Interests:Dogs, politics, retail therapy, food & dessert wine, travel the world Expertise:Love my plants and my oven. Care and love my friends, family and the special one. A girl's night out - exciting (movies, wonderful dinner, karaoke?), stargazing and moon watching
Once upon a time, the princess have a dream which she wishes to fulfill and that is: To stay in Sydney and make a pathway for my career and build on my relationship. Eventually, I would like to be a financial analyst. I feel that I am slowly following J's footpath but he did it ten years earlier than me. I know that my path is still at the very beginning and I am taking baby steps to make things right. I believe I will eventually get there. After completing my final exams for this semester, I will need to improve my resume and cover letter, prepare for the IELTS exams, prepare the documents to lodge in my PR application, convert my Malaysian driving license into Australian driving license and to pick up playing the piano again.
I will be brave and take all future challenges as they come. By October after my second sister's wedding, I will return to Sydney and lodge in the permanent residency application. Besides, I will have to start looking for accounting, human resources or administration full time job.
First of all, start studying tomorrow for finals because I need to pass all three subjects with excellent grades.
To the one I care the most, I am sorry I am selfish for choosing this path and thanks for giving me time to prove that I can survive in this challenging business industry. Thank you for coming to terms with me that I would like to have the opportunity to work with outsiders.
13th March 2010 is the day I decide my fate. If I cannot find a full time accounting job by then, I will return to Malaysia.
Today is a lazy Sunday because for once since Week 4, I do not have assignments to rush or exams to study. I only have a tutorial submission which I have to do by tonight. Other than that, the semester is ending in two weeks. 14 days. My whole university life is ending in exactly one month's time after finals. What beholds me in the future is still describe with one word- uncertainty. Uncertainty because I still yearns to the hope to stay in Sydney after graduating. However, I could come back in two years with some job experiences in hand. I could have completed at least 3 professional papers by then. But I will miss my carefree days in Sydney where I wake up at 10am, head to the cafes by the beach to have true Australian breakfast and laze around reading. Of course, I could also snuggle snoopy to bed and sleep in.
さようなら. 私は愛をすべて私の心で
I am watching a Japanese anime while waiting for my housemate to finish cooking lunch. My housemate is leaving in one week's time back to Jakarta. I will miss her so much especially our chats and teasing one another. Drinking wine sessions, eating home cook western food with too much garlic butter and lovely cakes are sessions that will be missed by me.
I am planning my holidays after the final exams. Initially, I had planned to go back to Singapore on the 27th June but I might delay the trip because what if touchwood I failed an exam and have to sit for the supplementary paper. Talking with the Singapore Airlines customer service representative on the phone is a very tough job because they have outsourced to India. 20th July to 10th August. Give me some time to prepare for the documents to lodge in my permanent residency. I am sitting for IELTS on the 5th September. Fingers-crossed I pass with flying colours. Four sevens are all I am hoping for.
Ok, I will write another time. I want to enjoy my tea with some soothing music for the remaining Sunday afternoon before I get back to studying again tonight. Catching up with Christie tonight will be fun because I have too much things to talk to her about. Before I go, I wish that I can say sorry to someone whose feelings I believe I hurt badly on Wednesday.
Happy Mother's Day! It is Sunday 1.15 am here in Sydney
I am the youngest daughter in the family and probably the one that my mother worries about the most because of my gullible and naive personality. However, as years goes by in Sydney, I have become more independent and not as reckless when making decisions. I know that you are always worried about me because I am far away from home. Mum, I won't do anything to make you worried anymore. I was a rebellious teenager who quarreled a lot with my mum especially the year when I was going to further my studies in Australia. However, it is true that mothers knows best. I never regretted being given a chance to come to Australia and be independent. Love you heaps and hopefully you will enjoy Mother's Day since sisters are at home.
On Saturday (technically yesterday, it was Wesak Day) and the Buddhist society in the university organized the Wesak Day celebration Mahayana style. Honestly...I was planning to shop at Chatswood Chase but I changed my mind because my eldest sister and mother reminded me the importance of this day and adviced that I should make this day a priority because it marks the birth and enlightenment of Buddha.
From tomorrow onwards, I will have to focus on my COMM5001 Justice essay. I have some idea on how to write the report and hopefully my group will get high marks on the assignment. Besides, there is the COMM5005 assignment waiting for me. So much work to be done, so little time...and I still want to go retail therapy.
I am meeting my migration agent on Tuesday. Need to get a few things clarified first.
"ö Älright I will be praying for your finance exam at the temple" my friend who is currently residing in Penang replied my rather desperate MSN conversations. A week later, I received my results and gleams in satisfaction. I am blessed with wonderful and supportive friends like him. However, when it comes to love, I am sometimes left out in the cold and dark.
There are so many things that I would like to write here but I feel like my life is being scrutinised because of the over exposure. My nose is half-blocked thanks to me not wearing a jacket which is thick enough to counter the crazy weather in Sydney last week. I had the worst bowl of Vietnamese pho before my haircut the other day. My housemate was wondering why is it that some restaurant owners are super rude but still manage to attract many customers to the restaurant? Just because the food is so-so. I will definitely not return. I rather take the one hour flight to Melbourne to enjoy my Pho.
By end of September, I will be leaving this familiar city where I spend six years from 18-24 to another city that I will call my home for ever? for two years? I have decided to finish my CPA and gain job experience in Malaysia. I should be happy because the food that I have missed, the companionship, the family and familiar surroundings that I grew up in right? Then, why is there this tinge of sadness to let go of my life here in Sydney. I bet I will miss the runs from Uni to Coogee. I will also miss the close friends, the university and of course my soulmate.
I will try to settle back down in Malaysia. However, the idea of applying for a permanent residency offshore is so attractive now. It is my security blanket right...that if anything goes wrong back home, I can return to Australia. If there is better job prospects in Australia, I can come back after I finish my CPA. And if fate has it that we are meant to be, then at least coming back will be much easier.
But who am I trying to fool here? My life has been destined since the first day that I was born into the family. My happiness is not to be of my concern. What I want is decided by others. Bah.
