INTRODUCTION - Thu Tran

Source: Trever Miller

Hello everyone! My name is Thu Tran. I am studying Environmental Chemistry and Technology for the third year at Centria. I came from Vietnam, a tropical country of quite high temperature approx. 30 Celsius degree, so I wish to come the countries of lower temperature and Finland is my first abroad destination. After 3- year study in Finland, it is a really nice country about nature and human, too.

However, I would like to discover more places as well as different cultures in this world, so I decided to go for a exchange study. Because I like studying about green and living things, so the courses I want to study exchange should relate to biology, which is a bit different from what I studied at Centria. Fortunately, I had an opportunity to for studying 1 semester in Environmental technology at Centennial in Toronto, Canada.

It is one interesting thing that I am a Asian and studying in Europe while Canada is located in the North America, so I will experience a totally new culture. Study in 3 continents. It is amazing. Canada is also a multicultural country and it is also famous with beautiful landscapes, so I hope I will have a great time there with new foreign friends and enjoy the natural scenes there. A scene in Canada summer looks so lovely when I came across it on the Internet, so I chose this picture to illustrate my incoming destination.

D-I-E Canada

I can't remember any specific moment where anything would have left me confused. Everything worked so great and everybody was so polite and helpful. Toronto was a bit more international than what I expected. There is a lot of people from China and India for example, so I didn't really come close to the Canadian lifestyle, or how to explain... I was also chocked about what food they serve in schools. The food court were filled with fast food chains.. The food was pretty cheap, but I'm still happy that I have grown up in a country where we serve traditional home cooked food in schools instead of fast food.

But then also, Toronto is the biggest city in Canada so of course there is a lot of different internationalises. Don't get me wrong, it was really fun to get to know people from all over the world and about their culture and learn from each other.

Last of all I'm really happy for doing this and I'm so happy that I got to experience all this with Kati. It was so easy being and living with her and we always figured things out together, and there was always a person to hang out with or talk to.

Assignment 1

// Kati Kotka & Emilia Törnqvist

Introduction - Emilia Törnqvist

Hello Everyone!

My name is Emilia Törnqvist and I'm studying International Business in Pietarsaari.

I have always wanted to move abroad to study. My last year at Centria starts in the fall so it was now or never. I'm going to Centennial College, Toronto, Canada.
I'm so excited to go to Canada! I hope to improve my English,
be more brave and go on a lot of adventures. I love trail running
so I hope there will be a lot of trails to explore.

- Emilia

Introduction - Kati Kotka

Hello everyone!

My name is Kati Kotka and I’m studying business at Centria.

I’m going to Centennial college, which is located in Toronto, Canada. I applied there because I’m interested in their culture and I want to improve my English. I also want to go on an adventure and become more independent and brave. This is a great opportunity.

-Kati Kotka