Goodbye Sydney

Finally, I finished my one year study journey in Sydney. One year is not long but I do learn and grow (both physically-gain on weight and mentally- more matured, haha!) a lot here.

First came to Sydney, I was so homesick and not used to be alone most of the time. The house condition when I first arrived made me so upset and miserable. Slowly, I adjusted myself to new language and people, different culture, different environment (climate and food), different educational system and different status (from working adult to poor student again). I should be blessed that I still have brother’s friends here that they always gave their very best to help me whenever I was in need. Sometimes, they invited me to stay overnight at their place, “fed” me with good food etc….that really warmed my heart and healed my homesickness.

I'm grateful to have them that made me feel being at home.

Second semester, old housemates went and new housemates came. My life started to fill with laughters and noise at home. We always have meal gathering at home, catch up “The Biggest Looser” and “ MasterChef” together, etc. Stephanie- my TV kaki; Susana- my breakfast, dinner and paddy (market) kaki; Selina- my shopping kaki (though not many times, she introduced a lot of good restaurants to me); Yi-Fen- the youngest and the prettiest housemate at home, my ‘baking advisor’. I’m grateful and glad that I know them even though just half a year that made me starting to enjoy life in Australia.

From left: Yi-Fen, me, Selina, Susana, Stephanie

That day on my way to airport, I had mixed feeling of leaving. When I think about going home, I feel excited to see my family and friends in hometown again. When I think about going home, I feel worried about my future career. When I think about going home, I feel sad about leaving my friends in Sydney and I will definitely miss the good weather and nice food here. Again, I am back to the so-called the process of adjustment just like when I first came here.

If you ask me which part of my experience here do I value most, I would answer you I value every moment I had gone through here, be it happy or sad. If you ask me how have I changed, I would answer you I am still the previous Susan, but improving myself to another level of professional knowledge and skills, some social behaviours and being more independent and adaptable to new environment.

Yes! I made it!