2013年4月28日
大家好，我是Sonia。我近期刚从蓝山国际酒店管理学院毕业，获得酒店与度假村管理商务学士学位。攻读该学位是我一生中极其令人兴奋和有趣的一段时光。我的祖籍是越南，但是却出生于俄罗斯莫斯科。我在莫斯科呆了11年，在越南呆了6年，这使我拥有了有趣丰富的文化背景。
你问我什么促使我留学澳大利亚？？？……因为我想要接触不同文化背景的人士。澳大利亚似乎是一个绝佳的目的地。而学校的选择对我做出最终的决定影响巨大。我一直想在一所著名的酒店学校学习，一所能够教会我成为一名优秀的酒店经理所需的所有运营技能的学校。蓝山国际酒店管理学院是我的首选，也是我一生中所做出的最佳选择之一。
17岁半，我开始了大学生活，这使我成为“同期入学的学生中最小的妹妹”。
由于我年纪小，我不得不稍微变动一下自己的住宿方式，在校外寄宿家庭住6个月。寄宿家庭非常棒！我体验了与真正的澳洲人住在一起的生活。18岁时，我加入了自己的同学，尽情享受学校生活的丰富多彩。我的一些朋友到现在仍然会取笑我未成年的时候，但是我知道那段时间给了我体验与澳洲家庭住在一起的同时羡慕“疯狂”学生生活的机会。
行业实习是重点，也是我的学位课程中令人兴奋的一部分。实习能让学生接触到澳大利亚更为广阔的领域，也是整个蓝山经历的拓展。我的第一次行业实习是在珀斯（Perth）凯悦酒店（Hyatt）的餐饮部工作。第二次实习我在昆士兰州凯恩斯（Cairns）诺富特酒店（Novotel）担任接待员。两次行业实习不仅让我获得了宝贵的工作经验，而且也为我提供了很多旅游的机会。我去了玛格丽特河（Margaret River）、弗里曼特尔（Fremantle）以及西澳大利亚其它很棒的景点。我在凯恩斯获得了一些很棒的冒险经历。我尝试了高空跳伞、水肺潜水，还探秘了大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）以及昆士兰的许多岛屿和热带雨林。在一次潜水中我遇到了一条鲨鱼，当时吓死我了。我甚至还和野生海豚一起游泳了！
当然，在悉尼学习的最后一年非常忙，但是我仍然挤出一些时间娱乐。我和我的爱尔兰舍友学习冲浪。我从滑板上跌落了好几次，还差点撞了几个人。但是我的朋友认为我还是有一些“潜在的”天赋的，应该坚持下去。
除了这些非常棒的经验，我还达到了最初的目标。我在这些地方遇到了形形色色的人士。我不仅与澳大利亚当地人成为了朋友，还结交到了很多国际朋友。我获得了使我的酒店职业生涯梦想成真所需的必要经验和技能。
时间真快，在澳大利亚生活学习2年半后，我的学习生涯结束了！我从学生转变成为毕业生。“一个旅程结束，另一个旅程开始。”我正在开启新的旅程。我的下一个目标或许在迪拜——世界上最现代的都市之一，或许在马尔代夫（Maldives），继续锻炼自己的水肺潜水和冲浪技能。
在澳大利亚蓝山国际酒店管理学院学习是我一生中做出的最棒的决定之一。它不仅使我更加坚强和聪慧，还给了我一些非常棒的人生体验。
你永远都不知道下一次的终点在哪里。
永远爱你，蓝山！
Sonia
蓝山酒店和度假村管理专业本科毕业生
澳大利亚蓝山国际酒店管理学院
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One journey ends, another begins
April 28th, 2013
Blue Mountains recent graduate, Sonia
Hi everyone,I am Sonia. I just graduated from Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School with a Bachelor of Business in Hotel and Resort Management. This degree was a pretty exciting and interesting time of my life.My family is originally from Vietnam, but I was born in Moscow, Russia. I spent 11 years of my life in Russia and 6 years in Vietnam, which has given me an interesting and exciting cultural background.
What made me come to study in Australia you ask??? . . . because I wanted to meet people from different cultural backgrounds. Australia seemed a perfect destination. My choice of the school was hugely influential in my decision-making. I always wanted to study in a prestigious hotel school, one that could teach me all the operating skills to become a great hotel manager. The Blue Mountains Hotel Management School was my first choice and still remains one of the best choices of my life.
I started my university life when I was just 17 and a half, which made me ‘The youngest sister of my intake’.
Because of my young age I had to alter the program slightly from others in my intake and lived off campus in homestay for 6 months. Homestay was great! I experienced living with a true Aussie family. When I turned 18 I joined my peers and enjoyed the campus life with all its fun. Some of my friends still tease me about my time being underage, but I know it gave me to have the unique experience to enjoy time with my Aussie family and appreciate the ‘crazy’ student life at the same time.
Industry placements were a highlight and an exciting part of my degree. They allowed experiencing further areas of Australia and added to the whole Blue Mountains experience. My first internship was in various Food and Beverage outlets at the Hyatt, Perth. The second I worked in Cairns, Queensland as a receptionist for the Novotel. Both industry placements gave me not only great working experience, but also a lot of travelling. I went to Margaret River, Fremantle and other cool destinations in Western Australia. Cairns gave me some great adventurous experiences. I tried sky diving, scuba diving and went to explore Great Barrier Reef and Queensland’s many islands and rainforests. I met a shark during one of my scuba dives. It was pretty scary I reckon. I even swam with wild dolphins!
Of course my last year studying in Sydney was quite busy. However I still tried to find some time to have some fun. I went to learn surfing with my Irish housemate. I did fall from the board quite a few times and nearly hit couple of people. But my friend thinks that I have some ‘hidden’ talent and should persist.
Alongside all these fabulous experiences I achieved my original goal. I met so many different people in these places. I made friends with not only Australian locals, but with a lot of international people. I gained essential experiences and skills to make my hospitality career a reality.
Sadly after 2.5 years living and studying in Australia my time is up! I am no longer a student but a graduate. ‘One journey ends and another begins’. I am starting this journey . I may end up in Dubai – one of the most modern cities of the world, or in the Maldives to develop my skills in scuba diving and surfing.
Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School in Australia has been one of my greatest choices of my life. It not only made me stronger and smarter, but also gave me some great life experiences.
You never know where you will end up next.
With love,
Sonia
BMIHMS Hotel and Resort Management Graduate
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