This queens birthday, Bhib and I escaped to the blue, or should I say – White mountains =). Knowing that it was going to rain, we were a little concerned. But it turned out to be an amazingly, heavenly, relaxing trip.

First Stop – Valley of the Waters.

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Pretty sad day to hear the great Shaq’s time in the nba has finally come to an end. No matter how you put it, the NBA just isnt gona be the same. It is a good thing though. It’s quite painful to watch him struggle as of late. He can barely run, barely jump. I suppose the only demise for shaq is age, nothing else can take down the Big Diesel!

I wonder what he’s gona do next, start his own television talk show? Now that Oprah’s gone I think its time for Shaq to step up! >D

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Something’s up with my body. I’ve been getting stomache aches and feeling really tired in general. This has really affected my productivity. I can’t make proper use of my time!. Luckily I’ve been taking some probiotics and starting to feel a bit better. Must stay focused – life is a grind! (when you start modelling gundams). The other way to get some energy into the body is to watch something funny. I’ve been watching Steven Chows old films, particularly “Flirting scholar” just to get a good laugh, it really works! I’ve been told you live longer the more you laugh and smile.

I’ve been learning Japanese through an iPhone app called “Human Japanese“. This is a fantastic app! very user-friendly and engaging. What I find best is that it has recorded speeches of everything word and phrase they teach you. Big thumbs up. I’ll be speaking japanese in no time =). Highly recommend this. Hopefully I’ll know a few good attack phrases by the time OG2 comes out.

Memorizing something sounds straight forward, however, more often than not, we find our thoughts drifting away without even knowing. Let me explain:

Remember the last time when you casually check your watch to find out the exact time? You perform the action, twisting your wrist and raising your arm towards your eyes. You take a quick glance at the numbers before almost immediately lowering your arm back to the natural position. 5 minutes later you wonder what the time is but was sure you only checked it a moment ago. This is an example of performing an action on a subconscious level – meaning your mind wasn’t there, it was purely muscle memory.

So to get to the point, I believe that the things we do everyday, big or small, we should really apply ourselves in a more careful manner and have our conscious minds with us at all times. I am a lazy person, as I know that far too often I do things on a sub-conscious level. I am reading a novel and I must get into the habit of reading and understanding the words as oppose to just ‘reading the words’. I watch the news and I must get into the habit of understanding what’s happening as oppose to watching moving graphics on the screen. I must switch on my mind! I think that’s how we become smarter =)

A little bit late, but a donation is never too late. 酷仔廿三 this year requested that if he were to receive a birthday gift, then let it be a donation to the Japan Quake/Tsunami disaster appeal.  To him it was the best birthday gift received, to me, it was one of the best given.

They say for those born in the year of he current horoscope will be unlucky. I personally dont believe in that stuff but my ear is off to a bad start…

Last week i was presented with a car fine of $344 for going past a red light…. Barely… And a week later i almost got murdered…

Yesterdat whilst walkin down george st during my lunch break, a middle eastern couple was in front of me walking rather slowly. I decided to naturally just overtake them by walking around the female partner, however for some reason the guy wasnt pleased and tried to trip me over from behind. It made me stumble slightly but frustrated me to turn around and say “why did you do that for?” after my responce he immediately escalated his violence to the next level by giving me a bit of a shove and constantly swearing at me, even the female partner was trying to calm him down. I was obviously really pissed but decided not to add wood to the fire and sort of walked away. They followed me for a bit keeping a close eye on me before turning away.

Im not being racist or anything but really?? was all that necessary? Was there not a different method to solve something so trivial other than violence? I couldnt even come to an understanding why it happened in the first place, maybe he wanted to look tough in front of his girl. Either way, i cant believe how aggressive these people are. Having experienced it first hand i can say i lost all kinds of respect for them. Violence solves nothing, something they need to learn.