Final Stretch, Final Nightmare...

Back to Melbourne on a cold Tuesday morning. 12˚ Celsius. What is even more difficult to bear is to leave my family and darling back home. I'm not someone who is easily homesick. But the life in Melbourne is not my kind of life. And having to leave my mum alone back home, makes me worried. My dad works on a shift basis. My younger sister is constantly working overtime. My youngest sister is constantly flying to Malaysia for work. My mum is all alone at home, having to care for Reanne and also to maintain the house. It must be tough on her. Hope I can spend more time with my mum when I'm back.

Another worry is my darling. I know it's not easy for her to accept this relationship. Having to be without her boyfriend for 2 years is definitely tough on her. Moreover, we started our relationship about 2 months before I depart for Melbourne in 2009, so I really appreciate her for everything she's done for me. When I am finally done with my studies and back in Singapore for good, I will definitely make it up to her! So my darling, wait for me!

Right now, I'm bunking in at Nicholas' place since he is back in Singapore until late March. So ZQ, Yiu Yiu and I are sharing his room for the period. Hopefully we can secure the available unit at Villiers Street, which is just a few units away from Nicholas. This way, we can move our things more easily. Still suffering from a lack of sleep. This morning, hitched a ride from Zi Xin's boyfriend to Bio21 to take the key from Yiu Yiu. I went back to leave my luggage at Nicholas' place before heading back to Bio21 to meet up with Dr Danny Hatters. And so, I began a day of being in a lab and also settling my enrollment application at Unimelb. Long day... Hopefully tomorrow will be better...

Reality has come to a halt. Nightmare resumes...

Time really does fly when you are enjoying yourself. Contrary to people waking up from a nightmare, I am walking into a nightmare. Back on 8 December 2009. Now going back to the dreadful place on 22 February 2010. Two and a half months passed by in a flash. Hope that my 10 months in Melbourne will pass by equally fast.

Came back and celebrated our 1st anniversary together. Since both of us are camera-loving people, it is natural I got my darling a Diana F+ (Moma) Edition camera. Nothing fanciful, just meet up, give my darling her present and off to Marché for diner. Simple and yet lovely day!

Celebrated 2009 Christmas with best friends over at my place for steamboat and gift exchange. Really hope we can continue our friendship. In the future, when we are all married, I hope we can visit one another's home for such gatherings. Also went for a gift exchange with Melissa and Baoling at Vivocity for diner.

Went for new year countdown with my darling and her buddies (Lishan and Yushan) as well as my buddies (CCL and his girlfriend and Bai Wei). The countdown party wasn't very impressive, but I guess this can't be helped since we did not pay for anything. Hahaha~

Went for crabs and also KTV with the Melbourne gang. Also celebrated Lisa's birthday at The Pump Room. Sorry that I didn't have much time with all of them due to many gatherings on my side as well as preparation for Chinese New Year. But I guess we will have our fun in Melbourne again!

Chinese New Year was a busy period, visiting relatives and eating goodies! Had fun with my cousins playing mahjong. I guess I have been going on a winning streak because Swee Yee is with me this time round. On the day when she wasn't with me, I lost $25. So I guess she's really my lucky star!

Again, nothing fanciful about our belated Valentine's Day. Just flowers and diner. Made a photo book for my darling and I hope she likes it. No doubt the present is inexpensive, but I think the hours spent and the love injected into the gift make it priceless.