Perth.

It's been 1.5 YEARS since I've blogged. It took me xxxxx attempts, coupled with lots of whining, to finally log into this account. Phew! Saves me the trouble of having to start a new blog.

I've since 'left' my old employer, home and country. I treasured the opportunities presented to me by the old employer but circumstances led me to leave the country. Husband calls it my overwhelming desire to slack which I beg to differ. So here I am now, in Perth, being a student once more.

The things that I've done here can be counted using the fingers of my hands. Study, cook, perform household chores, play bejeweled blitz, fetch husband, supermarket shopping, weekly outings (a grand total of 3 shopping centres) and watching Master Chef. How exciting! The fact there there's nothing much to do here makes me enjoy life. Husband says this feeling of mine won't last long. Only time will tell.

I love my current rented place and the community that I'm living in. It's only 7 minute drive to the city, 7 minute drive to school, has a direct bus to school, has 3 supermarkets and 1 vegetable/fruit market. Moreover, it's supposedly a 'hip' place to live in here in Perth. The initial days in Perth was adventurous. Picking up the keys, buying almost all the cheapest furniture from Ikea, building up the furniture ( I do not claim credit for this), cleaning up the place (Me!), stocking up the kitchen etc. The apartment really looks neat and cosy with everything up.

I did have an unwelcome visitor a couple of months later and it really freaked me out. A possum! It made a huge roar sound one night and I actually thought it crashed spectacularly into the bedroom. I lost sleep over it for the next week or so as I could hear hissing sounds in the middle of the night. It seems to have disappeared now that it's winter, or either that, I can't hear it since my windows are closed during the night. I hope it has found a nice, warm place which it can permanently call it home and just hibernate there! I did see it one night though playing on the tree. It looked like a combination of a rat and a squirrel. Welcome to Australia!

Today marks the start of the last week of school for this semester but there's still one group assignment which is due this Friday. If there is anything that hasn't changed about me, it's my disdain for assignments, especially group ones. I should thank my lucky stars that my current group consists of a bunch of nice and hardworking people, so I shouldn't be complaining much. It will be perfect if we could finish it asap!