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Hunter Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
Friday, February 25, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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Thursday, February 17, 2005
Happy Valentine's Day
14th of Feb, a very familiar date to all, love fills the air all around the world, here in Wellington as well. I woke up that Valantine's morning, ate a bowl of crispy blueberry cereal(my favorite) with milk, it was a normal morning, well, at least to me, it was just a beautiful-but-normal morning...
... night falls, the shadow started to creap out of the corner and fill the house as the sun light melts away, it all seemed different so suddenly, I was all alone in my flat, my dark-tuna-can-like flat. I wanted to join the love parade going on all around the world, I did join the parade all right... but I walked alone, the city heart of Wellington was pretty much asleep, there was only me, the empty street, buildings, and the strong chilling wind, I walked no matter the strong wind, or the empty street, until I reach the Front Water Bay, the wind continue to be expectedly strong, although I wish so much, that it was only a gentle breeze...
The stars blinked, there was so many of them, but the Orion was still distinguishable, located at the far side of the sky... It was still, a beautiful night... Happy Valentines to all...
... night falls, the shadow started to creap out of the corner and fill the house as the sun light melts away, it all seemed different so suddenly, I was all alone in my flat, my dark-tuna-can-like flat. I wanted to join the love parade going on all around the world, I did join the parade all right... but I walked alone, the city heart of Wellington was pretty much asleep, there was only me, the empty street, buildings, and the strong chilling wind, I walked no matter the strong wind, or the empty street, until I reach the Front Water Bay, the wind continue to be expectedly strong, although I wish so much, that it was only a gentle breeze...
The stars blinked, there was so many of them, but the Orion was still distinguishable, located at the far side of the sky... It was still, a beautiful night... Happy Valentines to all...
Sunday, February 13, 2005
One week... first week...
In just a clip of an eye, one week had already pass since I first arrived in Wellington, according to my seniors, the weather lately is kind of unusual, there is such big changes in weather from day to day, sometimes its warm, hot in fact, and sometimes it rains like hell, what is happening to the world!! During this few days, there is a news in the paper, where some scientist predicted that an earth quake will struck Wellington, and will happened anytime starting from 12th of Feb, it even warned us to prepare enough food for three days in case anything happens, isn't that crazy? but things might happen, and if it does, its god will, and no one can stop Him.
Its been a very exciting week here in Wellington, although I am not in Malaysia, but I still get to celebrate chinese New Year here, because there is still a lot of chinese from all over the over the world here, such as Taiwan, China(a large amount of them), Malaysia... etc. I even had reunion dinner with my college mate, had a few parties in different Christian Fellowship, had a few welcome BBQ parties organized by the Uni and stuff... so its... cool!
School wont starts until 21st of feb, still have exactly one more week to adapt into the alien environment here, when school starts, everything will be different, there won't be time for fooling around, wish me luck then!
Its been a very exciting week here in Wellington, although I am not in Malaysia, but I still get to celebrate chinese New Year here, because there is still a lot of chinese from all over the over the world here, such as Taiwan, China(a large amount of them), Malaysia... etc. I even had reunion dinner with my college mate, had a few parties in different Christian Fellowship, had a few welcome BBQ parties organized by the Uni and stuff... so its... cool!
School wont starts until 21st of feb, still have exactly one more week to adapt into the alien environment here, when school starts, everything will be different, there won't be time for fooling around, wish me luck then!
Monday, February 07, 2005
Wellington, Capital City of New Zealand
Finally, it happened...
Roughly 8000KM south of Malaysia, the place I am in this very moment, New Zealand, the country which The Lord of The Ring was shot, the place which has been dubbed The Middle Earth, and I am here, can you believe it?
We, ten of us, left Malaysia at on 5th of Feb, 3.40 pm in the afternoon by Malaysian Airline with much anxiety, the airport was crowded with people by the time I arrived (which I was already late for 20 minutes, sorry friends!) we checked in as a group, settled the over-loaded-luggage-but-refuse-to-pay-the-fine problem, and started our journey south to NewZealand, one of 2 country which is right under the Southern-Cross (a constellation, which is right above the sky of New Zealand and Australia, and that's why there are a four stars on the ntional flag of Australia and New Zealand, Crossed).
