2009 in review

There you go, 2009 in another few days

There's no better time for me to review other than a quiet Christmas Eve, so called 平安夜 in chinese...sitting on the living room couch, with a cup of coke after watching an inspirational documentary of "This is it" by MJ...conveniently with christmas carol as background music which I can hear thru' the window.

So, where should I begin?

2009, another year that I see myself in great improvement

Both mentally and physically

A lot of myth in life seems to be clearer to me, something like "where there's will, there's a way"

Certainly it all became much more realistic to me

And I guess that's how people grow and excel, we understand how stuff works and figure out our own way to achieve them, like Sylar-.-

I try not to compare with the other years that I've been through as each of them is unique

But in terms of materialism, I have everything that I longed for, and I just couldn't ask for more

Dad and mum have worked their asses out just to provide comfort in my life

And I'm certainly grateful that they never ever asked me to "try and save money because it's hard to them to earn it", eventhough this statement makes perfect sense, they never utter a word about it, seriously, they never did.

And it's just amazing sometimes that thoughts and feelings needn't to be conveyed in words to be understood by the intended receiver.

I felt that at least I've done something good in life to try my best to save up money and to earn some extra for myself.

Surely there's no better feeling than to spend your own money on something that you'd die for, as a poor student living off parents.

I admit that I search for a materialistic life all the time, I just have this strong feeling and love for new technology, all the way from huge screen TVs, powerful MACs, cool iPods and stunning hi-fi to elegant bread toaster and intelligent conventional oven.

To be a materialist, you've got to have the sufficient revenue to compensate the huge spending, so I guess this is one of the reason that while in I'm in search of this life, I search for success in career too.

But anyway, don't get this whole idea wrong that I'm always after for money

It is happiness that I'm looking for, the purest form of all human emotions I supposed

In the quest of this purest form, we have to keep ourselves pure as well

People say that happiness is hard to come by in life, I say you just haven't opened your eyes wide enough to fit them in

Being involved a lot more in CCM, a student church group that I've been to throughout the whole year, I slowly regain the feel and taste of working together as a group of people that I loved so much in my high school years

Helping out in the setup of musical equipments, cleaning up after weddings, chairing activities...

It just so nice to see people laugh and smile, knowing the reason behind it is you yourself

People there taught me how to appreciate little things in my life, and enjoy every little conversation that I'm having with people, and to see everyone the same way

It's only possible that you can see a person's heart, while you see everyone as the same, while seeing thru' their looks and clothes

Don't judge people easily, because you haven't seen their whole life.

My students life couldn't get any better in terms of how knowledge is poured into my head

With all the diseases, drug names, side effects and mechanisms to remember by hard

I embrace the moment by doing it the hard way, secretly hoping in my heart that I would still be able to yell out the drug names and their characteristics when called upon

It might seems like a hard core task, but I have to admit that it was certainly a joyful ride to be able to understand how drugs work and interact with each other at the very fundamental level

Of course, the moment the results came back all good was definitely great!

Surely I'm looking forward another year of challenge ahead, with all the clinical placement stuff going on, it'll surely be a great great year!

Basketball, of course!

With MJ being inducted to the hall of fame and Lakers being the champion

No greater year for a basketball fans like me~

And happily, my life in basketball has reached another level, all grace to my basketball buddies and brother coaches here in Adelaide

Thanks to you guys, I'm able to view basketball at a whole new angle, and learn the game humbly with respect and determination

As I always said, basketball has been a teacher in my life, and always will be a guidance in my life in everything circumstances, it doesn't only provide the physical strength, but also the mental toughness that I desperately need in my life, to face every single challenge with a strong heart.

There's only 99.99% in field goal percentage, not 100%, it's the same in life, to be successful, you have to be a good and obedient student, who's not afraid to take the long road.

Been to another great Aussie city, Sydney
Loved it! And hope to go back there more often and of course, other places as well!

As we grew older, we talk more seriously

It's ain't true sometimes, I love talking trash with friends

So my trash talking friends have definitely played a significant role in my journey

Need not to mention, you guys know your role when you see this trash

You guys stood up for me when rumours started to hurt me

You guys trusted in me, without a doubt

You guys looked after me when I was sicked

You guys kept me company, to keep me away from boredom

A BIG thank you to my brothers and sisters, I love you all, and I wanna let y'all know this.

I wouldn't forget the phone calls, skype video calls, emails and facebook chats, they meant a lot to me

Without you guys, I wouldn't have pull it through this year, with joy and laughter.

What more can I say?

Yea, certainly there have been several down moments during the year, but why mention them when you have so much more good things happen in life for you?

Nevertheless, I surely learnt from the wrong things that I've done and took them as precautions

Sorry to the people that I hurt, both knowingly and unknowingly, I certainly did not mean it and hope for your forgiveness, no hard feelings.

2009, the best year, so far......

