Nur Vela Was
Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia, Chinese Language Study Abroad
Introduction
大家好！My name is Hine Vela, and I am currently in Tainan at NCKU taking part in the Chinese Language Exchange. I am in my second year at the University of Auckland studying a Bachelor of Global Studies, with a focus on Global Politics and Human Rights and Chinese.
I enjoy exploring around different cities and learning about the culture entrenched within the different cities themselves. I am very lucky to be able to make the most of the beautiful city of Tainan, with its beautiful architecture, artistic streets, and rich cultural heritage.
I hope you all enjoy going on this journey with me as I write about my experience on this language-learning adventure!
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its not all fun and games sometimes, and that is ok
January 2nd 2022 9:56 PM 大家好！ 圣诞快乐！ 新年快乐！ This last week has been very busy. Busy enough that I forgot to submit my last blog for review! Last week was Christmas, which was very different and interesting. It was hard to be away from family, however. This was the second year in a row in…Continue…
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台南 Shenanigans Continued: speaking 中文
December 22nd 2022, 11:05AM 大家好！ 我希望你们很好！ 这周很忙！ 我们去上课，去开会等等。 This week has been our first official week in the 大学的宿舍, and I had not realised how much of a difference it would make. I will not lie, it has been a bit of an interesting experience to live in the 宿舍, more than anything because of…Continue…
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Landing in 台湾 and 星期一 shenanigans
00:52 AM, Tainan December 9th The last 24 hours have been a blur, to say the least. I woke up to my phone ringing with a reminder that I needed to start thinking about getting ready and soon sat down to have a last breakfast with my grandparents before the almost two-month adventure that awaited…Continue…