{"id":2499,"date":"2015-05-25T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T01:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2015-05-25T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T01:04:29","slug":"abroad-and-alone-for-a-7-month-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2015\/05\/25\/abroad-and-alone-for-a-7-month-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Abroad and Alone for a 7 Month Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Abroad and Alone for a 7 Month Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The notion of dropping everything in my last year of university and travelling abroad for a 7 month exchange stemmed from the many great experiences I&#8217;ve heard from fellow exchange participants, and so far my decision has not disappointed me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Eat, Sleep, Travel&#8230; and sometimes study&#8230;<\/strong> has been the recurring theme for the past 6 months where my trip started with a gruelling 8.5 hour flight to Taiwan and Japan then a further 13.5 hour flight to Germany. Over these past 6 months I have notched 9 countries under my belt, made friends from around the world, delved into numerous cultural experiences and learnt a new language (and improved on old ones)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">As my adventure draws to a close (and exams start ): ) a nostalgic and triumphant feeling dwells as I look back on things I&#8217;ve never guessed I would have done and have done in the short span of 6 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">My name is Anthony, a final year studying a Bachelor of Business Majoring in Accountancy and here are my experiences\u00a0for the 6 months (December 2014 &#8211; May 2015) and how they have changed me as an individual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Before My Exchange (Pre-departure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Everyone who has been through the application process knows that it can be very long and tedious! But I&#8217;m here to tell you it&#8217;s well worth it and QUT provides ample resources\/personal to assist in your application. The only difficult considerations were, where I wanted to go, why I wanted to go and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>December<\/b><strong>\u00a0(Taiwan and Japan)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before my exchange semester started I took advantage of my international transfer to do a side trip to Asia, namely Taiwan and Japan, to visit family and enjoy a vacation with my partner before leaving her for 6 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abroad and Alone for a 7 Month Adventure Introduction The notion of dropping everything in my last year of university and travelling abroad for a 7 month exchange stemmed from the many great experiences I&#8217;ve heard from fellow exchange participants, and so far my decision has not disappointed me. 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