All the best to Gavin...

It was sad to learn another 116 hero had to go. His name: Gavin (aka mr incredible) and he happened to be my roommate for a brief period. Got to know him better then and found out he was nice fellow, always offering help to me when he saw I needed one. I applaused his courage to go thru the review and the waiting. Though I have been through that myself but it was different. I had it at the beginning of the course and he went through that in the mid stage. Having come that far and had to go through all the trials was not an easy thing. I didn't understand why things had to turn out this way but I knew God had a better plan in place for him. Hope that one day he would be able to see the wonderful works of God in his life. I regretted not sharing my faith more with him. I took for granted that he would make it through and I would have more time in that way. Perhaps God was teaching me a lesson of seizing the opportunity.

So Gavin, if you are reading this, this is for you: though you are not around, I will still be praying for you, for your career. I always hold on to this verse in the bible and I want to share it with you, Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. With that, go for your dreams if you are really sincere about becoming a pilot, let nobody or barriers stop you from becoming one. All the best to you...

God's wonder works again for my P-check

Very thankful to God once again that my P-check 2nd attempt went well with MS. I thought I was not going to make it after failing to perform the Pilot Force Landing on the first attempt. MS, the well respected assistance chief instructor, same fellow that send me up for solo, was gracious enough to give me a second chance to perform my PFL and I did a good job the second time round.

Rejoining was my most feared area as I tended to fumble in such area. I had problem with my traffic awareness from the last p-check. This time round, it was runway 24 and I was a little more comfortable and confident of that circuit entry. It all went well apart from not slowing aircraft down sooner. Instructor was quite happy with my rejoining and my circuit. Though I misjudged the height for one glide approach, I was able to do a better glide approach-landing. I think God was with me throughout the flight and Holy Spirit guided me through. In the end, I passed though it was with minimal standard. At least I was given a chance to progress and continue to improve on my deficiency.

On the hindsight, I think God was amazing to let me go through the first attempt in which I failed and had to do 2 repeated sorties with my instructor. It was opportunity for me to learn more things as I see it now rather than remedial lessons I had to go through becoz I cannot fly the aircraft well. There was even one sortie which I was giving the opportunity to practice my rejoining exercise, something that was unconventional. With that, I appreciate more what were the things to look out during rejoining.

Hence, I knew God was all along with me. Though I failed the first time, I knew it was Him that made me go through it so that I could have more practices, ACFI stopped the assessment after my first bad landing was not so much that I was incompetent but he knew that I had lost my composure after the rejoining circuits and I couldn't bring out the best in me had I carry on with circuits. Hence I am thankful that I had such a good assessor that looked out for my welfare...

So all I can say after all that happened, I am glad I had God and MS...

Nice fireworks that ended up with fire...

It was australia day, 26th Jan. I had a nerd party organised by my caregroup and it was not worth mentioning... All I can say is that I didn't win the best nerd award.. Thank God....

After the party, we headed down to mill point to enjoy the breezy night with fireworks colouring the sky. It was an event everyone was looking forward to. The unfortune thing was that, though it was windy, it was hot air blowing at our face... temperature was recorded at 33 degrees C. It was like hair dryer air blowing at our faces. The firework was a letdown as many said it was not as spectacular as previous years. However, what was impressive was the lightning works caught in the background while the fireworks were presented. It was amazing that God spiced up the firework show with traces of lightning. One interersting fact was that we couldn't tell whether the firework presentation had ended as the barge containing all the firework explosive caught fire and there were still small firework going off irregularly amidst the fire.

However, after all that had happened, I still think it was enjoyable watching some 20min of decent fireworks. The picture will tell you what I meant...