Of my first week in Canberra

One week into new phase of life in Aust, the feeling is almost surreal. I mean, the transition has been generally smooth, probably because I’ve already started my no-pay while in Spore, so it’s a matter of changing the location where I’m spending time. But of course, not everything is the same, for now, a lot more time is spent on really housewifey stuff e.g. cleaning, laundry, meal preparation, chauffeuring, gardening, reading, grocery-shopping etc; and a lot more time is spent in close proximity with ‘the chosen one’ – a vast difference from our LDR days.

In the past week, we had acquired a new car (Honda Jazz), cleaned our rented house (3 bedroom in peaceful suburb), done gardening (lawn mowing & weed-pulling), shopped several supermarts (asian and western), visited Sunday markets, walked a park and clocked several tens of kilometres on our trusty little Honda (driving here is definitely much less stressful than back in Spore, except for the many roundabouts they have here).

Weather here is generally cool, hovering between 8 to 28deg during this current autumn season. Occasional showers aside, the sky is usually blue and fluffed with soft, white clouds. In the evenings when the sun is almost setting, one can also spot some kangeroos while driving alongside vast grasslands.

Safely cloistered up in our suburban home, we catch up on news (yes, we are currently following updates of that really unfortunate, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan), and keep in touch with family and friends through the net. Bless the people who advanced telecommunications, for without them we would be as distant as 10hrs of flight time away (yes, that’s the approximate air-time, including transit, btw Spore and Canberra).

Feel free to write me if you like (btw, we are 3hrs ahead of Spore). Otherwise, just watch for updates on this blog then. =)