So.. anyway, I'm already here in Melbourne for more than a month and life's pretty alright.
Of course it's alright, I've proper rooms, meals everyday and gets to go to classes.
It was quite tough in the beginning, homesick, culture shock (yeah, a bit), thus muscles aches, tiredness, and a lot a lot more, but of course I fought through all this, and still fighting through.
Education system is a bit different and I likey it, unlike SPM, sit for the papers one time and that's it.
We've lil tests in mid term with assignments or presentation then the biggy exams at the end of the semester.
And at the end of the program , it's like they pick the best results throughout this two semesters and calculate for the final results. :)
But I seriously miss food at home. I've been trying so many Asian foods here and it's never as good as home.
Even the cafeteria guy in my hostel who cook for us, it never taste as good as mum's cookings.
And I'd always tell mum it's the same dish but it never taste the same and mum would says it's lack of love!
Hahaha, it's true it's true.
And whenever people ask how I'm doing in Melbourne and they always think it's so awesome here, well yeah it's awesome but you only see the pretty side.
Like, I dont tell you the ugly sides, y'know? And there's a lot a lot of things to consider here.
It's frustrating sometimes, and stressful but it's a good thing too, we're learning to be independent.
Partially independent, cuz money still comes from dad. ><
But at least we're slowing picking things up, learn to handle situations etc. :)
Do you know that having every meal here causes big headache? The cheapest you could find is like $6 or $7 and it's just a snack or something that wouldnt last you long. So it's like we spend $8-10 every meal here, for proper meals like a bowl of rice and a dish, or a bowl of noodles etc etc.
When we spend that much, we always think of we could buy 10 plates of chicken rice back home. :/
And another problem here is the internet! All the internets here are so so so expensive, or if it's worth it, it's not suitable for us students cuz they need homelines and we dont need that homeline.
Crap right, in Malaysia we pay RM88 for unlimited wifi, yes, WIFI!
Here? In my hostel we get special rates for students, $29, which is like RM90 for 1GB only, yes, 1 freaking GB only and that's basically like watch 10 Youtube videos and all gone.
Of course we can go on higher plans but it's gonna cost us so much more, not worth it at all.
Anyhow, of course first few weeks were bit tough especially when we dont know anyone, we dont know how to do certain things and not used to everything here yet.
But we adapted quite quickly, I guess?
But making friends' a bit tough, sigh.
My class is like 90% Chinese from China, two Vietnamese, one from Papua New Guinea, and they all look alright but.. I'm not gonna say anything here bout that.
Some of them are really nice people, really. :)
And I'm glad I went to the camp or more like a getaway trip organized by my uni.
Found out that there's so many Malaysians! :D You would never understand that kinda joy LOL
We were having bushwalk, and I was walking with Donna, my Vietnamese classmate, cuz only four of us from our class went to the camp.
Then you would hear those September '10 intake students going around saying hi to people and making new friends.
Some of them approached Donna and I and.. they're all Malaysians! How wonderful. It just felt like I'm in Malaysia. :)
And we had other activities too and I met a few Indonesian Chineses, few more Vietnamese, China Chinese, a girl from Papua New Guinea and etc. :D
It was really good experience and I love that place up there. We were at a campsite with proper rooms, beds, showers and etc near Mount Disappointment.
Yeaah, Mount Disappointment, like so disappointing. LOL
Too bad we didnt have campfire, but we stayed up late that night to play cards and killer. ;)
The September intake people are really nice.
Maybe cuz they understand the feeling of being new here not knowing anyone and struggling by ourselves?
They're much friendly than my classmates and they would talk to us, ask us to join along etc.
Unlike my classmates. :x
Discovered a couple of things, or should I say, understand more about certain things.
But it was good experiences. :)
There's too much to say, too much to share but all this good experiences are gonna be kept in my heart forever. :)
I'm not gonna update blog that often anymore. I guess I'll just do it on Facebook or just not update.
Anyway, check out photos from the camp here and here!!
I'm too lazy to get the photos uploaded here, so just go view it there. :)
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