Monday, September 30, 2002

Ha! times fly... already 3 days back from Sydney, and yet... i still can't get back the life i used to have at brisbane. Sitting here, knowing that i still jobless.. (hahaha!) and probably a litter bit of disappointed, its that they are looking more qualified people, or I am not qualified for them.... hai...!!! The worse is that i dun even have monitor for my computer to work. So, thats probably make it worse of my days. I guess, nothing I can do.

Its already end of September, and tomorrow is 1st Oct. What i am going to do now??? The trip to Melbourne were so good because i had establish relationship woth friends. But there are still need to wait for assessment of my resume. I would say that it may be take more then 2 weeks before i would have call from those employer.

So, Prayer must be the only way ah...!

Saturday, September 28, 2002

ha! ha! Finally I came back to Brisbane... the sweet sweet home. AFter hour and a half flight, i am so tired. Yesterday, spending whole day walking at Paddy Market, and chinatown at Sydney after i check out the hotel. Carry my beg walk to train station to catch train to airport, i was so exsolted. My shoulder were so painful (carry backpack kind of beg). Remember walking down the starway to the platform, i nearly fell because of imbalance of my body. hai... but thank God that i didn't.

2 weeks went i was away, think back, it not just a trip for job seeking and sight seeing... i guess it a time for refreshing as well. I felt my spirit so fresh and ready to do God's work again. I have the most wonderful time after Ryan left me (Ryan went back to brisbane a week before me), what i am talking about is the time that I spent with God. Reading the book that i mention early before, it was such a moment that God refresh my spirit. There are so many time that prompted in my mind to pray for certain situation in my life. But I didn't.... hahahaa!! I will tell you why.

Pray is such a powerful tool. Everyone knows that, but what i really scare of is what will happen if my prayer been answered? In bible, said that when you ask then you shall receive. Sometime we just take it for grandted. I shall let you know, me myself also like that. I just ask anything that i want... I guess sometime it is good when God really put somethings that you asked on hold... wherelse... I would be in trouble.

Monday, September 23, 2002

The Last Day at Melbourne
Yup! the last day at Melbourne. Its should be a night to be remembered. I think i should call up my friends and just to say bye. This morning wake up twice, i guess i am too excited to meet my dad and leave the room as soon as possible. If only if i can show you how my room look like, then you should know what i am tlaking about. At 4am, then at 6am, both awake by too warm underneath the sleeping.

Took my own sweet time packup my stuff. Got my space beg vuccum... then after an hour, i am ready to go.

Haven't got my lunch yet... and dunno where i am going to have my lunch. Still have 5 more hours to go to meet my dad, if only i can express out myself how excited I am, then you would know what i mean.

Sunday, September 22, 2002

TomYum.... YumYum...
I was actually did wrote something here... but it was deleted. Let me tell you why. I am at State Library of Victorior, well, State of Victorior Library have this kind of one click button needed to wait for 10 sec to load. ha! Nothing is better then Queensland State Library. Queensland is the best.

Spending whole day waiting for Ryan's parent to call. hhmm... because my future career may come from them! thats Why. Went to HOPE for service this morning and its really good. Seeing my friend, Wan Ping serve God with whole heartedly is the most happiest thing in my life.

Anyway, i dunno want to spend too much time on this STATE LIBRARY COMPUTER... too HI TECH.
Went to have dinner with Teng Wei at this Hong Kee restaurant. Its really nice and comfy. Ordered a Grilled Pork with fried egg on steam rice and TomYum soup. wah....

Saturday, September 21, 2002

The day that I spend time alone
Wake up this morning, knowing that yesterday i had the best night ever. My friend, who i came to melbourne for him... got save yesterday. My heart just jump with joy. My friend who is another high school friend of mine, were praying for him at CCM meeting. We jumping up and down, congrat him even though he has no ideal what had happened. I am so happy for this trip as it is so worthy after all.

Walking at Victorior Mrket for hour and a half, came back with tired foot. Then continue read my book: Smulgger, by Brother Andrew. This is my 24th bday gift from group of my friend. I was so anxiuse top finish this book. Just want to know what will happen.