Fate and Co-in-ci-dence

When it comes to fate and coincidence

I'm nothing but a faithful believer

It doesn't matter who, either god or any unnamed forces, or both

Bring two people together for a reason

It happened to me today

On my way from Sydney Airport to Parramatta Local Court

Being a stranger in town, I had missed a stop while struggling to know when I was

Thank to the well developed train system, I was able to get down on the nearest stop and hop on the very next train back to the missed station

And with luck, I was able to catch the train I was supposed to board, just seconds before the door shut

Frantically, I sat down and tried to catch my breath~~~

As the train went along, I've got nothing better to do but to look around the people in the cabin

(Sydney's trains were eye openers, they are those cool looking double decker trains, but nice only from the outside, rather deceiving as the interior was filled with HOT air! But only to realise later I was just not lucky enough to sit on a air-conditioned ones)

I overheard a phone conversation of a man in his 40s (or rather 50s, I can't tell)

What I heard was "Parramatta...bla bla...Parramatta"

And my tension was then released to a greater extent as I could be sure that I was on the right train

However, as time passed by, I noticed the huge digital clocks hanging on the wall of the platforms showing times way passed the scheduled arrival time that I had previously checked over the internet

(I was thinking, "cheh, even Sydney's trains are not puncture as well...)

After a few more stops, I started to sense something was wrong, hoping that it wasn't too late, I asked the man in sitting in front of me to check if the train was going to Parramatta

Turned out that Rick (yes, the gentleman's name), wasn't quite sure as well

With no panic, he casually told me that he was heading to Parramatta as well and to be exact, heading to the Local Court because of an eBay scam last year when he was trying to buy a MacBook Pro

Yaaa Riiiight..."I'm afraid we're both the victims of that scammer!"

And then without any delay, he yelled and asked a man to check if that train was ever going to reach Parramatta..."I'm afraid not" was the answer...

We jumped right out of the train the minute we heard his response to avoid further delays as we were actually already late for the court!

And we hopped on a taxi, no more train for us~

In the taxi, we both thought of how amazing it was for us to meet, and to take the wrong train together, and to sit back to back, it was merely a coincidence, it was a miracle!

We spent quite a while in the court, nothing much besides stressful environment in the court building, we rushed quickly in and out, none of us would want to waste another innocent minute in that kinda place.

And then we had lunch together

Found out that he's a counsellor, handling cases all the way from individuals to countries

We talked and talked and talked, maybe almost for an hour

Not to say I've learnt a LOT from him, but also felt great that we could understand each other so well

Yes, for sure, we'll keep in contact, he'll probably give me a buzz when he's here in Adelaide next year with his family~

Another life lesson learnt!

Looked at my watch, hmmm...still got a few hours to give.

Why not call up laopenyou and see what he was up to?

hehe, turned out that he was heading to the city for work at 4pm

That gave up about one hour time to meet up and talk nonsense!

Yes, we talked one hour straight of nonsense and took a long walk from the city to harbour bridge, the place near where he works

Eventhough we were talking rubbish most of the time, the feeling was still great, feeling of meeting with old friends! (yea, in fact he's old too)

Second time to Sydney, the view was still great, in fact, even better, harbour bridge is simply magnificent and opera house is gorgeous, how would anybody who works there be unhappy with those inspiring sceneries?!

Well, laopenyou was in fact late for his work but he seemed unworried to me, maybe he has already became a so valuable asset to his restaurant that even his manager has to listen to him?!

I'd love to stay over for a night or two, but I had already got my boarding pass while I was in the airport that morning...-.- (next time! next time! since a trip to Sydney is so easy, now only I understand money is the reason why of all, haha)

Goodbye to laopenyou, hello Sydney Airport...

Felt like the train trip back to the airport was much quicker than getting out there

GUESS WHAT!!!

GUESS WHAT!!!

I MET JANICE AND SONIA in the airport while going thru' the security checkpoint

They were with their cousin and probably on their way to melbourne

Couldn't differentiate them from distance, but one of them was obviously more playful and the other relatively, just relatively calmer~

NSW Police bought me a corporate pass, which means I could get into the virgin lounge

Why not?

Hmm, fancy environment with fancy looking people

And yes, with self served free foods and drinks provided

After all, nothing much really besides a great place to wait for the time to pass by rather than struggling to find a seat in a busy airport like Sydney's

Flight back was rather tiring, not to mention I needed to get up at 4am that day

Well, what an amazing day, just another day to remember~

Fate brings people together, it is then up to us to decide our future......

不凡的爱

进入假期已经有几个星期的时间了

现在终于可以好好坐下来回味一番

过去几个星期，一直都蛮忙的，屁股都没有时间好好坐下来过

不管是正经事也好，作乱玩乐也好

就是好多节目接踵而来，应该是老天害怕我闷吧

再忙都好，我也还能神奇般地看完一个新加坡连续剧

叫做《不凡的爱》

没错的话就是去年在《小娘惹》之前的一部九点档

故事是有关于爱滋病病患的生活，他们如何在家人和朋友的陪伴度过难关

整部戏的感动点很多，尤其是戏里强调家庭的重要性和家人应该扮演的角色

让我对“家”的观念有了更深一层的了解

也对婚姻的神圣意义有了全新的认识

家人，就是不管在你最风光或最潦倒的时候，一直都守在你身边

就算完全不关他们的事，也愿意跟你一起受苦，一点都不觉得委屈的人了

至于婚姻，一句简单说明“嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗；娶鸡随鸡，娶狗随狗”

