Congratulations!

There you go. So I may not have said it to you at the time and you asked me if all I had to say was "OMG" but what were you expecting? You didn't even tell me and I had to hear it from Mum. I feel indifferent but I'm happy for you. It's a whole new ballgame now. I hope it's what you've always wanted and that you'll be happy with this path you take.

A wedding in a castle (if that's what you decide) will indeed be unique and something special, even if I have to travel 10,000kms, or there abouts, to be a part of it.

Wonder what the relos will think about it all... I can already hazard a guess.

My sister rung home last nite from the UK where she's been working for almost two years now to say shes getting married next year in May. Can anyone say "SUPRISE!"?

I just realised how harsh that first paragraph may sound but I duno how else to put it. I'm happy for you. Really.

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I feel old already and there's only 7 days to go. Funny how people think I'm 21 cos I don't look as if I'm 25! Young at heart, always.

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I just realised I had a draft post of the Harbour Bridgewalk saved from a month ago. I'll finish that off later. Maybe.

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Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to Christine and Sheryl!

Labels: birthday, life, weddings

Up Close, Intimate and Personal
Last night was the concert for the Boyz II Men Up Close Intimate and Personal Tour with K-Ci and Jojo at Enmore Theatre and boy were they awesome! Well worth the line up on the footpaths outside Enmore for an hour and bearing through those "support" acts. I'm still surprised that I managed to purchase the 80th (+5) tickets for the first show that sold out in 15 minutes. Go ME :D

Remnants of the B2M show were like last time cept with them performing tracks from their new album The Remedy, thrown in with the classics like On Bended Knee, 4 Seasons of Loneliness, A Song For Mama, I'll Make Love To You and the ever roof-tearing-down rendition of End of the Road. Boyz II Men are definately back again.

K-Ci and Jojo's performance brought back memories of their Metro gig back in 03/04 when they were mighty high. Unlike that performance however I was standing right close to the stage, not having to be squashed in with others (well unlike any of other concerts too) and able to see the drops of sweat falling from their faces. The crowd went Crazy with K-Ci sitting atop one of the bouncers walking through the crowd and wanting more brought em back for All My Life. Included in their performance were a few songs from the Jodeci days like Lately and Freek'n U amongst others. It's only a sign of what's in store of the impending tour of Jodeci - now that would really freek me good.

It's always impressive to hear at a concert the whole audience knowing every word to the lyrics of the artist's songs and to carry the song through without the artists themselves even singing it. With more than a decade's legacy from artists like K-Ci & Jojo and Boyz II Men this is by far easily achievable.

My photos site is currently down so I can't post any pics but see Emily's review for more. She managed to get Jojo's empty water bottle whilst I got splattered in the face by what was in it...

Labels: concerts, music

It's unofficially officially...
or is it officially unofficially?
I'm being (un)officially (un)officially moved from my current team into another team managed by my second level manager (who use to be my direct manager before the IT restructure a few years ago) in February. It's been mentioned for the last few months since my return from my holidays in October that this would be occurring, leading to my somewhat attitude or lack thereof at work in recent times.

The move came about due to a headcount freeze in the new financial year, with an aim to reducte operational costs. Since there is lack of work in my team the manager decided to "choose" me as the ideal candidate to move into the other team.

The whole business of it being unofficial is that, well, I still have to apply for the role that's meant to be advertised internally. meh. If they really want me (which appears to be the case) then they'll just have to take it as it is. I never got around to fixing up my resume to send to them so that I could get the role. Looks like I won't need to.

Now I have next to no knowledge of what's invovled or the work they exactly do (Mikey?) there but I'm supposedly already been assigned to work on a project!

I'm still in the same quandary that I was in when I first joined. I have absolutely no idea where I can go from here if I were to look externally as I do not have the required experience to do what I want to do. The last 3 years I have used technologies that aren't widely used in the corporate world and it will soon become obsolete in my company once the system I'm working on now is migrated in the next 2 - 3 years! Unless I start from the ground up again then I have no hope of moving forward.

Take two steps back to take one step forward? Time will tell.

Labels: work

$16,031.45!
That's right. Broken Wings raised $16,031.45 for the Cancer Council. The second highest amount ever raised! The highest amount raised before was $19,000.

Just goes to show what can be done from just an idea and getting other like minded individuals together to support a worthwhile cause.

Next charity will possibly be Father Riley's Youth Off The Streets or St Vincent de Paul.. Stay tuned...

Video of what we raised:

Labels: events, fundraising

Spare Change. Charity Event for the Cancer Council
I haven't been posting in a while and it always seems like I only post before I leave the country - just in case something happens to me overseas or something *touchwood*

This post isn't however.

A friend of mine Tommy (aka DJ Ace) has started up Broken Wings Entertainment to hold events to raise money for charities. The first of these is Spare Change @ Space Nightclub on Friday 8th December, raising money towards the Cancer Council -

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SPARE CHANGE @ SPACE - DECEMBER 8, 2006


Broken Wings Entertainment presents:

Spare Change @ Space (127 Liverpool St, Sydney)
21 DJs, 8 Crews, 1 Cause. All proceeds go to the Cancer Council
Friday, December 8, 2006

The Cancer Council is the leading non-government cancer charity in New South Wales. Its goal is to lead the development and promotion of national cancer control policy in Australia, in order to prevent cancer and reduce the illness, disability and death caused by cancer. Money raised will be used to fund vital research into cancer, provide services to health professionals and support people with cancer. For more information visit http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/

All DJs, MCs and performers under the Broken Wings Entertainment family will be donating their time and talents for this worthwhile cause. We thank them for their support and to all the staff, promotional crews and volunteers involved.

