It's 1am and I should be sleeping, but I'm wide awake, wasting time on the internet, looking for something to do! Oh well, all is not lost. Speaking to 2 high school friends and a uni friend on MSN.

Recent happenings? Well, met up with Sarah, whom I haven't met for 5 years! Time has certainly flown by since the SMKSJ days. Half a decade. Can't believe those years flew by too. It seemed like ETERNITY when I was in high school. But now, I'm only about 7 months away from starting work! A new chapter in my life! Quite excited about it. Digressing there.....Anyway, took Sarah around Sydney. It was a cold night >_< Went into Star City Casino for the first time. Nice place~~

Went away to Mid-Year Conference again. My last one (boohoo). It's basically a conference where Christian groups on a few uni campuses gather and study the Bible together. This year, we looked at the resurrection of Jesus ie. Jesus rising from the dead. It is probably one of the most controversial parts of Christianity, that many people disagree on. But it's so important, and we need to tell people about it.

What else? Well for those who don't know, my brother, Joey, has arrived in Sydney to study! He has invaded my room, and he's now studying in Macquarie Uni, doing a degree in Actuarial Studies. Smart cookie, isn't he?

If all goes to plan, I'll have a job lined up for me next year starting in February. Am very thankful to God for providing this job for me. Hopefully, I'll be able to get permanent residency without too much fuss and be registered as a physio too!

Seiko and I have been going well. Just passed the 21 month mark. Looking forward to the 2 year mark =D Very thankful for this relationship, and we're heading in the right direction. She'll be going away for 2 months to travel around the world at the end of the year! Sigh, she's gonna be away again. Would have liked to go, but it's ok.

Off to sleep..zzzzzzzz

            Lazy Aaron will post again. Much has happened since the last entry, and I’d struggle just to write down all the highlights of what has happened since then. Maybe I’ll write down some of the thing which I should keep as a memory.

            Well, this incident happened a while ago, but it’ll definite live in memory for the rest of my life. It was the robbery which happened in Subang Parade. Family and I were having dinner in Esquire Kitchen, thankfully relatively far away from the scene of the crime. Then we heard about 6 or 6 loud banging noises. I initially thought it was some construction, and because it was near CNY, most people thought it was firecrackers. The scariest part, was when everyone started running in our direction!! O_O

            Loud, banging noises are going to cause a fear in me every time I hear them I think. One of the moments in my life where I was truly scared. Gonna be paranoid with jewellery shops now. I wonder if I’ll be really nervous when I might possibly think about buying a ring in the future.

            About to reach 8 months in my r’ship with Seiko. Everything’s been going pretty good. We’ve had a few disagreements/arguments along the way, but they resolved pretty quickly because we’ve been open, honest and forgiving about it.

            This r’ship has been a challenge for me. I think it’s because it’s the first r’ship I’ve been in where I want to put God first and not let myself put the girl before God. This r’ship has definitely been a blessing, and I don’t want to take it for granted. Considering how selfish humans usually are, it’s really hard to put another person’s interests before your own, but that is what I’m learning to do at the moment. I pray God can help me to learn how to be loving. And not just to Seiko, but to everyone as well.

            I also want to thank God for the scholarship which He has given to me. I received a A$5000 scholarship from the uni for my results from last year. This is all from Him. I prayed and asked for a scholarship, and God was gracious in giving me this. All glory to Him!

            For those who still do not know this, Seiko will be coming with me to M’sia at the end of the year. Exciting times indeed! It’d be great for her to meet my parents, and to see the place where I grew up. Hope she won’t find it too hot and humid there!