Friday, September 20, 2002

Ryan's Flight Delay
Last for Ryan, 20th Sept. hai... time fly so fast. Sitting alone at library now, while ryan is at airport. His flight was 4 hour delay to 7pm. This is so sad. I am just going to think what i am going to do tonight as we always trying to keep ourselve occupied by watching VCD, song... hai...

Well, I guess got to get my life going... Today is sunny and I was just hang around at city after dropping ryan at Spencer Street (where the skybus - bus to airport stop). Later at evening, meeting my friend Wan Ping for dinner then going to their cell group. Its kind of excited because visiting people cell group. Anyway, hope that i will keep myself occupied.

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Great Ocean Road
hmm... very tired now. At library, just came back from 12 apostle. Let me tell you all the stuff. Man! it were so so fun.

Yesterday after library, we just went to check out the car rental, who knows that we got a car rented for just $60, include insurance. What car? Its Holden Barina, done 28,500km, auto (no manual available). Yup! booked it on 4:30pm, so at that 2 and half hours before 4:30pm, we went to buy our food supply cost total travel through and back is about 8 hours.

Picked up the car, then we just depart from Melbourne city. While we drive, always remind ourselves with "Keep left turn right". Stop at McD for dinner at 6pm then we just head up to 12 Apostle, passing by Colac (small town, short cut to 12 apostle that will joined back to Great Ocean Road), Galibern, Lavers Hill, then 12 apostle.

When we reach there, its about 8:30pm, cool and windy. The temperture in the car desboard shown 5.5degree and the car just like turbulance. We quickly jump out from the car and we find ourselve a shelter... man! I can't imagine if we have no shelter. The wind so strong that even the car shake when it is parked. We Meet this guy from Germen, who travelling from brsiabne down to melbour and will back to Alice spring. He is our friend for that night. About 10pm, we get ready to sleep by placing our sleeping beg on the prefect spot on the car seat. Its was a very scary night... wind... car shake... mirror fog up.... the form from the sea blew up to the car park which 200m away from the cliff. That was the best travel plan that I ever had before.

Planned to wake up at 4am to see sunrise... ended up... we kept snopzing till 6am because no sunlight. Anyway, we final got up and washed up... The Gremen friend joined us for this sunrise at 12 apostle. wah.... so so so cool... we were walking agianst the ocean wind... blowing through our frozen face... I am so happy to see these rock called as 12 apostle sitting on the sea side of the ocean. I told myself, "finally... finally... this is the one.... this is the beuty of what creator had made."

Heading back to car and ready for the journey back to Melbourne. Drove along the Greaty Ocean Road... feeling just great because I am driving beside the ocean.... the waves, mountain and sea.... just make me feel so so great.

Now, i still haven't recovered from the excitement... hardly to express out because i am in the mood of sleepy. I am so sleepy but yet... the excitement!!!! wah!!!

Wednesday, September 18, 2002

New day
The new fresh day... cloudy but its good.... not as cool as yesterday. Me and ryan are here (RMIT library) every morning... this the only source of computer access. Haven't plan what gonna do today.... just need to check car rent (planning the trip to great ocean road) and check out hotel available for ryan's parents...

The day 3 and day 4 video is available now... :-) hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoy our trip here at Melbourne...

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Job Hunting
The second part today... I am at library, 8:57pm. Yup! jjust company friend here to do some job hunting. Man! Why job hunting always so hard to get. People always says that we should never give up job hunting... because we never know... the one that we send next would be the wan. But really... I am just at the border.... Not many resume I sent today... hai.......
Melbourne University
We went to Melbourne University. People always gave comment that Melbourne U is nicer then UQ... eerr.... i am I dun agreed because it just like city campus... I mean what can you really do if your campus is in the city??? There are not enough space for student to really sit down on field for lunch when the space already so limited! Anyway, but i am agree that there are some buildiong structure is nicer then UQ. Some part of the building (most of them are colleges) was actually those 18th century building... crafted with lots of shape and sizes. There are one part of the building... on the roof top, there are these human head that straight out from the building... and the neck were so so long. Basically it just look like the rain strom drain that connected from the roof. The neck is like that.... connected from the head that straight out from the building then connected back to the floor. Remembered that i was just make fun of it by just tickle the neck.
St.Kilda
Yeah... met Ryan's friend Jeans, she is nice and she is sweet. We went for lunch and dinner togather. Then, followed with 20minutes of tram to St. Kilda (the only beach that really nice at Melbourne). We were almost frozen by strong cool wind from ocean. The trip is good, beside just getting to know Jeans, we actually bring her a step higher to know God. Keep praying for her.