R&B (main room)
4 Turntable DJ Showdowns!
DJs Normz/Stanley Qrius/Edo Mizzy/Mike Hyper
Bocha/Ming C-Bu/Kai Shruggz/Biggie
MCs Phili/Mayhemz

Trance (front room)
Trance Masters Back2Back
DJs Pulsar/Ar-Bee Suae/Vocalz
Decknician/XSIV 2e/Likquid
Exclusive 1 hour set by DJ Yoshi!
MC D

Special Performances
Direct from Melbourne, in her first Sydney show ever, singing sensation Missbhaved!




* Free CD giveaways for the first 200 patrons through the door
* Booty shake competition and giveaways throughout the night

Doors Open: 10pm
Entry: $20 ($15 before 11pm)
Venue: Space, 127 Liverpool St, Sydney

Information/Group/Birthday Bookings
http://myspace.com/brokenwingsent
brokenwingsent@gmail.com

Broken Wings Entertainment
Clubbing with a Cause

Xclusiv Productionz / thePIMPfactory / Madam Events / UrbanAgent
RIB Corp / SoundCraft Productions / SIR3N / Java Productions

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Hope y'all can pass the message to other people and come along to support this event!

Til next time....

Labels: events, fundraising

It's Been A Long Time Coming

The time is almost here... I'm flying off to Europe tomorrow for six
weeks, with the folks. (I can't seem to get away from em!) Stopover in
HK for few days then off to the UK.

Trouble seems to follow us whenever we go on holidays. Last time it
was the tsunami, the time before that was the bird flu. This time its
the UK terrorists. Luckily for me, the terror alert has lowered so
less restrictions when we fly out.

I'll be glad to get away from this place after such a long period of
time. I think its the longest time I've ever gone away - but I'll
still be stuck with the oldies. I wanna see if I can catch up with a
friend who just left for Europe by herself yesterday. When my tour
ends she'll be on a tour of Spain, although we'll be in amsterdam on
the same day - that would be a blast if it happens!

Maybe this will be a life changing experience for me. Couple of
friends have thought twice about their current situations at work when
they returned back from their holidays... I'll see what happens when I
get back.. In December it will be 3 years for my time here. Doesn't
seem like long but when you say it aloud 3 years really is a long
time. What have I done? What have I achieved? ...

au revoir.
bon voyage.

Labels: holiday, life

Quarter of a Century
Hello World.

It's been a while since the last post, I just haven't been motivated enough to blog about anything. There have been some things I've been meaning to post but they just never made it here.

Obviously I've returned from my trip to the HK. It was a chance to visit the relos and cousins I haven't seen for 8 years and of course to farewell the passing of my gramps. It's sad to say that I don't think there'll be another chance where all of us will gather together again .. only in death.

On more happier(? :) note, I have reached that dreaded quarter of a century mark. Yes indeed, the big two five.
Thanks to the people who came out to celebrate with me on Thursday night, witnessing my drunken festivities. Well.... I was not that drunk I only looked it. Time flies when you're having fun. If only I was 21 again..

Labels: birthday, holiday, life

Leaving Sydney in 10 hours time for my first trip to HK in almost 8
years. Before the new airport was even opened. Ironically, that time
the H5N1 bird flu was around and I wasn't able to eat any poultry.
Looks like I've done it again.. My favourite meat too darnit.

It will be good to be back, although I wish it was under different
circumstances. Hopefully see the cousins I haven't seen for 15 years
and the new ones I once held in my arms the last time around and see
how much they've grown!

It's gonna be weird staying at my grandfather's place. The people I
say this to ask me if I think he'll come and visit me. I don't really
believe that kinda stuff but if he does visit I sure ain't gonna miss
out on the chance of saying goodbye again.

Will be back in 2 weeks..

Labels: holiday, life

Roller coaster ride..
I've been meaning to post for a while now but just couldn't get myself around to doing it. The past 4-5 weeks have been an emotional roller coaster for me – in love, life, work and everything in between. They say you can't experience the high emotions without experiencing the lowest of the lows (or something like that..). I guess I've pretty much been through those ups and downs during this time.

I don't recall, as far as my memory will allow me to, having been in such a happy-high emotional state like the moment I was in at the beginning of last month, only to have it dramatically turn upside down a couple of weeks later. For me, it's not an everyday occurrence to be in that situation and I figure I won’t put myself out there again to only be cut down by one big blow. For now anyway. Although you never know, like this time, things just happen so quickly without you knowing and it’s a feeling you can't ignore. Doubt I'd forget the moment even if I said I would.

To make this roller coaster ride even worse is the news I received this morning that my grandfather had passed away. I just hope it was pain free even though the drugs weren't doing him any good and the doctors didn't know what was wrong with him. I probably should've fought harder to get the leave intended for two weeks ago that I talked to my manager about taking off at the beginning of October but wasn't able to due to various reasons. In hindsight, that would have been the best time to visit him in HK as he was out of hospital before his readmission and his health took a turn for the worse.

These situations, even though you're expecting it to happen and mentally prepared for it, still hits you hard. I've recovered from the news but I doubt that will stay long. Until I go overseas and face the reality will it only hit home.
May you rest in peace.

Labels: death, life

*clonk*
So much for leaving early from work. Ended up leaving around 4pm after 11.5 hours at work! Just as I was thinking of leaving at 2:30, few errors appeared in the support queue which I had to go and figure out what was going wrong. If only I left a few minutes earlier......

In other news, the ipod nano I ordered for my sis arrived today! Don't realise how small it really is until you hold it. Felt like I could just snap it just like *that*. Get to play around with it and load some songs on it before it gets delivered to her in the UK heehee.

Labels: holiday, work