Tuesday, 1 September 2015

spring 2015

no matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow

first day of Spring 2015
I was 'commanded' to get out of the office comfort space for site visits.

From risking our lives standing behind steel barriers on 110 km/h highway, to walking on main streets of dodgy suburbs where we were told to be more aware of the people walking near/around us due to the high crime rate, to open bush lands where there could be snakes enjoying their last moments of hibernation.

Apart from the fact that I didn't like to be forced into doing things I don't agree to (as I don't think my presence on site today is necessary) and the reports that I have to prepare from the site visits, I enjoyed the day out. 

One of the perks of being an engineer, is to be able to get some sunshine, be with nature, and discover hidden beauties in no-man's-land - and get paid for it.

I shouldn't be complaining really.

green green grass on the other side of the world

somewhere in Campbelltown

One of the many reasons why I love and appreciate this country more and more each day is that you don't have to be on holidays, in Hunter Valley or Tibet to snap a panoramic photo like this.

Nature is out there for us to explore.

We shouldn't confine our eyes and minds to just the things we've seen and experienced over and over again.

This links back to my thoughts of late that we sometimes fail to notice how much we're attached to the comfort zone we're in that we forgot that there are so much more to life than the 'shelter' we're in.

There are so much more to Sydney than the suburbs we landed on when we first arrived in Sydney.
There are so much more to Australia than Sydney and its Eastern beaches.
There are so much more to what we think we know about ourselves and life in general.

2015 - a year which I experienced the most changes and stepped out of my comfort zone numerous times.

New job, new work environment, new friends, new neighbourhood, moving from east to northwest of Sydney, finally enrolled for a driving test, and so on.

4 months left of 2015. What's next?

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