costs $30,000 (Auto) currently..... WOW so cheap..... maybe this will be my first car..... but who knows, need to check my bank account first................ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With hard work and OT, I got a gift certificate @ Cafe Sydney...

 

This is an expensive restaurent... to be honest I won't go if I don't have this "discount"

 

The food is pretty good but not excellent, however service is good and the view is prefect..... (it is the same as the view from my workplace... so nothing really special to me.....)

 

After this classy dinner we continue our "Big Stomach tradition".... yeah we had a second round in Chinatown..... Can't believe my friend said he was still hungry..... We order 4 big dishes and share between 3 ppl.... the volumn is at least a double as what we previous had ...

 

The fact is I can't eat much anymore..... always ate a lot with these bros but now I can only watch them to empty the dishes.....

 

Well too bad.... but I could beat you guys in hotpot 

 

 

 

Time flies and it has been a year now since I came back to Sydney..... A few things that I have noticed of myself...

 

1) Have got fatter now compare to the time I was in HK.... Yeah not much exercise and too much driving in Aus  haha..... I miss the long stair in HK.... Every night I needed to climb about 200 steps all the way back to home...... it saved me a lot of money from the gym....

 

 2) Have a more balance life in Aus..... Call up friends for activities..... But life can be quite bored without housework ahaha.....

 

3) Have put more time to study and work..... Sorry to say this but this is reality... Just can't get away from it

 

4) ??....... Did i miss anything??......

 

Watch so much TVB series recently..... Think the song of 太極 is good..... Not telling you to 耍太極.... But it contains a philosophy of life

 

"善莫善於水　輕與重　也借勢推送
柔弱莫弱於水　水轉動　卸去了心痛
容大莫大於水　將壓力　化清風
磨到　頑石也融　將恨意歸空"

 

Doesn't matter where you live, doesn't matter what you do..... Thing can just be as liquid as water

 

 

Have been a long time since my last message on this Space.... not until a few days ago someone remind me to update this Space

 

Actually I have updated my status, but just didn't do it here instead I did that on Facebook... it is easy to commit into one but much harder for both.....

 

Yesterday heard about the earthquake in southwest China and more than 10,000 people were killed... this is such a bad bad news..... I had an email discusssion with a group of friends today about the priority in Life and what does it mean to have a meaningful life...... it was interesting to see people's suggestion with their supportable reasons hmm......

 

Indeed my priority of life has changed a lots since I graduated, it is so different to be a worker than a student... despite you might have a strong focus on your priority, somehow you are just forced to switch that around.....

 

 

What does it mean to be meaningful??... I guess I leave you all to think about your life

 

 

 

 

Haven't thought of my my space for a while, this is mainly becoz of crazy working hour in the past few months.... after that.... need to get back to study.... "life is too short to take break"

 

Just to share with you a silly thing that I came up with today....

 

Today I had my professional exam tutorial. Here was a comment from the tutor:

 

"This course requires you to study for at least 15 hrs per week......." then later on he said " the course note and textbook you study will only worth 20% of the exam......"

 

 Ohh man... we paid so much for the course but you told me that I can only get a maximum of 20% from what you give back to me?!...... where is the other 80%?..... should we be given something which at least show us the right track?!

 

If we are just given 20% of the course, why do we pay 100% for the course?..... this is ridiculous

 

Well this is the only institution in Aus which offers this study.... I have no choice but to be a price taker....

 

 

 

Haven't been to this website for a while, I mean I nearly forgot about this blog.... 

 

Have been extremely busy at work at the moment, so many stuff to finalise in the next two weeks...

 

Really got nothing to share in this Space at the moment, I just reluctant to do any thinking apart from work.....

 

But one thing that I will definitely think about is the coming of X'mas....  

 

 

Very happy that exam was over, hope I don't need to do it again next year

 

Still got a big project dues before end of the year, very likely need to work during X'mas as well

 

Working on the TVB drama series now, what else you can do during spare time in Australia

 

Any party or dinner, please give me a buzz

 

 

P.S. Saw this incredible car on a website, which powers by a 1,342kW engine..... AND it is a Toyota!! It is a Camry!!..... with 3.2-litre 1,342kW six-cylinder Toyota 2JZ turbocharged... I think this is a legend!!!

 

 

  

Not in good sharp recently.... I guess it is because of the coming of exam and other things which stress me.....

