It's about almost two months since I left the nest and venture in the great and scary unknown. Equipped with my tiny laptop, a massive backpack and suitcase and virtually no plan, I went to tempt lady luck and moved to Australia. A few weeks down the line, I'm blogging (could have been doing it on my work macbook) in a huge house, with amazing flat mates, working with great people. It all sounds nice and dandy, but this is the first time in my life that I have lived on my own, and it's been a big eye opener on how spoiled I was back home.
The first biggest hurdle was food. I love food, and I hate eating frozen/instant/microwavable food (I do have my weakness for microwavable burritos and frozen pizza though!). However, there are days that after a long day of work, all I feel like doing is sit on the couch (or this great beanie bag we have in our flat) and drink a nice glass of wine (or beer). Before I would come home, and dinner would be served on the table, all I had to do is sit down, open my mouth and chew. I also have a lack of inspiration in terms of variety. I have so much to learn (my mom is a great cook who knows how to cook virtually anything).
Grocery shopping is another challenge I'm trying to master. The fact that I don't have a car makes things harder since I have to carry everything, but I realized how expensive (and difficult) it is to buy food for just ONE person. I can't buy too many because food has an annoying ability to go bad. I can't buy premium ingredients because it's expensive (so far, generic brand taste not too bad).
But the biggest and hardest hurdle that I have yet to overcome is technology, mostly the WORLD WIDE WEB. I used to go home, and download my tv shows (heaps and heaps of it) and watch them after dinner, not having to worry about how long it will take (20 minutes tops for a 45 minutes show) or how many I can download. I can just click, wait and watch. As simple as that. Over here, I don't have a broadband connection. I'm surviving on a prepaid (and incredibly slow) internet, with a limit. No TV shows, limited youtube streaming (and not to mention an attrociously slow speed). I admit that I'm addicted to the Internet, I'm still trying to find a way to get over this one.
Who said moving out is a fun and amazing experience, then again, if it was easy, I wouldn't be enjoying it ;)
