Life after migrating

So it's been about 2 and a half months since I migrated to the United States of America to be with my fiancee of 3 years. It was a very exciting and tear filled experience for me particularly, even though I was basically planning to leave Malaysia for years, now that I'm finally here, I can't help feeling a profound sense of loss.

I guess George Bernard Shaw was right when he penned "There are two tragedies in life.
One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."

Still life in the States has it's exciting moments, the most of course being able to spend time with the woman I love. It's funny how we take the little things for granted when we have them, like being able to sit down and have dinner, or grabbing a snack from McDonald's, or just talking about a show we saw together on TV.

There are also times where I wish I could just leave the United States and head back to Malaysia. I miss my friends, I miss my family, I miss my old job and the wonderful people I used to spend my days with. Sometimes I think I made a huge mistake and don't know what to do. It's a testament to my fiancee that she puts up with my occasional drama.

At this stage I'm pretty much just enjoying what free time I have until I can go to school or get a job. So I'm turning to blogging.

I think the biggest hurdle to migrating to any country is networking, being social animals it's hard for a person to lose their social circles so abruptly. Finding and connecting with people that share your interests and such can be very uplifting.

Sadly I haven't been able to find very many people that share my interests in video gaming, comics or movies. Shockingly so given that I was expecting to find a lot more people interested in those things. My fiancee of course is a wonderful woman, but completely uninterested in a lot of the same things I am. Oh well opposites attract.

I recently received a few shipments I sent myself from Malaysia before migrating and among them is my comic collection which I hope to sell off on ebay with some luck (of course keeping some choice issues for myself). This should pretty much take up a lot of my time for the next few days.

There are a few people I need to get in touch with over the next couple of months, and I say months simply because while I should be networking I can't legally work just yet and clearing that paperwork hurdle will take a few more months. The mind can over think things too much when left idle and I'm probably worrying about way more things than I should. Slow and steady though, the worst part about migrating is that your life tends to suddenly freeze up, it is temporary and overcoming that freeze is usually what makes or breaks you.

Well that and missing everything you've given up.