This is my friend Noranna. I am in awe of my friend Noranna.

jinxie jinx anna: I feel like static right now
jinxie jinx anna: like life is very blah with my unfortunate recent visa news
jinxie jinx anna: and trying to find a job
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunno, just life in general
Flummothekitty: i know, i feel the same way about my life. just really totally stale. what's this visa news?
jinxie jinx anna: I've lived in australia since '98
jinxie jinx anna: but I wasn't born ehre
jinxie jinx anna: here
jinxie jinx anna: so I've been living on visas the whole time I was here
jinxie jinx anna: have I told you this?
Flummothekitty: no, i was under the impression you were australian. where were you born?
jinxie jinx anna: borneo
jinxie jinx anna: i've moved here when I was 14
jinxie jinx anna: by myself, which sucked
jinxie jinx anna: because I couldn't get PR for awhile
jinxie jinx anna: 2 weeks ago, they cancelled my visa
jinxie jinx anna: and they say I can't apply for a new visa for at least 3 years
jinxie jinx anna: cos of blah blah regulations shit
Flummothekitty: that's bizzare. so what does that mean for you?
jinxie jinx anna: well, I applied for tribunal to look over the issue
jinxie jinx anna: and it usually takes forever so I'm cool to stay
jinxie jinx anna: but they withheld my passport
jinxie jinx anna: and if I leave the country now, I can't go back for 3 years
jinxie jinx anna: but right now, I can stay probably for another 7-12 months
jinxie jinx anna: gives me time to look for employment
jinxie jinx anna: if I can get a full-time job that contracts me for at least 2 years... I get my PR right away
jinxie jinx anna: and don't have to worry about visas forever
jinxie jinx anna: PR = permanent residency
jinxie jinx anna: I've applied for a few jobs already that are at least 2 years
jinxie jinx anna: most of them contract until like mid-2008 so that's good
jinxie jinx anna: and I'm qualified plus they're really good pay of at least $50,000 p/a with 17% super + beenefits
jinxie jinx anna: but I dunno, it's making me think about life and stuff
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunt want to go back because I just can't
Flummothekitty: why did you move so young alone?
jinxie jinx anna: I'll get a culture shock and living with the parents will kill me (I love them heaps but I haven't lived with them since I was 14)
jinxie jinx anna: meh, experience
jinxie jinx anna: I just wanted to get away from the slow, boring life
jinxie jinx anna: plus, if I stayed I would have probably ended up in some arranged, fucked up marriage at 16 and have 4 kids by now
jinxie jinx anna: and probably couldn't have got into college, etc
jinxie jinx anna: or even finish high school
jinxie jinx anna: so I knew I didn't want that
jinxie jinx anna: and I applied for a school scholarship in australia and got in
jinxie jinx anna: and been staying / living here since
Flummothekitty: wow, i like that. people like you make me feel like i've done very little with my life. and also make me realize there's a lot of exciting stuff can be done
jinxie jinx anna: sure
jinxie jinx anna: I like adventures
jinxie jinx anna: :D
jinxie jinx anna: and it was weird because I used to be very, very shy (still shy but not too shy anymore), and quiet and rather lonely
jinxie jinx anna: I didn't have many friends at all (not that there was many people to know of)
jinxie jinx anna: I lived in like a rural village and stuff
Flummothekitty: in borneo?
jinxie jinx anna: it's all rather national geographic ish
jinxie jinx anna: yeah
jinxie jinx anna: actually we've had like discovery travel ppl visit with their backpacking gear
jinxie jinx anna: twas funny
jinxie jinx anna: and I didn't know english before I came and now I'm more fluent in it than my first language
Flummothekitty: what is the language of borneo?
jinxie jinx anna: malay
jinxie jinx anna: but there's different dialects for different tribes etc
jinxie jinx anna: but I understand all of them so it's ok
Flummothekitty: wow, i had no idea. so accent wise, what do you have? australian, since that's what you learned?
jinxie jinx anna: yeah
jinxie jinx anna: but some ppl say I have a bit of an american twang
jinxie jinx anna: lol
jinxie jinx anna: cos I learned english quickly from watching tv
jinxie jinx anna: and everything on tv is usually american
jinxie jinx anna: so yeah..
jinxie jinx anna: like I say "Four" really american-y
jinxie jinx anna: like Four Your Torn Mourn
jinxie jinx anna: I emphasise the R
jinxie jinx anna: most people can't tell I wasn't born here
jinxie jinx anna: and it sucks because like, I know some ppl who get PR instantly cos they have family here and they can't even speak english
jinxie jinx anna: and I dunno, it's all fucked and crazy
jinxie jinx anna: but I am going to stay optimistic about it tho

Anyway, that makes me want to travel and travel and travel and experience and experience and experience and just live and live and live. One of these days, before I get too old...