28/03/2013
A fantastic morning. Shot some pictures of sunrise. Though the there was an insane amount of clouds, the journey itself was very enjoyable.




After that, an eggy breakfast with girlfriend at Hatched~ The egg was perfectly cooked, a completely liquid yolk with white of reasonable tenderness. The bland fresh salad, baked potato and English bread blend beautifully with the salty corned beef. I was told that the omelette is quite greasy though, probably due to the large amount of egg and butter used.


We had our very first day walk too! Though we often walk around places at night, we've never went out for a stroll during day. Besides sweating a bit, it wasn't half bad!



Tried the alcohol my girlfriend gave me in the afternoon. Though the amount is little, it tastes quite nice! A little bit sad that it finished so fast, but the heartwarming flavor remains~


29/03/13
Lawry's, high class but really expensive dinner. Hahahahahaha! Didn't expect it to cost near 200... Punched quite a big hole in my pocked... But it was quite an enjoyable dinner with nice flavor and most importantly, a beautiful ambiance and service. Quite worth the cost.


30/03/13
Shit tired! 8+ hours of non-stop photography, almost 1374 pictures. I doubt even a paid photographer would do this. I guess that's why they say all kinds of work require passion... Now, time to process them... Oh my God...


31/03/13
Went out with Mr. Leuar today. As we chat and chat, we suddenly started talking about our highschool class. It was a weird class, full of weirdos who do weird things. It was, as he said, as if a manga classroom comes to life. Though I get discriminated quite a bit there, there was never a boring day with 4A, the stripper, the cool kid, the big friendly giant, the terrorist, the future lawyer, the panda king, the black, the China. We were a pretty fun bunch. Hahahahahahahahahaha! We were!

2013/03/25

“去圣陶沙吧！”
圣陶沙？！那里对我来说挺无聊的。沙滩？除了弄脏我的衣服以外还会粘满全身，怪难受的。烈日？浑身粘糊糊的汗水，混合着更多的沙子。美女？我又不认识，没兴趣。记忆？和父母去了几次，除了第一次很小很好奇很开心，其它最终都是无聊的四处乱走。和冬冬姐姐和周叔叔（希望没记错他的姓……）去的那次只大概记得我抢着付门票（地主之谊）和在缆车上的心惊胆战。

“远么？”
我下意识的略微抗拒着。

“应该不远~”
GPS打入，真的很近。

“那就去吧！”
这就是这次魔法般旅程的开始。文字很难说清楚那是一种什么样的感觉。两个人在沙滩上打闹、说笑，深一步浅一步的走着。坐下、依偎，遥望着远方偷看着对方。偷袭！我亲了她的脸，她戳了我的腰。本来不怎么怕痒的我在她面前节节败退……最终，本来说好不要躺在沙滩上的我们弄了一屁股一后背的沙子。起立，她闪电般的在我的脸上啄了一下。呵呵呵，幸福了。

突然，圣陶沙变得那么的可爱。原来，去的人不一样，意境会不一样，同样的地方也变得那么的不一样。


2013/03/27
本来觉得好像要写什么，2013/03/28早上一起来找了一二十张照片之后居然全忘了……唯一记得的就是听见你那句“今天的梨特别好吃”什么不爽就全都烟消云散了。跑再长的路我也不介意~！

难道我生气了？！

Lazy to iron the cloth... Lazy to eat lunch... Lazy to even write this post...... I am overwhelmed by an intense feeling of being glued to somewhere comfortable...

Anyway, a gift from my beloved who bought this in Bintan. Coffee... Mmmm... Is this a message from the beyond that I should stop pursuing good wine and start tasting coffee instead?! Hahahahaha, shall try it some day. So far, nothing has yet best coffee I had in Vietnam. I don't know if this coffee will beat that on flavor, but in term of feelings, this coffee will definitely beat anyone I've ever drunk.


As an extremely responsible kid, I shall iron the cloth tonight! Mmmmmmm... In my room, with movie and music... Hopefully.

It's been a while since I last post some pictures, exactly 15 days. So... It's time for some pictures. Enjoy!

