In a months’ time I am going to be in Canada right at the
start of my time studying abroad. I’m getting to a point where it feels like
whilst I now know quite a lot there’s still quite a lot still to find out.
In the past week I found out where I will be living on
campus and who I am going to be living with. Knowing where I will be living
makes the whole experience feel more real. Now I have a more accurate idea of
what it will be like for me when I’m living there. I’ve ended up being assigned
the ‘International House’ which I’m pleased with. I think it’s going to be a
good experience living with people from around the world. Dealing with culture
shock and cultural adjustment will also probably be easier for me if I know that
there are other international students around. I am also glad that I have a
single room, given my tidiness preferences I didn’t want to have a shared
bedroom.
Overall the main emotion I’m feeling at the moment is
excitement. I’m excited to get out there and just experience new things. I
really enjoy being a student and going abroad almost feels like I’m getting
chance to experience being a student for the first time again, except this time
will be better as I feel more confident and have learnt more about myself since
first year. However there is a little bit of nervousness. Mainly at the moment
it’s the things that I am still uncertain about which is making me nervous
however that’s something which will resolve itself over time.
I first thought of doing a year abroad back when I applied
to uni back in October 2014 so this has been a long time coming, possibly that’s
part of why I don’t feel too nervous as that means I have been mentally preparing
for it.
It still doesn’t feel like I will be in Canada ready to
begin my Study Aboard adventure in a month. However I think I’m ready to go out
there and seize the opportunities.
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