Skydiving..

finally did it!!!

been thinking about skydiving since long time ago after i left 4th coy, i left something which i always wanted to do.. but doing it somewhere else gives another form of perspective with a very beautiful scenery as well..

in christchurch, i managed to finally do something which i always wanted to try... at least once in my life... skydiving!!

much was anticipated... but funnily i wasnt even really nervous leading up to it... no jitters... no backing out.. just much anticipation... cant wait to get on to it.. but from the video.. i look obviously nervous... but i wasnt feeling so.. think i am not comfortable with cameras... haha

had to wake up super early in the morning to get to the dive site... changing up and waiting for the airplane took us close to 2 hours wait cos the weather is good, so lotsa people came to skydive, so we had to wait for our turn.

the flight up to 12000 feet or 4km took a pretty long time... its pretty cold actually cos of the cold new zealand air... once the sliding door opens, there was no turning back.. no chance of backing out and wanting to take the plane to ground cos obviously, everything had to go... there wasnt any time to think or get scared.. cos immediately u are out... the only thing u can hope for is the parachute is working... otherwise just enjoy the experience... just enjoy the scenery... which was breathtaking with all the mountains and greenery in view.. exhilarating experience.

i had the luxury of meeting Miro, who allowed me to control the parachute until the last part where he had to do the landing... superb jump!!! i love it actually.. i wanna do it again...

DP 08/09 - You got a friend in me..

been looking at the stock market recently... trying to get a hang of it and do some proper investments... still learning... still learning...

lucky to be off tonight, manage to get a ticket to go back and watch DP this year too... it really feels different to be watching DP as audience 2 years running, no longer i am on stage dancing, no more long hours or practices into unearthly hours in the night, no more bunking in at UCC, no more magic of DP or at least i dun feel it anymore... feels so detached... when you go back, only that few people recognise you cos they were my juniors when i was still around in hall, but they are now at the stage of reclusion as they are graduating soon too...

I saw the alumni dance... i wanted to be part of it so much but my schedule wouldnt fit... but i must say most of the seniors come back to watch cos of our love for DP.. our love for hall... its good to see that there are people carrying on the traditions, carrying on our love for DP... carrying on, believing that magic.. that special feeling when you are on stage dancing, acting, putting everything together..

though i must say, this year the quality really dropped, script was really weak and dances were not as impactful as previous years, there are still a few highlights to pick out.. Darren's General Bao was hilarious, alumni dance, xinyi's dance, julia and yijun dance and wanyu's dance probably were among the brighter side of things... well, it don't matter that much anymore cos the show went on without a glitch... though we alumni feel that there is much to improve on after this year, but the night still belongs to the performers for their hardwork.. let's hope they still feel the magic... like joe says, this is the show that never ends... and it will go on and on my friend..

Ironic as well, cos this year the title is You got a friend in me... DP has always been one of the factors that people come back and watch and see how each other is doing in their lives cos we are all separated after hall.. its good to see people again... but we have grown so distant....

restlessness

i have been lagging in my posts again...
there seems to be a lot on my mind... but i just couldnt sit down and get to it...
maybe listing them down will help me focus better...
i wanted to start my business with ruihan... met up with her and discuss a bit recently.. thanks to her actually that i am keeping in touch with one gang of my secondary school buddies... yeeming, ah bi, shenyong, yongqi etc... cos we just had a ktv session before she went back to sydney...

been looking at the market recently... thinking of getting some blue chips as investment... been monitoring a while but the market is really volatile... i think i set my eyes a 1 or 2.. maybe i shall get them tmr if the price is good.. my first step towards being a millionaire..

been considering very long about getting a condo unit as an investment... but i haven really got enough cash to sustain it... sometimes i just wonder why am i not born rich... then so many of my goals and ambitions could have a much better starting foundation... maybe its time to really scout ard for a proper unit and look into the property market now... during the economic downturn, its the best period to get rich...

maybe i have been stressed up by my work recently, not that i am not enjoying travelling but its just that work has taken a newer definition where i have to serve a "higher" class of pple.. and i am not so familiar with my work in that area yet...

maybe also because i haven been able to contact L... some sms and some online msges has been sent to no reply... but suddenly out of the blue, she sent me her work schedule... and its dead silence after that again.. what does this mean? i know i shouldnt be reading too much into it...

has grown to be really good frens with mavis and xinz...

there are a few locations which i am really dying to go visit now... Athens... Fukuoka, Nagoya, and going back to Tokyo, Shinjuku... and revisit Manchester again... i miss the place... not forgetting HK and San Francisco... haven really spent time there in a long while... i hope i get these places in my next month's schedule.

suddenly lost the drive to go skydiving and bungee jumping in christchurch... think i better force myself to do it, cos i dunno when can i go again... there are so many things which i wanna do and i wish that i can do right now.. but just not possible.. which is making me extremely vexed and sians...

i just wanna spend time back in hometown... catching up with everything and settling my plans.. but yet at the same time i am feeling so bored with nothing to do.. so tired that i dun feel like working but yet at the same time i wanna be away for a while...

next month... i am going shanghai with huazai, joanna and shiling to visit candice... hope it will be fun.. and supposedly going LA with thams in july... Barcelona on the cards? i wish so too... but planning for LA gotta come first...

right now, i just wish that i can gallop away on a horse on vast plains... feel like buying a horse... and go horse riding... saw on the news that in Dublin they are selling horses as cheap as 40 pounds... think i am interested in getting one... Mongolia sounds like a nice destination for now... wanna be a kite with no strings attached....