Yesterday, February 28, 2023 by 3 pm, I was certified as a true blue Aussie per my Aussie friends. 7 years + 2 and half months, I became an Australian citizen. I landed here in Australia on Friday, November 13, 2015 with one dream in mind: to become an Australian citizen. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have the right visa or how little money … Continue reading A Journey…
It’s been a while since I’ve poured out my thoughts here so figured no time like the present. Forgive the typos, the F key on my laptop is broken and sticks and sometimes doesn’t work at all. Perhaps a metaphor for life. Perhaps not. Who knows to be honest. This piece will be all over the place…as the title says, a smorgasbord if you will. … Continue reading A Smorgasbord
While my Australian citizenship has been approved, I am awaiting my citizenship ceremony to make it official. So, I am calling this my 3rd Australia Day as a permanent resident and my 8th Australia Day overall. As previous Australia Days, I reflect instead of celebrate. I understand the error of my thought about having a citizenship ceremony on this day. It was wrong of me … Continue reading Always Was, Always Will Be
a welcome to country
honouring the ancestors of before Continue reading a welcome to country
This January 26th is my 6th Australia Day, but it’s the first one where I have celebrated it. There wasn’t a reason I didn’t celebrate the others, but to me, it was always just a public holiday. ThisĀ Australia Day, I am permanent resident and it holds a little different meaning this year. I feel I have permission to celebrate a day that often divides. Brief … Continue reading Australia Day Reflection
On September 3, 2020 at 9:21am I received the phone call I had been dreaming about for over 8 years. Your permanent resident visa has been granted. GRANTED. I was officially in my forever home: Australiaš¦šŗ The weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders. It was official. Australia is my home. Let me be honest, there was never an option that Australia … Continue reading You’re Never Wasting Time Finding the Right Way Home
I’ve been in Australia since 13-November 2015 andĀ chasing that Australia dream since my feet hit the ground. Half of the first year, I had a place to stay, in the basement of the family I helped take care of and then moved into a studio. When I moved into the studio, it was perfect at the time and perfect for me at the time. Just … Continue reading Feels Like Home
Those fans of Doctor Who will get the “the girl who waited” reference and those don’t watch Doctor Who probably don’t care about the reference. I honestly battled with the title because I have felt like littleĀ Amelia PondĀ waiting on the Doctor’s return and have felt like Amy Pond when she waited forĀ Rory and the Doctor to return to Apalapucia, but also at the same time, … Continue reading The Girl Who Waited
When you’re best and closest friend of 18+ years asks if you will take her granddaughter’s “flat Stanley” on a tour, you can’t disappoint her or her grand daughter. These are the adventures of Miss Zoey’s “Flat Flowers”. Enjoy. Continue reading “The Adventures of Flat Flowers”
LANKS is one of those artists that manages to takeĀ sounds that might notĀ individually appealĀ to one’s ears but once he combines them all together, it is a euphoric melody to the ear. I sort of imagine him in brightly lit scientific lab but instead of smoke billowing from test tubes, it’s a drum heart beat here, a distorted wailing noise there, andĀ the sound of electricity over … Continue reading Eargasm of the Week: “Hold Me Closer” by LANKS