Would you marry a pilot???

hey guys, just doing some simple survey..pls do me a favor of voting for ur choice at the poll below and hopefully leave a comment on why u chose that..thnx:)

Western Xposure-The Pinnacles Trip!

Hey, 24th of July was my step-mom's bday..She came to visit me and my step-bro's family in Perth. On her bday, we hop on a tour to The Pinnacles which is situated 245km north of Perth. The journey to the place took about 4-5 hours. It was a fantastic trip, besides the main attraction which is the pinnacles,we went to Yanchep wild life park where we got to see some kangaroos and koalas, Hangover bay where we enjoyed the wonderful seabreeze and almost got blown away, and the most fun of all- sand-boarding and 4WD experience. At first i was afraid tt the sand-boarding might be dangerous, but after our tour guide demonstrated it once, it looked pretty easy and fun.So, i went ahead and ended up playing it non-stop. The 'truck' tt we were on was a 4WD, and the driver showed off his driving skills by skidding and drifting the truck like a roller-coaster along the sandy area where we played sand-boarding. We went up and down the steep sand curbs and the feeling was awesome. After the wonderful ride, the driver switched back to normal 2WD and we headed back home. The whole trip took about 11 hours, from 7:15am in the morning depart till 6:15pm back to Perth. It was a damn good day to celebrate someone's bday like tt:)

Life...

hey..life has not been ever smooth saliling here, working and living with different kinds of people, withnessing and personally experienced rejection as well as misunderstanding. When i was young, people always tell me the society is a different place altogether, playing a different type of ball game. Now as i starting to grow up and taking my first step into it i truly felt the difference and how irritating it can be sometimes. Since young i had been a lone ranger, doing things i wanted to do,not having a lot of good friends and don't like to socialise with strangers. But now i have to face a course of 'friends' everyday. Whether u like it or not, they r the closest ones u have ard here. So, no more mr lone ranger, and i start to step out of my comfort zone and try to mingle with them. Of course, not all my experince with them are pleasant but i do enjoy mingling with them and cracking jokes and stuff. But somehow deep within me i felt tt this is not enuh, so far the friendship tt i felt was very superficial, very fragile. One day it can be very good but the next day it can be very sad and filled with sorrow. I must admit i am not very good in expressing myself and making friends, but i never stop trying ! Just a few days ago a speaker in church was sharing abt her cry to us, and i can really identified with the things tt she deeply long for. She was longing for 3 things to happen in this society. Firstly, tt people will not be quick to judge, just because that guy acts arrogantly does not mean he is an evil and nasty guy. talk to him, get to know him and u might know smtg different abt tt person. Secondly, tt people will be ever willing to be generous. Always treat ppl with a generous heart, do not always look at the bad points of a person, try overlook their bad habits and love them. Thirdly, people will be sincere and transparent with each other. If i did something wrong i expect u to correct me and not to talk bad behind my back. If all these 3 things can be practised in this society, i believe the society will be a more enjoyable place to be in, and it is my dream tt this world will become like tt.

Dota nite!!

hey,life sometimes can be very boring here, especially when the weather is bad. When i am not flying, most of the time i will just idle ard doing nth. This is why entertainment is a big factor of my life . Recently we organised an event called 'dota nite' where we form teams to battle each other in dota. It was an exciting nite and my team emerged 4th out of the 4 participated teams:) We started off well playing against a team our standard, but due to lack of practise and unfamiliar heroes, we lost the battle. Second round we suffered an even more cruel and devastated lost:( But overall i think we had fun.

Navigation solo!!

hey guys..sorry again for not posting for such a long long time...well, after clearing my sortie 145 ( navigation solo check) with my instructor, i earned the privilegde of navigating ard perth all on my own:) During my sortie 146, the first navigation solo, i went to towns like Bunbury and Collie. It was not a pleasant flight because Bunbury was all covered up in fog and visibility was almost 0, hence flying visually there was not possible, therefore i decided to divert to Collie instead. However, prior to reaching Collie, i realised the cloud base was about 2500 feet, and the ground elevation was abt 1200 feet. Sandwich in between i felt very uncomfortable and risky too, hence, i divert again this time back to Jandakot airport. So, the whole sortie was like diverting here and there and reaching no where except where i came from,which is Jandakot airport. The whole journey took about 2:00 hours.However, during my sortie 147, which was scheduled to go to Brookton and Narrogin, everything worked out much better than the previous sortie. Some interesting events happened along the way though.Enroute to Brookton from Jandakot airport,I lost my way somewhere in the middle, apparently the forecast wind was not very accute.So this caused my heading to be in error and i was not heading the right direction. At that point of time i did not know what to do because my surrounding was all paddock and fields,and it was difficult to identify my position. So i just prayed that the Lord will guide me to a place i know. God is faithful, soon i saw a town ahead of me and i can identify it as Pingelly, a town to the south of Brookton. From there i tracked towards Narrogin for landing and then fly again back to Jandakot airport. The whole journey took about 3 hours. Hehe, a bit long winded huh..well, i am enjoying most of my life here other than those politics tt pop up once in a while.I guess this is life and i just have to go thru it. Till my next post, c u guys again.

*For most of our navigation, we fly visually, that means we fly with reference to the ground features and map.
* Sortie means a training flight.