Live. Love. Laugh.

LIVE.

LOVE.

LAUGH.

I'm sorry, i want to type so much about the past month and my emotions but i'll have to do it next time as i just don't feel it today.

x.

End of the Month.

POST UPDATE.!

So michelle went up to placement up in Dubbo Last week and she's almost due to return in a few days.
Life is suddenly strange without her.
Don't get me wrong, i miss her lots. I miss having her around. I miss her company and I miss everything about her, but at the same time I actually had the opportunity to go out and have dinner with my mates and go out drinking without getting in trouble for petty things.
Shes due to return in 2 days and i cant wait to see her but i have loved and enjoyed every moment of my 2 weeks of freedom hehe
I miss her packed lunches and packed meals and drinks.
The past 2 weeks i have made some of my own lunches but the other days and lunches i just cheated and went and bought lunch.
I am addicted to this new Crispy Chicken and pineapple burger they have at maccas and man is it delicious!
Try it out if you have a chance man, its so good.

Anyway tonight i had Curry Chicken from the shop with some boiled rice and opened a bottle of my most absolute favorite wine Penfolds Bin407 Year2008 is my most favorite wine.
I like alot of the Bin407 Range but this Year is one of the ones that i just absolutely adore. This specific bottle is about $95 a bottle, but you can't really put a price on happiness right ?

Anyways the other day i bumped into a work colleague called Billy G and he said he was retiring. 42 years. Thats right 42 Years in the field, The man has watched the rise of the telecommunications network and watched the Dial up internet THEN the ADSL ONE and ADSL TWO come to life and also the NBN Fibre broadband come to life. Its a shame that we will lose 42 years of Field experience but I and along with everyone else that went out that night to farewell you Billy G wish you the best with what ever en devours you should choose. I am sure you will go on holidays and travel around the country or Aus as i bet you have never had the leave to do that before, Right ?
I met up with everyone at the sydney junction hotel right after work on friday night and i arrived about 8:30 and heaps of them were absolutely hammered ! hahaha

By the time i got there at 8:30 there were some who started drinking at about 4:30 right after work! Thats right they pub crawled down Beaumont St from work to the venue just drinking and perving haha, Nothing wrong with having a perve haha.
Anyways later that night before i left i got a photo with Pete Johnsy on the left of the photo and Grant B on the right.

These two i owe everything to These 2 lads taught me as much as they could in my short 6 month traineeship. Grant let me fall and fail to help me learn and make sure i remembered to not do it again, he taught me the art and he also taught me where all the best coffee shops are around town.

So thats what i have been up to, but along with that a mate recently opened a new coffee shop in town and not lying just cause i know him, the coffee is pretty good! Its a really nice and sweet blend. His partner even makes Watermelon Cake and its damn good.
Heres my Picollo latte with the watermelon cake, its great stuff!

While michelle is up in Dubbo her great friend Esther actually came over to accompany her up there, such a nice friend !
So not last saturday but the one before that i picked her up from newcastle airport and took her out to the vineyards for lunch, well....when i say lunch i mean Dessert lunch? if theres such a thing hahahaha.
We went to Sabor Dessert for "Lunch"
Here's a photo of what we shared.

The looks we were getting were so funny, She chose the daily special of the Chocolate Brownie with Whisky lit on fire and then served with Biscotti and Sesame Ice-cream. I how ever on the other hand did not hold back at all. I got the passionfruit cheesecake Cone and the Medley Tasting Plate, we shared both of course. The Tasting Plate from close to far had - Pistachio Triangle Tart, Black Forrest Cake, Strawberries and cream, Lemon Tart and a Ferrero Rocher Cake. MMMMMmmmmmmmmm Nom Nom Nom Nom. So tasty hehe.


Quote and thought for the day of posting this blog - "Back hugs are touching, It gives me the feeling that someone is supporting me from behind. This is the biggest Joy your loved one cane give you." From Doctors Crush Ep-12

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

Blogging.

I remember i kept coming back to this blog every now and then and i said that i would try to blog again and again. But for some reason between blogs it was sometimes one month and then later on it was then maybe only once a year that i would update this now.

Lately work has been so hard, working with a broken finger is really taking its toll on me. It not only slows me down but is also a pain and a struggle to try and not bump it all the time aswell. Michelle still takes care of me as much as she can, but of course there is only so much she can help me with.

The stress has been getting to me lately hey. The broken finger along with the lack of work in the area is killing Wutech Telco man. No work = less $$$ which means its harder for us to get a house and for me to keep up to date with my payments and owings to the government.
Luckily everyday michelle packs me lunch to take with me so i no longer have to go hunting and deciding on what i wanna eat. Its pretty good.


