Oh i went down to Margaret River with my parents last weekend. It was awesome - i got to spend more time with my family, celebrated my dad's 58th birthday and got to drink a bit with my siblings.

The weather down south was great, and really enjoyed the company. We din get to move around much, but that was a very relaxing break for me before moving back to uni.

One of the BP stations between Busselton and Bunbury

I was really in need for that rest and God provided with my mum, out of a sudden, suggested that we do a trip down south. But too bad adeline couldn't make it because of church events and stuff, but it was alright. I clocked 700km in 2 days, thanks to my reliable civic that brought me through smoothly - she's da bomb!

Busselton Jetty

Sandy beaches, wineries, lighthouses, sunset and sunrise. It was truly a rest, and setting apart to rest for a while - to spend some time alone with Him. Nevertheless, i really enjoyed myself!

Family photo (Extra: Aunty at the top left end)

Apart from the trip, i am still trying to shift back to uni life, which is of course more slack and more sleeps. I kind of miss my colleagues - the jokes we made about each other, the laughters, the funs, the sleep-during-worktime and got caught, the beer sessions, the never-ending meetings, the projects, the sound of the jammed printer, the irritating phone calls, the greetings on answering machines when we were too lazy to pick up the calls, the toilet bombing issues, and so on. I miss the people, my generous boss and his secretary, my supervisor, and everyone in the engineering department.

One of my marine warranty review letters

My boss is extremely generous and friendly, and i was given a lot of opportunities to do proper engineering work. I was relieved from doing spreadsheet 2 weeks after i started my work, and was shifted straight into project management. It was indeed a privilege, and i wasn't contributing a lot to the project team except some stupid random jokes, but my boss, being who he is, was encouraging enough to always assured me that I am doing a good job.

Strawberries (The Berry Farm, Margaret River)

I learned a lot for the past 4 months, not too much on real life engineering application, but on the soft skills like communicating with my colleagues, and how to blend myself into the industry and the people. I learned to love the people, to bless them with practical things, to encourage and help them in every way i can. I constantly reminded myself that I am not only a naval architect in the office, but I am more of a person in there to bless and to love the people - to spread His word and His presence in there. And to bring joy to them.

Dunsborough beach (in between Busselton and Margaret River)

So now, no more review letters, no more huge chuck of blue prints/diagram to follow up, no calculations to be done, no spreadsheets to play around with. Seriously, I prefer to work rather than studying. I miss my work place to the max. I am going back tomorrow to collect my wages, and also for the project closing.

But oh well, life goes on. Things changed for good. And its time to move on onto greater heights!

Oh by the way, whoever knows anyone who is pursuing Offshore Engineering, Naval Architecture, Structural Analysis, Oil and Gas Engineering and related fields, and is looking for a placement, you can ask me for my company's contact. They are very keen in looking for placement students. They pay well, and we are indeed a NON-SMOKING COMPANY!! hehe...at least in australia office we dun have any smokers.

Imagine something like:

- a sunny windy day
- a comfortable picnic chair
- a huge icebox filled with beer and liquors
- a battery-operated radio
- a huge umbrella
- a beach

Hehe...yeaps i need a break. And its coming soon! hehe..going down south Margaret River this weekend! Hooo...gonna stay in this really luxury house with my family and soon-to-be family member - with spa, beach house with personal barbeque facility plus more.

And I am very desperate to get a kite. I called up kite-selling companies but their kites are freaking expensive - like $1600 for a titanium light-weighted confirmed-will-fly those kind. I asked for catalogues to be sent to me, so can consider upon investing in one hehe.

I know its Monday, but i am so looking forward to the weekend! Hehe...oh and also crabbing plus some water sports. I am so going to fall in love one more time again.

Been trying to keep up with swimming but i am just too lazy. But everything's been good so far. Chinese new year is just like normal working days here - no holidays, but still prefer to get back to work because i would just get bored staying at home doing absolutely nothing.

Its like when your age is catching up, you tend to think and plan more ahead. My parents are getting older, thats one thing for sure that I have noticed. Me being the youngest, cant wait to graduate so that they can retire and spend some quality time together. ONE MORE YEAR. PLEASE MAKE THIS QUICK.

I saw it coming. I knew he will say that eventually..hehe hinting all these whiles until this very morning when I just set foot on the office this morning.

Thank God for His providence. I know very well myself that I am extremely lazy, did not help much except crapped a lot and created laughters in the office. But His grace goes beyond all these - I knew it's Him once I heard that. I knew it's God who provides.

