1. Aims: To help me communicate effectively in English in real life situations, I plan to open up myself to the interaction of locals in Australia. I also hope to be able to spend more free time exploring Sydney instead of staying with the Hong Kong Students.
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Reflection: With the aim set, I was able to be very independent in the traveling and I managed to visit places much earlier than my classmates and much more places than them. This exploration gave me more chances to experience different culture of Australia. E.g, people like to walk without shoes when they are around beaches, some even took bus without shoes. This might not be very helpful to the studies but this shows me deeply about the free and easy culture of Australia, and this is what my personal aim was. I even took off my shoes to walk to enjoy this culture.
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2. Aims: To help me identify the expressions used in different situations, I plan to check up on some common phrases and slangs before the tour. Also, I will keep my mind open and ask directly when I come into expression that I am not clear of.
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Reflection: Research was done on the Aussie Slangs. However, I is still difficult to use the comfortably towards the local as I do not get the meaning of the slangs fully. Sometimes, I will also have one or two slang that I have forgotten from the huge list of slangs. But somehow, in real life situation, sometimes it is difficult to ask directly in a conversation. Especially when asking directions or queuing to buy stuff. Luckily, I still managed to use some easier nouns like bakies.
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3. Aim: To help me act appropriately when interacting with the host university and the people you will meet when you engaged in visits, data collection etc, I plan to read up some of the Aussie culture. Also, I will ask my friends in Australia for more prominent customs of Australia. Talking to some Australian exchange students in Hong Kong will also help gather more information.
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Reflection: I did not get to have much interaction with locals in the universities as we are the only students in the college for two third of the trip. This greatly lessen the chance of interaction with the local students. This is also one of my greatest disappointment that there is no locals. I did asked a friend studying in Australia for more details of cultures, telling me about the lifestyle of students after school, but I didn’t get to experience it.
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4. Aim: To help me describe the differences between the daily life habits/culture of the community/country of destination and of my life in Hong Kong, and help me demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of values of different cultures of different peoples/countries I plan to take note of the media in Australia, e.g Ads. Also, I will buy some local magazine to observe the main differences.
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Reflection: In Australia, I found that ads usually contain humor. This might be one of the cultures of Australians’ carefree lifestyle, everything should be free and easy, including ads. Besides looking at ads, I have found another interesting area that demonstrates that Aussies prefer informality and carefree, and that is notices. Quite a number of notices in Australia contain humors to reduce the formality of the message. This makes it fun to read it and might attract more people to look at it. 
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"Go home and tell all your friends about it"
.5. Other aim: I would hope to get a good culture tour in Australia and on their famous tourist attractions.
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Reflection: I tried my very best to fit myself into the culture of Australia and in every attractions I went. For example, I fully enjoy the culture of Bondi, having a nice tan and enjoying the cool waves of Australia. Being able to fully put myself in the culture allow me to gain the most out of the trip. I am able to experience personally instead of just seeing or listening. And finally I can share my experience with my friends in Hong Kong.
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