when she asked me,
" Do u feel ba na home mo na rin ang australia?"
Honestly, I couldn't give her a simple-straight yes or no answer.
Being here is my biggest blessing, my biggest challenge and the biggest risk I took.
I consider, Bataan being my second home. I spent 8 years of my life there. I grew. I mature. I learned. I love. I fall. I love again. I fall again. I love love again. I fall fall again (tigas kase ng ulo!). All in Bataan.
But just like in all homes, a family member goes away. To get married. To seek for self identity. To be on their own. To build their own future.
I went away. Not to get married, obviously.
Australia, promises nothing to me, except for the opportunity for growth and better future. And I am embracing that.
It is an overwhelming first year. Going through an emotional roller-coaster. Being in a foreign land. Miles away from home. Without you. It is indeed draining for me. Yet, a blessing!
I am here, my biggest blessing, my biggest challenge and the biggest risk I took.
Australia, you are a home to me.
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