This is a lunch michelle cooked and packed for me to take one day, but almost everyday is like a nice little suprise on what i might get and its always amusing.


My stress treatment usually involves flying the drone and taking photos.
The other day i drove down to Somersby Falls to take some photos and fly the drone, sadly i got no GPS lock to fly so i didnt bother, but managed some nice long exposures which was nice. Here is a setup photo at the Middle falls.
The Solo 3DR and Sony A7.


And i also got to fly the other afternoon after i finished off all my work.
A shot of Merewether Baths at about 120mtrs up.


People ask me how i manage such long work hours everyweek. I used to work 6 days and 6 nights.
Occasionally i would push a 7 day 6 night week or work for 12-13 days straight, well cause it was good coin thats why.
lately since work has slowed down i have just eased it slightly, but i need to make another dash again soon.
The other morning on saturday i woke up early and headed to watch the sunrise and try to sneak a fly and photo in. But exposure was against me and the shots were UN-useable.
So heres a shot of me sitting in the van enjoying the sunrise.


Some people enjoy sleeping in on their days off.
Some Enjoy spending it with friends camping etc.
Me ? well i enjoy watching the sunrise nice and early. It just seems as the sun burns off all the stresses gathered in the week.



I think this will do for another Blog update. Im off now to reunite with my good mate Ben which i havent seen in like 2 years.
Take it easy peeps.
Wutech over and out.

June So far.

So the other arvo i was putting my spare tire with new tyres back under the van and the tyre slipped. Squish onto my Right hand... ='[ I mean, it didnt fall very far or fall from very high but it was enough to fracture my Right Pinky Finger. So that night i ended up with this nice little convention on my finger haha Had to paddle pop stick hold it together until i had time the next day to go and see the doc. Get the X-rays done and yeah, told it looked like a hair line fracture which was abit better than a break i guess... So at the moment how i type i have a massive splint plastic thing on my finger to hold my little pinky from moving :( Inconvenient at the most. AND *drum roll* TODAY.... TODAY !!!! Marks my 5 year anniversary with my dear Michelle. And while my finger has been broken michelle has done everything for me that i cant do or get my finger wet. She even showered me for sometime and of course i took advantage of this hehe. But she is tired enough for helping me out around the house for me to ask anymore from her, so now i shower myself with my arm raised like a little child hehe. As i look back i am grateful for the last 5 years that we have spent together and i look forward to many more years to come together. Some of the trips that we have been on are awesome ! Hot and Humid but always as good - Singapore Wet and Rainy - Taiwan. Photo taken by our awesome tour guide. One of our more recent Trips to Japan where we got our Pre-wedding shots taken. Pre-wedding Shot. First time but Deffs wont be the last, Trip to Korea. Nanta Cooking Show in Myeong Dong - South Korea Thankyou for your daily packed lunches and also your love and kindness and your support and continuous determination and not giving up on our tough relationship. The tests and problems we have faced together and overcome together are definitely a cruel way to test our relationship together. But you have not let any of it break us apart and yet you study hard in your final year at uni and then finish to come and help work at the shop. I see all the efforts you put in michelle and ALL of it is in my heart, i see the amount of work you put in to take stress and load off me both mentally and physically so i dont get as tired from working at the shop. I understand that it bothers you how you keep seeing all your friends become engaged and having kids and getting married, but our relationship is a special one. A hard one. One unlike any other. I wish ours was just as simple, but you know that it was ruined by one specific incident (apparently you are to blame hehe) that is a result of this, but it will not break us apart but only make us stronger together. I love you Michelle. xx Graham your fat cow.

Work Hard, Play Hard. Solo 3DR

Some Shots from my Solo 3DR Drone i have. So looking forward to the next holiday and taking it along with me for the trip. Catherine Hill Bay NSW. Finished work in the afternoon and took it for a sunset flight. The Obelisk Newcastle Sunrise...Even though i missed the sunrise by about 10minutes hehe ^^ Sunday Morning Sunrise shoots with the Solo @ King Edward Park. Will post again soon, currently just been busy with work as i am now my own boss and have my own company. =] Welcome to Wutech !

My 23rd.

Wow. Didn't even realize but i'm already 23. The number may seem small to some and big to others, to me however it's just another number. Another year has gone by and yet I am still in the pursuit of a job and also a career of course. But yet this year being slightly different as the pressure builds on me because I don't have a job, my GF has been pressuring to the max that I don't have a job and doesn't believe that we'll have a future together. I don't see why women find it that big of a deal...If i wasn't trying to get a job then thats out of the question but the fact is that I HAVE BEEN APPLYING AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING HARD. Whenever i get a job interview she gets all angry that i tell my mates who wish me the best of luck, but she sees it like they will inject me with confidence and that I will be over confident in the interview. She obviously has different job interviews mixed up, because the ones i go for a sales and marketing jobs where confidence plays a BIG part, they obviously aren't going to hire someone who is shy and all. They say men don't understand women, sometimes your partner doesn't understand you either. I do however understand the pressure that her parents would put her under cause they are worried that i won't be a reliable man and won't be able to give her happiness... She's home now. To be Continued..

