2012年9月10日
最初，我认为结交新朋友让人堪忧。友谊与我而言是14年在同一个地方学习随着时间慢慢积淀下来的；离别之际，我倍感怅然若失。一开始，我觉得我可能要花好多年的时间，才能建立起如我在泰国留下的友谊之情那样的感情。我的高中为我提供了一个社会安全网。
在蓝山不同文化背景的学生数量非常庞大。我是泰国人；我和另外一个来自法国的学生合住一个房间，每节课上不同国家的学生多的足以让人眼花缭乱。
作为学生我们经常一起模拟不同的酒店工作情景，用我们自己的方式进行学术项目。这种活跃的学习环境营造了一种关系密切、互相鼓励的学生团体氛围，大家互相帮助完成作业、应对小测和考试。高等教育学习非常辛苦，但是同时你也可以乐在其中。
我非常喜欢组织酒店学校活动，当作业布置完后，帮助生病的同学完成作业，参加指导奖学金项目和学生委员会会议。周末时，我们从来不单独行动，经常一起去悉尼商业中心或邦迪海滩（Bondi Beach），这是我最喜欢的地方之一。
每周四晚，我和Alex（SRC的同学）都有约，我们经常早上2点才回到各自的家。幸运的是，近距离的宿舍意味着不论你前一天晚上做过什么都有人叫你起床。总是有人帮助你，避免因做错事而被值班经理抓到。我的朋友正在增加过程中，实在是太有趣了。
最困难的事情经常是我记得的最滑稽的事情。不过这些事情使我们知道了如何折叠餐巾、如何刷抽水马桶等。（好吧，我的确不怎么想念这些事情！）
我最享受的时光就是咖啡之夜、学校派对，甚至是准备学校派对的时候，这个时候总是热闹非凡、人头攒动、趣味无穷。与大家相处的日日夜夜拉近了我与学校许多人的距离。在他们的帮助、鼓励和友善下，我在学校的生活充实无比。
如今，我可以完全自信地说我拥有来自世界各地的好朋友，包括法国、澳大利亚、挪威、瑞典、印度、墨西哥、厄瓜多尔、韩国等，甚至还有来自我的家乡泰国的朋友！
我非常爱他们中的每一人，无论何时想起他们，脑海里就会回响起：“他们是我的心之所系……”（他们知道我说的都是谁！）
非常期待在悉尼的最后一个学期！
With lots of love,
永远爱你，蓝山！
Jyotika
Thai, second year student,
Bachelor of Hotel Management
泰国人，酒店管理本科学位课程2年级学生
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September 10th, 2012
I initially found the prospect of making new friendships daunting. Friendships for me were built over time, 14 years of schooling at the one place; I felt a great loss of separation. From the beginning it seemed it would take years to build friendships like I had left behind in Thailand. My high school provided me a social safety net.
The diverse number of different cultures amongst the student body is overwhelming. I am Thai; I share a room with another student from France, I have a numerous number of nationalities in every class I attend.
As students we work together often roll-playing hospitality scenarios, and work our way through the academic program often in groups. The live in environment creates a close-knit student body, an encouraging student body that help one another with assignments, studying for quizzes, tests and exams. Higher education studies are hard but they can be pretty fun too.
I enjoyed the rush of organising Hotel School events, doing ‘all niters’ when assignments are due, helping each other when one is sick, attending mentoring scholarship program and student council meetings together on campus. On weekends we are never alone and often in Sydney, CBD or Bondi Beach, one of my favourite places.
I had a standing date with Alex (fellow SRC) every Thursday night often bringing one another home at 2am in the right state. Fortunately the close living quarters mean someone will get you out of bed no matter what you have done the night before. Someone will always help you from getting caught doing anything wrong by the duty manager. The list is ongoing, it was all so much fun.
The difficult tasks are often the ones I remember with the most humour. The difficult tasks helped us really get to know one another from napkin folding to cleaning the toilet bowl. (ok so I don’t miss that!)
My favourite times were during café nights, school parties and even getting ready for school parties, there is always someone around and is is always fun. Spending days and nights with each other has brought me close to so many people at this school. With their help, encouragement and friendship I have flourished.
Today, I can confidently say I have best friends from all different parts of the world, including, France, Australia, Norway, Sweden, India, Mexico, Ecuador, Vietnam, Korea and many more, even new friends from my own country, Thailand!
I love each and every one of them so much that whenever I think of them, my heart says, “that is where my heart is…” – (they know who they are!)
Looking forward to reconnecting for my final semester in Sydney.
With lots of love,
Jyotika
Thai, second year student,
Bachelor of Hotel Management
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