而不是现代很流行的，受不了熬不过就提出离婚的婚姻

觉得在婚姻里，不管丈夫妻子，无时无刻都在做人生的选择题

每一个选项都会带来不同的后果

和考试一样，做决定前都一定要三思

而且，做错选择不但没有分数，可能还会被扣分

两个在不同家庭里成长的人能够相遇结婚，继续维持婚姻，我觉得一点都不简单

想想，在同一屋檐下生活几十年的家人们都经常有摩擦，更何况是一个在不同背景长大的另外一个人呢？

自己倒是还没有这样的经历，但我想谁都会想亲手和心爱的人创造一个幸福美满的家庭，尽心尽力养育自己的孩子，这样一直幸福到永远～

开心的时光总是过得特别快

roubao和fangying的adelaide之旅就在今早圆满结束了

我们在一起的五天时间好像过得好快好快

当然，我的肚皮除了被这几天的粗暴好料撑开之外，也因为作乱仔的相聚几乎笑到抽筋

加上在sydney的大吃王老朋友的作乱电话和食物mms

这几天真的过得很充实，虽然也蛮累的，但就是觉得很值得很甘愿

希望可以很快就看到照片（看到的人就自动一点快点upload咯）

这几天我们出了去了几个景点之外

对我来说，也认识了几位朋友，第一当然就是weixin大姐了，哈哈

我们过后还一起去找何韵微老师，没想到她竟然会在这里，而且也还生了一个小男孩wuhong

看到老师对bb无微不至的照顾和耐心，顿时觉得母爱真的好伟大！

我们就这样在老师家待了整半天，和可爱的bb玩，和老师聊天，感觉好好～

虽然我是adelaide之旅的host，但是也不至于因为这样而觉得没有新鲜感

反而因为这次的perth作乱仔和作乱女之旅，我还认识了几位朋友和大开了眼界！

当然，还对食物们打开杀戒-.-

希望我们下次还能再聚，他们走了过后顿时变得很无聊，加上这里朋友一个个回国，更是觉得无聊透顶啊！

顿时真希望能够快点回家！！！

做了裁判也有两个月的时间了

除了赚了不少外快，也学会了很多东西，交到了许多朋友

在球场大家都对我很好，我有不懂的东西，大家都很乐意教我

有些朋友还会帮我观察，做得好的就赞我，需要改进的也会好好跟我讲

希望能够以现在的进度前进，快点考到下一级的执照！

我昨天上报了！哈哈～
http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2009/12/6/education/5136979&sec=education

JNV Wedding

今天参加了自己人生中第一次以自己名义参加的婚礼

就是我们这里大哥Joe和Vivian的婚礼

经验当然是和往常的不一样

这次参与了婚礼中好多不同的部分，对筹备婚礼有了进一步的认识

的确不简单，真的不简单。。。

今天一早7点，我们就集合搭巴士到Joe家

走了快二十分钟的路才到，还得庆幸有现代科技的帮助

一进Joe家门，就看见意气风发的Joe，穿着完全合身的燕尾服，笑到看不见眼睛地欢迎我们

也在这个时候看见Joe的家人，大家都蛮和蔼可亲地，一看就知道是一家人

只见他忙着分配到时到Vivian家的工作，也看到Oliver和Samuel抬着一只完全吸引大家眼光的大卤猪进来

过后一切准备就绪，一人就拿着一个聘礼，大家排成一条直线浩浩荡荡地走到Vivian家了

说来也妙，他们的新家就和Vivian的婆家离一条街，我们只需要慢慢地走过去就行了

到了那里，就看到女方家人朋友已经排成一排准备接受聘礼了

我们就马上以越南的传统方式把聘礼送到sisters们手中

当然，收了聘礼大家就望屋子里去了。。。

但是，男生都被困在外面了

大家经过一轮pumping的折磨和经典歌曲演唱后，终于“打动”姐妹们的心，把门打开～

现场转移到教堂

由于前一天我们都到教堂帮忙布置，到了场地就也不会手忙脚乱

那里的布置简单又配合主题，有很舒服的感觉

经过一轮仪式和教父的演讲过后

终于到了I DO I DO的时候了

当Joe要跟着教父一句一句唸出宣言的时候，看似简单而单调的环节

却让Joe越念越哽咽，差一点哭了出来

想必从2005年他们在厨房里认识到现在筹备婚礼将近成功

在他脑海里一定浮现很多很多感动又难忘的画面吧？

所以才让他差点哭了出来，别说他，我顿时也觉得呼吸道变得好小，感动！

在教堂享受完午餐过后

就到我们这一群年轻人忙碌的时候了

大家开始清理，洗碗，打扫，收拾，点算。。。。。。

人多好办事，到底还是花了3个小时把一切处理干净

这个过程虽然劳碌，但倒是很有意义，大家一起无条件努力的心情最好了

想到自己能够成为婚礼筹备举办成功的一份子，就觉得一切都是值得的

加上JNV人生唯一的大喜事，怎么能够轻易说NO呢？

就像以前学校里义卖大家一起努力的感觉，再累也值得～

回到家冲凉过后，又要马上准备到晚会地点了

到了那里我们也开始帮忙，能够帮什么就尽量帮了

当然过了一下，婚礼正式开始

Vivian妈妈的致词好感动，她说Vivian和她相依为命，互相依靠彼此，是她最大的宝贝，她希望，并相信Joe会好好对待Vivian,和她共同进退。。。

晚会高潮就从Joe把麦克风拿过来演唱时正式开始

我们一群人也开始带动现场气氛，在舞池摆动，把晚会带到最高潮～

大家都耍出自己的独门舞步，围成一个大圈欢呼共舞，超high！

虽然本来就不会跳，但好久都没有那么尽兴地跳舞了，why not?