We flew from Malaysia to Singapore for a Transit flight to Auckland, New Zealand, waited for 4 hours in the famous Changi Airport, Singapore, before boarding the boeing 737, Air New Zealand at 8.30 pm. The Captain of the Giant-Iron-Bird Mr Smith announced that we were going to shot up to an altitude of 33,000 m and stay there for roughly 9 hours before plunging back to a low 200 m altitude and land in Auckland, the weather was great in Auckland that day...
The jet slowing move to the runway, like an old man having a stroll in the evening, as soon as the plane reached the major runway, it suddenly burst from an initial speed of 20 km/hour to an amazing speed of 200++ km/hour, before we know it, we were airborn...
After 15 hours, I am sitting in my senior's house's room, with the light burn out, all exhauted... struggling to finish this post... I'll see you guys soon...
Roughly 8000KM south of Malaysia, the place I am in this very moment, New Zealand, the country which The Lord of The Ring was shot, the place which has been dubbed The Middle Earth, and I am here, can you believe it?
We, ten of us, left Malaysia at on 5th of Feb, 3.40 pm in the afternoon by Malaysian Airline with much anxiety, the airport was crowded with people by the time I arrived (which I was already late for 20 minutes, sorry friends!) we checked in as a group, settled the over-loaded-luggage-but-refuse-to-pay-the-fine problem, and started our journey south to NewZealand, one of 2 country which is right under the Southern-Cross (a constellation, which is right above the sky of New Zealand and Australia, and that's why there are a four stars on the ntional flag of Australia and New Zealand, Crossed).
We flew from Malaysia to Singapore for a Transit flight to Auckland, New Zealand, waited for 4 hours in the famous Changi Airport, Singapore, before boarding the boeing 737, Air New Zealand at 8.30 pm. The Captain of the Giant-Iron-Bird Mr Smith announced that we were going to shot up to an altitude of 33,000 m and stay there for roughly 9 hours before plunging back to a low 200 m altitude and land in Auckland, the weather was great in Auckland that day...
The jet slowing move to the runway, like an old man having a stroll in the evening, as soon as the plane reached the major runway, it suddenly burst from an initial speed of 20 km/hour to an amazing speed of 200++ km/hour, before we know it, we were airborn...
After 15 hours, I am sitting in my senior's house's room, with the light burn out, all exhauted... struggling to finish this post... I'll see you guys soon...
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
Backpacking in Malaysia...yet to end
Wondering what have I been up to lately?
Today is the Fifth day of my backpacking tour around Malaysia, I am in a cyber cafe in Johor Bharu just accross the biggest shopping mall in Johor Bharu, City Square. The cyber cafe isn't like the usual cyber cafe, its not smoky, its not noisy, its not crowded with teenagers without any sense of destination.
Over the five days travelling in Malaysia, I have been to a few states, the first stop was Tai Ping, Perak, the second was Kota Bharu, Kelantan, then Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, after that it was Cherating, Pahang, and all the way down to Johor Bharu, Johor.
I dare to admit it was a tiring five days, and still, a more tiring five days will follow, but along the journey, I have seen things I never thought I'd see, in a way, I've grown in these few days. I have kept a thorough journal through ther trip, from day one til now, and I trust I will continue my effort in jotting down eveything I can think of in my journey throughout Malaysia. I will too share it online after I arranged it, so make sure you will be looking forward to them.
There is still a long way home, my next stop will be Singapore, then back to Batu Pahat in West Johor, finally back to Kuala Lumpur (might stop in Malacca along the way). So please hold your hands together and pray for me. God bless and Cheers!
Today is the Fifth day of my backpacking tour around Malaysia, I am in a cyber cafe in Johor Bharu just accross the biggest shopping mall in Johor Bharu, City Square. The cyber cafe isn't like the usual cyber cafe, its not smoky, its not noisy, its not crowded with teenagers without any sense of destination.
Over the five days travelling in Malaysia, I have been to a few states, the first stop was Tai Ping, Perak, the second was Kota Bharu, Kelantan, then Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, after that it was Cherating, Pahang, and all the way down to Johor Bharu, Johor.
I dare to admit it was a tiring five days, and still, a more tiring five days will follow, but along the journey, I have seen things I never thought I'd see, in a way, I've grown in these few days. I have kept a thorough journal through ther trip, from day one til now, and I trust I will continue my effort in jotting down eveything I can think of in my journey throughout Malaysia. I will too share it online after I arranged it, so make sure you will be looking forward to them.
