In a bad mood

   Today, it was a hard time for me.

Situation: Today, after one day off I finally had the chance to work. Pub General is the first place we cleaned in the morning. After finishing cleaning job, my boss started to examined what we cleaned. He found out some tasks I did were not perfect, including vaccum the second level of the building carefully. And the following time at the same day, I was assigned to two appartments in Mt. Hotham. Due to the situation I had had in the morning, I spared no efforts on the task. To much my horror(can't find better word to describe), when I finished the job and hopped on the car, my boss told me, seriously that I left some areas to be desired such as dish washing machine in the kitchen. Even though the kitchen was examined many times by me and my colleague, I didn't notice the dish washing machine in the kitchen, my colleague as well.


   To be honest, I didn't like the feeling that my boss suspected my attitude and ability, which really made me upset. However, life is full of twists, so I would like to consider it as one of twists in my life. 

   From this situation I had today, I should improve my attitude and self-discipline in order to seek for high achievement in this job and trust from my boss. That is only what I can do and I suppose to at this moment.   

A quiet night

   Tonight has been a quiet night since I arrive in Dinner Plain.

   Few hours ago, I just came back from another house with Candy. One of our colleagues is going back to Taiwan for her personal reason, therefore we, including her roommates, held a simple farewell party for her with delicious dishes and drinks. After finishing the dishes. we had a so called deep talk. No matter what her final decision is, she will have no regret for her decision. And this is quite important, in my opinion.

   To be honest, I have a hard time that I don't know the exact reason of what I feel currently after some experiences, making me uncomfortable instead. Interactions with others, for example my roommate or colleagues, not only inspire me but give me shots. It is like you find all what they talk and behave are like bull-shit after they interact with you. All in all the feeling really sucks.....

   After returning home and the shower, I got calm down with a cup of black tea. Even though I needed to get up at 4 am and start to work at 5:30 tomorrow, this silent night was such a good moment to reflect for myself. 


Kent 

Two months in Australia!

   In order to celebrate my second month in Australia, I list down 2 months schedule of living Australia. I Hope my following life in Australia could be intriguing as expected.  

June 13th, 2011 - 2nd months in Australia.

June 1th, 2011 - Move to Dinner Plain, Victoria, Australia. As planned, Candy and I moved to Dinner Plain, a town near Mt. Hotham which is known as one of renowned snowing mountains of Australia.

May 28th, 2011 - Departure from Perth to Melbourne. The original plan was taking the flight to Melbourne on May 27th. Due to the operational reasons from Tiger airways, we were forced to change our plan. 

May 13th, 2011- 1st month in Australia

April 13th, 2011- Arrive Perth, Australia

April 13th, 2011- Departure from Singapore to Perth, Australia. From this moment, life was different from the one in Taiwan.

April 13th, 2011- Arrive at Singapore. With some hours on the flight of Tiger airways, I successfully arrive Singapore, making us exhausting. Few hours in Singapore, especially in  Sentosa impressed me a lot. 

April 12th, 2011 - Departure Taiwan to Singapore. I said goodbye to my family and friends in Taiwan and land off to my adventure with a tone of wishes. 

As a housekeeper

   After a month long time on waiting, I finally arrived in Mt. Hotham for a brand new life. Tomorrow,  I am going to start my work after two day training, making me so excited and nervous. 

   You may not believe now I work as a housekeeper in Mt Hotham in Victoria, Australia. All i need to do are cleaning the property of hotel and lodge here, including mopping and vacuuming. Compared to the previous job here in Australia, this is absolutely not complicated. 

   Yet it is nearly 0 degree at the outside, it doesn't start to snow. Maybe in few days it will snow soon. For me, snowing is really exotic due to the reason in Taiwan it doesn't snow often. And snowing makes me like staying in a fairy tale story, which will be unforgettable experience in my life.

Kent

A Visit to Curtin University!

   After a few calls to the vice president in AIESEC Curtin, I finally had a casual meeting in Curtin University with Jenish.  The reasons that I regarded it as a causal meeting were that the meeting was held at a restaurant in campus and few people attended(I didn't know how many member they have in LC) including president and two vice presidents, which was absolutely different from what we regard meeting in Taiwan.

-In an expectation to have a cultral interaction, I spared no effort to share what with them and made good use of every chance of chatting with them. 

  In the meeting, they asked me why I was here and the current situation of AIESEC Taiwan(yeah, they are typical questions). Everyone was surprised that I am NOT taking AIESEC internship but working holiday visa. They are absolutely different. One is for developing your leadership potential but another is for earning money. One thing in common is that they provide chances to experiencing your life(don't you think so?).

 This has been my first time to walk such a long distance since I arrived in Australia, which took me more than one hour on waling. Basically, I just want to save money and do exercise sometimes.

The forum in the campus

The forum is like a place where we play golf.

One red tree on my way to Curtin university

Kent

To Live my own life

I am not perfect.

   I am not perfect and ordinary, as you may know. Since my childhood, I have noticed that I was different from other kids from my grandmother, and those around me. While running on farms, I could not run properly as I wanted. My grandmother always complained the status of my feet in front of my relatives and families on particular occasions. Compared to other children with the same age, I was afraid of running on the playground of school. One day, i still remember till now, prior to the contest of 100 meter, I was madly lying and, simultaneously, crying on my bed for my situation. And these made me realized that I was different.

 

   Before going to see the doctor while I was a sophomore,  I deeply thought was likely to be healed and able to run like a normal people after some therapies. But I was totally wrong. In fact, I was diagnosed with a chronic disease called CMT(Charcot-Marie-Tooth).  And, instead of being healed, this goes along with me all my life. After explanation of the doctor, I realized that i was inherited from my mother and my son/daughter(if i have in the future)possibly will get this disease. 

   To be frank, despite of delimma and situations I have experience in my past more than twenty years, as a child, I don't blame my parents for making their kid so different at all. Instead I feel sorry for them. Due to me and the situation that I have, they might experience a tough life.

   I, now, choose to accept myself bravely. No matter my life will be, this is my own life and a life I live with my foot by myself. I am not perfect, therefore I have an unique life.

Half day in Fremantle!

Perth Train station

   Today, we went to Fremantle for buying some vegetables. Fremantle is such a historical city to explore and an important port city for Western Australia. It is located at southwest of Perth, the capital of western Australia. Although we spent few hours there, we went to a fabulous place to see beach by taking orange cat bus. One of ways to get there is taking the train from Perth on Fremantle line.

   Before going to the round house, our first destination was the conventional market in Fremantle(at orange cat bus 11th stop). From any corner of the market, we easily get to know the history and importance of the market.

the beauty of Fremantle

  The round house is located besides the beach. On the edge of the place, we could easily find the beauty of nature and of Fremantle.It seems that we could experience the development of the port city. To be frank, I really like the city not only because its natural scenes but its culture, which impress me much.