Day 247 - 257

Day 257 - Victoria March Band had performed on today's World Peace Chanting meet.played 2 songs - Centuria & Forever Sensei. bad luck for me as my pistons weren't put on correct position and that my sound couldn't come out. quickly place it back between bars of rest and continue playing. otherwise, everything was good, i managed to reach Bb without 'run sound'. Masao treated us Ramen as lunch. was tired, went home to sleep for awhile before going to work. received a sms from my sis Cherry. congrats for getting your Brown 1 belt. u finally beaten me. BUT .... you still owe me the gee $$$. i bought it from Japan leh ..... u better pay me back when u start working :P

Day 256 - had final rehersal before tomorrow's performance. received chocolates as encouragement from Ikeda Sensei! we were so so happy and honoured. thank you so much Sensei! its Haloween today! had a warm dinner at Wendy's apartment together with Nigel. watched Scary Movie on tv before going home. did my laundry before going to sleep. kanasai ... i waited at the laundry room for 45min for the dryer. those irresponsible people didn't bother to pick up their cloths on time.

Sensei no purezento

Day 255 - study ... work ... sleep! yyehhhh.....handed in my product photography assignment on time. worked till 2.30am. had Burger King's The Rebel Chicken burger Combo for supper at 2am.

Day 254 - study ... work ... sleep! 1 more photoshoot to 'kau tim' my assignment. worked till 2am. supper: McDonalds

auntie Heng's Filet-O-Fish Angie's limited edition Cheese burgerand my Mighty Angus Beef burgerDay 254 - study ... work ... sleep! my dinner - lemon chicken riceDay 253 - 251 - study ... work ... sleep! the whole week i finished work at 1am. so tired!

Day 250 - go band practice. work at 5pm.

Day 249 - woke up at 8.30am. went shopping with Wendy to buy her performance's attire. we were late for practice because there were limited bus services on weekends. Nando's for lunchi ordered 1/4 chic. kanasai .... the chicken was so small!!!! like 1/8 portion! cialat! during practicechallenging high noteslater at night, went dinner with Nigel & Wendy at a Belgium restaurant. 3 of us shared 3 dishes and the price was quite good. delicious mussels after meal have to exercise abit. went to Wendy's apartment to play pool & table tennis.Day 248 - study ... work ... sleep! my supper - Penang Char Koay TeowDay 247 - study ... work ... sleep!

Day 242 - 246

Day 246 - today was my 1st time shooting a funeral. when i arrived, the daughter of the deceased was actually a new friend that i've made during YWD conferance few months ago. my condolences to the family.the prayer session was held in a chapel and later cremated. some members & friends took turn to say a few words. it was so sad. although i have never meet the deceased before, i can feel that he is a great man with strong fighting spirit. one thing different is that in Malaysia, the coffin is usually slowly pushed in to the 'fire box'. but here, it happened so fast. once they open the door, the undertaker wearing a mask, bbrrooofff ..... in a high speed, the coffin was wheeled or pushed in to burn. i was standing quite near to the 'fire box'. when the door was open, i can feel the high temperature, no wonder the undertaker pushing the button for the coffin had to wear a mask where you usually see those metal or goldsmith wearing.
after that, i went to school to continue my class before going to work. finished work at 1.30am!

Day 245 - school ... work ... sleep

Day 244 - school ... work ... sleep. for my new assignment which is product shooting, i borrowed a 15th anniversary johnie walker whisky from boss to shoot. it took me so long just to get a good shot. and yet i had to photoshop to combine a few images to make it perfect.
got a call from Theresa asking for a favour. one of SGINZ member(M'sian) just passed away and the family wanted a photographer to document the funeral. i agreed to it. it will be my 1st funeral shoot. abit scared but i'll do my best.

Day 243 - went to band practice from 1-4pm. went to work at 5pm. Nigel is still sick. hope he can cope it well.

Day 242 - went to practice from 1-4pm. went for dinner with Wendy at Newmarket. after dinner, i bought porridge for Nigel. he's not feeling well. studying too hard i guess. well wishes to him.

Day 232 - 241

Day 241 - study ... work ... sleep

woke up & went to buy some stuff for the shop before driving me home.

NZ petrol pricebuy breakfastur dream car?
good ad!but i can't live without meat .... im sorry mr. cow, mr. pig & mr. chic!

Day 240 - yahooo .... finally today all bus services back to normal. no need to walk to school anymore. so bad luck today.i left my room key in my room!!! its already 1am when i finished work. there will be no receptionist to help me. can't get to my room :( so i overnite at boss's house. how terrible i am!!!!!

Day 239-236 - study ... work ... sleep. because of the bus drivers all on strike, I had to walk to school. it takes around 35 min. the weather is bad. windy and rainy and cold. sometimes i just get fed up of using umbrella coz the wind will just blow it another way round and i get wet. so i just put on my jacket's hood and walk fast. easier.

