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Oz Diaries 1: Leaving Home
By Olivia Dove (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia). Hello there! A warm (at least by English standards) welcome to my first blog entry. Unlike many of the others, this entry will be separated by the location I wrote each one at on my lengthy journey to Australia. Location: Kent, UK Date: 28th June 2013 Leaving home is not easy for everyone. However, I don’t suffer particularly bad from homesickness, which means that I am not too worried about departing for Australia in a few days’ time. If you are, studying abroad is even more appropriate for you to help ease you off homesickness syndromes, whilst still having access to counseling (I’m…
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Amanda Blog 1: Leaving Home … again
By Amanda Chan (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia). Welcome to my first blog post! Are you excited to come on a journey to Australia with me? At least I am. Just in case you didn’t have the time to read my profile, I am originally from Hong Kong and have lived there most of my life. I have made one of my best decisions in life last year by coming to Manchester for University. Hence, the whole travelling alone, going on a long flight, studying abroad, saying goodbye thing is not new to me. One of the main differences this time is that everything is more in a rush. Even…
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