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
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Life at Huron University College – Study, Exams and Coffee!
Japan: 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
Read moreO-Week, Niagara Falls and Hail Stones
If I had to sum up Canada in one word, my immediate thought would be ‘huge’. Huge cars, huge roads, huge distances between literally everything, huge portions… you
Read moreHURON! Oi Oi Oi!
Arriving in Canada for Huron’s International Pre-Orientation week barely gave me any time to catch my breath – or recover from the jet lag – before being thrown head-first into Western’s ‘O-Week’. After some hesitance and confusion at the constant
Read moreFood in Japan
Munching on a digestive biscuit as I type this, I can certainly assure you that I am a fond lover of food. For this reason, the delectable delights of Japan are soon to be a very important feature in my
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