Dev snagged the job in Melbourne. He's going there as a Lab Manager of a pharmaceautical company. The pay's pretty good and he's really psyched up. He called me from Melbourne yesterday later afternoon and he was so excited. So was I. :) He had gone through 1 overseas phone interview, then went through another round of face to face interview in Singapore where the HR manager from the company flew over to interview him, and they finally flew him to Melbourne last weekend to assess him for one last time. And yes, the job's in the bag.

What sucks though is that they want him to start on 15 October, which is 3 weeks from now. That's really, really soon. That came as a shock to me cos I've always thought they would give him some time (2 mths maybe) before making him relocate and that would give me some time to be cool about it.

Yes, even though I'm tough on the outside, I'm a softie on the inside. Why wouldn't I be sad? My bf is leaving for good to another country, which will be an 8 hr plane ride from Singapore, and he's going for good. I know I'll be in Australia studying too but I'm in Perth, which is a 4 hr plane ride away from Melbourne. I'm definitely going to miss him. But Maya told me that this would be the acid test for both of us and I guess that's true. Hopefully, the time apart wil allow both of us to grow as individuals and strengthen what we have.

I know I'm not usually sappy or nostalgic but I'm definitely sad that Dev is leaving. But I look forward to a time when both of us can be in Melbourne together. Dev said that him relocating is a start for us to start our lives together. I hope so. :)