Brissy...

It’ been a few days (now 2 weeks! I wrote this earlier n just posted it) since I’ve been here…Brisbane. I must say it’s a nice, quiet place but dead at first impression. It’s only until I went to the city at night that it was kinda lively. It’s too early to say much about Brisbane since there are just more to be explored. The first few days we stayed at the Blue house and some of the guys then stayed at Hao’s. It took us a few days to actually find the right home. It was tough even though we came early but luckily the 4 of us guys found a house with a close distance benefit to the uni. Just walk 3 minutes and u’re there. The house we lived in was previously rented by bruneian tenants for a number of years..So it was ok.. I haven’t been online since I moved in here coz there’s no broadband. Now we were thinking of getting one really really soon…There’s tight spending here…I mean I can feel it…The prices of things here are quite pricey..Moreover when you come to think of converting it to B$ and the rent for the next 2 weeks. So life as it has been, has changed. Culture shocks? Not yet…I mean mayb no. Hmm…about the weather.. It’s overall mild cold. I can’t really give a true description since the weather here fluctuates. It can be sunny hot but then the wind can be real real chilly. The coldest is especially at the rivers where we went on a public ferry transport called the ‘citycat’ plus the night time…Too bad no heaters to warm us up in the house. But ofcoz there’s water heater. If that wasn’t included no way we’re gonna stay here if the owner refuses to install one. On Sunday (10/7) Azim n I stayed home, to limit our spending for transport..so we spend the day by cleaning up. Washed our clothes, cleaned our rooms..but that was all done in a short time. The house is clean! There’s nothing else to do..So we ‘jalan kaki’ for about 40 minutes to Taringa where the girls lived temporarily…Oh yea, we also went to watch Fantastic 4 at South Bank..Fortunately we made our student cards, everything pricey seemed to go down by half even the movies but then the price of tickets is still 5.70. Think of dat? Ok..from now on no movies…haha yea ryt. Emotions? Hmm..I’m feeling ok but there are occasional downs- probably thinking of home, sometimes I feel alone even tho I’m not. Limited stuff to spend n do..Now I come to think dat everything is turning into a routine. Let’s just hope I can adapt to this new lifestyle. 25th is the start of semester..at least there’s something to do…STUDY! Haha…We should be enjoying dis…Work hard but play hard… Hm…It’s late now I should be getting some sleep…Chao