Tasmania Trip Day 2.. and update

Okie...the story goes on..

Second day in Tasmania, we went to Bruney island. Had to drive there and get transported via ferry to the island. The day started early after a good rest the night before. The island was such a great place to go. It was a true get-away from the city life and was enjoying every moment closer to the simple things in life. It was jus so relaxing and nice to feel the breeze, watch the nature and just simply forget about the real world.

Now.. let the photos speak for themselves....

good morning.. here we go!

at the port

how nice...

excited us

i want it!

i want them!

enjoying the view from the ferry

good times are meant to be shared

non-living thing can make someone happy too...

and of cos..elaine can never live without cupido

the handmade fudge house

the handmade fudge

welcome in...

the products

loving the view

in the winery

cute little penguins

row row row your boat....

life can really be simple

Jump...

higher...

and HIGHER!!!

happy us

i just want a simple life

the happy foursome

ckcw5 greetings from tasmania

once again.... away from the city

the cheese house

cheese

a cute lil boy...

he was really friendly, nice.. and intelligent..

leaving the island

at hobart

handmade ice cream

with anisa and laine at salamanca market

yup.. there are more photos to come... lol...i know.. i am sorry..i cant put them all in one post. so pls bear with me.. i will definitely upload more photos of my trip...:P

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Anyways, sch has been good. enjoying wat i am learning n stuff. Besides learning from school, i am learning a lot from everyday life as well. Well i dont know if i should say i "learn" more about different personalities or i "realise" more about people. But the point is.. i do discover a lot about people.

Everyone is different. I bet all of us understand about dissimilar personalities and characteristics. At this point in my life, i am meeting a lot of new friends from different part of the world and those dissimilarities just seem more obvious now. Not only do we differ from the choices we make, but the way we perceive things can be so diversed. I am finding it difficult to comprehend on the rationale of certain actions done by others, but at the same time i try to consider the possibilities which could have caused them to do so. Even so, i would still find some of the things..not to say unacceptable.. but definitely not something that i would do.

I do realise many friends around me feel the same way on certain issues. I admit that i have a low tolerance level to things that i can't accept or rather.. i would say.. i will not pretend to accept it if i dont like it. I know in the real world, there are times when u need to just act like.."oh well.. ya..i should be nice or i should just accept it to not offend people or make things worse" When i was working, i totally could see that in the real world. But now, i realise that.. i cant do it. When i encounter something that i am not really happy about, i wont smile and pretend like i can take it. The best i can do is just keep quiet and not say anything. And if i really cant take it, i will voice my opinion out. But there are a lot of people who can pretend that they can take it.. and gosh.. i really salute them for that. Or maybe they simply just have a higher tolerance level. All in all, i just think that "being nice" and "being true to yourself" is just a line apart. I am sure we need to choose between those when dealing with different issues, but right now, i m definitely on the "being true to myself" side.

And thats probably the reason y i am learning how to say "No" to people. I used to find it difficult to reject others, be it invitations, favors, requests etc etc. But now, if i cant do it or if i find it hard to do it or if i have to do it at other expense, i would be able to say.."sorry, i can't" This may seem really simple to some people. But i know.. it can be a difficult thing to do.. saying no to someone is tough at times. I am sure yen n pris(lai ee) will understand that. But hey, i think we r not here to please everyone in the world. We need our own space, own time, own way of living. But of cos, dont say no all the time. There r times when we should really sacrifice to help out, but when it is really out of your reach or making your life out of the way it should be, then probably saying No is the more rational thing to do.

Yesterday, i took a tram to a meeting in chapel street. At one of the stops, a really old lady was trying to get onto the tram. A kind young man lent his arm for the lady to hold onto while she struggled to walk towards the tram. It took her 5 seconds to move one step of about 10cm. She was really having difficulty walking. So she was taking a long time to reach the tram. Then after about 5 minutes, a young lady dashed from the back of the tram to the entrance, and was mumbling something angrily. I thought she was mad that no one went down to help the lady, but gosh.. she was cursing at the driver who was getting down to help the lady and was swearing saying that it was so ridiculous to wait for so long for one passenger to get onboard.

I felt really bad for the old lady and was glad that the young man and driver were so kind to help. But man, the young girl just ruined the beautiful picture of the world. U could be in a rush, but hey u dont have to curse and swear this way. U could have just get down n rush to your destination without saying mean things like this. Dont u realise that one day u will turn old and u will have a hard time too?

Sorry, it has been quite a while since i lash my feelings out in blog. So ya,...i m sorry for my disorganised post. I have so much that i would like to share but as i am writing, i have more to say and everything just all come into thought at the same time. So pardon me for the messy post.

Yup..thats it for now... will post the photos soon. And take care guys.. miss all of u heaps... muak...