Category: FDS
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Between island hopping in Thailand, exam prepping in cafes and trying to localise myself in Singapore, I’ve had little time to make sense of exchange life. In hindsight, it’s been a defining experience. For communication students, we’re usually accustomed to the normal one hour lecture, two hour tutorial format of our timetables but Singapore’s classes…
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Hey there, my name is Lucy and if you’ve ever considered going on exchange, I would totally support you. During the past few weeks of my exchange to City University of Hong Kong, I’ve learnt qualities like independence, survival and how to cook for myself! (Well, at least more than two-minute noodles!). Anyway, enough about…
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Engulfed in a thick pad of clouds, the plane banked sharply to the left as my stomach dropped a notch. I felt the pressure against my ears as we progressed well into our descent and wasn’t sure if the pulsing in my head was a result of my anticipation or the cabin pressure. I strained…
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The week that felt like a year. I arrived in Wismar, Germany on the 12th of September and will admit, it wasn’t the most amazing start. I got to my accommodation (which at the time I thought was totally average) and arrived to find no one was there, there was no Wifi, no pillow, no…
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“Why on earth would come all the way from Sydney to study here?” With an incredulous look on their face, this is the question every Dutch person will ask once you’ve introduced yourself. Tilburg, bless its heart, gets a bit of crap from its more beautiful European neighbours. But for us humble Aussies, it’s an…
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I have been in the Netherlands for just over three weeks and I already feel at home here. TU Delft has been extremely welcoming and the last few weeks have been full of fun events and activities, like no o’week I’ve experienced before. It included parties, BBQs, pub crawls, and visits to landmarks, museums and…
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When you hear people reminiscing about their time on exchange you can guarantee that at some point they will refer to it as being the best time of their life. I always thought this was a little extreme, but after only a week of being in Sweden it is already coming close. UTS orientation week…
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I write this post on a train from Florence to Venice, one week out from starting exchange in my host city for the semester: Dublin. I’ve only been out of Australia for two weeks at this point, which doesn’t really give me much authority to give advice or reflection on exchange as a whole. In…
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Berlin feels like a collective of smaller cities within the city, with endless parks, galleries, neighbourhoods, repurposed buildings and clubs to explore. I have only been here a few weeks, but it has been a lot of fun exploring the city so far. Each day, Berlin reveals something different and exciting, and it has a…
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Whilst this is not my first time in Hong Kong, it always surprises me how busy and bustling this compact city can be. It is a crazy mixture of both modern design and its historical heritage. I have come into this exchange experience, with a want to submerge myself in a different lifestyle and to…
