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2019大三出國輔導通報系統 - 留學心得報告[編輯]

觀光Ｂ 406860444 　黃韻潔　　留學學校：威廉安格列斯餐飲管理學院(澳洲)-限觀光系

(一)基本資料

Hi, I am Jennifer, I major in tourism and hospitality in Tamkang university, last summer I went to Australia for exchange, studying resort and hotel management in William Angliss Institute. (30字)

(二)課程學習

【照片說明：在學校的第一次報告當天】

There were only four courses available for us to apply at the very beginning, so it’s hard for me to choose one from, but I will say event stakeholder, my selective subject. Our teacher is a shorty man but full of energy, I love the method he brings to the class and I can tell he put lots of work in it, I learn a lot during the class that I couldn’t have in Taiwan which is fresh and interesting. I still can recall the time that I stayed up all night with my teammates doing loads of assignments, trying to reorganize an event that has died ten years ago. It was exhausted during the “deadline weeks”, but it was good to see our project processing well eventually. Each of the assignment took times and lots of brainstorming to finish, and I enjoy them. Therefore, I choose to share my favorite class by talking those annoying assignment, just kidding, however, there were two assessment need to be done if you chose this class, I will briefly introduce those two respectively, the first assignment they wants us to introduce one event to the whole class, teacher will list plenty of annual event that were held in Australia but in different category and give us to choose favorite, then made a pitch all about this event in the way like we were the organizer, the person who was in charge in this event back in the days. we search and collect, sorting those information into a complete presentation, it was also good learning way to let us get knowing those huge events by listening others students’ speech. Pass to the final assignment which rating weight is higher compare to the others, this time we need to bring a long-gone event back to life, like doing a makeover, start from scratch, designing a brand-new show and based on its background and history, it was a huge production, and the same time a huge gain for me, I found that there was a passion inside of me that urging to learn something more than that, I am glad I choose this class.(360字)

(三)生活環境

【照片說明：澳洲快樂時光】

let’s move on to the entertaining part of my study abroad daily life, luckily I live with my friends in Taiwan who going to the same school with me, and I am also glad we have chosen a good student accommodation call IGLU which has many good facilities and cool events for resident to join, besides that, IGLU locates in a convenient district, near to our school and shopping center, and the best part of it is there’s a big garden on our way to school, I love spending after school time here with friends or myself, it’s healing. But to be honest, the first couple of days I not that much enjoy the time walking on the street in Melbourne, I felt like I was in Hong Kong, not Australia, there are too many familiar “Asians faces” in the street, too many people speaking mandarin, my little fantasy just turns into bubble. but it never affected me to experience the city with all my heart in. I love the people here, the food, the antique store, and there is one place I love visiting every weekend, Fitzroy, which is a place I can go a thousand times and never get bored. Fitzroy’s curious and cool bars, independent retailers, traditional pubs, restaurants, cafes and live music are scattered me, sample life like a local, on a wander from city to a countryside, in short, Melbourne is a good place to live. (245字)

(四)自我成長

【照片說明：在布里斯本工作的餐廳】

As an international student who just got in a new environment it’s totally normal to feel lonely and stress easily, because that’s how I been through during the first couple months, at first, I thought I could adapt quickly and normally likes others students but things just go another way round, I felt like I have a hard time to fit in, I call my family almost every day, and I can’t sleep well, I woke up early at the morning before my alarm clock ring, I even bought pills from the drugstore to fix my insomnia, it works though, anyway I just want to say it’s super general to feel that, it’s a process of growing, and it’s a precious growing experience to me, because loneliness this kind of stuff only can fixed by yourself, don't rely on others to help you fix yourself. And there is another story I want to share, I choose to move to Brisbane during the second half of the year, the reason that appeals me to move there is because my best friends is there, and part of it is because I was longing to experience something new and different, I consider it as a new challenge after I have overcame obstacle back in Melbourne, I feel like there was a force pushing me and telling me to step out of the comfort zone, so I bring nothing but my baggage to Brisbane, my friend helped me find a place to stay and I start searching job, it’s 12 days right before the course started. All my friend and family concerned about me failing to finding a job in a shorter day, I went out every day to give out my resume in every restaurant and café I can find, jumped on a bus take me straight to the suburb that near Brisbane and not coming back till my phone dead, and I can’t sleep well at night if I came back with empty-handed (means not getting any opportunity to have a trial for the job) that day, I just hope the lucky god will see me and bless me at that time, after one week of finding, the lucky god finally see me, I got a trial for a local restaurant at Friday night, they happened to need more staffs and I happened to need this opportunity, that was the happiest day of my life, end of story. back to the subject, after this one year exchange, I feel like I was coming home as a new person that my parents even cannot recognize me, one of my biggest change is I am not feeling lonely when I was alone, and I start liking being alone, going somewhere and doing things by myself, I should say I become more independent than I used to be. Besides that, I am so glad that I have the opportunity to work in a full English environment, I felt down and frustrated sometimes but those experiences improving my stress resistance, and then became my strength to continually fighting. (519字)

(五)大三出國建議

There are two types of person will choose WAI, the first one is you get a good condition, you are conversant in English, you can find yourself a job in abroad and don’t need others help. second one is you love challenging though your English level is average, and you are cool with doing housekeeping in the next semester, just kidding, I remain neutral, I mean I love the teacher here, they are all professional, friendly and kind, having the sense of humor, and if you turn for them, they will help you with their best they can do, what I trying to say here is just choose what you like, if you are interested in WAI, then lucky you, we can fullfill your needs by telling you the study environment, what courses we recommend, and so on, and when the time you are sure that you want to choose the same path we chose, WAI. Congrats, you made up your mind, that’s a good start, keep going, don’t get regard, if thing doesn’t go in your way, grin and bear it, accept the worst and keep doing your best you can do, having faith in yourself I promise you, you don’t need to worry you will go home with empty-handed, I am sure you will gain something, the external or internal or maybe botH, like I find myself growth so much during this journey, and it base on your attitude, how you look at your choice and the way you choose to live, one year is long enough for you to focus on yourself and discover your hidden passion for somethings. Choose whatever you like and go experience by yourself.good luck. (288字)