Aussie

Its good to be back here. i missed this weather. and just in time for winter too. It already drops below 8 degrees at night. Missed the cookings with all the various ingredients and veggies. not to mention the irresistable beef steaks. and missed sleeping under those comfy sheets.....simply heavenly. and weirdly enough miss the smoke that comes out of ur mouth when u exhale. only one prob. waking up early morning and getting out of bed. and that damn shower when its icy cold in the morning. having to adjust the cold and hot water taps JUST right while freezing and half asleep. thats plain torture.

Love the new house with the sliding doors, backyard, greenhouse, shed and the indoor fireplace. a lovely place to settle down with a family i must say. my 'house mate' whom i had lived with even the last time has now got a new baby boy as well who is just 8months old. so its always lively at the place. and it was so good to meet the rest of the maldivians whom i had hung out with 2yrs back. three of em now married, two of em has got babies, and two others are gonna get married this year. everyone seems to be moving to australia. we've even got a new group of another 4 maldivians living near the premises. so i guess we've got our own lil maldivian community going on here. lets see, 17Maldivians total including the wives and kids. and to think it was just 8 when i came here last.a lot of ppl say that its better to live in a foreign country in a plce that has fewest maldivians ever. i dunno if they are afraid what they do in foreign countries might leak back home or not, but i love this crowd and i enjoy ahnging out with maldivians even outside home.

Hopefully ill get a residentship from here by the end of this year. been thinking abt it since the last time i was here and the thought is moving closer and closer towards getting a P.R. My parents have approved of it as well. This place seems heavenly compared to the state Male' is now in. better salary, better services, better education, cheaper rent, cheaper electricity/water/internet, better security. Atleast four times higher paying salaries. plus its not suffocating with the heavy traffic and narrow square buildings with no room for backyards, swimming pools etc.
well, u guys know the rest of the difficulties. but most importantly i dont have to live with the thought that my wife or daughters could be harrassed, raped and videotaped any day for any reason. or my family members or son being butchered with a knife/ razor just for saying "theres room enough here for you to pass through".

well, lets see how long itll take me this time to REALLY start missing my friends and family back home.