Honestly, all this feels are mostly because of me spending money and not getting anything back in return. Money, do you know how powerful you are and how you are the decisive factor of the choices people make in their lives?
How great would it be to be one of the plenty Singaporeans who come here, rent a fully furnished one bedroom apartment in the city, studying in the best Unis, eat out half of the time, don’t even bother looking for a part-time job as their parents want them to focus on their studies.
How easy would that be?
Whatever you want, you get. No effort needed. Money is not an issue.
I don’t want to lead a spoonfed life, being the extra burden to the family - not as if I’ve not been given enough.
Then again, how is it that you utilise the time you have in Melbourne creating a brand new life now that you're abroad, learning new things everyday - you’re supposed to be LIVING, not just worrying about every transaction you’re making.
Indeed, it is scary to see your bank account deplete quicker than you think, and even scarier to not have a constant source of income…
Also, I recently gone back to old habits, doing it the easy way just because of saving $, but I soon realize how if things goes awry, my visa will be at stake - it really isn’t that worth it.
I know I have sent out 25 resumes to 25 different places, but now that I think of it, it’s so stupid going door to door, asking if they’re hiring, and if so leaving a paper resume. I’m not exactly leaving any impression at all… much less to actually be considered by them. I gotta work on this if I’m actually serious in getting employed before I go bankrupt.
I came to Melbourne for studies, but who am I kidding. Assignments are almost the last thing on my mind. Of course, I still have to do what needs to be done. But I’m here to find a new life away from mundane, lifeless, suffocating Singapore.
It’s Day 24 today, closing in to my first month here. What have I learnt so far?
Apart from training and having a good list of parkour-related goals to get in my year here (honestly, I will never have a problem with ’not training enough’), and a good dose of high adventures… I don’t know what else. Honestly I think for a 23 years old person, I still lack competence.
Speaking about training, I’m looking to sign up for gym membership ($15/week), which is not too bad of a deal… if it means committed more time to squatting and getting back strength and power. But that will add into my monthly bills… and as it has been said over and over again, if I don’t start having income… I’ll have to rethink priorities.
Cooking. Yes. Have not ate out since having the house and that definitely saved me good amount of money AND learning a very important life skill. I’m sure I’ll be able to whip out something good given more time here, just have to make sure that I stay motivated throughout.
Supposed to go for Motorbike license, which is something I will check out first thing after school tomorrow. Money issues come in again. This is a big box to tick on my to-do list though…
The house isn’t much more furnished since the last time, but what’s missing is just my double bed… Couch (that needs to be picked up from Hatta’s Cousin’s house), a dining table… washing machine… definitely wanna get a good bike for the two years I’ll be here for, and make sure I use it everyday!! (fuck the pennyboard…) and then the goddamned wifi which I have to rant about!!! Bought a 3gb data plan because I was told that the wifi will supposed to arrive on the 12th (Sat) (actually it was initially supposed to arrive by the 3rd, but they pushed it back by so much)… but as usual it didn’t arrive on time and we had to call so many times and they said it will be done by the night (12th night), which obviously didn’t happen, and they give us another 24hrs, which AGAIN didn’t happen and then they promised by the end of Monday it WILL be DEFINITELY set up… by noon. And so we called again… now we have to postpone by yet another 4 days… which is honestly pissing me off like crazy. So much work can’t be done because the house doesn’t have wifi. Zzz
Despite what I’m thinking about money, and while worrying is perfectly normal, I’m starting to realize that I still got to continue doing what I love (i.e Travelling). And while working is important, I shouldn’t get too cooped up with earning money and not actually experience University life and just Melbourne life in general. I still wanna do some travelling during breaks and actually commit to some clubs in school and really meet new people in my life. Don’t wanna just follow through and graduate just like my Poly/Sec Sch days, I say I regretted not being more active but now I’m actually aware of it, so I hope I don’t commit the same mistakes. So far from the looks of it, though, it seems hard to find that special someone here… but it’s only day 24. And how do you define someone is that special someone, and how sure in your life that special someone WILL cross paths with you, or could you also possibly have already met her but don’t know it yet? #offtopic
I already started to think of some plans in the future, post-graduation. So I’ll do some travelling towards the year end (Tasmania, New Zealand, Maybe Northern Aussie/Cairns), then either head back to SG for CNY and LCG 3, then head back to Melbourne and start working full-time for 6 months and get back all the money (really want to pay all my education fees back to my Mum), then do a USA trip in summer 2017 (June-Aug) for two months with my new earned money before either heading back to SG for a quick break, and proceed to a new country to live (Bangkok is still in consideration, but I’m not quite sure now) or continue finding opportunities in Melbourne. I definitely wanna spend more than a year here without the burden of the student visa.
Gonna start coming up with a list of places I wanna visit in my breaks. So far I’ve got...
Within Victoria (state of Melbourne):
- Hanging Rock
- Grampians
- Great Ocean Road
- Wilson’s Promenade
- Philip Island
- Dandenong Ranges
- Yarra Valley
Outside Victoria:
- Sydney (For AAPES Jump Off)
- Canberra
- Brisbane (NatGat 2016)
- Adelaide (NatLaide)
- Tasmania
- New Zealand (10 - 14 days trip?)
- Cairns/Alice Springs/Uluru
And goals after Melbourne?
- Cooking skills (wanna cook a decent meal for the family once I get back home!!)
- Motorbike license
- Drive enough road trip to be comfortable driving a car
- No actual goals but decent squats and jumps for sure (gotta complete some gym programs again!!)
- Get contacts to hopefully find a job to do following graduation
- Have a good story to tell.
- That special someone…?
Oh well. I hope I’ll hit the right track soon enough!