Gangnam Style

The extreme craze over the korean song and funny dance had got me intrigued. Being bored tuesday afternoon before work i thought i might have some fun, throw on a suit and sunnies, get out the camera and tripod and style the hair. And this is what i got up to.

This man is a machine haha And of course there are the very cute ladies who do a version of it aswell ;)

No Job Still, But lots of hobbies

As I continuously apply and not get replies back from jobs, my interest in new hobbies increases. The problem that now occurs is that i need to fund these hobbies and that is an expensive thing *sigh. Girlfriend bought me a lovely new Mirror-less Camera the other day and damn and i happy. Its a christmas and birthday present. The New Sony NEX-5ND

And some sample images taken.

And as always nothing makes me smile more than ANY monday night with the guys in Flemming St.

Her.

Everyone loves someone for a reason, or maybe no reason at all. Every person defines their 'perfect half' differently. although none of this may make sense, all of it matters. Some search for their other half to be physically attractive. some may want their other half to be smart and always smiling. but some may only just want a simple girl who is there for them and one that can share things whether its the good bad or maybe even really bad. Everyone defines 'love' differently. Sometimes even 15year olds that have been in a relationship tell their other half that they 'love' them. Maybe they do, maybe they don't know what it means and i'm definitely not to judge others. My special half is unique to me. She may not have the body of Jamie Eason or the looks of 李詩韻 or the smile and soft voice as 賈曉晨. But who wants to look and be like another person when you can be a unique individual and be yourself. She means alot to me and if i didn't truly feel it, i wouldn't have made the decision and choice to chase her back after our breakup. Even though sometimes all she does is pressure me into remembering that she wants to get married, i understand that every girls dream is to get married. But sometimes i wish she would just understand me more, put herself into my shoes and realize that 'hey! graham has a dream and goal, he just needs time. he cant get a job and leave cause then his parents will have to try to manage themselves'. I do wish she could understand that and be more supportive towards me, i do wish alot of things. But to give up your dream and do something that you wont enjoy is not worth it. Give up for nothing less than what you want and if you want something bad and so badly, then work towards it and believe. Although me and my other half have arguments they are mainly quite small issues, but its pretty much a weekly basis that arguments occur. Arguments mean there is space for improving you could say? but why do women get upset and angry at such small things? Why do they say that nothing is wrong? Why can't they just tell us men what they want instead of saying all the time that 'everything's fine', when clearly it isn't and its just the female that is moody and doesn't want to communicate. Why do they tell us, when we ask them if they would like anything to eat and they say no, but then when our food comes they eat half of it? We men eat alot and not that we don't want to share with you, but cant you be more considerate ? But there are just times that i wish that women could be just a little bit more considerate and maybe communicate a little bit more....or maybe make that ALOT more. Even though arguments occur and she gets upset more than i can even remember, the bad times and me cheering her up do no outweigh how much i love her. As she sleeps next to me every night i do realize how much of a lucky man i am to have her and that she has given me a second chance to be with her. This is the girl i love.

Update!

I really need to update more! And here goes to start :D There's this new cupcake joint in newcastle called 'Cupcake Espresso' and apparently there is a massive craze over them and all my friends ever do is share thier photos to try and win them. I thought i might go and see what all the fuss was about. So i bought myself these 3 cakes and since it was also the day of my birthday thought they could be a celebration for myself, since no one wanted to celebrate with me T_T. From left to right- Passionfruit, Peanut Butter Chocolate and Vanilla Chai. Not cheap either. $3.60 each. The taste is exactly as the cupcake is but even though i have a sweet tooth the flavour is stronger than i personally like. So these cakes and the candles were just a little celebration that i had myself, for myself and by myself. I have to admit, i miss having 40people to celebrate my birthday T_T My sister ended up bringing me back a cake for my birthday! This one is a Mocha Cake decorated in Macaroons and fruit. Very nice looking ! Me with my cake. Although my sis took the photo out of focus cause she didnt know how to use it, i think it looks quite unique =] And this is my certificate of completing the Urbanathlon along with medal and Shirt.