The direction seems clear, but it would mean same company but a new life, a new place, a new beginning - new friends, new colleagues, new people, new opportunities. And the most important thing - wider opportunities and nearer to home.

But of course, have to wait for the woman to finish her studies - then off we go.

happy valentines day people.

And yes, I am one year older a day before valentines day. Oh i tell you, this is the first time i feel so old after all these years telling myself - "you're not old you know, as compared to others." I mean...the big 23 this year means I have a few more years to go before getting tied up and get things going.

I am really thankful for what He has given me in life. I am a person who does not fancy money, but more onto "being fun and crappy" kind of addiction. I love young people - they reminded me of myself 5 years ago when I look at those college people. Even my girlfriend told me that I am pretty old already, so I have to start controlling my food intake so I can live longer (translation: so I can earn enough money for her to spend hehe). Oh well...here are a few things I am thankful of:

- Having friends and buddies who I can hang around and just go crazy with
- Having a God which never cease to provide and protect
- Managed to go through 4 years of uni without any hitch up
- Having a faithful car which never dies on me
- Having to stay in my parents house here which I dont have to pay any rent for
- Led a cell group last semester which I believe was twice as young as me
- Secured an internship job with an engineering firm which pays and treats well
- Having a bus stop right in front of my house which has very frequent bus services to city (5 mins interval)
- Having the ability to pay for expensive dinners treat with friends and girlfriend
- Adeline who never fails to support and loves me


And there are a few things I need to pick up on:

- Learn how to iron my shirt properly in the shortest possible time
- Have more patience
- Reduce the amount of craps and nonsenses
- Laugh softly
- No more speeding (cant take His grace for granted)
- Be more giving in terms of time
- Exercise regularly and control my food intake
- Relax more and have more frequent holiday trips
- Expand His territory and continue to do His work
- Teach and disciple younger kids (they are going to explode BIG!)
- Be a better son
- Learn not to get irritated or annoyed easily
- Drink milk and eat cheese
- Play better CS and beat the bomb hehe
- Be the king of Sequence - i mean as in the real real unbeatable kind hehe
- Gain back my stamina in swimming
- Pick up new skills - kite flying is one of them

OK back to work. Pretty quiet this morning in the office but have heaps to go through by today.

for the past 5 years here in perth, i can say that.....

THE TOILETS HERE HAVE VERY BAD VENTILATION!

i mean, it just stinks everytime after i shitted. Unlike my toilet back home - i could hardly smell my own shit the moment it went down the hole. Its just so not me, having to do the "dont look at me, its not me" kind of look whenever people started to look around to see who is that dude who just bombed the toilet.

sometimes i just feel like smacking those people's faces - those smokers who are inconsiderate. I am not an anti-smoker kind of person, just that some of them piss me off. They smoke when there are a lot of people around, esp when kids and friendly non-smokers are around. Just feel like doing some "hand swing" method towards their faces - havent been practising for a long long time.

I realised that i learned a lot of techniques when I was young - piano, taekwando, wushu, flute etc. But it seems like a waste of time and money because for piano, its understandable because i wanted to learn guitar but my parents refused to let me go ahead with it due to too much television influence (i.e. those guitarists tend to be very wild jumping around last time). Taekwando and wushu are for self-defense, but it became more like an attack mode switched on rather than defense mode. But it's all because I wanted to practise and I had to find some targets. I kicked down my house door twice, broke the vast with my hand once, and broke my fingers once. I tried to practise some of the basic old moves yesterday but ended up having leg muscles pain the whole night. Useless piece of body, becoming more fragile. Flute is just compulsory in school, so its either you learn it, or you fail.

Next time I will never force my kids to learn whatever they dont like to learn.

slacker day. I dun mind having mondays all week since we always have meeting on mondays. So which means, i dont have to do anything except to listen and listen and listen.

Surfing around ebay for a kite. Yes, a kite. If you want a good one, it can cost up to a few hundreds. The cheap ones will be around 20+ dollars, but lousy designs. I have been spying on the kites in ebay for almost a month, and I still havent decide whether I should get one or not. Considering other options like - hanging around the park where those rich little kids fly their kites and wait for that opportunity where either their kites got loose or somehow rather they lost the kites. Then I can wait till the night when everyone is back home for dinner - hehe then the kites will be mine. Hehe joking. I will ask adeline to help me get one from malaysia - hopefully she wont get a big fat WAU (malay's big fat kite) instead.

In need of a big big break. Havent been enjoying much of my summer break - apart from that 1 week christmas break. Just want to lay down by the beach, and catch some heat. That's all I want to do - alone or with people.