How do you start your day here in Australia? It's a bit struggle for me to wake up early. Not only is all about the cold weather, but I find myself never have enough sleep lately.. Like everyday. It's been exactly a month, and I am settled now, er... Really!?
I usually take the bus to go to school (I like it to say it school). And things that I am used to doing here now are greeting the bus drivers and saying thank you every time, just like others do. They are all nice people. TBH, I think that the nicest people of Brisbane are the bus drivers. I love them. Some seem enjoy their works so much and radiate the happiness they feel to the passengers. Most will say "Enjoy your day", "Study hard" and so on etc.. I only get the exact same words from my Mom back home. Here.. I get it from the bus drivers, everyday. And I am so grateful that Brisbane have their most beautiful people as their bus drivers.
The next things I face are always causing me to generate lots and lots of energy dealing with my own feeling. How would you feel if you experience these things. You are so happy starting the day and suddenly you pass some people chatting and when they see you they're suddenly silent. Or how do you feel when people seeing you in the weirdest way you can imagine? I saw this advertisement 'The Invisible Discriminator' - Stop. Think. Respect. one day in my first two weeks being in Australia. And I actually experience the same thing couple of times like that old man in the bus. If he were you, how do you feel? Or how about this? I run to school one morning, catched the bus and had nothing with me, because I just wanted to meet a friend to give her some money for the house we would rent. Then I was in the lift, in Duhigg building heading up to level 3_my friend was there, when suddenly the lift door opened the previous level. These two women were so into their chat. They were actually going into the lift when they realized I was there, and to my surprise, one of them was saying "Oh my.." with her shocked face. Okay.. Maybe they were so into the talk that it shocked them to see someone was already there in the lift. But, how do you feel.. if you were me. NO.. they were half way into the lift but decided not to get in. Maybe I exaggerate things, but I do feel it every time "they" see me, they have something in mind that causes them to see the ground. What's that!? What I know is that... I feel so irritating by everything lately.
I always end up my days feeling so tired. So freaking tired of the thoughts of, is it only me being so sensitive lately? But fortunately, I have some friends that so open up, so welcoming, supporting and helping. Those first four Vietnamese friends are great people. My friend from OMan and China, I find so comfortable being around them. And my housemate, they are my family now. They are the best that asked when they feel things need to be asked. And that's how you treat people properly.
Being judgmental is so normal. It's so human. But maybe when you find things are so different, please don't run, just ask. Assuming never solves anything.
I had a very nice talk with a safety bus driver last night. He was so kind. We started talking about weather, then about how people should "behave" in a new place. When you come to a new place, it is you who have to adjust and deal with the situation. You don't expect things to change and suit you. And Indonesians have the same proverb that sounds "Dimana kaki dipijak disitu langit dijunjung". Literally it means, You respect the laws where you are. I try my best to fit in, but the looks, the sudden moves you make when I am around are so irritating.
Or maybe.. everything I feel is just a crisis phase I need to deal with in my "U-curve" of cross cultural adjustment. Yeah, maybe I was just in paranoia... Have a good day mate... Everything is gonna be alright.. Everything is gonna be okay. Amiiin.
:)
I usually take the bus to go to school (I like it to say it school). And things that I am used to doing here now are greeting the bus drivers and saying thank you every time, just like others do. They are all nice people. TBH, I think that the nicest people of Brisbane are the bus drivers. I love them. Some seem enjoy their works so much and radiate the happiness they feel to the passengers. Most will say "Enjoy your day", "Study hard" and so on etc.. I only get the exact same words from my Mom back home. Here.. I get it from the bus drivers, everyday. And I am so grateful that Brisbane have their most beautiful people as their bus drivers.
The next things I face are always causing me to generate lots and lots of energy dealing with my own feeling. How would you feel if you experience these things. You are so happy starting the day and suddenly you pass some people chatting and when they see you they're suddenly silent. Or how do you feel when people seeing you in the weirdest way you can imagine? I saw this advertisement 'The Invisible Discriminator' - Stop. Think. Respect. one day in my first two weeks being in Australia. And I actually experience the same thing couple of times like that old man in the bus. If he were you, how do you feel? Or how about this? I run to school one morning, catched the bus and had nothing with me, because I just wanted to meet a friend to give her some money for the house we would rent. Then I was in the lift, in Duhigg building heading up to level 3_my friend was there, when suddenly the lift door opened the previous level. These two women were so into their chat. They were actually going into the lift when they realized I was there, and to my surprise, one of them was saying "Oh my.." with her shocked face. Okay.. Maybe they were so into the talk that it shocked them to see someone was already there in the lift. But, how do you feel.. if you were me. NO.. they were half way into the lift but decided not to get in. Maybe I exaggerate things, but I do feel it every time "they" see me, they have something in mind that causes them to see the ground. What's that!? What I know is that... I feel so irritating by everything lately.
I always end up my days feeling so tired. So freaking tired of the thoughts of, is it only me being so sensitive lately? But fortunately, I have some friends that so open up, so welcoming, supporting and helping. Those first four Vietnamese friends are great people. My friend from OMan and China, I find so comfortable being around them. And my housemate, they are my family now. They are the best that asked when they feel things need to be asked. And that's how you treat people properly.
Being judgmental is so normal. It's so human. But maybe when you find things are so different, please don't run, just ask. Assuming never solves anything.
I had a very nice talk with a safety bus driver last night. He was so kind. We started talking about weather, then about how people should "behave" in a new place. When you come to a new place, it is you who have to adjust and deal with the situation. You don't expect things to change and suit you. And Indonesians have the same proverb that sounds "Dimana kaki dipijak disitu langit dijunjung". Literally it means, You respect the laws where you are. I try my best to fit in, but the looks, the sudden moves you make when I am around are so irritating.
Or maybe.. everything I feel is just a crisis phase I need to deal with in my "U-curve" of cross cultural adjustment. Yeah, maybe I was just in paranoia... Have a good day mate... Everything is gonna be alright.. Everything is gonna be okay. Amiiin.
:)
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