            This semester has been a real challenge. I was given the role of encouraging Christian students in my uni to pray. I’ve been sending out prayer diaries (a list of things to pray for) and organising prayer meetings. It’s great when we come to God in prayer. It’s great to totally depend on Him, who has compassion on us.

had campus city "worship 101" today, as described by Jason Khong, one of the leaders of CC..quite a number of ppl turned up..i'd say abt 30? a lot of new ppl were there, to start serving in CC, which is a great thing! it's always good when ppl r willing to sacrifice their time n energy to serve God by serving His ppl..

we started off with a word of prayer, followed by a short introduction by Jason..he then welcomed Carol, a girl from Melaka who just returned to CC just today..she brought pineapple tarts from Melaka! my favourite!! woohoo~~ it had a different type of taste to the usual pineapple tarts though, for some particular reason..Carol reminded us that we're serving for God and not ourselves..and that everyone who serves is just as important..she also said that worshipping God comes in many ways, not just music, but serving drinks n ushering ppl into the premises..

there was like a huge choir today, as everyone not involved in the music team was in the choir..n i have to say, it sounded good, especially in the 2nd song, You Are..it's always nice when there r 2 parts being sung at the same time..the words to the 2 songs, You Are and Great is Our God, are really good..just praising God for who is..an AWESOME God!

had some trouble with the chords, as they were playing You Are in a different key..for one thing, when i play this song in my church in Sydney, we play it in the actual chords..anyway, shall not ramble abt the technical side of music till i bore my (extremely) few readers..

went to MMU today for a small group meeting with some international students there..my first time in Cyberjaya, and my first time in MMU..hmm..it's so isolated!! so far away..it was a good meeting i suppose..there was a good turnout today..it was very encouraging to see them remembering last Sunday's sermon so well..

Seiko went shopping at the biggest sale of the year in Japan..she took a picture of her holding 6 shopping bags!! it's such a big sale, that they can only allow a certain number of ppl inside the building, as to prevent overcrowding! can u believe that?! n there was a long line to get into the building itself..but it's a really good sale, from what seiko told me..

learning japanese is getting harder >_< sigh..

so so sakit hati  the pain of loss and defeat..nooooooo~~!! how could Man Utd lose in the last few minutes of the match?!! that was too cruel!! we played so well, and we deserved AT LEAST a point! but victory, or even a draw, was snatched from us! sigh..

as i walked up stairs to my bedroom n sat on my mattress that's lying on the floor, i just felt so disappointed n sad..as i sat and reflected, i realised that football was one of the very few things that can make me really angry or really sad  i wouldn't htink of myself as someone who's got a quick temper, but my brothers and my dad can testify to my ferocious anger when Man Utd are playing badly and losing! haha! as my youngest brother said "big koko is really scary when he watches football". Enough said.....

Will be returning back to Sydney on the 21st of Feb..there's a good possibility that i'll be returning back home to M'sia at the end of the year, as my favourite cousin, Nigel, is getting married to Ai Theng on the 29th of Dec, which is Seiko's b'day =) since i'm returning home, i was hoping that Seiko might be able to come to M'sia with me..she's come here before, but that was when she was really young..it'd be a good opportunity for her to meet my parents haha!

Is it just me, or are M’sian girls becoming a bit more daring with their dressing? Just something I noticed as I walk around neighbouring housing areas. I always thought that M’sian girls were always conservative when it came to dressing, but I may have to change that view slightly. This was somewhat evident when I went to the “Unplugged Nite” at The Hub.

Ellie invited me to this event, and I have to say, there are some really talented youngsters out there! I thought Mia Palencia, the main artiste for the night, was superb in her singing! I overheard someone saying last night that, a mark of a good singer is one who can showcase his/her voice really well, without overdoing it, and I have to say, I thoroughly agree with that person. Mia was excellent, showing great control of her voice, and at the same time, showcasing her powerful vocals.

