...Going out almost everyday, and get drunk almost every night.

Wednesday. Dinner with friends in the city, then to Cabra-Vale to see live music.

Thursday. Extremely hot day, about higher 30s. Drinking at Wilson's place, too drunk to drive, slept over till morning.

Friday. Dressing up in shirt and tie for Wilson & Tanya's wedding - like a fairy tail wedding, wish them lots of happiness and lots of little Wil-Tanyas. It was a fun night with friends coming from interstate.

Saturday. Brother borrowed my Suzuki soft-top to go to the beach with his friends, I took his Toyota Soarer (Lexus S400) turbo. It was a good ride, but I still like my soft-top better. Went AMF Bowling at Fairfield with friends. Then head out to Cabra-Vale for some live music, girls, smokes and drinking. Went to eat breakfeast at Diem Hen restaurant at 1am in the morning.

Sunday. Eating Vietnamese steam-boat, movies and karaoke at Nghia (nickname MAD) place.

...Weed patch. Day 1: planted marijuana seeds.

...Visiting my old highschool today, Fairfield High School. Its where I met my highschool sweetheart and experiencing heartbreak. Seeing my old highschool again bring bitter-sweet memories - the teahers, the classrooms, the boys toilet.

My best loved subject was Arts, because its the only subject that allow me to experiment with new things. Secondly it because all the pretty girls are studying Arts, and thirdly because my Arts teacher was young and beautiful.

I hang out with a group of guys who were troublemakers. We got into all sort of detentions, from taking classes off to bring Playboy magazine into school to throwing eggs at teacher's car. Make me smile thinking about those good old days.

Only 5 of us from the group made it to University studies, most dropped out half way or enter the workforce to find money to buy fast cars and picking up chicks. Some settling down and start a family. I'm somewhere between a playboy and a academic, so I date a girl named Trang (on the right). But it doesnt lasted long.

...Have you ever a drunken guy walking around taking photos? yeah thats me.

Staff Christmas Party at the High Flyer Inn Hotel. The theme is "get into the groove", but most of us just wore casual clothings. Each of us have a ALCOHOL FREE stamps, my boss really know how to let us play hard. I spent most of the night drinking straight Jim Bean bourbon and Black Douglas deluxe scotch.. yes I'm a whisky drinker.

Congrats to Anna, she won staff of the year. Thank you Anna for the hard work over the years.

We all had a great time, that nerdy glasses do get around to quite afew people. I should have took pictures of every staff who was there with that funcky glasses on, it would be so cool.

I ended up sleeping in my car, because I'm in no position to be behind the steering wheel. Woke up at 2 something and drove home.

...After buying new batteries for my camera and refill petrol I'm left with $7.40. I took out money from the saving account to pay for protection money and the credit card bill. Whevever left in my bank account are just enough for the mortgage payment. In another words, I'm financially screwed.

Food is not a problem because I got frozen food to last me upto a month.

Pays my parent a visit and snap more photos of my 4-legged friend.

...I admire my Dad intensively. He's always there working hard to support the family, never complains. He does all kind of jobs to keep a roof over our family, he taught us how to be responsible and life's moral.

These days he worked in the farm, he loves the farm, he loves to be close with mother Earth. Its hard work but he's happy.

...I dont really want a girlfriend, I think love is overrated. I'm scare of commitment, but I enjoy a company of a special someone.

My favourite part about a person is the hand. Its something about the hand that I love. I remembered the summer days when we hold each other hands.. now it's just black and white memories.

I love the sky. My experience as one of the "boat people" made me love the colour of the sky and the smell of the ocean. These days I live in a urban neighbourhood, working 8 hours a day to pay for my morgage and living expenses. Buying stuffs I see from TV that I dont need.

As soon as my morgage becomes stable I want to get a holiday cabin along the beautiful beach of Australia. One at the Gold Coast maybe, because Maria said she loves it there.

...Photos of the past digged up from my archive.

...Photos at Wilson's party on Saturday night. He drinks alcohol like water and sleep like a baby.

...I cant sleep, I had a long black coffee and its keeping awake. Today I learnt afew new facts about girls. Ghost 1 tells me about her period, and how it works. She have her on every 25-26th day of the month, when it happens she gets very fuzy and feels tire for 2-3 days. She also added that if a girl dont have her period for 2 months in a row it means shes pregnant. Interesting huh?

Ghost 2, a friend from Brisbane coming to visit. We met up with a group of friends to go to Cabra-Vale play snooker, have afew drinks and listening to karaoke. About 11 something we went Burwood for ice cream/coffee. She's adorable. When I drove them home we started talking about bras. I learnt the different between A, B, C and D cups. Ghost 2 asked me to take her to shop for sleepwear, I havent gave her an answer yet.

Ghost 3 , I often call her as my ex-wife, no party is the same without her, shes fun to be around with.

Ghost 4, my next door neighbour. We live back-to-back to each other, I can climb over the fence to get to her place. Nice girl.. and out going too.

I'm not boyfriend material. I'll consider long-term relationship after I turn 25.

...Friday. eCommerce Business Models exam.

Saturday. End of exam cocktail party celebration. Everyone was having fun and getting pissed. We mixed up a new cocktail, we name it the "Toxic Waste", use a bottle cap and pour in 2x malibu, 2x madori, 2x black sambuca, 2x jim red label, 3x ice cube and 5x pine juice. Drink that down and it feels like eating good food and having an orgasm. We are young and stupid.

