Tuesday

Where I was brought up…

Tuning into 92.8 in the car, Five for Fighting – Superman, I come to realisation that it will soon be bidding farewell to all this. Melbourne would be where I reside in, most probably for good.

For those who don’t know, I do not plan to come back any soon, I have a return ticket scheduled on Nov 26th but I think I won’t come back. Actually it would be foolish for me to do so, Melbourne is close to Brisbane, Gold coast, Canberra, Sydney, Tasmania, Adelaide, and in fact Melbourne itself has a number of places to visit, it will be what I want to do for summer. I do realise a lot people don’t like overseas so much but for me, it is just too much for me to face, not to forget I have been here for 20 years, what’s enough is enough.

I know people have been saying Aus universities can’t hold a candle to Britain and the States. I don’t think it matters, I this Oceania is more liveable than them, my point of going is to live and experience, not just for my degree.

The thought of being in Australia started since I was ten! It takes a while to get used to life there but I’m okay. Finally I am going, albeit all the hindrances. Having said that, home being home, it is a place I would like to come back someday, just not at the moment. I’d come back when I can face things, I’d come back when my family is proud to have me.

That doesn’t, in any way, imply that I strive to be affluent, I don’t remember anyone from Australia talking about getting crazy rich, I don’t have to do that to live happily. And what’s the intrinsic value of money when it does not equate happiness. A meaningful life is what I ask for.

Of course, thanks dad, for giving me this opportunity, no matter what you are still my father. FYI, the most techno-savvy device my father deploy is a mobile, not using text message function.

I do not expect anyone to send me off at the airport but yeah, let me see you once more will you?

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Do you know how lovely you are? I’d miss you, Pontian.

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