Must say it wasn't a perfect day for photography. I am not the official photographer so technically, I am a paparazzi. For my first time too, officially. Had some battery issues in the previous few days, thought my camera died on me but it didn't. It performed perfectly on the day itself, 600 pictures and not even half the battery depleted. I am impressed. Even the battery issues were a blessing in disguise, taught me how I should prioritize girlfriend and family before hobby and career, unless pre-informed with permission given. That somewhat leads us to something that irritated me slightly, my dad's attitude recently.

I used to feel that he's too good a dad, he loves me very much and I appreciate it. However, it has almost become a love that belittles me. "Dad, I'm on the MRT heading home." "Which stop are you at? I'll go get you." As an adult, male too, this makes me feel somewhat useless, as though I can't even go home myself. So I had a long chat with him and told him politely about how I feel. I understand his love, but it is spoiling me. I always feel that I can be lazy and fall back on him. It is my fault for feeling so and I wish he can help me correct it. And he has clearly took my advice to heart, very much so, too much so. Now, he has somewhat ceased to show any sign of concern and treat me more like... his colleague? The switch is sudden and difference great. Not sure how I should feel and react to it. Maybe he just had a long day... Maybe a few long days.

Anyway, girlfriend just came back from Bintan. Finally see her after 3 days! It feels like forever when you just got together. Hahahahahaha! Hard to imagine me longing to see someone. It is a completely fresh feeling. However, NSTT's coming and after that, we would be travelling largely separately. Looking on the bright side, I would be part of the big Whatsapp family by then. Still, I would miss the feeling of her hand in mine. But I can't leave my dad alone at home too often as well... Got to strike a balance. 26th I'm in camp, Friday 29th going for Easter service in the morning with friend and 30th I have another shoot. Will find one opportunity to catch a movie with 笑笑~

And hope her cute little sister to get well soon and her father to have a safe trip and her mother good health. Also wish her all the best in the mid term assignment today!

Now, photos. Click to enlarge.

Sweet Thing
Keith Urban

When I picked you up for our first date baby
Well, your pretty blue eyes, they were drivin' me crazy
And the tiny little thought that was so amazing
Is they were lookin' at me

I held open the car door for you then you climbed
Inside and slid on over
To the other side... I thought my, oh my...

Sweet thing
The moon is high and the night is young
Come on and meet me
In the backyard under the Cottonwood tree
It's a good thing and I'm wishin'
C'mon sweet thing
Won't you climb on out of your window
While the world is sleepin'
Cause you know I need you
And there's no way I'll be leavin'
Til we're kissing on the porch swing
Oh my little sweet thing

Yeah I know I'm gonna see you first thing tomorrow
But I just couldn't wait so I had to borrow
Uncle Jake's Mustang, its his favorite car
And so I can't stay long...

Standin' here feeling like a love struck Romeo
All I wanna do is hold you close and steal a little more time
Is that such a crime?

Sweet thing
The moon is high and the night is young
Come on and meet me
In the backyard under the Cottonwood tree
It's a good thing and I'm wishin'
C'mon sweet thing
Won't you climb on out of your window
While the world is sleepin'
Cause you know I need you
And there's no way I'll be leavin'
Til we're kissing on the porch swing
Oh my little sweet thing

Sweet thing, sweet thing...

Oh my sweet thing
The moon is high and the night is young
Come on and meet me
In the backyard under the Cottonwood tree
It's a good thing and tell me I'm not dreamin'
C'mon sweet thing
Won't you climb on out of your window
While the world is sleepin'
Cause you know I need you
And there's no way I'll be leavin'
Til we're kissing on the porch swing
Oh my little sweet thing

Oh c'mon sweet thing, sweet thing, sweet thing...

Yeah, c'mon now a little now...
Oh my little sweet thing, yes you are

我寻找我自己，为了爱上你；我跨过山和海，为了接住你的心。
我尝试每一种快乐；我享受每一种味道；我注视每一次微笑；我爱着一切美好的，和你，997。

There's beef between my dad and I. Not a strong sense of anger but a hint of discontent. I am not happy with certain ways my father do things and he is not happy with how I do certain things. Things must be let out. And of course, I have also the ulterior purpose of improving my dad's impression of Natalie. In a way, this conversation cannot happen without her. If not for her to confess to me how she and her parents went through certain disagreements and eventual understanding, I wouldn't even think about beginning a conversation such as this one.