Sunday. Woke up at 8 something, got hang over. 11am went to work to finish off some tasks. Dinner with visiting friends from Brisbane at Hai Au restaurant.

...As requested by Oanh.

...Twice a year the Vietnamese community in Sydney organise a cultural day. During this occasion we showcase food, singing contest and fashion. Its very fun. What I look forward most about this day is to see the Vietnamese girls in long dresses. Oh yeah, and the food too..

...It was a scorching 30 degrees in Sydney today. So I head to the local swimming pool with a couple of friends.

...Oral sex is fantastic. Shes abit small for a C cup. I got sucked in to make a promise that I'll pay for her aerobic lessons next month.

...It's 2:34am and I cant sleep. Sitting here blogging with many thoughts.

I'm curious, what is it that attracts Asian girls to Aussie blokes? Is it their hairy chest, beer belly, or is it their carefree lifestyle? There is a girl I like, but she said I'm not her type because I'm an Asian. I'm jealous, but also curious at the same time.

I'm happy being who I am, I wont change, just like my feelings for her.

...Yesterday I was at Wetherill Park, today I'm at Alexandria. Driving around under the Australian burning sun.

...Its been over 2 months since I moved to my new place. I love it here, life have more freedom.

But financial wise I'm struggling, half of my wage gone into the mortgage. The remainding use to pay the bills and daily expenses. I'm struggling to pay back the loan I borrowed from friends to paid for the deposit on this townhouse.

My home lack many things, I havent got a couch for the living room yet.

My career is a thrill, I get sent on assignments around the Sydney, most of the time I have to drive out to the branches. Recently my company have bought another company. My job is to setup the system at those new branches. Today I was at the facility at Wetherill Park.

We celebrate the Melbourne Cup Day with a BBQ for staffs. The manager is a true blue Aussie, he gave us an extented lunch and relaxing day at work. He even got two flat screen TV just to watch the race, isnt he cool or what. Its the first time I bet on a horse, its feels like lending money to your brother or sister, you know you'll never going to get it back.

...Things happening in this week. Got my car service. Witness a tyres factory goes up in smoke.

Thursday. Taking a friend out for a shopping spree.

Friday. Another drunken Friday night with old highschool friends at Cabravale club.

Saturday. Drinking marathon on Saturday night at a friend's place, slept over. Like father like Son, now I know where I got my drinking blood from.

Sunday. Oral sex is fantastic!

...Its been over a month since I last saw my uni. I have been busy with work. I'm thinking of transfering degree or maybe changing uni even, because my uni doesnt offer everning classes for undergraduates.

Life is funny, nothing last forever. After highschool graduation everyone goes their own separate ways. Now I have the same feeling, I miss my university friends. What I missed most are the times we scram together in the library studying for our final exams, and places around the campus we sat down for lunch. Those wonderful years at Sydney Uni. But then life must goes on. Out in the big wide world I'm seeking for the purpose of life.

...Eversince I moved out mum always cook up something special at weekend and call a family gathering. Tonight its Lau (English translation Steam-Boat Seafood). After eating I went into the living room and watch Shrek on DVD for the 4th time. Our family is tradition oriented, we dont eat dinner in front of the TV.

...Business trip to Brisbane today was cool, all expenses are paid for by my company. I departed Sydney at the crack of dawn. I flew with Virgin Blue in the Guest Class (equivalent to Business Class). I arrived at the Brisbane airport around 8:10AM. My own driver was there waiting to pick me up and driving me around the city of Brisbane, his name is Joe, he's cool.

Once I got to the office I was given a brief tour around the facility and then I got down to business. At lunch we had hotdog and pizza and for a late lunch I had sushiiii..

I flew back in the everning and now I am back at home. I love my job.

...Angel wrote me a poem today, and it sound a little something like this: WONDER
I wonder where he is
This one summery day?
He should be here to play
On this unsteady ground
With his talks of "milking sow"
and thoughts of "smelly sauce"
Ther perturbance, unresistable!
I hope he is doing well today
I wonder where he is.Isn't that the sweetest thing. After reading her poem I feel, excitment and special. Cause no one wrote me a poem before. Back at highschool we used to exchange short message notes, but never a whole poem delicated to me. So here is my poem from the heart, titled "Thinking of U". THINKING OF U
On this one summery day,
I wonder what its like to play
On your unstable ground.
I'm feeling hot,
Hang on, let me take my shirt off.
Come closer, let me show you I care.
Sometimes get caught up
With many things todo,
But I'm always thinking of U. And below is series of photo of Angel running away from the camera lens, called "Catch me if you can".

...A relaxing Sunday afternoon with two old friends; Cuong and Khoi.

...Happy 22nd birthday to Mong Linh, girlfriend of my friend Thinh. I was given invitation in such short notice so I rush one of the Jewellery store and bought for her a vase, it turns out to be a good choice she loves it, and one of her friend even say I got "good taste". I hope I didnt let my (her boyfriend) jealous.

The BBQ party was a complete success, I eat alot and drank alot. Mong Linh have a younger sister, Jenny, they both look so identical. Maybe its just me but I saw sparklings in Jenny's eyes.

...The road to my workplace in the morning. The view through my window, and the bubble wrap.. that, thats just for me to control my stress level.

...Eating ba'nh xe`o (English translation Vietnamese Pizza) at my parents' place. It was mighty delicious, I dont know if mum cooking had improved or I just missed mum's cooking. Eating all those fast-food and can tuna really kill your taste buzz.