Day 235 - today got buddhist exam, so practice was cancelled. woke up at 2pm. such a nice sleep ever. went to work at 5pm.

Day 234 - woke up at 8.30am. together with Tiffany, I went to Howick to shoot a Thai restaurant's boss's birthday party till 12pm. had sandwich and hot chocolate for brunch in the car. then rush to North Shore to shoot a wedding from 12.30pm - 9pm.

Day 233 - from today onwards till further notice, all bus services will be cancelled. haizzz .... since i came to NZ, it has been several times this happened. what to do, they have so much freedom to strike. so poor us citizens had to walk, cycle or carpool. i don't usually have breakfast but after walking, I just couldn't resist from stepping into Subway and get myself a SubOfTheDAy.

Day 232 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 231

its still very cold today but luckily it didn't rain. when i came out from class, the right side of me was ..... gloomy & cloudy
but the left side of me was ..... clear sky
this is New Zealand weather. it can change so instantly!

when i came from work at 1am, i checked my mailbox & i found an envelope for me. i can recognise its Bee Peng's writing. immediately i opened it and ......

sob .... sob ..... its a birthday card from my dear band members in Penang! thank you so much guys for the wishes!!! really happy to recieve this surprise!!!

miss you guys!

Day 225 - 230

Day 230 - its still very cold today. when i go to school, its about 12 degrees. its 6th Oct, uncle's birthday. called home to say hi.

Day 229 - suddenly the weather changed! from the usual 18 degrees, it dropped to 7 degrees! damn cold man! it's almost as cold as winter. plus the raining & strong wind, its like staying in a freezer.

Day 228 - woke up at 8.30am. took bus with Wendy to World Peace Chanting. it was gokuyo day as well. after that, went to buy lunch and continue practicing till 4pm. Sam took some leftover cakes for us. yummy!!! went to work at 5pm til midnite.

Day 227 - its Mooncake Festival! so sad im not at home to celebrate my lunar birthday. anyway, i had a great day. went to practice till 4pm. then, we head to Sam's house at North Shore to celebrate his birthday. lotsa delicious food & drink. so full. came back home at 10pm, do my laundry. about 12am, went out to have a hot drink with my Philippine friend.walked around the street till 2am. saw many many people clubbing. all these while, i thought its a boring city because i don't see anyone on the street after 10pm. now only i know, they are all at the lower part of the city clubbing. it was so packed with people. and the unfortunate (sui) thing is that i saw two guys peeing on the street! yucks!!!! went back and straight to the bed. so tired.
(photos coming soon)

Day 226 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 225 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 222 - 224

Day 224 - went to work at 12pm. went out at 7.00pm to attend gosho meeting. it has been ages since i went for gakkai activities. glad i did tonite. all thanks to my leader Vikki who never stop encouraging & reminding me bout meetings. went to the meeting place by bus together with Wendy(M'sia), Satomi(Japan) & Vikki(Scotland). learned a few gosho passage of 'writing letter to my brother'. some inspiring notes that i would like to share:

1. the purpose of faith is to pass through the valleys of hardship.

2. the process of changing karma forges & polishes our lives to the highest degree.

3. trial(obstacles) will prove(test) your faith.

4. you may hate this world but you cannot escape it. so, face it!

5. you must neither show nor feel any fear. you must grit your teeth & never slacken in your faith.

6. be the master of your mind, don't let your mind be your master.

me & Wendy on the bus. (look at the lady behind us ~ staring at these 2 crazy gals)

awesome view at the meeting place. can you see all the yatchs harbouring?

then 9.30pm back to work till 1.30am. supper for auntie heng's husband~ ROTI CANAI *chef: Angie Ong [auntie heng smiling for the camera too]Day 223 - work ... sleep

Day 222 - work ... sleep

Day 216 - 221

just received an email from Mendy. its my birthday card from my dear Andy. thx sis 4 the photo! Day 221 - about 7am, suddenly there's a man came knocking on my unit's door. i guess it was the same guy who did that stupid thing 3 times before over the past few months! i didn't care about it but it lasted quite some time. in the end, my flatmate came out to check on it & i came out too. i told her quitely that this is not the 1st time this fella came. it seems that he's looking for someone. we can't ask 4 help coz the reception only opens at 10am. his knocking began to be more hard and he uttered vulgar words. so scared till cannot continue sleeping. previous 3 times i was just alone and u imagine how scared i was. he tried knocking hard, turning the door knob, kicking the door, shouting .... etc. luckily this time my flatmate is around. i better standby a knife by my side!

Day 220 - woke up at 2.30pm. clean up my room and then went to shop for grocerries at foodtown. had cheese & ham burger for my 3-in-1 meal.

Day 219 - work 12pm - 2am ... sleep

Day 218 - work 12pm - 1am ... sleep

Day 217 - went to school to help Tiffany with her assignment before going 2 work at 5pm.

Day 216 - work 12pm - 12am ... sleep