死之前想做完的事……
欢迎阅读我的第一篇博客……我是Tonia
或许我们中的很多人都有一张“死之前想要完成的事情”的清单。我的雄心壮志的计划是周游世界上至少40个国家。不要问我为什么是40个国家。所以我来到这里，我的下一站OZ的故乡澳大利亚。
飞机上坐在我旁边的绅士开始跟我说话：“飞机要飞9个小时呢……”（对我而言，自从我离开莫斯科谢诺梅杰沃机场Moscow Sheremetjevo Airport已经过了20个小时了）“所以你从哪里来的？”（他问的第一个问题）。
长话短说，我是俄裔越南人，来澳大利亚学习酒店管理学士学位最后一年的课程，我刚开始在瑞士格里昂高等教育学院（Glion Institute of Higher Education）学习，后来得到机会在澳大利亚姐妹学校完成学业，我很自然地做出去世界的另一端旅游的决定。当然我会将这个国家加入到40个国家的名单中。
坐了时间如此长的航班后，我需要一杯咖啡提神来支持1小时让我到达学校。我从未想到点咖啡也是一件颇让人困惑的事情。我仅仅简单说了一句我想要一杯美式咖啡（Americano），空姐看着我的眼神就跟我在说俄语一样。她很礼貌地笑着对我说：“欢迎来到澳大利亚”。随后我意识到在这里美式咖啡是叫做Long Black。这是我学到的关于澳大利亚的第一课。
咖啡事件后，让我得到了如何描述这个国家的灵感。所有不同的咖啡都是经由同样的原料——咖啡豆制成的。我将其视为一种澳大利亚文化和思想。就像其它几百种不同的咖啡一样跨国化和多样化：新澳咖啡（flat white）、卡布奇诺（soya cappuccino）、黑咖啡（long or short black）、维也纳咖啡（skinny vienna coffee）、无咖啡因拿铁（decaf soya latte）等。
悉尼是美国、欧洲和亚洲文化的杂碎，它们对悉尼产生了巨大的影响。然而，澳大利亚人对生活的放松态度也形成了澳大利亚独特的方面。规律合适的生活方式、带有一点“野蛮”精神的绝对自由以及表达自己的创造力，所有这些都让我感到惊奇。别人的观点和评价与自己的选择和舒适相比一点都不重要。你可以着套装或老式的裙子、穿凉鞋或高跟鞋、骑着自行车或开着货车、在大街上为公众表演、在海上冲浪或参加世界级艺术展和戏剧、或仅仅坐在沙滩上阅读自己最喜欢的书籍。它的独特性是由人的多样性和他们的生活方式形成。
冒险去一个遥远未知的国度旅行，我相信这是找寻自我、实现自我价值的最佳方式。但是就目前而言，我的首要任务是在悉尼这个大都市在繁忙的学业中享受学生生活。
PS：对于那些好奇在悉尼能够做什么的学生，不要只去普通的旅游景点，登一下Time Out Site网站（http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/）。在那里，你可以根据自己的喜好，查到不同日期的所有活动和热门景点。
Have a lovely day all,
祝你们玩得开心！
Tonia
Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management
酒店管理商务本科学位课程
Things to do before I die . . .
Welcome to my first blog . . I’m Tonia
Probably many of us have his personal bucket list of ‘things to do before you die’. My ambitious plan is to travel at least 40 different countries in the world. Don’t ask me why 40. So here I am, on my way to the next destination – country of OZ.
The gentleman sitting next to me on the plane started speaking to me: “Well this is 9 hours flight…”. (For me it was already 20 hours since I left Moscow Sheremetjevo Airport) “So where are you from?” (first thing he asked).
In short, I am a Russian-Vietnamese student, traveling to study my last year of a Hospitality Management Degree that I started in Switzerland, Glion Institute of Higher Education. Given the opportunity to transfer to Australian sister school, I made a spontaneous decision to travel to another side of the world. Doing so of course I can add another country to my list of 40.
