Students at Embassy

Huh, another one :P

Well, here is another blog post since the last time my computer somehow would not want to put in pictures -.-

My friend took me to his suburb, where they got a hill from which I had a nice view of Melbourne. Too bad they are going to build houses all over that place...

 

Today, I went to Chinatown (which is not unusual since there are many Asians in Melbourne). But there is also a Greek precinct nearby.

 

Something else you should try when you come to Australia are cupcakes and macarons. So nice, but only for people who have a sweet tooth! 

Left: cupcake, right: macaron (both strawberry flavour xD)

To sum up, I can just say that I learned a lot in Melbourne. Not only did my English improve, but my personality developed also. It has been the longest time that I have been away from home. The longest time before was three weeks xD

And because I met so many different cultures here I can understand better why people behave in this or that way.

It's time to say goodbye ...

Finally, the weather is picking up. I mean, spring has already begun so it should somehow get better.

In school, we watched the Australian movie "Mary and Max". It's like a cartoon and you can compare it to how "Wallace and Gromit" was made. It's a very sad and moving story and you can really learn a lot from it.

 

For the first time ever, I went to a karaoke bar. It's a very Asian thing, but since there are quite a few Asians in Melbourne you can find karaoke here as well. But nevertheless I have to admit that I prefer SingStar. Somehow it's easier cause you can make sure you sing properly since it tells you whether to sing high or low xD

There is a cake shop called 'Le petit gateau'. They produce such nice cakes - yummi! I ate one which had silver on it ^^

Yesterday I went to Box Hill which is an Asian suburb. You can get nice Asian food and quite a few things are cheaper over there.

This is going to be my last blog since I am leaving soon. But someone else is going to keep you up to date about what is going on in Melbourne! If I were you, I'd come here one day!

 

 

 

 

News from Melbourne (still rainy xD)

You haven’t heard anything from me for quite a long time, have you? I just have too many things to do and am having too much fun! xD

School is still going well. Once we played this funny game… We formed two groups and had to spell words with letters written on cards. Those who finished first and had the correct spelling got a point:

 

To celebrate some students' farewell we went to a famous chocolate café here in Melbourne which is called Max Brenner. I shared a 'chocolate pizza' with two other students:

 

Yummi!

I tried to stay fit, and this is the reaon why I went jogging in my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, the swooping season has just started... It lasts for about six weeks. What's so bad about it? Well, the birds (like magpies) are nesting and therefore behave super protective - hence, they attack you if you approach their nest and if you don't know how to protect yourself. I tried running away because I didn't know ^^ Useless, it makes it even worse -.- In fact, it's quite simple, you just have to look at them and keep the eye contact...

When you think of Germany, you may think of pretzels! I have seen a ‘Pretzel World’ here in Melbourne, but they sell very strange variations. Today, I tried ‘Jamaican Almond’. It tasted very different from the usual, salted one, because it had sugar on it. Nevertheless, it was very nice!

Next week I will have to leave Melbourne, so I'm going to profit as much as possible from the time left!!!

 

 

Happy greets from rainy Melbourne!

I don't know why, but the weather is terrible this week. It's cold and raining all the time! On the weekend, I was much more lucky, because we had sunny weather. I went to Mornington Peninsula and Wilsons Prom on Saturday and to Lakes Entrance on Sunday. The beaches were so beautiful...

Squeaky beach - the sand really squeaks :)

90 Mile Beach

Lakes Entrance: this is where the Bass Strait and Victoria lakes meet; we even spotted seals and some dolphins!

The Friday before, I participated in an IELTS-pre-test at school. The makers of IELTS do this to evaluate the difficulty of a test. It was indeed quite hard, but very good to practise!

The day before yesterday, I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens. We had good weather by chance ;) You don't have to pay any entrance fee, which I think is really nice. And it's so beautiful... :

I hope the weather picks up a bit, you get depressed with all the rain ^^

Meet Juwita, our new blogger from Melbourne

Hello everybody!

My name is Juwita, I'm 18 years old and I come from Germany.

I started my language course at Embassy Melbourne on the 5th July, so I have been here for about a month. So far, it has been great =)

Directly on the first day, I met new students, because we formed little groups and introduced ourselves to the others. Since then, I have been meeting Jenny (Germany), Aya (Japan) and Stephania (Columbia). It's because we were all afraid of not finding new friends, that we were glad to find nice, open-minded people.
The teachers and the staff are great - so funny and helpful!

In Germany, I just finished highschool and because Australia is said to be an amazing country, I decided to spend the time until university starts in October abroad. I have already been to England three times, so it was time for something different.

I need to improve my English, because a lot of essays for my studies (either law or medecine) will be in English.

Apart from the lessons, I participated in some great trips with the school: Tim Burton Exhibition, Melbourne Aquarium, Edward Scissorhands...

I really enjoy my time "down under"; the only thing I definitely miss is the sun. In here, it's winter and in Germany they have got summer... I'm just glad that the Australian winter is not as cold as the German one. You hardly get snow in Melbourne, because it's still 5-15°C "warm".

C u soon.

PS: The photo shows me drinking "bubble tea". It originally comes from Taiwan, but because Melbourne is multicultural, they have got it here as well!

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