Hi everyone,

There were so many people I wanted to write to so I
decided to write one email to everyone. I hope
everyone doesn’t mind… 

Well, how are you? This is my third day in Geelong and
these have been three tiring and exhausting days, and
yet at the same time they have been interesting
because I’ve met some interesting people…

On the day I’ve arrived I was sooooo excited that I
couldn’t stop smiling on the plane. People must have
thought that I was a little crazy coz I just kept on
smiling all the way to Geelong!!! But when I finally
arrived in Geelong, reality suddenly hit me. I was in
a place that I’ve never been to and I didn’t know
anyone… That was a hard first night. I decided to go
out to a dinner that was provided for the
international students. I thought I was going to meet
a lot of Asians and perhaps fellow Indonesians that
could make my 1st night easier. Turns out, I was the
only Asian from this year’s international batch. There
are students from India but they didn’t join the
dinner. The majority of the students were from the
States and Europe. It turns out that they’ve all just
come home from a two days trip to a beach and I was
the only one that missed it so it was pretty hard
because they knew each other and I didn’t know anyone.


Well, I was determined not to eat dinner alone so I
boldly came up to two girls and asked if I could join
them. One of them was from Sweden, Sophia, the other
was from Swiss, Ramona. We had a nice dinner and went
to get some groceries. In the end it turned out that I
had a lot in common with Ramona and we became good
friends.

After dinner I went back to the residence. I said
hello to the students sharing my accommodation (can’t
remember anyone’s name though… I’m terrible with
names). After a bit of small talk, I went to my room
and started to miss home very very very much. Everyone
was really kind and nice, but there just wasn’t anyone
I could call my friend so I suddenly missed home
terribly! Bless the people who invented the mobile
phone… I text some best friends and told them how sad
I was. One of them gave me call and I ended up crying…
I was so ashamed of myself for crying when I should be
really happy to be here. But after a short talk with
my friend and a good cry, I felt better, so it was all
worth it.

The next day was really hectic because I had to deal
with my enrolment, my bank account, my student’s card,
and etc. But two good things happened to me yesterday.
The first thing was I met two Indonesian girls who
study here and we had fun talking and laughing. The
second thing was that last night, Ramona and I got
sooooo bored we wanted to go to the city. But guess
what!!! Everything closes at 5 and the last bus to the
city is at 8!!!! I mean… We were stuck on campus with
nothing to do!!!! So we decided to walk. It was so
silly of us… If you’ve never been here, let me tell
you what it’s like… It’s IN THE MIDDLE OF NO
WHERE!!!!! There’s only fields surrounding you and
there’s no way to go to the city without a car at
night… It’s totally depressing… hahaha… well, anyways,
Ramona and I had to walk 45 minutes till we got to the
nearest place to eat… what else but Mc Donald’s… where
ever you are on this planet, be sure that you will
find a 24 hour Mc Donald’s there to entertain you…
Well it was better than this crappy microwave dinner
that I had earlier so we just stopped by and had
something to eat… That’s the kind of adventure that
Waurn Ponds has for you… Well, anyways, Ramona and I
had a good laugh on how pathetic we were to have to
walk 45 minutes to get to a Mc Donald’s… We felt like
two people lost in a desert looking for water!

Anyways, I’ve written such a long email I’m surprised
if anyone of you are still reading until now… So, hope
you are all healthy and have a great time where ever
you are… I’m looking forward to house hunting on
Monday and once I’m settled down, hope to get more
action in my life (whatever that means)… 

Miss everyone dreadfully

Yours Truly

Dhika


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