Stay Grounded

Staying Grounded

Went makan for lunch with afew friends after church at 'Makan Place' in Westend. It serves fantastic asian food but very pricey as well.. It was a once in a while thing... so i ate abt 10bucks AUD. Had curry chicken rice and it reminded me of my mommy's curry chicken! mmmmmMmmm.. then i started to feel homesick... everything started to sink in... especially when everybody kept talking about their trip back home to Singapore. I just kept really quiet... i know i aint be back to Singapore until i get my degree. It was a sinking kinda feeling... though the food tasted great, i was feeling all blue.

Everybody keeps asking me why i'm not going back.
Everbody: 'WHY?! WHY?'
Linda: 'WHY NOT?!!!'

argh... everybody is going back and i'll be left here. Aint gonna complain sulk or anything. I believe strongly to being optimistic. I'll get a job in no time, earning aussie dollar, gaining experience... nothing can tie me down! I'll just roam Australia with loads of freedom! Can really be independent and all. Everybody is so worried for me... like wah... u'll be here all by urself?! Then they start giving me contacts of pple whom i can contact and all... i was thinking... i wont even need that. I'm stronger than they think... i'm not the kind of person who needs pple to entertain me. I'll find things to do... there's so much one can do here if u only open ur eyes and look ard. If there's really nothing... big deal, i'll buy a ticket, fly myself to melbourne or sydney and visit my friends or relatives. I do miss friends... i do miss my family (very much)... everytime i think of home and not being able to return only 1.5 years later... i feel extremely upset and a sense of longing just builds inside of me. The feeling is intense but no point thinking abt it. Got to put my two little feet down and keep moving. The time will arrive where i return back home... to my nest... where i truly belong. For now, i'll slog it out and push myself to the max.

Will be doing loads of things during mid-semester break! Bake cake, Make my own pancakes (w/o premix), maybe grill steak, see if i can make pizza, bake cookies, Roast Chicken and cook beef. I never actually cook any beef before... but think i'll pick up a thing or two over here. Oh.. can't forget the soup. Tomato soup, potato soup and chicken soup. yum yum. Linda has put on weight already. last time i never got pass the 42kg part... now i'm already 44kg! funny... i don't seem to feel like my waistline getting bigger or whatever... maybe its just the bone mass getting stronger or heavier? THink its the milk... i never drink milk on a daily basis back home... over here i have to eat cornflakes in the night and in the morning... i have to eat biscuits and bread in between meals. So yar.. think that's how i put on weight. It's still cold ard here... so get hungry really fast.

Today is Mooncake festival! Going to my friend's place, have alittle of our own gathering to chill out for awhile then hit the books in the night. Will take afew pics just so that i can post it up on my blog! Hope everybody is doing fantastically well back in Singapore! MISS YOU ALL OH SO VERY MUCH...