There is still a long way home, my next stop will be Singapore, then back to Batu Pahat in West Johor, finally back to Kuala Lumpur (might stop in Malacca along the way). So please hold your hands together and pray for me. God bless and Cheers!
Monday, January 03, 2005
New Year's Eve
Its a few hours before the year 2005 knock the front door of year 2004, I happened to be lucky enough to dine on a table full of fine young-energetic ladies and a gentleman. We were in a restaurant call Dome, green in color, delicious food, especially mine, the famous Dome Beef Burger, with chips. We talked, we laughed, we shared, it had been a wonderful night, although it was a chaos out side the restaurant, people too excited for the big four number 2005 walked towards them...
Yet, during these happy times, we still have to think of those who is now, in this very minute, suffering in other parts of the world, and from that, feel blessed to have live such times... God Bless the Tsunami Victims, and those who helped...those Unsung Heroes...
Friday, December 31, 2004
Dealing with 'Anger'
I was sitting on a little wooden chair in the living room, my eyes fixed to the television set, my fingers skillfully pushing the buttons of the remote control, when I saw an envelope which says, 'To: Ng family' resting on the table, I picked up the envelope curiously, opened the envelope and quickly glanced through the few pieces of papers, it's not written by hand, rather, its photocopied, its from my sister, now in L.A...
The following is something from the mail that I would like to share with all..
'Dealing with Anger'
'Anger. The very word makes us pause. Yet to be human is to know anger. Anger helps us to defend our rights and protect our freedoms - as individuals and as a society. For all the positive aspects of anger, though, we only know only too well the destructive forms it can also take: physical and emotional violence, depression, even illness'
'We face the challenge of harnessing the energy of anger without ruining our relationships, our health, and - in some cases - our very lives. To do this, we need to understand what anger is. Many people confuse anger with aggression. But anger is not aggression. An anger is something we feel; aggression is something we do. As an emotion, anger can be expressed in many ways, contructively or destructively.'
words of, Louisa Rogers
I used to be a very angry person, aggressive, the destrcutive-kind-when-angry kind of person. That made me a very very ungly person, thats my impression to a lot of people, some hated me, some was kind enough to forgive me for who I was. Over the years, I had learn a lot, through friends, readings, my thoughts... I tried hard to change myself, or to use a more appropriate word, to 'correct' my ways of expressing my anger, to become a better person...
I've been through some very stuggling time, I do not dare to say I have totally changed, some times, getting emotionally is inevitable, thats why I felt something when I read this article, something deep inside that I do not understand and do not know how to explain it, and that something made me wanna share it with you all.
Anger is a tool that promotes understanding and healthy change in our relationships, use it wisely, ok?
The following is something from the mail that I would like to share with all..
'Dealing with Anger'
'Anger. The very word makes us pause. Yet to be human is to know anger. Anger helps us to defend our rights and protect our freedoms - as individuals and as a society. For all the positive aspects of anger, though, we only know only too well the destructive forms it can also take: physical and emotional violence, depression, even illness'
'We face the challenge of harnessing the energy of anger without ruining our relationships, our health, and - in some cases - our very lives. To do this, we need to understand what anger is. Many people confuse anger with aggression. But anger is not aggression. An anger is something we feel; aggression is something we do. As an emotion, anger can be expressed in many ways, contructively or destructively.'
words of, Louisa Rogers
I used to be a very angry person, aggressive, the destrcutive-kind-when-angry kind of person. That made me a very very ungly person, thats my impression to a lot of people, some hated me, some was kind enough to forgive me for who I was. Over the years, I had learn a lot, through friends, readings, my thoughts... I tried hard to change myself, or to use a more appropriate word, to 'correct' my ways of expressing my anger, to become a better person...
I've been through some very stuggling time, I do not dare to say I have totally changed, some times, getting emotionally is inevitable, thats why I felt something when I read this article, something deep inside that I do not understand and do not know how to explain it, and that something made me wanna share it with you all.
Anger is a tool that promotes understanding and healthy change in our relationships, use it wisely, ok?