Right, beef. A lean, tasty and heaty meat. Tender and juicy when cooked properly, also used to represent unhappiness between people. And my beef with my dad is his anger management issue. Don't mistake what I say, he's improved over the years. He's been learning to suppress it. However, it is not good enough for a good father-in-law. Suppression often may mean stronger sudden outburst, I must address this issue. And knowing how my dad, conflict is nothing but an eventuality. Hell, he wishes spoil me and yet he still gets mad at me sometimes. Despite the large amount of time it may take for such a conflict to arise through careful avoidance, I prefer it pre-addressed completely. Topic started with his driving, largely calm and obedient yet when angered, he tends to cut into people's lane sharply as an annoyance. Compliment good driving skills, talk about my recent accident, show concern towards his health and safety, bring my mom's anger and fear into this topic, question his usually fantastic ability to draw from others' mistakes, provide a step back for his admittance of mistake. Apology accepted but result still not good enough. Reinforce point with his attitude in work, bring in well being of company, unfair nature of human opinions, his obvious emotional flaws and methods to improve, at the same time pledge to assist in certain labor.

After going on for so long about his mistakes, it is time to present my own personality issues. Talkativeness, overly nice, pointlessness and thoughtlessness of certain actions, bring up how issues reflected by Yang, and make dad really impressed with how I have someone who can bring up my weaknesses directly, accurately and then let me accept it.

Finally we went over my pastor in church. Expressed disdain towards my dad's prejudice towards tithe and my church, seek reason, found reasons lying within a particular individual, display anger, complain about my father's "one represents all" mentality, reaffirm lack of similar action within my cell group. For a moment, I felt that maybe I should bring my dad to church to show him how it works. By doing that, he can see for himself how distorted his view is. After some thoughts, I decided to abide my old opinion of not bringing him to church. If I did, he'll probably confront William directly with it which will become a problem that I must resolve. He believed that one single comment so much that he was willing to talk about it for more than 10 times, mock my pastor, hint at me to switch church at every available option, shadow me, listen to me for so long that he can talk about it. I doubt his believe in that one opinion is so easily shaken.

Anyway, this talk must continue. Once is not enough, reinforcement will be required. For it betters my dad's, Natalie's and my own future life. Must mold him into a good, loving boss, dad and father-in-law.

PS: Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, it was a 3 hours long talk and now is 5:28am...

A very... very screwed up day with everything going wrong. Got nothing done but somehow still ended up quite enjoying this.

I am way too tired after an hour or so of tennis so I won't be writing a full post. Maybe I'll do one tomorrow, maybe I will not. Oh well.

2013-03-13, a day to be remembered.

I wrote and rewrote this yet I still find it inadequate to describe what I'm feeling now. Excitement, anxiety, everything at once. I went forward and asked, and she said yes, well, sort of. ;)

Of course, I am overjoyed. Though at the same time, I feel a solemn sense of duty. She has decided to give her best time to me and I do not wish to disappoint. I have stepped out only the first step on the longest journey that I will ever be embarking on, one greatest project. This project requires constant tending and love. It will change me, but I will not become something else. It will change her, but she will always be the one I love. I believe that together, we will end up happy. It may not be a happiness that we can all see right now, but it will be something that we can look back and smile about.

Haven't you hear, my wishes always become true, even thought it often comes in a form I don't expect.

Now the big talks are over, let's get down to day one. Natalie, I will make you happy.

Right... IT show... Complete disappointment. Less of an IT show, more of a home electronics fare. Plenty of laptops, printers and not enough parts. Tons of people with smell of sweat greatly overwhelming that of plastic and silicon, not a place I enjoy. Left there with a rather peculiar head ache of mission half accomplished... I still don't have my graphics card.

Had Cafe Cartel for dinner, and since I didn't bring my camera (for once), no pictures. Food is greatly average, proportion, however, is anything but average! Till now, 3:30am, I feel full, very full... And dinner came early today, at about 5:30pm.

And somehow now I have an aching in my heart... Of all fears and loneliness, my greatest current fear may come true... I am worried but can do nothing about it. And thus, is life.

New faces, old friend, nice day.