God is AWESOME!

Apart from all the craps I went through, I am very grateful cause God is always with me, He will never leave me. In fact, He gave me more strength, He holds my hand and never let go. And above all, I thank God so so much for a bright shining star that brightens up my life and I am very much grateful for this. Thank God! God is indeed certainly the best! In times when darkness possessed my life, when I can't see nothing but darkness, He lead me through and only through Him I can go to the right path. He gave me light to shine my pathway so I can see how beautiful His promises are.

Thank You so much my Father, my Lord, my Everything...

My first and LAST time using e-go courier service

I sent my stuffs from Adelaide to Sydney. Just ordinary stuff like clothes, kitchen appliances, books, shoes, etc.. and I used E-go courier service. I chose a door-to-door service where they took my stuffs from my old house in Adelaide and dropped it off at my new house in Sydney. I registered 18 boxes in total. But!!!!!! guess what they did?! uhuhh.. they took my chairs that my mom sold to one of her friends and left in the garage which is where I put my boxes. I never ever asked them or registered (they use online system) in their website to deliver any chair from Adelaide to Sydney, well in their website it is written that they DO NOT deliver any furniture. But then they took my chairs and charged $110 on my credit card without my notice. The next thing I know, my chairs went missing. When my mother's friend came to my old house to get the chairs, none of it was there and a "job adjustment" receipt was sent by e-go to my email.

Since e-go is using an online system where everything is done online so no contact numbers etc.. I emailed them, telling them the situation. They replied saying that they couldn't find any chair. I was really upset coz they did sent me a job adjustment receipt stating that an extra four chairs was sent from Adelaide to Sydney. And so, I emailed them again and attached the job adjustment receipt they sent me. No one replies, not until I sent my 4th email. Well, long story cut short, after about two to three weeks, they finally found my chairs. So, I explained to them that this is all their fault since I never asked them to send my chairs, hence they should deliver my stuff back to Adelaide and refund the $110 they charged on my credit card for sending the chairs to Sydney. Instead of doing that, they charged $252 on my credit card for sending the chairs back to Adelaide. Which is very unfair! That was their fault and they are not responsible for what they did. I sent them more emails and different people replied and asked if I can explain the query. *Sigh...

So... for anyone who wants to send stuff interstate. I don't recommend e-go courier service. As explained above, their service is very poor and as a customer I am very disappointed. I asked if there's a number that I can call but they wont give me. So I have to wait for them to reply my email. 

Anyway, enough complaining :p sorry... May you all have an awesome day! xx

Just what happened in the last two months

It has been a long long time since I last posted on my blog.. I have been really packed with everything around me. So yea, I'm in Sydney now. I now live in Mascot but wont be here for too long. Once I've got a job, I'm planning to move or mom might buy an apartment in Sydney then I can live there with my sister, hopefully :) 

I cant believe its been almost 2 months since I first stepped my foot in Sydney. So many things have been going on in this last 2 months of my living in Sydney. 

April: I arrived in Sydney on the 4th of April. Moved to a new place in Mascot on the 19th of April. Applied for jobs and got my first interview on the 26th of April, however.. umm long story but I didn't make it through. Received a call from mom on the 25th of April when I was at the star with some friends and she told me that she's in the hospital cause she fell and injured herself and she needs to be operated so I went home and bought a ticket to Adelaide. Went to Adelaide on the 26th of April. Mom got discharged on the 27th of April. Hired a short term accommodation unit somewhere in Kuralta Park and stayed there for 3 weeks. 

May: My sister came to Adelaide for a few days. Went back to Sydney on the 16th of May. Picked mom and little sister from Sydney Airport on the 19th of May. And some shit happened but its pretty personal so I can mention anything about it here. But its pretty bad and it felt like crap... but, all good now, I guess... (hope).

and its the start of June now.. There are so many things that I need to do. I haven't even apply for US visa and this scares me to hell :( i haven't been able to do it :(. I just pray to God so the process won't take long and everything can go smoothly. 

So that's about what happened in the past two months :) 

Graduation Ceremony

As ya'll know, I had my graduation ceremony a few weeks ago on the 27th of March 2012 :) It was one of the best moments in my life!!! I can finally hold that piece of paper with my name and degree written on it. It felt really good when the chancellor handed me my parchment. It was just a big relieve. I'm so grateful that God has given me the opportunity to go to University and received my bachelor degree. Not everybody is as fortunate as me and I thank God so much for everything, including this.

