another exhausting day of lessons...

i swear. i am never going to try deleting anything from my laptop. cos the moment i try to get rid of something, it turns out to be something impt :s yesterday i tried to get rid of spyware, and guess what? i end up deleting my sound card! thank god i got a clever and helpful housemate who kindly dug thru the web and download the stuff back for me. otherwise i think i die liao...

hmmn... today was another full day of lectures n tutorials. Things r starting to get into action and very soon we are getting all the asignments and assessed tests n papers. Drowning in the sea (or mountain, depending on whichever u prefer :p) of work, with no friends in sight. help! hehe.. no lah really miss the friends n familiar environment back home. Although I'm starting to get the hang of things n ppl around here, the feeling of being an outsider will always remain. Not that ppl are unfriendly or anything like that, but simply becos they arrive at uni with their group of frens so it's easier for them to integrate with the company of happy frens around. sigh.. oh well i guess everyone who's been to somewhere new will be bound to experience some melancholy. Just trying to look on the bright side, like how lucky i am to meet some very nice ppl such as this Australian girl in my socio class. She was from Uni of Mel doing archi (ah yong!) but transfer over after one sem to RMIT to do intl studies. She's the first Australian, apart from my lecturers, who seems interested in getting to know me outside of class and even offered to show me around Australia. Though I suspect she was just trying to be friendly, I couldn't help feeling touched by the sweet gesture.

And needlesss to say, I thank god for my lovely housemates, for without them, i would feel even more lost than i am. Everytime I feel overwhelmed or lonely, I try to not let myself feel down for long and remind myself that I am not here on holiday. I am here to enrich myself n return home a better version of my old self. Now that I am here alone, removed from the comfort n security of friends and family, i can c myself that much more clearly, and realise that in some ways, i hav an advantage in some areas compared to my peers here. In terms of experience and industry exposure, I am quite experienced in that area but on the other hand, I have to keep abreast of Aust current affairs which can be quite a chore but news is always exciting so that's not too bad. Anyway, I'm keepng myself on top of things by freelancing for a webbie that's based back home, so it always feels like I'm connected to home somehow :)

Will post more updates n pics soon. Meantime, take care!