I thought all the performances after Mia did really well, including Ellie’s solo and her duet with Ann Nyee (not sure abt spelling). Just before I left for Unplugged, I was watching the latest season of American Idol, and I thought some of the performers would be able to do quite well if they went to the Malaysian Idol contest haha! Some of the singers in AI were horrendous! O_O”

Will be going out with Yan Ling tomorrow afternoon. She’s my uni-mate from Sydney uni, and she’s a great friend. We’re gonna be watching “Night at the Museum” at 1-Utama. I hope I can get there -_-“

I’ll probably be coming back at the end of this year, as one of my favourite cousins, Nigel, is getting married at the end of the year. This might open up the possibility of Seiko coming to M’sia with me, but it’s all just a possibility at this stage. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

Ah, the beginning of the new year =) the infrequent blogger is blogging now! *throws arms in air* haha! I just dunno how to blog regularly, I just don’t! wish I could blog regularly like my friend, ellie..maybe I can resolve to be regular in blogging this year..i have a feeling it’ll go down the drain fairly quickly =P

One big thing has happened in my life, and some ppl do know what it is already. On the 2^nd of October, I asked this girl, Seiko Yanai, to be my girlfriend, and she said “I’d love to!” woohoo~~ the location: bondi beach. It was Angela’s 20^th birthday, and we decided to celebrate it at Bondi. I thought the beach would be a somewhat romantic place to ask a girl to be your gf =)

So, as both of us were sitting down on the edge of the beach while the waves were flowing towards us, I asked her. Not a bad scene I think haha. After that, we just played with the waves, and lo and behold, a huge wave taller than us crashed on us, and my glasses got washed away to New Zealand, or maybe Hawaii. Oh well. I gained something and I lost something.

Right now, I’m just enjoying my trip back home to M’sia. It’s been great, spending time with family and friends, and living in my house again. Trying to spend more time with family rather than with friends I suppose. Just a personal decision that I made. Met up with my SAM classmates tonight, and inevitably, it was a night full of laughs! Teng Teng, Yu Wooi, Wayne and I were the ones who made it to Klang tonight for seafood. It was really great seeing them again. Talked about current events and fond memories of college life =)

Seiko had her “Coming of Age” ceremony today in Japan this afternoon. It was somewhat like a prom, where she got to meet most of her schoolmates and teachers from her primary school in Hong Kong. She had a great time catching up with all of them, though she had trouble recognizing a lot of them, since it’s been 9 years since she’s seen most of them!

Had a nice chat with Seiko tonight on msn before she had to leave. She sent me a few pics of the ceremony. Time for bed =)

hey ppl! i'm coming back home..woohoo~~ i'm leaving sydney on the 2nd of dec, and will be arriving in m'sia at 11.50 pm..or effectively the 3rd of dec =) that's a sunday, everyone haha =D can't wait!

having practical exams at the moment..4 of them..got to do with the lower back, foot, ankle, lungs, and how to treat stroke and traumatic brain injury patients...very interesting stuff..though i have to admit that of the 3 exams i've done so far, i have been a nervous wreck and i have made numerous mistakes..don't feel good or confident about it at all..but i'll just have to accept it..1 more to go on thursday at 9.50 am, then it's freedom, for a bit haha..one rest day tomorrow where i'll be cramming again (yet again)..

2nd semester of 2nd year has been great! we've finally started learning the real practical physio stuff..this semester, we're doing the lungs, lower limb, lower back and stroke and TBI patients..very cool stuff..hard, but very interesting..it's great to know u can help ppl to get better =D

hope to see everyone once i get back home..it'll be 1 3/4 of a year since i left home..can't believe i haven't entered my house for such a long time!! especially after leaving in it for 18 years =P maybe i can give some ppl a massage when i get home hahaha..but physios are much more than massaging =)

won't type much now..maybe later..dec 2, here i come!

My dear uni friends threw me a surprise 20^th birthday party for me last night! How cool is that? Haha! It seems that Jen has been organising this party for a while. I was suspicious at first, because she said something about the 1^st of July, and she mentioned it when it was approaching my real birthday. But as it came nearer to the 1^st, I grew less and less suspicious about it, as she was acting well enough for me to think that I was going out for dinner with her only.