After such a long flight, I needed a coffee to keep me up for another hour until I reached campus. I didn’t expect that ordering coffee would be so confusing ordeal. When I simply ask for the cup of Americano, the waitress looked at me if I was speaking Russian. The girl politely smiled back: ”Welcome to Australia”. Second after I realised that Americano here is called Long Black. It was just one of the first Australian lessons I have learnt.
The ‘coffee’ situation brought me to the idea of how I could describe this country. All different coffee drinks are prepared from the same ingredient – coffee beans. Lets say this is what I would call as Australian culture and mentality. Though it is so multinational and diverse just like hundreds different type of coffee drinks; flat white, soya cappuccino, long or short black, skinny vienna coffee, decaf soya latte and the list goes on.
Sydney being mish mash of American, European and Asian cultures, they have all had a great influence. However, Australia creates its own unique aspects too with its relaxed attitude towards life. I was amazed by the contrast of regulatory, right lifestyle and absolute freedom of spirit with slight “wildness” and creativity of expressing oneself. Others opinion and judgment doesn’t matter as much as your own choice and comfort. You could be wearing Urban outfit or vintage dresses, sandals or high heels, riding a bike or driving a van, performing in the street for the public, surfing the ocean or attending world class art exhibitions, theatrics, or just sitting on the beach reading your favorite book. It’s exclusiveness is shaped by the diversity of people and their life stories.
Taking a risk to travel to a ‘far far away’ land, I believe this is a great place to find my true identity and achieve self-realisation. But for now, my priority is to enjoy student life in the cosmopolitan city of Sydney along with busy academic schedule.
P.S. For those students who wonders of things to do in Sydney not just visiting common touristic sightseeing, pop in the Time Out Site (link is below). Here you can find information on all events and trendy spots for different days depends on your interest.
http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/
Have a lovely day all,
Tonia
Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management
【原文引自】：http://www.gheac.com/thread-1576-1-6.html版权与翻译版权所有，转载，复制请注明出自于“GHEAC-环球酒店教育与行业联盟”。
飞机上坐在我旁边的绅士开始跟我说话：“飞机要飞9个小时呢……”（对我而言，自从我离开莫斯科谢诺梅杰沃机场Moscow Sheremetjevo Airport已经过了20个小时了）“所以你从哪里来的？”（他问的第一个问题）。
长话短说，我是俄裔越南人，来澳大利亚学习酒店管理学士学位最后一年的课程，我刚开始在瑞士格里昂高等教育学院（Glion Institute of Higher Education）学习，后来得到机会在澳大利亚姐妹学校完成学业，我很自然地做出去世界的另一端旅游的决定。当然我会将这个国家加入到40个国家的名单中。
坐了时间如此长的航班后，我需要一杯咖啡提神来支持1小时让我到达学校。我从未想到点咖啡也是一件颇让人困惑的事情。我仅仅简单说了一句我想要一杯美式咖啡（Americano），空姐看着我的眼神就跟我在说俄语一样。她很礼貌地笑着对我说：“欢迎来到澳大利亚”。随后我意识到在这里美式咖啡是叫做Long Black。这是我学到的关于澳大利亚的第一课。
咖啡事件后，让我得到了如何描述这个国家的灵感。所有不同的咖啡都是经由同样的原料——咖啡豆制成的。我将其视为一种澳大利亚文化和思想。就像其它几百种不同的咖啡一样跨国化和多样化：新澳咖啡（flat white）、卡布奇诺（soya cappuccino）、黑咖啡（long or short black）、维也纳咖啡（skinny vienna coffee）、无咖啡因拿铁（decaf soya latte）等。
悉尼是美国、欧洲和亚洲文化的杂碎，它们对悉尼产生了巨大的影响。然而，澳大利亚人对生活的放松态度也形成了澳大利亚独特的方面。规律合适的生活方式、带有一点“野蛮”精神的绝对自由以及表达自己的创造力，所有这些都让我感到惊奇。别人的观点和评价与自己的选择和舒适相比一点都不重要。你可以着套装或老式的裙子、穿凉鞋或高跟鞋、骑着自行车或开着货车、在大街上为公众表演、在海上冲浪或参加世界级艺术展和戏剧、或仅仅坐在沙滩上阅读自己最喜欢的书籍。它的独特性是由人的多样性和他们的生活方式形成。
冒险去一个遥远未知的国度旅行，我相信这是找寻自我、实现自我价值的最佳方式。但是就目前而言，我的首要任务是在悉尼这个大都市在繁忙的学业中享受学生生活。
PS：对于那些好奇在悉尼能够做什么的学生，不要只去普通的旅游景点，登一下Time Out Site网站（http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/）。在那里，你可以根据自己的喜好，查到不同日期的所有活动和热门景点。
Have a lovely day all,
祝你们玩得开心！
Tonia
Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management
酒店管理商务本科学位课程
澳大利亚蓝山国际酒店管理学院
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Things to do before I die . . .