Bought a new jacket (was $200 now $89) and a new pants (was $59.95 now $29.95) ... Yup!!! gonna change my image... detail to be shown on the day after i go back to Brisbane... Let make the International Culture Shock... really shock you guys by what I am wearing.... :-)
Melbourne photo.... see the link beside.

Dinner at ShangHai Restaurant
hi everyone... hows your day? Melbourne is terrible. I was wet the whole day and my shoes were almost soak with water. People always say that Melbourne weather is wire... now i really can feel it now. Yesterday were so wet and windy.... and as for today.... it sunny and cool too. Me and ryan nearly couldn't wake up from sleep because it was so nice just to wrap yourself and keep yourself warm underneath the sleeping beg.

Yesterday were the best day, i met with my friend who i had lost contact with 6 years ago. We catch with each other, had dinner at this shanghai restaurant. We talk about everything, we got shocked when we updated each other what had happen to our friends. Among all this... I am happy for her as well because she also got save and she is a really activite christian. We share about love of God, our testimony and etc.

Yup! We are really in deep sleep yesterday (too tired) and be honest... We actually didn't edit the video for day 3,... but what we had promised... we will do it.

Anyway, this is day 2 video. MELBOURNE VIDEO

Monday, September 16, 2002

Raining day at Melbourne
Ha! Staying at Melbourne not as fun as staying at Brisbane. Be honest, people here are not as friendly as we do at brisbane. We talk, we communicate even though you don't know each other. But here is very strange... may be i am just judging as a whole but this is what i felt anyway,... like today we had this special lunch called "Grand Special", just for $5.50 with crispy chicken, BBQ pock and some vegie... It really cheap but they were so so so rude. They drop the change without apologise.... so bad.

Today, just a bit wire... raining and so cool, but i like it. If you ask me how i feel this weather... it just as same as the brisbane winter.

Every night, we and Ryan will try to sort the photo that we took everyday and make it into simple and nice video.... its really really funny... but we like it so much. Its just like share the fun that we have at Melbourne to the friends that we love at home (brisbane)... ya mah... the chinese idiom said "we bear and share the burden and happiness as we are friends togather"

well... this is the website for the video... its not too big... but just nice for you to keep. MELBOURNE VIDEO

cya! and catch with me tomorrow!

Saturday, September 14, 2002

Sunny Melbourne
Yup! Already at Melbourne this morning. Me and Ryan took off 6:25am from brisbane. Well, i need to tell you this that this is my first time taking Virgin Blue. hmm... its not bad its 737-800 plane. Its got very comfortable seat and leather ler! But something is missing... everything on plane is not free, i mean drink is not free! Soft drink with 300ml cost $2.50. ahh... thats why its so cheap!

Anyway, once we landed, we were rush to the place that we staying. Its actually a shop house. We stay at the back of this florist. The landlord of the house is the owner of the florist. We rented the room for $80 per week. Its got everything include bed, mirror, cupboard... but not pillow though. We were scouting around and know that there are 2 toilet in this premise. Indoor and outdoor! Man! this going to be so so cool if you do your business early in the morning. ahh... how i iwsh i can put up some photo.

After that we had this turkish bread stuff with chicken, sort of chicken kebab at Victorior Market, which located just across the house. It full of surprises because the market setting just like malaysia setting. Those "pasar malam" but they are under the roof lar. You can get everything from clothing to eating. hhmm... then we jump in to a tram. Now, talking about the tram... they jump in and out like nobody business... we are actually going to chinatown but then we decided to took tram because its much more nearer. Cost money??? yah.... but we got this 2 hour ticket which we can use it any time at any tram to anywhere between that 2 hour.

