First 2 weeks of my new life

Never thought that it would take me so long to update my blog so I’m going to write 2 posts in a row.  It’s been a while since my last blog entry … I’ve been to so many places during this period, but most importantly, I have finally moved to Oz in mid Aug 2009 - for good.

Just wanna share with my friends my feelings/ thoughts in the past one and a half weeks.  It wasn’t easy for me apparently.    Sydney is not a new place for me, but it isn’t a place where I can immediately settle down either.  I could hardly imagine how difficult it would be to set up everything on my own without knowing any relatives or close friends here to offer me assistance before I came.  I was so desperate on my first few days of arrival and I kept asking myself what I was doing here.  I kept on thinking “what the hell u quitted your career (though it’s kinda hopeless), left your family/ friends behind, and came to a place where you got no job, no place to stay and probably have no one to rely on?”  I don’t think I can give the answer right now.  Hopefully I would have a positive answer when it comes few months later.

Big thanks to those friends in HK who kept on cheering me up and praying for me.  What I’ve really learnt/ experienced in these 2 weeks is an old Chinese saying “遠親不如近鄰”.  I thought it was a crap idea when my dad said he could get me some contacts in Sydney - one was the wife of his bush walking buddy (but not really that close), and the other one is the niece of his high school friend whom I met once but I never talked to him).  It turned out that I really owed my dad a BIG thank you, coz those 2 persons were those who really helped me out and most importantly to let me feel secured to have someone readily for help.  They would call / text me and give me advices.  I also owed my bro and one of my high school friends for introducing their friends in Sydney to me.  The friend of my high school friend even helped me to look for temporary accommodation and called me so that I got someone to talk to.  I already met / am going to meet them so hopefully I will have some companies here.  Also big thank to my friend in Adelaide who gave me calls to keep my companied.