Learn on each new day..

As groCery ShopPing beCAme easIer, I beGan To expLore Many New IdeaS For LuNcH aNd DinneR. And aFtEr thorougly looking through the oriental supermarket, I realised that Perth sells a lot Of AsiAn FooD WhiCH SpoRE doesnt sell. For eg, there's a pic of 8 diff types of Korean instant noodles which I've never tried before. Some might be seen in spore, but some I'm pretty sure that spore doesnt have them. I bought all 8 flavours to try. There's bibimen, which is the noodles version of bibimbap. There's also a korean horfun noodle soup, etc, etc. I havent opened any yet, but if I've tried them, i'll let you know how it tastes. Not only for instant noodles; there are also many diff drinks which I've found in the oriental supermarket that I've not found in spore. Like milk tea sold in a packet. Apparently, its from china/taiwan whose products have not been sold in spore. Some of them tastes pretty nice, I must admit.

I feel pretty lucky in a way to try things that I've never done in spore. Hmm.. come to think of it, coming here is a whole new exp. Meeting ppl out of my comfort zone, making friends with them, and not to say maintaining the friendship which can be pretty hard. All of us have to comprise on a comfort level. It involves sacrifise at times. For me, things change each semester, which spans for a short period of 4 months? And then after that, things change again... When things get for the better, I thank God for it... but when things take for the worst, I grumble... It can get to a point where I find it pretty hard to adapt. But I've learnt one thing: Life goes on... Deal with it, move on and accept the changes or die in the situation and feel miserable. I chose the latter for a pretty long period of time, but now i guess I'm pretty much practising the former.

Like how my life has been since I've been back to Perth. I made a promise to myself to keep myself busy at all times. Definitely my priorities will still be studying and aiming for graduation, but to also learn things each new day. Being part of ISS has definitely opened up my mind. Its like a whole new political world out there. But I love the part whereby I can learn and improve skills. Such as learning to plan an event. Posters, e-mail, dealing with unreasonable ppl, delegating tasks etc which I've never done before. Mum's impressed; she told my sis its a good thing I joined. She's been encouraging me to do this for the past 2 years. I just sat there and did nothing. Wasting and weening my time away... actually sulking my life away, when I could have done much much more... and work. Working at Kumon; its such a joy, seeing the kids at tution; them asking you qns, talking like innocent babies... they bring so much joy for that 3 hours... but the marking papers part can get quite boring... and subi oval; getting to integrate into the aussie culture... just by interaction with my colleagues, knowing how they communicate with each other, how they think... and also dealing with customers... I've learnt a great deal...

Of all, the most impt step of my life is to walk further into my faith. With years of "hardship" ( what I define it or call it.. Its a thing where nobody can understand best except yourself because u've been through it), I learnt that God never fails. Through God's people, his brothers and sisters, there is caring, sharing, love, and yes, unconditional love from Jesus. He'll be there to hold your hand. I always thought I could deal with things myself. But it comes to a point where you surrender and say" I cant do this anymore... " You try to look for someone, for a hand to hold, for a shoulder to cry on, for someone to listen. You look to your left, your right... you try to find that "someone"... but that someone is not there... Only God will be there unconditionally. And that's why I want to take a further step into faith. To have a stronger relationship with him.

And yes, hip-hop. I love every minute of my hip-hop lesson. I just love it. One hour of exercising and enjoying it! (beats going to the gym)

With all of these that I enjoy, I thank Mum. Mum gave me a gift that made all the above possible. Two things I've always known but have been dening it all along:

1) My mum is always right about me

2) My mum loves me always

3) Mum trys to improve my life in any way she can

And to that, I have to say a big thank you. (Hugs from me)

And so, from now on, I'll strive to learn every new thing. To grow, to be a better person, and to deal with things/ppl whatever better... Pray that life's fulfilment will grow each day =)