Bad Habits Die Hard

So anyway, its 12.36am, i gotta wake up at 7.30 in the morn tomorrow, haven't been sleeping well the past few days and can't sleep now for the very same reason and i guess the most reasonable thing to do is . . .blog. Which i haven't done for quite a while. Anyway yeah. I just felt like it and so here i am again.

Well i've gotten back to studying stuff now after my 1 year break from all things academic and am smack right in the middle of this whole Foundation Course thing in UNSW and i have to say, there are a few things that happened to me while i was studying overseas in a new environment that i would kindly share with you . . .

1) Forget about the new environment, its bollocks. After about maybe what .. . 3 days in a new place you will most DEFINATELY find a group of friends who are in the same position as you to hang out with and hang out with em which pretty much eliminates the whole lonely-boy-in-a-strange-new-environment thing. .. . .well thats what happened to me anyway.

2) You will miss home. True you might be comfortable where you are but honestly, nothing beats the place you've been warming your sorry arse for the past 18 years, and you inevitably start thinking back on all those good times at home and the places and parts of town you frequent(or used to anyway)

3) You will miss your parents. Yeah its true. I mean i see hints of it in some of my friends like always being on the phone with their parents during lunchtime(internet calls via skype or someshit of course) or talking fondly about mum's stupendouslyawesome cooking. So yeah, its in these times that you'll just realise how much you miss those moments about them like my mum sitting on the rocking chair with her glasses worn low on her nose with the light of day coming from the window behind her, or my dad surfing the net with both legs up on one side of the table and a glass of whiskey on the rocks on the other side (singing weird russian folklore music optional)

4) You will use your native language more than English regardless if you spoke pretty much English for the whole of your life. This of course only applies when you have other countrymen of yours to speak the language to. I guess its just something about talking behind someone's back in front of them or just doing something thats not of the norm.

5) People from China are everywhere. Nuff said.

6) You're eyes would be held fast and ripped open to all the itty bitty flaws of the education system of your motherland( i don't know why, but when a person from China says this word it just reminds me of the Soviet Union, and i don't mean Russia or something but the actual Communist faction which was the Soviet Union). And i have to admit it is quite depressing to find out that you've been gaining knowledge from a SERIOUSLY flawed education system for all your life.

7) You'll miss the food of your country. This was the very first thing to hit me i would have to say, but i don't think it hit me THAT hard. Maybe cause besides the fact that i do miss the good old Char Kuey Teow from down the street or Pork Soup Noodles opposite Kayu or the Wan Than Mee from Chulia Street, i am rather enjoying the local/international cuisine here in Sydney which i have to say. . . is pretty damn good.

8) You'll meet new people and if you come to UNSW foundation year, most of them will be China-nese. Which is not really a very bad thing i have to say. I mean they do have their quirks and their poor english language skills but they make up in it with almost monumental-like hard work and some bad-ass mathematics skillz. Well most of them anyway.

9) Indonesian girls are H-H-H-H-H-AAWWWWT !!! And they're real nice too. Well actually, indonesians in general are a pretty nice bunch. They're always real cool and relaxed kinda and always joking around and stuff. So yeah its pretty easy to get along with them and get along with em i do.

10) Jokes and a hearty laugh transcend everything. Or, you could say, if you're not an absolute asshole and don't mind being a fool one in a while then there's no place in the world that would be alien to you. I guess its just about putting yourself out there through the proper mediums is one of the easiest ways to learn new things and have a good time at it.

Well i guess thats all i'll write for now. I guess i'll try to get some sleep now. And trust me on this, i will be back. . . soon. :D