HSS International
Hi Everyone, this is a new section aimed at providing a weekly interview with various people living in Sydney. I hope that this will help incoming International Students, current students and anyone else reading this, to provide a honest account of people's perceptions about Sydney, exchange and just other general information. Peruse at your leisure! If you have any comments, suggestions, general feedback or wouldn't mind being interview then please email me: sarah.shen@student.uts.edu.au
So without further ado here is the very first interview...Enjoy!
Jessica Lam
Jessica Lam is an International Student currently on exchange for one semester at UTS. She is studying Human Resources Management and hails from The City University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong. She is part of the UTS Tandem Program1 and I thought what better way to kick this section off than to interview someone from UTS's international student community. Here are some of the things Jessica had to say about Sydney and her time here so far...
Name: Jessica Lam
Age: 21
What are you currently studying? Currently studying Human Resources Management here at UTS.
Where in Sydney do you live? Willoughby
How long have you been in Sydney? About a month
What do you like best about Sydney? The Natural Environment, nature, sight seeing, the beach, the trees and the landscape. As back home in Hong Kong, it is just a city, it just has urban buildings. Here in Sydney it is a very nice city, it is very green with lots of trees to break up the city and nice to incorporate the nature in everyday life. Also the people are very friendly and nice, they are very easily approachable and I think they have better manners and courtesy than most city people in Hong Kong.
What do you like least about Sydney? Shopping here is much more expensive than back home in Hong Kong and also the shops here close too early so sometimes it is a bit boring at night. Also the trains and buses are never on time - it is very sometimes, especially the buses, they never seem to come according to the time table.
Where is your favourite place to hang out?
- On Saturday night? I haven't really gone anywhere on a Saturday night
- On Sunday afternoon? I like sight seeing, especially Circular Quay, I like Circular Quay the best.
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? On an Island resort somewhere with a nice beach - I like the beach, it is a very nice change from the city.
If someone came to visit you in Sydney, where would you take time? Circular Quay, Taronga Zoo, Darling Harbour and surrounds, Star City (but I don't gamble). All the touristy places, but definitely Circular Quay as that is my favourite place, I have been there several times.
If ever a statue or monument was built in your honour, where would you like it to be placed? Darling Harbour, near the wharfs, maybe along King St wharf somewhere.
Any last thoughts or comments? Sydney is good, but some things here are too expensive compared to Hong Kong. But that is probably because of the currency exchange. But the natural environment is definitely much much better than Hong Kong, there is lots of sun in Sydney.
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