 

Another reason I reckon is that not much interesting or special things happening to my life right now.... it just likes I am going into cycles, repeating and repeating.... really need inspiration or motivation to break it through.... but what are they? how can I find them? ..... 

 

Exam is in less than 3 weeks ... still setting my mood for it, but a mountain of materials are yet to study.... can I stay calm for it?  

 

 

 

After the IAA tutorial, I ran to the station for the train which departed in 2 mins.... ofcoz I didn't catch it, got to wait another half and hour =.="

 

Standing on the platform, watching people got off and got on their train.... this scene keeps repeating in front me... although bored, I got no choice but to watch....

 

Then heard a sudden noise.... a group of children around aged of 6 to 10, was lifting up their head, looking at a balloon which stuck at the ceiling of the platform..... one of them climbed up the pillar, thinking that he could get the balloon which was around 5 meters above the ground..... ofcoz he failed and started crying.... after a while a train staff got the balloon for him... happy ending

 

This story may not mean a lot to you as it is quite a normal scene.... what suprised me was that little child actually had the courage to climb up the pillar

 

Thinking back to my childhood, I would do whatever thing I like and get whatever I want with concentrated mind and full intention.... At that time mind is simple, but it was a true reflection of heart.... Obviously now there is much more thinking and burden before you take action on certain thing, it might still bring you to the same end result, but no doubt it would take longer and lost of opportunities....

 

Being simple is a blessing! Sometimes it might be better to follow your heart, keep yourself happy

 

 

歌曲：笑忘書

 

歌手：張敬軒

作曲：張敬軒

填詞：林若寧

編曲：the invisible man

 

 

 

 

In around one month time, I will be sitting for my IAA exam. After many years of exam experience, I guess I can stay calm for it. This doesn't mean I don't care about it, but rather exam is NOT everything in my life even though they are important . 

 

I remember I came across this literature about "What are the needs for human being?". At the fundamental base, it is security, which can be defined as the need for clothing to cover nude body, a shelter to stay under, food to fill stomache etc etc. The next layer is love whether it could be friendship, relationship, family etc. After that it is the additonal stuff which is more than enough for keeping your survival e.g. having an extra pair of shoes.... Then there are wealth, career, reputation which lie at the top of the chart. 

  

Looking at the world today, I reckon the order of this chart is no longer representative. People very likely would put love at the top of the chart nowadays i.e. they are the least desirable in life.... are we transforming to robot now? or are we seeking the apporpriate stuff for our life?.....

 

Recently I have spent much of my time with Alex, a friend of mine since high school. Though a long time we have met, I don't really know him much until recent, especially his relationship history. I guess he hides that so well hahaha...... Anyway he is going to Shanghai at the end of the year to meet up with his girl friend. He looks forward to the day so much and I wish him all the best with his trip . Got a song for him.....

 

 

歌名：愛回家

歌手：古巨基
作曲：Dick Lee
填詞：林夕
編曲：Ted Lo
監製：雷頌德

勤力過 捱罵過 如做錯
誰又會原諒我 懷念家中被窩
想去躲 這麼吃力 求甚麼

投入過 麻木過
磨練過 沉悶過　疲累過
其實我進取麼
時間從未敢蹉跎
賺到幾多
賺到的只是你
能被你溫柔無微的照顧
被你那麼在乎
平日有你縱壞已忘記辛苦

活著有你多好
多麼渺小都變寶
躺在平靜被舖上漫談來日旅途
回到家中便有你多好
一碗暖湯的鼓舞
沾濕我眼睛
有人祈求我歸家 來互抱

唯獨你 明白我
成就過 誰若說 容易過
曾受了氣幾多
能聽我解釋因何在這被窩
賺到的只是你
能被你溫柔無微的照顧
被你那麼在乎
平日有你縱壞已忘記辛苦

活著有你多好
多麼渺小都變寶
躺在平靜被舖上漫談來日旅途
回到家中便有你多好
一碗暖湯的鼓舞
沾濕我眼睛
有人祈求我歸家

自問已經得到
得到你比一切好
躺在平靜被舖上望浮雲在過路
回到家中便有你多好
張開兩臂的鼓舞
沾濕我眼睛
眼前繁華有幾好 來互抱 

 

 

  

Time flies and now it is nearly October. A few more months then here we go 2008!!!

