A Month

And so.. I'm back here for a month now. It feels longer though.

A month into the new semester and well.. Mid-semester/Easter break starts tomorrow! My break started two days ago since I've been missing lectures. Hehh. Told my mum that I've been skipping lectures for some time now, I thought she was going to start nagging me about my studies and all, but instead, she said "I trust you, you know what's best". At that moment, I miss her so so much!

I miss the people back at home. When I was home, nothing's happening. Its like life stopped right at that moment. But now that I'm here, there's so much happening, my sister finally going to college, one of the best friend's birthday (unavoidable but still! I MISSED IT! *sadface*), friends hanging out, going back to KH together. Ohgawd, I miss everything! Even the freaking hot weather! (Because its hotter here - for now. Lol)

I have so so so many unfixed cravings until the point it's pretty nerve-wreaking. I miss all those Malaysian Cuisines, Jap food (sushi!), BR ice cream and even all those pastries! Melbourne is 3 hours faster than Malaysia at the moment, so when its almost time for me to go to bed, everyone would have just finished their awesome dinner and start posting pictures on Instagram. Yes, I play with my phone until the very last minute before I sleep, and so I will definitely see those pictures, and start drooling like a dog. The torture! But still, I guess its good to at least see some restaurant food compared to the homecooked food I eat everyday. Haha. Eating out is something really big here.

Okay, now, what struck me the most in the past one month, I guess this'll be a little long. In one month, I was given so much to ponder. First thing - About two weeks ago, a man was found dead on a side lorong right next to the row of houses where we lived in. Murdered or collapsed from illness, we don't know. But this incident haunted us for some time. Another one - Today, the wind was blowing, so strongly, I can feel my table shaking, but I thought I was exaggerating it. Until, I saw this article - Link Here. The strong wind made a brick-wall collapsed and killed two people and injured a third person. This happened in the city, that street, that brick wall, I used to take that route about once a month last year. Third - We're international students.

What I want to say is that, I don't know, all these events, it's all... unexpected. I locked myself at home for a few days after the first incident, the three of us walked to uni together and even came back together. Now, whenever I have to leave the house alone, my senses are really working at their best. Then, the second incident, who would have thought that wind like that could cause a BRICK wall to collapse?! I'd never see it coming. My sincere condolences to the family of the victims.The family of the victims have yet to be contacted, according to the article, why? Maybe because they are international students? Third thing - I'm an international student too. The other day, a friend mentioned something that left me in my thoughts for a while. “一个人来到这里，一个人住，一个人出入，一个人死在街头也没人知道”  What do you think? Just like the two people, they so happened to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time. For international students, nobody knows you, nobody knows what happened, not even your family. I guess, things happen, just like that. 

Counting my blessings. Being thankful that I'm still alive, thankful that I'm still breathing. I guess that's why I am here in Melbourne, to learn to be more independent and to learn to stay safe.

Its Good Friday tomorrow.

Have a great Easter weekend :)

Enjoy the chocolate eggs!