Life in the fast lane

Three months ago, I arrived in Cairns and, I was so ambivalent over this new chapter of my life: A part of me felt that I will never survive basically because English is not my first language, I am away from my family and, any other hang ups that I could think about. But I pushed through it because, I wanted to know how far I could go. I wanted tell myself that I failed indeed not because I gave up the first time but I tried but failed.






This is the story of my life here in Australia as I study and experience life in Australia. It was fun. It was exciting but it was difficult at times.








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