 

I guess a highlighted event before X'mas is Halloween. Last year my company offered us free ticket to Halloween night at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. It was such a great night despite the relatively long query for every "ghost house" (we had privilege ticket, still a long waiting time).... 

 

Personally I don't watch horrible movie but I don't really find the GHOSTS there scary, because I kept reminding myself that they are HUMAN only!!

 

After visiting a few "ghost houses", I started to find out the fun part of 哈囉喂..... Whenever I heard my friends and other ppl screamed because of sudden appearance of "ghost", I just couldn't stop laughing..... You can just imagine they grabbed other ppl nearby without thinking of who they are..... the embrassing looks that they have..... and someone actually swore to those "ghosts"..... haha   

 

This year I am not able join this interesting event, but I am sure I will definitely take a visit and I am looking forward to..... I will probably grab Johnny Wat to go with me, since he is so experienced in 哈囉喂

 

 

海洋公園十月全城哈囉喂2007

 

日期：	2007年 9月 28-30日, 10月 1、5-7、12-14、18-21、26-28、31日
時間：	下午 5時30分 至 凌晨12時

 

    

Last weekend I went for a short trip to Forster, a beautiful and quiet place which locates at the north of Newcastle. I could summarise my trip in three words: relax, fun and exciting

 

I guess the most enjoyable aspect of the trip was not only the beautiful places we visited, but also the game time we had at night!! I couldn't remember when the last time I played Monopoly, it is still a fun game regardless of age!!

 

Another game that we played was "liar". I guess my high school friends would know this game very well as we used to play so often during break and lunch time back to the day of school hahaha..... and I still love this game very much 

 

Another interesting fact I found out about myself was that I can actually survive without a PC .... which is an excellent news to me!! haha 

 

Song time....

 

 

歌曲：世外桃源

 

歌手：譚詠麟

作曲：譚詠麟

填詞：向雪懷

編曲：盧東尼

 

 

我的心已跟海風流浪
我的影同樣尋覓去向
如海鷗剪破了寂靜
如斜陽隨水蕩
隨天光走到了日落
人愛上懶洋洋

我於蒸發感覺中流汗　我的思緒像潮汐退漲
人海中飄泊似踏浪　仍然頑強闖蕩
煩囂中失去了願望　離遠了從前方向

願活在夢幻世界
身穿千尺浪
夢內沒有分國界
自由是國邦

從無緣無故的徬徨
走進歡笑開朗
如帆船微雨中迴航
不必孤身飄遠岸
能遺忘人世的繁忙
方會醒覺風在唱
從從前愁緒中離航
熱情像紅日發放

 

 

With great fortune our department had a community service today, which allows us to escape the heavy work load from the office for a day.  

 

My first impression of this voluntary work was "how hard can it be? At least the jobs can be physically solved whereas I am still digging my way out for those in the office"...... which is somehow TRUE!!

 

A group of 20+ of us were divided into small teams, the tasks given to us were: painting, furniture assemble, paving and gardening. I was forced to do gardening without a choice..... I guessed they thought I should do some gardening ....

 

As we made our way to gardening, we were surprised how much work was need to be done.... I guess the last time someone did gardening might be about 10 years ago!! ahahaha..... obviously the workers there didn't do a lot because there are some lovely "volunteers" visit them periodically hahaha

 

Overall it was fun despite the physical tiredness afterwards. I would prefer activities similar like this, which get us out of the office sometimes. 

 

 

P.S. there were photos taken during our work, will post them up.

 

 

 

Last Thursday, our dear CEO Mr Mohl presented our half yearly result to the media, which also concluded our half yearly valuation task.... You know there had been so much effort behind those pretty numbers..... Now I am on an insane project which is enough to drive me crazy before the next valuation

 

I guess a highlight of this project so far is that I just wipe out a potential extra 25 millions profit hahaha.... but I am not out of job..... In fact it is a concern if there are large extra profits, the process of analysing the source is somehow troublesome. The lesson I learned was that:

 

 

Beside the excitment I have at work, another thing to panic about is the APEC next week. When the APEC meeting was hosted in Thailand, the government made the whole week as public holidays, whereas we only got ONE day on Friday.  

 

My office is located at the sea side which have a great view across the Darling Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge which also make it a high risk area of any "hazardous" activities. I would need to get myself prepare for the police and high security guard around that area next week (better find my elegant business suit for next week )....

