Independence??
After living in a foreign country, I have come to appreciate the things in Singapore…. the wonderful and accessible transport system, the busy with thousand and one activities for you to engage in, the familiarity of the streets, the sense of security that you feel while walking on the streets, and especially the convenience and comfort of living with your family where things will be mostly taken care off…..
Living together with my friends makes me feel like I am becoming more and more like a housewife, more auntie by the day…. I like to walk around in the house looking for things to do e.g. helping to cook meals, wiping the table (even though I dislike wiping tables) instead of sitting on my study desk to read some notes etc… to me, this is not a good thing to be turning so “housewifey-like”…. So I think, I better start cutting down on doing that… hahha….
Just received an email from Jiaying, talking about the issue on independency… I never thought that I was independent when I was in Spore. Neither do I feel that now… Here, I have 4 other friends to depend on… We are interdependent here, I guess… which can be a double edge sword… Anyway, I didn’t really realize that I am certainly more self reliant when I am here in Australia as compared to Singapore until I receive the email from JY…
Anyway, on National Day, we had a celebration in La Trobe University with other Singaporeans… never felt so patriotic in my whole life…. to make the effort to celebrate this special day… Sadly, the wireless connection couldn’t be configured and we could not watch the National Day parade live telecast… but we managed to play some games and made some friends through this process…
JY, anyway, from your email, you sounded a bit “afraid of change” instead of being excited about the changes.. I don’t know if I had the right impression. The part of living outside instead of living with your family is something that you had already expected… it’ll be better when the time finally comes. Anticipation always makes people feel stressed and worried. But things will be better. We have to always maintain an optimistic view… People adapt to conditions quite fast… basic instinct for survival I guess… SO don’t worry!!!
Having to slack for the past 3 weeks, the amount of work that I have had piled up…. So I guess I going to be real busy!!! Haiz… real sian! Seriously!! Now I understand why my lecturer in NYP said that he read a lot when he was studying overseas as he had nothing to do! There is really NO LIFE in aussie when you are staying in a suburb!!! Okay! Enough of complaining for now! Continue next time….
Unlucky Day??!!!
Have you ever feel that I don’t feel that you are carrying out your main ROLE in Life??? Why do I feel more like a HOUSEWIFE than a student???!!! Haiz…. Planning what to cook every week… even though I am cooking at most 2 meals a week…. The whole cooking process can certainly last for hours man! Really admire and respect homemakers… why do they have so many dishes up in their sleeves to play with and satisfy their family’s stomach!!?? They must all be genius… otherwise, their family members are all “easy to satisfy and non-picky” eaters!
But it is quite satisfying to cook a complete meal that is edible. Hahha.. Had my first try in making Oyaku Donburi (Japanese rice with eggs and chicken)… Turned out quite nice (for a first try)! Hahah… made potato croquette too… Yummy! As you probably know by now, I am someone who is motivated by food! After eating the 2 above mentioned dishes, we ate Chocolate MUDCAKE!!!! Yo hoo! Waited damn long b4 I can have them! Hahhah…
Anyway, tonnes of things happened…. Especially today!!! Firstly, when we went to take bus to go for lessons this morning…. The bus just drove by…. Right b4 our eyes…. The second incident happened when we are waiting for a bus to go to a shopping centre in the suburb… My Roomie (yuhui) and I were waiting patiently in the cold for the bus…. Who knows… when we are not paying attention for a EXTREMELY Short period of time, the Bloody BUS Just drove past like nobody’s business!!!!!!!!! FREak!! So in the end (but the story doesn’t end here), we decided to go back home instead to put down our things before taking another bus to the shopping centre! Who knows, when we are planning to take the bus from our hse….. Miscalculation of the bus timing resulted in the inability to board the bus AGAIN! WE ended up braving the cold, the strong wind… by walking to the shopping centre about 10 min walk away! The last bus incident occurred because we boarded the WRONG bus! (The buses in Aussie changes their bus number from time to time!!!) so we had to walk back home AGAIN! Hahaha
Anyway, for today, I practically spent the whole day cooking, minus the 2 hours of practical in SCHool…. Did I mention that I am practically going to school for only 2 hours a day….. all days except Monday which is a full day! Bloody timetable! Too much time on hand and too little things to occupy me here!!!! Haiz…
hopefully I will make an effort to find something to participate in! Anyway, till today, I have not made any Aussie friend yet! HAIZ. So disappointed! It must be me! I must make an extra effort to make friends man!!!
Okay…. Tell u more stories next time!
*JIAYING!!!! Thanks for the letter! Really surprised and happy to receive it!!! hahah