So there, I was, finishing work at about 5pm.Quite tired after a long day at work. Talked to Seiko on the way home as I was bored. Reached home, took a quick shower, and attempted to wear some nice clothes for the dinner. Then, I took a train to Burwood, where Jen had asked me to meet her. She then drove me to this restaurant where we parked opposite it. She then asked me to go and walk in the park next to us. It was really weird, just both of us walking at night, and I was wondering what’s going on here. I thought my friends might be waiting in the park, waiting to surprise me, but I was wrong.

She then suddenly turned around and started to bring me to the restaurant. And as I was looking through the glass walls, there they were, my uni bunch of friends, in 2 tables! I just couldn’t believe it! 16 of them were all there, and I was so happy I just couldn’t say anything! Haha!

I’ll attempt to list down everyone who’s there: Jen, Golda, Wing-Kei, Ariel, Jonathan, Katherine, Chris, Kitty, Leo, Andrew, Daisy, Florence, Sherry, Wendy, Kinnie, Seiko and me! hahaha! Max came at the end of the dinner and stayed for 30 mins then he left. But still nice of him to come along and join us for a while.

We also had the following for dinner: Soup (dunno the name), sweet and sour pork, lemon chicken, honey prawns, satay beef and vermicelli, ma po tau hu, bak choi, fried rice, mango pudding, fruits and kuai leng ko. Not bad, and everyone was kind enough to foot the bill w/o me paying. Feel guilty but apa nak buat, forced not to pay =P I was really happy throughout the whole thing, just smiling all the way, having fun, laughing and making lots of jokes, taking lots of pictures and posing away!

And of course there was the birthday cake, which was quite nice, with fruits on it and a bit of cream. Then, Chris used his ‘magic’ birthday candles. Basically, you just can’t blow these candles out. If you do manage to blow them out, they’ll self-ignite again. Had to blow it over and over again, then in the end everyone didn’t want my saliva on the cake, so they soaked the candles in the tea-cup haha! Was really quite full in the end, as I was the one finishing up most of the food (as most of my friends back home in m’sia know I always do!)

I was the last to leave the restaurant as I went to the toilet before I exited. And when I did, my friends were all out there waiting to pop those confetti-like things from those bottle things haha! Jen wanted to go for some coffee together, but it was kinda late, so we all started to head off home.

I just want to say a big thank you to Jen, and Wing-Kei for organising all of these. I’m really happy and touched that everyone was nice enough to come and pay for the dinner. I also wanna say thanks for the wonderful presents =D it was really great, and words just can’t describe last night, it was AWESOME!

Thanks everyone!

the post that has been procrastinated time n again is finally here..aaron returns! *ta-da* a lot has been happening in my life, n i'd just like to share some of the major things with u guys out there who care so much for me that ur willing to read this un-updated blog of mine..here goes..

firstly, i've become a student leader for my Christian group on campus! it's been great, i've been learning how to become a good leader for the people that i lead, which are the students in the international student bible study group, otherwise known as FOCUS (fellowship of overseas Christian university students)..it's been great, this is the first time i've been in a leadership role in my Christian life, and i'm so thankful and grateful to God for this opportunity to lead His people..i hope i can be a good leader for God and His people as i continue on this life's journey..

secondly, i received a scholarship of $5000 from the university for my good results in my exams last year..it's really great! i really thank God for my results cos i know i couldn't have done it w/o Him..n with this $5000 saved, it can go towards a lot of things, parents' retirement fund, brothers' education fund, charity and so forth..once again, i'm so grateful to God for this wonderful blessing..it's true, u can't out-give God..u think that that u're giving a lot to God, well, wait till He gives it back..everything we have is from Him..

i don't feel like writing much now, cos i don't really have the mood..as the title suggests, i'm having to face a certain truth right now, which saddens me..it's nothing big or major, but it still makes me sad thinking about it..but i could see it coming, and it was just a matter of me accepting those signs or just hoping for the best..but now that it's there, well, my outer me can tell the inner me 'i told u so'..

