I am back in Adelaide. The weather is a lot cooler which is good. I like it. Although I end up shivering every morning when I wake up.

In latest news. I suddenly got my room mate. Ok. Not so sudden but it kinda happened rather quickly. There was a bit of a screw up with things so Peter packed up everything and moved across the street to my apartment in an afternoon. I thought it was madness. Everything should work out fine. I am glad I got the room mate so things are a bit easier and hes quite a cool guy and he cooks korean food cos his mom is half korean.haha.Oh yeah.

I finally got my broadband up. Finally, its been a month long wait plus all the problems trying to get it to work. I did it myself. Ok not really myself. You catch my drift. So i am quite happy. I was cooking eggs and bacon yesterday and the pan seriously sucked. The egg got stuck to the pan cos the oil mixed with the egg when I poured the egg into the pan. It was so hard to scrub the pan I just threw it away.I bought a new one.

The school industry placement department told me today that I got the job at Hamilton Island. Start date is 23 July. I can be back for your wedding cousin! Although I am not so sure if I can come back for yan's wedding and moms birthday and christmas. Shit. Apparently they were really impressed with my answers. I got my job secured. Hopefully. I gotta sort out the december plans now or lack thereof.bah.

http://www.needtoescape.com/Hamilton-Island/Beach-Club.html- check this out.my supposed work place.

I cant believe she is gone. It made me feel sick to see her lying motionless. To not have her call me "TIMMY!", to not hear her laughter, to not ask me to stay longer when I am about to leave. To not see her sit on her favourite chair. Admittedly, I was not extremely close to her. But she had a special place in my heart, she still does and she always will.

I had to stop myself from crying anymore today. I knew I had to stop. When the doors to the furnance closed, I just held my moms hand and I couldnt cry anymore. When I had to put her remains in the urn, I felt sick to my stomach. It was the worst feeling ever.

I know she is in a better place. I know she has had a long and fruitful life. She was an incredibly strong and spunky woman. I miss her. Its the hardest thing to accept that she is really gone. The hardest most difficult thing.

-In loving memory,you will forever be in my thoughts-

miss you ah ma.

In loving memory.

I wish you didnt have to go.

The Merrymen forever.If you cant read the quote, it says:

"As we grow older,things must change.But they don't always have to end.Even though it is different now, you will always be my friend"

To the friends who have always been there and who will continue to be there,I miss you guys a lot. Our circumstances will change,but I know and I hope the friendship will not change.

New chapters in each of our lives, new challenges.

To make us stronger,to make us wiser.

Through it all, let not distance weaken our friendship.

Weekends here.It was supposed to be a scorcher but its been quite cool.Surprisingly.Had a rather interesting end of the week.Its always fun to hang out but staying alone is getting rather sad.

Had dinner at Chinatown with some school friends.On the way back,we passed by this place which was yet to be opened.But they were letting people go in and view the place.The place was a karaoke and supper place.They have rooms decorated according to different themes and it was beautiful.Really nice.The management let us try out the sound system.its my first time in a karaoke place.

I gotta catch up on some of my work tomorrow.Grandma's still in ICU.But according to mom she has accepted God.So I hope its a sign of more good things to come.

Its been 3 weeks.Its gonna be a month soon.I am rather tired already with school.Hoping to be able to get someone to share the apartment with me.Its been getting rather quiet and a little lonely I guess.Slowly getting used to the rigourous schedule of school although its really exhausting.By my 3rd and last lesson today I felt completely drained.To think I wanted to get in some part time work.I am slowly working on my relationships with the people in school.They are great to hang around with.Although, I still miss the friends back home.

Grandma is in ICU.Its quite serious and I hope she really does get better.But she is old and she is really in a lot of pain.Its quite sad I guess.Can hear from Mom's voice that she is really drained as well.

Do I miss home?yeah I do.I sometimes wonder what goes on at home.The difference is that I dont pine for home.I guess to a certain extent,it has not really set in yet.I dont feel anything yet.However,I do miss home very much to say the least.

ps:bernie.sorry.ran out of credits to talk.anyway,just do with your life what you see fit.hopefully
it all works out for you.

Big Day Out @Barossa Valley

the Herbig Tree.

family at the Whispering wall

whispering wall.

you can hear other people speak from extreme ends of the wall.

the reservoir at the whispering wall.amazing blue water.

Its scorching hot today.Its been the whole weekend.Today is 40degress and I certainly hope for some rain.

went up to Barossa Valley yesterday to do some sightseeing.I must say that it was a little disappointing as we were hoping to be able to see the vineyards and the winery.But it didnt get to happen.Did see some interesting stuff though and bought some Wolf Blass wine which is cheap.freaking cheap.If you buy it back home its like triple the price.

School is getting harder by the day.Days are long and lessons arent easy to get by.But i wanted it so I will have to make the best out of it.Financial accounting makes my head swim with what are assests,liabilities,expenses and the whole credit and debit thing.I have rooms divisions operations and i have to make beds as part of the practical aspect of the subject.Oh yeah and I take this subject called Beverage Service Ops(BSO).its an interesting subject where i learn how to set up bars and learn how to mix drinks and stuff.The practical exam is a very demanding exam where I have to mix a few drinks within a time limit and everything must be correct.other than that,i have been slowly getting to know people a bit better.

a few people have asked me about the little incident that happened last sunday.last sunday after the day at Glenelg,I was walking through the street back to the apartment,when a shirtless guy who was hanging out with his friends approached me.He somehow implied that I had to give him my shirt because he didnt have one.when I asked why.he said that I had better.He came right up to my face.I had the army t-shirt iin my bag and so decided to give that one to him to avoid any trouble.I wasnt planning on becomming a hero and doing a body combat on him.I probably wouldnt have been able to as well.so much for this friendly land uh.