It has been a year since we moved to this part of the world… I still remember our 1st day , once we’ve landed at Tullamarine Airport, hearts thumping away…feeling excited and horrified at the same time…Shamim and her husband fetched us from the Airport..Headed back home and was showed our room…and my big box of DHL shipment sent from KUL was already there…had our lunch and went straight to our room to unpack our luggage and took a short nap… I still remember ,while unpacking our luggage, hubby told me not too unpack everything, only take out the clothes we need for interviews and a few casual ones.. and to officiate our 1st day at Melbourne, we headed to Crown Casino on the 1st night.
Then the following day, we started with our plans .. we managed to open bank account, visit few recruitment agencies, open income tax file and a few other things within the 1st week..thats how desperate we were to start off …
Got myself admitted at Sandringham Hosp for a boil I had on my right arm elbow and went for a small surgery sometime in Feb end… I was admitted in Hosp for the 1st time in my life ppl…of all the time, this happened once we came here..Thank god it was all free (we got our Medicare card a week b4 that)…hehe
Hubby started his job in March at Rinnai and I took some rest that month… after 2 weeks working, hubby decided to get a 2nd hand car…he got himself a 13 years old Ford Festiva…did my job search a lil slow…before the Easter break,I got a positive feedback from one of job interviews…and started working for KPMG right after the Easter break..
We visited another family (Hubby’s fren) to celebrate Easter with them, stayed over at their place and went to church the next morning… it was my 1st Easter celebration..
Oh yeah, we went for camping during the Easter break to Portarlington.. set up our own tent, did some BBQ and played board games in the tent and finishing the night with horror stories…
After the Easter Break, I had to attend a training at Sydney while hubby was bz with the furniture purchases for our new rented unit…yeah we moved out to a rented unit on the 11th of April..and 2 bedroom unit..just nice and cosy for the both of us..
Then life moved on.. we got outselves bz with work during weekdays, bz with house chores towards the weekend..marketing, laundry, cooking and cleaning the hse…then when we are free, we would go to places to take photos…
Everymonth, we would have something to buy for the house…slowly we purchased vacuum cleaner, then coffee tables, computer tables, side table for the kitchen…by August, once we got our 1st tax return, we purchased more things like the TV set, extra mattress for the guest room, bed for us, washing machine, dining table chairs (there was the table only before that) ..
Not forgetting, our new car purchase sometime in July.. we bought a Honda Civic LE 1.8 .. and took it to the Basin Vinagayar temple for blessing…went to Ballarat for a drive right after 1st service was done…
In Oct, the entire family visited us for Deepavali celebration…we were bz with the cooking and also touring around…was a packed 2 weeks of family and joy…
Presh started his new job in Oct…he joined the Holden – General Motors … we were all happy and grateful for all the good things happened within this few months.. We went for a long holiday to KL in Dec to celebrate the New Years with family…
And now we are back to our normal Melbournian life, we are indeed very grateful to the Almighty to show us the right path…Its been a year…J
