Afiq's

Arrival

Arrived safely in Canberra on the 7th of Feb 2007. Settled in a room on level 5 originally but changed to level 2 to stay with Ali. Currently, 4 of the 5 inmates have registered and everything seems great. My apartment mates are Ali, Arjun from Johor and Kim from Melbourne who also happens to be our senior (yeay, someone to help us out). Cooked eggs only so far and have planned to cook pasta but not initiated yet at the moment. Hope to do it soon but there's almost no reason to cook as breakfast would be cereal, lunch would be the free halal bbq and dinner would be served. So, life's pretty simple here. Guess times would be more trying in the near future after orientation week ends. Wonder how others in Australia and New Zealand are doing. Hope you guys are not facing trivial times. That's all for now. Ciao!!!

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Goodbye Malaysia! It's been a wonderfully great time serving this great nation of ours and hopefully after my overseas stint, I'll be more than prepared to help this country achieve its magnanimous vision.

On a personal note, thank you to all who came to my farewell gathering. They say a person is identified by the people he/she is associated with and if this is true, I cannot say how proud I am of being associated with you guys and girls. To those who couldn't make it, I understand the many complicated matters that we have to deal with in our life. Hopefully none of you hold me in contempt for if it is so, please correct my ways.

It's going to be a sweet sorrow experience as this journey will open new doors for me and new experiences to cherish. Its sorrowful though to leave my dear country and countrymen and women behind. May God save us all.