In my first week of exploring London, I remember the greatest challenge was talking to sales associates. I wasn’t always in tourist areas and with long shifts they did not speak particularly slow. I found it initially frustrating because we both spoke the same language, but I had no idea what they were saying. When…
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Reflections before Departure
At a young age I started to feel as if I was standing with one foot on both sides of a cultural line. I was both too Chinese and too American to personally feel that I held claim to either. Some days this played to my advantage. I could switch languages on whim to talk…
Final Blog post- Queen Mary London
Although my study aboard program in London was cut short due to the pandemic, I will cherish the short time I had in London. I am so thankful I experienced so much in a short time and I felt really got the most out of my London trip.I felt my different identities were very helpful…
First month in London I can’t believe a month already flew by! I have been a justing to life in London quite well. The weather is the biggest change for me. Going from 80 degrees and sunny to 50 and rainy has been an adjustment. I have learned to appricate the unique weather London has…
London Calling
I’ve been back in Florida for a week and a half now. I’m still adjusting to the glaring hot sun and summer weather in the winter. I miss the friends I made in London the most. Being Venezuelan-American and from South Florida, I was able to maintain these identities abroad. When it was 60/70 degrees…
Studying abroad in London was better than I could have hoped for
Wow. A lot has changed since my last blog post. The 12-week fall semester at Queen Mary goes by fast. For the first two weeks, I only had one friend whom I met in math class, and I enjoyed wandering around Mile End by myself. Emma was a study abroad student from California and remained…
My identities and London
Having different personal identities that I identify with will be very helpful in my study aboard experience. Each identity will help me look at my study aboard experience in a new lens. My identities will help me to adjust and cope with life in a new country for several months. Such as the student aspect…
Back in Guatemala
All I could say, before I left Guatemala on the 14th of September this year, was: London here I come!… If I am being very honest I never adapted to the community in QMUL. Although the campus was very large, I never really fit into any group on Campus. Adapting was harder than I thought…
FINALS!!
The struggle is real as the final week of classes begins. As an associate student I will be examined before all my classmates and finish my semester this upcoming Monday Dec/09. Thinking back to the first day of classes I can only say that time does fly when you are living a completely new and…
50%
And just like that half of the semester is gone. In this post I want to talk about the differences I have encountered both academically and socially between QMUL and Rollins. NO MIDTERMS. You heard me! I am currently attending four different modules and none of them gave me a midterm. I did have one…