Letters to my future self

20080719

Letters to my future self

20th july - sightseeing

been a really busy weekend, my uncle and aunt flew over from singapore to attend my cousin's graduation, so the 2 of us (me and my bro) went up to meet up with them. my cousin rented a vehicle and showed us around brisbane, went sightseeing and ate quite abit.

we visited lone pine, which is a australian wildlife sanctuary located along the brisbane river. finally got to see some of the native australian wildlife up close, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, kookabaras, etc. will upload some of the pictures when i'm not so lazy :p

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20080709

Letters to my future self

10th jul - gencon oz 2008

took last weekend off, traveled up to brisbane for gencon oz, a 4 day gaming convention. its the 1st of its kind in australia, if i'm not mistaken. sadly to say, upon arrival, it didnt quite match up my expectations. i was kinda hoping that it would be similar to its american counterpart, but it was waaaay smaller and the content was lacking. (3 days of boardgaming is somewhat fun, except it cost me 66aus for admission and i no longer buy boardgames anymore). random cosplay is fun to watch too, i guess.

still, it gave me 4 days away from home, sort out my thoughts, change of environment and re-plan some stuff. (and catch up with some old friends)

brother jus arrived here today, prob will be kept busy for the next few days as i show him around. dinner time will be a nightmare, i'll be struggling to cook up some proper meals for the 2 of us. ><"

ever since bryan sent me the youtube link to randy pausch's 'the last lecture', i've viewed it a number of times, both the condensed 'oprah' version and the original 1+ long lecture. its thought invoking and touching with plenty of humor to boot. for some reason, despite watching it so many times, my eyes still fill with tears every time he gets to the last slide. i highly recommend catching it, if you havent already seen it before.

"失败了,从新再来,决对不会向困难低头 - 坚持不渝!"

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20080701

Letters to my future self

1st jul - oh, bummer.

guess i was falling after all. wasnt a hard fall, picked myself up, i'm still walking, so nothing's broken. probably jus gonna sit in a corner and sulk for a few days, but i'm fine, i'll get over it.

there's a 1st (a lot of 1sts, in fact, for this case :p) for everything, i guess

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!" -Randy Pausch, "the last lecture"

new feature song:
Kasumi (雾) from 369, OP of Daughter of 20 faces
"いつまでも君を探して..."

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