24/04/2025
… as they say many international students in Australia come from well-off families. And today, I started to believe that might be true.
I came early to my afternoon class, just quietly waiting, when a classmate I hadn’t seen in a while walked in.
“Hey, it’s been a while! How are you?”
“I’m good! How are you?”
“I’m great. Btw, Congratulations!”
She looked surprised. “For what?”
“I heard the news!”
“Ohh! yeah,” she smiled.
That casual chat led to deeper conversation. Then she shared that just two weeks ago, they had acquired a business here in Australia. I didn’t ask much for all the details, but it really amazed me.
I’ve known her for a while. It never crossed my mind that we could discuss something like that personally.
That moment got me thinking.
🤔How did they start?
🤔What was the journey like?
🤔What does it really take to do something like that here?
Back in the Philippines, I worked across different industries, and as a business consultant, I helped businesses both start and thrive. But here in Australia, everything is so unfamiliar. I’ve even considered taking another course maybe another Business Administration or Accounting just to understand how things work in first-world countries like Australia. But I’m already deep into Business Analytics, and that alone is stretching me in new ways.
Her story reminded me that there are many ways to grow, and that we’re all walking our own pace, on paths we quietly carve out day by day.
Tinuod man nga kasagaran international students diri ‘can afford’ isa lang akong masulti, ‘it requires courage to take risk, dili ra ingon ana kasayon.’
