As I read back at my first post, you can feel the anxiety, worrying and nervousness by the way my tone is. You can tell that study abroad though I was doing it, it wasn’t something that I was so sure of. Now that I have actually done the semester abroad, my mindset has totally…
Category: Australia: TEAN at Newcastle
a final see you later.
I really did not want to leave Australia at all. If I spend the holidays over here alone I would have been content. I miss it so much already, and I miss being on my own in practically a whole new world. Studying abroad has been literally the best thing I have ever done in…
coming to an end, but more like a new beginning
It is a strange feeling being done with school in early November, something I have never experienced. I have a full two months off before classes start back up at Rollins. I am going to miss everything here, my life, my friends, and just being gone from home. I haven’t really left the US ever…
Daily Routine here in Aussie
Being in Australia has given me the opportunity to have a daily routine (of sorts) that I can confidently say is incredibly different from my daily routine back in the states. In regard to shopping for groceries, to be completely honest, it was one of my least favorite things to do. The reason I found…
The End of an Era
This blog post is the hardest one to write. I am leaving my newfound love, a country that took me in and gave me a home. Australia has been the place of my dreams, giving me new friends for a lifetime. I was so gut-wrenchingly nervous for my departure, and months later I am just…
Leaving soon.. sad face!
As I am in my final week of being in Newcastle, Australia- what I am feeling is the most unexplainable feeling that I have ever felt. It is sort of like that bittersweet feeling that I had before I left america, when leaving to come to Australia. Although I am excited to come home and…
Spring break recap
Spring break in October? I think yes! And it being two weeks?? Absolutely awesome! You can definitely say it was spent tremendously well. The first week of break was spent in Canberra (the capital of Australia). Well first off, I definitely thought the capital was Sydney?? But I guess not! Seeing the capital city was…
Australia or Whoville
Given I have spent about 4 months in Australia already, I can say without a doubt that I have experienced Cultural Confrontation, Cultural Adjustment, Cultural Adaptation, and Cultural Euphoria. I experienced a very intense sensation of cultural confrontation even just upon arrival at the university. It was close to impossible to not feel like an…
Curtis S. Chin
The statements made by Curtis S. Chin are not only broad generalizations, but they are also pessimistic and potentially ignorant in nature (in that this frame of thinking can be applied to any facet of life and/ or education). While studying abroad might not be “essential to a good education”, it is important to define…
what a time to be alive
For the past couple months, I have had a large array of emotions. From feeling on top of the world, to feeling like I am at the most lost state I’ve ever been in, this journey has been one of the most unique experiences of my life. I absolutely LOVE Aussie land. I have found…