I’m quite skeptic that Chang will be protected by Australia govn, as I dont think Australia would want to risk its relationship (economically esp) with China.. as someone said on TV, everybody today wants to be a friend of China. Having said so, it’s no secret that China is very heavy handed in its way dealing with threats. I’d hope one day, the communist regime will be thrown away. As for Chang, I pity him, but if I were him, I’d runaway without making a public a
ouncement of his defecting. He’s got a wife and a cute daughter, pity them, well at least I think Ausssie govnt should protect them.

COMP9031 I learned:n- Handling/parsing and using XML in Javan- socket programming, multisocket programmingn- Servlets and JSP, web programming for different browsersn- J2ME, writing midlets to access servletsn- JINI -> self study .. argh!n- RMI -> not quite mastering it yet. n- Minor GUI programming using Swing. n- JXTA, JXME for P2P programming, JXTA is a protocol, not confined to Java.n- JMSn- Java security-> JAAS, JCE

In a group of people, there will always be subgroups. Subgrouping is unavoidable, people do have tendency to mingle with people that they are getting along well with. In the context of church, subgrouping can be a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. Do subgroups need to cetralized and “controlled”? I’d say it depends, if they do something regular that looks as an alternatives for the main group, then for sure they have to inform the main group. But even if it’s PURELY social, the main group can use it for the benefit of all.
The worst victims of subgrouping is people who dont belong to any subgroups, they dont get invited to subgroups activities, even if they do invited, they feel that the invitiations are somehow done half heartedly. The are the outs.
I think I am guilty of the sin of subgrouping in the past. And now slowly I become the outs, whether it’s in the church or in the work place, but because of my personality, I don’t really care.. 😛 The truth is I always be the ins within my family ie me and Lina 😛 very small centered and selfish I know.. sigh

A new guy at work, he was my soccer buddy few years back whilst he was still in IPC, now attending Reformed chuch. He’s got a quite interesting life story, a life of struggles, sometimes I wonder how people on the surface can look very “normal” but have a life far from what I would’ve considered normal.
Been driving to/from work for almost a week now, pickin lina up one day too, driving is fun! Saves a lot of time! Thank GOd for protection, will ask for more. Sunday will be driving to Campbelltown, having a social with workmates.. it’ll be fun i hope.
Been hearing disturbing news from Pelita.. A good intention or initiative if it is done outside the knowledge of elders then it does seem quite “Fishy” and will undoubtedly raises the alarm. Pelita oh pelita, so loveable yet so troublesome.
I fed up with COMP9031 lecturer, on last lect, we spent 2,5 hours helping him make questions for exam, that’s right, he ASKED FOR HELP for MAKING questions for EXAM!!!! What THEE.. talking abt nub lect.. a long awaited hint for ass3 was given 1 day before it’s due, luckily it’s extended to monday, what a shocking lecturer.. will be coding like crazy this long weekend. sigh. * remember felix is an optional ass, don’t overdo it.

Today marks the first day that I drive outside Kensington, Kingsford area by myself (ie without my intructor, Lina was with me tho). Went to Maroubra to get my blood taken then went shopping to Eastgarden then visited HPA just to get a feel of the road.
I’m stuck with assignment 3, i du
o whatelse can I do.. sigh. My application just not downloading the stub from the webserver.. God knows why. Will try tomorrow at CSE lab, maybe better luck there.
Just finished playing DOTA, I was terrible using Clinkz, verbal abuses were thrown at me, couldn’t blame them, I did feed the other team a lot.. sigh, how do you use clinkz..
I think I dont have any choice but to quit from HPA soon.. i’ve been taking too many leaves I know.. not that I can help it.. was sick for 3 days last week, took day off for test yesterday, in 2 weeks time, also need another friday off for uni exam, then next month a week off for MYC.. i’m afraid of making the decision.. yet i think i need to make the decision. God will provide, won’t he?