This is it, the home stretch. Classes are ending, finals are being undertaken, bags packed, and the nauseating whorl collapses inward as I try to make sense of it all. Make no mistake, London’s been a blast. I’ve lived, learned, and loved in the shadows of so much history. The city itself overwhelms, but there…
Appreciative of this Experience
Here we are. It is hard to believe, but it has come down to the final few weeks of my time abroad. In other words, exams are rapidly approaching and my work load is exponentially increasing, given how light my work load was earlier in the semester. Yet I certainly have enjoyed my time here,…
A Cultural Surprise: The GOT7 Concert <3
Hey! Shanelle here! I have very exciting news! I recently attended a concert for my favorite band here in Japan! GOT7, a South Korean band, was having a Japan tour in the Osaka area this month, and I was lucky enough to get a ticket! I’d like to talk about this today, because I noticed…
Takarazuka!!!
Hey! Shanelle here! Last weekend, I attended a play that I thought would be something interesting to discuss. HaHasHas anyone heard of Takarazuka or the Takarazuka Revue before? Specific to Japan, Takarazuka is a type of popular culture that takes a unique twist on musicals. The entire cast is made up of only females! That’s…
Back state side
After a long day of travel I am finally back in the states! I miss New Zealand and all of my friends so much already but I know that I will see them all again one day and I will hopefully go back to visit. The best thing about making friends with other kids that…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Part 1
In this two part blog I will be discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of studying abroad at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. *Spoiler Alert: it’s mostly ugly* In part 1, I will tell you about why I decided to spend a semester 5,000 miles away from home. I want to tell you…
Home Sweet Home
As I write my final blog entry, all I have to say is this: You really never know what you’ve got till it’s gone. After getting through final exam weeks, all four of them, I travelled around New Zealand with some friends and slowly made my way to Auckland, which was where I was going…
Trial and Errors and more Errors
The past few weeks have ben a series of ups and downs and inversions of everything I know. I’ve laughed and cried and sang and danced and slept like the dead… or some would just say like a college student. I’ve spent a weekend in Paris, and it’s safe to say that it was an…
Happy Thanksgiving from 3,848 miles away
Family. Family is one of those words, regardless of who said it first, the blood relation of the family, the context it’s used, or the language it is spoken in, gives one the idea of an unbreakable connection. Now, sometimes, people have good family situations, and bad situations, non-existent family situations or blended family situations,…
The Final Countdown
There’s an expression my mom loves to use in French, “c’est le compte à rebours”. It means that the countdown has started, and something is coming close to an end. Whilst we were skyping she said that to me and it hit me that I only have a month left here. I had a moment of…