The baby bird has left the nest

So two weeks ago, my mom and I arrived in Canada. A week ago, she went back to Malaysia. I have now lived on my own for the first time, on opposite ends of the world from my family, for a week. To be honest it was scary at first; you might not know this about me, but I'm a cry baby. During primary I would cry at the start of every new year, with a new class. This stopped about when I reached secondary, or maybe earlier. I remember crying for only that first day of Year 4, for a short while. And by crying I mean tearing up a bit, I wasn't bawling.

Anyways, when my mom left, we were both crying. But then I was OK. Over the next few days I teared multiple times though. They come at the most random times and when I least want them. For example, I'll start tearing up whenever I'm talking to people. I went to talk to this lecturer after the class (I had just registered for it so had missed it) and halfway through I can feel my eyes starting to water, and it's so embarrassing and awkward because I have to turn my head so she won't see that I'm crying. *Input frustrated groan*

I know I've said that I'm an introvert and that I'm proud of it, but being a newcomer to a whole new country and having no friends whatsoever is quite intimidating. On the first day of class, when everyone had come back from holidays, the campus was filled with crowds of people. I don't do crowds, thus was really feeling very intimidated.

Another thing is that now I'm living alone (well with a flat mate), I have no idea what to eat every time (yes, my mom cooked back home). Breakfast is easy, and lunch is not so bad (I'll eat at uni or eat a salad or something), but dinner is very troublesome. My cooking skills aren't so bad, but I've never really had to cook like every day before. In Malaysia, it's very easy to go out and pack food back. I can't do that here since everything closes so early, plus its cold out and I'll have to change to go out.

So now I have to cook. I've spent a lot of money already just buying all my kitchenware and regretting buying them so early because I hadn't been to Wal-Mart yet and seriously, they have the cheapest stuff. But now I have cooked twice this week! So proud. I'll probably cook about 4/5 times a week, unless I go out and manage to pack something back. Looking forward to becoming a masterchef!

If you are in a situation like me or would like to start cooking your own food, I would recommend you to get a rice cooker. I bought 2 pans and a pot, but I all I need really is the rice cooker. Just wash your rice, put water in and then on top of that put whatever else you want, like meat and/or vegetables. Close it and press the cook/start button and 30 minutes later, your meal is done! Makes things so much easier and healthier.

Now that I have my dinner plans sorted, all I need to do is to keep busy with school work, make more friends, join clubs and enjoy my life at university. Bring it!