I find it hard to use Live Space now after being a frequent user of Facebook.... can't upload photos =.=!

 

 

Finally I bought m first vehicle at X'mas last year. Not surprisely it is a Mazda3.... becoz accord Euro is just too expensive, to be honest I don't know how Honda can manage that under the bad economic condition.

 

The Mazda3 I got is the 2008 version which mean it is the 3rd facelift..... the interior design is very good, red light with piano black background. I have thought of waiting for SP25, but decided not to after seeing those official pictures.

 

Up until now I am very happy with it, good response and enough power to do overtake which are the "must"s to me.

 

 

 

Just went to this year Motor Show..... in fact didn't put great hope in the absence of BMW, Audi and Mercedes..... but i guess it is still worth a go

 

So excited about the news of the next Mazda 3... it looks quite good from outside.... the front is a combination of the 6, next MX-5 and RX-8, and the rear is exactly a copy of Mazda 6

 

Despite the impressive exterior design, there is no indication of how the interior will look like  ..... I hope Mazda can put effort into it..... and present something better than the 6....

 

Have talked so much about the next Mazda 3, because it will be a car that lifts up the small car benchmark... I guess Mazda is doing a good job in putting pressure to other companies

 

 

 

不知不覺 this year is the 10th anniversiary since I come to Aus..... looking back to my life in  High School, Uni and Work in Aus, I don't regret that I left HK.......

 

A few weeks ago I met my HK/Aus High School friends on Facebook..... I think they are doing well as I expected.....

 

Not sure where I will be in 10 years time.... my friend asked me about my long term plan today.... I couldn't answer.....

 

P.S wanna to share with you a new song by Justin, I find it is very touching.... like it so much

 

三十日 - 側田 

 

逐晚倒數為見你準備 愿你快點又與我一起
治療足足一個月 由電話減少距離
而偏偏竟不知怎說起

是太想念你 超過了預期
只想可擁著你 然后吻你 讓你驚喜
由這一分鐘我一生就只有你
明日縱使不堪 阻不到我用心愛你

讓我終於都明了 明白你比生死重要
連言語 也沒法剩載得起

I'll give my life to be near you in every way
For I have nothing left to be here on this earth today

讓我終於不動搖 這改變因你
原諒我卻試過傷害你

逐秒擴張 惦記你滋味
合上眼睛像與你一起

為何分開一個月
如像枯島給隔離
尋不到 飛得走的客機

是太想念你 超過了預期
張開手保護你
游歷世界 讓你驚喜
由這一分鐘我一生就只有你
明日縱使不堪 阻不到我用心愛你
讓我終於都明了 明白你比生死重要
連言語也沒法剩載得起

I'll spend my life here beside you in every way
For I have nothing left to be here on this earth today

讓我終於不動搖 這改變因你
如若你欠信我的力氣

我唱這首歌 為你 
 

 

 

Finally takes two days off from work.... neither for offsite nor for study... it is a real leave from any work ^O^ 

 

Connie and Ringo are in Sydney, promoted to took them around these two days..... it was great.... never drove to so many places in one day... They are going back on Sunday, hope they will enjoy this trip and come to visit me more often

 

Went to Hunter Vallery yesterday (Finally -_-!!)......... surprisely it is a better place than I thought, in particular the Hunter Vallery Garden... wah good huh....

 

Have been using Ringo's DSLR, feels so good..... I wonder why ppl pay so much for this...... thought of joining the club of DSLR owner, but no la..... gotta to limit my toys

 

Had a lot of fun in the past week, thanks for the visit of my dear relatives....... it was the first time celebrating Mid-Autumn with so many family member since come to Aus...... Feel very different in Mid-Autumn, don't really eat moon cake andthere is no candle to play.... AI!!  

 

 

Hey have been a long time again since my last message.... yeah the usual excuse "busy ar ma"

 

Finally finished the most "wonderful" job - half year valuation..... well you reckon the numbers in the financial reports are good?.... that's why i am still employed.... haha

 

Anyway there is no sign of slowing down at work.... a work flooding .......

 

Exam is coming up soon.... this is an actuarial cycle: work => exam => work => exam ........ i reckon i should start doing other things in my life......  

 

My relatives are in town now... will bring them around..... finally can drive 110km/h +.... WOW.......

 

Btw want to talk about the Beijing Olympics, but don't know where to start and how to end...... one thing that i can say is: many activities i want to see were held in the afternoon..... -_-!

 

 

Can't remember the last time I actually bought a music CD/VCD/DVD..... As you may agree nowaday not many CD is worth to buy, but you might like this one if you are into HK pop....

 

Last Saturday went to see a doctor in Eastwood...... You know how busy is Eastwood now especially on Saturday .... it just likes a mini-HK...  

 

Then went in a shop which sells HK movie/music to update myself..... Suddenly remembered my friend's comment about <酷愛張敬軒演唱會 2008>.... => so bought one......

 

 

If you never heard of his songs, I recommend you do......

 

 

 

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