Scrypton

i have just finished talking to my friend who had just lost his bank card and mobile phone. i wont go into the details but apparently the conversation led him to the decision to go back to his home country as he felt that everything he did in sydney ended up wrong.

for the past few weeks and in weeks to come i have and will have friends (some are quite close) leaving sydney for good. everyone with their own reasons. one was because he didnt have enough resources to apply for permanent residency, so he decided to nurture his future elsewhere. one was because of family problems. one was because of being ‘mature and still single’ (aka lonely) and thought that love life would perform better in the home country. and one had never wanted to be in sydney in the first place.

it really amazes me how at one second you could fall in love with sydney and the next second you feel like it has let you down. spectacular festivals, romantic sceneries, uncertainty and loneliness all wrapped up into one. you feel happy, but at the same time you feel sad. it feels so ironic and makes me feel like i was playing a role in a blockbuster movie. surreal.

i would really appreciate it if you could post your thoughts of sydney by adding comments to this post. i would really love to know what you think about your personal experience living in sydney.