The previous post covered the things to do before you permanently land in Australia. This post will cover the things to do after you land in Australia with a PR. You can read the other parts of our migration experiences here.
First things first, nothing like beginning a life in a new country. Let me take a second to appreciate this country and how much we love it already. Here is a small recap of how we landed here.
We met in an international conference in India-our home country back in 2009, I was doing my final year engineering and Arvind, 3 years elder to me was working in Siemens. We became good friends and few months passed and we knew we were in love. He went to Singapore to do his Masters at NTU, I followed him the next year. 3 awesome years of love, a Master’s degree from NTU, interesting career, a lovely wedding and 12 exotic trips, and we were contemplating the final question- where do we raise our kids? The answer was in front of us and from then we never looked back.
We were lucky in each step. Luck comes with planning and hard work. It was a magical moment on our second wedding anniversary in an idyllic resort in Koh Samui- when we got our PR grant. Things strapped on a jet pack from there on. We made our first landing in Melbourne, fell in love with the place and our plans were focused on “the second city” when suddenly a surprise knocked our mail box. We had received job offers from Canberra. Here we are today, in our cosy warm home enjoying our first Canberra winter amidst friends who have become our family. Ninth day after we landed here, we found out that we will be welcoming a new family member soon. Baby Junior will be joining us this December/Jan 2017. Things just fell in right place. Canberra couldn’t welcome us more.
God manifests in human forms –so true in our case. We met amazing people all along the way. I just cuddled a lab poodle yesterday on the streets, got a drop home from a kind lady when all I asked was for directions, a lunch invite from a random kind grandma and gifted a cute little girl a pink piggy bank who hugged me out of nowhere in the mall. Never have been happier! Thank you Canberra :)
Here is our first picture in Canberra :)
Ha! That's right. Only after 9 days of landing here in Australia we found out that we are pregnant with our first bub. How more happy and exciting life can get. Stay Tuned :)
First things first, nothing like beginning a life in a new country. Let me take a second to appreciate this country and how much we love it already. Here is a small recap of how we landed here.
Warm bright sun spread its rays amidst the canopy, I could feel the joey caressing on my arms. The turquoise water splashed from the reefs as the Australia tourism advertisement played on the gigantic screens of Golden village movie theatre in Singapore. It was a Friday night in 2013 Arvind and I turned and when our eyes met, we knew our destination was going to Australia.
We were lucky in each step. Luck comes with planning and hard work. It was a magical moment on our second wedding anniversary in an idyllic resort in Koh Samui- when we got our PR grant. Things strapped on a jet pack from there on. We made our first landing in Melbourne, fell in love with the place and our plans were focused on “the second city” when suddenly a surprise knocked our mail box. We had received job offers from Canberra. Here we are today, in our cosy warm home enjoying our first Canberra winter amidst friends who have become our family. Ninth day after we landed here, we found out that we will be welcoming a new family member soon. Baby Junior will be joining us this December/Jan 2017. Things just fell in right place. Canberra couldn’t welcome us more.
God manifests in human forms –so true in our case. We met amazing people all along the way. I just cuddled a lab poodle yesterday on the streets, got a drop home from a kind lady when all I asked was for directions, a lunch invite from a random kind grandma and gifted a cute little girl a pink piggy bank who hugged me out of nowhere in the mall. Never have been happier! Thank you Canberra :)
Here is our first picture in Canberra :)
The 10 day old bub in my stomach says "Hello Australia, I am originally conceived in Singapore".
Ha! That's right. Only after 9 days of landing here in Australia we found out that we are pregnant with our first bub. How more happy and exciting life can get. Stay Tuned :)
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