大家散发无比的热情，直到流汗为止～能够一起颠～开心～

就这样，婚礼就在欢乐的气氛中圆满结束了～

两个人能够相识，是一种缘分

能够牵手走出教堂，是一种幸福

要珍惜缘分，就能享受幸福

得来的幸福一点也不简单，Joe的眼泪背后一定参杂许多经历

但因为那是幸福的眼泪，一切也就值得了

世界就是那么奇妙，两个不同国度不同背景的人能过相遇结合

能够和那么多朋友相见相识，一起经历生活的一点一滴。。。

相遇的人就像一杯水，加上好多的糖

已开始糖和水是分离的，但只要加以搅拌，就能成为一体

就好比充满爱的汤匙，作为两人的催化剂，把他们变成无法分离的一体
当你把手交给对方，让他套上戒指那一刻开始，生命中的下一段旅程也许就这样开始了

祝福JNV长长久久，永浴爱河

那个人可能远在世界的另外一端，也可能早已出现在你身边。。。

Re-quote from你回来了

“上帝创造天地万物，做了七天的时间，

他将最美丽的事物都放在世人的面前，

所以人生在世，无论你经历过什么，

只要你懂得珍惜，一切都可以是最美好的”

UN Conference 1992

L^2

时间过的真快

经历一年中同样的时间也有第三次了

今年当然和去年，和前年不同

惊叹那短短的时间它大大的能耐

对每一个人的人生定出独一无二的步伐

就让踏出的每一步，没有对和错，永远深印在心里

i LOVE life

最难的一件事

每一个人的人生中都会有自己最不能掌握的东西
现在这个时刻，我就在面对对自己来说最难的一件事
一举一动都被设想的结果牵制着
顿时想唱五月天的《超人》

Touched by hearts

Just a random thursday night
Just finished watching "The Ugly Truth"
A nice and true movie, made a few statements that hardly someone would make and admit generally but are terribly and seriously the truth~
Worth watching, even not for the 'truth', go for the 'laugh' then~

Hmm, just before I forget to remember to write it down
I just wanna talk about Brett
A guy that I met in Wayville basketball court when I was refereeing, umpiring rather...
He's a guy in his mid-30s, I supposed...
He was nice enough the other night to offer me a ride home from the court
It was already 11pm that night, instead of walking to the bus stop and wait for the bus in the cold without the jacket...
I've got lucky to meet Brett and of course Pat, his mother, I also supposed...

Pat: "John! How are you going home?"
"Oh, I'm just gonna take a bus at the main road!"
"Where do you live?"
"Just in the city."
Then I saw Brett sort of 'climb' to the backseat of his car, trying to pull the door lock up for me
Brett: "Come in, John!"

Besides a sign of relief, there was a kinda warm breeze rushing throughout my body

Turns out it wasn't just another free ride home...
On my way home in Brett's car
Pat told me a lot about Brett...
What he has done in his life...
Where he works...
When he did this and that...
While Brett just quietly driving alongside, on the quiet streets of Adelaide
Then, only I realise how much Brett has been thru' in his life...
Brett is a referee as well, he referees almost 3 nights a week
Of course, he has been a great teacher to me, teaching me every little things about refereeing
Not just that, he protected me when angry players tried to have a go on me as a rookie
Brett has broken his knee when he was younger
Brett had taken part in the Special Olympics held in Ireland back in 2003
He represented Australia and won a bronze medal for his country
Nothing matters more than the way he said it to me...

"I broke my knee when I was young, no big deal, I got over with it and move on with my life..."

I looked around in Brett's car...
I saw nothing but hardwork...
He works in a local disabled people facilities
He made sure he brings his mother around so that she will not get bored

I'm sure Pat is proud of Brett, in fact, very proud of what his son has achieved

In Brett's eye, I see truth, and I see the simplicity of happiness
Once again he allowed me to confirm that there's no superiority between happinessES
And I'm happy, I'm happy to get the chance to meet Brett in my life
He gave me the inspiration that I needed desperately
To live my life without regrets...

"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt"

21

At the age of 21......

Everybody who had the privilege to live till their 22

had their opportunity to experience their own unique 21

Yes, by saying 'unique', means everyone gets to experience 21 individually

Some get to choose to shape their 21;

Some have to live according to others' plan

Some have earned their first million dollar;

Some are yet to earn their very first penny

Some are working hard for the future of their life

Some are still wondering around

However, we all dream

Even sometimes we share the same dream

Yet, some will succeed and some will fail......

Have you ever wondered one thing when you're working your ass off?

That...

There's probably millions of people working as hard as you

Probably millions are working harder than you

And only a tiny portion of them get to what society perceive as 'success'

Let's narrow the scope down to the 21s

How many of them have already had their future planned?

How many of them have already achieved it?

It once left me to think about how hard I need to work to be the best of them

In the end, it didn't take me too long to realise all I need to do is to be the best of me

Which simply means:

Living thru' everyday to the fullest w/o regrets

And waking up in the morning ready to roll

This is when the war between 'success' and 'happiness' steps in to play...

People once told me about the couples in Mercedes-Benz...

Why are they still having a long face when they have one of the best sedan to ride on?

Does success and happiness fit together?

Or...

Just like any other hollywood movies, the later wins it all

'Cause success is simply a status with a fixed measurement set by the environment

While happiness is purely a subjective goal......

