no!!!

well have been quite moody lately.. thats becos ive just found out that i may have to fly off to pearce next month.. its like less than 3 weeks from now la.. totally out of time to do the things i wanna do.. to see the ppl i wanna see and to enjoy my life before i step into the horrid phase that awaits me.. well it may not be that horrid like wad mr nordin liked to say but it'll be quite a significant transition.. had not actually thought abt going for BWC before until now partly becos i thought i'd only go in jan and also i didnt want to worry myself.. well but now, i have no choice.. 9 months away from where ive grew up all my life is gonna be hard... already tamworth was bad even though it was only 1 month and 1 week.. missed mel SOOO much and like aft the days sortie i would just go back to my room, switch on my com and listen to the soothing type of music that would like just make you feel worse and so much more home-sick and love-sick.. untill ive no idea why i did that.. wads more i liked to open the sliding door to the balcony and just sit there and stone.. i loved to stone... i never knew stoning could be so relaxing.. well i guess that experiences like this really get ur mind back on track.. to remind u of the impt things in life that you may have taken for granted. things have happened this past few weeks that i never knew and expected to happen to me.. guess sometimes you need to know ur weaknesses and guard urself cos i now know wad happens when you dont.. i wont go into the details cos you will definately go 'wad are you kidding me??!!!'. yup its quite bad.. tink many ppl have been quite disappointed with me.. am disappointed with myself even more cos i was the one who allowed myself to enter that stupid ditch that i eventually found myself trying to climb out of.. but thank God for his wisdom man.. sometimes you think abt the stupid things you can do and you go like 'wad were you thinking man!'. think mel was yelling that at me too.. sigh.. well that is over.. it doesnt look like its affected me but it has.. im still in the stages of getting over it.. i will get over it.. its difficult but thankfully mel has been there for me.. a great gift that God has given to me.. where others would have done otherwise, she stayed and spoke sense into me.. i think trust is very impt in any relationship especially ones like mine where the two are apart for so long.. too long if you ask me.. but actually, yong tat's training as a WSO fighter is much worse.. his away for 2 yrs! but i know that both of them will work out.. the wonders of skype ah! haha..

so its all gonna start in sept if i go.. hate being the first reserve.. neither here nor there.. not sure if i should start to fully prepare myself mentally but i guess i dont have a choice.. just prep.. alot of checks leh!! you cant imagine but F16 has more la so cant complain.. haha..

studying aerodynamics now.. exam on friday and i havent even read the notes properly yet.. haha! had GFET today and hit 8gs.. quite an experience i must say.. first time that my ass hurt so much.. actually 6 and 8 gs feel almost the same but you can see that with the same technique, you'll definately loc when you're doing the 8. i was like greying out and i gave all i could give in my legs and thank god it all came back.. haha.. if you dont know wad im talking abt its the centifuge that spins ard with a stupid guy sitting inside doing the anti g straining manuoeve.. not fun if you ask me.. all my gyros got screwed up and hate that feeling..

alright going back to my aerody notes now.. the final push towards the end of ground sch.. and then to perth aust.. take care
God Bless!

oh ya.....

Realised that i didnt upload any pics from my NZ trip so here they are.. Enjoy!


This was in Otago which was fantastic. First 2 days were spent there..


Behind me was where LOTR was filmed..


The World's smallest penguin.. Extremely Cute!

Visited the Antarctic Centre and experienced the -40 chill room.. haha.. lets just say ive never felt so cold in my whole entire life.. haha

Er ya.. i love the food..

Someone enjoyed herself ah..

Its not everyday that someone gives the directions.. haha kidding

The Main square in Christchurch. if you're wondering, thats a church behind me..

Horse riding in the country side.. We learned how to make it move, trot and stop.. that was enough! haha..

The Dolphins surprised us that day in Milford Sound

Milford Sound.. Considered one of the great wonders of the World.. It was formed by retreating glaciers millions of yrs ago.. fantastic place.. we took an encounter cruise which brought us right next to the rock faces and felt all the waterfalls.. shiok!

LOTR country.. haha.. can just imagine...........

On the Queenstown gondola.. overlooking the town. Its i tink the nicest city in the world..

Fox glacier.. View was amazing.. walk, was like army..

Glacier walk.. it was worth the effort although mel really complained alot! hahaha.. she had fun nonetheless.

wonderful

The original water jet craft. One word. WET!

This is wad it looks and feels to be standing under a waterfall. A little painful but worth it.. On hindsight, should have worn a raincoat..

The geography of the sound is very interesting.. the almost vertical face of the mountain with some overhanging rock is amazing.. all formed by glaciers..

Found the birds very cute.. so fat.

I think the nicest meal we had throughout the whole trip. the bowl of soup you see there, words cannot describe..

On the right is where we stayed in Queenstown and that is the view we had every morning we woke up..

Overlooking Dunedin

Ive always had something for SUVs.. the car was such a blessing.. comfortable and powerful... hehe

Yes. Sheep. tink they were lost.......

At the Cadbury Choc factory. saw how all the chocs are made and got to taste very interesting ones..

The first day on the way to Dunedin..

One of the first photos we took. On the east coast of the south island.

We cruised at i tink FL390.. It was an overnight flight and we landed at ard 7 or 8.. It was a great flight.. Slept very little even tho it was like 11 hrs.. watched all the movies that i hadnt seen before.. for that, my sister must get the praise cos she chose them.. haha! This pic was taken as we descended into Christchurch.. How does icing affect ur aircraft? Now the met lessons come in handy..

So in a nutshell, that was the trip. My parents, mel and i.. it was fantastic.. all that i regret was not being able to ski.. we were early by half a month.. sigh but i enjoyed it nonetheless and i really thank God for the opportunity to go.. to think abt it, had actually wanted to go ltr so we could ski but we ended up going earlier.. and when i came back i found out i was pushed forward for ground sch.. so tink everything fell in place.. Wad was the best thing that we did?? I have to say that it was the milford cruise and the shotover jet boat ride.. those were really the best! haha.. so if you're tinking of going down to NZ, let me know k..

am tinking of going overseas at the end of the yr before i go to perth.. hmm.. lets see.. maybe go bangkok in the meantime.. surprisingly i havent been there before.. only been to phuket.. fares very cheap... go check.. hehe..

cheers and God Bless!!!