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Time for Everything
It is a festive season, Christmas just went by... so quickly, indeed, so quickly... So did you guys have a beautiful Christmas? Hope its really wonderful...
But, while celebrating Christmas, there is one thing all must bare in mind, Christmas is not all about giving out or receiving presents, it is a time to remember the born of Jesus Christ. (Suddenly I thought of a song,'Time Time Time', in the song, the lyric said, 'a time to love, a time to hate, a time to kill, a time to live...') guess there is really a time for everything huh...?
Have you ever wonder ten years later today, where will you be? what will you be doing? how much salary will you be earning annually? Will you wake up every morning on your bed, joyful? or, rather, sad?
As seen in the movie, and read in the book 'The Lord of The Rings' itself, Gandalf told Frodo, 'and so do all who lives to see such (Bad)times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.' ... True, true...
If there is really a time for everything, then I'd say, now is the time to have fun! after you read this, go do something for yourself, even if its just a five minutes rest from your work, or grab a chilled beer, what ever it is,
as long as it brings joy to your lips, and make it smile...
But, while celebrating Christmas, there is one thing all must bare in mind, Christmas is not all about giving out or receiving presents, it is a time to remember the born of Jesus Christ. (Suddenly I thought of a song,'Time Time Time', in the song, the lyric said, 'a time to love, a time to hate, a time to kill, a time to live...') guess there is really a time for everything huh...?
Have you ever wonder ten years later today, where will you be? what will you be doing? how much salary will you be earning annually? Will you wake up every morning on your bed, joyful? or, rather, sad?
As seen in the movie, and read in the book 'The Lord of The Rings' itself, Gandalf told Frodo, 'and so do all who lives to see such (Bad)times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.' ... True, true...
If there is really a time for everything, then I'd say, now is the time to have fun! after you read this, go do something for yourself, even if its just a five minutes rest from your work, or grab a chilled beer, what ever it is,
as long as it brings joy to your lips, and make it smile...
Monday, December 20, 2004
How are you?
I am sure all of you are familier with this phrase, 'How are you?', lately I have been asking a lot of my friends, How were they, and most of them replied me without any hesitation. Some said good, some said life sucks (coz of work or relation problems), but what I really meant was, hows your life, are you happy with it in general?
Maybe cause I am in the middle of a very long holiday, I am able to spent a whole day thinking, recaping my life, and think back what have I done in the near pass, the conclusion is - I am really happy with it.
Question: Why? what is it that I am so happy about?
Have had a harsh time starting from October til mid-November, because the semester was ending, and due dates for assignments were closing in, as well as final examination. I remember going back to my rented condominium in Kajang after class everyday, and throw all my unhappy thoughts and problems on my housemate, and she did the same. Life was stressful back then, but now that I think of it, its not the stress that counts, it is how we suffer through those days together, how we help each other out that counts.
Friend is my answer to the question.
My housemate as one example, I might not be able to go through my time so well without her, and I live a happy life, because I had heaps of friends like my housemate, I cherish your presents in my life.
So next time, when some one ask you, 'How are you?', dive into your own thoughts, give yourself a moment, and really think, before you give an answer..
Maybe cause I am in the middle of a very long holiday, I am able to spent a whole day thinking, recaping my life, and think back what have I done in the near pass, the conclusion is - I am really happy with it.
Question: Why? what is it that I am so happy about?
Have had a harsh time starting from October til mid-November, because the semester was ending, and due dates for assignments were closing in, as well as final examination. I remember going back to my rented condominium in Kajang after class everyday, and throw all my unhappy thoughts and problems on my housemate, and she did the same. Life was stressful back then, but now that I think of it, its not the stress that counts, it is how we suffer through those days together, how we help each other out that counts.
Friend is my answer to the question.
My housemate as one example, I might not be able to go through my time so well without her, and I live a happy life, because I had heaps of friends like my housemate, I cherish your presents in my life.
So next time, when some one ask you, 'How are you?', dive into your own thoughts, give yourself a moment, and really think, before you give an answer..
Gravity, me and you...
Hey you ALL, if you are reading this now, means you are one of the most important people in my life... in here... I will do my best to share my thoughts, my life, my everything...
This is my first blog ever, is it common to feel nervours while writing your first blog? I wonder... The feeling is like the first time I drove a car, the first time I played a solo in front of a hall-full of audience with my silver-coated Yamaha trumpet, the first time I looked into a girl's eyes, and tell her how much I love her...