Felt a bit lost recently, couldn't motivate myself by using the good old ways

Watching nba videos or listening to motivational songs, none of them seems to be working well at the moment

For a while I have to remind myself that I'm still a human being with rights to fall and to rise again

21 has been a great great year to me, so far the best in my life, despite the upsets and mistakes

I know I'm moving in the right direction

But the fact that I still can't quite see the top of the mountain, dragged me down sometimes

Luckily, the friends and families were there to lift me up to my prime again

Your loveSSS remind me not to give up despite the fact that the summit is still beyond my visibility

Ya, I just need motivation to keep on going~

Reading back, it may seems like a messy post, but that's how I felt...so be it~ I NEED MOTIVATION~

Between Basketball and Personality

There was this short conversation going on last night

This conversation between one's personality and basketball

"You either put your personality into basketball, or you let basketball shape your personality"

I said, "Basketball changed my life, forever, that it motivates me to do my best not just on the court, but in every single aspects of my whole life."

'Cause, it made me understand a simple principle, success does not come without hardwork, sweat, determination and faith...

It doesn't matter if I lost by 2 points yesterday

It doesn't matter if I should have taken the game winning shot but didn't

It doesn't matter how hard I fell down

It doesn't matter I missed the free-throws

It just doesn't matter...

'Cause I'm just gonna keep trying to come back, and I will not quit, even until I win

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

裁判天

为了加强我对篮球规则的认识

前几个星期就决定报名参加裁判班

其实也是为了赚一点外快

又可以参与自己喜欢的运动，又可以赚钱

我觉得真是一举两得

最可惜的就是没有机会和Isaac一起吹球

如果我们两个一起吹，一定很好玩的～

无论如何，我还是得自己勇敢地走下去-.-

大约下午两点到了球场

透过玻璃窗看到一群人在练球，突然“篮球瘾”又来了

真想换上球衣马上到场上跑跑

昨天的球赛很明显还打得不过瘾

可是没办法，今天到球场的目的竟然不是为了打球

而是要学会怎样控制比赛和球员

说到球员，自己也曾经是个不是很合作的球员

经常要和裁判讲道理。。。

可是自从认识mr. IsSac过后，才开始对裁判改观

怎么说还是比较想服从会打球的裁判

至少裁判会以球员的角度来想

回到上课。。。

课程开始，左看右看都是些小弟小妹

只有一位和我年纪比较近的男生和一位40几的太太

hmm...开始觉得自己老了，不对，应该说生活经验多-.-

老师当然是一位合格的裁判

开始他就教我们一些基本的术语，裁判手势等等技术性的东西

过后到了球场，我们就练习吹哨子

现在才知道连吹哨子也是一门学问

方法不对，很容易就会漏风-.-

然后是丢跳球，其实这也不容易

要把球垂直往上丢，不偏左右也不是件容易的事情

最后当然是最重要的部分了

就是练习比手势

比方说：

Red #26, Blocking foul, Two free-throw awarded

1. 把右手握拳举高

2. 左手稍往下指向#26球员

3. 双手叉腰动作两次

4. 跑向纪录台

5. 用手势表示26号（本人觉得这个最难）

6. 重复3

7. 右手示出食指和中指摆出“胜利”手势

这些动作，都要有连贯性，不然很容易就会给人“这个裁判不肯定”的印象

就这样“玩”了三个小时

真的学了好多东西，对篮球的认识又再加深了

本来对篮球的了解也帮了我不少，很轻易地就能够把原因指出来

好玩的来了～

老师告诉我明天晚上我就可以去吹我的第一场球了！

听了好开心，希望可以一切顺利，到达下一个等级

到时就能真正地一个人吹球了～

当然，在这之前还是得努力学会手势，建立自信，表现才能说服人家

今天也收到了我人生中第一张请帖

哈哈～

是Joe和Vivian的～

看起来这会是一个很特别的婚礼

不需要穿着正式，而是要有夏天的味道的主题

一个美丽的星期又要开始了

加油了！

夏天来了

穿着球衣和短裤坐在电脑前
经过手掌感受到电脑的“热”情
当手心开始冒汗的时候
就知道夏天已经来到了！

夏天的来临
其实对我来说有好几个意义
首先当然是不需要再把自己包起来了，最讨厌把自己包起来了还是会冷的感觉-.-
接下来就是代表离开回到msia的日子也将近了
还有还有，就是不用担心会下雨而犹豫要不要打球了～
看起来这几个所谓的“意义”有点无聊
的确有点。。。
还失算了，说点别的 :b

今天上课还没开始前
Matthew问我明天晚上要不要和大家去pub来喝一喝
可是因为每个拜五晚上都是我的打球天，只好拒绝了
这一拒绝，其实心里有点庆幸，哈哈
因为我其实不喜欢为了喝酒而喝酒，就是说“到外面喝酒”
我还是属于那种在家里慢慢品尝红酒，或者和一班朋友看球时小喝一轮的类型
又或许我看不到那大喝大醉的乐趣吧～

话题延续到篮球
他说像我这样很好，可以保持运动，身体健康
但他又问了我一个问题
“Will you give up basketball for your studies?"
当然，想都不用想，一定是NO!
因为对我来说，篮球不是可有可无的东西
也不能把篮球跟前途分开
因为在我的生命中，篮球和人生息息相关
没有灵感的时候，我从篮球那里得到灵感
没有斗志的时候，我从篮球那里得到斗志
没有希望的时候，篮球给我希望
读书想不通的时候，打完球后就想通了～