Among my favourite Vietnamese dishes is ba'nh xe`o, its delicious and healthy. I like it because it has lots of oriential ingredients added to it, and almost all the time you have some sort of herbs or vegetable along with the dish. Vegetable contains fibers, they are good for you mum used to say. It cleans your system and give you great skin tone. Plus, you get to eat them with your hands :-P so remember to wash your hands before eating ba'nh xe`o.

...This post is delicated to Angel. The other night on ICQ she was asking me what I do at work. So here is a log only for your eyes only.

My work hours are still not fixed yet. Someday I start at 5:30am, other days I start at midday. Today I'm doing the early shift, I get to see the sunrise. At this stage I'm still learning the business operations so they put me in the mainframe room. I make friend with computers, mice and keyboards.

Since yesterday trip my car is a mess. I got tosser friends, they through rubbish everywhere in my car and even stuffed them between the seats. And oh, I recieved my Virgin Credit Card today, great huh. Now I have more credits to by you even more online stuffs and addressed them to you.

...The event has been organise by Robert, everything prepared and going according to the plan.. except the weather.

It was pouring rain, but everyone turned up and accounted for, cool. There were other adventurers walking on the same track, we made short conversations like "its a long way down" or "save that that bottle of water, you'll need it". The views, the waterfall, spectacular!

When we reached the car park I realised that I had left the light on, the battery was flatout, Robert to the rescue and jump-start my car.

We drove home. Stopped at Cabramatta to eat Pho at Pho Viet restaurant. It was a fun day, my legs are tired, I should sleep well tonight.

...Gathering of old friendhips. Friends I havent seen for ages meet together for BBQ and canoeing. We eat, we play shadowcock, we play cards. Did you know that at every Vietnamese gathering someone always bring a deck of card? I'm serious, it runs in our blood.

...Today is the first day at my new workplace, Allied Express Transport Pty. This remind me of the time I moved school in grade 9, feeling both nervous and exciting. It has a dynamic working enviroment, the kind I like. So many interesting and equally challenging things to learn in just one day. Soon I will have my own little development PC installed in a corner of the office, aint that cool or what.

I finish work around 5:30pm, I have to beats the peak hour traffic and the afternoon sunlight blinding my eye sight every afternoon. Overall it was a pleasant day, I'm looking forward to tomorow already.

...Today I visits the Australian Parliament House and the Floriade festival at the Australian Capital Territory. I went with friends. Now I can crossed out item 8 and 9 on my TODO list.

The road trip. We stopped at a McDonald restaurant in the middle of nowhere for breakfast. There were patches of rain along the way.

...Today mark the last day I'm with Australia Post. I'm leaving with a heavy heart. I'm going to miss alot of cool people there, the good times and the bad times. Special thanks to Jared Blyth and Viet Doan who'd been taking good care of me and show me many of new things.

I like Australia Post, maybe I'll come back one day.

I'm leaving to start my career as a Graduate Software Engineer at Allied Express. I'm looking forward to meeting new friends and contributes to the organisation the best of my ability.

...I'm 24.2 years of age now, single, I have a well paid job; working night shift, a nice townhouse in a nice quiet town, a car and a 4 legged friend.

Not too long ago, I migrated to Australia as a 12 years old boy with empty hands, and if you didn't look too closely at my life, you might have think I'm happy.

Most people didn't look too closely, because I'm just an ordinary guy. I move and change where the wind takes me.

I live a dangerous lifestyle.

I'm in a crowd but I'm also alone.

My closest companion is still my 4 legged friend, it had always been there for me, it always happy to see me.

Friends come and goes.

The only girl I adore comes into my life break my heart and take away a piece of me. "Let's just be friends" she said.

I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. But I like my lifestyle.

My career is my window to happiness.

Wandering the city street looking.. seaching for a purpose.

Doing something good for society, because it has done so much for me.

Life is short. What I leave behind is this legacy.

...Sinh Vien Si Quan (SVSQ) or English translation Officer Trainee Cadet. My Dad was in this unit in the Republic of Viet-Nam Military, nowadays hes a veteran. Though they still have regular meeting with his comrades. Lately they are talking about setting up a Officer Trainee Cadet Youth Group, for the sons and daughters of the SVSQ, They'd asked me to be in the committee. Tonight is the gathering to celebrate the Moon Festival as well as the first meeting of the Officer Trainee Cadet Youth Group committee.

...Your guide to be a Loser. Dont laugh, this will come handy when you meet unexpected wolf ugly girls at the bar.

1. Talk in foul language.

2. Act poor like you pick tin cans for a living.

3. Make sexist jokes like:
Why do women need feet?
Answer: To walk from the kitchen to the bedroom and from the bedroom to the kitchen.
OR
What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
Answer: Nothing. Because you already told her twice.

...One more reason why being single is better. A car, a house, a dog first.. now all i need is a wife and kids.

Sydney Olympic Park Alive! Yesterday i was reading an entry from John of Clarence Street i learnt that today is Sydney Olympic Park Alive! day. I love a good crowd, so natually i turn up to the venue. Visiting the Olympic Park bringing back good old memories, i was an Olympic official back in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Checkout the amateur Sydneysiders running on the marathon, funny stuff.

...It's not uncommon for some Asian festival to lasted for 2 or 3 weeks. The longest being Lunar New Year (or it often called Chinese New Year) we celebrates for one whole month!

