So the New Year has arrived and I’m back in chilly Kyoto after visiting the neon lights of Tokyo. Here’s an update on what I’ve been up to over the festive period! Father Christmases doing laps around the famous Shibuya
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Christmas in Japan
Finals at Huron
Finals week. Two words that are enough to fill any student, regardless of where they’re from, with complete and utter horror. And let me tell you, Canada certainly doesn’t hold back with theirs. I had five exams, four of them
Read moreLondon (Ontario) to New York
Poppy’s last post has pretty much covered the academic style here at Huron, but one thing that really struck me on first arrival was the abundance of exams. Having carefully selected my modules, which coincidentally were all ‘essay courses’, I
Read moreLife at Huron University College – Study, Exams and Coffee!
University in Canada couldn’t be more different from England if it tried. They refer to it as ‘school’ for starters, and it really is much more like school than what you’d expect from university. At Huron, you’re highly unlikely to
Read moreJapan: One month in
Occasionally the fact that I’m living in Japan suddenly hits me. Like when I realise I really am on a train in Japan, and I’m managing it by myself, or when I hear a snippet of a conversation and I pick
Read morePacking, packing and more packing!
Humming ‘I’m leaving on a jet plane’ and blurting out the occasional Japanese phrase shows me to be in the strange no man’s land of transition between the UK and Japan. This land is full of preparation, packing and pre-flight
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