{"id":14426,"date":"2015-11-26T16:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2015-11-26T16:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:16:34","slug":"living-away-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/11\/26\/living-away-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Living away from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Anh---beach-at-dusk-ed\"<\/a>For international students like me, moving away from home to another country where weather, culture and language are totally different could be tough. Here I will tell you my story of how I found accommodation and how I settled in for the first few days in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t live in BU halls, not because they are not good, but there are other cheaper options to consider. Personally I\u2019m fine with a less expensive room to save some money. Before flying to the UK, I gathered a group of students and we rented a 6 room private house through a letting agent. In fact, if it\u2019s not your first year, you can\u2019t be guaranteed a room in BU halls unless you\u2019re early and lucky. However, there is a BU Letting Service to assist returning students to rent private flats and houses. Otherwise you can approach any letting agent in Bournemouth, but make sure you seek advice from SUBU\u2019s Don\u2019t Rent Yet for some helpful tips and to avoid difficult situations.<\/p>\n\"Anh-beach-ed\"<\/a>\n

My house was quite nice, although the room wasn\u2019t as big as expected, but other facilities, kitchen, and heaters were in good condition. At first it was not easy to live in harmony with my housemates as we came from different parts of the country with slightly different cultures. Eventually, through proper communication and compromise we managed to live in peace, actually we had a lot of fun together. The key is to respect each other\u2019s privacy and have some rules in the house.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Bournemouth two weeks before the semester started to get used to a new life, but it turned out I didn\u2019t need that much time. I got lots of help and advice from the uni and the Vietnamese community here of where to buy good food, nice clothes, what to do in your spare time and even available part-time jobs. The induction week was also very informative and helpful. They give you instructions on how to perform well and improve your skills while enjoying your student life.<\/p>\n\"Anh---beach-sunse-edt\"<\/a>\n

The second week in Bournemouth, I went to the beach, enjoyed the sound of the waves and thanked myself for making the decision to be here. I felt very positive and excited about how the UK would change my future.<\/p>\n

By Anh Ngu<\/strong>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For international students like me, moving away from home to another country where weather, culture and language are totally different could be tough. Here I will tell you my story of how I found accommodation and how I settled in for the first few days in Bournemouth. I don\u2019t live in BU halls, not because… Read more » about Living away from home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[877,90,1708,130,48,785,2048,2186],"class_list":["post-14426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-accommodation-2","tag-anh-ngu","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-international-student","tag-masters","tag-postgraduate-study"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}