Welcome to my first blog . . I’m Tonia
Probably many of us have his personal bucket list of ‘things to do before you die’. My ambitious plan is to travel at least 40 different countries in the world. Don’t ask me why 40. So here I am, on my way to the next destination – country of OZ.
The gentleman sitting next to me on the plane started speaking to me: “Well this is 9 hours flight…”. (For me it was already 20 hours since I left Moscow Sheremetjevo Airport) “So where are you from?” (first thing he asked).
In short, I am a Russian-Vietnamese student, traveling to study my last year of a Hospitality Management Degree that I started in Switzerland, Glion Institute of Higher Education. Given the opportunity to transfer to Australian sister school, I made a spontaneous decision to travel to another side of the world. Doing so of course I can add another country to my list of 40.
After such a long flight, I needed a coffee to keep me up for another hour until I reached campus. I didn’t expect that ordering coffee would be so confusing ordeal. When I simply ask for the cup of Americano, the waitress looked at me if I was speaking Russian. The girl politely smiled back: ”Welcome to Australia”. Second after I realised that Americano here is called Long Black. It was just one of the first Australian lessons I have learnt.
The ‘coffee’ situation brought me to the idea of how I could describe this country. All different coffee drinks are prepared from the same ingredient – coffee beans. Lets say this is what I would call as Australian culture and mentality. Though it is so multinational and diverse just like hundreds different type of coffee drinks; flat white, soya cappuccino, long or short black, skinny vienna coffee, decaf soya latte and the list goes on.
Sydney being mish mash of American, European and Asian cultures, they have all had a great influence. However, Australia creates its own unique aspects too with its relaxed attitude towards life. I was amazed by the contrast of regulatory, right lifestyle and absolute freedom of spirit with slight “wildness” and creativity of expressing oneself. Others opinion and judgment doesn’t matter as much as your own choice and comfort. You could be wearing Urban outfit or vintage dresses, sandals or high heels, riding a bike or driving a van, performing in the street for the public, surfing the ocean or attending world class art exhibitions, theatrics, or just sitting on the beach reading your favorite book. It’s exclusiveness is shaped by the diversity of people and their life stories.
Taking a risk to travel to a ‘far far away’ land, I believe this is a great place to find my true identity and achieve self-realisation. But for now, my priority is to enjoy student life in the cosmopolitan city of Sydney along with busy academic schedule.
P.S. For those students who wonders of things to do in Sydney not just visiting common touristic sightseeing, pop in the Time Out Site (link is below). Here you can find information on all events and trendy spots for different days depends on your interest.
http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/
Have a lovely day all,
Tonia
Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management
【原文引自】：http://www.gheac.com/thread-1576-1-6.html版权与翻译版权所有，转载，复制请注明出自于“GHEAC-环球酒店教育与行业联盟”。
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