Urbanathlon Race Photos

Finally uploaded are some photos during my race event which was in throughout the Sydney CBD and surrounding suburbs. Most of which i look like im dying though haha oh well what can i do, im not photogenic although i can honestly say i was trying to be everytime i saw a camera person on the journey of the run haha.

Urbanathlon

Me and my Good buddy Ben successfully completed Australia's First ever Urbanathlon held in Australia. So proud of myself !!

My Newest Motivation Video

Dedication & Motivation

"Working out is my partying
Protein Shakes are my beer
Amino Acids are my shots
The Pump is my Drunk
And the pain the next morning is my Hangover "

My Motivation

Pain means Results

“The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.” -Henry Rollins

Chinese New Year

First I would like to wish everyone that reads this a Very Happy Chinese New Year ! i hope you all have a very prosperous year of the Dragon and that you are all healthy and happy.
Tonight i did a MC position with my friend Jo. Below is a picture of us next to the Lion after we completed our tough night.


We were given the script of what to say yesterday morning, awesome right? and then told that we had to summarize and find mistakes and learn it all to read tonight. I spent my thursday afternoon,friday afternoon, saturday & sunday lunch and afternoon talking about what was in it,BUT it was only till yesterday lunch that we were given the script. Which listen here...was not yet finalized ! a heap of crap i tell you. And then i had to skip my usual gym routine to go out and practice some more. If you dont know me then i'll briefly tell you, I work 6 nights a week at my parents shop. As everyone looks forward to their weekends, I look forward to ONE DAY and that day is monday. I enjoy my day at the gym although waking up early to attend a 9am BodyPump class i have no regrets on it. I follow my routine of BodyPump with High Intensity Cardio and then weights and a walk to cool down.
But today and last week i have had to loose lunches and afternoons...but most importantly my monday night dinner. My Monday night dinner usually is just a simple dinner with some of the best mates you could have and some lame jokes here and there. BUT its enough to make me ready for my week ahead of work joyful. But this week all i have been doing is this S^*tty MC rubbish. I now think i'll be angry all week cause i haven't had time off. Look out customers !

This years Newcastle Chinese Association was run by THE worst people that possibly could run it. If they can manage me and chris could run it much much better !

Anyway, i think its enough rambling on and its time for bed.

Someone Wise.

"If you cant get someone out of your head, then maybe they are suppose to be there"

Who You Are - Jessie J

I stare at my reflection in the mirror
Why am I doing this to myself?
Losing my mind on a tiny error
I nearly left the real me on the shelf
No, no, no, no, no

The Places we should have Gone.

Crushed at the lights.

Stopping at the lights is a part of driving. Meeting someone and having a crush on them is also part of life itself. Next time your stopped at some lights, look around. Cause there just might be that chance that you see your first crush in the car behind you in your rear view mirror.

Space for my Body.

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/wuman

Who da Thought ?

Who would have thought working out could be so fun ! Even though i am the only male in the entire body pump class, that doesnt change the fact that i have a goal to achieve and thats to become fit, fast and healthy.
So the new thing i have begun is attending BodyPump Classes. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And then followed by a intense 30minutes of cardio without fail, no excuses no matter how tired or sore i am from the workout.
Leaves me feeling fresh each time, every time.


I never thought that my legs were so weak. But after doing lunges and squats i have come to the conclusion that i hate doing both of the leg exercises. I realized that i also have bad balance abilities....even more of the reason to work them out !



No excuses. It only counts when it hurts. You only get out what you put in. So to achieve i must push myself to achieve.

At the beginning of my Gym training i wanted to be a body builder, i wanted to be ripped. I wanted arms the size of my thighs and minimal bodyfat. But after months of training i have come to the conclusion that i dont think my physique is suitable. I train hard yet get no results. I dont want to struggle to stretch or run funny cause im too big. And i dont want to look like this guy.


So all i want now is a job and to be fit and healthy :)

My Recent Adventures.

Beginning more and more attached to taking photos, especially sunsets. They give me the feeling of a day that has come to an end yet the rebirth of another. The colour and feel of the sun sinking into the horizon like a big Egg yolk =]

This is a photo i took at the Obelisk in Newcastle at 7pm Sunset


And this a photo of the sunset at Fassifern.


My Mates have recently brought in their new hobby of Remote control cars. that has also led to my addiction to join them in buying a new RC car. this little thing is 1/24 scale and the smallest 4wd system car in the world.


My walk along the beach with my michelle and Sean and Bec. Thanks to sean for taking this lovely photo for us.


The Celebration of michelles birthday.



The AGM Badminton Dinner. Me dressed up in a Teletubie costume with my Friend Hazel and Jo.


And on monday celebrated my Japanese travel buddies birthday.
Happy Birthday Nathaniel !