I am savouring the feeling in my blog, afraid that the thing I will forget the feelings I felt for the first time in my new life here in Australia. Well, there are not big things I am mentioning about. It is as small as riding the bus oneself to going to the university alone. navigating this big place on my own and coping up with the change in feelings.
Well, after I came from Nepal, where riding vehicle was just as easy as showing hands and waiting for the bus to push immediate break abruptly, wherever I wanted, whenever I wanted, Melbourne asked me to be more systematic on this part. So, there is a card which we tap on the bus to get on and off and the app shows us where the bus will arrive, when the bus will arrive, the bus number, how pack it is, how hot or cold is inside there, how many minutes will I have to wait and literally everything. Well, the first time I rode the bus with my husband and it was a little scary, but when the time came and I had to go to the university alone, I was too afraid and conscious. I was just staring at my Google map and PVT app continuously so that I won’t miss the station. After a few travel I noticed that passengers actually press a red button on the bus to make the bus stop at their station of interest. Lol, all this time I had been lucky that the bus was stopping at my required station. The fare here is expensive if I convert the money to NRS. Each time I travel, it reduces as much as 5.3 dollars which is equivalent to almost 500 NRS. Other than that, I was actually impressed by how systematic things were made and how little things can actually make difference in our life. I could plan my travel ahead, when to depart from home and many more.
We kept visiting new people here and there, someone inviting for dinner and some for lunch. What made me feel thoughtful is human beings are social animals and we actually need our community to make our lives better. Later in the future we need to definitely keep this thing in mind before settling down.
Australian is currently too saturated and it is very hard to find a job. Here I am not talking about “decent job”, but just “job”. It is almost impossible for an international student to work in a company since the JD pre mentions “Australian citizen” or “New Zealand citizen” as their compulsory criteria in most of the jobs. Feels like it would have been better if things were a bit easier. But we definitely knew things wouldn’t be easier in foreign land, right?
Buying anything, eating anything outside and spending even a penny feels like sin, lol. I immediately start converting the dollars in Rupees and it takes my breath away to spend any money on anything. May be that will be over once I start earning myself.
Other than that, the wish of “being settled” one day is feels like the final destination. Idk when will I have a proper job, a proper home, PR and stuffs. Made few Nepali friends at college who make my life a bit easier. Having to start everything from zero, it feels like we should have come here earlier, but hopefully it’s never too late to start over again.