New life in Auckland, NZ October 12, 2007

New Zealand is indeed a beautiful place and the people I’ve met so far are generally polite and friendly…but being here in more than a week now has been challenging for me. The very reason I feel so is because my body isn’t cooperating with me – have this hyperacidity since I arrived and my back is aching <sigh> and the worst, I feel cold!!! Even if Auckland is warmer than the other regions here, I’m still chilling. For 27 years, I was used to the warm weather in the Philippines – usually around 30 degrees Celsius and above with high humidity…and here, it’s 11-15 degrees Celcius bbrrrrr!!! Omigolly, it’s good that I didn’t decide to apply for a teaching job in Alaska or else I would have packed my bags and go back to the Philippines in no time!

Basically, my life for these past days is just staying at home. I don’t want to go out even if the picturesque beauty of the place is tempting.

Going back to my hyperacidity, I’ve been carefully choosing the food I eat to alleviate my acid reflux but it seems that it is only helping a little. When I googled about it, I suspected something that could have caused this trouble I’m into – and that is, psychological anxiety! I may not be aware of it but the adjustment of getting out from my comfort zone: being in a new place, the need to look for a new job and everything is somehow getting into me – subconsciously perhaps. Even if I consider myself with type AB personality, the type A in me is becoming dominant eh?!

I need to remind myself that “God is always here…just relax!”…hmmmm…I badly need this mantra! Yes, the thought that God put everything in place and brought us here, consoles me that He has plans for us here…Just lead the way Lord and we will follow!