It's been...not bad.
Though I have been stressed about accommodation for a while. Just have to sit it through and hope things won't change for the worse anymore than it is.
Long story but I shall not bore you with the details. It's tedious. Briefly, I have a roof over my head but I cannot fully find my own place until I get a job. Like a stable one. So I'm still under the "comfort" of my relatives home.
Other than that, I have found and old friend or two here in Melbourne. One a friend since school days and the other a friend I made when in Primary School who migrated to Melbourne ever since. Imagine finding your then best friend after more than 10 years. Jeepers. I shall refer school days friend as M and old best friend as G.
I've met up with M the same week we contacted each other, thanks to Facebook. We celebrated her birthday with steamboat at her apartment with her housemates and then we caught up until late at night. She took me to church since I arrived here and I have been attending ever since. I also got to know about Pneo's friend who leads the Spanish congregation of the same church. Cool.
That's where I met other of M's friends, though limited to only fellow Malaysians and Singaporeans. But that's okay. They are still new people to me. Most of them are young families and some peers. I was asked to join them to celebrate a joint birthday, with dinner followed by chill out and drinking at one of the family's house. And I found a new wine in which I can drink and not feel sick within half an hour LOL! It's sweet and had little alcohol thus easy for me to appreciate. Don't worry. I know when to stop.
I even got myself a part-time job. Here it's called casual work. Whereby, you are only called when they need helpers and they pay hourly wages. At least I had something to do. Unfortunately, Monday we finished the mini project so they don't need help for the time being. Bleh. It was fun for that moment, waking up early to the cold morning and then walking really fast to catch the last bus home. Figuring the transport system once again and just enjoying the view without getting sick. Missing buses and then finding new routes or options. How exciting. Yeah I know. I don't sound that enthusiastic. That's because I don't have a chance to do that anymore.
So now I'm back to being rather free. Sigh. Now I'm getting stress for not doing anything once again.
To take my mind off that thought, I went with my god-brother's Japanese friend who is staying at the house as well, to the city. She had to meet her friend while I took the opportunity to explore the city a bit. The weather was fairly fine and thus I was in a bit of a mood to dress a bit. It was fun. The idea for me was to look for something and that is a pair of knee high boots. Looking for these stuff during this season means it will be selling cheap.
Alas, I could not find any because the style wasn't to my liking, shops packing up for summer or they didn't have my size. In this country I have to "fight" with Aussies for shoes because I'm about their average size, whereas in KL being an owner of big feet means it was somewhat easier and available when I ask for my size.
Interesting.
Though I have been stressed about accommodation for a while. Just have to sit it through and hope things won't change for the worse anymore than it is.
Long story but I shall not bore you with the details. It's tedious. Briefly, I have a roof over my head but I cannot fully find my own place until I get a job. Like a stable one. So I'm still under the "comfort" of my relatives home.
Other than that, I have found and old friend or two here in Melbourne. One a friend since school days and the other a friend I made when in Primary School who migrated to Melbourne ever since. Imagine finding your then best friend after more than 10 years. Jeepers. I shall refer school days friend as M and old best friend as G.
I've met up with M the same week we contacted each other, thanks to Facebook. We celebrated her birthday with steamboat at her apartment with her housemates and then we caught up until late at night. She took me to church since I arrived here and I have been attending ever since. I also got to know about Pneo's friend who leads the Spanish congregation of the same church. Cool.
That's where I met other of M's friends, though limited to only fellow Malaysians and Singaporeans. But that's okay. They are still new people to me. Most of them are young families and some peers. I was asked to join them to celebrate a joint birthday, with dinner followed by chill out and drinking at one of the family's house. And I found a new wine in which I can drink and not feel sick within half an hour LOL! It's sweet and had little alcohol thus easy for me to appreciate. Don't worry. I know when to stop.
I even got myself a part-time job. Here it's called casual work. Whereby, you are only called when they need helpers and they pay hourly wages. At least I had something to do. Unfortunately, Monday we finished the mini project so they don't need help for the time being. Bleh. It was fun for that moment, waking up early to the cold morning and then walking really fast to catch the last bus home. Figuring the transport system once again and just enjoying the view without getting sick. Missing buses and then finding new routes or options. How exciting. Yeah I know. I don't sound that enthusiastic. That's because I don't have a chance to do that anymore.
So now I'm back to being rather free. Sigh. Now I'm getting stress for not doing anything once again.
To take my mind off that thought, I went with my god-brother's Japanese friend who is staying at the house as well, to the city. She had to meet her friend while I took the opportunity to explore the city a bit. The weather was fairly fine and thus I was in a bit of a mood to dress a bit. It was fun. The idea for me was to look for something and that is a pair of knee high boots. Looking for these stuff during this season means it will be selling cheap.
Alas, I could not find any because the style wasn't to my liking, shops packing up for summer or they didn't have my size. In this country I have to "fight" with Aussies for shoes because I'm about their average size, whereas in KL being an owner of big feet means it was somewhat easier and available when I ask for my size.
Interesting.
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