| Sunday, March 11, 2007 |
| The Whole Picture |
I really wonder how long can I enjoy the luxury of using the Internet at home. Im still crashing at my friends' place in the City. It is real comfortable here but still I kinda miss my cosy room back at Kelvin Grove. I STILL dont have internet connection back at my place. =/ So, yea its mixed feelings, torn between going back home and staying here in the City. Did I just refer to that house as Home? Hmmmm.... I only love my room, thats all. I hate other things about the house, especially the toilet, the common living area, etc. Im turning into a grouchy old lady now. HA..
Ok, the past few weeks have been horribly jammed with many things happening, being settled, and left hanging. First 10 days here (12-20 Feb) were accompanied by my dad. He's the coolest dad! (before my mom gets jealous, I love you Mom!) We rented a car and travelled around, hunting for my permanent accomodation and trying to adjust to the timings here. Offices and shops close early, except on certain days, so it gets real hard to get stuff settled if you are up late. So, we finally settled for a shared house at Kelvin Grove, just 15 mins walk to school. Once we got the place, the moving part was hectic too. The shopping lists were never ending. As for international peeps or aussies, they are all acquaintance. Oh, I need to write about this. For the first time in my life, I witnessed fire cracker live in Brisbane Chinatown. What's more amazing is that the aussies actually did lion dance. And that is really cool! Last thing I could recall was that we joined Joel and friends for CNY reunion steamboat dinner at a park, just beside a river. We had dinner in the dark, under a blanket of stars - It was the most interesting and comforting thing we did since we reached brissie. Thanks Joel.
It was yet another teary episode when my dad left me for home. I cried the entire day! At that moment, I just felt devastated and alone. I was questioning myself on whether anot I made the right decision to study this and be away from home and whether anot that I can even survive alone. I was prepared that I would be alone, but the cruel reality really hit me then. Cant stand myself for being such a wimp! Before I could drown in my tears, Joel invited me over for dinners and introduced me to more friends. Things got better and I started to adapt life as an international student in QUT.
Ok a little review on my housemates. My place is a 3-bedrooms shared house, so I have got 2 housemates - 1 china girl just moved in, another is a HK guy (Cheong). My mom always say that the more you hate something, the more you get it. I think this is so true. Surprisingly, I have been practising cantonese because Cheong cant really communicate in English. Somebody save me... there is communication problem back at my home! Anyway, I dont enjoy chilling out with them. One word - Boring! A total conducive environment for studying if you ask me. Well, not until the leakage occured though. I cant wait for the house matter to be settled, so that I can clean up my room and get my internet up and running.
I just had supper with Esther & group last night. Imagine eating pancakes, beef salsa crepes and wedges with sour cream at 3am. Very sinful. Im studying dietetics, am I not? *shudder* |
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