In the morning i worked overtime. On the way home i drove by Phuoc Hue temple to take some photos.

...Firstly, i like to make it clear that the following comments are based on my opinions alone - nothing more, nothing less. This weblog is just a place for me to express my view of life.

Secondly, I avoid starting a conversation about religion, sex or politics. Because i know people will have different views on them. But i feel i need to speak out.

Revolutionist or Terrorist? I cant help seeing flashbacks of the September 11 event on every TV channel over and over and over again.. in this mass media and popular culture we are being mindset by that of what we see on TV.

Standing out from the crowd and i can see a clear view that history is about to repeats itself. It's a Vietnam war all over again. The American Evil Empire are sending their troops over foreign land to kill, underestimating the opposition and they eventually have to submit to a defeat. This will be a repeat with the Iraq war.

For me Ho Chi Minh is a hero, he represent leadership and the symbol for struggle. Although, I'm against the idea of a Communist state, simply because there are always corruption officials in any goverment. During his time Ho Chi Minh was labelled by the U.S. goverment as a Viet Minh (English translation a Guerrilla), but to his people he is a hero, a revolutionary.

Today the U.S. goverment are doing the same, calling Osama Bin Laden as a "Terrorist", is he or isnt he? To me he's another revolutionary trying to bring down the Evil Empire.

I feel a sense of anti-American, not towards their people, but their goverment. The more they push for War in Iraq, the more hatred i have for this Evil Empire. Withdraw the troops today to avoid futher bloodshed. Like an Activist once said - "make love not war."

If history had taught us one thing, that peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. Therefore I think the UN plays an important role in keeping world peace.

...Having Pho for breakfast after work at Cay Du Cafe (English translation Umbrella Cafe) in downtown Cabramatta.

It's a pretty good cafe to hangout, delicious Vietnamese menu, good service.. just dont be around after 7PM, because you will get rolled.

...Got home from my mid-semester exam today. Feel like doing something stupid. Then i saw a Fudge Speed2 bleech pack sitting in the corner of my room - "lets dye hair!", a little voice in my head said.

So i did just that. I got abit carried away and coloured my 4-legged friend's hair with Fudge blueberry hill.

...Happy Moon Festival everyone! Festivities is helded at Cabramatta. Every year around this time all Vietnamese and Chinese from all over the state(s) converge to this location to celebrate the Moon Festival, and every year more and more people are joining in; the young; the old; and the foreigners.

Today was very fun, everyone seems like in good celebrating spirit (it gets more exciting when dark falls, thats where the lanterns come out). There was about 5000 people packed on John Street and Park Street.

Here are some photos of people who turn up on the day. Notice how there are lots of red colour? well.. to us Viet/Chinese, we think red will bring us goodluck. So you'll find red fabic in almost every kind is Viet/Chinese event - New Year, Wedding, etc etc.

Enlargement and complete set of these photos can be found in This Month Exhibit.

...Waking up early to leave for work, plan to go to the SydMob #2's site early to get some before photos. I got there at 7:55AM. I was suppose to meet a man with a sheep, but there was nobody; i was too early.

...The SydMob (Sydney FlashMobbing Group) has released the following message about SydMob #2. Harmless fun.

I'm working overtime again tomorow, the mobbing time clashed with my work hours, nonetheless i'll try to arrange my schedule to join in with the mob. I already missed SydMob #1, i dont want to miss this one too.. SYDMOB #2

On the morning of Saturday 6th of September, you should have already synchronized your watch to the time at the following site or alternatively, use the telstra clock available by calling 1194

By 11:20am you should be in the inner city, go to Central Station and make your way to the Devonshire Street underground pedestrian tunnel, emerge at the Devonshire street end. See map.

Within the vicinity of 'Ibero American Plaza', you will find the mob rep. Look for a person with a sheep. Once located ask the question "Got a ticket?" and then receive your instructions. Move away, read it, then follow them.

Guidlines:

- If you are attending a mob with either a partner or a large group of friends, organize to meet at a designated spot after the act has taken place. Preferably this spot should be far enough away so that people who have just witnessed the event don't put 2 and 2 together.

- When the act is over, disperse from the area at the allocated time outlined in the instructions handed to you by the organizer. Choose a direction and leave *alone*. This cannot be stressed enough.

- Try and not converse with anyone when you are leaving the area, fellow mobbers and especially spectators. If someone really wants to ask what happened, shrug and deny any knowledge. What just took place didn't actually take place at all.

- If you're attending the mob with digital equipment and wish to take a shot of the disperse, try and allocate yourself away a bit from the area. Or have a friend organized to take the wanted shots for you so you don't miss out on the fun.

- There has been reports at some mobs that participants have suddenly gone into a round of applause at the end of the act just before the disperse happens. Even if the instructions don't outline this action during the act, theres nothing actually wrong with doing it. Feel free to share your appreciation with fellow mobbers. But try and disperse as planned as well.

- When the disperse happens, leave the area in a calm and sensible manner. When you have a group of people which could reach over 100 it's never a good idea to intiate a mass stampede, the threat of a real injury happening is quite real.

- If there is a presence of authority (police, security etc) and they give out explicit instructions to leave the area, do so. Even if its before the designated disperse time. Having people arrested for taking place in a flashmob is not the kind of attention we are seeking.

- Leave nothing behind but the lasting effect on the minds of your fellow mobbers and the witnessing general public.

...Being single means you can spent a romantic afternoon with yourself.