on a lighter note, i have a weakness for pretty girls -_-" just ystdy, one of my friends cut her hair, n she looked so pretty! seriously, she was..she already looked nice n proper b4 that, but it was a pretty drastic change..funny how hair makes a lot of difference..for everyone's info, i'm having really long hair now..how long? well, my fringe is past my nose, n the back of my hair is a 2 cm away from my shoulder =) gross u say..i think i have to agree with u lol..anyway, back to pretty girls haha..went to the physiotherapy private practice today for my clinical placement..n instead of the usual physiotherapy assistant that comes in on tuesday afternoons, the other one came in..she's a 4th year physio student in the same campus as me..n wow, she's pretty too LOL..kept stealing glances haha..but after a while i told myself to stop..

i know i shouldn't be looking at looks...i'll do my best to stop doing that..i just erm..admire beauty, is that right or wrong? hmm..i think i should be looking at the heart, cos that's what matters..n God does look at our hearts as well...ok, i resolve not to be caught up in admiring beauty anymore..

i miss home a lot..my house, my family..n friends..can't wait for november!

blood donations *shudder* needles *shiver*..that was how i felt before i went for my first blood donation ever on wednesday..i mean, if i had to take injections, i don't mind lar..cos i HAVE to..but this one, i'm like choosing to endure pain..sigh..oh well, at least i know that i'm saving up to 3 lives, that's what the website said..so, what's a little pain for 3 lives, right? =) quite a number of us went..chris, angela, kay, hillary, katherine, wendy, newway and i were the ones who went for this outing..too bad more couldn't come..not all of us donated though..2 of the girls were underweight (cos they're short girls, not their fault), and another girl had too low a haemogoblin count..but at least they have good intentions, right? =) so, the first pain was when they tested my blood..she didn't even give a warning! it was a sharp, stinging pain on my finger..then came the blood donation..the needle was HUGE! not exaggerating..the diameter was more than twice the size of a normal needle O_O but surprisingly, it wasn't painful! i was expecting more pain..n the nurse said i had good veins..haha..prominent..

after donating blood, we had a good hearty meal provided by the red cross..because we're first time donors, we get special priveledges! sort of..u could eat a lot of stuff for free! i had a ham sandwich, salad and a vanilla milkshake..not bad! u could even have a hot dog n stuff..how cool is that? ;) but then the milkshake a bit cheating wan..when i got it, it was filled to the brim, after a few mins of talking, it was only half full =P all those bubbles for nothing..sheesh!

just a day b4, we had a bbq..5 of us only though..leo and kitty (the inseparable duo), katherine, chris and i..imagine the 3 of us had to be a tiang lampu aka lamp post for the whole day..sigh..the day started clouded, but slowly became hotter by the minute..the bbq was electric, but it took such a long time to get it heated =P had a good meal, and after that we played 'old maid'..loser had to eat or drink disgusting stuff..so, the first punishment was a pringles chip with tomato sauce, bbq sauce, honey, pepper and garlic sauce =D katherine had to eat it, but she couldn't take it, so i ate the other half..oh boy, the pepper went straight through my nose =s hehe..when my turn came, i had coke, vanilla coke, water, apple passionfruit juice, tomato sauce, bbq sauce, pepper, honey..oh, and a marshmallow in the drink as well..not bad actually =D hahahaha...after that, we walked around the park to accompany katherine to the place where her mom would pick her up..overall, a good day =) then we had to let those 2 lovebirds in peace while chris and i ran away haha..

been job hunting..my top priority would be to get a job in the health science field..i've already sent in an application to a nearby private hospital..the ideal job would be as a physiotherapy aide..recently came across this ad looking for volunteers for the World Salsa Congress..sounds interesting, don't u think? hahaha..can learn some salsa on the way ;)

well, i'd just like to say that i'm quite sure, 90% sure, that i'll be going back to m'sia at the end of the year..20th november is the date i have in my mind..so, i really look forward to seeing everyone back home =D i miss food..LOL..but i'm lucky, my aunt cooks me all the m'sian food hahaha..