A different lattitude

Here I am!! I'm in a kangaroo land!! *waves madly to everyone*
Life now?! it's a big challenge

15th & 16th Feb
There are currently a few new people in my life now. First, Paul (James's big bro!) , Julia (Paul's wife), Peter(James's 3rd Bro), Ching (Peter's fiance) & not leaving out the cutie Emily!
Paul & Julia are the ones that pick us up from the air-port after the long hours of flight & my family are also currently living in their house while Uncle Stephen & Aunt Liz live in Julia's parent's house.
The next morning, we had breakfast at Uncle Arthur& Aunt Anne's (Julia's parents) house. This is the first time I had a typical Aussie breakfast, beacons, eggs, bread, cappuccino, Avogadro fruit (Emily's favourite)& some grains with milk which i think it calls "Missues"?? But it was a great breakfast.

After breakfast, we get to go to...... MARKET! It is to buy the food for tonight's barbecue at Paul gogo's house. And guess what? Those selling all the meats, fruits &vegetables are really "kuai lous". I get to see with my own eye! *cheers* Oh yeah, they don't call out "lelong! lelong!" while they sell the goods, instead they say "fresh fruits for sell! one melon for 2 dollar!".
After we done shopping, went for "Dim Sum". Yum yum... Found out that Emily likes Pau, but not the filling.
Here's the scary part... After lunch, I'm suppose to go check-in to my hostel & also open a bank account in Australia. I am SO blessed by god!! I've no need to settle all these by myself, daddy, mummy, big sis, uncle Stephen(drives) & Julia jie jie (lead the way) accompanied me to finish up everything, really can't do anything without them.

Night, was barbecue night. Peter, Ching & James join the group! The food was really yummy too! We had lamb, beef, sausages, chicken on stick, pork, prawns, salmon, another big yummy fish (bought by only the fish profession- uncle Stephen) and also salad. The barbecue was also cooked by the profession Paul.

After meal was fellowship. I get to know the brothers & sisters more, very nice & kind people! hehe... can say the brothers are just the older version of James, very similar. You'll know what I mean when you meet them..^_^ Paul "go go" even suggested I can go tryout his church this Sunday. Hope I can really settle fast in a church!! *cross fingers*

ermmm...I'll try to cut it real short!!
On the next 2 days, We had a family trip to Great Ocean Road. 3 hours drive there, but I get to see various scenic view. [Sorry! won't be having pics in blog de, cuz no camera!! but will try to convince my parents to get me one]

Well, life here now is a blur &sometimes feel alien, especially after I done my first day of orientation. (haha... guess I'm having culture shock.) There are a lot of things I need to settle, bank accounts, changing faculty (no more double degree! setting my mind on psychology alone!I'm firm about tis choice), places around (I got lost in campus today while trying to get to campus center from my hostel to use the Internet, but I found my way, that's why I'm here updating blog), etc. Problems & all the blurs are emerging everywhere in every second!! And lately, I kept telling myself this "I need to get use to this", e.g sharing a washroom with people around (including guys), the weather & just last night, when it's past bed-time, there's still people around making noises, guess i need to get use to that too.

Sigh...but I know eventually I'll turn out fine, guess this is how I'll grow to a really cicak girl (being able to adapt to anything)! And even although all these bad circumstances emerged, I can still always feel god's presence! When I'm weak, He shows his presence and makes me strong!
E.g Yesterday was the 1st night I moved in to my hostel. God didn't dumped me alone there but He brought my my big sis with me! As u all know, it's summer here, and it's real HOT! I don't have a fan! All I have was a miserable one sided window that hardly blew in any air. And the room was not actually hot, but stuffy. Then, I know I'm pampered by the air-conditioned. But at night, it actually rained!! My gosh... God is just great! I had a comfy sleep although I need to sleep on the floor with my sis because there is only a single sized bed in my room.

There are a lot of things I want to thank god for! When I'm here, I always think of you guys, how much I was blessed by God with all the company I had in Malaysia. But I'm here now, and I know I need to move on and continue to allow god to mould me. Hope you guys will keep us in prayers! And I pray that you all will continue to grow too.

Ben Soon once told me something that touched me, which I felt it's very true. He said, Your "Home" is where your "Heart" belongs. Well, my heart belongs to my biological family & also to my family in Christ! Well, this is to my family in Christ. Leaving you all is hard for me, but I really really thank God for putting me into your world. I do not know you guys since birth but less than 2 years. I got to admit, at first, mixing with you guys was really difficult, especially for a very timid person like me. However, I know what are true bros & sis in Christ when I met you guys. Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of the family, I love you guys.. ^_^