Volunteering abroad changed my life
Submitted by StudyingAbroad on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 14:27This is a guest blog from Rachel Vickry, an alumni of GlobalLEAD
This is a guest blog from Rachel Vickry, an alumni of GlobalLEAD
The title is more to attract your attention - truthfully, if you made the decision to study abroad, wherever you land is the best place to be. Recently, however, there has been a huge push towards studying abroad in non-traditional locations, most prominently China.
While Australians do speak English, it often gets muzzled
between their accents and jargon. They abbreviate everything, literally
everything. Everyone gets a nickname out of affection, and word pronunciation
is often off. Oregano…is oregAHno…like origami, but not. Basil is BAAAAsil.
Maroon is Maroan. You get the point. Over the past few months, I’ve come across
certain word substitutions:
Jam = jelly
Jelly = jello
Jumper = sweatshirt
Photos, thanks to my friend who came with my parents and I.
So it's been a while since I've posted. Sorry to all of my followers. But a lot has happened in the past two weeks so I will share all of the details now!
I have been to Tivoli, Christiana, Rosenborg Palace, Belgium, and more!