最近参加了这里的Church League
就是教堂和教堂之间的篮球比赛
虽然自己不是教徒，但是还蛮常参加活动的
有个叫CCM的学生聚会，每个拜三都会聚起来
大家聚在一起有说有笑，玩游戏，唱歌等等～
回到篮球赛
上个星期六的开幕赛，我们险胜1大分-.-
以我们实力来说，明明就可以大炒对手的
结果大家第一场比赛手软，希望这个星期不会再发生了
很开心，因为又有为比赛努力准备的感觉了～
加油加油！！！我要努力学习，为大家带来胜利～
经过上次Sydney之旅后，我才体会到。。。
输了看对手上台拿奖的感觉，真的很不好受
我一定要做那个上台拿奖的！

最后，来个激励的video~
给正在努力的大家，加油加油！

JS- Janice and Sonia

Just another random facebook post
Just another singer, in fact, singers in youtube
But definitely not another 'listened and then forget' ones

Introducing Janice and Sonia
A pair 23yo korean twins raised in Sydney
Possess voices that can...
cling to my heart
make me push the golden 'subscribe' button in my youtube account
clear things up in my mind
motivate me to do my best

Yea, that's how wonderful and amazing their voices are to me
Just like a classic Emil Chao Wakin song:
“要不是适当的时候，你让我心动”

Yea, enough talking and here's the show~

我的野蛮女友

转眼两个星期的美好时光就快成为美好回忆了
就当我还沉醉在其中的时候
现实的钟声一如往常在此时此刻敲醒了我
回头看看，这个假期的确过得像个假期
工作量创新低，玩乐量正好相反
写到这里，开始有了点危机意识。。。

hmm...在我还有点人性以前
先来回忆一下刚刚看过的一部超好看的电影
叫做“我的野蛮女友”
对啦，“山菰”这个字正好用来形容没有看过这部戏的Y世代人类
一直听说，但却没有想要看的意思
直到今天朋友带来了这片DVD来家里一起看
奇妙的事发生了，我还以为我周围只有我是看这种电影的人
没想到最后坐下来望左望右都是男生，还加上一位看过100遍了的韩国朋友GuHong-.-

整部电影的笑点不断
感动的地方虽然不是很多，但都让人深思
特别是牵牛告诉女主角的相亲对象十大条规的时候
真的让我想了好多好多

如果世界上伤人的男生都少了
那哭泣的女生会不会也跟着少去呢？
看起来像个完全成正比的数学题
我觉得，哭泣的女生开始一样多
因为。。。。。。

只是感动落泪的女生比心痛大哭的女生多了

从小就被老妈教育对待女孩要细心斯文
在小学时候补习班里曾经因为不小心用塑胶带弹到女生而被最疼我的补习老师打掌心
三年级开始就进入男校直到六年级毕业
从五年级开始学校开始收女生的时候，全校只有6位女生
我不知道大家如何看这6位女生，我只知道我跟她们6位加起来只讲过不到5句话
在男校里，其实并不是大家想像中全都是爱玩爱闹的小混账
可能因为大自然的演化论和常态分配规律
班上还是会出现几个比较女性化的男同学
没错，他们经常会是大家想要讨好的对象
也许你会想男校没有女生造成大家那么饥渴吧？
现在想回去，还真的觉得有点不可思议的
对，我有记牢老妈说过的话，只不过我很像也不小心把那几位同学当成女生看待了

到了中学
先别说中学，中学入学试的时候
是我活了12年第一次看过那么多同年龄女生在同一个课室／校园出现的一次
第一天踏进初一(三)班级，因为迟到弄得整脸汗水通红的我很狼狈地“爬”进课室
众目睽睽下就为大家现出了我中学生涯里的第一个笑料
我忘了我讲过什么话，不过就是惹到本来很安静的班出现了点笑声
我想应该还有几位仁兄仁姐记得吧？
一坐下来，左看右看都是女生，实在有点不习惯
幸好前面有一个大头男人（没错，就是老朋友）

我想刚开学的那一段日子
只要是跟女生的聊天，她们肯定是那位说第一句话的人吧
只记得那时的我很害羞，很容易就脸红
加入足球队过后，可能那时守门员的打扮有点明显，容易被注意
几位初二的姐姐主动来跟我讲话
那时的我，就只会拖着老朋友到处闪人，一跟她们说话就会扭扭捏捏的
现在想起来还真的有点对不起那些只想做朋友的姐姐
还有一次，我记得我还弄哭了一位女生。。。
因为我不敢跟她讲话。。。。。。
真的不是普通的傻～哈哈～

打着打着，又开始怀念起当时的生活了
现在，要人家多看我一眼，给钱都还要考虑吧-.-
满脸火山坑，刚照一下镜子，现在才真正感受到老爸老妈每一次通过webcam看到我大喊“AIYO！！！你是不是又吃chocolate？？？”的心情
有人说那些洞可以拿来装钱，如果是真的，那我可要等着发财了噜～
我想只能用这个来安慰一下自己吧～

当男生聚在一起的时候
除了聊球赛，游戏，动作片，运动。。。真的没有其它的好聊吗？
其实不然，只要几个交心的朋友
我们讨论女生的时间肯定不会输给女生讨论男生的时间
有时我们会异口同声地答应对方的“论点”，有时我们会给予建议
有时我们还是不能猜透女生们的想法，只能以“哎呀，女生是酱的咯”收场
但最后，我们在女生面前最大的本钱就是超厚的脸皮和无比的耐心
要把这两个能耐发挥得淋漓尽致还得靠点坚持和经验，加上一定的记性来时时提醒自己
当然，女生们也会有对于男生抓破头也想不通的东西
到了最后，我们还是爱上和自己可能完全相反，来自另外一个星球的人

我想那就是老天创造人类万物最美妙的一个规律了～

What makes you happy?