Out for lunch with a work colleague. Then went to a company's briefing.

...The blackout. An article published by The Sydney Morning Herald today about the power blackout at Sydney CBD. Yes our building was one of the those effected by the blackout. For most buildings they have their own backup power supply, unfortunately the backup power supply of building fail to work (somebody is going to get into alot of trouble!). Thanks to quick thinking by Kallide, the building manager, we hired a power supply from one of the electrical company.

It generate just enough power for the lights and the air-con, enough to carrying on with our business operation. No power means no machine or lifts, so we had to replied on manual handling, it was a tough night.

...I'll be moving away from here soon. Dont know when will i ever coming back. Sitting in the back of my parents' house with many thoughts. All the wonderful memories are unavoidable. The old bamboo tree, the place where i used to sit and study for my HSC.

I'm moving away soon, will i find new happiness at my new home? Someone to talk with? Someone to say everything is going be OK.

...After reading a post by Matt of A Bright Cold Day obsession with the David Jones Food Hall i decided to pay a visit. Food is my passion, i eat to live or was it live to eat.. its one or the other.

So after Saturday morning overtime i went down to the David Jones Food Hall at Market St to have a breakfast-lunch. The place is great! there was a crowd of people, really exciting, and they have all kind of foodstuff available. Im sure John of Clarence Street would agree with me on this one. I placed an order for a plate of noodle, a plate of seafood and a banana to top it up. Its been 2hrs now and im still totally stuffed.

If anyone browse around the city they should give this place a try, its great for lunch or dinner for two. Its on Market St, near the Center Point Tower.

...Two burglars broke into my parents' house today, my initial feeling was im-fucken-pissed-off, i'll beat the crap out of them if i saw them. After evaluate the damages and the stolen goods im in a better mood.

They broken through the front-window and exit through the front-door. They ransack my parents' bedroom, stole 2 VCRs, the Xbox + games, a 8910 Nokia, my brother's wallet and afew pillowcases.. yes, pillowcases. They use the to pillowcases to cover the goods; dont ask me how i know this :)

...Today breakfast is medium-rare steak and sandwich. Yes, pictures dont lie, those are disposable plate and chopsticks. I'm a real Asian i eat everything with chopsticks.

...Sydney is a wonderful city to live in.

Finish work earlier than usual so I browsed around the Sydney city to take some pictures of sunrise.

...Business plan. Finally i finished my draft business plan proposal for my Business Management major. Basically we have to applies all the knowledge we learnt at uni to create a business plan. The aim is to get sponsorship to start-up an IT business.

This is a group project, we have 3 team members, its an ePay Exchange Solution, connecting all other payment systems available currently in the market as one single system and allow business to do simple-secure-efficient online transactions. Once the company mature we'll merge it or sell it off and make a few cool millions.

The girls next door. We're long time friends, we're pretty close, i sometimes come over their appartment for pizza and games on Friday night.

They love karaoke, going out and pillow fight with each others.. OK, i made the last one up. I think they wrestling each other at night, but honestly i wouldnt have a clue what they do behind close doors.

I just cant help it but being a slave for them - drive us here Scott, drive us there Scott, Scott can you take out the garbage, so on so on..

I must admit, I quite enjoy being a slave.

...Driving lesson. Trainning my 4-legged friend to ride in the car. So next time i can drive him to places or a drive on a highway.

I put in a towel just in case he decided to get too comfortable.

First lesson was extremely successful, he's enjoying every second of it, the pictures speaks for themself.

They says - a dog is a man's best friend.

Next lesson, sky driving.. j/k.

Thats enough fun for today, time to get back to study and do my assignment. This is my current project draft proposal.

...Friday night. Went out for dinner with an old friend i havent seen for a long time.

Saturday morning. Its overtime work again. View from my workplace. I notice a new post on the company's bulletin board. It reads - "Luxury Porsche 911 Carrera Convertable 2002.. $AUD185,990.00", it looked something like this. It was posted by one of my work collegue - who said you cant drive a Porsche by working for Australia Post.

Position Vacancies. Christmas is coming Australia Post are recuiting some Christmas Casual staffs, let me know if you're interested or apply online through Readyfit or call the Christmas Casuals hotline on 02-9202-6005, goodluck!

Now im home, i need a nap. By the way, the daffodils from yesterday, it had blossomed beautifully.

...Daffodils for Daffodil Day.

A national fundraising event for cancer research, education and patient support. The event has given the daffodil international significance as an accepted and positive symbol for the heroic efforts made by cancer patients.

They say - Happiness is what you give.

...I was still depressed about my rejection, i didnt want to go home, so stayed at the office and work the 12 hours shift - like a circus monkey. I was exhausted by the time work finished.

When i got home my neighbour called me over for an Assyrian's lunch (i fixed his little PC problem a couple of days ago). He's cool.

They say - What goes around comes around.

The dish taste quite nice - fried rice, lamb chop, Lebanese's bread and mashed potato.

I took some pictures of his living room and some of his Assyrian's art collection. He promised to show me more next time i come over. Cool!

...Sometimes you feel like life is getting you down, especially when there's woman in the equation. You drink, you drink alot to forget, to get her out of your system.

...I came 3rd in the top 200 Rice Bowl Journals listing, excellence! I like to say many thanks to the voters who clicked on my weblog.

...The $230,000 two bedroom townhouse i purchased last month has an unexpected bidder.

The couple (with a 6 months old baby) approached me and offered me to buy that property for the original of $230,000 and on top of that, they'll give me an extra $20,000.

