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Here are some pictures taken at the Darling Harbour and the famous Opera House

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Sydney Life

"Hey, how are you doing?" I think this sentence I often heard here.People here start a conversation by asking that.Well,This is my 5th day here leaving everything behind and starts a new life here, everything from the people around,my room, friends is really new for me. Luckily, coincidentally I met gavin, my senior in my previous school. He is currently my housemate before I'm turning 18 next February, kinda weird huh.He has been here for 6 months and I never thought of sharing a house with my schoolmate.Once, the house mom mentioned his name, It did. It freaked me off really.What I know is, I will stay in a same area with him not a house, Botany because I had a chat with him few days before my arrival.Frankly, at least I got someone to teach me everything.He helps me a lot since I arrived here, he taught me how to get a bus from this area to another and how to deal with people here.I have a week off before attending the orientation on the 11.This is something really new for me, but I'm quite getting used to it and no more getting lost in this massive city

On my second day here, I decided to take a walk and went to a mall near my place to settle the bank, phone card and everything. Here, It is quite take a while to get a phone card. In my place before, It is so easy to get a phone card unlike here. There are hundreds of rules that we need to get onto.I knew which bus I should take, but the problem was, I don't know where should I stop...I went into the last stop in sydney which is Circular Qy,It's the place where the famous Opera House and Harbour Bridge are.I was so confused, because I got nowhere to go.Actually, I wanted to go to my college but I missed the bus stop. I tried to walk and followed where the crowd go.I walked for an hour and I got to a bus which I myself didn't know where will the bus going.I've got lost for several times, but thank God, I could reach home at last.The good thing is I bought a bus card which enables me to go everywhere,even travel the whole sydney is still okay with that card as long as it is not beyond the expiration date.

I've gone to many places and I hope I can go to Bondi or Congee Beach before Gavin and the others leaving for 3 months vacation to Medan.I'll be alone here, I wish him too enjoy his vacation before his university life starts on February.I hope the orientation is gonna be lot of fun and get new friends as well. I'm looking forward to it.

Enjoy and Have a nice weekend

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Last Dinner in Medan

Last saturday was my last day in my hometown. I booked my ticket on the 3rd of October. Good things always end, This is the first time for me to study abroad and It is my first time going to this country, Australia. It was a bit nervous to know that I'll be living with people there whom I'm blank about them. I have just adjust with life there, their English and everything.

Mom and Dad invited their closest friend to the dinner or I should say a farewell dinner.Farewell is the most unwanted things to happen neither I do.But what I can is this is life. We have to give something then we will get something in return. I'm grateful that I have the chance to study abroad and to have get better education.This what I'm working on for these few years, I feel like a much better person now compared to what I was few years ago. A big thanks to my parents who give me that chance. It's my time not to disappoint my hard work. The biggest pride that parents have is when they attend their children graduation day.