jenmin1314

I can’t believe I’ve been in Aus for almost two months now! Busy busy busy no time to bother with the blog.

Overall I’ve settled down living here, I think. Eating sooo little these days ’cause busy and no time to cook. In terms of basic living stuff like taking buses, traveling around the city, cleaning, cooking… I guess I can handle them alright. But the uni life, I’m not so settled yet! Lack of friends when pretty much everyone around me in class is either an ang moh guy or mainland chinese guy. I did meet a really kind Malaysian girl from PJ!!! Yay!!! We have been helping each other out a lot and I do hope we can continue to do so for the rest of the semester. I know we won’t be taking same classes forever because she’s doing telecomm. eng. so I guess I still need to meet new people. No one talks to me in class… why is that??!! The reason why I don’t talk to them is not only because I’m new and shy but they are always in groups, always in on-going conversations! I just wished someone would notice that I do not have friends in class and be kind enough to say hi to me. I don’t mean to be hypocritical or be all ‘you should be the one talking to me not the other way around’ but don’t people normally start conversations with a new person? especially when that newbie is feeling all out of place and unloved?? LOLLLL… That’s what I did when we had a new girl in class. I talked to her. Ah this is making uni even more difficult! I did try to talk to people, especially using the opportunity when I didn’t know to do my prac. But after helping me and having brief ‘get-to-know’s, it’s like once they leave that’s it, they don’t smile or acknowledge you anymore… I wonder if that is my fault??

Uni studies still need a lot of getting used to. Right now I’m just trying to get things done one at a time and learning from mistake after mistake. It’s so difficult but things have been getting easier or at least more comfortable as I practise more, whether it’s tutorials, assignments or pracs. I know by the end of the semester I would have improved SOOO much. I would be settled into uni studies by then. Until that time though, I really have to work so hard just to keep up with the current and year 1 stuff.

Oh well, what I did gained from the past few experiences in doing tuts, asg, and pracs was learning to heavily rely on the Lord. Many times I just didn’t know what to do anymore that I would tell Him to bear all my burdens and to take care of me during these times. After all, He brought me here in the first place! And every time I gave myself to Him in all those troubles, I find myself resting in Him and Him helping me through what I had thought was impossible and a sure zero. All these troubles also brought me closer to the sisters in my house, all of whom I really appreciate. And even if so many things go wrong here, I’m still happy that I came here and got to know the sisters and be blended together with them. Living in the sisters’ house is so good! Second to living at home of course =D