The couple are relative of the seller whom i bought the townhouse from.

The offer is very tempting - in less than 2 months i made a $20,000 profit from buying & selling property :) im ecstatic about this news.

Though the offer is very attractive, but i think i'll keep this property for few more years to gain a larger sum of profits.

Next month i'll move this new place with my 4-legged friend, and maybe my little brother will come along as well.

...I'm turning 24 today.

They say - the older you get the wiser you becomes. This is only half true, i see myself getting older, but i dont see the wisdom part.

No glamourous birthday party, but looking forward to a simple dinner with friends in the weekend.

Outside my family and relatives hardly anyone else remembered my birthday, thats cause im quite reluctant when it comes to center of afttention.

My wishes are.. for world peace, and every childen will have basic education and living standard. Comment: Some anonymous person send me text messaging to wish me a happy birthday, and reminded me to get a girlfriend.

Response: Firstly, thanks for the comment. Yes i agree with you that birthdays are milestones in life for you to set personal goals. And yes, i did try to get a girlfriend, but they say im not boyfriend material.
They only want rich men, and im not rich. Read the Ladder Theory?
Plus, being single aint that bad, i just missed having someone to wake up next to every morning.. but other than that im pretty happy, i got my career and my 4-legged friend.

...Another happy day. The BBQ was cancelled because some of the boys got hang over from lastnight. Wilson was still in bed by 11am. Joe said he cant go out cause his legs are aching from dancing too much. Robert said he'll call if he feel like going. Maria is still in Brisbane.

So i ended up going to City To Surf by myself, wish i could bring my 4-legged friend along, but they wont allow dogs at the beach. By the time i got there half of the runners had completed their 14KM run.

Disappointed but not discouraged i went on to find parking. Finding a parking space at Bondi is like finding a girlfriend - the best ones are taken. I finnally decided to park at one of my friend, Dai Bang, who had an appartment at Bondi. I paid him a visit but nobody was home.

I took a 20 minutes walk along the beach side, i stopped frequently to take photos. There was some wonderful view, wish i had someone to share it with.. wish my 4-legged friend was here.

...Working overtime this morning as usual. I needed the extra money for the mortgage and a new digital camera.

Went home at 2 something, washed my car. Dammit! oil leak!

Took my 4-legged friend out for a leak at the local park.

Go out for a drink with the boys at Cabra-Vale later tonight.. got drunk again.. I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am.

...The lesson. It'd been 4 months since i last picked up my acoustic guitar up and practice. I couldnt sleep today so i spent an hour something practicing.

The mug. On my way back from work i saw something that grab my eyes, i think to myself, hey! i gotta have it! so i bought it for $15. It read - "Sex maniacs drink from black mugs."

Family business. This is the message my brother written to my sister, i found it funny so i post it up. It read - "Anh, go [to the] bank tomorrow!! dont wake me up or i will kick ur ass!".. excuse the Engrish. Sometime i wonder if he learnt that from me.

...Wednesday afternoon i got some free time so i took a browse through the Victoria's Secret online catalogue.

Checkout these nice girls with nice curves and wearing things that leave some for your imagination. Mercy!

...Dayout for rollerblading at Homebush Bay with Hoa, Wilson and Joe.

We fell and tumble but it was great fun.. well, mostly me. We plan to organise a pinic gathering next Sunday and invite more friends to come along.

After rollerblading we head to Bankstown Square to eat, Chupachup join us for some Italian food - checkout his parking photo.

...This year National Investment Institute Education Event is called invest4wealth. Location; Epping RSL Club.

This is rather an interesting little seminar, the first half was relatively revision, nothing i didnt know before - residential property, commercial property, type of investment, loan, agent, capital gain, tax, market value, whole sale price, retail price, etc etc..

The second half of the seminar is where all the interesting bits get glued together. He talks about bank guarantee, deposit bond and equity lease. Which were all new and interesting concepts for me.

I dont believe he's trying to sell me something, at least i hope not. He was talking about his own failure experiences with inveting on property and how from his mistake he becomes a sucessful investor, or so he claimed. For most of the second half he talked to us about his different strategies from buying a single home to multiple appartments. His view was objective, similar to a commentator.

The valuable lesson i take from the seminar is how some people paying upfront for their financial education, ie. going to college or university to get a professional degree.. however, a professional doesnt necessary equal a wealthy life. Because the more that earn, the more they spent, and the more tax dollar they pay (and the Australian goverment say they are giving us a "fair go"). The other group is learn their investing skills through trial-n-error, which method works best is still debatable. Reflecting on myself i falls into both categories, i studied financial subjects to grab the concepts and then go out to the real world and buy a little property to understand the market reactions - it's not easy being in my shoe.

After the seminar its time for work, yes, i still work on graveyard shift. Had myself a cup of 2 minutes instant noddle and a slurpee for dinner.

The photos below are taken from the seminar room and from my workplace.

...Slurpee fever had hit my workplace, or at least it made an impact on my daily life. 8 out of 10 guys at work have a cup of slurpy on their desk every night (reminds me of those sweet highschool years) - must be the sugar rush.

Some day i just drink slurpies in replace of water. Everyday i would have one on my hand on the way home; its becoming a habit. My favourite is the Moutain Dew flavour - cause it gives you the buzzy after taste.

...Yup, im still single.. guess im not made of boyfriend material.

