A chapter of The Jo Book.

Hi loves,

Well, I was reading a friends blog post about new chapters in this crazy thing we call life. It got me thinking about my own new chapters in life that I have experienced over the years and what chapters I'm next about to page through.

I think that I have not handled very many things in my life as gracefully or appreciatively as I could have. For example; moving to Australia.That was probably the hugest, thickest, most complex chapter in The Jo Book.

The heroine was forced to move away from her family, who she loved so dearly and could not even bear the thought of living a day away from; her friends, who she knew would always be there for her through thick and thin because they were those kind of friends who are hard to find; her love, who she just recently found and loved with a new kind of love so different from the rest that it broke her heart to even imagine not being able to hold him again.

This heroine kicked, screamed, gave a fight all in order to not go to the crazy country Down Under. Her mother, however, insisted that it would be "good for her future", "good for her life", "good for her education".
So, she left everything she knew and loved behind to a land that was full of strangers and strange creatures.

Everyday was a new, frightening day for this heroine of ours. She lived her days passing time thinking about how wonderful it would be to go home. She locked herself up in her room looking through photos and reminiscing. She spent her nights crying endless tears. She spent her dreams restlessly dreaming about life back home.

Even after she made friends in Australia, she could not accept the fact that her life was now here and not anywhere else. She HAD friends who loved her, she HAD family who would always be there, she HAD lots of cute potential heros around.She refused to see that the life she had now was perfect, no complaints were necessary.

Unless you were a spoiled, selfish, unappreciative little brat like herself.

A few years passed and she found her hero. Her hero was an amazing person, with a heart of gold, will of steel and the charms of an angel.

The hero and heroine lived a happy life together in love for 2 and a half years where she learnt how to live life, how to enjoy it and appreciate what gift has been given to her. Hero had a wonderful relationship with his and her family which made the heroine realise just how loving the family she had with her, there and then, was. She knew she had family in her home town, but her family who was with her was just as important. She realised how her friends there was just as important and loved her just as much as her friends back home. She knew that her love for this hero was beyond the love she experienced before she left. That was when she realised, how lucky she was to have two sets of lives that were just as important as each other.

Now, this heroine was living the exact same life she would have had in Malaysia except, she was in Melbourne. She has a group of friends who would do anything, a huge family that she can go over and see anytime, a fantastic relationship with her parents and brother and a boyfriend who loves her.

The end.


That's ONE chapter of my life. I don't think I'm ready for the next.

Love love,
jo