To avery.... is that u there?? averized@gmail.com

hey,

i must say, never thought i d see u drop a line here. hahaha.... do come by & drop me messages, feels good to know that i havent lost the people i know...

^^^^
i m hooked on PS2 soccer game -- winning eleven 8-- these days.
never thought i d b so indulged in a video game but this soccer game is great. just cant stop playing here.

i ll hav to do sth quick to quench this lust for WE8.... my thesis is still going nowhere & i m leaving for home this saturday. got to get sth done soon.

HELP~~~~!!!!

feels like holiday.... or more like a calm moment before the storm

life goes on... after the horrific quake and waves, things are starting to be organized and some are trying to start all over again. good luck... and i respect ye all who are still able to continue with life over there.

back here, now that things are almost at its end, all seems to be calm again. the semester will end in a couple of weeks, all exams are over for me. all left are just boring classes and TA duties.

yet for some reason, this semester left a very unfulfilled me behind. for some reason, i think i still hav much to do, and i m very very very worried.

the main issue being my graduation thesis, which is sad to say, not going anywhere.

books & articles i hav read, but i cant seem to gather them all and conclude them in a refined way. and without a good thesis, i can basically kiss my well-thought-out-future goodbye.....

if only there is a reset button that i can press, and all things in life can go back to its default mode. why is more troublesome... lack of choice or too much of it???

hope tomoro will bring me some better news.

cheers,

!!~EXCLAIMATION~!! this is not me girlfriend...!! she is seiko, a model i luckily got hold of through a friend. these are photos fr a session we took. i would like to hear comments fr all who ve seen her here. tell me how i can improve these photos :]

this is just for reference. had to try it out for just in case... but i guess not this time :p

seiko in a cooler tone.

seiko in a slightly warmer tone

going home soon

hey...

at last, my trip home.

dear guys, i ll b back by 29th january. hope to see most of my pals then. wonder if they are all back fr overseas. i know some are, if u guys are visiting this blog pls drop me ur contacts so that we can get in touch. think i ve lost most if not all of u guys' contacts. sorry :p

& to my sis, i hav a new year card prepared sometime during christmas but for many reasons couldnt sent it out, think its too late now?? :p

cheers all,

ps: flying china airline, the infamous taiwanese charter that crashes every four years, hope i ll reach KL safely & able to fly back here in one piece :]

a little artsy fartsy stuff. just to get the person looking ready for wuts coming up next.

just parked my scooter... had to rush a bit to the beach.

still dark out here. lucky i didnt trip on the pebble path.

behind a pine tree. was rushing towards the beach then.

could hav gotten a better crop of this i think. wut a shame.

notice the ice cap behind the crowd. really is a beautiful morning.

sudden temperature drop, present from korea. too cold to b outside, that's why there were fire lit to keep ppl warm.

pretty neat eh, the flower encased in ice. couldnt stay long enough to see the ice melt though.

too bad i dont hav a good flash to light up the whole crowd... anyway, this is just before sunrise.

in case u dont realize, the man seated was playing a bamboo flute, crowd is forming behind him down the shoreline to catch the first glimpse of sunlight 2005

is she coming out?? notice how they re all lined up at the shore line... reminds of this nursery rhyme i know in cantonese.

out at last, boy this chick sure kept us all waiting at the beach.

nic: "thought i d never see u again, daisy sunshine."

me & 2005's first ray of sunlight

2005 year of the cock

Happy new year... wut a way to start 2005

dear all,

the start of 2005 was flooded with footages of the tsunami & the aftermath, & the never ending survival stories. & it was a bleak morning too.

there was this really thick slab of cloud descending from the Korean peninsular, landing right above us in Kyushu. & it sent cold gust & snow, almost didnt wreak havoc in the otherwise perfect winter morning.

& hours after the first glimpse of sunshine 2005, i had to go to work. & i start to wonder why on earth does ppl in our dear ol lil beppu city want to hav french dinner so much. sooo much diners at the restaurant that i had blistered toes after the session. & i had to work the next 3 night shifts too.......

& there u go, how my year 2005 started.
sounds melancholy, not really. on the contrary, i m glad i hav sth to do on new year's eve other than to get wasted wif frens in all the food & drinks we can afford as we watch the two groups of singers slug it out in the "red & white competition" shout out. not that i dont enjoy the company of frens, however we all know that 4 years in a row proves too much for dear old me, & plus i m not really a big fan of japanese enka.

this year, we didnt hav the usual new year's eve gathering at AP house or mike's. cos most of us r either not in beppu(co, david, mike), unavailable cos of work(kalun & myself), got sick (KUNLUNG... how'd the hell did u get sick?! but hope u r getting better now) or cant wake up cos they partied too late the previous night (it means u, brother asaka...)

bla bla bla, we r all occupied. hope this is a good sign.
means we r moving on.
not stuck in a point there is no where to turn to but hav a gathering for the miserable & pathetic.

enough of me whining, better halt now or this chanting shall hav no end.

& last but not least, happy new year to all.... friends & foes, may u all fare better in 2005.

sincerely,
nicholas


hmm... now if i can only get my applications for grad skool done properly *headache~*