It has almost been an unbelievable journey these three weeks ever since the 20th of Jan 2017. I didn’t know what to expect when I decided that,
“Oh, perhaps I should apply for NZWH.”
After all, I have been talking about it for 7 years and I’ve always been making excuses. First, it was financial constriction, and then it was job commitment, and then loan commitment. Well this year, it was “Whats if I come back and couldn’t find a job for a long time??” - well, I know, that was a very lame excuse. It was valid, but lame nevertheless knowing that one couldn’t really tell what the future hold.
I asked a friend, should I or should I not. She gave her elaborated opinion, one which I highly appreciate of and I made up my mind to pursue it. The application date was on 5AM, 20th Jan (Malaysian time). I decided to make my way to Sudo Brew, a cafe which boasts of it’s fast speed internet and 24 hours operation hours. I was lucky and immensely grateful that Mr J decided to come along with me. I was there at 4AM, all logged in and prepared.
The time came and the registration was opened. I tried, oh I tried very hard, to load the pages and fill in the details/forms. Only thing was, the competition was extremely tough. By 10AM, I was still trying to load the pages. That was how bad it was. At the land of down under, my sister was battling out, trying endlessly on my behalf. At 1PM, still there weren’t any luck. By then, I was hungry (with very little money left) and I was very tired. Sister decided to ask me to go back and have lunch while she stayed on to help me fill up the form which she managed to but was stopped short at the final page. Before she could submit, the page stopped responding and there were numerous rumours and finally a notice was put up.
Please come back on 25th January 2017 for further update
W.T.F? Wtf was that suppose to mean??? Is the quota filled? Did anyone manage to get in? Am I suppose to now get up every day at 5AM try to submit the form while hoping someone will be disqualified?
And I did. Woke up at 5AM for the next 2 weeks to be exact! When 25th Jan came, no updates were given. Which to be honest, I was getting frustrated. All the time, what a coincident, I was also reading a book; a fable about chasing your dreams: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. The famous quote:
And when you want something, all the universe will conspires in helping you to achieve it.
I tried to not lose hope until last week, finally there was an update:
The NZWH will open again on 10 Feb 2017
YAS THIS IS IT!! So yesterday, I woke up filled with hope. I have a good feeling but at the same time I was very nervous. I checked the form again and again. At 5AM, I hit ‘Send’ and say a little prayer of hope. It took the page 20 minutes to load and finally the payment page was shown. Immediately punched in my card number and voila, the payment was made!
I don’t know if my application will be approved but I hope it will and I have a good feeling it will be. And I know, it is out of my control now that I have done all I could. What I’ve never expected was the things that I learnt along the way during these time. I learnt about persistence and dreams. How badly you want something will says a lot about you. And if you want to achieve something real bad, you’d do anything you can within your power to achieve it.
I never know what does the future holds but right now deep down, I’m truly satisfied and I believe I have not felt this way for a long time.
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