First day in Australia

I am homesick!!! Miss my family and dear almost immediately. My HOD and colleague stay in 4th floor but i myself stay on 5th floor. I feel so insecure and scared. For someone who leaves home alone for the first time and it's to places she has never been too, i feel bit helpless. But, everything happens for a reason. I'm sure by the end of this trip, i'd feel very accomplished.

The things are soooo expensive. I'm practicaly scared off by the prices. One pate of rice costs AUD$8.50 (the cheapest i can find so far) that is about $11 in brunei. But worthed it lah the portion is very huge. A bit salty for me the vegies so i finished the rice plus half of the vegies then tapao the remaining half and one extra rice. Since i got microwave oven in my apartment hotel room, that will be my next lunch or dinner. Also bought one bowl noodle (like the one i see in advert on taiwan channe) for my breakfast tomorrow. I don't want to overspend during this trip so probably won't buy much. Like cutting my throat eh. But i'll still buy some souveniors for my close family and friends.

I need to pay to come online so this is probably my last post here until i'm back to brunei again. The hotel doesn't provide free wireless services, which means wasted my energy to carry my heavy laptop all the way from brunei. I'm paying it on my own because i don't think it's appropriate to include this bill into my room charges.

I feel like my colleagues are so used to attending oversea conferences, they find it soo easily to adapt oh. and i guess they may have forgotten this is my first trip. I still feel bit lost. Really like orang kampung go to town oh. Nevermind, it's good enough i get to come here for free. Can;t ask for more.
I really wonder how ah chiou and emily survived here oh for their study. The things are soo expensive. No wonder lizzy always says things in brunei or singapore are cheap.

I miss my dear eh. Cannot keep sms-ing with him because the charges for roaming are expensive too, even when i'm using malaysian line. I don't want to end up in debt when i go back to brunei. This is just a 7 days trip and i already spent half of my allowances on buying appropriate clothes and accessories for this conference. I cant wait for the conference day. Not looking forward to shopping liau.
Ok i better go up to my room now. I'm using the guest pc on ground floor and it's 8pm now but the sun was still there outside when i checked it at 7.30 just now, just like 5pm in brunei. I love the weather here though, cool breeze plus bright sun. Brighten up my mood soo effectively.

Till here then people. Goodnight. Will update about my trip when i go back to brunei. Love you all~