The chinatown here is huge man! Haven't got a chance to really sit down and enjoy the beutiful creation of these "china-man" because we are actually really tired. Anyway, i am at RMIT library now, just checking some email before head back to SLEEP! yup!!! sleep....... then later tonight! we going to Crown... the casino!

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

Sept 11
Sept 11, today is the really wire day because there are thousand of people die. Think back a year ago, I was sitting front of TV, watching the live news. People all over the place talked about it. It is really scary moment and there is something inside my heart asking when would be our turn!!! The feeling still there and just can't be explainable. Remembered that night, i was awake from sleep a phone call, told that Twin tower was under attacked. That moment I thought he just kidding, but when turned on TV, The joke became true. Its just unbelievable.

The Innocent killed yesterday,
We have to stand firm today,
We wait and pray,
To claim the promise day.


Prepare Melbourne, Here I come
Spending whole morning updated and editing my resume. Then sent out fewer resume that I qualified with. Its funny that all employer required 2 years of experience when I have no opputurnity to start my career!!! ha!

The friendship go cool
How do you feel when friendship gone cool? I have no ideal! May be this time would be the trial for me!

Tuesday, September 10, 2002

Its has been a week now, that i did update my blog. There are so many reason to be told, monitor broken down, hardly get access to internet... but above all this, i have been wanted to update every single day. So, since today i have nothing to do... i shall update my blog.

My mailbox was flooded with email... just knew that these few days, i missed the exciting email all over my cell group. No wonder that i missed out the interesting topic that had been going around the cell. Read lots of encouragement email... which somehow awaken my inner human being.

Past few days, i have been quite busy. Church conference ( which i did attend but helped out atthe refreshment), accompany chris down to coast (Pick up sharon to brisbane). And its because i am doing nothing at all time... something always pop up at any time, thats why i reckon i am actually more busier then i used to study...!!! I am glad because in this way, i won't be worry about anything, and in everything i do, i actually do it whole heartedly.

Sometime i got kranky when i have nothing to do (like really anything pop up) poor chris that he had to company me with that kranky mood. I know its really bad, But seriousely... I haven't been told chris that i actually trying to relax more!

Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Prepare to help
Spent afternoon at Chris's lab Griffith University It is fun to see all this equipment on the table camera, light box and these rotating desk... Yup! I came in to help his assignment, well until now. He hasn't got anything to be help out. Anyway, iwhile i wait for his call, i just surfing the net. I used to have this litter icon on this page and telling me the statistic of every single person who visited this page. From where you are, to what kind of browser. Basically just give me an ideal of how many people had visited my page. But i can't get the icon back. I had tried to get back the html code from the provider, but i just can't.

I dunno what we going to do later, but this weekend we might going down to coast as sharon (told you about her few days ago) coming back from Melbourne tomorrow. So, Chris will spend some time with her. Just planning to go to Lamington park, tree top walking, Burra Binna, Nature Bridge, wine tasting... yup! Need to tune in with the nature after living in city.

Got my graduation photo. So, i have to choose what to develop. I can't believe that a piece of photo (38cm x 28cam) cost AUD$55, and the protrait (50camx40cm) cost AUD$88. Get headache from just deciding what to develop and size. Anyway, i hope that i be able to decide before this week so that by 2 weeks time, i will get my photo.

Tuesday, September 03, 2002

Swinging
Yesterday, i had a very bad day... swinging mood is not a very good thing. I know that people around you may suffer because of my mood swinging, but how about me myself??? I don't know what happen.... what i know is that every morning, once i wake up... i have to think of something to do... i just felt its really waste of time by just do nothing. Oh God.... i need help man!

I miss my sister so much. She at hawaii now, i have no contact number nor her address. Email wasn't reply because she just there less then a week. I wonder how she doing now... i wonder how she coupe her life there... i wonder She will get use to the enviroment... I wonder and wonder and wonder........ God! just guide her.

Wake this morning, trying claiming myself. hai... so far i am doing fine. Well, if worse come to worse, i will just walk across to indooroopilly shoipping complex and help aunty roseline in her Kenny's Cardiology shop. But really, i thank God that i will spend time later at BCC helping citycare.

ok... pray for me,.... i need job... and i need things to do not require my finances.