I had bad dreams today and that is why got up in a bad mood. I was on my English classes. There was one positive moment on lessons – I was reading one exercise, and the teacher told me, what I have a good pronunciation with a strong British accent, that made me so glad!!!

After classes was in Watson Bay – it is so nice there! it is an amazing place with wonderful views. But if to be honest I did not feel good psychologically. That was not so good day today, I hope it will be better tomorrow.

I did not go to classes, but I met some of my friends from the school for eating lunch together, then I took a bus to the center. For this day I planned to visit the Chinese Garden of Friendship, but before I ate some delicious cake in a very nice café in the Darling Harbor.

The China garden was really nice – in such place you can get so much harmony and peace for your sole! There was a possibility to rent a traditional Chinese queen clothes for making photos (for 10 dollars), that gave me so much joy! In the garden I met also one girl from Germany, which was also alone, that was so nice to talk to her.

Later I met by accident in the center one my friend from school. We went together to a botanical garden, we had a wonderful time taking pictures, feeding birds, talking, and laughing much!

There were no sun today, but I felt happy the whole day.

I went to bed very late yesterday, so, I did not manage to get up at 7 as I planned. At 8.45 the manager of the residence where I live knocked at the door: ”You can not sleep, you must move to another residence”. I new this before, but I was not ready, I thought I would have time for packing in the morning. I asked: ”what time I must move?” The answer was: ”now”. So, I had to get up immediately and pack my things extremely quickly. That was not so nice, but I tried not to let such circumstances make me sad. In a half an hour me and my bags were ready – I am proud of myself. I arrived to another residence, and I did not like it. It was also in a backpackers style, as the first one, but from the first moment here I considered that it was much worse. The bathroom was relatively far from my room – extremely uncomfortable, the room was rather dirty and all scare furniture in it was extremely uncomfortable and old. That has strengthened my desire to earn my money. Money can not make a person happy, but it can do his life much more comfortable. The accommodation I had for this trip was really cheap and uncomfortable, but it was a useful experience because that will help me to appreciate it much when I will travel fist class and stay at 5 stars hotels.

From today I share a room with a Japanese girl. She seems to me rather special – she says nothing, I guess her English is not so good, because of all questions she answer ”yes”, even if I ask her how old is she… And she goes to bed at 9 p.m., that is a little problem for me, berceuse I go to bed not earlier than midnight. Anyway I feel happy with my roommate and try not to bother her.

The weather was really awful today – it was cold and nasty. I went to a concert of Nigel Kennedy to the Opera house. I went out rather late, and I have got a bad mood, because I had to go quickly, and I really do not like to be in a hurry ( I prefer even to be too early). But the concert was really wonderful, I did enjoyed it so much!

When I came home, my roommate was already sleeping. I went to bed with the thoughts that I had again a really good day, in spite of the weather and some inconveniences with my accommodation.

I have spent 2 wonderful weeks in Sydney. And I can already say, that I was very successful with my assignment to find wonderful things every day, and enjoy my life. There were some bad periods, when I was feeling sad, and unhappy, but it was not so long and not so bad.  Every time I felt sad, I forced myself to do something another, to go somewhere (to the park, to the center, to the beach, in a church) and that has helped. First it helps to get rid of bad thoughts, and then to start thinking positive.

Now I have 10 days left in Sydney, and I decided to day everyday something special… I have started with it today – with a wonderful concert of classical music!

I have got up in a bad mood, I was staying at home rather long time, so I gave me time to feel pitty about myself… Then I went to the center, I eat at restaurant near the opera house. It was really expensive, but for this I money I have got a very delicious meal, a wonderful view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and very friendly service. It was worth to pay so much money. Then I went to the Royal Botanic Gardens – my favorite place in Sydney. And again I have found so many wonderful flowers, trees, birds – this garden is a paradise. Now I am sure that looking for wonderful things and finding them helps to feel really happy. I did so many pictures of flowers – I can already create a gallery of wonderful flowers! Then I came to the garden, the sun was shining, but very soon it started to be more and more dark, and then the first rain drops appeared. I continued taking pictures, because during the rain the park had another appearance, really magic and charming. The air became an intensive smell. I was walking under the rain 2 hours, I became wet, but very glad. Later in the afternoon I was in a church – a very nice cathedral near the botanical garden. When I came back to the garden, its wonderful nature is like a drug for me – I can not get enough of it. At 8 p.m. the garden closes, so I left the park, and was sitting near the Opera house, enjoying the wonderful view, listening to the birds and thinking how lucky I am because I have got a possibility to visit Australia. I came home very tired, but with a harmony in my soul.

I have been on the Bondi beach, and in the evening to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi gras. Took a taxi home.

The whole day I spent in the botanical garden, admired nature, walked, read a book. In the evening I got acquainted with a nice German couple, I was feeding opossums with them. Opossums are so cute!

In the morning I forced myself to go to classes, but I did not like it, that is why after the first part I hurried home.

Usually I have 4 hours English lessons per day, 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Today I missed morning classes. The second part of my day I spent in the botanical garden. I saw so many wonderful flowers, birds, trees. I did hundreds of photos, and I could touch a Cockatoo! That was amazing.

I planned to find at list 3 wonderful things every day, but here I have found hundreds! And I was eating at the restaurant near Opera House, it is rather expensive there, but I pay not only for the food, but for the wonderful view on the sea and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and the meal was really delicious!

I was crying the whole morning, I was feeling so bad, so lonely. I decided not to go to school. In my class I do not feel well, there are some boys, who always behave as leaders, they are always the first, the best… I am not so, and I have a feeling that nobody sees me in a class, as I were absent. For example once we had to do some exercises in a group, in each group 3 people. I worked together with 2 boys, but they did the entire job themselves, and they did not put any of my answers on the sheet, as if they did not hear me. The teacher is a really nice person, but I do not think that he is a good teacher; he does not explain something and absolutely does not care about the progress of each student. I attended many different language courses in my life, and I think that this course is the most useless for me.

So, today morning I went to a beach, it was cloudy today, and the wind was rather strong. It was not so warm, that is why I stayed on the beach just 2 hours. On the way back I went to a church and was sitting there a while absolutely alone. Then I came home, I already planned to have a lunch alone, then my mobile ringed. That was Fabio – a very nice guy from Brazil, we met and eat lunch together. I was so glad to see him.

I told him what I am not especially glad with English lessons. And I was very surprised, because he feels the same. He told me that it is very stressing in school, because of some arrogant, dominating persons, and the lessons are useless.

At 5 p.m. Fabio went to Aquarium museum, and I sat at a restaurant. I ordered just a salad and tee, but the waiter was so friendly and polite, he treated me like a VIP person.

My day started really bad, but finally it became absolutely brilliant. I was feeling bad, I gave me some time for taking pity on myself, and then I put on a nice dress, made a make-up and went to the center. And I realized – I look nice, I am in the one of the most beautiful cities in the world. One philosopher said – we are not happy, just because we do not realize that we are happy. I agree with him. Of course we all have sometimes really difficult periods in life, but we often tend to concentrate on problems, and forget about all good what we already have. What should we do? Let’s ask ourselves more often what is already good in our life.

If you feel sad, try to force yourself to do something another, to go somewhere, to find an occupation, and little by little bad thoughts will leave you, and you will understand – actually everything is not so bad, and there are lots of really nice things in your life.