I am writing this from my new room, in a new place and in a new country..
We arrived on 9 August 2014. And what could I possibly say about the journey so far?..
Well, it has been filled with God's blessing, that is for sure.
When we first arrived, we stayed with my friend's nephew for 2 nights. He picked us up from the airport and brought us to his house. He is such a wonderful and kind young man. Of course I would not want to impose and overstay our welcome, so since last June, I have registered with Flatmates.com and gathered a list of possible shared accommodation.
We arrived on Saturday, got in touch with a potential landlady who contacted me via Flatmates.com and viewed the room on Sunday. And by Monday, we signed the tenancy agreement.
We have been so blessed that the landlady and her young family are so nice. Of course it is an added bonus that they too are from the same state that we are from. But it is another bonus that we have such a nice landlady who would offer to send us anywhere we need to go, when she is free.
She even taught us how to public transport system works and the whole nine yards. Her husband even brought us to the casino during his off day. Not so much for gambling as he was clearly as clueless as we were on the slot machine, but more for the wonderful eat- all- you- can buffet. (We bonded over our love for good food)
I must share of another wonderful soul, who offered to bring us around to register for our Medicare and register for our driving licence process. We only knew him through my husband's brother in law.
If it was not for him, we would be clueless how to go about registering for our Medicare and driver license process. To think he is a retired MD of a huge company back home.
If we are back home, such high ranking person would not give you ; a total stranger to them, any time of the day. And for that reason, we are so grateful to him and could not thank him enough.
The update for today, was that we both have sat for our driving theory test and passed with flying colours. So now we have our Interim Learner's Permit to drive. [Yay!!]
We also went to the city after the test to register our arrival as required under the state-sponsorship visa. So it was a good day..
Now we are looking forward to go for our driving tutorial with the local instructor. But at least we have finally gotten our Learner's Permit. That is wonderful.. So much better than having public transport as the only option to move around.
I tell ya, we both have not walked so much as we had for the last 2 weeks. We even both walked 2.2km (each way!!) to the nearest Woolworth and Coles, just because we are that bored being cooped up in the house. For a couch potato like I am, that is a biggy!
But I should say we both enjoyed the walk very much as it is now late winter. The weather is nice to walk in.
As for the job hunting, yeah it we have started applying. I have faith that an opening will happen when He says it is time. Like they say, 'Faith in God includes faith in His timing'.
Well so that is my update for Day 17 from the new country.
Until my next update.. Toodles!
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