医学生のメルボルン短期留学体験記

OETの勉強と病院実習をしに1か月半、オーストラリアに留学しています。備忘録として書いています。

9/2 My last Rebecca's class:(

Today, Rebecca provided us with a listing practice test from OET centre. In the OET, Listning is the most difficult task which almost all the candidates struggle to mark scores worth B. I also feel it difficult. However, today's one is a b…

8/2 A bit happy things

Today, a referral letter, a writing task in the OET, returned to me with Rebecca's review. I'm very happy to read her comment, "you did well than some of the qualified doctors." Writing task is one of my poorest tasks so I've done a writin…

7/2 Melbourne Old Gaol

In the morning I was so sleepy that I forgot to get off the train at the station. I got off at the next station and walked to school from there. It was interesting because I saw a lot of people wearing suits like Japanese. At school, when …

6/2 test week and new classmates

The test week began and some new classmates came to our class. Rebecca introduced me a new student to me because she was also a medical student from Japan. I'm glad to meet her! We ate lunch together in a park. After school, I went to Sout…

5/2 test place, market, beach

I woke up at 5:45 even though it was Sunday. The reason why I got up so early is to do a kind of rehearsal for the test day, next Sunday. Therefore I left home at 6:45 and went there at 7:30. What I found by the "rehearsal" was I should we…

4/2 Japanese Day

In the morning, we went to see a house for their son which will be sold via auction in next month. There are more people than I had expected. It was a good experience to me. However, today's main event is not to see a house. I promised Mic…

3/2 Friends

I really enjoyed the day with my friends. In the lunch time, I luckily got a plate of "free past" from Coles when I went to a park for a change. It was a bit spicy and sooo yummy After school, I went to the Lindt cafe with classmates beca…

2/2 Had a dinner at David and Adriana's place

I'll write a diary in a timeline 6:30 wake up 6:35-7:00 shower time 7:00-7:30 breakfast 7:30-7:50 prepare for school 8:00 catch a train 8:30 arrive at the station 8:30-9:00 walk to school with a cup of coffee 9:15-10:45 Writing 11:00-12:30…

1/2 Melbourne Museum and St Kilda beach

I did a lot of things today. As follows. 1.Went to school and did a speaking test. 2.Visit Melbourne Museum 3.Bought a pendant at museum shop 4.Went to St Kilda beach by tram. 5.Just entered Luna Park, an amusement park. 6.Ate a big hambur…

31/1 How to spend time after school

After classes, I did writing tasks for OET, which is the exam I will take in February. It's a very good idea to study in the school because I can ask any questions to Rebecca whenever I want to confirm my English to be right. (She is very …

30/1 Monday

Normally Susan teach us on Monday, but our teacher was Rebeca today. I don't no the reason. In the lunch time, a classmate gave me a bite of her pasta. She is a nurse from Manila and is very good at cooking; I have eaten her spring rolls a…

29/1 Saw a lot of Australian animals!

On Sunday, Joan and Michael took me to Heales village, where is famous for Heales village sanctuary and wines. We left home at 10am after I did my laundry, and arrived there at 11:30am. Though it's a bit early for a lunch, we ate pies and …

28/1

As usual, I went to the nearest library. I usually get on a tram, but today, I got on a train for a change. It was a good idea. I could see a lot of shops and buildings I've ever seen; there was also a fresh market on the way. The library …

Note(25/1-27/1)

(I'm too lazy to write about what happened to me on each days) 25/1 I was very sleepy, so I tried 7-11's coffee. What is nice is they have a lot of kind of coffee, such as latte and espresso, and cheaper than Japan. I'll try another one so…

23/1 Too cold!

Today, our classroom was moved from 3rd floor to 1st floor. What I was shocked at was the room temperature. It was too cold and we can't change it. What a disaster! Since Rebecca told us to brig a jacket, we could stand the coldness. Howev…

22/1 Puffing Billy

On Sunday, Joan and Michael drove me to the mountains to see Puffing Billy. The Puffing Billy railway is a historic steam train that starts at Belgrave and runs through the mountainous region of the Dandenong Ranges. After this, we went to…

21/1 Phillip Island

On Saturday, I took a guided tour to see the world-famous nightly parade of the Little Penguins in Phillip Island. Basically, I choose English tour because I don't want to speak Japanese with Japanese in foreign countries though I made a m…

20/1 meat up with my friend

I was so busy and tired that I couldn't write a diary within the same day this weekend. Let's review Friday. In the morning, I bought a pair of sandals because unfortunately my shoes broke on the way to school. It's only 10 dollars. After …

The best combination

Today's plate was Corned beef and mashed potato, and it was unbelievably delicious:) I think this is one of the best combinations, as we have "Nikujyaga" in Japan. After dinner, we played Rummikub for more than 5 times, because we couldn't…

No Rummikub

Today's dinner. We didn't play Rummikub this afternoon, because Michael had a meeting at home after dinner. Many people came here and are discussing now.

Japan in Melbourne

After school, I went to BigW, a discount shop. There, I bought some 2B pencils and faber-castell eraser for OET exam. (Faber-castell is my best favorite brand.) I also got several clothes. The total amout was...... only $59!!! For 14 items…

This is "CORNED BEAF"

It was amazing. I don't like corned beef in Japan, but it's quite different here, as you can see in this picture.

Extremely hot day

The weather forecast said it would be 38 Celsius today. However, it was not so hot in the morning. Michael and Joan told me that Melbourne had four season in a day, and that's why we could get a variety of fruit in our garden. (lemons, gra…

Australian Sausage

The dinner was sausage today. I love Australian sausage, the taste is quite different from that of Japanese and German. It's much meatier and also tastes similar to liver paste. Dessert was fruits with coffee ice cream. Mangoes are in seas…

See a GP

16/01/2017 Today, Joan took me to a GP, because I have to submit a medical certificate to the hospital where I will do observership. It's just like a Japanese clinic. The interesting is, a registration form includes questions like "Are you…

Aboriginal Australian

In return path of the tour, I sat down on the assistant driver seat and talked with Rael, our tour guide. He told me his dream. His dream was to be a youth worker. -A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social…

One Day Tour "Great Ocean Road"

15th January 2017 I woke up at 4:30am. Was I going to TSUKIJI?????,Nope!!!"Great Ocean Road!" I went to Departure point by tram. It's a long way..... more than 30 minutes. The time of departure was 7:15, and I arrived there at 6:30, so I w…

Williamstown and Delicious foods

As soon as I came home from the library, Joan and Michael took me to Willamstown. Williamstown is a suburb of Melbourne, 9 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. And there we ate fish and chips!!! It was awesome!!!!!!! I w…

Became a library member

I went to a library by tram,. (Joan's sandwich is always yummy:)) Thankfully, a librarian issued me a library card, so that I could borrow books. She got interested in me, typing my e-mail address, as it consists of three counties where I …

Today's plan

0.Book "1 Day Great Ocean Road Tours" for tomorrow. (I've already done, 110$ including Aussie BBQ lunch. 14 hours tour. I'll wake up at 5:30☀️) 1. Organize these papers.... 2.Do laundry piled up for a week. 3.Go to library to do my homewor…