Time to go...

This is going to be my last post in Melbourne this year. I’m taking a 5pm flight out of here later in the day. Well, almost everything has been packed, just some last minute stuff to throw into the luggage and I’m all set. Booked the shuttle bus to come at 12.30pm.

Oh well, it has been a rather interesting year. Many ups, as well as many downs. Maybe there were more downs than ups. Well, it certainly didn’t end as I expected but I guess sometimes it’s best to let nature run its course. If things work out – great. If they don’t, the world still goes on. One thing I’d learn – don’t force the issue. When it’s time to let go, just let go.

Do I always have to make people understand me? Actually, I am a very simple guy. Right now, I go to uni. After uni, I come home and turn on my computer. If I see anyone I’ll usually chat to, I’d probably chat to them. In the meantime, I’ll fire up Football Manager and continue my virtual management career. Sometimes I have work to do, so I turn on my music and do my tutorials, assignments or reports, whatever they might be. In the evening, after dinner I relax in front of the television. I am a person of routine. Why am I a person of routine? Because it works for me. I like to know what I am going to do well in advance so that I can plan exactly how I will tackle it. Sure, sometimes things just prop up. I am able to adapt, well most of the time. I am still human.

I admit, sometimes I appear emotionless. I am cold and seemingly uncaring. Just because I don’t say or my actions don’t appear like I care, in actual fact I do and I am constantly thinking about certain things. I guess this is the part where my family fully understands how I work. Although I don’t display any emotions at home, my parents and my sister knows that I do care and love them. Maybe it’s because they are my family, anyone can assume it’s unconditional that I love them. But I treat all my friends as my family. In essence, I treat everyone I know the same. Why should I treat someone differently because I know them a day or 10 years? Why should I treat them differently because they might just be a casual acquaintance and not someone very close to my heart? Ok, maybe if I just bumped into someone new, I’d probably not lend him/her $100 because they “really need it”. Right now, I’m living off my parents and have no income of my own. As I mentioned earlier, every evening I watch television. Why do I watch so much television? Because it’s the cheapest form of entertainment. I no longer have the income I had when I was in the Airforce. I stay at home all the time because why would I want to go out and waste money when I can stay at home and save money? This money ain’t mine anyway. I don’t call home, because it’s expensive. My parents understand that and so we talk over MSN via webchat. When you are put in a situation, you make the best out of it. If there wasn’t such a thing called the Internet, I’d probably not come overseas. Now I’m able to hear my parents’ voices and see them as well. Much better than simply hearing their voices over the phone I presume? Not to some people. Maybe it is time to embrace the wonders of technology. In this time and age, we do not have to hide behind the cover of the telephone anymore. We can actually see the people we care and love almost anywhere in the world. Of course it's different from speaking on the telephone, it's much better.

Next post…..

In sunny Singapore…. (I’m going to dehydrate)