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Hey TL,
A few days ago I met with my International studies advisor and got the lowdown on international studies, where I can go and whatnot. I've already been out of the country once to Spain (it was awesome, i'd go back in a heartbeat), but unfortunatly, Madrid isn't a study option, so i've been left with four alternatives:
Osaka, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
London, United Kingdom
Melbourne/Sydney, Australia (I can't remember which city it was  )
If anyone lives or has visited any of the places that are listed here, I would love to know anything you have to share! I'm really torn about where I'd like to study, but I'm especially torn between the UK and Japan, I love Spain, and the UK is close to Spain, which means it might(?) be cheap to go there for a little and spend some time, but at the same time, Japan is super awesome too, I love their culture almost as much as the european culture so I'd love ANY input you guys have!!
Thanks in advance  !
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You can get incredibly cheap flights around Europe. As long as you book a few weeks in advance you should have no problem getting to Spain from London and back for less than 100euro or so with Ryanair.
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there are a lot of cheap flights throughout Europe (something like 40-80 euros round trip iirc) so it'd be somewhat easy to go to Spain from UK.
I'd say honestly it depends what you want to study...I mean despite you liking Japanese culture would you be able to get over the culture shock (for some people it might seem very easy but some others just can't get over losing some of their life habits so I'm just putting that out there)? Also remember learning Japanese is gonna be a long and difficult project because well, oh god Japanese t_t.
I went to London once, I have to say the lifestyle is somewhat weird compared to what I've seen in the other parts of Europe (work work and work some more then go to the pub get wasted rinse repeat haha). I mostly travelled to France, visited Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Holland. Oh and I was really surprised there was such a huge Indian/Pakistani community in London, like wow you see stuff on internet but jesus they're everywhere (got nothing against them, just putting it out there again) and Indian accent + British accent = lolwut? especially when it's loud and you're trying to understand what they're saying o_O
All in all I'd say it also depends on what you want your experience to bring you and what your (approximate) plans are after your studies
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Osaka! Go hunt down Mani!
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We have some kids from sydney on our rugby team that are study abroad students. all i hear about austrailia is fucking awesome.
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On October 17 2009 10:48 Kaialynn wrote:Hey TL, A few days ago I met with my International studies advisor and got the lowdown on international studies, where I can go and whatnot. I've already been out of the country once to Spain (it was awesome, i'd go back in a heartbeat), but unfortunatly, Madrid isn't a study option, so i've been left with four alternatives: Osaka, Japan Tokyo, Japan London, United Kingdom Melbourne/Sydney, Australia (I can't remember which city it was ) If anyone lives or has visited any of the places that are listed here, I would love to know anything you have to share! I'm really torn about where I'd like to study, but I'm especially torn between the UK and Japan, I love Spain, and the UK is close to Spain, which means it might(?) be cheap to go there for a little and spend some time, but at the same time, Japan is super awesome too, I love their culture almost as much as the european culture so I'd love ANY input you guys have!! Thanks in advance !
I'm living in Tokyo right now and I'm a foreigner. I really recommend it. and almost as much? almost? Japanese culture is awesome. Living here is really really amazing. I'm in Tokyo and I really recommend it.
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On October 17 2009 14:42 madnessman wrote:
I'm living in Tokyo right now and I'm a foreigner. I really recommend it. and almost as much? almost? Japanese culture is awesome. Living here is really really amazing. I'm in Tokyo and I really recommend it.
Are you studying abroad there? If so, how are the expenses like?
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australia is coming into summer.
best place in the world.
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is this an exchange thing or a full time study thing?
Look if you coming to Australia, do your research and pick a good school. Most universities here are PR factories.
Apart from that, Australia IS awesome.
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