if times fly or not

Exact 7 months has passed since I came here, Australia. It looks like I've been here for a long time and I know about Aussie and its life, but I'm still not sure about it.

I think it's been a long way to get here. I've spent this term with lots of anxiety, disappointment, dissatisfaction as well as happiness. Come to think of it, this 9 months journey started with  lots of nervousness and excitement and I was not sure I could live in that unfamiliar place. (No wonder I was so struggling, because it was the first time to go abroad and even to live in another place.)

Compared with the first month here, I'm doing okay. I finally got used to this life that is inundated with English.

Before this studying abroad, I got a list that shows my goals I would try during this trip. Unfortunately, I lost it because of the stupidest accident ever of mobile phone that I saved that list in.
If my memory was not wrong, I would get 5 goals, which include

• able to read difficult articles and books that are both academic and casual
• able to use English in a natural way
• make Australian friends
• be good at communicating
• had my own firm opinions about anything

Roughly there are 5 main aims. and I'm not confident especially about third one. This is because I don't have any Australian friend yet.