The Proposal

It's 12 midnight on a great friday night
I can hear cars passing by, people laughing and talking on the streets
And I was sitting on a 99 dollars Ikea chair watching "The Proposal"
On my beloved laptop that makes me feel so good everytime I use it
Forgetting about the backache and sore legs after a nearly 4 hours basketball session

Well that's not the point...
The point is...the movie is TERRIFIC~!
Not that excitingly terrific, is that touchingly terrific......
For those who loves love comedy, that's the one to look out for
I love love comedy, those which have Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston in it...
They are just so inspirational, not only in terms of love, but in terms of life
There are always this scene that a single woman/ man who lives in the busy New York City (Doesn't matter it's above a busy restaurant, a trendy high class apartment, or an old wrecked penthouse), that they come home, press a button on their answering machine and hear a monotonous voice: "You have no new messages..."
I used to admire that kind of life where you live by yourself, come back to your apartment which you own all by yourself after selling your life to a company to pay off the mortgages
Sometimes, I just enjoy the loneliness, the ability to tune down the pace of my life for just a bit
Away from the world, away from the business, away from people, for just a while, just a night
It gives me a chance to think...
To think about my future
To think about changes to be made
And to think about my motivation
Quality time spent...

Back to the movie
I learnt yet another aspect of love:
"To love someone is to give up something"
It may sound so normal, that it's almost  a common sense
But to do it, not so easy I guess, at least from my perspective
Sometimes, we give up pride, to give way and bridge the gap in between
We find ourselves on the weaker side of the balance, and realise that there's no need to be equal
We show our respect, to display understanding, just to learn about each other more
We forget about the routine and principles of our life, just simply there's something which worth more fighting a ground for
Sometimes, we just forget that we are in love when we are in fact in love
In the movie, Margaret (Sandra Bullock) confess and give up her career, in exchange for Andrew's (Ryan Reynolds) and his family's happiness, as she has fell in love with him for the past few days.
That's when "Giving up something in me to create happiness in you, or even us" kicks in...

To love, is a simple yet unfathomable task
I said so, because I have failed to love, and to convey my love either through words or action
I will not give up, because to love, is the most enjoyable ability in my life, felt thru' my heart and soul

人生21

迈入21的日子已经悄悄过了一个星期多
生活当然没有戏剧化那般因为踏入21岁而大转变
也许现在生活太过舒适安逸，还暂时（就是暂时，只可以暂时）找不到很大的动力往更好的方向改变
说到当下，生活日子还算马马虎虎。。。
玩的时候玩得尽兴
休息的时候又有充分的睡眠
打球，健身和读书努力的时候还有耐心坚持
吃也吃得超饱，距离房间只有几步就有一个美食天堂（我家厨房aka干粮仓库）
身体健康没有大碍，之前维持两个月的咳嗽鼻塞也随着气候的转变而慢慢好了
生日收到的礼物一年比一年更有意义
我想：远离了高中的生活，竟然aluba这等事还会发生在我身上，证明我还年轻，还有一般杠得起我的朋友。当然，每年生日收到的祝福都很珍贵，这些祝福告诉我：“何爱辉，你没有被遗忘”。。。只要是这样，加上不必花钱买，也不必动手做的蛋糕就很足够了～
今年的生日愿望，除了照样希望家人朋友大家开开心心健健康康，我竟然不知道该许什么给自己
说难听一点，竟然对自己的未来没有期望？！？！
hmmm...想了想，其实也不是这样；21年的人生让我了解到：自己人生的快乐和幸福，还是要靠自己的双手去争取去创造的，当然，还要老天和命运的保佑，才能美满～
开始体验到：能量守恒，付出＝改变（是好是坏还是看你的命！）

