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2006-09-14T13:38:00.000+10:00

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2006-09-09T16:11:00.000+10:00

RIP Peter Brock

2006-09-09T02:27:00.000+10:00

I dedicate this post to a wonderful young lady, Eelaine. Not Elaine, not Elayne, but EElaine... or possibly "Eelame".

I met this girl just a little over a year now, and boy has she changed my life for the better. We've been out for a whole year now, and the best part about that is that although things are great now, I know it's just going to get better and better from here on.

I've never met a girl that has made me laugh so much, one that treats me so well, so accepting towards me, and so thoughtful. She has helped simplify my life and her unselfish and forgiving nature has added spark to my drive in becoming more like Christ. It is no doubt to me that she is a gift from the heavens above.

Love you heaps. Happy 1 year anniversary :).

2006-09-09T01:29:00.000+10:00

Well what a funny day it was!

The night before today I had taken my car back home to Box Hill from Andrew. Some of you guys might know that I never drive to work in my car - too expensive (petrol, traffic, parking).

Somehow I had missed my alarm this morning and woke up an hour late, 8:50am!!! So funnily enough this made me contemplate driving to work instead. Doesn't make sense because taking a train is still faster than driving to work during peak hour. But anyway, something, or somebody, whispered into my ears to drive my car to work anyway. So I did.

It was a nice drive to work actually, didn't take too long as the traffic was dying down by the time I had left my house. I had reached the carpark at about 9:35am before I received a call from Andrew telling me he left his store keys in my car!!! He wasn't able to open the store up for business.

He was quite worried that I had taken the train to work, and rightfully so, this was the first time that I had driven this car into the CBD for work, EVER! 99 out of 100 times I would have caught the train. What if, in this case, I did catch a train, what would of happened? Either he would of had to pick up my house keys from work (in the city) and drive to Box Hill to get the store keys, or keep the store shut for that day. I guess theives has proven recently that breaking a hole in the store wall is not out of the question... But anyway, all I can say is "Thank God!". Somebody up there is definitely watching over this fella...

Anyway, it does not end there!

It was great, we knew there was a purpose for me driving my car to the city. Must have been God's sense of humour or something as it was pretty funny... funny for me until I got to the car park at 6:40pm only to realise it closed at 6pm! Gates were closed shut. There were signs saying when the gates closed but obviously I didn't read it. There were also signs saying that I could call this particular number to open the gates up for me, but at a cost, $60!!! $60 is not money I have at the moment with my anniversary with Eelaine coming up the next day (HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EELAINE!!!!), and my brother's wedding a fortnight after that.

So what to do? I called my colleague who recommended me this carpark. He told me to try the front entrance, so I did. The revolving doors weren't spinning, oh no, this wasn't going to work. The front entrance was also closed.

So as I was walking hopelessly back to the back carpark entrance I was thinking to myself, "why does Andrew's blessing have to come at my expense?". Was a bit sad.

So when I got to the rear entrance I was just about call the fella to open the gate for me (was going to cost me $60), but quite amazingly, somebody who lives in that building was making their way into the carpark with their special carpark pass! At the time I did not think this was possible, so I was quite shocked to see somebody get in there with the gates previously closed! So of course, I made my way in there by sneaking in after the car.

So finally! I am sitting in my car! What a great feeling, how liberating! But little did I know that it wasn't going to end here.

I called my colleague to celebrate, but as I did, I realised that the carpark exit was also shut and I was not able to get out! Oh dear... my joy once again turned into bitter disappointment. But as I was drowning in my sorrows I spotted a headlight from a distance in my rear view mirror. YES! Somebody was on their way out of the carpark! AMAZINGLY this was also great timing. So I followed this fella out of the carpark and I WAS FREE! With $60 in my pocket!!! It felt like I had escaped from a prison, not that I know how it feels to break out of a prison, but I could imagine that it would have felt somewhat similar.

So that was the end of that story. What a great story. Thank God man.

On a different topic altogether, Eelaine and I were just about to order our food from Bismi on Sydney Rd before bumping into Edwin, Elison, Jing, Huei Weun, and Sean. What a coincidence. I'm sure those guys were just checking up on us... :)

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2006-09-06T18:28:00.000+10:00

Hey you people,

Man do I feel dirty. I feel sorry for all you lot who are going to join cell group with me tonight because I really stink. Well I feel that I do anyway; I hope it’s just my feelings and not reality.

I stayed over Andrew’s house last night. This may be weird because out of 5 posts, 2 of them involve him so far. Whose BLOG is this exactly???

Well as some of you would know, he is sharing my car and at times I would require my beast of a small 4wd as well. So I’d take the car and I’d drop it off his house at night when I’m done with it, and in the process I’d grab my bike and ride home. Unfortunately it rained last night and Andrew was kind enough to let me stay over. Well this is why I feel so dirty; I’m still wearing yesterday’s clothes! Shirt, pants, undies, and bad breath.

Anyway while I was there I realised why Andrew looks 15 years younger than he actually is, which would mean he looks about 5 or something. He’s got all these fantastic products at home, particular those anti-aging products. I also tried his hair gel and pointed it up the way he does, and you wouldn’t believe it but it worked!

Work is looking better these days with a project on the horizon, probably bound for a start within the next week or so. I get a little depressed when there’s nothing on my plate… can’t help but to feel a little insecure about my job and that. But it’s great, things are picking up. The industry is booming at the moment and I’m getting a few calls from recruiters, particularly from this guy who won’t leave me alone. Meeting up with him tomorrow morning to “break up” with him - well it’s going to feel like that anyway… kind of like how I had to “break up” with the fitness first girl who kept calling me.

This blogger thing is kind of great. Has its’ hiccups but I am actually writing an email to blogger right now and you are reading it! So, I could easily update my BLOG anywhere with email access… SO COOL!

Will post soon,

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2006-09-04T14:49:00.000+10:00

RIP Steve Irwin

2006-09-04T01:14:00.000+10:00

GEE I had 2 coffees this morning and I AM REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW SO PLEASE DON'T MIND THE CAPS!!!

Okay some of you guys know Andrew Lau has been looking for a new (second hand) car. For those who don't know him, Andrew Lau looks a bit like this:

So we had a look at the first potential buy (a green "VR-X" '00 lancer) yesterday and BOY it was not a great start.

Reason 1: I had a bad feeling about it before I got to the car yard. The car yard isn't open on Sunday and so the dealer gave me his mobile number so we could arrange a time to meet on Sunday. He told me not to call with a private number because he doesn't pick up unless he sees the number. That made me wonder what on earth is he trying to hide from? Behind in the bills?

Reason 2: He came in his PJ's when supposebly he had a wedding on later that night. Who has their wedding on Sunday night??

Reason 3: The "VR-X" sticker on it looked like something purchased from Vic Market. The rego sticker also did not claim that it was a VR-X!

Reason 4: It looked like somebody cleaned up a patch of oil on the bottom of the engine where 2 parts of the engine covers met. Seems to me like a broken gasket!

Reason 5: There was no battery in the car when we got there. There could be many reasons why that would be the case but I am thinking it has had a bad battery history... alternator buggered up? Either way it wasn't very professional.

Reason 6: 171 thousand km's with no service history...

Anyway we're gonna look at other options soon and the cars we got lined up look more promising... pray hard for brutha Andrew!

2006-09-04T00:55:00.000+10:00

Hello People of the World Wide Web,

Welcome to my BLOG. Here you will find everything you need to know about me. Thus far, there is nothing, partly because there is not much to know about me and partly because this is my first post. YUM SENG to my first POST!!!

2006-09-04T00:54:00.000+10:00

Hello World!