My Daily Life..!!

Well, There are huge differences and a few similarities. First thing I can think of is the food !! That's kind of problem I'm having here ! Of course I'm not going to talk about my mum's cooking because I'll never find something like it ! So it's kind of the most thing I miss out here. Another thing is the weather ! It is very cold here, or at least Winter ! No body can predict the weather here because we might have ''sun, rain, wind and cold'' in a day ! Sometimes I don't like the weather her when it's very cold, but most of the time I like it because back home we don't experience this kind of cold or at least in Jeddah, we have cold and snow in other regions of the country. Back home are my best friends who I get to see every day, always together so it's kind of fun. It's true that I have friends here, but nothing like ''best friends''. I like driving here much more than in Saudi ! Here it's very simple, you just follow the rules and everything should be fine. The people are really nice in driving. they respect the driving rules so I really respect this. Back home driving is ''Crazy'' seriously ! Last time I went for a holiday, I sensed how comfortable I was driving here ! So I let the driver drive instead 'LOL'. It's safer in Saudi, when I used to walk or ride buses at night, some people they just look for a trouble, they talk to you with bad words and stuff , and drunk people as well, While back in Saudi I never feel afraid or in danger, and we don't have drunk people walking around and looking for troubles !! I've learned a lot of stuff here, like cleaning (my room, the floor, the kitchen, my car), doing the laundry and a bit of cooking. I feel like I'm a responsible person now ! I didn't use to do anything back home, everything was being done by others. Coming to NZ is a big step that I've made, and i hope it'll be for my own good in the future. :-)

Reasons why I've chosen my courses..!!

First I'd like to say that I'm a business guy not a science one ! so anything that contains business stuff I'm in. At the beginning the only choice I had was to take Foundation studies 'commerce' so I took it. To be honest, choosing courses is the most difficult thing that ever happened to me ! Until now I'm still not 100% sure of what am I going to study ! First I was planning to study Finance but I've found out that it's to hard for me, after that my father told me take Marketing, I thought "but my brother is going to study marketing" so I'd like to study something different ! In the mean time, I'm thinking of "Information System" but I haven't told anyone yet. Probably IS is the thing I'm going to study if nothing new came up. The reason why I've chose IS is because I'm interested in computers. I love working on computers, so anything contains computer work I'm the first one who will say yes I'll do it. That's all and I hope everything goes as I want.

My Dream Life..!!

Departure..!!

First of all I'd like to say that I wasn't going alone, my brother, my father and his wife were coming with us as well. My father had a vacation at the time so he thought that he could come with us and have some good time. Before the day we were travelling we had a very big dinner with all family and friends. When the day came, my sisters came to our house, and some friends as well who were gonna come to the airport with us. The moments before going to the airport were very sad, my mum and sisters were crying because it's the first time that my brother and I were going to be away for a long time. Anyway when we arrived to the airport with our friends and of course my father and his wife, we talked for like half an hour and then it was time to go so we said goodbye to each other and there kind of stuff. Our flight was (Jeddah - Abu-Dhabi - Singapore - Christchurch) but we stayed in Singapore for like 4 days for shopping and stuff and then we went to Christchurch. It was a bit cold and raining the time we arrived, we got 2 rooms in a Motel in Riccarton road for like two weeks until we found a house to rent. I started the next Monday in CCEL not in the UC, because I wanted General English first, my English wasn't bad thou. That's how my departure was..!!

My School..!!

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Why did I choose New Zealand..!!

During the last days of high school, I was thinking of studying overseas because it is always better to get a degree from outside your country. When I finished high school I got marks which are not that good so in that moment it was sure that I'm going to study overseas. My older brother was in New Zealand at the time and he was just studying English, he liked it here very much and he said it is a perfect place for studying. My family felt sad of course as well as they were happy because it is my future ! My brother of course after my father was the biggest reason that I came here because I trust him. when I first came to study English I actually liked it ! After spending my first 5 months away from home I felt homesick and that was the only time I had the feeling. When I finished my General English course I went back home for two months and came back here again, since then I'm feeling ok. Now I'm here, studying foundation and planning to study marketing for my degree. After all I think Christchurch is a perfect place for studying.

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About me..!!

Hello everyone, i'm RiNo and i'm from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). The most crowded and the most beautiful city in the country, or that's how I see it ! The suburb I live in is quite, we haven't moved from the house since my oldest sister was born. I have two sisters and one brother, and i'm the youngest(>.<). I attended only two schools in my whole life; one is the KG school (Noor Al-maaref) and the other one is (Al-manarat Jeddah school) and it was from grade one until the last year of high school.