Good Day, Mate!! (A phrase usually meant to be slang from Australia meaning "Hello friend")
Yea, I am here in this Koala Land, Kangaroo Land, OZ land or whatever you wanna name it for almost 2 weeks, but I haven't seen neither koala bear nor kangaroos yet... ><
For those who are curious with those questions like, how long am I gonna stay here, what am I doing here, do I get a work permit/valid visa to be here etc etc... I am gonna take this chance, for once, to explain everything here in my blog. Cool? No? Fine.. whatever~
Question 1: Which part of Australia I am staying now?
Answer: Victoria, Melbourne!!
Question 2: How long will I be here?
Answer: For now, I would say, at least 3 Years.
Question 3: Do I hold any VISA? What VISA?
Answer: Hell YES, I am not gonna illegally
Question 4: What am I gonna do here for the next 3 Years?
Answer: My VISA allows me to work legally here in any parts of Australia, duh, I'm gonna get a job and at the same time, enjoy my life like how they enjoy their life here. =) I wanna live differently as how I live in M'sia for the past 25years (in a good way of course). GET WHAT I MEAN? Well, you are forgiven if you don't~ *wink*
Question 5: Have you got a job? What job are you looking for?
Answer: I haven't got a job, to be accurate, I haven't START to find a job!! WHY? I need time to settle down?! Yes. One HUGE factor that holds me from going out to find a job is.... LANGUAGE!! Yea, I am not kidding!! You might be thinking, "it's just ENGLISH, I stayed in USA before, I went UK before, what so difficult?" well, that was what I thought too before I came, but now, I am talking about their HEAVY AUSTRALIAN's ENGLISH ACCENT!! In my 25years of life, I never felt that communication can be so hard until I came here. I cannot understand them most of the time when they talked to me in a long sentences. I have to pay 210% concentration to catch the "key-words" from their sentence and started to guess what they've just said. It is embarrassing to ask them to repeat again and again or to speak slowly, so I try to speak very slow, sort of "influence" them to slower down their "speed" in order to catch their words. It wasn't easy for me, and I felt really unpleasant because of this "communication barrier" I had here. =( English was never my mother-tongue, and now with this "special slang" that just make things (me feel) even worse.
Question 6: I am cooking 3 meals a day, went market, do household work almost everyday, slowly transforming into a "yellow-skinned aunty, 黄脸婆" eh?
Answer: Well, I would say, I am still the SAME, this kinda full-time so-called "housewife" job doesn't transform me into a Yellow-Skinned Aunty. Some of my besties keeps reminding me, a young lady at this generation who knows how to cook is a plus point, they said: "现代全能女性新标准：'上得了厅堂，下得了厨房", and I have made it my way, some said, it's blissful to know how to make good dishes for the love one. And of course, there some bad comments from others who has their own different perspective. But anyhow, we live for ourselves, we don't live to impress anyone. Me being a full time "现代女性" has only brought more joy into my life. "'Life is to be enjoyed, not endured' -- Gordon B. Hinckley.
Question 7: Do I have a goal?
Answer: Put it in Subjective & Objective Goals.
Subjective Goal(s):
- Everyone's mindset of successful life is to earn a lot of money, own a lot of properties. However, my goal is to "Enjoy-Life". To enjoy life doesn't ONLY involve in dollars, for me, it's "you are ABLE to enjoy doing things that you love (with ZERO complain)". Yea, this goal is very subjective and abstract, it sounds simple and yet, hard to achieve. But, I can proudly say that, my boyfriend is the main asset that has bring me halfway through this goal already. Ying jie said, "you do not know how many people envious about your life, you are only 25 years old, and you are enjoying your life now (already) and not when you are 55 years old", her perspective and the way she looks at "life" always inspired me, and of course her 100% supportiveness helped me grow.
Objective Goal(s):
- Going GYM/Group Class everyday for at least an hour is a goal for me, it sounds silly, but, for a person who doesn't like exercise it's pretty hard/impossible. Well, exercise is not purely for slimming purpose, but for health as well. Medical fees here are not cheap, cannot afford to fall sick, eat healthy and stay fit is the only way to avoid getting sick.
- I love to cook, because I love (good) food!! Making perfect dishes everyday is a goal for me!! Food presentation are quite important to me, I personally think that eating is not just the taste but "FEELing"~ Feels good and eventually the food will taste good. =) And, no one is born to be a good cook, I googled, I copied, I learned and I improvised it. Reason why I always love to post my food (creation) on Facebook/Instargram is to share my happiness + proud-ness, and seriously to be honest, who doesn't like to be praised anyway? Every single praise/comment from my viewer will significantly increased my levels of confidence, reinforced me to do more. And I love the feeling when my friends text me personally to ask for recipe (Ying jie somemore ask me to write a recipe book for her XD), seriously I am more than happy to share!! =)
- To own myself a cafe. My friend told me, I have came to the right country, Australia is a country that are flooded with Cafes. No doubt in Melbourne, you can simply walk into any random cafes on the street, and their coffee taste tremendously AWESOME. Never knew being a Barista could be that proud. Yea, LISTEN... Me as a 3 Years Psychology graduates... *shouted loudly* "I WANNABE A BARISTA!!" Okay?! CHOI MEH?!
- Travel Around The World. Teehee.... No further explanation required on this point. Everyone knows it well!! =D
Waaa, macam doing assignment!!
Ermm.. SUPPOSE to be a short and simple blog, ironically, now become a long long grandmother story~ I think, that's about it for today!! (spent almost 2 hours to write these =.=)
PS: Whoever feels annoyed/disturbed me posting so-called Homemade Food pictures, you may IGNORE IT or HIDE all my future post or UNFRIEND me, sadly because... I WILL NOT stop posting.. Tak suka?
Then ma........
Go fly kite lorr... kkk... =X
