Living in the Best City

That's coming from this Sydney is world's best city - again.

Well, if not for the housing prices soaring high, interest rates upto our neck, our "daily grind" on M2 (Motorway 2) that debits $4.40 from our E-Tag each way (but I would not exchange it for public transportation that would rather take a toll on my health because I will suffer a significant level of anxiety waiting and dealing with breakdowns and delays), and last but not the least - the limited shopping hours (makes me want to run for public office and introduce extended retail hours), I can agree in a heartbeat that it's the best city to live in.

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Through the nine years I have lived here, I can say that it took a few years before a part of me has been "Australianized" and before I have learned to appreciate the limitations of this city. Actually, I may have been limiting myself that's why it took longer for me to really settle here emotionally.

Hubby was the only big anchor (my sole family) that kept me here during those times. And he was great, that even drifting on sometimes lonely shores of this continent, the experience wasn't too bad cause I was never alone. Now that we have two boys, I take pride that people say it's the best city for them. For me it's the best because this is where me and my own beautiful family live. Hehehe! (Ang kumontra, panget! Hahaha!)