There are alot of things happening in my life now. Life on the fast lane isnt what it hype up to be.

What friends are for? I have a friend who i known for about 2 years now, at first i was just trying to being a nice guy and helping out this person financially. But lately i notice this person only call me once in awhile only when they needed to borrow money. First few times was okay, it's understandable that this person have a mortgage to pay and all. But it has becomes a monthly thing, i think this person is taking advantage of my good deeds. I received a call again 1-2 days ago, i had said no.. lets see whats their excuses for next month. The sooner i can get this person off my back the sooner i can go back to sponsoring Free The Children Int.

My home is an Asset? Buying a first home is alot of hassle and heachache. I would recommend you do your homework well and shop around for at least 6 months before purchasing your dreamhome. Only fools rush in - I'm a fool. I realised now buying this property is my biggest liability. After including all the overhead cost and expenditure I will make a loss of at least $5,000 annual.

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There is a saying - failure is just one more step that you have to complete before you get successful. Lets hope the saying is right. As soon as the property market pick up again i'll sell this property to make a loss or break even.

The girl next door. While having Thai food yesterday i had a chance to talk to Huynh Anh, the girl with the hat in the photo. We hang out together before, but never had a chance to talk. While driving her home we had great time talking to each others, we talk about daily life issues such as strategy on paying a mortgage; to issues of love and friendship. I feel really comfortable when im around her, like i can share everything on my mind.

I goes: Would you marry the person she love or would she marry a person who love her?
Her response were: She rather marry someone who loves her more than she love him. Because that man will always love her and be on her side.

I find Huynh Anh extraordinary interesting and talented. They say - Dont look too far for a soulmate, she could be right in front and you dont even know it. Sometimes a long and lasting marriage startout with a friendship.

...Eating Thai food at Newtown with a couple of friends. After eating we went to PassionFlower, Darling Harbour, for icecream and coffee to wash down the spicy taste in our mouth.

The night is still young, some of us split and went to Cabra-vale club to listen to music and burn the dance floor.

...Fredrika or better known as Fred, we are friends from years at university until now. I think she's cool, very artistic and active in the community. She is one of the main supporter/webmaster of the The Assyrian Australian Academic Society.

I went over to Fred's place to do some website design for one of the client, her mum is cool, she gave me lots of sweets to eat. Assyrians' food is yummy.

Due to confidentiality reason the client's name is omitted. The client requested that we use red & blue in our design, any designer know red & blue are two primary colour contrasted with each others. But its the client's requirement, after they are paying us. So we sketch afew concept designs, see below.

Fred and I have good chemistry, we brings creativity.

...This will could be my new home, the bank had approved the loan next step is doing the paper work.

This week had been a busy one, no overtime work today so I got time to visit the new place and took some photos of the interior.

It might not be the prettiest house in the block but it will do fine for me. I had a close inspection and everything are in good working order.

Though, I have to replace the kitchen area because its out of fashion. Afew light switches also need to be replace, other than that I dont see anything else wrong with the property.

...Life always has its ups and downs. I got my exam results back today, I passed everything but failed the Project Management and Practice exam. Look like I have to do this subject again next semester since it is a core subject for my Business Management major.

I guess I couldnt fully concentrate on my studies because I have other commitments such as work and purchasing of the townhouse.

Being an eldest member of the family can be quite demanding, because you have always have to be a role model for your siblings. On top of that, being Asian means you have your parents on your back nagging you to get at least a bachelor degree. Luckily im still single, otherwise i wouldnt know how to cope with all these pressures.

Guess its not always fun and games being me.

...I am happy to say I finally comes to a decision to buy an investment property. I had put the deposit on a 2 bedroom townhouse in Sydney.

The property has newly renovated interior, new kitchen, air-con on both floors, new security system, 5-10 mins walk to shop, school and train station.

The total cost mount to $230,000, including legal fees. I applied for a loan priciple of $180,000.

...The trip to Brisbane is great fun. Firstly i like to thanks the Brisbane gang for showing us around their beautiful city.

It's true how they say 'Brisbane is beautiful one day perfect the next', because it was just that.

A detailed document about the trip can be found here, many thanks to Robert Bui or as he better known on chat as Astroboy.

Here are some kodak moments on my trip; photo are arranged in chronological order; all enlargement of these photos and more can be found here.

...Enjoying dinner with some friends at Diem Hen cafe.

...Here are the list of items im going to bring to this weekend trip to Brisbane, i travel lite.

4 t-shirts, 1 shirt, 1 jean, 1 short, 1 jumper, a pair of thongs, a pair of socks, 1 undie, 1 cap, a wallet with cash & credit card, a toothbrush, a laptop and a digital camera.

...Saturday.

09:00AM - Woke up, went out for breakfast with a friend, i ordered "Ngau Ping" - a Chinese delicacy consists of bull testicles and Chinese herbs (they say its an aphrodisiac, will turn you into a sex machine.. hmm.. delicious).

01:00PM - I went to a community seminar, the topic was about SARS. I met afew interesting new people, amongst them are two very smart and charming twin girls (see photos) both doing medical science.

02:30PM - After the seminar i took a brief browse through the Cabramatta market (this is the real image of Cabramatta, not the ones you see on the news).

03:00PM - Then over a friend house playing sport.

