Leave home
The day before I went abroad three years ago, the once-in-a-decade heavy snow in Shanghai, and the whole family rushed to the airport to see me off. I checked in, listened to my parents' repeated exhortations and looked at the strands of white hair in their ears. Before I knew it, my eyes were red. When I reached the departure gate, I held back my tears and walked on without looking back after saying goodbye one by one, because I knew that my mother had cried in the picture behind me and my father's sad eyes, but I had to go on bravely. Going abroad is to exercise yourself, prove your ability and stop relying on your parents. I am no longer a chick in my nest, I want to fly higher and farther.
When I got off the plane, a magical scenery came into view. The blue sky, the green grass, the fairy-tale house in the flowers and plants, and everything exotic are very fresh and romantic in my eyes. This is exactly what I want? Garden city? Christchurch. There are well-designed gardens everywhere in the whole city. Walking on the road, flowers can be seen everywhere. Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, with a population of about 200,000. It is full of British flavor everywhere. New Zealanders like a relaxed and leisurely lifestyle. It seems that the pursuit of pleasure has been deeply embedded in the soul of this nation. Unlike other developed countries, New Zealanders have not become victims of the fast pace of modern life, but insist on preserving long-lasting natural things. If New Zealand is the last pure land in the world, then I think Christchurch is the last garden in the world.
independence
Like every international student, I have to stay with a host family when I come here. My husband is British and my wife is Filipino. I have four children. Compared with other friends, I am lucky. They chat with me in their spare time to help me improve my English and let me know about New Zealand culture. When I decided to go to school by bike, they took me to the park to practice my driving skills and told me to remember the traffic rules in New Zealand. Nevertheless, no matter how friendly they are to me, our living habits are still very different. I lived in the B&B for more than four months and ate the same food every day, so I persisted for more than four months.
I finally moved out. Host families share a house with other friends. I have longed for an independent and free life for a long time. I was particularly excited on the day I moved, thinking that I could finally cook my favorite dishes and live a free life. But unexpectedly, I spent the first month eating instant noodles. I have been well fed and clothed, and then I realized that it is not so easy to live independently. But life goes on. I can't study abroad all my life and eat instant noodles every day, so I borrowed a recipe from my friend, so I took the recipe in my left hand and a spatula in my right hand and crept to learn to cook. Now I can cook all kinds of dishes.
traffic
New Zealand is a country that can't walk without its own car, just like having no feet. Because the public transport system in New Zealand is worse than that in China, it can be said that buses in all districts only lead to urban areas. Look at the bus table when waiting for the bus. You have to wait about 65,438+05 minutes to wait for a bus. If you miss it, you may have to wait for another half hour. It may take an hour or more to drive there. Friends who have been in New Zealand for a long time say that spending money starts with buying a car? After buying a car, the first thing to do is to pay for gas and parking, and then pass WOF and road tax. If the car is hit and breaks down, it will cost money. The police will sneak into a corner and wait for you to run a red light and wait for you to exceed the speed limit, and then arrest you and give you a ticket. There are also some Maori who are dissatisfied with your car. They will smash your car, break your window and steal things from it, so the car will bring you a lot of trouble while bringing you convenience.
As the saying goes, you depend on your parents at home and your friends when you go out. Although everything depends on yourself, the support, help and comfort of friends are essential and play a very important role in your study and life, you should be very careful when making friends abroad. So-called? Near Zhu Zhechi, near Mexico. Is it black? Good friends give you motivation and make you work harder, while bad friends will make you degenerate in this city. I once witnessed the change of a friend, from a simple student to a problem student who frequented casinos and discos and spent a lot of money. I am glad that all my friends around me love life, love learning and pursue progress.
study
Studying abroad in New Zealand can be said to be boring. 3. 1 I go to school, leave school and go home, and I feel very bored. So I want to find a part-time job, which can not only reduce the burden on my parents, but also enrich my after-school life. However, it is not easy to find a job in New Zealand, and work experience is more important. Even a job as a cleaner requires work experience. Besides, I have never worked, let alone worked experience. All my applications were rejected, and I ran into a wall everywhere. Later, I was introduced by a friend to work in a fast food restaurant. This job is not easy. I have to stand for seven or eight hours a day, sometimes even longer. In order not to delay my study, I only work on weekends.
The main purpose of going abroad is to study. When I was in a language school, it seemed easy and stressful every day, but I knew in my heart that I still had a long way to go: reading a language? Take IELTS? Into the preparatory course? Go to college? Graduation ceremony. Now take your time. In the university stage, teachers don't ask for theoretical knowledge by rote, but for what they have learned to be implemented in real life. Maybe a lot of learned knowledge is of little use to us in the future, but what he taught us is a way of thinking. The pressure I felt in college was not a little. Everyone is studying hard. The exam is coming, and the library can't find any empty seats, so we have to go to school early. The library is the soul of the whole university, and how many students spend many nights in it. This learning atmosphere urges us to study harder, and we all face the exam with the belief of winning. Watching graduates leave their bachelor's hats and walk out of school is very envious. My days are in the near future.
After studying in New Zealand for more than three years, I have gained a lot. It honed my perseverance and taught me to be independent. The road to study abroad is hard, there are too many additional things, parents' eager eyes, the obstacles of the second language, the pressure of life and study, and the pressure of material spirit, all of which we have to face bravely. Some international students who solve problems by escaping can only end their study abroad life. Going abroad is to exercise ourselves, change our perspective, broaden our horizons, apply what we have learned abroad at home, and do our bit to build the motherland.
The above is about studying abroad, I hope it will help you.