The name of my blog is shown up there, 'Gravity, me and you', I have been thinking for a long period, what should I name it, it started of by looking for names that are cool and jazzy, but then I thought, why not give it a name that is simple, but true, one of the main reason i dubbed this blog 'Gravity, me and you', is because I hope this blog would act like gravity, which pulls me and you together... cool huh?
Where did I get the idea of writing blogs online, you might ask, I was inspired by one of my elder brother's friend, Pauline, Paul in short, she is currently a user of www.blogger.com as well, and she invited me to read her blogs a few months ago, and that is when my interest on writing blogs started to grow... there is actually a few advantages... well, at least to me... First, as a chinese, a race that does not know how to really express themselves (deep-down-under) in public, or to another person face-to-face (have you ever had the experience where you want to say thank you to a person, just a sincere thank you, but you couldn't spell it out?), I think that having a place to share your own thoughts, and can be read conveniently by your friends and relatives is a good thing, Second, by writing more, I can improve my ability to handle english language, Third, I can write my thoughts rather than wondering in this virtual world doing unproductive things...
Its like a custom, the conversation will usually starts like this:
'hey...what are you doing?'
'doing nothing, just chatting... how about you?'
'I am not doing anything as well... so bored lar...'
and somehow, the conversation ends like this:
'so am I...'
If we all know that we don't really have a topic to chat about, then what's the point of chatting? Well, because human being is afraid of being alone, it is a basic instinct, that's why our ancestors started to live in crowds in the first place, that's why people wants to get married, that's why, Nokia is able to pop-up in the middle of no where and be a worldwide leader in communication products, that's is also why, I am sitting here, this very moment, writing this blog...
I hope that this blog can really help me to express my thoughts to all... even if it is merely a sincere 'thank you'...
Finally, 'thank you' all for stopping by, please do drop me a Comment, I'd appreciate it...
This is my first blog ever, is it common to feel nervours while writing your first blog? I wonder... The feeling is like the first time I drove a car, the first time I played a solo in front of a hall-full of audience with my silver-coated Yamaha trumpet, the first time I looked into a girl's eyes, and tell her how much I love her...
The name of my blog is shown up there, 'Gravity, me and you', I have been thinking for a long period, what should I name it, it started of by looking for names that are cool and jazzy, but then I thought, why not give it a name that is simple, but true, one of the main reason i dubbed this blog 'Gravity, me and you', is because I hope this blog would act like gravity, which pulls me and you together... cool huh?
Where did I get the idea of writing blogs online, you might ask, I was inspired by one of my elder brother's friend, Pauline, Paul in short, she is currently a user of www.blogger.com as well, and she invited me to read her blogs a few months ago, and that is when my interest on writing blogs started to grow... there is actually a few advantages... well, at least to me... First, as a chinese, a race that does not know how to really express themselves (deep-down-under) in public, or to another person face-to-face (have you ever had the experience where you want to say thank you to a person, just a sincere thank you, but you couldn't spell it out?), I think that having a place to share your own thoughts, and can be read conveniently by your friends and relatives is a good thing, Second, by writing more, I can improve my ability to handle english language, Third, I can write my thoughts rather than wondering in this virtual world doing unproductive things...
Its like a custom, the conversation will usually starts like this:
'hey...what are you doing?'
'doing nothing, just chatting... how about you?'
'I am not doing anything as well... so bored lar...'
and somehow, the conversation ends like this:
'so am I...'
If we all know that we don't really have a topic to chat about, then what's the point of chatting? Well, because human being is afraid of being alone, it is a basic instinct, that's why our ancestors started to live in crowds in the first place, that's why people wants to get married, that's why, Nokia is able to pop-up in the middle of no where and be a worldwide leader in communication products, that's is also why, I am sitting here, this very moment, writing this blog...
I hope that this blog can really help me to express my thoughts to all... even if it is merely a sincere 'thank you'...
Finally, 'thank you' all for stopping by, please do drop me a Comment, I'd appreciate it...
Me, Me, Me, and my slice of steak!
Ng Gee Xiang, a.k.a Isaac Ng. I am not a ver good looking guy, but I am tryin my very best to be a better person, mind to help..?
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