a stranger in moscow (perth)

so here is it, the scenario that i felt so surreal has realised...i've left the place i called home for the past 21 yrs. came here yesterday with uncle bill n tom. i really can't imagine how i can ever settle so quickly without uncle bill's help. spent my first night in trinity college last night. the rooms were really not what we imagined it to be...unfortunately. room's pretty spacious, but the facilites are less than perfect. Perth in general however, pretty much exceeded my expectations. though it's pretty much unchanged since the last time i came which was a whooping 12 yrs ago, it's still a scenic city with a healthy mix of a metropolis and a sub-urban town kinda feel. guess it really helps that there're many familiar faces here. met an ex-bravo pc LTA Low whom i just found out is called Justin, who is coincidentally yinting's friend whom i met in the burswood casino where my uncled stayed. it certainly feels a lot better to even see familar faces even though some of them many be acquaintances more than frens. things are pretty expensive here compared to back home with the exception of houses and cars. sure it's a nice place, but surely to call a place home, it's more than just bungalows that cost 1/2 the price of a 5 room flat, or a car that is just the price of a singapore COE. I'm glad to be able to experience a different culture and life in my adopted nation, but nothing can ever replace the attachment i have for a place that called 'home' since i was born. 'Singapore our homeland, it's here that we belong'....