{"id":14511,"date":"2016-09-01T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2016-09-01T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T13:56:51","slug":"haus-journey-to-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/09\/01\/haus-journey-to-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"Hau&#8217;s journey to BU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/09\/Hau-Nguyen.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4296\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4296\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/09\/Hau-Nguyen.jpg\" alt=\"Hau Nguyen\" width=\"960\" height=\"538\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If it isn\u2019t now, then when?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is never too late to become who you want to be, but sometimes it is not easy to make a decision to change! But I wondered\u2026 \u201cIf it isn\u2019t now, then when\u201d? I decided to quit my job and started reflecting about what I really wanted to do and be by the time I am 30. My ambition is to be an inspiring sports manager and I want to run a Sport Orientation Program for young students in South East countries. That is the reason why I choose to study MSc Sport Management at BU.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning, it wasn\u2019t easy at all! I didn&#8217;t prepare well enough and had little time to ask for advice. But there was a strong will in my mind and I realised I could do it and cope with all the difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I got an offer and a scholarship! That was one of the most wonderful days of my life, and I knew then that I was landing a foot on the ladder of success.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently preparing myself for my new journey at BU from next month. I know that I will have to cope with the cultural differences, but this is expected and all I can do now is be well prepared and open-minded.<\/p>\n<p>By Hau Nguyen &#8211; Vietnam &#8211; MSc Sport Management\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it isn\u2019t now, then when? It is never too late to become who you want to be, but sometimes it is not easy to make a decision to change! But I wondered\u2026 \u201cIf it isn\u2019t now, then when\u201d? I decided to quit my job and started reflecting about what I really wanted to do&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/09\/01\/haus-journey-to-bu\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Hau&#8217;s journey to BU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19,828,1663],"tags":[1712,48,785,71,420,1295],"class_list":["post-14511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-applying","category-featured","category-international-student-stories","category-postgraduate","tag-applicant","tag-bu","tag-international-student","tag-journey","tag-sport-management","tag-vietnam"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14511","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\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}