New Year's Eve

yesterday i played golf with gumby and bernie.... geez~ its been a while since i've seen them~

nothing's changed though.... which was nice... haha

we played golf out at randwick golf course... which is only par 59... but it is a really nice course... built around the botany bay area.... u look over the ocean most holes....

it was pretty windy out there... and some of the par 3's are ridiculously long....

it was a nice way to kinda end the year... playing golf with some of my good old mates.... im starting to think we should do this more regularly.... although gumby will go back to indonesia in february...

actually, these days i dont even know how much longer i will stay in sydney.... to be honest, i really want to go back overseas....

im going to start looking hard for a job (since its 2009), and i will probably give myself until march to find something decent that i enjoy as well....

if not... well, i might head over to korea and try to settle there... i know the economy over there isnt flash either, but im sure i can make better $$$ in korea than here since im tri-lingual now....

oh wells~ happy new year everyone~!!! hope ur 2009 plans are more set than mine~

xmas eve...

i know this blog might show its still dec 23.... i think its set to american time or something...

but its past 1am on xmas eve here in sydney....

christmas.... in sydney....

i spent the last 3 xmas's in china..... and i thought it would be great to have one back at home.....
its not bad, but its also definitely not as good as i imagined it to be.....

well.... on that note, i guess my 3 xmas's in china weren't bad at all... hahahahaha.....

i guess, i've always had an episode to tell after a xmas in china....

2005, i was in xi'an.... it was my first month since i went to china.... still trying to get used to the new surroundings... i was living in a university professor's house with his family, but the entire family went away during that week...... so i remember renting out some DVDs and sitting in the living room watching "Cody Banks" and "American Pie".... haha....

2006, i was in wuxi.... andrew, kyung and yohan was visiting me.... i was the university teacher now.... and we were invited to some xmas party organised by the student groups.... and on xmas day, some of the students called us out for some KARAOKE~~~!!! haha..... good times~~ ^^

2007, although i was living in yantai, i went back to wuxi for xmas.... met my students again.... then i went clubbing... to the club with some good memories.... and then i headed over to shanghai.... came back to yantai on boxing day..... xmas was fun.... boxing day was good.... but i guess around that time, some things went pear-shaped.... and its now a bitter sweet memory...

2008... well there isnt much to look forward to.... probably drinking.... being drunk.... and sobering up for boxing day and church camp....

i dont know why.... maybe im getting seriously "china-sick"..... thats like homesick... but i miss china.... xmas in china...... its different~ unique.... special...?

well... i hope xmas 2008 has alot of surprises for me..... although.... i dont think i've been good enough in 2008 for santa to be generous to me....

Merry xmas everyone~

holiday season...

it's holiday season now... school holidays will start after this week, people at work are starting their vacations....

and the best sign for a holiday for me is that the summer of cricket really kicks into gear....

as for me..... i've been down to canberra a couple of times to help my dad with his work..... still playing a bit of golf.... and still bumming my remaining days of 2008 away~ ^^

as 2009 approaches... i guess i need to start thinking about what im going to do in 2009....

although..... i guess, my "$ituation" is getting better instead of worse these days... haha... go figure~ ^^