Out of all my family members, Mom was the only one who made it to my graduation ceremony. Dad was really busy, eldest sister couldn't make it coz she has to work, brother can't make it as he has to work with dad, then my little sister had to do uni quiz during that day. But, even though they were not there during my graduation, I can somehow feel their love, plus they asked my cousin to buy me a bouquet of flowers with a graduation card that says that they're all proud of me :) Yes, they're really sweet!

Here are some pictures from my graduation ceremony:

My cousin, My aunt, Me and Mom

The graduants: Lisa, Me, Bel

Daughter and Mother

Henry, Me and Michelle

Me and The girl who went through all Uni times with me :) Thanks Lisa.. 

The Photographer (m'Lumiere photography) and  Me

Graduation Cake from Sisters and Brother :)

Graduation and Farewell Dinner with my some of my close friends

During my graduation + farewell dinner (which was a few days after the graduation ceremony and a few days before leaving Adelaide), my friend Erwin planned to surprise me but it didn't work out and I found out about everything :p

Thank youyouyou so much to all of my family and friends for the great support you all have given to me and also the prayers (especially my grandma). Thanks for being part of my life! I love you all so much..

My new home, Sydney

I've been wanting to update my blog but didn't have the time.. Now that I have a tiny bit of spare time, I decided to post as much as I can :D Its been 3 weeks since my last post :(

Hmm.. I'm no longer in Adelaide now. I'm in Sydney and this is my new home now. It takes a while to adapt to this whole different city but I'm all good :) I found some new friends and I'm having fun here. I do miss Adelaide so much though. I grew up in Adelaide and there are so many memories that will never be forgotten. But hey, I'm moving forward and I'll make more beautiful memories here.

I just got a new place and I'm moving soon, which is good :) then I need to start applying for jobs. Can't wait to be in the business world!! Hopefully it wont take long to finally start working.

I hate packing

Today I went to the house I used to live in, to pack the rest of my stuff. I have like a bit of personal stuff left and I packed it up. It took me about 7 hours to pack things like: fashion accessories (necklaces, bracelets, hats, earrings, rings, etc) , some unused gadgets and its accessories, stationary, nail polish and other nail stuffs, perfumes, skin care products, and etc... I realizes how disorganized and messy I was and so I had to re arrange everything in order and throw any unwanted/unneeded stuffs. Then I'm coming back tomorrow to pack some more stuffs.. and I need to pack my kitchen stuffs later.. *sigh* seriously... I hate packing... I really do hate packing...

When I came to my old house. I walked in and all the memories came back. How I was a tenant there and I remember when I unpacked things when I just moved in. Then now, I'm packing all my things again and soon I'll unpack it all again. 

I have moved in and out of many houses during my stay in Adelaide. 

2004: from Indonesia to Adelaide (Henry St, Plympton)

2007: Plympton to Wakefield St, St. Georges then back to Plympton

2008: Plympton to Wootoonna St, St Georges then to Ingomar, Hallett Cove

2011: Hallett Cove to Coglin St, Brompton.

Packing is tiring... and it brings back memories when you found something you have'nt seen in a while and it means something... 

Anyway, time for me to sleep... Nite nite xx

Adelaide 2012

Hey hey... so I'm back in Adelaide now. Can't believe that I've spent 3,5 months in Indonesia and now I'm back in Adelaide. I arrived yesterday morning and it was a stressing hectic day. I came with my mom's friend's sister and she's a talker, it was her first time travelling overseas and she can't speak English, which why she traveled with me from Indonesia to Adelaide so I can guide her through. Well, when we arrived at Adelaide Airport and went to get our baggages, I got my two luggages then we waited for her luggage to come but unfortunately it wasn't there. Apparently there are quite a number of people who lost the baggage stuffs that day. Well we had to fill up a form and once they heard from Singapore Airlines about her luggage, they'll contact my mom's friend and send her stuff to her place when they found it.

I've lived here, in Adelaide for 8 years so, Adelaide is like.. my home. So is Indonesia... but now, since I don't really live here anymore - and I'm here only to pack my stuff that I will send to Sydney and for my Graduation - I feel different. I feel like I'm just a visitor here, I've lost that "I'm Home" feeling. I used to feel that way and whenever I came back from Indonesia and arrived in Adelaide I'd always feel like I'm back home. This city is just a memory now. I will never forget that I have lived and was raised with a lot of experiences in this beautiful, peaceful, quite, small city. I had a beautiful journey in Adelaide and I know for sure that I'll have an even more beautiful awesome journey in Sydney and I will call it my home. For now I'll enjoy my last moments in Adelaide and of course, my graduation ceremony that I've been waiting for :).

8 years ago, I still remember when I first stepped my feet in this city... and its been more than 8 years since then... time oh time...