Sydney Down Under

I found a nice play to stay in Sydney. It's within walking distance to the University, and the room is relatively spacious, since it was intended for two people. This means that if any of my family members or friends happen to the area, they can put up at my place at marginal cost. Now all that remains is for me to study hard and get a good degree.

It's a huge relief to find a good place, since I've already taken a look at two other places, and found them lacking. I guess that's a result of having lived in Singapore for over 15 years - you get used to seeing HDB flats all around and cannot tolerate living in other countries with housing conditions that are not as well-constructed as Singapore. Perhaps this ties in with the saying that happiness corrupts, a saying that I heard in an anime. The speaker put forward this suggestion because he believed that we humans are never satisfied. When we experience an improvement in an aspect of our lives, we feel happy but this feeling soon subsides and we want more. That is not to say that happiness is bad, just that we should never forget our roots. In the pursuit of the different stages of happiness, we should never forget our first stage.

Life is like a roller coaster. It rises and falls at different stages. No matter how high you are on that roller coaster, don't ever forget where you started, for a peak always comes before a down slope, and it is never nice to fall down when you don't expect it.