When my family moved here to Sydney, I have always thought of Manila as my "home", thinking and waiting for that day that I can finally go back. There's no place like home, as they say, right?
Three months away from our holidays to Manila, I just can't help but think that we will be there only for a short visit and will be flying back again to Sydney; praying that we will be able to go back to Sydney without any problems. Funny right? I think Manila as my home but I would want to go back to Sydney as well. Then it hit me. Sydney has been good to me and my family, and the only way I can re-pay that goodness is by treating her just the same.
Yes, I was born and raised in Manila; and I will forever have in me all the wonderful memories, values and traditions that I have with my life there. But I must embrace the fact that it is not my home anymore. I should start loving the place where I am in now, the place I chose to raise my family. The place that will give my family a better future. A better life.
Sydney is now my new home.