06:45PM - Went to see a movie with another group of friends, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

Charlie's Angels 2 Movie Review - Another crappy movie getting rave reviews. Unbelievable. I feel like im watching a long 106mins marketing campaign, lots of nonsense. The action scenes are a total rip off from the Naked Weapon, with added Hollywood try-hard flavour. By the way, Naked Weapon rocks. If you are a shallow person; living a boring life; having nothing better to do than clinging onto celebrities, then this is the kind of movie for you.

...I just done my Project Management and Practice exam today, im happy with my performance, I hope the marker agrees with me too :)

Here are some snapshots i took on my way to the examination room - at the Mainquad and the Library.

...Dominatrix (n.) :
A dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship).

...It's 5:45am and i just finished my summary for the exam, its my first exam this semester, im excited/nervous.

We are allow to bring one double sided A4 piece of paper into the exam, this is my summary A4 paper.

...Life's been good and life's been shitty.

Am nervous about my exams this Thursday and Friday. I feel it's gonna be a big one. Guess i'll try and spend the next 3 days studying my ass off. On top of that i also got work!!!

Other than that - can't wait to celebrate.

..."The Cross City Tunnel is a 2.1km stretch of toll motorway that will improve the amenity of Sydney for the benefit of residents, CBD workers, commuters and visitors to the city. It will link Sydney's eastern suburbs with the west, connecting Kings Cross to Darling Harbour and help to alleviate the current heavy road traffic in Sydney's central district." - www.CrossCityMotorway.com.au Below are photos i taken of the construction site from my workplace (Druitt Street), this is the Darling Harbour end of the tunnel.

At times they are very noisy, you can hear them from within the building.

...Lastnight it was rainning heavy, visibility is poor. As i was driving on the highway at 65km/hr, out of nowhere a black dog ran across the road, i couldn't stop in time and i killed it.

I feel sad now because i killed an innocent living animal.

It make me thinking all night long - How we are so cruel to the environment and creatures surround us. Out of Human greed, we destroy their habitat to built more and more roads for our own exclusive use, it's no wonder that the animals around us are heading to extinction.

More highways mean more roadkill.

But what is past can not be undo, i killed that dog and now i have to live with that sin for the rest of my life.

I came home this morning and feeling guilty that didn't give the poor dog a proper burial, so i went to my garden and collects some flowers to laid it by the side of the road to pay my tribute (photo below). I hope it is happy in Doggy's Heaven.

...If you are a regular visitor to my blog, please send me some info about yourself - age, gender, location, hobbie, etc.. Because i like to know the sort of fans im attracting to this site.

OK, thats my 2cents; worth of Internet hours. Bye

...The idea of having an investment appartment/house is recuring again. At my current salary i can purchase a 2 bedroom appartment in a metropolitan region, no problem. However, investing in a house will bring greater benifits in the long term. Later on i could use the land to build a new house, duplex, flat or even a townhouse.

If it goes ahead as i planned, i will need to make a choice to whether to invest in an appartment or a house within the next 6 months. I have a friend a couple of years older then me, he almost paid off this 2 bedroom house within 7 years, I like to follow his footstep.

So instead of spending my money on good cars, digital TV, girls and other non-essential expenses.. and leaving money sitting in the saving bank account wont do me any good either, I will use this opportunity to plant the seed for my future.

I will need to thinking outside the square. The next 5 years is going to be tough.

Right now i'm tired, depress and confuse..

...While getting lost in cyberspace i found a "friend". I quoted the word friend because we haven't really met each other in real life yet, so we still consider each others as weirdos.

Her name is Thao. She is smart, sophisticated and beautiful.

She live just afew block from me, small world indeed. We have a similar childhood history and shared a common values about life.

...What i see when i'm sleeping on my desk.

...I found this new site today while searching for "Sydney bloggers", www.meetup.com. It's a self management portal for people to set up gathering events in their own city, altogether there are over 568 cities around the world.

This is an opportunity I wont miss out on. Lets hope I'll be back from Brisbane in time to join this gathering.

A true trustworthy friend is a friend you met in real life.

...Newsflash! Message can now be embeded with avatar image to express my mood relating to the topic - They say, a picture tell a thousand words.

...Today I compiled my things TODO list. These are pretty much random thoughts, I'll come back and update it from time to time.

For me to live a full life means a life full with experiences, some are extraordinary but most are just ordinary. Cause some day you die, you won't regret about life. Like I always say to my friends - when you're young you should live young and stupid, so when you're old, you'll be old and wise.

I'm going down to visit Brisbane in July, I'm gonna do something stupid.

...A quarterly copy of my personal finance report can be found here. During this month there was a huge increase on my liability column, because I receipted the statement from the Goverment about my study loan HESC (Higher Education Contribution Scheme).

...Before this month is over i will need to study for my exams because im going to have two exams, one of the 3rd (MULT3018 Multimedia Interaction) and the other on the 4th (ISYS3012 Project Management and Practice) of July. Here is the exam timetable.

...A new version of my weblog has been updated today, some bugs has been ironed out and some new features added to make navigation around my site more enjoyable. I havent sleep today, work then straight to Uni for a 9:00am lecture, now im back home but dont feel like sleeping.. i need sleep soon, my eyes are getting red!

...I recently discovered this website that have a great description about the male/female Ladder Theory, I love the author's relax style of writing, recommended reading, www.intellectualwhores.com.

...About me in short - Vietnamese native, 20 something, single, 1 dog, 1 tropical fishtank, 1 indoor plant, 1 car, 3 computers, 1 appartment soon, a net Junkie, like loud music, like art history, like photography, like Asian girls.. Life is short so do something good.