Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Lee Yik Cham, University of Kent, United Kingdom
20/01/2014
First day in United Kingdom. With a long-haul flight with
delay, we have used nearly 24 hours from Hong Kong to Dubai, and then to
London. University of Kent is in Canterbury, which is at the eastern side of
London with approximately 2 hours’ drive. With blue sky and fresh air, I could
say that is a very nice place to study. That day we gotta finish the paperwork
of accommodation and student status registration. (That is quite boring.) This
is a good chance to meet people from other places.
We are still in the buffer period, getting with the jet lag.
UK is in time zone UTC 0, which is slower than Hong Kong for 8 hours in winter.
We could wake up early this day, and then hang out within the university
campus. We have gone the society member enrollment day, similar to CityU’s 木人巷 in student
registration day. But ‘unfortunately’, we did not join any society as we just
stay in UK for few months. We wish to make good use of time for travel. At
night, there is a welcome dinner for all exchange students, which is a precious
chance for us to meet others with GOOD food available. After the dinner, we
have a birthday party for the roommate of our friends, just next to our house.
This day the University took us to Dover, which is a
waterfront city and an important port to link UK with other European countries.
However we did not visit those port facilities and city tourist spot. We have
visited a castle with long history instead. Normally a spot under English
Heritage requires a non-cheap admission fee but the university has sponsored
us, meaning that we could gain a FREE admission! The most interesting thing for
me is the UK’s flag with such beautiful scenery. University let us stay there
for few hours. We could do what we want, and of course, try British food.
23/01/2014
Here comes to the university campus again. This day is the
first day we have our lecture here. Frankly speaking, facilities like lecture
theatres in CityU are newer and more comfortable than those in University of
Kent. However, that is the characteristics of European universities. Buildings
are a little bit old. Okay, let us go back to lecture. Students here are more
enthusiastic on their studies. They have more interaction with speaker, and
they concentrate on their studies truly. Nearly everyone has his/her notebook
in hand. We could see they have a very good attitude towards studies. That
night over half of CityU buddies stay together for the dinner.
24/01/2014
This is a free day for all of us. We decided to go to town
of Canterbury and have a look. Here we could take a bus called UniBus which is
exclusive for university students. As a student we could buy a Uniday onboard,
which is a daypass for university students to get access to buses with
Canterbury zone. It is 2.7 pounds, approximately HKD35. That day was in heavy
rain. But that might be good for us because there are very few people on the
street. We could have plenty of time to observe everything here. Canterbury is
a typical UK town, with a lot of special buildings and cathedrals. Besides,
there are supermarkets which are convenient for us to buy cheap food here
rather than in school’s convenience shops.
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Labels: 2013/2014 Semester B
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