? ? ? I went to Canada in the beginning of January in 2018, with my heavy luggage and a heart full of expectation and excitement. That was roughly the coldest time of a year in the country, I will never forget how chill it was when I get out of the airport: it was minus 26℃.
? ? ? This journey started with a lot of difficulties and challenges, we had to find our accommodation in another country by ourselves, we almost?missed the bus to Queen’s University because of the flight delay, and I need to figure out how to deal with my daily meal. All the things bothered me but that was absolutely a great exercise for me. I felt easier and less nervous when doing traveling plan after that, I became better at communicating with others and I even know how to cook!
? ? ?Queen’s University located at Kingston, a small city close to Lake Ontario. Kingston is at a small size but has everything we need, I can walk or take bus to downtown to find some food or go shopping at anytime. Four months is enough for you to get familiar with the city.
? ? ?We majored in economies in Queen’s University. I only chose three courses, two of them are economic courses and one is marketing course. It takes time to get used to western education system, or style, and I still can’t handle the hundreds of reading materials and lots of in-class fast notes so well several months later, especially the economic materials and notes, which I felt are a little bit “boring”. However, even for me who is not interested in economies and has no talent in this subject, I still surprisingly found some fun and rules that help me better understand the content of the courses after learning them for a while. I still remember how excited I was when I found I got a pretty good grade on my economic paper, in which I invested a lot of time; I still remember how concentrated I was when I engaged in group discussion and worked on the cases; I also remember how nervous I was when preparing for the exams and the upset or satisfaction I got after finishing them. I feel enriched in the 4-month study life, but I was not so stressed out because I only chose a few courses. I sometimes joined activities organized by the International center or hung out with my new friends.
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（Taking part in the trip to see how maple syrup is produced ）
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? ? ? During the four months, I went to Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, and Vancouver, to which I took a train named “The Canadian”. It took almost four days and nights from Toronto to Vancouver by train but this is definitely one of my best trips so far.
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（The Quebec city）
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（Watching sunset and the Rocky Mountain on the train）
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? ? ?I think I will keep missing this short exchange journey. I will miss all my friends, the scent of coffee in the library of Queen’s University, the warm-hearted behaviour of holding the door for people behind you, the squirrels who run across streets, the good restaurants in Quebec city, the exciting scream in the cinema when I watch the premiere of Avengers 3, the sunset and the splendid Rocky Mountain I saw on the train, I will even miss a normal piece of snow in the campus. Thanks to the business school of Shantou University for giving me the opportunity to experience a completely different life and study style, this is definitely one of my most precious memories.
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Post Time: 2018/9/15 0:00:00