Exam Term

Exam term is coming in South Africa. my exam starts at 8th november and ends at 18th. i have to write 4 exams. then i am so scared about them because it is not so easy to pass all of the subjects. the university i am studying is kind of strict about mark because even lots of local students who understand english very well also fail. i know one of my friend who was an exchange student from USA also failed one subject. it is even more difficult for the students who english is their second language to pass all the classes. it was out of my mind that south african university was strict about mark. i confirmed that studying in foreign country is hard through this ecxchange student program. but i think the more i struggling with studying, the more i can get benefits. but i don't know what they are, maybe knowledge, experience or something like that. anyways, after finishing all of the exams, i can be free! and i am planning to travel african countries, maybe zimbabwe, zambia, malawi, tanzania and kenya. it sounds cool, doesn't it?

Short Home Stay

Hello, everyone. it is getting hotter and hotter in south africa.
anyways, i am gonna talk about what i did during short break in the end of september. i was gonna travel to zambia which is one of southern african countries with my zambian friend during that break, but unfortunalely, he suddenly cancelled that plan because he had to do a lot of assignments. i was so disappointed becasue i had been excited about it a lot. however, i thought i didn't want waste my break with doing nothing, so i asked another friend to allow me to stay his home. he is indian south african. in fact, there are so many indians in this country because a lot of their ancestors immigrated to south africa long time ago. even now some indians come to south africa to get the jobs related to IT.

i got to know that indian friend in tourism lecture. he has a good personality, for he is always very nice to everyone. he is liked by everyone. he and his family picked me up in front of the dorm i am living, and i talked with them in the car. his parents were also very nice. they are kind and funny! they took me a lot of places i usually didn't go such as the biggest shopping mall in southern hemisphere, casino and so on. after that, i went to his home, and his mom cooked indian food. it was so nice. i love indian food. what we did was not so special. we just watched TV together, talked about something etc, but i really have a good time. i could relax and feel the warmth of family through staying his home. i stayed his home two nights and went back to my dorm. i didn't wanna come back to the residence becasue i usually feel lots of stress and sometimes lonliness there. if i find an opportunity to stay his home again, i definitely go. am i impudent?