Goin' Home - Part 1

Hello there,

Sorry I have not written for a while. Since the visa has still not been granted, I am returning to Canada on Sunday. It is happy and sad. Happy that I get to see people there, sad that it is going into winter.

My friend that waited for his visa for six years, got it last week. He suggested that I be patient and wait for another five and a half, I don't think I have it in me.

Anyway, I thought I would list some of the things that I will miss here:

• My lovely friends (some Australian, although heaps of international students)*


• the wine and Coopers Green


• the street sushi


• the diversity of food and people in Melbourne


• the tram (especially seeing the elephants when I go past the zoo, route 55) and the Hope Street bus


• the architecture, gardens and lovely buildings

* Please note the use of Australian slang with 'heaps'.

Review of the 457

So the visa that I applied for is a 457. These visa types are currently under review. I like to say it is the same kind that Dr. Haneef had. He is now back in his country. Like I ask many people now that I am leaving here. Do you want my sim card?