首先，让我把今年的礼物一一记录起来

Perth兄弟姐妹aka Apple Group送来的 iPORK Shuffle和21生日卡

Adelaide作乱篮球队送来我想要超久了的白色Kobe球衣

Sydney两老朋友夫妻的bluff专用扑克牌，生日歌和哈巴狗生日卡-.-

找对housemate的housemate Watson和Vivian送的篮球锁匙圈

Erika，Karen和Eka的500蛋糕秘笈～

还有一群S1大小从新加坡送来的精致生日卡

虽然迟了几天，但肯定没有少了爆点

老实说，让我更加惊讶才对

加上朋友们在fb和sms的祝福

虽然只是句简单的祝福，happy bday几个字

但是你们对我来说都是特别的，所以我愿意坐在电脑前花几个小时来一个一个谢谢你们

当然，还有我劳苦功高的老爸和老妈

没有你们拼命的赚钱，好让我在这里拼命地花

我就没有现在这种闲情在这里打blog谢谢大家了

这个假期，也作了一件蛮有意义的事

就是代表学校参加一年一度的24 hours Pedal Prix

我们几个一早就到Murray Bridge（一个距离city一个小时车程的地方）

塔帐篷，维修‘战车’，验车等等

比赛在下午12点正开始

这是比赛开始前在起跑线上的情况

我就坐在车里准备起跑后争取最好的位子

听到哨子一响，情况幸好没有想像中那么乱

有时还可以混水摸鱼，用赛道外的沙地割车

非常不幸运的

才入跑第三圈就发生意外

竟然被一个硬硬想要割前面一辆车却割不到最后撞我翻车的人装翻-.-

幸好有安全带，只刮伤了手指，伤口不错深，在我打这篇blog的时候还没有完全愈合-.-

这就是车里的情况

虽然有点简陋，但是需要有的都有了

有horn，当然有的控制方向，踏板在前面，速度表。。。

最后我们为了能够舒服点，就在座椅上加上了几片椅垫

比赛进行24小时

每一队都尽力在这段时间内完成最多圈数

当然圈数最多的组别获胜

整个比赛共218队，我们得到了43名～

第一次参加，大家还蛮高兴的～

24小时，当然不是整队队员都在维修站里

整队有6个人

所以我们分成3人一组

当一半在半夜骑的时候，另外一半就回到帐篷里睡觉

就这样轮流，最后完成比赛～

来一个比赛即将结束的片段

假期的来临
代表着食欲的大开
左图所示-.-为我的sponge cake和derrick的strawberry yogurt cream的结晶
味道肯定比卖像好！
为了避免忘记，把cream的秘诀写在这里：
1. 把150g strawberry jam镉水加热
2. 打起500g的whipping cream
3. 最后加上一小罐yogurt，一起打
4. 搞定！

当然，我就说我找对housemate了

watson和vivian的pop corn

淋上热热甜甜的自家caramel

整个就是在msia看电影时的味道

（这里买不到甜的pop corn-.-）

‘温暖’的夏天即将来临

是时候把冷衣和棉被收起来了

再努力个一两个月就能够飞回家噜～

现在，还是得乖乖把那些药名记起来-.-

不然后果肯定不堪设想。。。

刚看了“芳心有李”，范文芳和李铭顺的结婚典礼

9年的爱情长跑，绝对不简单噜

hmm...和平常一样，好羡慕他们的

特别是那些有小孩的夫妻～

常幻想自己做人家老爸的样子。。。。。。。。。

eieiei~~~距离那里还有一段时间啦！

现在连自己的死活都搞不定了-.-

现在要加油～以后才有好日子过～

最后还是要谢谢我生命中出现的每一位

没有大家，就没有今天的我了～

希望多一个21年，42的我还能回来看看这篇blog

最好能和老婆和孩子来开心的回味一番年轻的滋味～哈哈～

Hectic

突然发觉最近用hectic这个字的次数越来越多
其实也不是因为读书功课繁重，很多报告要交之类的原因
就是时间表上没有空挡，排得满满的
又说回来，明明有空挡，却又因为太累想要休息来慰劳自己
不过坐下来想回去，其实还过得蛮充实的
结果平时早睡的我，变得迟睡，而且还不知道为什么怎么都睡不下去，在床上翻来翻去




说到活动
最近最有趣的就是UniSA的Health Science Open Day
照样还是以Student Ambassador的身份代表Health Science部门
这一次的工作蛮简单的，就是尽量回答学生的问题
如果遇到比较深入的问题，身边随时有讲师可以帮助解答
就是因为这样的情况，认识了几位老师，了解他们教书的方式和他们对一些事情的看法
也许身在澳洲的关系，或者学校的环境比较友善
和老师们讲话的时候不会觉得有什么隔阂，而且还可以聊到昨晚球赛之类的话题
很幸运也能够在当天认识了我们药剂系的Program Director, Ms. Libby Hotham
她是个聪明又风趣的女士，我非常喜欢上她的课～
在关于药剂系的一个讲座，她也把我带到讲堂里面，和另外4位同学和学长
组成她的小小Panel，在她的小小介绍过后，坐在前面回答学生和家长的问题
刚开始看到那么多对眼睛往我这个方向看，觉得有点不自在
不过过了一下子，也慢慢习惯了
最后还被叫到以一个Malaysia学生的身份，分享在Adelaide读书的经验
我还以为自己会说到一半没话说草草结束。。。
哪里直到看到大家的表情（也很难形容是什么表情），让我突然有了好多灵感，好多字要从嘴巴里吐出来一样，稀里哗啦的讲了一大堆（应该用了至少3,4分钟吧）
感觉好好，Libby的丈夫Niel，就坐在我旁边，他一直在鼓励我，感觉真的好舒服，说话也不会怕怕了
"good on you, good on you"一直在我耳边回绕着
来到澳洲之前，我的英文就不怎么ok，我看要我好好地说出一句完整的话也不容易
直到现在，真的觉得自己和以前差了一大截，真不知道自己当时是怎样混过来的-.-
之后还意外收到老师的一份小礼物^^
满足！

昨晚去参加了一个工作室
是学校安排给Student Ambassador的一个课程
不知道走了什么运，竟然让我抽到参加一个叫network now的晚宴
顾名思义就是去那里认识人，社交的好机会
之前还折腾了一下，到底要不要去参加
最后还是硬着头皮把表格交上去了
现在就要问问看谁有大衣可以借我了！
希望，非常希望当晚不会尴尬咯

刚刚考掉一个超难的测验，只希望自己可以安然渡过就够了
来到了大二开始，能够要求的就是不要不及格就行了咯
另一方面，今年真的学到了好多好多东西～
once again, I Love Pharmacy!!!

明天一早就要到Mawson Lakes去和HPV的队友们集合
一起启程到Murray Bridge去参加排位赛了
美丽假期正式启程！！！