 

Btw I would like to see Mr. W Bush, but probably not this time hahaha

 

 

 

Due to transportation problem, I was forced to "muck around" Eastwood after work today....

 

Then I came to this real estate agent shop, I was curious to find out the current real estate market..... but I was annoyed after taking a quick look at advertisment board through the shop window...

 

Out of those properties, at least 70% of them was sold in which they have the little "SOLD" label attached on them....

 

Why would they still advertise those "sold" properties?!...... I believe the purpose of advertising is to sell the product right?..... So why do they put them up if they are sold? Do they just want to tell you that you have missed the opportunities, giving a sense of regret? i.e. "Only watch, can't own", I really hate this

 

So what's their intention?!..... I find it is hard to figure out and understand...... 

 

 

Today is 農曆七月初七 which is my 農曆生日. I guess Chinese is very clever in that way they make two New Year(s) and two birthdays into the calendar for everyone which is wonderful =)

 

農曆七月初七 also reminder me about the story of <<牛郎織女>>. In fact I had a conversation with my mum about this.

 

母:「星期日是七月初七, 你的農曆生日」

子:「七月初七? 牛郎織女的故事?」

母:「這是人間以前的傳聞, 可能將來你和的你的老婆都會分隔兩地, 哈哈!」

子:「........」

 

What kind of thought is this? Wanna his son and daught-in-law to separate?!.. haha

 

Despite the trueness of the story, I do find some similar stories happen to my friend and colleague around me. Ofcoz their stories are not as sad as the original one becoz there are now so may communication tools for them to talk and even see their other half. And I really appreciate their love which overcome long distance and obstacle......

 

If this happen to me, will I have the courage go on???... HAHA I am again thinking too far...

 

 

P.S. A song relates to this story, hope you enjoy it!

 

 

歌曲：七夕

 

編曲：Wayland Lee/歐陽業俊

 

問　織女怎會熱愛牛郎
淚隔幾光年　柔腸似餓狼
謝七巧佳節　渡鵲橋一趟
天規哪管圓還是方　讓苦戀釋放

＊難道愛　未滿資　其實幸福非天賜
　誰在意　逆聖旨　為何定要到七夕
　方可見一次　難道中國傳奇是
　情要變慘事　憑遺憾出詩意＊

是　今天的我遇上牛郎
在故宮輕狂　離愁卻難防
為北京嚮往　但再度交往
不想變織女來硬闖　就各自淡忘

誰願似　舊女子　重逢若果得一次
懷念怨　預約苦　遺忘大概更不易

＃不想上京師　然後親口跟你講
　又過了一年　期望未必一致＃

REPEAT＊＃

如面試　換襯衣　然而真不好意思
事隔已多年　連容貌都不似

 

 

Yes today is my 24th birthday, and also a remarkable birthday to me for three reasons:

 

1) I have celebrated this with a group of my best friends

2) I am progressing toward at the end of the "accident hump" of the mortality curve, which means there is higher probability I will reach my next birthday =P

3) This is last year that I need to pay expensive premium for motor haha

 

With an age of 24, I reckon I am mature enough to choose and do the right thing. It also means I need to plan my future more seriously and move toward the goals that yet to achieve.   

 

This year is the "year of pig" which is also the second cycles of "12生肖" since I was borned, thus it means much more to me..... There are not many "12生肖" cycles of human life, and now I reach my second one.... The next one will be in 12 years time which is a long long way to go.....

 

I am very sure I celebrated my 12th with my family. Now I celebrate my 24th with my friends and it is very likely (or hopefully) I will celebrate my 36th with my own family..... How about the 4th and 5th cycles?... Perhaps I have been thinking too far

 

Well I would like to say thanks again for all my friends who celebrated with me today, I really enjoyed the dinner and also seeing the smiley faces of yours. I have known many of you since High School and Uni... You guys symbolise my history in Australia  

 

 

Just said goodbye to half yearly valuation, another big project is coming up.... whenever I have a look at the complexity of the project... it just gives me a headache....

 

 

In the past I saw myself as a bull.... exhausted myself to head on the "red flag".... Now the stuff in front of my life, are they the "red flags"?.... well I have started to stuggle in distinguishing the colours..... It seems like I am chasing something that will never exist or turn real....

 

 

What am I doing?..... Indeed I find it difficult to answer the question....

 

 

Need to take a rest - "我很累"......